Chapter 5

The situation was at an impasse. Duke Gu was so angry that he could hardly breathe, Gu Qiancheng pursed his lips and said nothing, and Lady Gu only knew how to cry.

With no one to comfort her, Lady Gu cried more and more pitifully, and gradually she really started to cry. A young maid in a peach-red robe, seeing this scene, quietly slipped out.

Gu Qiancheng, with his sharp eyes, knew that the maid was Gu Qianxue's. This maid was probably going to get reinforcements. Gu Qiancheng knew that this matter had to be resolved quickly; if his grandparents came, it would be to her disadvantage. His grandparents only cared about the family's reputation and wouldn't care about her dowry issues.

Gu Qiancheng took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and glanced at Lady Gu with disgust. His daughter was getting married, yet she was still pretending to cry like a little girl, not afraid of tainting others' eyes.

Seeing that Duke Gu had calmed down and was about to comfort Lady Gu, Gu Qiancheng quickly stepped forward, standing in front of Lady Gu before Duke Gu could, and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Why are you crying? Are you mourning? Today is not my mother's memorial day; it's the day your daughter gets married. Cry less, or the ancestors of the Gu family might come to find you at midnight."

"Um... um." Shocked by Gu Qiancheng's reprimand, Lady Gu stopped crying, her face as pale as paper. Gu Qiancheng was not willing to let her off so easily, took a step back, and gently persuaded, "Mother, I was wrong just now; I shouldn't have called you Lady Gu. Mother, cry less. Wait until Qianxue gives birth to Lord Chu's child six months early, then you can cry."

Gu Qiancheng's words were not at all subtle, and everyone present understood. The fact that Lady Gu gave birth to a daughter six months after her marriage was not a secret, and it seemed that Lady Gu's daughter was also...

Uh... Everyone looked at Qin Yunchu, finally understanding why he wanted to change the bride. It turned out they had been deeply involved before the wedding.

One wave had not yet subsided when another arose. The shock Duke Gu received today was more than he had in the first half of his life. He had just calmed down, but now he was out of breath again, panting heavily in his chair, his eyes fixed on Gu Qiancheng, revealing a fierce expression.

Lady Gu's face turned from white to green, too ashamed to speak.

"Miss, you are still a young lady. How can you say such things? You..." Lady Quanfu stopped speaking halfway, not waiting for Qin Yunchu to speak, and covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

"Gu Qiancheng, don't go too far." Qin Yunchu, hit where it hurt, jumped up, his eyes red, glaring at Gu Qiancheng and the onlookers.

He couldn't understand why, in the blink of an eye, these people had shifted from watching Gu Qiancheng to watching him.

"Too far? It's you, Lord, who is too far. Be careful, Qianxue can have deep exchanges with you before marriage, and she can also have deep exchanges with other men after marriage." Gu Qiancheng did not back down, mocking him.

As for whether Qin Yunchu understood, she didn't care.

"You..." Qin Yunchu was so angry that he gritted his teeth, unable to believe that the Gu Qiancheng who seemed like a little white rabbit had become so sharp.

"What about me?"

"Don't talk nonsense, or I'll report you to the大理寺 (Grand Council of Justice)." Qin Yunchu, unable to find a counterargument, could only threaten.

Unfortunately, Gu Qiancheng was not at all afraid: "Lord Chu, if you want to report, go ahead. I don't care. Whether I am talking nonsense will be clear in six months."

Gu Qiancheng believed in her medical skills. Not only could she tell if a living person was pregnant, but even if they were dead, she could still tell.

Gu Qianxue's pregnancy was so obvious that if she was wrong, she would poke out her own eyes and never practice medicine again.

"If Qianxue doesn't give birth prematurely in six months?" Qin Yunchu's eyes flickered, making a ruthless decision in his heart, but Gu Qiancheng didn't fall for it.

"If Qianxue doesn't give birth prematurely in six months, then she will certainly miscarry within these six months. Lord, if you don't believe me, let's invite the imperial physician to make a judgment." Gu Qiancheng smiled innocently, but her words were like arrows.

Previously, she had used "premature birth" as a cover, but now she was completely unmasked. Lady Gu didn't know what to do and simply closed her eyes, pretending to faint...

"Lady, Lady, what's wrong with you?"

"Oh no, oh no, Lady has been fainted by Miss."

"Miss is really too much. Lady has been thinking of her, but she doesn't even have the basic filial piety."

Unfortunately, no matter how harsh the words of the onlookers were, Gu Qiancheng didn't take them to heart. She shook her head and sighed, "Mother, your body is really not ordinary. You can give birth to a healthy child in six months, but you faint at the slightest provocation. Tsk, tsk, tsk, can you really handle the responsibilities of the Gu family's head lady? It looks like my father will have to find another wife."

"Ha ha..." The onlookers finally couldn't help but laugh. They originally thought they were watching Gu Qiancheng, but it turned out they were watching Lady Gu.

This Gu family affair was truly entertaining, and the imperial city was buzzing!