Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 554: Buddha bless you, my son likes girls

Day two.

Two major events caused a stir in the capital.

One incident was that the seventh princess died of exhaustion due to excessive sexual intercourse with her lover.

Another thing is that the second son of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion had a homosexual tendency and was caught by someone when he took a man out to spend the night in the rain.

Zhenguogongfu.

In the main courtyard, Madam Gu frowned as she looked at her son: "Qianhan, what's going on? Did you really spend the night with... with a man?"

Gu Qianning looked at Gu Qianhan with a strange expression: "Second brother, what on earth did you do? It's all spread out there now. You're gay - your story is almost overshadowing the death of the Seventh Princess."

Gu Qianhan said calmly, "Don't believe everything you hear. You believe rumors too. Don't you have any brains? Didn't I come back last night? How could I have spent the night with a man?"

Mrs. Gu's face was not looking good: "You didn't come back until almost dawn last night. Do you think I don't know? Tell me, where did you go?"

"I just thought the scenery was nice on yesterday's rainy night, so I just took a walk outside. I only had Jixiang with me. Maybe they misunderstood it, so they spread it around outside."

Madam Gu slammed the table in anger, "Do you think I'm stupid? Everyone in the capital who knows you must know your servant Jixiang. Besides, I don't believe Jixiang has the guts to ride with you!"

"I didn't say that I was riding with Jixiang. Jixiang was just holding my horse. Mother, please don't ask me about these trivial matters. I didn't sleep well last night. I'm going back to sleep. Don't send anyone to call me."

"How can this be a small matter?! This is a huge matter! How can you still sleep? I was so shocked by your behavior that I couldn't even eat!"

"Then maybe you're not hungry enough. You'll be able to eat after two days of starvation."

After Gu Qianhan finished speaking, he turned and left.

Jixiang hurriedly lowered his head and followed, for he was afraid that if he walked too slowly, he would be questioned by Mrs. Gu again - he had been questioned for almost an hour since early in the morning.

Mrs. Gu was so angry that she fell backwards, but she didn't call Jixiang again. Anyway, she couldn't get anything out of Jixiang because the boy kept his mouth shut!

She looked at her daughter worriedly: "A Ning, could your second brother really like men? I was wondering why he never cared about women and didn't even want to look at them for too long. So it turns out that he... doesn't like women?"

If Gu Qianning hadn't lived her life over again, she would have had this doubt. In her previous life, before she knew that her second brother liked Shen Wantang, she had always suspected that her second brother liked men.

"This one……"

Gu Qianning hesitated, not knowing whether she should tell the truth.

Yesterday, her second brother asked her to reveal to their mother that he liked Shen Wantang, so why did he give himself the label of a gay this morning?

Could it be that he wanted to use this name to force his mother to agree to let him marry Shen Wantang?

He should have given her a hint. If he just left like that, how would she face her mother alone?

Seeing her daughter's hesitation, Mrs. Gu felt that she must know the inside story, so she asked her hurriedly: "A Ning, do you know your second brother's secret? If you do, you must tell me the truth!"

Gu Qianning had no choice but to say, "Mother, I heard from my second brother that he seemed to have a crush on a girl."

When Mrs. Gu heard the word "girl", she was overjoyed: "Really? Really a girl?"

"It's a girl, absolutely true, but the girl's background may be slightly lower."

"It's fine as long as she's a girl! What does it matter if she's of a lower birth?"

Mrs. Gu almost cried with joy: "Buddha bless, my son likes girls, it's great! If he liked boys, I really don't know how to explain it to the ancestors of the Gu family!"

Seeing that she didn't seem to care much about her background, Gu Qianning asked suspiciously, "Wasn't the marriage that mother wanted to arrange for my second brother someone from the Liu family? Wasn't the one you wanted to marry my second brother Liu Nanshi? Didn't you arrange for her to come to our house because you were attracted by her background?"

Madam Gu shook her head. "It's not that I want your second brother to marry into the Liu family. It's the Liu family that wants to marry us. Madam Liu always likes to bring Liu Nanshi to play. Can I really kick her out? Elder Liu is in a high position and has great power. It won't hurt for me to get closer to Madam Liu."

Gu Qianning was stunned: "Ah? Didn't you mention the marriage between the two families?"

"Of course not."

"Madam Liu didn't mention it either?"

"Oh, Madam Liu is very reserved. She is marrying off her daughter. If the woman brings up this matter first, she will be in a bad position. Of course she won't bring it up. She is waiting for me to bring it up. Otherwise, why would she come here so frequently?"

"Then why didn't you mention it? I thought you liked Liu Nanshi very much and wanted her to be your daughter-in-law!"

"Liu Nanshi does look like a lady from a wealthy family. As the daughter of a noble family, she naturally has the bearing of a noble family. However, because she comes from such a high family background, I don't want your second brother to marry her."

Gu Qianning was stunned by her words: "For other families, Liu Nanshi's family background is indeed too high, but for our Duke's Mansion, isn't it a good match? Why does mother still think that her family background is too high?"

Madam Gu took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Of course it's because your second brother is the second child, and it's not good for him to be ahead of your eldest brother in getting married."

Gu Qianning looked at her in shock. She never imagined that the reason her mother didn't want her second brother to marry Liu Nanshi was because she was afraid that her second brother would outshine her eldest brother!

"Mother, you are being a little biased, aren't you? My second brother is already at a disadvantage because he cannot inherit the title. How can you still pressure him to marry a wife? Is my second brother your biological son?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course he is my biological son, but the country has its own laws and the family has its own rules. Your second brother has been known as a genius since he was a child. He is too smart and has surpassed your eldest brother in this aspect. If he surpasses your eldest brother in everything, won't the family be in chaos?"

"Mother! Is it his fault that the second brother is smart? Is it better for him to be stupid? The eldest brother himself doesn't think that the second brother is better than him, but you are unhappy for the eldest brother?!"

"Alright, alright, keep your voice down so that no one outside can hear you."

"So your mother is afraid of being heard by others that you are partial to her? I have always heard others say that my parents are partial to me, and I was secretly proud that we don't have such a situation in our family, but I never thought that there is such a situation in our family!"

Madam Gu was embarrassed by what her daughter said, and her momentum weakened: "I am worried that your second brother is too powerful and will take your eldest brother's title in the future. I am not partial to other things. Your second brother has everything that your eldest brother has on weekdays. It's just that I want your second brother to be more cautious about the matter of marrying a wife."

Gu Qianning didn’t know what to say for a moment. This was the first time in her two lifetimes that she felt pity for her second brother.

Fortunately, Shen Wantang was not born into a high-class family. If she was born into a high-class family, wouldn’t her mother have ruined the marriage?

Gu Qianning felt very upset: "Mother is so partial to my eldest brother and neglects my second brother. She should make it up to him in marriage."