Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 773 Brother-in-law, can you lend me some money?

The koi pond in the Duke's Mansion wasn't very deep, but after Qiao Zhiyu fell in, she couldn't stand up and struggled in fear: "Help... my life... cough cough..."

Gu Qianling didn't hesitate. He jumped down and carried Qiao Zhiyu to the shore.

However, after getting ashore, he immediately put the person down.

He knew that if Meng Yunlan heard what happened tonight, there would definitely be crying and arguing, so after putting the person down, he wanted to leave immediately.

Unfortunately, Qiao Zhiyu seemed to have anticipated his actions and hugged his legs.

"Brother-in-law!"

She raised her head and pleaded with him pitifully: "Don't go, please, don't leave me here alone."

Gu Qianling looked down and discovered that there was a clear slap mark on her pale face.

He frowned slightly: "Who hit you? Are you crying here because you were beaten?"

Qiao Zhiyu lowered her head in panic: "No, no one hit me, I was just careless and bumped into the wall."

Gu Qianling was silent for a moment and said, "It's getting late, let's go back!"

Qiao Zhiyu suddenly knelt in front of him: "Brother-in-law, I'm not crying because I was beaten, but because my mother is seriously ill and urgently needs money to buy medicine, but I...but I'm incompetent and can't raise the money."

"Brother-in-law, can you...can you...lend me some money? I am my mother's only daughter. If I don't save her, no one else can!"

"Brother-in-law, I kowtow to you!"

As she spoke, she kowtowed to Gu Qianling with tears in her eyes, and her kowtow was so solid that it made a dull "bang" sound.

Gu Qianling hurriedly supported her: "What are you doing? Get up quickly!"

Qiao Zhiyu stood up and raised her face, revealing her red forehead from knocking her head. Tears welled up in her eyes as she said, "Brother-in-law, I really have no one to turn to. I know it's wrong for me to borrow money from you, but my mother and I have been dependent on each other for so many years. I can't let her go like this. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will try!"

Gu Qianling sighed softly: "You are so filial, how can I not help you? But, didn't you tell your cousin about this?"

Qiao Zhiyu subconsciously touched the side of his face with the slap mark: "I said, the first person I asked for help was my cousin, but my cousin...she also has difficulties."

Gu Qianling didn't quite believe it: "She's unwilling to help you? Yunlan has always been kind and generous, how could she..."

Qiao Zhiyu quickly interrupted him: "It's not that my cousin doesn't want to help me. She also wants to help me, but she is short of money, so she didn't agree."

"My cousin is actually very kind to me. Not only did she let me live in the Duke's Mansion, she also sent a trustworthy maid to serve me and gave me a new dress!"

"Brother-in-law, look, this dress was just given to me by my cousin. It's said to be made of excellent material!"

Only then did Gu Qianling notice that she was wearing a new dress, but the dress looked... too ugly.

Even though it was soaked, you could still see that the color and style of the clothes were appallingly ugly.

Gu Qianling still didn't quite believe it: "Is this dress really given to you by Yunlan?"

"It's absolutely true, brother-in-law. Who else would be willing to give me such a nice dress except my cousin? If you don't believe me, you can ask my cousin or ask the people around her."

Gu Qianling waved his hand: "No need, this is just a small matter. How much silver do you need?"

"Eighty taels... No, sixty taels will be enough!"

Gu Qianling took off his purse and threw it to her: "There are 100 taels in it, use it to save your mother!"

Qiao Zhiyu was overjoyed and said with gratitude, "Thank you so much, brother-in-law! I will never forget your kindness! When I make money in the future, I will definitely pay you back double!"

"No need to pay it back."

Gu Qianling shook his head, turned and left.

Qiao Zhiyu looked at his back, the corners of her lips curled up, and a hint of pride in her eyes appeared.

After Gu Qianling entered the yard and his figure completely disappeared, Qiao Zhiyu snorted and weighed the purse in his hand.

It’s a full one hundred taels, enough for her to spend for a while!

She still has to deal with rich men. Any little money that slips through their fingers and is given to her is a huge sum of money.

The in-laws her mother had found for her in the past were, to put it nicely, frugal and simple, but to put it bluntly, poor and destitute. They were unwilling to give even ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and insisted that she had to give birth to a son for their family, otherwise she would have to be divorced and become a concubine.

At first, my mother thought that it was okay not to give a betrothal gift, and it was okay to be a little poor. After all, the Qiao family was now so poor that they could hardly afford food and clothing, so how could they have the room to be picky about others?

But later, when he heard that the other party insisted that Qiao Zhiyu give birth to a son for their family, he stopped forcing her to marry.

Because even the mother herself had not given birth to a son, she gave birth to a daughter.

But although my father had many shortcomings, he never blamed my mother for not giving him a son, nor did he force her to have more children, and he never took a concubine.

Just this one thing made his mother completely devoted to him.

Qiao Zhiyu walked back while thinking about this.

She stuffed her purse into her sleeve and prepared to go home in two days.

Her mother was indeed sick, but it was not a serious illness that could kill her. It was just some minor ailments like coughing and dizziness. No matter how much medicine she took, it would not get better. On the contrary, if she ate more nourishing foods, her illnesses would be alleviated.

Qiao Zhiyu knew that his mother was simply too weak, and if she took some supplements, her illness would heal. Now that she had money, was she still worried about not being able to take care of her health?

Qiao Zhiyu was very proud of himself. He thought he had killed two birds with one stone today. He got some money, showed up in front of Gu Qianling, and had close contact with him!

When he looked at the slap marks on her face and praised her for her filial piety, did he also begin to doubt Meng Yunlan's kindness and generosity?

Qiao Zhiyu touched her face and pulled at the ugly clothes on her body. She was in an extremely happy mood. What she said was half true and half false. Of course, Meng Yunlan didn't hit her in the face, but Meng Yunlan gave her the clothes. Even if Gu Qianling asked Meng Yunlan for confirmation afterwards, she was not afraid of being exposed!

She was happy, but as soon as she stepped into Fucui Courtyard, her face froze.

Because Fuling, who should have been fast asleep, had woken up at some point and was now standing in the yard, looking at her with a gloomy face:

"Cousin, it's the middle of the night, why don't you stay in your room and sleep properly? Where have you been? It's so hard for me to find you!"

Qiao Zhiyu immediately put on a pitiful expression: "I couldn't sleep, so I thought while you were asleep, I would secretly take back the lost dress. It was the most beautiful dress I've ever worn, and I, I couldn't bear to part with it..."