When he returned to the main courtyard, he realized that he had been neglecting Luo Xinglan for a long period of time. He assumed that she should be able to identify the situation especially after giving her a slap in the face.
He could forgive her and maintain her title, as long as she stops being consumed with jealousy.
At night, he finally came to Luo Xinglan's courtyard and thought of giving her some love and care. However, he bumped into Luo Xinglan's senior disciple, who had planned to help Luo Xinglan escape...
Gu Xietan locked them in the house and got extremely mad. Needless to say, he began to hit Luo Xinglan’s senior disciple. At that time, Gu Xietian’s kung fu was much more advanced than that of Luo Xinglan and her senior disciple. On top of that, the chaos had triggered an alert from the house guards...
In the end, Luo Xinglan’s senior disciple managed to escape with her help. However, Luo Xinglan was forced to stay.
However, he had completely broken her heart and she calmly requested to be divorced. She could not wait to leave him.
That was the first time Gu Xietian realized he would actually lose something he thought he could get so easily.
He felt anxious and mad. Due to his arrogance and ego, he madly forced her to have sex with him and also destroyed her Kung fu. He left without turning back after he finished releasing his stress and ordered the house guards to lock Luo Xinglan in the room.
Within that period of time, Gu Xietian married another two mistresses. Both of them had each delivered a daughter.
One year later, he was already a father with five kids when he visited Luo Xinglan.
He thought that Luo Xinglan had learned her lesson and would be more obedient now...
He brought the two new mistresses along on purpose as he thought Luo Xinglan would be infuriated and jealous. He was ready to teach her a lesson again but unexpectedly, Luo Xinglan was so calm and cold when she saw him. She had no qualms nor felt any tinge of jealousy anymore.
He used to find her annoying when she got jealous, and now, he was annoyed when she wasn't.
He went in excitement, but returned with depression.
Coincidentally, he had to attend an event in the palace with his spouse. Of course, he had to bring his official wife.
He released Luo Xinglan but had been lecturing her throughout the journey as he was worried she might do something reckless again. Luo Xinglan did not say a single word. Since he locked her up, she decided not to talk to him anymore.
During the event in the palace, there were many pretty dancers. The Emperor and Luo Xinglan both knew each other.
The Emperor definitely knew that Luo Xinglan gets jealous easily but he suddenly mentioned that he wanted to grant two of the dancers to Gu Xietian as his mistresses.
However, Gu Xietian already had four wives and mistresses. That was overwhelming for him.
Besides, he was worried Luo Xinglan would be jealous and stir any chaos in the palace.
He was ready to reject it but unexpectedly, Luo Xinglan got up and generously accepted the offer from the Emperor.
Gu Xietian had no idea how he should respond; even the Emperor was surprised and asked her whether she would feel envious at all.
She smiled and said, "No, I won’t be jealous."
After the event, the two dancers returned together with Gu Xietian and Luo Xinglan. Luo Xinglan generously let them stay with Gu Xietian alone, while she took another carriage by herself.
Her understanding nature had drove Gu Xietian mad.
When they arrived the General’s residence, Luo Xinglan arrived at the same time. She even smiled and hinted Gu Xietian to spend some time and enjoy himself with the two dancers...
Gu Xietian could not see any jealousy or anger in her eyes.
Gu Xietian was extremely mad and dragged her back to her courtyard. Once again, he forced himself on her.
Ever since they got married, Luo Xinglan had never crazily rejected his requests for sexual intercourse. Although he succeeded, Luo Xinglan had left many bleeding scratches on his face and body. He could never forget her glares which were brimming with hatred, as though she was looking at trash or a beast!
She has triggered his nerves again and he left after slamming the door.
He found her to be too arrogant. There were so many gentle girls outside, why would he even bother to take a 30 year old woman’s emotion into consideration?
He felt he should punish her more and change her.
Therefore, he started a series of punishments.
For example, he moved her from a nice courtyard to a broken one. She was left with one servant, from eight previously, and she was locked in the courtyard.
He cut her meal budget from more than ten dishes in every single meal to two.
Needless to say, both the master and the servant shared a meal or starved together when the food was not delivered in a timely fashion.
That was during the winter, when it was snowing all the time. There was no firewood in her courtyard and the room was as cold as a freezer.
Leng Xiangyu had taken over the managing authority from Luo Xinglan, as she has been locked in her courtyard.
Gu Xietian did not check on her for almost half a year and he even allowed the mistresses and servants to bully her secretly...
Besides, he had always brought his mistresses into the courtyard next to Luo Xinglan's, to have fun there. They played music and games, and enjoyed delicious food. Gu Xietian knew Luo Xinglan would definitely smell the aroma of the food and take notice of his presence.
That was not the worst thing he could do. Gu Xietian even neglected Gu Tiannuo and prioritized his other children. He put all the blame on Gu Tiannuo even when he was not at fault, but that of the other siblings. And every single time when he scolded Gu Tiannuo, he deliberately chose to do it when they were just beside Luo Xinglan's courtyard, so that she could hear it.
Gu Tiannuo was already 11 years old. He used to be a happy kid but gradually turned to depression. He wanted to visit his mother so badly but he was not allowed to do so.
The objective of Gu Xietian was to let Luo Xinglan know that he was the master of the family and the only way to have a better life was to please him...
He was not aware that his random desire had caused her to be pregnant. His torture had wrecked her menstrual cycle and she only discovered that she was pregnant when the baby was about four months old in her womb. The critical environment she was in and the depression she faced had drove her to malnutrition. This indirectly led to the malnutrition of the fetus...
A healthy and strong female knight had turned into a scrawny lady in half a year.
This was all until Gu Tiannuo succeeded in seeing his mother after breaking into the courtyard. He panicked when he knew his mother was pregnant, and even fainted from high fever. The one and only servant was also in a state of panic...
Gu Tiannuo took the risk to break into his father’s meeting hall (Baihu Hall). An 11 year old boy knelt down on the floor with a pair of teary eyes and kept kowtowing to his father. He even hurt his forehead while begging the general to save his mother.
Gu Xietian had finally found out that Luo Xinglan was pregnant. He was shocked by the news and quickly rushed to Luo Xinglan's courtyard.