Favoring the concubine and ignoring the wife? The mistress is reborn and marries the villain in the

Chapter 104

Lord Shen nodded helplessly: "That's the only way."

"Ling'er, go to the Gu family and speak to the Gu family. This time, our mansion was able to escape unscathed, and it was thanks to the Gu family. Otherwise, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi would not have let it go so easily. If the emperor really believed what His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi said about us deceiving the emperor, it would be a heinous crime that would punish all nine generations of our clan."

Shen Ling nodded and agreed: "Dad, I understand. Please go to my grandparents' house and ask them to help find a yard for us to live in first. I'm afraid the Gu family won't forgive me so easily."

Both father and son were very clear about this. If Gu Nianchu was really willing to forgive Shen Ling, the Marquis' Mansion would not have ended up like this.

"Ling'er, we have to give it a try regardless of whether there is hope or not. Now that our mansion has come to this point, you should not take your self-esteem so seriously. Restoring the glory of our mansion is the most important thing now. If we cannot get the Gu family to help us, then even if we die, we will not be able to face our ancestors."

Lord Shen advised Shen Ling: "Although Xu Yan is the cousin of His Royal Highness the First Prince, His Royal Highness the First Prince is now in decline and cannot be compared with the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi. You should not think of relying on him. Look at this time, the Liu family did not even dare to admit that the silver was lent to our mansion by their Liu family."

Lord Shen was very disappointed with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei this time.

He had never been optimistic about His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei in the first place, and now that he was of no help at all, he felt that he was even less reliable.

Shen Ling smiled bitterly. How could he not know what Lord Shen could see clearly?

But now he has no choice. It is not a question of how he wants to choose. Now he is afraid that he will lose both ends.

In the past, he thought that Xu Yan would definitely stick with him through thick and thin, but now Xu Yan has betrayed him. Not only has she put the Marquis' Mansion into a desperate situation, she has also fled with his only heir. If he still doesn't understand this, how stupid he must be.

Shen Ling lowered his head and replied, "Dad, I know everything. I will definitely beg Gu to help the Marquis' Mansion for the sake of our relationship."

Lord Shen looked at Shen Ling with a look of disappointment on his face: "Ling'er, you have to find a way to make Gu forgive you! Think carefully about how all this has slowly led to this point today. It's not all because you favored your concubine over your wife, from the moment you wanted to marry Xu Yan as your co-wife."

"She is just a concubine, but you insisted on giving her such honor. As a result, she has ended up like this! Ling'er, think about it carefully. How can you face our ancestors in the future?"

After Lord Shen finished speaking, he turned and left. Shen Ling buried his head in his knees and silently shed two lines of tears.

The next morning, just as Gu Nianchu got up, Nanny Tian came to report that Shen Ling was standing at the door of the Gu family, asking for forgiveness with a thorn stick on his back. It was a very cold day, and he was kneeling on the bluestone slabs with the thorn stick on his back, with blood flowing from his back. He had just been beaten before, and the wound had not yet scabbed over, so it was normal for him to bleed now.

Gu Nianchu scolded, "Mammy, I haven't had breakfast yet, why are you telling me such disgusting things?"

Nanny Tian smiled and pretended to slap herself: "It's all Nanny's fault. You told the young lady such a disgusting thing at this time. I was thinking that the young lady would eat half a bowl of rice more after hearing about this."

Gu Nianchu smiled and nodded: "Mammy is right. I am in a good mood right now. I will drink half a bowl of tonic soup later."

The reason why Shen Ling came to kneel and apologize in front of the General's Mansion so early was that he wanted people to see him. However, he didn't expect that he had been kneeling for almost an hour and no one came to ask him about it.

Shen Ling's body is very weak now. He feels that he can't hold on any longer, but he knows that he must not fall down at this time. As long as he falls down, all the suffering and humiliation he has endured today will be in vain.

When Shen Ling came today, he brought his two half brothers with him. The two half brothers came to help him attract everyone's attention.

The two half brothers were thirteen or fourteen years old, at the age when they needed to save face. Now they felt ashamed to be asked to cry loudly in public.

So, although they came with Shen Ling, they just pretended to cry a few times at the beginning, and then hid aside and refused to cry anymore. Shen Ling had no way to deal with them.

I can only suffer by myself.

Shen Ling saw that the door of the General's Mansion was always closed, and he understood that the people in the General's Mansion did this on purpose in order not to give him any chance.

"Dear neighbors, please knock on the door for me. I want to personally apologize to the Gu family!"

Shen Ling begged the onlookers to help knock on the door of the General's Mansion. The people around him stepped back a few steps: "Master Shen, you are not sincere at all. How long have you been kneeling? Are you not happy already?"

Shen Ling was choked by what he said and could only kneel down obediently.

But little stars began to appear in his eyes.

Shen Ling didn't dare to let himself faint, and could only rely on tearing the wounds on his body to wake himself up.

Shen Ling, don’t faint!

Gu Nianping went to court and was about to go home when he was stopped by the servant.

"My Lord, Madam has asked me to come and tell you that you should stay at Lord Liu's residence today until Madam sends someone to call you back."

The servant smiled and told the story of Shen Ling asking for forgiveness in front of the general's mansion. Gu Nianping wanted to rush back and give Shen Ling a beating, but the servant stopped him: "Master, this is what the Madam and Miss wanted. Please bear with it."

Well, since that’s what his mother and sister want, then he won’t go back.

Gu Nianping waited for his good friend to come out, saying that he would go to his house today to practice chess with him. Lord Liu was still a little confused as to why, but after listening to Gu Nianping's explanation on the way, Lord Liu couldn't help laughing.

"This Master Shen is really funny. Does he think that if he kneels down at the General's Mansion, the General's Mansion will help him?"

Gu Nianping didn't care how anxiously Shen Ling was waiting at the door of the Gu family. He was going to stay at the Liu family today anyway.

No one in the Gu family opened the door today. The servants simply closed the door tightly, as if they didn't hear anyone outside.

Finally, Shen Ling couldn't bear it anymore and shouted to his two half brothers to knock on the door.

The two half-brothers knocked on the door, and the Gu family's doorman said that their eldest son had gone to court and had not returned home yet, and there were only female family members in the house, so the door could not be opened.

This reason is really impeccable.

Shen Ling shouted at the top of his lungs that he was the husband of the eldest daughter of the Gu family and asked to see his mother-in-law, but the doorman seemed to be deaf and no one paid any attention to Shen Ling.

Shen Ling came to the door of Gu's house early in the morning and knelt. He was tired, hungry and cold at this time. The wounds on his body kept bleeding. He couldn't help but fainted.

(End of this chapter)