Chapter 18: Forced to Share a Bed

Gu Wanning really used all her strength to stop this farce.

The outcome was that the Great Princess, in her great mercy, let her off the hook, she didn’t personally watch the consummation of the marriage.

But!

She left behind her most trusted old nurse, Chu Mammy.

Chu Mammy was the old nurse who had watched Xu Weibei grow up, she was very dignified, and also very… strict.

She personally supervised the people, she took away all the bedding that Xu Weibei had in the outer study, and then she replaced it with brand new crimson bedding in Gu Wanning’s room.

After dinner that night, she said to Gu Wanning, “Madam, it’s time to rest, you go and bathe and change your clothes first, this old servant will go and ask the Marquis to come back.”

Gu Wanning was afraid of the strong and bullied the weak, she saw Chu Mammy as if she saw her strict middle school teacher, she was as timid as a quail in front of her.

After she went out, Er’ya said, “Madam, are you going to consummate the marriage? Will you be able to have a baby in a few months?”

Gu Wanning: I’ll give birth to a dog!

“Don’t worry about those things, go and tell the second concubine that this is what the Great Princess requested, it doesn’t count as me breaking my promise. I remember her request, I’ll help her in the future.”

She said she would arrange it for others first, but she ended up eating it herself.

That’s a little unfair.

Mainly, she was also afraid that the second concubine would feel cheated and come to her for compensation.

She had already used all her money to fill the hole, she couldn’t afford to pay.

So Gu Wanning felt that it was necessary to give the second concubine an explanation.

Er’ya went to do as she was told.

But Chu Mammy was blocking the door, she said that Xu Weibei had already returned to his room, and told her to go back and rest, she didn’t need to go in and serve.

Er’ya was worried, she shouted into the room, “Madam, are you alright?”

Gu Wanning was staring at Xu Weibei, she couldn’t help but feel a little flustered when she heard this, “I’m fine, you go back and rest.”

Chu Mammy was sitting on the corridor, like a door god, she wouldn’t let anyone in the room come out, and she wouldn’t let anyone outside go in.

“There are so many mosquitoes, you fan yourself.” Er’ya took a large palm leaf fan from somewhere and stuffed it into her arms, “This servant is going to sleep.”

Then she left.

Chu Mammy looked at the rough palm leaf fan in her arms, she couldn’t help but shake her head and smile.

Madam’s maid, her manners are really not good, but she is honest.

“I’m going to sleep,” Gu Wanning broke the silence, “You sleep on the bed, I’ll sleep on the couch. You’re in charge of rocking the bed, I’m in charge of calling out, how about that?”

We’re all in this together.

Xu Weibei: “…Behave yourself!”

Gu Wanning thought to herself, the Emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is the one who is in a hurry.

Now his grandmother is the one making demands, what am I busy with?

She simply ignored Xu Weibei, she climbed onto the couch and lay down.

Xu Weibei sat there, like a big Buddha, motionless, waiting for others to offer him things.

Gu Wanning couldn’t help but think, this man is really made of iron, the blows he received were like they landed on a dog.

Forget it, who cares!

Tomorrow morning, she still has to go and see her corn, she doesn’t have the time to care about him.

Gu Wanning yawned widely, then closed her eyes and went to meet the Sandman.

She was a little excited playing Werewolf during the day, now she was dreaming about “Werewolf, please kill,” and then she killed Xu Weibei.

Xu Weibei was a little depressed today.

Being beaten wasn’t a big deal, but his grandmother used her body to blackmail him into consummating the marriage with Gu Wanning, it really made him feel suffocated, he couldn’t breathe.

But although he had many complaints about his grandmother, he was raised by her.

He couldn’t ignore his grandmother, but he didn’t want to “sacrifice” himself for the country.

Before his grandmother left, she told him that she would consider withdrawing Chu Mammy when Gu Wanning got pregnant.

This made Xu Weibei very annoyed.

They didn’t live together, so he couldn’t see her and he wouldn’t be bothered; now they were together day and night, his disgust had nowhere to go.

When he saw Gu Wanning, he thought of Old Gu.

No, he can’t just sit back and wait for death.

Tomorrow, he must have Gao Lan think of a way.

Gao Lan outside sneezed violently.

Xu Weibei lay down on the bed in his clothes.

He didn’t know if it was his imagination, but he vaguely heard Gu Wanning mutter something, it sounded like—

Kill Xu Weibei.

She dares to think.

Xu Weibei’s lips curled into a mocking smile, as long as she has the ability, go ahead.

He couldn’t wait for Gu Wanning to murder her husband, so he could have a reason to separate from her.

“Murder her husband?” Gao Lan winced, how dare the Marquis think that?

You’re more likely to kill your wife.

“This subordinate really doesn’t have the ability to make Madam do anything.” Gao Lan felt like he was going to grow white hair in the past few days.

“I don’t care, you think of a way, anyway, you must divorce her as soon as possible, even if it costs more money, even if the price is higher.”

“Even if you lose face?”

“What do you mean?”

“It means that you are cold to Madam, but if someone is kind to Madam…”

Xu Weibei understood.

Gao Lan wanted him to have a little green on his head.

It’s true… it’s not impossible.

“Well, this subordinate means, since we don’t want to be good,” Gao Lan finally gathered his courage and said it all in one breath, “Then let’s go big, find Madam a man, then catch them in bed, even if the Emperor himself comes, she won’t be in the right.”

“Since you say so, do you have someone in mind?”

“Well, I do.” Gao Lan scratched his head, “This subordinate thinks that Jiang Qiu Bai is quite suitable. This subordinate heard from the steward that Madam often went to support Jiang Qiu Bai’s performances.”

“Is that the actor?”

The last time Gu Wanning was stopped, she was invited to listen to Master Jiang’s play, it was Jiang Qiu Bai.

Jiang Qiu Bai was very popular in the capital, so Xu Weibei had heard of him.

“Madam often went there before, it’s just that you came back, so she stopped going…”

Xu Weibei sneered: It seems he was the one holding her back.

“You are under house arrest by the Emperor, you have nothing to do, you can invite an opera troupe to the house to relieve your boredom, what do you think?”

Although Jiang Qiu Bai is a famous actor, he wouldn’t dare to refuse the Marquis of Yingchuan’s request.

Xu Weibei waved his hand, “Go and do it.”

“Yes.”

Gu Wanning was still uneasy, she went to talk to the second concubine.

“I’ve been keeping your matter in mind!”

Although she was sleeping under the same roof as Xu Weibei, she kept her promise and didn’t make any substantial moves.

The second concubine smiled, “Madam remembers, this servant is grateful. When you conceive a legitimate son, and the Marquis can come and sit for a while, this servant will be satisfied.”

“No, I will find a way to do it quickly.”

Her room wouldn’t allow a man to sleep soundly.

She had to find a way to kick Xu Weibei out as soon as possible.

She had actually already thought of a way, but she couldn’t say it.

“No, no, no,” the second concubine quickly said, “Madam, you don’t have to do that. In front of the Princess, this servant wouldn’t dare to act presumptuously.”

There was still that great deity above her!

If the Great Princess thought she was restless, then her good days would be over.