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Chapter 20: Don't embarrass yourself if you can't win

Chapter 20

Xu Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "Please give me a few more days, Madam Gu."

Liu smiled and said, "For the sake of my eldest daughter in the General's Mansion, we will give the Marquis' Mansion a few more days, half a month. If the Marquis' Mansion does not pay the money after half a month, don't blame us for not giving the Marquis' Mansion face."

Huang Shi echoed from the side, "How could such a large mansion not have money? It just depends on whether they want to pay it back or not."

Old Madam Shen was also thinking of asking Gu Nianchu to go back and get the IOU after these people left, so she nodded towards Xu Yan and agreed.

Liu and Huang had achieved their main purpose of coming today, so they didn't want to waste any more time talking to Old Madam Shen and Xu Yan. They just stood up, said goodbye, and went to Gu Nianchu's yard.

Liu entered Haitang Garden and hugged Gu Nianchu in her arms: "Sister, you have suffered."

Gu Nianchu felt Liu's warm embrace, and thought of how her elder sister-in-law was exiled with the Gu family in her previous life and died miserably on the way. She couldn't help but shed tears.

Liu reached out and gently patted Gu Nianchu's back: "Don't be sad, sister. The girls in our family can only bleed but not cry. If anyone wants to make us suffer, we will make him bleed."

Gu Nianchu nodded: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will definitely not let anyone bully me."

Today, Liu brought four strong maids, all of whom had practiced martial arts since childhood. They couldn't serve people, but they could beat people.

Gu Nianchu did not refuse and accepted it directly.

The four girls were raised in the General's Mansion since they were young. They were originally trained as spies. Now that Gu Nianchu needed people, Gu Nianping naturally had them sent over.

The place where they stayed was named after bamboo, Bamboo One, Bamboo Two, Bamboo Three, and Bamboo Four.

Gu Nianchu asked them their names, and the four of them knelt on the ground and asked Gu Nianchu to give them names. Gu Nianchu waved his hand and said, "No need. You guys are different from the others. From now on, I will just call you by your original names."

All four of them responded in unison.

After the guests left, Old Madam Shen sent someone to call Gu Nianchu over.

Gu Nianchu knew what she wanted to say, so he didn't refuse and went after changing into a coat.

When Old Madam Shen saw Gu Nianchu coming in, she shouted sternly, "Gu, kneel down!"

There were more than a dozen sturdy old women in Old Madam Shen's yard. These people were the ones Old Madam Shen had just hired to deal with Gu Nianchu.

Gu Nianchu ignored her and asked someone to drag a chair for her to sit down: "Mother, you have to ask me to come here at this time of night, do you want to punish me by making me kneel down?"

Madam Shen gnashed her teeth in anger: "Gu, you are the wife of our Marquis's son, why did you let your family humiliate our Marquis's mansion today?"

Gu Nianchu was confused: "Mother, how did my family insult the Marquis' Mansion? Are you talking about my sister-in-law asking for repayment? It is only natural to repay debts. My family also knows that the Marquis' Mansion is a family with dignity. How could they not repay the money given by their in-laws? If the Marquis' Mansion really relies on the money from the General's Mansion to survive, then wouldn't the prince be a gigolo?"

Old Madam Shen was so angry at Gu Nianchu's words that she asked Gu Nianchu coldly, "Gu, are you going to disobey me, your mother-in-law?"

She believed that Gu Nianchu would never dare to do so. If Gu Nianchu dared to take the charge, not only would her reputation be ruined, but who would dare to marry the daughter of the Gu family in the future? Gu Nianchu looked confused: "Mother, I don't understand what you said. It's not up to you to decide whether this is disobedience or not. If you are wrong, I must point it out to you."

This shows that he does not take Madam Shen seriously at all.

Old Madam Shen immediately sent someone to punish Gu Nianchu: "Gu, as long as you are our Shen family's daughter-in-law, you must abide by our Shen family's rules! Gu is disrespectful to your mother-in-law, disobedient and unfilial, you will be slapped fifty times!"

Several sturdy old women wanted to capture Gu Nianchu, but Han Chan and Zhu Yi knocked them to the ground with ease. Gu Nianchu sat steadily in her seat.

"Tsk tsk, mother, I reminded you not to always think about fighting and killing. It is said that the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is now a mansion for civil officials, why does mother always want to fight? If you want to fight, you must have the strength. If you don't have the strength, you will be slapped in the face every time. Why do you do this?"

Gu Nianchu was very disdainful, and Old Madam Shen was so angry that she almost vomited blood.

After Gu Nianchu left, she asked someone to call Xu Yan over: "Xu Yan, didn't you say these old women were very powerful? How come they were knocked to the ground by two maids from the Gu family?"

Xu Yan was also stunned: "The people around Gu are so powerful?"

The people she brought with her were not ordinary masters, so how could they be defeated by two girls?
This is incredible.

"Mother, please don't be angry. Let her be arrogant for a while. Yanyan will vent your anger for you later."

Xu Yan took Madam Shen's arm and said coquettishly, "Mother, today is Yanyan and Brother Ling's wedding night, please don't be angry. I ordered two sets of headgear for you, which should be delivered in two days. Then mother will dress up beautifully and we will go out to appreciate the plum blossoms."

Hearing Xu Yan say this, Old Madam Shen couldn't help but pat the back of Xu Yan's hand and said, "Yan Yan, it's all mother's fault. She didn't withstand the pressure from the General's Mansion and let Ling'er marry that tigress who didn't lay eggs. This wronged Yan Yan and Shao Bai."

Xu Yan gently comforted Madam Shen: "Mother, Yanyan is not wronged. Yanyan knows that the person that mother and Brother Ling have chosen in their hearts is Yanyan. She is so happy that she would never blame mother. Mother, don't worry, Brother Ling and I will definitely help you vent your anger. Gu's arrogance will not last long."

Madam Shen was happy to hear her say this: "Yan Yan, go ahead. You'll have to take care of Ling Er these days. He was forced by the Gu family to be beaten with fifty sticks in order to marry you. This is a huge punishment."

Xu Yan agreed obediently and then returned to Shen Ling's Lingyun Pavilion.

In Shen Ling's current state, it is obvious that he cannot perform the Zhougong Ceremony.

Xu Yan told Shen Ling about how Madam Shen was mad at Gu just now. Shen Ling was so angry that he wanted to get up and deal with Gu Nianchu, but the moment he moved, he tore the wound and cried out in pain.

Xu Yan was so heartbroken that tears were streaming down her cheeks. Shen Ling reached out and held her slender, white and tender little hand: "Yan Yan, don't cry. Brother Ling doesn't feel any pain. As long as it's for my Yan Yan, I'm willing to endure any hardship."

The two people expressed their deep affection for each other.

Gu Nianchu returned from Fushoutang and took Hanchan and Zhuyi to Prince Qi's Mansion. She wanted to see her precious son and hug and kiss him before she could fall asleep.

"Miss, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi invites you."

As soon as she entered the backyard, she was stopped by the palace steward and asked to go to the main courtyard to meet the King of Qi.

(End of this chapter)