Gu Qing took the old lady around to look around, visiting each shop one by one, and told her in detail what kind of business they were doing and how she had originally conceived of it.

Old Madam Chen had always been silent and followed her side, watching her business flourish...

"You girl are really not simple." Old Madam Chen stared at Gu Qing up and down and spoke slowly.

Gu Qing smiled and took her old lady's arm, stepped onto the carriage again, and set off, ready to return home. "Grandma, what are you talking about? Qing'er is far from being as good as you. After all, it's a great achievement for you to have raised such a talent like my father-in-law."

After one stick of incense...

When Gu Qing and Old Madam Chen got off the carriage one after the other and walked in, chatting and laughing, everyone from the servants in the front yard to the second and third wives stared at them with eyes that almost dropped to the ground in disbelief...

"Did I see it right just now? The old lady and the third young master's wife came in peacefully together?" Mrs. Lu pulled the little maid who was sweeping the floor and asked her.

The maid was stunned for a moment and nodded.

Mrs. Lu was extremely surprised. Who could have imagined that Gu Qing, the new bride who had just married into the Chen family, could get along so well with the old lady!

Not to mention the second and third rooms, even Chen's mother couldn't get along with the old lady on a daily basis. Everyone knew that she had a strange temper.

Only Gu Qing understood it in her heart. It was not the case that she and the old lady got along well.

It's just that now Old Madam Chen has let go of her previous prejudice against her, that's all. It can't even be said that she likes her.

"I don't know why you are like this, young lady. When I saw you at your parents' home before, you were a man of your word. Besides, you have the third young master protecting you at home. As long as you don't make any mistakes, the old lady won't make things difficult for you. You gave her a phoenix hairpin and..." Cui Ru helped her pack her things, and she started chattering as soon as she entered the door.

Gu Qing raised his hand and knocked Cui Ru's forehead gently, then said to her with a smile, "I think you don't want to keep this mouth anymore. If grandma hears you, you will be scolded. I won't take your side."

Cui Ru looked aggrieved, with her head drooping as she stood by. She rubbed her hands and explained in a low voice: "I feel sorry for the young lady, isn't it? That's a phoenix hairpin."

Phoenix hairpin——

A smile flashed across Gu Qing's eyes. Everyone knew that the phoenix hairpin was a gift from the Queen Mother to her.

My grandmother is so old, how many days can she wear it?

Apart from the old lady, who else dared to wear a phoenix hairpin on their head and go out? To put it nicely, it was simple, but to put it bluntly, it was a crime of insubordination, and the entire Chen family would be implicated if they were not careful...

No matter how stupid the second and third wives are, they would not give up their peaceful lives.

"My husband treats me well, and my grandmother is his closest relative. He also said before that my grandmother is a person who is cold-mouthed but warm-hearted. The only way I can help my husband in the inner house is to take care of the household affairs so that he will have less to worry about outside. Otherwise--" Gu Qing let out a long sigh after he finished speaking, and shook his head gently as if relieved of a heavy burden.

Otherwise, how could I be worthy of his infatuation for me in these two lifetimes?

Gu Qing sat alone in front of the tea table, holding a white chess piece in her hand. She slowly put down the white jade chess piece in her hand, turned around and looked at the empty position opposite, then picked up the black agate chess piece.

"Got it, this chess game can be solved!" She was ecstatic, her eyes shining brightly.

On weekdays, if Chen Zhizhou was busy with official business, she would play chess by herself.

However, this chess game had been put aside for seven or eight days. She had been racking her brains day and night but couldn't find a flaw. But after a few days, her mind suddenly cleared up, and she was able to solve it again.

Cui Ru really couldn't understand the character of their young lady. She didn't like anything that ordinary girls liked.

On the contrary, other women don’t see it, don’t understand it…

She was sitting in front of the window, holding a military book in her hand, a black agate chess piece in one hand, and looking at the chessboard in front of her with a serious attitude.

"Young Madam, there is one thing I don't understand. Isn't that a military book in your hand? Why, instead of looking at the chess manual, you are holding this military book... How do you play chess like this?" Cui Ru walked closer quickly. She looked at it again and again from her young madam's perspective, but still couldn't understand the clues in it.

It is clearly written in the book, and the military strategy is indeed correct.

"You, just work honestly. You've been talking more and more recently." Gu Qing rarely scolded the servants around him and always treated them very well.

She had been scolding Cuiru constantly these past few days, and Cuiru realized that she had been acting a little out of line these days. She pursed her lips in displeasure and said, "Madam, you want to punish me by making me copy something? Or, you want to punish me by making me sweep the floor for three days? As long as you don't deduct my monthly salary, I'm fine with anything."

"Okay, then I'll punish you by not allowing you to eat meat for three days. I see that you've been eating too much lately!" Gu Qing chuckled.

No meat for three days...

Cui Ru's face instantly drooped to the ground, "Young Madam, you want to kill me!"

The master and servant were talking and laughing in the inner room when suddenly there was a creaking noise at the door.

Immediately, Gu Qing looked towards the door with full vigilance, and what caught her eye was a pair of deep and lonely phoenix eyes. There was a smile in the man's eyes. He was looking at her from afar and walking towards her quickly.

"Why did you come back so late? I thought you were..." Before Gu Qing could finish her words, the thing handed to her by Chen Zhizhou blocked her words.

"Of course I have to ask Master Meng for these two books for my wife." Chen Zhizhou presented the two ancient books in his hands with both hands as if they were treasures.

Gu Qing took a closer look. Isn't this the book she asked someone to find outside a while ago...

How did he know...

"You--" Gu Qing raised the corners of his lips, wanting to say something, but it seemed like something was stuck in his throat.

Chen Zhizhou smiled playfully. He casually picked up the white jade and glass chess pieces and placed them in a corner. With a single move, he broke Gu Qing's chess game. "Madam, please don't be too moved. Emotional fluctuations can easily cause stress."

Gu Qing glanced back and took a closer look, only to find that the chess game she had just set up was broken by Chen Zhizhou without any expression!

She said to him in a scolding tone: "You are so good! I have been trying to figure out the chess game for several days but couldn't solve it, but you defeated me with just one move."

"Please forgive me, madam. It was just a coincidence." Chen Zhizhou casually opened his clothes and sat down, lowering his head to take a sip of tea in the porcelain cup.

He raised his head, took a deep breath, and let it all out in one gulp.

I don't know why, but when Gu Qing saw Chen Zhizhou coming back today, there was a hint of resentment between his brows...

At first, she thought she was seeing things, but now she saw that Chen Zhizhou couldn't help but frown even when he drank a cup of tea. It was obvious that he must have encountered something difficult.