Gu Er's wife is an illiterate woman, and the only thing she has going for her is her face. Even though she is over 30 years old, she still has her charm.

Gu Shiyu perfectly inherited the beauty of Gu Er's wife, and had a bit of the Gu family's unique coldness. She looked pitiful and quite charming.

At this moment, she finished reading the contents of the letter with trembling hands, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and her face flushed with excitement.

"Mother, let's go to the big house too."

Gu's second daughter-in-law was puzzled, "Didn't you say you wouldn't go? Why did you go again?"

Gu Shiyu lowered her eyes and smiled tenderly, answering the question irrelevantly, "Don't worry, mother. Soon we will no longer be in exile and can return to the capital."

Gu Er's wife became even more confused, because she knew that her daughter had always been a scheming person.

But how is this possible without exile?

This is the emperor’s order!

Gu Shiyu leaned close to her ear and whispered something.

Gu's second wife widened her eyes, slapped her thigh, and laughed, "You are worthy of being my good daughter! Hahaha, I can finally be proud of myself for once. When the time comes, I will let those bitches from the Li and Zhang families see that I am destined to be rich and noble!"

As she was talking, the second wife of Gu stopped her gaze on Gu Shiyu's face, "In this case, you must take good care of your face. Our future prosperity and wealth depend on it. And that part...did he break your virginity?"

Gu Shiyu bit her lip and nodded shyly.

The second wife of Gu was even more delighted. "It would be great if I could get pregnant right away... When we return to the capital, I will teach you some skills in bed. I guarantee that the man will be unable to leave you and will pester you every day..."

Gu Shiyu's face was red as if blood was dripping out, "Let's go to the big house first."

As soon as the mother and daughter went out, they met Gu Yunshu, the eldest daughter and Gu Yunhuan, the second daughter of the Gu family's side branch.

That is, Gu Dalang’s two daughters.

Gu Yunshu has a cold and arrogant personality and is as beautiful as an orchid. Although she is only the daughter of a branch of the Gu family, she is also well-known in Shangjing.

Gu Shiyu had been jealous of her since childhood.

At this moment, having received that man's confirmation, she couldn't help but feel proud.

When he passed by Gu Yunshu, he bumped into her hard with his shoulder.

Gu Yunshu frowned slightly and said nothing.

Gu Yunhuan grabbed Gu Shiyu's sleeve, her eyebrows raised, "Did you do this on purpose?"

Gu Shiyu sneered and raised his eyebrows, "So what if you did it on purpose?"

Gu Yunhuan was so angry that he raised his hand to hit her, but was stopped by Gu Yunshu.

"Yun Huan, I'm fine, don't cause any more trouble."

Gu Shiyu sneered and turned away.

Gu Er's wife followed her and turned around to curse, "What an uneducated little girl."

Gu Yunhuan was so angry that he pointed at her back and yelled, "You vixen, you're exiled, but you're still dressing up for someone to see? You're twisting and turning in a skirt, and you're sticking some yellow flowers on it. You look just like the second cousin, it's disgusting."

Gu Yunshu tapped her forehead helplessly, "Don't criticize others."

After taking another look at Gu Shiyu's departing back, Gu Yunshu's mind flashed back to the scene she accidentally saw by the lake at Gu Mansion that day.

Gu Shiyu has always been cautious, so how could he suddenly reveal his true nature?

Could it be that…

Thinking of that possibility, Gu Yunshu frowned slightly and frantically fidgeted with her clothes with her bare hands.

———

The Gu family's big house is now crowded with people.

Not long after Xu Xingzhi left, all the people from the Gu family's side branches came again.

Pei knew what they were here for, but she still asked knowingly: "Hey, rare guests, what brings you here?"

Gu Sanlang stepped forward and bowed, saying with a smile: "It is only natural to pay respects to my sister-in-law."

Pei raised her eyebrows slightly, "You weren't like this a few days ago. How come you suddenly remembered that you have a sister-in-law like me?"

Then, he turned his gaze to Xie Ling, "Ling'er, go get me a glass of water."

After the water came, Pei just sat there indifferently, floating the teacup from time to time, without saying a word.

The air suddenly became tense, like a fully-stretched string, and the atmosphere was stagnant.

Xie Ling sighed on the side, Pei was indeed worthy of being the eldest daughter of a century-old family, she had a lot of tricks to manipulate people's hearts.

Just sitting there and drinking some water, he made the Gu brothers so upset that they felt like they were on fire and couldn't sit still.

After a while, the Gu family's branch was defeated.

Gu Dalang stepped forward and said, "We are the ones who let our sister-in-law down."

Gu Sanlang continued, "Sister-in-law, all the branches of the Gu family were exiled because of Gu Wei. Anyone would have complaints about this."

Pei's original intention was just to give him a warning, and he didn't want to ruin the relationship.

If Gu Weiruo continues to be unconscious, the main house, which has a lot of women, children and property, will have to rely on the side branches.

Although the side branches of the Gu family each have their own calculations, at least they are open-minded and not pure evil like the second branch.

As for why the Gu family's branch suddenly showed goodwill, Xu Xing came to thank them first and they came right after. What else is there for Pei to not understand?

It must be that someone from the side branch knew that Ling'er was a medical practitioner.

Pei looked at Xie Ling standing aside calmly, and sighed inwardly, thinking that the Gu family really owed Xie Ling too much.

With a smile on his face, he said, "I don't blame you. Before Gu Wei wakes up, I still have to rely on the support of my brothers and sisters-in-law."

The three brothers of the Gu family finally relaxed their worries and breathed a sigh of relief.

They all thought at the same time that even if the new daughter-in-law of the first wife had no medical skills, she must not go against the first wife!

This woman, Pei, is so scary!

After a round of dry greetings, when the brothers put down the gifts for the eldest wife and were about to leave, a loud laugh suddenly came from the door.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

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