Gu Wanqing Turns Dark

"That..."

"Xiaoxiao, aren't you going to thank my father?" Gu Wanqing said with a smile.

"Thank you, Uncle. Thank you, Uncle." Gu Xiaoxiao felt as if a happy life was beckoning to her.

The Prince of Qin's Residence is wealthy, and she no longer needs to live such a frugal life as she did in the Gu family. In the future, as long as she wins the Prince of Qin's favor, she can live a life of ease, with everything done for her. All she has to do is please the Prince of Qin.

Even a lowly official like hers is treated with great respect. Though she has no official title yet, as the woman of the Prince of Qin, how many men would want to curry favor with her?

When Gu Xiaoxiao was in the countryside, she was controlled by her own mother. After arriving in the capital, she was greatly disappointed and continued to live a poor life. She had to do many things herself and was also worried about marriage.

Now it's finally all right, she can finally hold her head high.

"Go back quickly and pack your things, wash your face, and redo your makeup. I'll take you back to the Prince's Residence with me when I leave."

"Okay, okay, thank you, big sister. I'll go back and pack now." Gu Xiaoxiao happily went out.

Then the Gu family erupted in chaos, each one asking Gu Wanqing why she did this, and whether there was some problem between her and the Prince of Qin.

Feeling like an outsider in this family, Gu Wanning took Er Ya and went out.

Let them have a place to talk intimately, so that no one feels uncomfortable with her there.

However, Gu Wanqing firmly denied it to her family, but went out to speak with Gu Wanning alone.

Seeing her looking like she wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk, Gu Wanning felt a bit of a headache.

In fact, Gu Wanning was always grateful to Gu Wanqing for sending her two hundred taels of silver.

Feelings may be fake, but money is never fake.

The fact that she asked someone to bring her money when she wasn't well-off shows that she was truly considerate.

"Big sister," Gu Wanning smiled at her from under the tree in the yard, "Why don't you come over to my place and talk for a while?"

Xu Weibei coughed twice in the side room.

"Don't you need to go see the Marquis?"

"No need," Gu Wanning said casually, "He's fine."

Xu Weibei's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

He wondered why Gu Wanning had always been so indifferent towards him.

Looking back now, was it because she knew she wasn't good enough, so she didn't see herself as a man and didn't want to rely on me?

Why is this happening?!

Chapter 198 Gu Wanqing's Darkening

Third Concubine watched as Xu Weibei's expression changed, growing increasingly gloomy, and stood silently to the side.

She didn't quite understand why the Marquis would act this way.

Logically speaking, a man who is born with deficiencies should be more effeminate and not as tall, mighty, and brave as the Marquis.

Sure enough, her skills were still not perfect, and she would need to continue to improve in the future.

Gu Wanning took Gu Wanqing to her house.

This wasn't Gu Wanqing's first visit, but looking at the quiet and cozy courtyard, she couldn't help but show a look of envy on her face.

After Gu Wanning poured her a cup of tea, Gu Wanqing lowered her head, and tears fell into the teacup.

"Clatter--"

Tears and tea mingled together, bitter and hard to swallow.

Gu Wanning looked at her quietly, silently pushing the handkerchief towards her, offering no comfort.

Before knowing what has happened, any words of comfort seem so pale.

"Gu Wanning, I mistook you for someone else," Gu Wanqing said.

She spoke calmly, as if her heart had just entered the eye of a typhoon after a storm.

Gu Wanning knew that there would be storms in her heart in the future, and it would be a long and arduous journey.

Gu Wanning remained silent.

"Actually, even earlier," Gu Wanqing seemed to be talking to herself, "I realized that I had married the wrong person, but I kept trying to comfort myself..."

That was the man she had chosen herself. He was tender and affectionate when he pursued her, and she thought that from then on she would live a blissful life where she would only envy the love between lovers.

But later she discovered that her bottom line was being crossed little by little.

At first, it was about recruiting new women, and initially it was done under the guise of being a reward from the Empress. Later, they simply stopped hiding it and took whoever they fancied...

Gu Wanqing was in pain, but she told herself that the Prince of Qin was Prince, and having a few more women around him didn't threaten her position. She couldn't be jealous; that wouldn't be right.

She treated all those women very well, but all she got in return was repeated provocations.

She even lost her child in a fight in the backyard...

She thought that at that time, she had lost all hope.

But later it was discovered that she still cared about whose room the Prince of Qin went to.

She would also use her cunning to drive away those overly arrogant women from the mansion.

She felt that she still had a son, and she had to make plans for him.

If a man has already disappointed you, then he should raise his son well.

Despite the immense pain of losing her child, she still wants to have another baby so that her An-ge won't be left alone and helpless in the future.

The imperial physician said that her body was damaged and she needed to recuperate for several years; she couldn't rush into pregnancy.

Gu Wanqing swallowed the bitter medicine bowl after bowl.

She also made other women use contraceptives; for those she could easily manipulate, she would give them the medicine directly, while for those she couldn't, she would use underhanded methods.

In short, she has to risk her life for An-ge Ge.

Even at this point, she harbored mixed feelings of love and hate towards the Prince of Qin.

However, while she was at An-ge's place, the Prince of Qin forcibly took Yun'er, the head maid who had stayed in the room.

In her grief and anger, Yun'er threw herself into the well, because she was already engaged and felt ashamed to face her fiancé.

She didn't even leave Gu Wanqing a single word.

Gu Wanqing fell seriously ill.

"I dreamt that Yun'er came to me and said she hated me. I asked Yun'er why she didn't wait for me to come back, and she said that even if I came back, I would only advise her to swallow her anger and consider the bigger picture. And I was speechless..."

Gu Wanqing covered her face, tears streaming through her fingers.

Because of this, she had a huge fight with the Prince of Qin and locked Prince of Qin out.