The Mystery of Falling into Water at 3 o'clock

  A boy in blue clothes walked over, slightly shorter than Gu Yuqiu, with a delicate and pretty face, wearing a longevity lock around his neck that shone golden in the sunlight.

  Gu Siyang, the younger brother who was two years younger than himself, Gu Yuqie only took a glance before withdrawing his gaze.

  Li was about to wave her hand and tell Liu Yue not to be too polite, but she was interrupted by Gu Siyang, so she withdrew her hands. At this time, Liu Yue couldn't get up and could only squat halfway, with an increasingly disgusted heart towards Gu Yuqian and Li, but still with a gentle expression on the surface.

  "Who do I think I am." Gu Yuqie said slowly, hadn't she dealt with this kind of thing in the palace before? She slowly smoothed out the wrinkles on her skirt, her eyebrows slightly lowered, a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth. "So it's big brother after all."

  This child must have come with Liu and was left outside the door by him. When he heard Liu bowing to himself, he couldn't help but rush in.

  The Liu family is really good, since they brought Gu Siyang here, but didn't deliberately not let their own son come to see the Liang family. Gu Yuqie knew that the Liang family's temper was not willing to calculate, according to the previous life, she also lazily calculated. But it's different now, it's time to teach Liu Niang and that ignorant younger brother what is etiquette.

  "Who is your brother?" Gu Siyang saw his mother still half-kneeling and bowing to Gu Yuqie, his face even redder, and without regard for Liang Huaiyu sitting on the main seat, he rushed to Gu Yuqie's front in three strides, and pulled his mother up with one hand, "Mother, why do you need to bow to her?"

  "Yang Er, don't be rude to your elder sister!" Liu Yue straightened her body and scolded Gu Siyang in a soft voice. Although she was scolding her own son, Gu Yuqie had already caught a glimpse of the pride and arrogance that flashed in her eyes. She had a son, so what if Liang Shi was the mistress? At least she only had one daughter.

  Gu Yuqiu saw a hint of sorrow in Liang's eyes and her heart also sank.

  "Yi Niang, what Big Brother said is quite strange." Gu Yuqie raised her eyes and said in a soft voice, "My father is the Marquis of Dingyuan, my mother is the Marchioness of Dingyuan, how can I not be his sister? If Big Brother insists that I am not his sister, then isn't his father also the Marquis of Dingyuan?"

  Gu Yuqiu's lightly spoken words instantly changed Liu Yue's pretty face.

  "Miss, you can't say such things," she said hastily.

  Gu Yuqie raised her head, blinked, and looked innocent. "I didn't talk nonsense, it's just that big brother won't acknowledge me as his sister."

  "Yang Er, quickly call Eldest Sister." Liu Yue hastily pulled on her son's sleeve and said sternly.

  Gu Yuqie raised an eyebrow, looking at the boy who was so angry that his face was red all over. This child had been against her and her mother since they entered the mansion, refusing to call his own mother, let alone acknowledge her as his sister, just like in their past life.

  In her previous life, Gu Yuqie wouldn't have taken these things seriously, but in this life, she had to consider them for the sake of her mother.

  Once reborn, she would put her mother Liang Shi above all else and make sure she wouldn't suffer the slightest grievance this lifetime, unlike the previous one where she didn't know how to cherish.

  As the madam of the Marquis's household, after entering the capital city, not only was her status inferior to Liu Yue, but later on, when she fell ill, even the servants dared to be rude to her. In her past life, Gu Yuqian had been a cold and detached observer, thinking that Liang Shi was too weak, being a general's daughter who didn't know how to fight back even when bullied. But this life is different, after Gu Yuqian's rebirth, she felt Liang Shi's genuine care, comparing the hardships of her past ten years in the cold palace with Liang Shi's kindness, she naturally put Liang Shi on her side, and wouldn't let her suffer any more losses.

  Gu Siyang bit her lip and glared at Gu Yuqie, refusing to make a sound.

  In his impression, the noble lady in front of him and the pretty girl beside her were the ones who took away everything that originally belonged to him. Why should he call that unfamiliar woman "mother"? He didn't recognize them. He was the eldest son of the Hou Mansion, so why did they come and suddenly make him a bastard?

  He has been in the capital for a while, and with the princes of the capital, he has already entered Tai College. Just because he became a demoted son, everything around him changed. Those who were originally close to him now began to become a little distant, even their gaze at him had changed somewhat. He could feel it. The two words "demoted son" seemed like a nightmare that made him deviate from his original life.

  "You this kid" Liu Yue saw Gu Siyang being so stubborn and couldn't help but raise her hand to pinch Gu Siyang's arm.

  "Mother" Gu Siyang felt a sharp pain and let out a cry, his big eyes already welling up with tears of grievance. He was so wronged that it was killing him.

  "Big brother still won't call me elder sister?" Gu Yuqie smiled and said, "Then I'll go inform Father, from now on you don't have to call me that."

  "Miss, Yang Er is just not used to it." Liu Yueyi hurriedly said that before the arrival of Liang Shi and Gu Yuqie in Beijing, Duan Yuan Hou Gu Haoming had already told her that no matter what, Liang Shi was his master's daughter. At that time, she married down without regard for her status, and even if she was wronged, she still had to respect her. The same applied to Gu Yuqie, who was the legitimate miss of the Hou Mansion. If Gu Siyang insisted on not acknowledging Gu Yuqie, it would be a trouble, but Gu Haoming might hold a grudge against Gu Siyang due to his gratitude for Liang Jiangjun's kindness in the past.

  It turns out that Liang's family married off their eighteen-year-old daughter to Gu Haoming, and now she is only twenty-eight years old. It's hard to guarantee that she won't get pregnant again in the future. If another boy is born, then Gu Siyang will have no chance at all.

  It's not time yet for me and her mother to have a falling out.

  Liu Yue gritted her teeth and slapped Gu Siyang hard, stunning him on the spot.

  "Mother, why did you hit me?" Gu Siyang covered his already slightly swollen cheek, looking at his birth mother in shock and anger.

  Liu Yue was also heartbroken for her son, but now she had no choice and could only say sternly, "Why did you hit him? You have no manners, don't know how to respect the mistress and elder sister. And from now on, you can't call me 'mother', only 'Aunt Liu'. Did you hear that you should address the madam as 'mother'? If you continue to be disobedient, I'll report it to Master Hou, and he will deal with you according to family rules."

  Gu Siyang had always been pampered by Liu Yue, and he had never suffered such humiliation. He looked at Liang Shi and Gu Yuqie with tears in his eyes, then looked at Liu Yue again, and suddenly burst into loud sobs, no longer caring about Liu Yue, Liang Shi, or Gu Yuqie. He turned around and ran out crying.

  Liu Yue's heart ached, but she couldn't do anything about it. She could only force a smile and say to Liang Shi and Gu Yuqie, "Please forgive Yang Er, he is still young."

  "Whatever...". Liang's heart softened, although she still had a knot in her stomach about Gu Siyang's existence, but seeing the good kid run away crying, she couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.

  It's been ten years, and when she arrived in the capital to see her husband, she only felt that Gu Huai Zhong and Liu Shi were truly a family of three, while she and Gu Yu Qiu seemed like they had intruded into someone else's home. At that time, it was normal for the child not to want to accept her, and she herself did not want to accept Liu Shi and her two children either. Liang Shi really didn't want to dwell on these matters too much; if it weren't for her daughter, she truly wouldn't have wanted to stay in the capital any longer.

  Li family doesn't mind, Gu Yuqiu had already expected it. In the previous life, she didn't mind this and that either, so Li family became more and more overbearing.

  "Yi Niang," Gu Yuqie said with a smile, "this is the Dingyuan Hou Mansion, not some small place on the border. The rules of the mansion still need to be followed." She paused, "Big Brother said that Little Brother is no longer little and has already gone to study at the Imperial Academy. If he doesn't even call you 'Mother' in front of others, people will laugh at the Dingyuan Hou Mansion and my father, the Dingyuan Hou. If his face can't take it, you also know what the consequences would be. In this capital city among the nobility, etiquette and filial piety are always on everyone's lips. It's not like the border where one can do as they please; everywhere there needs to be rules. You might think this is a small matter, not worth making a fuss about. But what if outsiders find out that the Dingyuan Hou Mansion doesn't even have etiquette and filial piety? If Father has even half a mistake, he will be impeached by the officials. At that time, Niang, you won't think I'm making a big deal out of nothing."

  Gu Yuqiu is only ten years old, her voice slightly childish, but her tone is slow and steady, her words full of dignity, making Liu Yue sweat profusely, and also making Liang Shi both shocked and delighted, reevaluating his own daughter.

  Gu Yuqiu's birth was indeed unremarkable, her mother being the daughter of a General who Guards the Country and her father being the Marquis of Dingyuan. However, Liu Yue's birth was too lowly, originally just a scullery maid from a humble household on the border, and although she knew that in the capital city, the rules for imperial relatives were extremely strict, she hadn't expected it to be as severe as Gu Yuqiu had said. For a moment, she was really stunned by Gu Yuqiu's words.

  "Madam and young lady, don't worry, I'll go back and talk to Yang'er right away." Liu Yue hastily said.

  "Wait a minute." Gu Yuqie's mouth curved up, "Madam Liu seems to have forgotten her own identity as well."

  "What" Liu Yue looked at Gu Yuqie with a puzzled expression.

  "You are just a concubine of my father, Duke Dingyuan Gu Haoming, no different from a slave," said Gu Yuqiu calmly. "In the future, don't be so unscrupulous in front of me, and when you see my mother and me, you must address yourself as a slave."

  Li's family let out a snort and couldn't help but laugh, feeling much lighter in the chest, and the stagnant air that had been building up for days seemed to have all been released with that one light laugh.

  Her smile made the anger in Liang's eyes almost burst into flames, she was so angry that she wanted to shatter her silver teeth, and the rage in her chest made her take a few deep breaths. However, she still suppressed her anger, lowered her eyebrows and responded with a soft "yes". Only then did she bid farewell to Liang and Gu Yuqiu and hastily leave, even forgetting what she had originally come to investigate.

  This dead girl is really only ten years old, and the words she says are so treacherous that even Liang's family has never said such things to themselves.

  Since following Gu Haozhong, the word "slave" has been far away from her. Now that Gu Yuqie mentions these two words again, it's as if she has ripped open a wound on her heart that she didn't want to touch.

  Not bad, she was indeed born as a servant girl. She thought she had already forgotten, but today, under Gu Yuqiu's reminder, she remembered again.

  Regret

  It's unknown whether that thing has been found or not, it seems she needs to go and urge them again.

  As long as the medicine given to Liang's family is mixed with that thing, Liang's body will continue to weaken, she just needs to wait patiently, in a few years, Liang will die, and at that time she will become the real mistress of the Hou Mansion, and then look at Gu Yuqiu that little girl what kind of arrogance is in front of her

  Liu Yue's departing back was seen by Gu Yuqie, the smile at the corner of her lips gradually disappeared, replaced by a faint chill.

  There were some things in her past life that she didn't bother with, but that doesn't mean she didn't know about them at all.

  Liu Yue, you will always have to pay the price for what you've done.