I just got divorced, and this cold, ruthless, and powerful minister is begging for a third child eve

At this time, in the alley where the gambling den in the south of the city is located.

Gu Mingshuang and Lingxiang, dressed in men's clothing, walked in.

The man leading the way, Hu San, was a burly fellow. As he led them into the alley, he whispered a warning to them:

"This place is a mixed bag, so we must not cause any trouble. I shouldn't have brought you here, but Brother Du has been kind to me, so I have to make an exception."

Gu Mingshuang replied to Hu San in a low voice:

"I know all that. Thank you for leading the way. I just need to find Chunniang's child and then I'll leave."

Hu San sighed.

"Chunniang is a pitiful person. She was widowed young and only had one daughter. If it weren't for protecting her daughter, she wouldn't have injured that rich young master."

Gu Mingshuang pursed her lips. After Chunniang died, she asked Du Cang to investigate. He found out that Chunniang's daughter was still at the gambling den in the south of the city, so she rushed here.

Du Cang couldn't show his face at the gambling den, so he stayed behind to provide backup.

The further you go in, the louder the noise becomes.

Lingxiang followed behind Gu Mingshuang, clutching Gu Mingshuang's sleeve fearfully, and whispered:

"Young lady, is it dangerous here?"

Originally, Uncle Du said he would send someone to take the girl away, but the girl was afraid of frightening him, so she decided to come and pick her up herself, and also resolve the girl's indenture dispute.

Gu Mingshuang patted Lingxiang's hand reassuringly.

"Don't worry, I've been to places like this in Qingzhou before. As long as we don't provoke or cause trouble, no one will dare to make things difficult for us. The owners here are even more afraid of trouble than we are."

She looked around and saw large men in uniform patrolling the area.

Such gambling dens usually have connections in both the legitimate and criminal worlds. They are even more disciplined in this capital city than in Qingzhou, otherwise they would have offended powerful figures and died mysteriously long ago.

Soon, she followed Hu San into a small alley and through a door.

Although it was daytime, the room had no windows, and candles were lit everywhere.

The huge hall was filled with the sounds of dice and chips clashing, mixed with various shouts.

Hu San looked around and said suspiciously:

"That girl used to come here to serve tea and water and do some chores. I'll go look for her!"

Gu Mingshuang nodded and waited in the corner with Lingxiang.

Lingxiang spotted the man yelling next to her and, seeing that he was about to overturn the table, covered her mouth in fright.

But before the man could overturn the table, he was caught between two people, one on each side.

The next moment, the steward, dressed in black, walked over with a cold face and brought down his knife.

The troublemaker watched helplessly as his finger was severed, screamed in agony, and then fainted.

The steward sheathed his knife and said sternly:

"How dare you cheat and cause trouble at my gambling den in the south of the city! You're asking for it! Drag him out! Give him another twenty strokes of the cane!"

Lingxiang looked at the fingers on the ground, her face pale, her eyes filled with heartache.

"Young lady, Chunniang has been raising her daughter in a place like this all these years! This is no place for a child!"

Gu Mingshuang also frowned.

"She died because of me. I couldn't save her, so I'll fulfill her wish by taking her daughter away so she can rest in peace."

Just then, she spotted Hu San staggering back.

"Oh no! That girl bumped into a drunken young master and was sold into a contract to be taken to the arena! She's probably going to be thrown into the ring!"

Before Lingxiang could react, Gu Mingshuang's face darkened.

Among wealthy young men, animal fighting is popular, and some even capture people and put them in the arena!

"Take me there!"

The arena at the South City Casino was right next door, and the shouts there were even louder than at the casino.

Below the stands, screams and groans echoed from inside the iron cage.

Lingxiang's eyes widened, and she pointed to the ground, saying:

"There's someone down there! There really is someone down there!"

Gu Mingshuang frowned when she saw the man who had been pounced on by the wolf and knocked to the ground.

Blood was everywhere, and the man was too weak to stand, so the arena manager sent people to carry him away.

Beside him, the tipsy young nobleman rose, gripped the railing, and shouted in cheers:

"We won again! My Snow Shadow team is truly dominant!"

Lingxiang glanced over and said in astonishment:

"Young lady! It's Young Master Liang the Second!"

Gu Mingshuang also saw Liang Jin and said coldly:

"I never expected to run into him here!"

Liang Jin always appeared as a refined and noble young man in public, but it was unexpected that he would come to a place like this in private.

Lingxiang said urgently:

"That girl's indenture is in Young Master Liang's hands, young lady, what should we do?"

Gu Mingshuang said in a deep voice:

"Don't rush, I'll go find Liang Jin first."

At this moment, Liang Jin, slamming down silver notes, drunkenly shouted:

"continue!"

Just then, a hand stopped him.

"I never expected that Young Master Liang would come to this arena."

Liang Jin froze, turned his head, and unexpectedly saw a familiar face!

Although Gu Mingshuang was dressed in men's clothing, he could not forget her bright and beautiful face. How could he mistake her for someone else?

In the past, he always saw Gu Mingshuang at the Liang family or the Marquis's residence. In public, he naturally couldn't look at the Marquis's daughter-in-law more often.

But now that Gu Mingshuang is divorced, he narrowed his eyes with interest.

"So it's my former sister-in-law. I never expected that we'd meet again in a place like this."

Looking at Gu Mingshuang's cold and incomparably beautiful face, his Adam's apple bobbed slightly.

However, Gu Mingshuang looked at the contract of indenture in his hand and said in a deep voice:

"I'm not going to beat around the bush with Young Master Liang anymore. I'm willing to buy that girl from earlier at double the price."

Clutching the contract, Liang Jin felt the effects of the alcohol rising in his body. He narrowed his eyes, and thoughts he had never dared to entertain before began to stir.

Back then, Gu Mingshuang went to his house and made a scene, and then said something to his grandmother, which forced him to marry Song Lanfang.

Come to think of it, it was Gu Mingshuang who caused him so much misfortune; now it's time to make it up to him...