Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 698: Shen Wantang Cannot Give Birth to a Grandson

Shen Wantang opened her eyes wide: "How can this be possible? Qianhan and I have nothing to talk about. I still want to share the worries for you and sister-in-law! There are so many trivial matters in this mansion. How can sister-in-law handle it alone..."

"okay!"

Madam Gu quickly interrupted her: "I know you're considerate, but you don't need to argue about this matter anymore. It's settled! I'm tired too, so go back!"

Shen Wantang sighed slightly: "Ah, yes, a daughter-in-law always listens to her mother. I'll take my leave."

After she finished speaking, she turned and walked away with a dejected look on her face.

Mrs. Gu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her leave.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw the door curtain opened and a figure walked in.

She thought it was Shen Wantang who had returned, and her nerves immediately tensed up. Only when she saw that the person who came in was Gu Qianning did she relax again.

Gu Qianning yawned, rubbed her eyes, and walked over to sit next to Madam Gu. "Mother, my second sister-in-law didn't seem very happy when she left just now. Did you bully her? You can't do that. Your daughter-in-law has just come home, and you're already being a wicked mother-in-law and making things difficult for her. You'll be laughed at."

Madam Gu glared at her. "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I possibly be a wicked mother-in-law? Your second sister-in-law is full of tricks. How could I give her a hard time? I'd be so lucky if she didn't!"

"Tsk, I've never heard of a daughter-in-law making things difficult for her mother-in-law!"

Gu Qianning curled her lips. "I know my second sister-in-law. She's definitely not the type to start trouble. Of course, she's not one to suffer in silence either. Next time you give her a hard time, think twice."

Meng Yunlan quickly spoke up for Madam Gu: "Aning, I can testify that Mother really didn't make things difficult for my sister-in-law. It's just that my sister-in-law wanted to take over as the housekeeper, but Mother didn't agree, so she's a little unhappy."

Gu Qianning was stunned: "Atang wants to replace the eldest sister-in-law as the housekeeper? This... this is impossible, right? Are you mistaken? How could Atang make such a request?"

Madam Gu snorted coldly, "How could this be wrong? She's incredibly ambitious! It turns out I underestimated her!"

"Impossible! I don't believe it!"

With a friendship spanning two lifetimes, Gu Qianning's trust in Shen Wantang cannot be shaken by a few words from Madam Gu and Meng Yunlan.

She stood up suddenly and walked out: "There must be some misunderstanding here, I'll go find Atang and ask him!"

"What are you asking?! Hey, come back here!"

Mrs. Gu was afraid that the secret would be exposed, so she immediately called Gu Qianning, but Gu Qianning didn't listen at all and disappeared in a moment.

Madam Gu's face was a little grim. She glanced at her eldest daughter-in-law and said with a hint of annoyance, "Yunlan, look at what this has caused. One moment you want to give the housekeeper power to Tang'er, and the next moment you don't want to give it to her. How can I, as a mother-in-law, face this?"

Meng Yunlan's face was filled with guilt: "Mother, it's all my daughter-in-law's fault. I was inconsiderate."

Madam Gu was still very unhappy: "Yunlan, since you have already married into the Duke's Mansion, you should consider the Duke's Mansion more. You can't always run back to your parents' home for help because of some trivial matters."

"You've been married for five years and haven't conceived a child. I've never blamed you, right? I've always told you to relax and not worry, but you actually went back to your parents' home and called your mother over to put pressure on me?! Forcing me to hand over the housekeeping power to the second wife!"

"I refuse to hand over the stewardship to the second wife. Others don't know the reason, but don't you know it yourself?! I'm on your side!"

Meng Yunlan waved her hands hurriedly: "No, no, I absolutely did not mean to let my mother put pressure on you! I just... I just couldn't get pregnant, and I was too anxious. I saw many doctors, and they all said that I needed to rest for a while, so I wanted to..."

"Ugh!"

Madam Gu sighed deeply, "Forget it, let's just forget about this matter. I know you haven't been pregnant yet, and I'm the most anxious. After Tang'er came home, you must have become even more anxious."

As for why Meng Yunlan became so anxious and lost his composure as soon as Shen Wantang entered the room, Mrs. Gu knew it very well.

Because she and Meng Yunlan had the same idea: Shen Wantang must not give birth to the child before Meng Yunlan.

The eldest grandson of the Gu family should have come out of Meng Yunlan's belly. If Shen Wantang got there first, then her and Gu Qianhan's status would rise sharply, and they might even surpass the eldest son's family.

"Yunlan, don't be anxious about having a child. Perhaps it's fate that hasn't arrived yet, so the child hasn't come yet. You and Qianling are still young, and you will have a child."

Mrs. Gu's comfort made Meng Yunlan feel even more guilty. Her eyes turned red. "Thank you for your understanding, mother. It is a blessing for your daughter-in-law to have a mother-in-law like you in her previous life."

Madam Gu couldn't help but shake her head. What else could she do if she didn't show sympathy? Give her son a few concubines? Force him to take a concubine?

She can't do this kind of thing.

Firstly, she had suffered this loss herself before. After she became pregnant, her mother-in-law forced her husband to have several beautiful concubines, so that her husband, who was originally very close to her, gradually developed a rift with her and they quarreled constantly, and sometimes they even didn't speak to each other for a month or two.

Secondly, the eldest son himself is a man of his own ideas. He is unwilling to take a concubine and even came to her specifically to say that having Meng Yunlan is enough for him in this life. Only when the couple is close and of one mind can they live a long and happy life.

The third reason is that Mrs. Gu was unwilling to let her concubine give birth to the eldest grandson of the Gu family, especially the eldest grandson of the eldest son.

In a respectable family, the first child is always born to the wife.

Only a family without any rules would let a concubine be born before the wife.

"Mother, what about the housekeeper..."

"A Ning and I will help you with some of the housekeeping matters. You only need to take care of a small part. This way, you won't be too tired."

"What about my sister-in-law..."

"Don't worry about her. I'm here to protect her. As long as I'm still alive, no one can get past you!"

Meng Yunlan lowered his head: "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law didn't mean that."

Madam Gu glanced at her, and the unpleasant feeling in her heart surged up again. "I know what you mean. Your mother also specifically said that she hopes you will give birth to the eldest grandson of the Duke's Mansion. That's why she insisted that I give the housekeeper power to Tang'er, so that Tang'er will be too busy and can't give birth before you."

Meng Yunlan looked embarrassed. She had just wanted to mention it vaguely, but she didn't expect her mother-in-law to expose it so rudely.

Madam Gu's tone was heavy: "Have you ever thought about this? This is our Duke's Mansion's family affair. You ask your mother to interfere in family affairs. Is this reasonable? Have you considered my reputation?"

"She's meddling in everything. It's fine if she only cares about you and Qian Ling having a baby, but she's even trying to figure out when Qian Han and his wife will have a baby!"

"Looking across the entire capital, there's no other mother-in-law like this!"