strictlysupreme Chapter 172 One step is wrong, every step is wrong
Chapter 172 One step is wrong, every step is wrong
"Ah……"
The Queen Mother snorted coldly.
"This Liu Lanqi seems to be honest and upright, but he is actually a corrupt official. In the past three years alone, he has gained so much benefits. If it weren't for Liu's face, I would have asked the emperor to deal with him long ago."
After hearing the empress dowager's words, Nanny Hua knew that the emperor and the empress dowager had tolerated him for too long. However, she had the support of the Lin family, and the empress dowager favored Liu Tianshu, which was why he had been able to sit in the position of Minister of Personnel.
This time when the young marquis was injured, the empress dowager went to the marquis's mansion and found out that Liu Lanqi didn't care about Liu Tianshu and Lin at all. He favored his concubine over his wife to the point of allowing a concubine and a concubine's daughter to climb over the head of the mistress of the house.
Of course, if Liu Lanqi had not taken the initiative to kneel at the palace gate with Liu Tian'ai and had not repeatedly pleaded for Liu Tian'ai, the Queen Mother would not have been so angry.
At the same time, during this period, Liu Lanqi never mentioned Liu Tianshu, which made the Queen Mother even more convinced that he favored his concubine over his wife, and she ordered him to return home to rectify the family tradition.
Liu Lanqi had no idea that it was his self-righteousness that caused him to lose his official position.
As he limped out of the palace gate, a servant came running over, helped him into the carriage, and sent him back.
What happened in the palace soon reached Liu Tianshu's ears. Half an hour later, Liu Tian'ai, who was beaten to death, was sent back to the Marquis' Mansion.
The current head of the Marquis' Mansion is Gu Jinqing. Since the Queen Mother has sent the person back, it is natural for Gu Jinqing to deal with him. He didn't even meet the person sent by the Queen Mother, and just let him take care of Gu Jinyun in Fuguang Courtyard.
Hou and Gu Jinqing could only have people guard outside the palace to listen for news, and the people they sent only vaguely said that Liu Tian'ai would be under house arrest from then on and was not allowed to step out of the courtyard without the empress dowager's order.
Seeing that Liu Tian'ai's face was beaten into a pig's head, all her teeth were gone, blood was still flowing out of her mouth, and she collapsed to the ground, she thought that the Queen Mother wanted her to fend for herself in the yard.
Gu Jinqing was very angry when he thought about Liu Tian'ai daring to play tricks on him in front of outsiders.
They found a small, shabby yard, locked her up there, and evacuated all the servants from the yard.
Knowing that Gu Jinqing and Hou hated Liu Tian'ai, Liu Tianshu did not expect them to be so cruel, but what did this have to do with her?
As long as she stayed in Fuguangyuan and watched the servants taking care of Gu Jinyun at all times, the Queen Mother and Concubine Lan would think that she was a good person.
As long as she has the trust of the Queen Mother and Concubine Lan, no one in this Marquis' Mansion would dare to touch her.
"Um……"
Gu Jinyun, who had been in a coma for a day and a night, finally made a sound. Tao'er, who was guarding the inner room, immediately came out to report.
"Madam, the Marquis looks like he's about to wake up."
"I understand. Send someone to invite the imperial physician over."
After Liu Tianshu finished speaking, she put down the teacup in her hand and went to the inner room. Haitang and Qiangwei, who had been guarding the room for a whole day and night, immediately made way for her.
This is the advantage of being the main wife. No matter how much the concubines do, in the end it is all her credit.
Gu Jinyun looked very painful. Although he kept making sounds from his mouth, he showed no signs of waking up, and countless beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Liu Tianshu moved aside with disgust, letting Haitang and Qiangwei continue to take care of him, while she went to the outer room.
At this moment, Taoer came over with three imperial doctors.
"The three imperial doctors are here. The Marquis looks very painful, with countless cold sweat on his forehead..."
Hearing Liu Tianshu's words, the three imperial doctors didn't even bother to greet her, and quickly walked into the inner room carrying their medicine boxes.
Seeing the imperial physician coming, Haitang and Qiangwei made way again to let the imperial physician examine Gu Jinyun.
After seeing Gu Jinyun's appearance, the three imperial doctors had a general idea in their minds, but for safety reasons, they took turns taking Gu Jinyun's pulse before coming to Liu Tianshu.
"Madam, the Marquis did not wake up, but he was feeling unwell and started to have a fever."
Fever is not a good symptom these days. If you are not careful, it may turn you into a fool.
"What should I do? The three imperial doctors must save my Lord."
As Liu Tianshu said this, she was about to kneel down in front of the three imperial doctors, but they quickly dodged away.
"Madam, don't worry. The three of us were ordered by the Queen Mother to treat the young marquis, so we will naturally do our best to treat him."
After that, the three of them walked aside and began to discuss the prescription.
Liu Tianshu stood aside, seemingly waiting anxiously, but in fact she was constantly thinking in her heart how to let Guan Xue leave the Marquis' Mansion without leaving any trace.
Gu Jinqing is just a little girl. She is busy enough with all the troubles in the mansion and has no time to pay attention to her.
At the same time, although Guan Xue was the head maid beside her, in Gu Jinqing's eyes she was just a servant and she didn't take her seriously at all.
Sooner or later, I will have to leave the Marquis' Mansion, so I naturally cannot leave Guan Xue in this place where people are eaten without leaving any bones.
While Gu Jinyun was injured, housekeeper Gu Jinqing sent Guan Xue away. By the time everyone realized what was happening, Guan Xue had already started a new life.
Of course, even if those people noticed that Guan Xue had left, they probably wouldn't care about the stay or departure of a servant.
Gu Jinyun's condition was critical, and the three imperial doctors did not dare to discuss the matter for too long. They wrote out a prescription after just a cup of tea.
After receiving the prescriptions from the imperial doctors, Gu Jinyun called the housekeeper Uncle Xiang and asked him to go to the pharmacy in person to oversee the preparation and boiling of the medicine.
As it concerned Gu Jinyun's life, Uncle Xiang did not dare to be negligent and went to the pharmacy in person. However, after the court physician looked at the herbs required on the prescription, he quickly pointed out that three herbs were missing in the court.
The marquis's mansion was so big that the pharmacy could not even stock all the Chinese medicinal materials. Uncle Xiang was angry at Gu Jinqing's poor management, but he had no choice but to go to the pharmacy outside to get the medicine himself.
Gu Jinqing didn't know that she had made another mistake in housekeeping and was still thinking about how to torture Liu Tian'ai.
Now that Gu Jinyun himself is unconscious, he naturally cannot protect Liu Tian'ai. At the same time, in Gu Jinqing's opinion, even if he is awake, he will definitely dislike her because of this injury.
Liu Tian'ai, who has no backing in the Marquis's Mansion, is like meat on the chopping board, and she can do whatever she wants with her.
Liu Tian'ai was now tired and in pain, her stomach growling with hunger, but there was nothing to eat around her. Of course, even if there was anything, she could only drink porridge as she was a toothless old lady.
A person lay on the empty bed, motionless, tears streaming down his cheeks.
She was once the apple of the Shangshu Mansion's eye. She never thought that just one wrong step would lead to further mistakes, and she ended up in the situation where she has no one around her now.
She regretted it. She really regretted it at this moment. She shouldn't have provoked someone she shouldn't have provoked. If she had married into the Chang family as arranged by her father, she would not be rich but she would definitely live a stable life.
At the same time, if she had known that the Chang family would have a prince's consort, she would not have plotted against Gu Jinyun. But now it's too late...