Chapter 22: True Holy Mother? Fake Taoist?

  These days have been a bit tough, thanks for the PK votes from Rainy Ting's courtyard...

  At that time, Gu Qingjin was still fortunate. As she spent more time with Long Han Yuan, she understood more and became increasingly repelled by the thought of seeing Gu Qingyao. She tried her best to avoid encountering Gu Qingyao, thinking that as long as she didn't take the initiative, she would never run into her.

  But it's not clear when, Gu Qingyao and Long Hanshan's legitimate son Long Gan Yuan's relationship suddenly improved. The princess also began to frequently invite Gu Qingyao to their palace. However, every time she came, it was only the princess and Gu Qingyao chatting, occasionally calling her over as a companion.

  Gu Qingyao and Long Hanshan's relationship was unknown to Qingjin, but the queen invited Gu Qingyao to the palace and asked her to accompany her on things. Didn't Gu Qingyao know that the queen was using her to suppress her? Why did Gu Qingyao still appear at the Third Prince's residence time and again?

  Gu Qingjin didn't believe that Gu Qingyao couldn't understand the relationship between them, but Gu Qingyao still frequently appeared at the Third Prince's residence. Ah yes, she remembered one time when she couldn't help but speak directly to Gu Qingyao, and at that time, she thought that the Sixth Princess in front of her was just like the Gu Qingyao from the Anji Marquis' estate - just her fourth younger sister. Her attitude and tone weren't very good, and she remembered that after Gu Qingyao heard her words, she looked hurt and endured it silently. It was actually the nanny beside Gu Qingyao who severely scolded her.

  She knew that Gu Qingyao was a proper and dignified wife of the Sixth Prince, who understood propriety. She was only Long Hanshan's concubine, with a different status. Gu Qingyao couldn't speak well of her in front of the princess consort, nor could she interfere with her husband's brother's household matters. All these were understandable to Gu Qingyu.

  Gu Qingyao is kind-hearted and gentle, but why did she have to bring out the ancient prescription that she had once told her about when the crown prince was seriously ill? Yes, Gu Qingyan is ruthless, watching a small child suffer from illness and pain, watching that child die, she is cruel. She also knows that the child is innocent, but who stipulated that she must save the crown prince? The queen suppresses her, Long Hanshan does not understand her, she is just a concubine after all. Not harming the child is already doing well enough, let alone using what she has learned to save the crown prince when he was about to die, did she have an obligation to do so?

  She also wants to have children, she is a mother to her children, the princess's child is alive, and her future children will live in the shadow of that legitimate child for their whole lives. Long Han Yuan is drifting away from her, she should think about herself!

  Gu Qingyao, you are so kind-hearted that you couldn't bear to see the child die. You involuntarily took out the ancient prescription I once told you about and went to rescue the prince's son without hesitation, earning the queen's gratitude and leaving a good impression on Long Hanshan's heart.

  You betrayed your own sister, you only saw the struggle of the king's legitimate son on the verge of death, and the words that came out of your mouth would push your sister onto what kind of path, Gu Qingyao, how could you not know?

  That ancient recipe, where did it come from? The complex eyes you looked at when you offered the ancient recipe, Long Han yuan found out the origin of that ancient recipe without much effort after he left. It was after that time that Long Han yuan took back all his special privileges for her, and she gradually became difficult in the backyard of the three kings' mansion. The queen hated her for not saving her life, and Long Han yuan's cruelty to her made her feel estranged.

  Everyone has their own private thoughts, and she does too. This book isn't about anything particularly evil or malicious, but because of Gu Qingyao's intervention, her private thoughts were magnified a thousand times alongside her cold gaze. Her private thoughts were extremely uglified. She saw the apologetic look in Gu Qingyao's eyes, yet this tiny grain of apology was once again discarded by Gu Qingyao without hesitation.

  What's more, how did Gu Qingyao explain it to her afterwards? Gu Qingyao said: "She and the princess are sisters-in-law, the princess's son is her nephew, so she couldn't bear to..." But she had also truly loved her second sister before.

  She had hated Gu Qingyao, but Gu Qingyao's gentle and weak expression when explaining to her, telling her again and again about the unbearable things she did back then, even turning it around to tell her that she shouldn't have been so ruthless, shouldn't have been so selfish, that she herself bore a great deal of responsibility for ending up like this, that she was selfish and deserved punishment.

  It's laughable, she was also persuaded by Gu Qingyao. In the days when she and Long Hanshan were gradually drifting apart, she had thought that if it wasn't for her not saving him, if it wasn't for her hiding the prescription, she had secretly wondered many times whether if she had given up the prescription back then, would she and Long Hanshan have ended up like this? Until her death in her past life, she still didn't understand whether Gu Qingyao was a true saint or a fake moralist.

  Now reborn once more, she no longer wants to get close and understand.

  Standing in Gu Qingyao's original position, what Gu Qingyao did was not wrong. She was kind and only made the best choice for herself. What she said was also right, that everything was Gu Qingyu's fault in the end.

  Slowly closing her eyes and opening them again, she thought that from now on, she would just treat Gu Qingyao as an ordinary sister. She hoped that between Gu Qingyao and Long Hanshan, this time there would be no interference from her, they could have a good match made in heaven, he could marry the right concubine, she wouldn't be jealous or quarrelsome, and even when she had a son, she could still "unwillingly" go save the eldest wife's son. As long as before that, she would settle her own marriage, just watch the show!

  Whether Gu Qingyao is a real holy mother or a fake Taoist, this life has nothing to do with her. In the past, she was foolish and got herself into that situation, and it's her own fault if others want to step on her to rise to power. But in this life, Gu Qingyao, I only consider you my nominal younger sister.

  The swan beside her felt the heavy breath of change coming and going on her own daughter's body, although she didn't know why her daughter suddenly became unhappy, but she knew it was because she heard what she just said.

  As the girl's breathing slowly returned to normal, Yuanyang carefully opened her mouth beside her: "Does the girl not like the fourth girl?" After asking this question, she felt a bit silly. The girl hadn't even seen the fourth girl before, how could she dislike her? Since that day when the girl came, it had been difficult for her to guess the girl's thoughts again. If it were in the past, the girl would have known that having a playmate with a similar status should make her happy!

  Gu Qingjin, who came back to his senses from the past, heard Yuanyang's words and replied faintly: "How could I not be happy if Third Uncle is coming back?"

  At this moment, a voice of a young maid came from outside, Qingyu hinted at Yuanyang to go out and take a look.

  The mandarin duck saw Qingjin's hint and walked out, but soon came in and spoke to Qingjin: "Miss, it is Chuyi sister from the old lady's courtyard."