Chapter 21 Chapter 21 I almost couldn’t hold it back hahahaha
Gu Liaoliao doesn't indulge them.
After arriving, she learned that Gu Zhizhuo had not returned yet, so she simply waited here. She finally felt relieved when she saw that he was fine.
Gu Liaoliao didn't care why Gu Zhizhuo beat Qin Luo, as long as her niece didn't suffer any loss.
She pondered, "Let's go to your grandmother first."
Gu Zhizhuo responded obediently.
Ronghe Hall, where the lady-in-waiting lived, was located in the northwest of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and was a courtyard with five entrances.
Entering the hanging flower gate, Gu Zhizhuo gazed dazedly at the longevity pine in the courtyard. This was planted by his great-grandfather after he acquired the mansion, and it now grew tall, vigorous, and lush. One night in his previous life, the longevity pine was struck by lightning and burned to ashes. The lady-in-waiting kept saying that it was unknown, and within two days, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was sealed by the Jinyiwei.
Nanny Zhu came over hurriedly and said with a smile, "Aunt, you're back. The Madam has been waiting for you for a while."
One stick of incense burned before the maid from the gatehouse came to report that the lady had gotten up to wait for her daughter without even taking a nap.
Waited and waited, until now.
Gu Liaoliao asked the wet nurse to put Ah Man down. As soon as Ah Man landed, he ran into the main hall with his short legs. Immediately afterwards, Madam Gu's smiling voice rang out from inside: "Oh, it turns out that it's grandma's little Ah Man who has returned."
Nanny Zhu also laughed and hurriedly ordered the servants to get the fruit juice and snacks that Ah Man liked.
The Ronghe Hall, which had been quiet and somewhat dull, suddenly became lively.
When Gu Zhizhuo lifted the door curtain and walked in, Madam Gu was holding Ah Man in her arms and talking to her affectionately.
Ah Man couldn't speak. He nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice, and nudged the old lady with his chubby cheeks, making her smile. Even when he saw Gu Zhizhuo come in, he just said indifferently, "Are you well?"
After greeting each other, Gu Liaoliao gestured for Gu Zhizhuo to sit down first, and she sat down next to the old lady. She said unhappily, "Mother, didn't we agree not to mention this matter anymore?"
Madam Gu, with a fierce look on her face, slapped her daughter on the back. The slap looked heavy, but in fact, it had lost all its force when it hit her back. "Miss Ke has already gone to the women's temple. Can't I say a few words to her now?"
"It was our Yaoyao who was wronged." Gu Liaoliao hugged the lady's arm and scolded her, "How could you not support your own daughter? Instead, you support a stranger who is staying here. What cousin? What relationship does she have with our Gu family? This ungrateful traitor. The Gu family has raised her for more than ten years and they have done their best. If you don't accept it, go back to the Ji family."
"Mother, Yaoyao and Cancan are already grown up. Cancan will inherit the title when he returns from this mission. They are capable of managing the family well. As the old lady, you should just enjoy your leisure time and stop worrying about me all the time."
Only a daughter would dare to say such words.
Mrs. Gu was so angry that she was stunned. She wanted to scold but couldn't bring herself to do it, and she wanted to hit her but was even more reluctant. She could only pull her arm out of her arm with force, her face sulking.
This daughter of hers is very protective of her niece and thinks that she is the best in the world.
But Ji Nan Ke grew up in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Except for not having the surname Gu, she is no different from her own granddaughter.
When doing things, you should always leave a way out.
"Just favor her!" Madam Gu scolded angrily, "It's all your fault, one by one, that she's become like this."
When he got into trouble, he stayed out all night and even pretended to be sick!
"Look at her..."
As soon as Mrs. Gu raised her voice, Ah Man in her arms raised her little face and looked at her lovingly, as if to say: Grandma, are you angry?
No, no! Not angry. The lady, fearing she might frighten her little granddaughter, managed a forced smile: "...She, she, she's fine."
She said these three words against her will, and then said softly, "A'man, would you like some peaches? The farm sent a basket of peaches today. They are very fresh and tender."
Ah Man's eyes lit up. She liked eating peaches.
The lady cheerfully sent for peaches and instructed them to pick the soft ones: "A-Man likes soft peaches. When you bite into them, you get sweet peach juice, right?"
Ah Man grinned, revealing his tiny teeth.
The lady was so soft-hearted that she could not get enough of the peaches. When the servants brought the washed peaches to her, she picked out the softest one and gave it to Ah Man.
Ah Man held the peach, blinked her eyes, looked at Gu Zhizhuo, and then at the lady.
The lady had no choice but to pick another one: "Here." It was for Gu Zhizhuo.
Ah Man also picked some for the lady, as well as some for his own mother. After looking around and seeing that everyone had one, he smiled with satisfaction.
She took a small bite of the peach skin and sucked the juice inside, her eyes curved with joy as she ate.
The lady was of her age, so naturally she wouldn't hold the peach and bite it, so she asked the servant to take it away and cut it into small pieces.
The little girl in her arms was eating a peach sweetly. The head maid opened the door curtain and came in, kneeling and reporting, "Madam, the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an has sent a maid to see you."
A sneer appeared on Gu Liaoliao's red lips.
Sure enough, when he saw he couldn't control her, he came to her himself! Ridiculous.
"What's wrong with your mother-in-law?" The old lady thought that the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an was dissatisfied with her daughter's frequent visits to her parents' home. She grumbled unhappily, "You've been back for less than an hour and you're already here. What's the matter? Can't they survive without you in the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion?"
Gu Liaoliao winked at Gu Zhizhuo, signaling her not to speak.
She moved closer to the lady and said, "I really can't live like this anymore."
Facing the lady's suspicious gaze, Gu Liao Liao carefully chose his words and sneered: "They live in this mansion so badly that they can't even find a single old ginseng."
"The wife of the Marquis of Jing'an has set her eyes on the three-hundred-year-old ginseng in her daughter's dowry and asked me to take it out for Aunt Sun to use to boost her energy during childbirth." She was not lying. This happened the day before yesterday.
The lady was shocked.
Aunt Sun is the concubine of the eldest brother-in-law Qin Su. How dare a concubine covet the dowry of the mistress after giving birth to a child?
She had never seen anything so shameless in her life.
"This old ginseng was found specially for me by my father. Last year, when Ah Man had a high fever, her life was saved by a few ginseng roots. But she asked for a whole root. If I didn't give it to her, Aunt Sun would feel uncomfortable all day long. Lady Jing'an asked me to stay with her while she gave birth." This happened yesterday.
Gu Liao Liao raised her eyebrows and said, "Mother, do you think this is acceptable?"
"Of course not!" The lady was so angry that her temples were throbbing. "How dare the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion treat you like this!"
"Yes." Gu Liaoliao's face was as gloomy as water. "I ignored them, and the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an actually brought people to open my small warehouse." This happened today.
"Yaoyao happened to come to play with Ah Man, so she went to help me and accidentally 'pushed' Qin Luo lightly. As a result, Lady Jing'an insisted that Yaoyao broke Qin Luo's hand and forced me to take out some old ginseng to calm Qin Luo down. Mother, don't you think about it? Qin Luo is almost an adult. How old is Yaoyao to be able to break his hand?" This is a fabrication.
If you mix one lie among ten truths, the lie will become the truth.
The lady sometimes asked, "Is Qin Luo going to be an adult?"
Of course not, Qin Luo seems to be sixteen years old. However, at this moment, Gu Liao Liao nodded affirmatively.
The lady's expression changed drastically. She slammed the table and cursed, "Asshole! The Qin family, a poor family, even dared to touch your dowry. They are so poor that they don't even care about their dignity!"
Three hundred year old ginseng is hard to find, but as long as you can afford the money, you can buy a hundred year old one. It's not like Earl Jing'an is dying and needs a three hundred year old ginseng to keep him alive!
Gu Liaoliao nodded silently. They were indeed very poor. From the old uncle to the uncle, they were used to spending a lot of money on some pretentious junk. After so many years, they could hardly afford to spend even a penny.
She said seriously, "Mother, Lady Jing'an thought that my eldest brother died in battle, and that I, your daughter, would be left alone in my mother's family. Yaoyao stood up for me, and Lady Jing'an didn't take advantage of me, so she shamelessly came to complain."
Madam Gu's eyes sparked with fire. She pointed at the maid who came to report and said sternly, "Go and pass on the message! I said, even if it was my daughter Zhuo who beat him, so what? Why didn't Zhuo beat anyone else but Qin Luo? Isn't this Qin Luo's fault?!"
Gu Zhizhuo: “…”
She stared in amazement at how Gu Liaoliao had coaxed the lady into a daze. When she heard these words, she almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
She seemed to have some understanding of how to get along with the lady.
Madam Gu is still not calm down.
When I was seeking marriage in the past, the Jing'an Marquis's family was very attentive.
As a result, after Tao'er died in the battle, he changed his attitude and began to dislike A Liao for not giving birth to a son. First, he sent a cousin to be a concubine to disgust her. Now he has even gone further and even set his sights on A Liao's dowry.
If Qin Su was in front of her now, she really wanted to slap him.
After Ah Man finished eating the peach, he climbed down from the lady's lap obediently and went to the wet nurse to wash his hands.
After washing his hands, Gu Zhizhuo hooked his finger at her, and the little girl ran over happily, smiling carefreely.
She picked up Ah Man and placed him on her lap, echoing the Madam's words. "Aunt, please take Ah Man home and stay for a few more days so she doesn't have to go back and face other people's displeasure. There's a commotion in their mansion all day long. The Lady of the Marquis of Jing'an is always complaining about this and that, and Ah Man suffers so much."
"The Qin family doesn't care about Ah Man, but we do. Grandmother, don't you agree?"
These words clearly touched the heart of the lady, who nodded repeatedly, "Miss Zhuo is absolutely right. Ah Liao, you and Ah Man should stay at home. The Qin family doesn't care about Ah Man, but I do! Our Gu family does!"
The lady made the final decision: "It's decided."
Gu Liaoliao hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement at her daughter's carefree smile.
Gu Zhizhuo lowered her eyes and handed the fruit juice that the maid had just brought to Ah Man. In fact, after discovering that it was Qin Luo, she deliberately did not hold back in order to make her aunt and the wife of the Jing'an Earl fall out, so that she would have an excuse to keep him.
Aunt and A'man can no longer stay in the Qin family, otherwise, A'man will die.
It was like this in the previous life.
Her little A'man only lived to be three and a half years old.
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