Chapter 14: I’m Not Smart

Finally, the fourth concubine couldn’t help but speak first.

“Madam, are you sure I can go? Aren’t you angry?”

Gu Wanning waved her hand, signaling her to leave.

The fourth concubine took the eldest concubine and left.

The second concubine looked at them, then left too.

She probably felt that she had given the money, so she had some confidence.

“You don’t have to leave.” Gu Wanning said to the hesitant third concubine, “I have something to tell you. Come, help me carry the basket, I’ll pick the eggplants.”

The third concubine quickly stepped forward.

Er’ya looked at the empty cage and said dejectedly, “Don’t say it, Madam, I feel empty now. Why don’t we buy some smaller ones to raise? Right, you said about raising pigs last time, should we build the pigsty this time?”

Gu Wanning: “We’ll talk about it later.”

Raising pigs in the middle of summer, I can’t even imagine the smell.

The first time I entered this backyard, I almost passed out from the smell of chicken manure.

Not to mention, even if I can bear it, Xu Weibei can’t.

And since I’ve made up my mind to leave, I’ll just leave decisively.

Cut the water with a sword, decisively, confidently, even if there are thousands of people, I will go!

That’s the spirit!

You have a bunch of chickens, ducks, and geese behind you, plus a few fat pigs, what’s that?

Er’ya thought that Gu Wanning really could “talk about it later,” she was excited to plan the location of her pigsty.

Gu Wanning asked the third concubine which days she wanted to avoid sleeping with the Marquis.

The third concubine said softly, “Madam, this servant wanted to find you, but she didn’t know how to bring it up.”

Gu Wanning was gentle with her, “If you have any thoughts, come and tell me. You are the Great Princess’s gift to the Marquis, you are more dignified than the other few. In this huge mansion, all kinds of things are on my shoulders, you can’t expect me to take care of everything, so if you want anything, let me know, and I’ll make arrangements.”

The prime minister’s gate is a seventh-rank official.

The Great Princess’s people, they must have dignity.

“Madam, this servant is unclean, I’m afraid of defiling the Marquis, so I can’t serve him.”

Gu Wanning was truly shocked.

Because when the third concubine said “unclean,” she said it casually, as if she was asking if she had eaten today.

But this matter, for ancient women, was more important than their lives.

As the saying goes, it’s better to starve to death than to lose your virtue.

The third concubine smiled gently, as if the hurt she had suffered before had faded away, “This servant is telling the truth.”

Her name is Huaying, after her father died and her mother remarried, she was raised by her grandfather, she grew up surrounded by the fragrance of medicine.

She followed her grandfather, who had retired from the Imperial Medical Bureau, to treat many noble people.

Then she met a young man who was weak, and in their interactions, they gradually developed feelings for each other.

“This servant couldn’t resist his sweet words, or maybe this servant was shameless, she did something inappropriate with him, and then she got pregnant…”

Mentioning the past, the third concubine’s eyes were filled with self-deprecation.

“My grandfather was very angry, but it was already done, he couldn’t do anything, he could only go to his family and hope to get married soon.”

Unexpectedly, his family wanted her to be a concubine, saying that her status was too high to be a concubine, and she was pregnant now.

“This servant is indeed climbing too high, but he promised this servant that he would marry her as his wife.”

She believed every word he said, so she was impulsive and gave herself to him.

Until she was rejected, she still believed that it wasn’t his intention.

She went to find him, but he persuaded her to accept reality.

She realized that he already had a fiancée.

“This servant aborted the five-month-old baby and sent it to him in a box.”

Mentioning the child who was destined to be, the third concubine’s eyes filled with tears.

I’m sorry, child, I’m really sorry.

Gu Wanning was shocked.

The third concubine was so strong.

Although she didn’t dare to believe it completely, the third concubine gave her a deep shock.

“My grandfather once saved the Great Princess. He never asks for anything, but for me, he went to ask the Great Princess, and then I went to serve the Princess…”

Later, the Great Princess gave her to Xu Weibei.

“Did the Great Princess know about your past?” Gu Wanning asked softly.

“She knows.” The third concubine nodded, “The Princess said that this servant is just a concubine, many people’s concubines have been with others before…”

The Great Princess pitied her and was very kind to her.

There was one more thing the third concubine couldn’t say, the Great Princess was a master at using people.

Others might be jealous, she had experienced so much, and she knew she was unclean, she was already a step behind, she wouldn’t cause trouble.

And she was grateful for the Great Princess’s kindness, she would tell her about anything that happened in the mansion.

Her mission was to make Xu Weibei and Gu Wanning a happy couple and have a legitimate son as soon as possible.

Gu Wanning was a little dazed for a moment.

Why did this dynasty feel feudal and open to her?

She seemed to have been poisoned by TV dramas, she took some things for granted.

“But the Great Princess agreed, do you think this matter of uncleanliness is important?” Gu Wanning asked.

Xu Weibei might not know, right?

This can’t be a reason for her not to sleep with him.

“This servant has been ill since the abortion, she has been constantly leaking, she is not very clean.”

“Didn’t you check yourself?”

“I did, and I took a lot of medicine, but it didn’t work.”

Is this a case of a doctor not treating himself, or is it just an excuse?

Gu Wanning didn’t know, and she didn’t want to ask.

She only knew that the third concubine didn’t want to participate in this matter of sleeping with the Marquis.

People have said she’s sick, she can’t make someone work while sick, can she?

“I understand.” Gu Wanning said.

Today is June 11th, the second concubine is in the middle of the month, the fourth concubine is in the latter half of the month, and the eldest concubine is in the first half of the month. It’s still in order of seniority.

What excuse should I use for myself?

This is really giving me a headache!

After picking the eggplants, Gu Wanning sent the third concubine back, and when she went back to have breakfast, she was still thinking about this problem.

It wasn’t that she wanted to explain to Xu Weibei, she had to explain to the Great Princess, her big leg!

Er’ya said in confusion, “Madam, you didn’t think this way before! Didn’t you think that being the Marquis’s wife was fine?”

Although she wasn’t as good as the Princess Qin, she had already married, she had to live a good life, she couldn’t let the flamboyant and vulgar woman step on her head.

“I don’t think so anymore.” Gu Wanning said, “Hurry up and help me think of a way.”

“This servant doesn’t have a brain, I can’t think of a way.”

Gu Wanning: “Where’s your brain?”

“My mother said I didn’t have one.”

Gu Wanning: “…Get out, get out, I want to be alone.”

“Okay, this servant will go and measure the pigsty.”

Gu Wanning looked up to the sky and said, didn’t I just say that we can’t raise pigs!

Forget it, let her be.

Unexpectedly, Er’ya went out for a while and came back in a hurry.

“Not good, Madam, not good!”

Gu Wanning: What, did Xu Weibei die?