Rebirth with my ex-husband

Chapter 69

"Tell me the truth, have you and Xing'er consummated your marriage?"

After Mrs. Gu asked this question, she stared at her daughter-in-law's face very carefully, afraid of missing any details.

When Mrs. Gu saw surprise instead of shyness on her daughter-in-law's face, her heart sank for a moment.

If a newly married young wife is asked about her boudoir, if she feels shy then there is nothing wrong; if she doesn't feel shy then there must be something fishy going on.

Su Yun felt ashamed and embarrassed, and dared not look her mother-in-law in the eye.

She lowered her head slightly and closed her eyes. Her face was slightly weak, and she asked very softly, "Why do you ask me that, mother-in-law?"

Mrs. Gu hadn't figured out how to respond. She couldn't tell her daughter-in-law that she had placed a maid in their yard just to check on her son and daughter-in-law's beds every day to see if there were any traces of dirt.

If her son and daughter-in-law knew about this, she would be so embarrassed.

After thinking quickly for a moment, Mrs. Gu pretended to be worried: "Xing'er grew up in a temple since he was young. After returning, he devoted himself to his studies. His temper is even colder. He is so serious that he doesn't even look at beautiful women. I am always worried that he will be like the wooden fish in the temple, dull and unintelligent."

At the end of the conversation, Mrs. Gu said with difficulty: "Isn't it because you are afraid that he doesn't understand anything?"

When these words came out, the worry on Mrs. Gu's face did not seem fake, but was very real.

Mrs. Gu felt that there were many mothers who worried as much as she did.

After hearing what her mother-in-law said, it was Su Yun's turn to feel complicated...

Gu Shixing really didn’t understand in his previous life. If he understood half as much as he does now, she wouldn’t have been so resistant.

I wonder how the mother-in-law would feel if she knew that her son spent two lifetimes to figure out how to have sex?

It’s no wonder that my mother-in-law thought so and gave her the booklet in her previous life.

Su Yun didn't know how to respond to her mother-in-law's words, so she just did as Gu Shixing said, lowered her head, and said nothing in a slightly embarrassed manner.

Mrs. Gu held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked, "So did you consummate the marriage?"

Su Yun still didn't know what to do. After thinking for a while, he nodded slightly.

Her reaction was actually quite ambiguous. Thinking about how she had cooperated with Gu Shixing to hide the truth from her mother-in-law, she felt as if she had done something unforgivable and was very worried.

The daughter-in-law’s meaning should be fulfilled, but why did she take so long to respond?

Mrs. Gu was in mixed feelings.

When a daughter gets married, the mother will always put a picture book at the bottom of the box. But the mistress of the Su family is not her biological mother, so I don’t know if she put such a picture book at the bottom of the box for her daughter-in-law.

After thinking for a long time, Madam Gu stood up and said to Su Yun, "Wait for me for a moment."

After saying that, he walked into the inner room.

Su Yun looked up and saw her mother-in-law opening the cabinet, as if looking for something. She felt that this scene was familiar.

After a while, the mother-in-law came out with something wrapped in cloth.

Su Yun's eyes fell on the thing in her mother-in-law's hand. Not only did the action seem familiar, but even the cloth wrapped around it seemed familiar.

Madam Gu handed the item to Su Yun and whispered, "Take this back and let Xing'er take a good look at it in the evening. You don't have to return it after you've looked at it."

Su Yun was silent for a few breaths, not daring to say no, so he could only raise his slightly stiff hand and take the thing.

There are always some things that happened in the previous life that will never change, like the things in her hands.

If she guessed correctly, it should be - two booklets, a storybook, and a secret play picture.

She had read a few pages, and compared with Gu Shixing's current Meng Lang, these two booklets seemed quite serious.

Su Yun took this hot potato back to her room.

When she returned to the room, she saw Gu Shixing sitting upright on the couch reading a book. Thinking of his excessive behavior last night that made her cry for mercy, and then thinking of how embarrassed she was in front of her mother-in-law just now, a flame of anger rose in her heart.

Without calling him, he turned around and closed the door.

Gu Shixing heard the noise and raised his head. Seeing his wife coming back with something in her hand, he asked casually, "What did your mother give you?"

He had just returned from work and heard that Su Yun was at his mother's place. Now that he saw her back with something in her hand, he assumed that it was given by his mother.

It would have been fine if he hadn't asked. After he asked this, Su Yun became even angrier. She turned around and without thinking, threw the two light booklets in her hand at him and said angrily, "Look for yourself."

The booklet wrapped in cloth hit Gu Shixing's chest. Su Yun didn't even look at him and went straight into the inner room.

The cloth was just wrapped but not tied tightly. When Su Yun threw it, the small package loosened and two palm-sized booklets fell out.

Gu Shixing caught the two booklets that fell.

He glanced at two booklets that seemed to be made of sheepskin and had no titles, then looked at Su Yun who took off his coat, got on the couch, and lowered the curtains.

Gu Shixing liked to see her sweet smile, and he also liked to see her get angry and embarrassed, it was so vivid.

He sneered faintly, then lowered his head to pick up the towel on his legs and placed it on the small coffee table on the soft couch, then opened the booklet in his hand.

The next moment after opening the booklet, a small picture of two people, painted with exquisite craftsmanship, caught my eye.

His eyebrows raised slightly, and then he turned to the next page. After reading through the ten pages, all of them were quite standard, the painting skills were average, and even the content of the secret play pictures was not very outstanding.

With the comparison, Gu Shixing felt that Mo Tai really did his best.

He closed the album and opened the small book.

The 10-page novel is about the relationship between a newlywed couple. The content is quite standard and easy to understand, but there are not too many explicit descriptions.

Su Yun was lying on the bed, looking outside the tent, and could vaguely see him looking at the two books seriously!

Su Yun scolded, "What's so good about it? If you like reading it, why don't you ask Mo Tai to go to the bookstore and buy you a whole box!"

Gu Shixing's heart skipped a beat, then he closed the booklet and wrapped it back in the towel.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "Did mother ask you about that?"

Su Yun remained silent.

Gu Shixing stood up and walked slowly into the inner room, lifted the curtain beside the bed, and then sat on the edge of the bed.

Su Yun lay on the bed covered with a thin quilt, looked at him and asked, "How long are we going to keep this secret?"

Then he sighed and said, "My mother was very kind to me. I feel bad for hiding this from her."

Gu Shixing pondered for a moment before saying, "Next month, I will show you signs of consummating our marriage."

Hearing his words, Su Yun also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The mattresses in Gu Shixing's room were all double. Normally, as soon as they were done with their work, Gu Shixing would replace the mattress with a new one and hide the old one, only letting the servants in the yard take it out the next day.

Su Yun was puzzled at first, but after several days in a row when the older maids in the courtyard came to make the beds, she began to understand a little.

Gu Shixing probably knew the old woman's intention and his mother's intention, which was why he did this.

Now it is autumn and summer, and there is only cold water in the house. You can just wipe it afterwards without calling for water.

Thinking of this, Su Yun glanced at him and said, "If mother knew that you had deceived her like this, I guess she would want to stuff you into that temple to become a monk and no longer acknowledge you as her son."

Gu Shixing looked at her and chuckled, "If I become a monk, won't you become a living widow?"

Su Yun was just about to say that she was not much different from a living widow in her previous life, but she remembered that Gu Shixing was very lustful at the moment. If she indulged in a verbal pleasure, she would be the one who would suffer.

Thinking of this, I swallowed the words.

She only said nice things to him: "If my husband shaves his head and becomes a monk, then I will shave my head and become a nun."

Hearing the word "nun", Gu Shixing remembered that when he was reborn and before he got married, she kept talking about going up the mountain to become a nun, and the smile on his face faded.

"You can't take this as a joke." His tone became much more serious.

Su Yun glanced at him and smiled, "Of course I don't have that kind of thought now. I have a husband who understands me and a mother-in-law who loves me. I only want to be a nun because I got kicked in the head."

At this point, she yawned and said sleepily, "I slept too late last night, got up early today, and didn't take a nap at noon. I'm going to take a nap now. Call me for dinner."

Gu Shixing said "hmm" softly, "Go to sleep, I'll call you later."

After saying this, he stood up and lowered the curtain.

Gu Shixing glanced at Su Yun through the curtain and saw that she was so tired. He remained silent for a few moments.

After thinking it over, maybe it's time to exercise some restraint.

Just as Su Yun was about to close his eyes to rest, he suddenly remembered the two booklets and instructed, "Hide the booklet that mother gave you. Don't let the servants see it."

Gu Shixing responded with a "OK".

Then he returned to the couch and sat for a while. Thinking she was fast asleep, he got up, took the booklet, left the room and went to the study.

Gu Shixing's study is usually cleaned by Mo Tai, and no one else is allowed to enter when he is not there.

After entering the study and closing the door, he walked to the last bookshelf in the three rows of bookshelves and took down a wooden box on top.

He opened the wooden box, which contained a box of books. However, there was still some empty space in the box, so he put the two books in it, closed the box and put it back.

*

On the fifteenth day, Su Yun went out with her mother-in-law early in the morning and went to Jinyue Temple.

Jinyue Temple is about an hour's journey from Jindu. Because it was built by the royal family, on days like this, the backyard of the temple is not open to pilgrims, and only the relatives of the nobles are allowed to enter.

Because Su Yun had sent someone to Jinyue Temple yesterday to report the news and asked them to prepare a room and two vegetarian dishes, he rushed around for more than an hour. After burning incense, he followed the nun to the backyard.

In the backyard, there was a room with two maids kept outside. Su Yun took a look at the room.

There was a maidservant whom she had seen at the Duke's Mansion that day. She should be the Empress Dowager in the side room.

While Su Yun was secretly thinking about how to find an excuse to pay a visit, her mother-in-law also saw the two maids with better manners and asked the nun: "Are there other distinguished guests here today?"

The nun glanced at the wing room over there and replied, "That distinguished guest comes here every fifteenth day of every month and leaves in the afternoon."

Mrs. Gu just took a closer look but didn't ask who it was.

Just as they reached the door of the west wing, the door of the east wing opened.

If you know someone, you can also say hello in this way to show courtesy.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stopped and did not go in. Instead, they turned and looked towards the wing room over there.

Not long after, a very quiet young woman in plain clothes came out of the room.

——It’s the Grand Concubine.

Su Yun, along with her mother-in-law, nodded slightly towards the Grand Concubine.

The eldest princess was also a little surprised when she saw them.

After thinking about it, I decided to walk towards this side.

When Madam Gu saw the Grand Concubine approaching, she also walked forward. They met in the corridor and stopped.

Madam Gu and Su Yun bowed to the Grand Concubine again. The Grand Concubine hurriedly supported Madam Gu and said, "Madam, there is no need to be so polite."

Madam Gu stood behind him and said, "Today, my daughter-in-law and I came to the Golden Moon Temple to burn incense. I didn't expect that by such a coincidence, we would meet the imperial concubine."

The Grand Concubine smiled faintly, and then said: "Madam, please call me Yiran. The Grand Concubine is too unfamiliar."

The imperial concubine's name was Xie Yiran.

After that, he looked at Su Yun again and said with a smile: "Nice to meet you again, Madam Gu."

Su Yun nodded, then asked, "Is the imperial concubine feeling better?"

Xie Yiran responded: "I have consulted the imperial physician, and he said that there is nothing serious, but my body is weak, and I just need to replenish myself."

I'm just feeling weak... just a little nourishment will do?

Su Yun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "The weather is hot, and taking too many supplements may cause dryness. Princess, please don't take too much."

"Thank you, I will pay attention to it." Xie Yiran replied with a faint smile.

After saying this, he thought for a moment and then asked, "Did Madam and Madam Gu have some vegetarian food in the nunnery before going back?"

Mrs. Gu: "I do plan to eat the vegetarian food before going back."

After thinking for a few breaths, she invited: "In that case, let's use it together later?"

Mrs. Gu saw that the Grand Concubine was not just being polite, so she agreed and left.

Su Yun followed her mother-in-law into the side room.

Madam Gu asked, "What happened to the Grand Concubine?"

Su Yun pondered for a moment and said truthfully, "The Grand Concubine had chest tightness and was eating sour plums. It seemed like she was pregnant, but it also seemed like she wasn't."

Mrs. Gu nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Su Yun excused himself to go to the toilet, left the room, and then instructed Chu Yi: "Go and tell the nun who cooks the vegetarian dishes that the weather is hot and my wife and I have poor appetites, and ask her to make a few more spicy and delicious vegetarian dishes."

Glancing at the room where her mother-in-law was, Su Yun thought that her mother-in-law had given birth to four children, so her eyes were very sharp and she could tell whether the eldest empress was pregnant or not.

If her mother-in-law reminds the Grand Concubine, she will probably pay more attention to it.

Thinking back to what the Grand Concubine had just said, Su Yun always felt that something was wrong.

Since the Grand Concubine had already consulted the imperial physician, she probably knew that she was pregnant. But if she knew that she was pregnant, why would she have made such a bumpy journey to come to the Golden Moon Temple?

The month is short, and the most taboo thing is to travel back and forth. Although the time is not long, it takes almost three hours to go back and forth between Jindu and Jinyue Temple, not to mention that the road is not flat.

Su Yun's mind sank. After thinking about it, he felt that this matter might not be that simple.

In the previous life, the Empress Dowager had a miscarriage, which might not have been entirely caused by deep depression and anger, but there might have been other reasons.

Su Yunyin told her mother-in-law that she needed to go to the toilet, so she didn't rush back. She walked around in the backyard, and when she was about to go back, Chu Yi also came back.

"Madam, I just smelled the scent of medicine outside the kitchen. I looked through the window and saw the woman who was making the medicine. She looked like she was wearing the same clothes as the maidservant beside the imperial concubine."

Chu Yi knew that the master had been very concerned about the Grand Concubine recently, so he paid more attention to her.

Su Yun thought for a few breaths after hearing this, then turned around and whispered to the female guard beside him: "Xia Ke, try to see if there is any way to secretly get the drug residue. If it doesn't work, don't force it."

Xia Ke smiled and replied: "My lady, please don't underestimate me. It's just a bag of medicine residue. It's not a problem."

Su Yun smiled lightly: "Then it's up to you."

Before Xia Ke was about to leave, Su Yun instructed again: "Once you get the medicinal residue, ride back to the city immediately and go to the clinic to find the old doctor to see what kind of medicine it is. Remember to find two doctors to check it, and then write down the medicinal ingredients."

After giving the instructions, Su Yun let Xia Ke go.

Watching Xia Ke leave, Su Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with a hint of worry on his face.

Even though she had never been pregnant, she knew that pregnant women should not take medicine casually.

If the medicine boiled in the kitchen nowadays is not a pregnancy-maintaining medicine, then there is really something wrong.

Either the Crown Princess was not pregnant, or someone wanted her to have an abortion.