The abandoned wife of the noble family, she is Black Heart Lotus

38 Public Execution
  Gu Deyin's words were like thunder on the ground, making everyone in the Xu family look confused.

Several clan elders looked at Xu Ningyu unanimously. It couldn't be what they thought, right?
  Could it be that Xu Ningyu has some hidden illness?

Xu Xiaoli also looked at his second son without words. This son also looked shrewd. How could he be so stupid?
  Xu, who was the only one who knew, had her heart beat faster. She looked at Gu Deyin with a warning look on her face and kept her mouth shut.

Xu Ningyu clenched his fists and stood there with a face of shame and anger. In this matter, he was in the wrong.

Liu Ruohe pressed the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief to hide his guilty conscience and worries, so as not to be noticed by others.

Only Mrs. Xu suddenly opened her slightly lidded eyes and looked at Gu Deyin with a flash of light.

"Brother Yu, daughter-in-law, what do you mean by this?"

When Gu Deyin heard her question, his face suddenly felt aggrieved.

"Old madam, I shouldn't have said this in front of the elders, but I feel unwilling to do so. He... he has never stayed overnight in Lanxin Garden..."

She pointed at Xu Ningyu and cried while telling her grievances.

Although she no longer has the same feelings for Xu Ningyu, her cries are true.

She was crying for herself in her previous life.

Xu Ningyu wanted to get angry at her, but when he saw her crying in front of everyone, the angry words disappeared immediately.

Because Gu Deyin cried so sincerely, no one in the Xu family suspected that she was telling lies.

One of the clan elders even spoke for her, "Looking at it this way, it's no wonder that Brother Yu's daughter-in-law is here."

If it were our girl who had to suffer the consequences of being a widow in her husband's house, they would have come to seek justice for our girl.

Some people even secretly gave Xu Xiaoli advice.

"Should we invite an imperial doctor who is good at this to come into the house and show Brother Yu his body?"

Xu Xiaoli suddenly didn't know how to answer, so he could only respond with a few hesitant words.

Only Xu Ningyu looked shy and wished he could crawl into a hole.

This kind of public execution is really embarrassing, and no man is willing to be told no in public.

"I……"

Just as he was about to defend himself, he heard Mrs. Xu sigh.

"Although Brother Yu's daughter-in-law did something a bit extreme when it came to suing the court, our Xu family is not innocent either. Which daughter-in-law can bear this injustice? She will have to endure this for three years."

Xu Xiaoli couldn't say anything at this time. After all, Mrs. Xu's stepmother had been so neglected by her father in the years since she got married, so she had the best say in this matter.

The elders of the Xu family looked at each other, and it was hard for them to say much about this kind of thing.

Only Mrs. Xu was not angry and honest.

"Even so, you can't retaliate against our Xu family like this? Poor my sister Zhu, she was ruined by these conscienceless people..."

Mrs. Xu's expression turned cold, she really couldn't stand Xu's behavior.

So, she changed the subject, "Brother Yuan has been gone for many years, and the brothers he left behind have always been in weak health, and I'm afraid they won't be able to bear the burden of the prince's government."

Mrs. Xu, who was still accusing her daughter-in-law, suddenly stopped speaking. She glanced at Mrs. Xu uneasily and defensively.

Her intuition told her that this old woman wanted to cause trouble.

Everyone in the Xu family agrees that the eldest grandson is too weak to take the title.

Even Liu Ruohe wouldn't say much on this matter.

So no one spoke up to refute Mrs. Xu.

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Xu continued to speak with a worried look.

"Originally Brother Yu was the best candidate to invite the crown prince, but if Brother Yu is not healthy and unable to stay, what will the Hou Mansion do in the future?"

When this question was raised, no one in the Xu family could answer it for a while.

Although some clan elders suspected that Xu Ningyu would not do so, they did not deny his qualifications to be crowned prince in public.

Mrs. Xu is the first person to publicly not support Xu Ningyu becoming the crown prince.

Xu Ningyu looked at Mrs. Xu in disbelief. She said before that she didn't care about matters in the government, but now she goes back on her word?
  He looked at Mrs. Xu as if he were meeting her for the first time.

Mrs. Xu didn't notice him. He was a dirty guy who had an affair with his eldest sister-in-law. She was afraid of getting a needle eye even if she looked at him for a second.

"No, my son is not like this..."

Ms. Xu quickly jumped up to speak for her son. She would definitely not give up this title to anyone else. Mrs. Xu glanced at her contemptuously, "This is not something you can talk about."

Xu Ningyu is already over 20 years old, and his knees are empty. This is proof.

Even if he neglects his wife, he can still have children with other women, but Xu Ningyu doesn't have a connecting room around him.

That says a lot.

Xu also thought about this problem, and suddenly couldn't speak anymore. She could only look at Xu Ningyu with hatred.

This topic was not something Liu Ruohe could interrupt rashly. No matter how anxious she was, she had to sit back and watch.

But she secretly regretted it. In the past, she was afraid that Xu Ningyu would get close to other women and forget her, so she guarded against it, but now it was a bitter pill.

She is really stupid. She just needs to capture Xu Ningyu's heart and wait until her son grows up to take over the title from Xu Ningyu.
  So, why does she care who Xu Ningyu is physically close to?

Even if Gu Deyin gives birth to a child, she is confident that Xu Ningyu will not have feelings for that child.

After thinking about this, she covered her mouth and spoke carefully.

"The problem that the old lady is worried about is actually easy to solve. As long as the second uncle and the second sibling have a child, this problem will be solved."

Mrs. Xu's eyes lit up, "Yes, as soon as they consummate their marriage, they will definitely have a fat boy..."

Then cruelly, she added another deadline.

"If not, let it last for one year. If Gu is not pregnant, it will not be too late to discuss the choice of the heir apparent."

Xu Xiaoli, who had been silent, also nodded in agreement, but it was only for one year, and it would be over soon.

The other clan elders discussed it for a while and felt that this proposal was feasible. After all, they were members of their own family and could not be killed with a single blow.

Gu Deyin first breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Ningyu, and then looked at Liu Ruohe pretending to be shocked and indignant.

Liu Ruohe responded with tears in her eyes, looking like she had been wronged.

Of these two people, one is pretentious and the other is pretentious.

She was so disgusted that she almost vomited out her overnight meal.

At this moment, she couldn't help thinking darkly that the birth of Brother Hao in her previous life was probably not an accident caused by drunkenness.

It's a game they carefully designed.

He just wanted her to have a child and preserve Xu Ningyu's status in the clan.

After thinking about this, she became even more angry.

These two people are simply wishful thinking!

Not to mention that it was impossible for her to cooperate, Mrs. Xu was not a vegetarian either.

really.

Her counterattack came quickly.

After she exchanged glances with her second wife, Mrs. Qiao, she immediately spoke again.

"It's not impossible to do this..."

"Old madam, this is wrong!"

Mrs. Qiao suddenly spoke, everyone was surprised and couldn't help but look at her.

Xu Xiaoyi, the second master of the Xu family, pulled his wife and asked her to pay attention to the occasion.

Ms. Qiao ignored her husband and said, "Actually, your character is more important when you ask for the crown prince..."

"Second brother and sister, what do you mean?"

Mrs. Xu immediately defended her son and resolutely refused to let Mr. Qiao accuse her son of lacking moral character.

"Sister-in-law, what are you anxious about?"

Qiao was puzzled at first, and then suddenly realized.

"Could it be that my sister-in-law has also heard the recent gossip in the house? It is said that Brother Yu is having an affair with Brother Yuan's daughter-in-law..."

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  (End of this chapter)