"No!" Qingluo quickly shook her head.
After a pause, she immediately remembered something else. "Right, after the prince woke up, he wanted to dig out the food he had eaten, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't. So he gave up."
"Is that so?" A cold, clear voice came from above, making Qingluo tremble in fear, lowering her head.
For a while, there was no more movement from above.
"Lord Hou..."
Qingluo bravely called out, but when she looked up, she found that Du Junqing had already turned around and left.
Watching his tall figure disappear from sight, Qingluo's face was full of confusion.
It wasn't until then that the other maids quietly approached.
"Sister Qingluo, what do you think Lord Hou meant? Should we tell Madam about this?"
"Since Lord Hou didn't say anything, let's not worry about it, and don't tell Madam. She's already troubled enough! If she finds out that we didn't wake her when Lord Hou came, she'll be angry again, and we'll be the ones suffering!" Qingluo immediately shook her head.
The maids suddenly remembered the fierce manner in which Gu Caiwei had ordered Du Junqing's concubine to be held down and beaten, and they were also frightened.
With Du Junqing not pursuing the matter further, it was left unresolved.
In the following days, the Marquis's residence was unusually quiet.
The beautiful concubine was beaten so severely that she was still lying on the bed and couldn't get up for at least ten days or half a month. The father and son, Du Junqing and his son, seemed to have disappeared, and there was no sign of them for a long time.
Gu Caiwei was now living in Gu Caiqin's body, slowly accepting the reality that she couldn't go back. It seemed that she had to honestly live as Gu Caiqin!
However, accepting reality was one thing, but every time she got up in the morning to dress up and saw the disgusting face reflected in the mirror, she felt extremely depressed.
Feeling down, she subconsciously wanted to eat.
So, during these days, the courtyard was always filled with the aroma of food, and even the maids' faces were noticeably plumper.
On this day, Gu Caiwei was standing in the courtyard, deftly picking up a thin dumpling wrapper with one hand, then using chopsticks to pick up some filling and place it in the center of the wrapper. With her fingers flying, in the blink of an eye, a beautiful little dumpling was made.
After placing the wrapped dumplings with the others, Gu Caiwei immediately started making another one.
Seeing her so engrossed in cooking and ignoring everything else, Qingluo was filled with frustration.
"Madam!" she couldn't hold back any longer and growled.
Gu Caiwei lazily raised her eyelids. "What's wrong?"
"Madam, it's been so many days, don't you plan to apologize to Lord Hou and the prince?" Qingluo asked forcefully.
"I didn't do anything wrong, why should I apologize?" Gu Caiwei was puzzled.
"That's true. But, Madam, as the Marquis's wife, if you make Lord Hou and the prince angry, and they ignore you for so long, if this matter spreads, everyone will say you've fallen out of favor. Then, if someone sends a beautiful concubine to Lord Hou, your position in the Marquis's residence will be even more unstable!" Qingluo earnestly advised.
"Oh, I see what you mean!" Gu Caiwei pursed her lips. "Let them be!"
At that moment, the water in the pot boiled, and she quickly lifted the lid, adding the dumplings into the water.
After a few rolls in the boiling water, the dozen or so dumplings floated to the surface, round and adorable.
Gu Caiwei quickly scooped them up, picked one up with chopsticks, and took a light bite. The thin dumpling skin broke, and the juicy filling, a mix of fresh shepherd's purse and lamb, flowed out, bringing a delightful aroma. Gu Caiwei closed her eyes in enjoyment.
Gulp, gulp!
In that instant, she suddenly heard a frantic slurping sound.
She immediately looked up and caught a pair of panicked eyes.