Chapter 59 Leaving the Mansion

"What the old lady says is true. I misspoke. Our young lady is very fortunate and will surely find a good family."

Zhao's mother had served the old lady for many years and understood her thoughts. However, the fact that the eldest daughter was so protective of the old lady made the old lady's worries for her worthwhile.

Snow courtyard.

When Gu Yingxue heard that her second uncle's family had come to her house, and that Gu Shuyan had given them a hard time at Yunxiang Courtyard, she felt inexplicably flustered.

"Chunxiang, is this news credible?"

Gu Yingxue asked, twisting her handkerchief.

"Miss, would I lie to you? Many maids and servants heard it at the time."

When Chunxiang first heard the news, she didn't believe it either, but after asking several people and hearing the same thing, she had no choice but to believe it.

"But that's not what the letter from Yuzhou said. Could it be that her submissive and weak demeanor all these years was just an act?"

Thinking of the letter from Yuzhou, Gu Yingxue couldn't believe that Gu Shuyan could say those things.

"Miss, if that's really the case, this village girl might be difficult to deal with."

They are indeed difficult to deal with, but fortunately they still have a trump card.

The second branch of the Gu family returned to the Marquis's residence, and because of the intimidation given by Gu Shuyan, they were relatively well-behaved.

Although Aunt Qiao occasionally complained, she only dared to do so when no one was around.

Days passed by like this. Every morning, Gu Shuyan would greet the old lady and spend most of her time studying with her two older brothers.

After a month of study, Gu Shuyan made rapid progress. Not only did she no longer have to pretend to be ignorant as she had at the beginning, but she also learned a lot of knowledge she had never heard of before from Gu Renjie.

April has arrived in the blink of an eye.

Because her two older brothers were both going to take the imperial examination, Gu Shuyan's studies were temporarily suspended.

"If you feel unwell, why don't you go for a walk in the street?"

As Ji was doing her needlework, she spoke.

Upon hearing this, Gu Shuyan perked up completely.

"Mother, is there anything you want to eat? Your daughter will buy it for you when she gets back."

“I’m not as greedy as you, like a little glutton. Your two older brothers are about to take the imperial examination, so I need to hurry up and finish embroidering these two cushions so they can wear them.”

Watching Ji Shi's embroidery skills improve steadily, Gu Shuyan nodded, "Then I also want to give my brothers a small gift."

As Gu Shuyan spoke, she left with Pearl and Jade.

The weather in April was already quite hot, and Gu Shuyan, wearing a dress, couldn't help but break out in a light sweat.

"Miss, why did you bring us to the cloth shop?"

The Marquis's mansion has plenty of fabrics; even if Miss wants to have clothes made, there's no need for her to come to a fabric shop!

You'll find out soon enough.

As Gu Shuyan spoke, she looked around at the fabrics in the shop, finally stopping at a piece of colorful brocade.

"Shopkeeper, did your cloth shop weave this brocade yourself?"

Seeing that Gu Shuyan was dressed well, the shopkeeper quickly nodded.

"So you have all the materials and tools for weaving and forging now!"

The shopkeeper didn't know why Gu Shuyan was asking these questions, but since she was a buyer, he nodded honestly, "To be honest, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of cloth shops in the entire capital, but no more than five of them can weave their own brocade, and unfortunately we are one of them."

Gu Shuyan was initially worried that the shopkeeper was lying, but after hearing what he said, she immediately believed him and took out ten taels of silver from her pocket and placed it on the counter.

Gu Shuyan said, "Shopkeeper, I would like to use your materials and tools. What do you think?"