From the beginning, Old Madam Chen had disliked her grandson's wife, but now, she seems to like her more and more...

Although she didn't say it, her every word and action showed her satisfaction with Gu Qing.

"How can we start the meal before Gu Qing even arrives? If this gets out, people who don't know the truth might think that our Chen family treated the girl from the Gu family harshly."

During dinner, Old Madam Chen deliberately ordered everyone to put down their bowls and chopsticks, just to wait for Gu Qing.

Gu Qing arrived a little late, and her action made the starving Mrs. Lu very angry.

"No one in the family dares to pick up their chopsticks, waiting for the great hero of our Chen family. Our Third Young Master's wife is really arrogant!" When Mrs. Lu saw Gu Qing coming in, she spoke in a sarcastic tone.

Gu Qing was confused and didn't understand, but after listening to what Lu said and glancing at the dishes and chopsticks on the table, he had a general idea.

"Grandma, I've been busy these days, so you don't have to wait for me to cook. Besides, there's a small kitchen in the backyard so I won't starve. Thank you, grandma and mother, for your concern." Gu Qing bowed slightly and apologized to everyone.

Old Madam Chen snorted coldly, her eyes narrowed, and she glanced at Madam Lu. "You won't starve to death even if you skip a meal. You're talking as if I did something wrong and made you starve. Do you want me to get up and apologize to you?"

These words were so intimidating that Mrs. Lu stood up anxiously: "Mother, what are you talking about? You are embarrassing your daughter-in-law. I am worried about your old age. I am afraid that if you are delayed in eating, you——"

"What you said is true. I'm not the reincarnation of a starving ghost. I'm just waiting for a while. How can I get hungry and cause trouble?" Old Lady Chen waved her sleeves and asked everyone to start eating quickly.

Gu Qing had been holding back, almost bursting out laughing...

It has to be the old lady. There really is something that can conquer something else in this family.

Ever since Grandmother returned to the capital, everyone in the Chen family had become much more obedient. Just like Lu, if she said a few unpleasant words, the old lady would have a hundred more waiting to punish her...

"Grandma, I'll have someone measure you and make you two new clothes later. Also, I've prepared a banquet menu. I'll have the maid deliver it to mother and grandmother in a moment, one for each of you." Gu Qing was indeed overstepping the bounds by taking on so much responsibility.

After all, there is her grandmother above her and her mother-in-law in the middle of the family, so it is not her turn to hold a grand banquet for the singing and poetry party.

but--

Mrs. Lu was about to start a quarrel, but Mother Chen smiled happily and nodded at her with satisfaction, saying, "Qing'er, this really saves me a lot of trouble. I'll leave all these matters to you!"

This sentence stopped Lu from saying anything.

"Let me take a look too. I have helped my sister-in-law to organize family banquets many times before. As a new bride, if there is anything you don't prepare properly, people will laugh at you later." Mrs. Lu glanced at Gu Qing complacently and said quietly.

Gu Qing had anticipated this early on. If her aunt didn't find the right opportunity to cause trouble, she wouldn't be able to live like this anymore...

Mrs. Lu is just stupid, while Aunt Liu is both stupid and bad. There is a huge difference between them in essence.

She looked back at Cuiru slowly and gestured for Cuiru to bring the prepared list over.

Cuiru hesitated for a long time and didn't move forward, with a look of embarrassment on her face.

"Let your aunt see it." Gu Qing waved to her.

Cuiru took a few steps with her head down and a gloomy face, then slowly opened the list in her hand and presented it with both hands.

Mrs. Lu just picked up the list in her hand, glanced at it briefly, and then read it to the end at a glance: "Oh, oh! I'm glad I took your list to take a look. If I didn't read it, you... you..."

After saying this, Mrs. Lu looked Gu Qing up and down with an indescribable expression, suddenly stood up, and walked quickly towards the old lady of the Chen family. She put the list in her hand on the table.

Looking at Lu's heroic and proud appearance, he looked like a victorious rooster.

Those who didn't know the situation might think that what she was holding in her hand was not a list of banquet preparations, but evidence of some heinous crime that Gu Qing had committed.

"Mother, please take a good look. These are the dishes that our Third Young Master's wife is going to serve to entertain the guests. If outsiders saw this, I wonder how they would laugh at our Chen family, as if our Chen family can't afford to entertain guests!" Mrs. Lu narrowed her eyes and looked at Gu Qing with contempt.

Gu Qing continued to eat the rice porridge in the bowl slowly, and from time to time he looked up at Lu with a very puzzled look.

At first, Old Madam Chen blamed Mrs. Lu for making a fuss and not acting like an elder at all. But after she glanced at the items on the list, she couldn't help but be shocked.

Father Chen seemed to realize something. He took the list and took a look at it...

The room fell silent, completely silent.

The room was so strangely quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

"Qing'er must have her reasons for making such preparations." After seeing this, Father Chen said quietly, but his brows were still tightly furrowed.

Old Madam Chen was a straightforward person who couldn't hold her temper at all. She looked up at Gu Qing in surprise and said, "No, what are you doing, girl? It was you who arranged the banquet to invite guests to our Chen family. What are you doing? Are you deliberately making a fool of our Chen family?"

Make a fool of yourself?

Gu Qing smiled after hearing this.

"No, no, no, old lady, the Third Young Master's wife definitely doesn't mean that. She must be hoping that our Chen family will get better and better. How could she deliberately arrange something inappropriate to make our Chen family look bad?" Cui Ru was almost furious, but she saw that her Young Master's wife was still unmoved.

Mrs. Lu took advantage of this opportunity, thinking she had finally caught a golden opportunity to teach Gu Qing a lesson. She pointed at Gu Qing with one hand and shouted in a domineering manner: "I've known for a long time that you have bad intentions. When the two families came to visit, you were so difficult. I thought you were so kind as to host a banquet for the Chen family, but you were waiting here!"

"Aunt, what you said is too harsh. Besides, Qing'er is now Zhizhou's first wife. How could I have any bad intentions?" Gu Qing raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Lu and asked slowly.