The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 344

Chapter 344: 185 Truth (first update)_2

A strong hand grabbed her arm in time.

Yao’s eyes opened wide in incredulity as she faced him.

Gu Changqing said in an unearthly tone, “Hurry home, Father is on his way back too.”

Shock filled the heart of Mrs. Yao.

She had never expected that the person to whisk her away in her hour of need would be her stepson, Gu Changqing: “How is it that you…you…”

“Madam! Madam!”

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The housemaid rushed from the other end of the alley, bowing to Gu Changqing: “Young Master!” Then, turning to Mrs. Yao she said, “Madam, please get in the carriage!”

The carriage, which was originally stationed nearby the Zhen residence, had now moved here.

Mrs. Yao was full of questions, but Gu Changqing didn’t say a word, disappearing into the night.

Mrs. Yao got into the carriage with the help of the housemaid.

The housemaid handed her a flask of warm soup, saying, “It’s hot, Madam. Drink some to calm down.”

Mrs. Yao took the flask, pulling out the stopper and drinking a few gulps, feeling a gradual return of her breath: “What’s going on?” she asked the housemaid.

Patting her thigh, the housemaid replied, “Oh, I don’t know! Our carriage was parked over there just now when the Young Master came and asked me to fetch you from this alley. I thought I was done for—I thought he’d discovered us—I didn’t have a choice but to do as he asked. Madam, where were you just now? How did you end up with the Young Master? Won’t the Marquis suspect you if the Young Master tells him?”

Mrs. Yao was silent.

So, Gu Changqing had specifically come to rescue her.

He must have heard her conversation with Zhen Ping and known that she would head to the Zhen residence.

But didn’t he loathe her the most?

Why would he help her?

Mrs. Yao was puzzled.

Instead of returning home immediately, Mrs. Yao went to Bishui Alley.

The Marquis himself waited at home for Mrs. Yao for a while before showing up in Bishui Alley.

“Were you here all along?” asked the Marquis.

Mrs. Yao replied calmly, “Where else would I be? Where do you think I went?”

The Marquis returned to his residence and severely beat Gu Chenglin, “So, you’re not learning to be good, instead you’ve learned to slander your mother! Who gave you the audacity!”

Gu Chenglin was whipped relentlessly by his own father.

An aggrieved Gu Chenglin shouted, “I’m not slandering her! I saw her leave the house myself! She was sneaking around, you could tell she wasn’t up to anything good!”

“You’re still arguing!” The Marquis landed another lash on him.

A flustered Gu Chenglin raged, “If you don’t believe me, ask my older brothers! They heard it too! Mrs. Yao and that man made plans together! She went to meet another man privately!”

Just then, Gu Changqing happened to pass by the gate.

“Big Brother is here! Ask him!” Gu Chenglin cried out excitedly.

“What happened?” Gu Changqing walked over.

The Marquis said, “This boy claims that you overheard Mrs. Yao planning a secret rendezvous with a stranger when you were at the restaurant.”

Gu Changqing replied, “I heard nothing.”

Gu Chenglin was dumbfounded, “Big Brother, you’re lying! I heard it myself. You have better hearing than I do, how could you possibly not have heard anything?”

“You heard wrong.” Gu Changqing, having said that, bowed to the Marquis and walked back to his courtyard.

The Marquis, this time, had no intention of tempering his punishment.

Ling’s wife might have set her sights on her brother-in-law since then.

Gu Changqing’s eyes grew colder and colder: “Continue.”

The secret guard went on to say: “Also, the matter of Ling’s wife being a concubine to Marquis was proposed by her biological mother. The original old Madam Ling and old Madam Gu hadn’t thought of this. Her birth mother successfully persuaded both elders but…”

When it came to this, the secret guard suddenly stopped.

Gu Changqing cast a cold glance at him: “But what?”

The secret guard said: “Before leaving the Ling house, old Madam Ling gave her a bowl of sterility medicine. She could only get into the bridal sedan chair after she drank it, otherwise, this marriage would be canceled.”

Gu Changqing: “Did she drink it?”

“She did.” The secret guard nodded, “But, Master, you would never guess. On the night she married into the Marquis Residence, old Madam Gu also gave her a bowl of sterility medicine.”

While old Madam Gu seemed unreasonable, the secret guard had not seen such a cunning side of her before.

Gu Changqing was also taken aback by this fact. He hadn’t expected his grandmother to act this way, while his maternal grandmother, in his eyes, was a more gentle and kind elderly woman than old Madam Gu.

Who would’ve thought that without any prior consultation, they would both have jointly acted so ruthlessly towards Ling’s wife.

Both elders did so to protect the legitimate rights of their respective grandsons.

This is the truth as to why Ling’s wife had been barren for so many years.

She had told her three brothers that she could never have children in her life, not because she didn’t want to, but because she couldn’t.

Gu Changqing didn’t know what to say for a moment. As a woman, she was truly pitiable, but if it were not for her greed, why would she end up with such a fate?

The secret guard went on to say: “I’ve thoroughly investigated those rumors unfavorable to Yao Family in these years. They were spread by Ling’s wife. Although I don’t have conclusive evidence, the letter that slandered Yao Family for having an affair with Marquis might also be written by Ling’s wife.”

“I see.” Gu Changqing expected this result. However, if she had coveted his father from an early age, his mother inadvertently became a thorn in her side, “The cause of my mother’s death? Did she really die from illness?”

The secret guard pondered for a moment and shook his head: “This…I’m afraid it would be best to ask Ling’s wife. A day before Madam passed away, Ling’s wife had accompanied old Madam Ling to the residence to visit Madam. Madam’s condition had worsened drastically that night.”