Chapter 69 Returning Home Again

Gu Huan returned to Yayun Pavilion, found the chess manual given by Brother Ji, and wanted to put it in the white chess box.

After thinking about it, she opened the chess record and looked at the annotations written by Brother Ji for her. Suddenly, she understood the parts that she couldn't understand before.

He was just dazed by Mu Junyan's killing, and his interest in killing, which had been lost, suddenly revived.

While flipping through the chess records, he recalled the several moves that Mu Junyan had just made, and they quickly came together in his mind.

The more I watched it, the more interesting it became. I even felt like fighting Mu Junyan again.

"Girl, what are you looking at so fascinatedly?" Dongqing came in with a steaming bowl.

"Chess manual."

Gu Huan looked up, closed the chess manual, put it in the chess box, and then put it in the red lacquered chest of drawers.

"What are you serving?"

"This is the tonic that Miss Chen Li prepared for you." Dong Qing put down the wooden tray and a small plate with two or three kinds of candied fruits on it.

Gu Huan didn't ask any more questions and just picked it up and drank.

Chen Li would stew tonic medicine for her every morning and evening, especially during the days when she was with Mu Junyan, and would immediately bring her a bowl after she came back.

She understood that the smell was that of contraceptive soup.

Others are indeed tonics.

Her relationship with Mu Junyan is very delicate now.

Everyone in the capital knows that Mu Junyan is not going to marry, not to mention the relationship with Gu Wanru. If she gets pregnant, it will bring shame to the Duke's Mansion and even more damage Mu Junyan's reputation.

Anyway, she has suffered a lot of injustice.

Now she didn't feel wronged at all, not to mention she had monthly salary, ancient books, and valuable clothes, jewelry, and chess pieces.

Gu Huan was eating the sweet and sour candied fruit when suddenly, a question came to her mind.

Mu Junyan has been back for almost ten days, and he seemed to have returned to the battlefield on the 25th.

Counting on my fingers, there are still six days left!

Gu Huan was shocked.

She doesn't have much time left.

"Dongqing, go tell Sister Zhou that I will go home tomorrow."

After all, with my identity, I have to inform the other party when entering or leaving the mansion.

"Oh, okay."

In less than a quarter of an hour, Holly came back.

"Sister Zhou said you can go ahead and tell her if you need anything."

Gu Huan nodded, washed up and went to bed.

The other person was being polite, how dare she ask for anything?

Even if it requires a carriage, it would be best if Sister Zhou could help arrange it. If not, she can just walk back.

The next day, Gu Huan got up very early.

She dressed up carefully, put on exquisite makeup, put on the jade hairpin given by Pei Yi, and was about to go out with the winter flowers and holly.

"Oops, I almost missed it."

Zhou Zhilan came in with a smile on her face, and her eyes were filled with amazement the moment she saw her.

"Oh, you're so beautiful today."

Gu Huan blushed and said coquettishly, "I can't bring shame to the Duke's Mansion when I go home."

"That is."

Zhou Zhilan took her hand, led her out, and whispered in her ear: "The Duke's Mansion is your in-laws' home, and you must return home in glory."

Gu Huan was so frightened that she almost tripped over the threshold.

He looked around anxiously, and after making sure that no one else could hear him, he pulled Zhou Zhilan into his arms.

"Sister Zhou, you can't say that."

Zhou Zhilan knew that she was thin-skinned, after all, her master had not given her a status yet. If too many people knew about it, it was inevitable that some people would gossip about it and ruin Sister Huan's innocence.

She reported to her master last night that Gu Huan was going home today, and her master ordered her to prepare gifts and personally appointed followers to follow her.

This posture is just like a bride returning home.

After she told her brother to arrange the entourage, her brother couldn't help but sigh and said that Miss Huan would have good fortune in the future.

Gu Huan followed Zhou Zhilan out of the house through the side door and saw another carriage parked at the door.

Dong Mo and two other servants were standing beside the car.

Dong Mo stepped forward with a smile: "My master ordered me to take the two of them back to the mansion with the young lady."

Gu Huan was surprised.

Dong Mo is Mu Junyan's close attendant, how can he be allowed to follow me?

"That's not right. You should serve the Duke." Gu Huan immediately objected.

"Who dares not to obey the master's orders? If you don't let them follow, what will happen if the master punishes them later?"

Zhou Zhilan pushed her into the carriage and turned back to instruct Dongqing Donghua.

"There are gifts for the masters of the Gu Mansion in the car. The identities of the masters are written on the boxes. Don't make any mistakes."

Holly and Donghua responded quickly.

Gu Huan didn't hear them talking. She was stunned when she saw the large and small bags when she got into the carriage.

Then Donghua and Dongqing came up and saw her expression and quickly explained.

"These are the gifts that Sister Zhou arranged for you to give to the masters of the Gu family. There are gifts for the young ladies and young masters in the family. Let us check them first."

Gu Huan watched the two of them carefully checking each box one by one, and they were also chattering in low voices about arranging them in order of the owner's status.

But she didn't know what to say.

There is definitely no way to go back.

She felt indescribably touched, but also a little guilty.

"Whose carriage is this?"

Gu Huan smelled a familiar scent belonging to Mu Junyan and felt a little nervous.

Donghua didn't even raise her head: "My Lord."

Gu Huan's face suddenly felt hot for no apparent reason.

Is the Duke doing this to bring honor to her?

Like her?

Of course not.

Gu Huan thought about it all the way but still couldn't figure it out, and the carriage had already arrived at the gate of Wenchang Marquis' Mansion.

Seeing that the Second Miss Gu had returned in a grand procession again, the doorman dared not neglect her this time. He invited the girl into the mansion and ordered the servant to run into the inner courtyard to inform her.

When a concubine returns home, she naturally has to pay her respects to the mistress first.

Wang was in much better spirits today than last time. Seeing Gu Huan's bright appearance, she smiled kindly and knowingly.

Gu Huan asked Dong Qing to present the gift.

Dongqing and Donghua each held a large box. Nanny Zhou and the maid took them and opened them on the spot. Nanny Zhou, who was used to seeing good things, couldn't help but exclaimed.

Gu Huan curiously stretched her head to take a look.

There are three compartments in a box, and each compartment contains a kind of precious medicinal material.

Ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, deer antler, cordyceps, snow lotus, bird's nest.

She is quite knowledgeable about medicinal herbs and can tell at a glance that they are all top quality.

Gu Huan was surprised and delighted, this was exactly the tonic that Wang needed.

Sister Zhou was so kind to her. Knowing that Wang was a thorn in her side, she specially arranged the most suitable and expensive gift for her.

Wang was very touched. This concubine's daughter was even more caring than her own daughter. She felt guilty for not paying attention to her and not caring for her in the past.

His eyes were slightly red, and he took her hand and looked at her: "Not bad, you look much better, and your face has gained some flesh."

Gu Huan felt warm in her heart. Although she was not as excited and nervous as she was when she first met her biological mother, the complex emotions in her heart still made her eyes red when she thought about the truth coming out.

"Is mother feeling better?"

"Well, thanks to you, I'm getting better now." Wang patted her hands kindly.

The two of them smiled knowingly.

Gu Huan imagined that the moment the truth was revealed, she would be able to nestle in her biological mother's arms and act coquettishly without restraint. Such a scene was what she had longed for in both lives.

Nanny Zhou's attitude towards Gu Huan became better, and she whispered, "We have cleaned up the courtyard inside and outside. I personally prepared the prescriptions that Doctor Shen Li left behind last time, and Madam's health is getting better day by day."

Gu Huan nodded with tears in her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "That's good."

"Did you come back home for something? Or did you run into any trouble? Why didn't your sister come back with you?"

Wang was a little worried.

Nanny Zhou knew that she was worried about her daughter who had not received any news, so she smiled and said, "The eldest girl is pregnant, so it is naturally inconvenient for her to move around."

It turned out that the people in the mansion didn't know about Gu Wanru's miscarriage.

Gu Huan was a little puzzled. Gu Wanru had Nanny Chen, who was in charge of foreign affairs, by her side. Why didn't she pass the message in?

Or does she not want her mother to know?

Don’t want the Marquis’ Mansion to think she is useless?

Gu Huan didn't want her mother to worry, so she wiped away her tears and said, "My sister has to drink supplements on time every day. She asked her daughter to pass on a message and ask her to say hello to you on her behalf."

In fact, Gu Wanru didn't even say a word of greeting to Wang.

My mother raised a man-eating ungrateful wolf.

She was a little worried that her mother had been secretly poisoned and was in poor physical and mental condition. What if she couldn't accept it?

Gu Huan looked at Wang's gentle face and thought that the matter of the marriage exchange should be put on hold until her mother recovered.

"Mother, I want to go see Aunt Pei."

Wang didn't know why, but she inexplicably developed a sense of familiarity towards this concubine's daughter whom she had disliked before.

She came back twice and was deeply moved by the admiration in the little girl's eyes.

He was a little reluctant, but he still let go of her hand: "Go now."

Gu Huan didn't want to see her father or her sisters in the mansion. Her two younger brothers were still studying at the clan school and had not returned, so she gave the gifts to Nanny Zhou and asked her to divide them among them.

The gift from my father was given to Wang to pass on.

Gu Huan didn't know what Zhou Zhilan had prepared for them.

Anyway, she doesn't care.

Just don't make it too expensive.

Gu Huan entered Aunt Pei’s Xianglan Garden.

Aunt Pei had already heard the news. She dressed neatly and sat in the main seat, acting like the mistress of the house.