Ruthless and Merciless (Continued)

Gu Wanning: "..."

Actually, she's fine.

Although I knew Xu Weibei didn't want people to look down on me and wanted to support me, I still felt a little embarrassed listening to it.

She was embarrassed.

"My Marquis, please allow me to speak." Gao Lan stamped his foot anxiously, gesturing for Xu Weibei to speak privately.

Seeing this, Gu Wanning said understandingly, "My Marquis, it must be something important. Why don't you go and take a look? I'll go order the food first and wait for you to eat together."

Xu Weibei then went downstairs.

Fourth Concubine was walking at the very back, and now she wasn't far from Gao Lan. Seeing the two whispering to each other, she leaned over the wall.

Xu Weibei's expression changed after hearing this, and he pointed at the Third Concubine, saying, "You, come with me!"

Not only was Third Concubine's face deathly pale, but even Gu Wanning felt a little guilty, wondering if Third Concubine's "secret" had been discovered.

In her opinion, this was nothing serious; but Xu Weibei, being old-fashioned, didn't know how to view it.

"Marquis," Gu Wanning called out to Xu Weibei.

Seemingly sensing her worry, Xu Weibei gave her a reassuring look, "I'll explain when we get home tonight. Saving lives is the priority."

Upon hearing the words "save people," Gu Wanning and her Third Concubine both came back to life.

Gu Wanning even urged, "Go quickly, go quickly."

Xu Weibei left with his Third Concubine.

Fourth Concubine was dumbfounded.

Gu Wanning ignored her and led everyone upstairs to their room before asking, "What did you overhear?"

"Madam, I think I overheard something happen to that mistress." Fourth Concubine stuck out her tongue. "Is it possible that neither she nor her children can be saved?"

"Pah, pah, pah, you jinx!" Gu Wanning reached out and pinched her. "Don't talk nonsense."

It seems that Linglong is indeed due to have a child.

I hope she and her child are alright. Maybe the baby she gave birth to will be Xu Weibei's eldest son.

Although the Grand Princess is fierce when she makes threats, she'll probably act quite differently when she actually sees her grandson.

"Madam, please don't be sad," the First Concubine said softly. "In the Marquis's heart, you are the most important person; no one else can compare."

The Second Concubine chimed in, "That's right, that's right. No one else is even worthy to carry your shoes."

Gu Wanning glared at her, "You're not worthy. From now on, you'll be my shoe-carrying servant."

The Second Concubine laughed.

"I wonder how she is." Gu Wanning sighed. "Do you know where Linglong lives? The century-old ginseng that the Grand Princess gave me last time might come in handy."

"Madam is kind and benevolent," the First Concubine couldn't help but say.

Fourth Concubine said, "Madam doesn't care about the Marquis at all, so she's too lazy to make things difficult for him."

Gu Wanning thought to herself, even a fool can be quick-witted sometimes, that's really how it is.

In fact, she had thought it over carefully; Xu Weibei was the type of person she admired.

His way of doing things is a bit immature, but it's not an absolute flaw.

But why is it that every time she is deeply moved, she is still able to walk away unscathed and not be swayed by Xu Weibei?

Because every time she showed even the slightest hint of desire, the concubines around her, as well as Jiaoniang and Linglong, would silently remind her that she absolutely could not.

After dinner, Fourth Concubine wanted to go out and play, but Gu Wanning stopped her.

"Marquis is troubled, we should at least pretend. Let's go back to the manor first. In a few days, I'll take you to the Estate for a couple of days."

"I knew Madam was the best!" Fourth Concubine shamelessly came over and hugged Gu Wanning's neck.

Gu Wanning sometimes felt that she had raised a daughter, and a tomboy at that, who drove her crazy every day.

That evening, Third Concubine returned home first.

When she returned, she first told Gu Wanning that Linglong wasn't about to give birth, but had fallen into the water.

"Isn't she about to give birth?" Gu Wanning was taken aback.

"It's in the near future, but it hasn't started yet," said the Third Concubine.

"You fell into the water, are you alright?"

The weather was already quite cold; the thought of a woman about to give birth falling into the water is heartbreaking.

"It's alright, the person has been rescued."

Where is the child?

"The child is alright."

"Amitabha," Gu Wanning said, pressing her palms together in prayer. "That's wonderful. I was on edge all afternoon, constantly worried something bad might have happened. It's good that she's alright. Did she tell you how she fell into the water? Wasn't she accompanied by anyone?"

People need to exercise.

Linglong was originally a maidservant of Xu Weibei, and she had a good constitution.

After going through all that trouble at such a late stage of pregnancy, both mother and child are fine; isn't that all thanks to good health?

Gu Wanning thought to herself, "I'll start running and jumping rope tomorrow!"

She can definitely do it tomorrow!

"Yes. So her falling into the water was rather suspicious. The Marquis stayed behind to investigate this matter thoroughly, and fearing you would worry, he sent me back to report first."

"We must investigate thoroughly who has the audacity to target the Marquis's offspring."

Gu Wanning reasonably suspected that the Qiang State was behind it all.

The Queen of Qiang State might have a third lover who has also come to the Central Plains to cause trouble!

When it comes to using men, this woman is truly a role model for us all.

Hearing her indignant words, the Third Concubine lowered her voice and said, "Madam, I think this matter will probably just end up being left unresolved."

How could that be?

If that were the case, Gu Wanning would look down on Xu Weibei.

If his woman and child are harmed and he doesn't bring the culprit to justice, she will look down on him.

If she and her four concubines were merely figureheads, then Linglong was truly Xu Weibei's woman, the one who bore him children.

Not to mention, Linglong had been by his side since childhood, so their relationship was even more special.

"Madam," the Third Concubine said softly, "People outside are talking about you, about how you were kidnapped... and what happened in the end?"

Result?