She was panicked and hurriedly fled back to her mansion with her followers. She was afraid of causing trouble, so she sent someone to send a letter for help to Prince Duan's mansion, but it was returned intact twice.

Fortunately, Lou Yongwei did not return home during those days and stayed with his mistress the whole time.

It was not until yesterday that the third letter for help finally arrived at Prince Duan’s Mansion, and Lou Yongwei happened to return home that day.

As soon as he entered the room, he dragged Zou into the room, closed the door, and beat her brutally.

At the most intense moment, Zou even thought she was going to die. After listening to Zou's story, Gu Qinlan fell into deep thought for a long time.

She hated the practice of men keeping mistresses. After all, in her previous life, she had been Ji Yinli's mistress and had given birth to an illegitimate child for him. The child was even brought back to the mansion and given her name.

Therefore, she could understand Zou's anger.

However, she felt very contemptuous of Zou's way of handling the matter.

In this world, if a man keeps a mistress, but you only punch the woman, how can this be called fair? It's because you are worried that if you hit the man, you will be divorced.

Zou looked at her calm face and felt a little uneasy. She was not sure what she was thinking, so she asked carefully, "Sister-in-law, have you heard everything?"

Gu Qinlan glanced at her and replied calmly: "I heard it."

Zou looked at her expectantly. What's next?

However, Gu Qinlan acted as if nothing had happened and picked up the teacup to sip tea leisurely.

Seeing this, Zou knew that Gu Qinlan had no intention of interfering in her affairs, and she couldn't help but feel anxious. But she didn't dare to ask Gu Qinlan directly, after all, she was a noble lady, the wife of the prince, and she was just a wife of a merchant, so she had no right to order her.

Then, she turned to Princess Duan and cried, "Aunt, why is my fate so miserable? I simply cannot survive."

"If you can't live, choose to end your life. What's the point of running to our Zheng family to cry?"

An angry voice came from outside the door.

Everyone looked back and saw Zheng Huaiyu standing at the door with a gloomy face.

Zou felt so guilty that she didn't even dare to look at her.

Princess Duan quickly rebuked, "Huai Yu, how can you speak to your mother like this? Even though she has remarried, she is still your biological mother."

Zheng Huaiyu sneered: "Mother? Does she still remember me and Feng Hui? Is she still worthy of the title of 'mother'?"

Zou burst into tears: "Huai Yu, how can you say that to me?"

Zheng Huaiyu's face was solemn and his tone was firm: "You can do those things, why can't I point it out? My father has been dead for only a hundred days, and his body is still warm, but you can't wait to remarry. Have you ever thought about the situation your behavior will put us in? How will outsiders view us?"

Zou was extremely embarrassed, but she still insisted on making excuses for me... I was also helpless, I..."

Zheng Huaiyu laughed out of anger: "Helpless? Is it that the Zheng family is forcing you to remarry with a knife, or that you cannot survive if you don't remarry? It's obviously you who are fickle and want to reconcile with your old lover..."

Princess Duan slammed the table and interrupted him: "Zheng Huaiyu, shut up! Stop saying such shameless things!"

Zheng Huaiyu's neck stiffened, and he said firmly: "She can do such shameless things, why can't I expose it! Grandma, although she is your niece, my father is also your flesh and blood! You can be tolerant and ignore her betrayal, and are willing to stand up for her, but who will sympathize and feel sorry for my poor father!"

Princess Duan was speechless for a moment, unable to refute.

Zheng Huaiyu's eyes were wide open, burning with indignation, staring straight at Zou: "You have been married for a long time, and you have nothing to do with the Zheng family anymore. Don't be so foolish as to rely on the power of the Zheng family to help you resolve disputes and oppress men!"

Zou shrank back and didn't even dare to look her in the eye. She lowered her head and covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. Tears rolled down her cheeks like pearls from a broken string, and she looked extremely aggrieved.

Zheng Huaiyu turned his head and looked at Princess Duan with a firm gaze: "Grandmother, I am speaking frankly here today. If you insist on forcing my mother to stand up for Madam Lou, then I would rather starve myself to death to make my determination clear."

"And I."

Zheng Fenghui's voice sounded behind her, deep and firm.

"Grandmother, I want to make my position clear today. I will never stand in the same camp with those who betrayed my father and the Zheng family. If you insist on helping me, please do it on your own and never use the Zheng family's power at all."

Zou's face turned pale and she was panic-stricken. She said in a trembling voice, "Feng Hui, how could you do this? I am your mother! I carried you for ten months and raised you with great difficulty. I raised you with great difficulty and you..."

Zheng Fenghui didn't even spare her a glance. He walked straight into the house, grabbed Gu Qinlan's wrist, and dragged her out of the door, accusing her as he dragged her:

"You are so stupid that you are willing to get involved in such filthy things. You are the wife of the prince, and you should show your dignity. If anyone dares to be shameless, she will be expelled on the spot."

He didn't turn around until he reached the door, and said in a cold tone: "It is true that the pregnancy lasts ten months, but the so-called 'a lot of shit and a lot of piss' is too exaggerated. Although the Zheng family is not a famous family, it has been a military family for generations. Why do you need to raise the child with your own hands?"

"If what my wet nurse said is true, you have never breastfed me or raised me yourself. From birth till now, the wet nurses and maids in the mansion have been taking care of me, and the expenses have been paid from the public account. What's more..." His words were full of sarcasm, revealing the truth of the past.

He pointed a finger at Gu Qinlan, his tone full of dissatisfaction and contempt: "This so-called mother has been in our family for less than three months, and the care and hard work she has given me has already exceeded the scope of your 'biological' mother. You are really shameless in flattering yourself."

Zou's face was as pale as paper. She was eager to defend herself, but when she opened her mouth, she found that no words could clear her of suspicion.

Inadvertently, her eyes swept across Gu Qinlan's half-smile, as if she had found an outlet for her emotions.

She stood up suddenly, pointed her index finger at Gu Qinlan, and said in a sharp and angry voice: "It's all your fault! It was you who secretly instigated discord and caused my children to become estranged from me!"

"You are a merchant's daughter, yet you are so cruel. You tried to deceive my child because you are unable to bear children. Your behavior is so shameless and outrageous!"

Yes, it must be so!

How else to explain that her son and daughter never argued with her three years after she remarried, but recently suddenly turned against her?

There was no doubt that it was the vicious woman Gu Qinlan who was sowing discord and causing them to misunderstand her!

Gu Qinlan was so angry that she almost laughed out loud.

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