Chapter 20: Encountering Provocation

“Madam,” the eldest concubine was a cautious person, “The Marquis is under house arrest, is it okay for us to go out?”

The second concubine quickly said, “That’s right, this servant was so happy that she forgot about this. Let’s wait a little longer…”

“No need to wait, we won’t interfere with him.” Gu Wanning said.

“What about Chu Mammy?” The third concubine asked.

Gu Wanning: “…I’ll just say that I’m going out to find a recipe for having a son.”

Speaking of this topic, everyone looked at Gu Wanning’s stomach.

They must think that Xu Weibei has been diligently sowing seeds.

Gu Wanning thought to herself, he hasn’t been farming, he’s been watering “little daisies.”

Gao Lan stood beside Xu Weibei, he didn’t dare to speak, then he heard his master say fiercely, “I’ll kick them all out sooner or later, none of them are good!”

Gao Lan didn’t dare to respond, he pretended to be deaf.

The news that Gu Wanning was going out was told to Xu Weibei by Chu Mammy.

“Madam, in order to make the Princess happy, she is eager to have a son…”

The unspoken part was probably, please cooperate with the Marquis.

Xu Weibei thought, this woman doesn’t have me in her eyes at all, she didn’t even tell me when she was going out.

He didn’t believe that nonsense about wanting a son.

Eager to have a son and go out?

Go out to borrow seeds?

They sleep in the same room every day, she sleeps like a pig, Xu Weibei didn’t feel her eagerness.

“Go and investigate, what is she going out to do.” Xu Weibei said coldly to Gao Lan.

Gao Lan was miserable, he couldn’t help but complain, “Marquis, why don’t you find another maid to serve you… It doesn’t seem appropriate for this subordinate to go, does it?”

Before, when that person was around, he didn’t need to do this, it’s a pity that now, sigh.

But Xu Weibei’s sharp gaze swept over, Gao Lan obediently went like a wronged wife.

He was quite capable, he quickly found out what was going on.

In short, it was just a few women going out for a stroll, then they went to the second concubine’s shop to have a look.

Harmless.

But Xu Weibei was paranoid, he suspected that Gu Wanning was going out to meet with the Gu family and pass on messages.

Gao Lan said hesitantly, “What kind of message could it be?”

It can’t be whether you snore or talk in your sleep.

Because since the Marquis returned to the mansion, he hasn’t had a proper conversation with Madam!

“It’s hard to say. Now that I’m back, and I’ve confronted them directly, Old Gu will definitely retaliate.”

That’s possible, after all, you did do something quite outrageous.

Even a clay figure has three points of anger.

You hit their precious son, who wouldn’t hold a grudge?

“You follow them secretly tomorrow.”

“Yes… it’s just that this subordinate is a little unsure, the fourth concubine, she’s really quite capable.”

Gao Lan has been caught by Zhou Yayaya three times while spying.

Three times.

Gao Lan felt that he had no face to show.

“Then leave her in the mansion.”

“Leave her in the mansion? Say that you want to see her?”

“You figure it out.”

So, the fourth concubine, who was most looking forward to going out, was struck by lightning before she could leave.

——Xu Weibei called her to serve him.

The fourth concubine was extremely resistant to this.

“Go back and tell the Marquis that I’ll talk to him when I get back tonight.” She said to Gao Lan.

Gao Lan: “Chu Mammy is watching tonight, the Marquis has to go back to his room.”

“Chu Mammy—” The fourth concubine shouted, “The Marquis called me to serve him!”

Whoever stopped her from going out today was her sworn enemy, don’t blame her for being ruthless!

Heaven knows, she was going crazy in the Marquis’s mansion.

Gao Lan: “…”

It’s over, it’s over.

Then Chu Mammy came, and Gao Lan returned in defeat.

The eldest concubine secretly said to the fourth concubine, “How dare you be so bold? Even if you don’t want to go, be more tactful.”

The fourth concubine said aggrievedly, “Even if I’m going to die tonight, I’m going out today, no one can stop me!”

Gu Wanning was also guessing what Xu Weibei wanted the fourth concubine for.

Jiang Qiu Bai is gone, so he thought of these women in the mansion?

He wants to have an old cow eat young grass, you old thing!

Speaking of Gao Lan, he went back to report with a worried look on his face.

To avoid being scolded, he immediately proposed an alternative plan.

“Since that’s the case, this subordinate will say that he is ordered to protect the fourth concubine, how about that?”

“Wouldn’t that make her a target? Just say that you are protecting Gu Wanning.”

Xu Weibei never had any romantic feelings for Zhou Yayaya.

He was forced to keep her, he was also taking care of her, and he would return her intact in the future.

So, for the sake of “Zhao,” he didn’t want Zhou Yayaya to become a target.

“If you say you are protecting Madam, Madam will know that it’s an excuse for surveillance.” Gao Lan said with a bitter face.

“Then you just go and tell her, I’m sending you to monitor her, see what she can do to me!”

Their Gu family, don’t even think about causing trouble under my nose.

“Oh, yes.”

So, Gu Wanning got a shadow.

This group of people went out, it was a grand and lively scene.

Gu Wanning first took them to the shop selling goods from the north and south, but this time there were no exciting discoveries, so she didn’t buy anything.

The eldest concubine brought some needlework to sell, she originally planned to find an embroidery shop, but unexpectedly, the shop selling goods from the north and south liked it, a double-sided embroidered screen sold for sixty taels of silver, and other small things also sold for over twenty taels.

The fourth concubine smiled and asked her to treat them, the eldest concubine smiled and agreed.

The second concubine was inquiring about prices all the time, she looked at the flow of people, and secretly whispered to Gu Wanning about the shop’s profits.

The third concubine was quiet as usual, she had no presence.

Gao Lan was a few steps away from them, keeping his distance, but he didn’t dare to leave.

“There’s nothing to buy, let’s go.” Gu Wanning said.

“Yes, Madam.” Several people quickly agreed, they surrounded her and walked out together.

As soon as they went out, a ragged child came over to beg for money.

He looked about five or six years old, he was thin and bony, his eyes were unusually large, he was wearing tattered clothes, he was barefoot, and he looked very pitiful.

Gu Wanning asked Er’ya to give him five coins.

Er’ya was reluctant, she said, “Madam, most of them are liars. These little beggars, many of them are driven by adults…”

“Give it to him, five coins, even if it’s as you said, then let him not be beaten today, it’s also a good deed we’ve done.”

We met by chance, we can’t tell the truth from the false, we don’t have the time or energy to investigate the truth.

These five coins, spending them makes me feel at ease, I don’t have to worry about it later.

“Madam is right.” The eldest concubine also took out two coins.

Seeing this, the others also gave two coins each.

The child got the money, he bowed to them, and ran away happily.

“You can’t stand to see your own sisters doing well, why are you pretending to be a living Bodhisattva when you go out?” Suddenly, a cold and sarcastic voice came from ahead.