Gu Yuanfang, who was standing at the door, heard the old lady's words and couldn't help but sneer in her heart. It turned out that in the old lady's heart, she was not worthy of Su Jinrui and looked down on her background.
Saying that you love her is just a favor.
The more the old woman looked down on her and didn't want her to marry Su Jinrui, the more she insisted on marrying Su Jinrui and becoming the future mistress of the Anchang Marquis Mansion.
Pretending not to hear anything, Gu Yuanfang walked in with a tray, "Grandaunt, Fang'er made your favorite pea yellow. Please try it. The peas are picked this year and are very fresh."
"Our Fang'er is so thoughtful." The old lady smiled instantly and pulled Gu Yuanfang to sit down. "Don't worry, I will take you to the flower viewing banquet during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. I will definitely find a good husband for you then."
"Although you are a concubine's daughter of the Marquis of Dongping, you basically grew up in the Marquis of Anchang. We don't have any other daughters in our house, so you are equivalent to a daughter of the Marquis of Anchang."
"When the time comes, ask your aunt to prepare a generous dowry for you. No one will dare to look down on you."
The old lady gently patted the back of Gu Yuanfang's hand and said, "Among so many young people, only Fang'er has won my heart. I will never let you suffer any injustice."
Gu Yuanfang's eyes were red, and she choked up and said, "Grandaunt, you always take care of me. You are the best person in the world for Fang'er. I will not marry and I am willing to stay by your side forever. I can't bear to leave you."
"Nonsense." The old lady pretended to be angry. "Of course you won't get married. I'll be relieved if you young people are all married to accompany an old woman like me."
Gu Yuanfang snuggled into the old lady's arms and cried out with a sob, "Grandma~"
Tears kept falling, and the old lady coaxed her for a long time before she stopped crying and smiled.
Gu Yuanfang said, "Grandaunt, Fang'er came here to say goodbye to you. My parents asked me to return to the Dongping Marquis Mansion. The two maids around me are also old enough to be sent out and get married. Once I have dealt with these things, I will come back to accompany you, Grandaunt."
"What good girl can your parents choose for you? Your aunt is useless too. Let those two girls go back and get married. I will pick out some smart ones for you."
The old lady ordered Nanny Wu to buy a maid to serve Gu Yuanfang.
"Yes, I'll do it right away." Nanny Wu came out, and Gu Yuanfang's coquettish voice came from behind her, making the old lady laugh.
As luck would have it, the Li family had no money to live on, so they had no choice but to sell Li Yue'e to a human trafficker. Coincidentally, the Anchang Marquis's Mansion was looking for some maids aged twelve or thirteen, and some aged fifteen or sixteen. Li Yue'e was pretty, so she was chosen.
Gu Yuanfang looked at the maids in a row. He rejected the pretty ones and discarded the ones that were too dumb and clumsy. In the end, he kept four maids and gave them names. The eldest maid was Chunhua Qiuyue. Li Yue'e was the youngest maid, and she was given a random name, Xiaocui.
Li Yue'e knew that her brother's broken arms and legs were caused by this Miss Gu. With a single order, she had half-killed her brother, made their family homeless, and forced her to be sold into slavery.
This hatred was engraved in Li Yue'e's bones. Like her brother, she hated it with gnashing teeth and was determined to retaliate.
During the two months in the capital, they suffered enough. Li Yue'e was no longer the naive little girl. She learned to hide her emotions and followed the two older maids with her head lowered to learn the rules.
Ever since the old lady arranged four maids to be with Gu Yuanfang, she would definitely avoid them every time the three brothers Su Jinrui came to pay their respects.
The old lady nodded in satisfaction and said to Aunt Wu, "Fang'er is a good child who knows her limits. I have to find a good husband for her. It's unreliable to rely on her parents."
Nanny Wu smiled and said, "Miss Fang'er has always been so sensible, otherwise the old lady wouldn't love her so much."
The old lady nodded. "Song is a person without vision. Fang'er was so good to her. She has been with her and filial to her for many years, but she still couldn't warm her heart. That girl is gone. Wouldn't it be nice for Fang'er to be her daughter? She is too stubborn."
Of course, other people's children cannot compare to one's own children. Nanny Wu knew that the old lady had a grudge against Song and deliberately made things difficult for her.
Gu Yuanfang didn't want to be Song's daughter, she wanted to be her daughter-in-law.
Nanny Wu had some fruit delivered. "Old Madam, this is the fruit sent from the farm. Please try it."
"That's right, send more to the three brothers, and don't forget Fang'er."
That night, Gu Yuanfang made fruit soup and sent it to each courtyard, and she personally carried the lunch box to Su Jinrui.
Gu Yuanfang happened to meet Su Jinrui who had just returned from outside at the door, and hurried forward, "Cousin, you've worked so hard to come back so late."
Su Jinrui took two steps away and asked, "Cousin, why are you here so late? Is there something wrong?"
Ever since the last incident at the villa, Su Jinrui's good impression of Gu Yuanfang has been greatly reduced, and his usually cold face has become even colder.
"Seasonal fruits and vegetables have arrived. I made some sweet soup and sent it over specially for my eldest cousin." Gu Yuanfang handed over the food box. "I was too extreme last time. I was worried that Miss Linlang had some ulterior motive in contacting my aunt, so I spoke without thinking in my haste."
"These days, I reflect on myself every day and know I was wrong. I shouldn't have brought up the past and made my aunt sad."
Gu Yuanfang pleaded, "Cousin, please forgive me this time and give me a chance to reform, okay?"
Su Jinrui didn't take her lunch box, "This won't happen again."
Without looking at her again, he walked straight into the yard.
Looking at Su Jinrui's tall back, Gu Yuanfang narrowed his eyes and said, "If you don't want to get married, I'll help you."
On the second day, rumors spread in the capital that Su Jinrui was unlucky in marriage, which made the old lady so angry that she canceled her plan to attend the banquet.
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