After something like this happened, no one could sit still.
At the signal from the Second Madam, several young people stood up and said goodbye like quails, leaving only the Second Madam and Yi Laoan in the room to comfort Pei Laoan.
After exiting the moon gate of the main courtyard, Miss Five patted her chest in panic and whispered to Yu Tang, "This is the first time I've seen my grandmother get so angry. I was scared to death!"
Yu Tang was also shocked.
I didn't expect that the usually kind and amiable Pei Laoan could be so sharp when scolding people. No wonder everyone in the Pei family respected and feared her - if the tiger is not in danger, don't think it is a sick cat.
She soothed Miss Five in a gentle voice: "Didn't you just say that this was the first time you saw Old Lady An get so angry? It's obvious that Old Lady An is not someone who loses her temper easily. She lost her temper because what Mrs. Shen said was too much."
The fourth young lady seemed to be frightened as well. She heard the conversation between Yu Tang and the fifth young lady from the side, and came over impatiently, whispering to Yu Tang: "So if we don't provoke our great-aunt, will she not lose her temper?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Yu Tang nodded repeatedly, gently touched the fourth young lady's head, and laughed softly, "No one would lose their temper for no reason!"
The Third Miss had a fierce look on her face. She was walking in front of them angrily. She didn't know when she slowed down her pace. She turned around and pulled the Fourth Miss's hand, whispering, "It was Mrs. Shen who was wrong today. What did Uncle Yan and Miss Li do? What does it have to do with her? If others listened to her, they would definitely think that Uncle Yan was wrong. She is framing him! If I were my great-aunt, I would lose my temper too!" At this point, she sighed slightly and said, "However, my great-aunt has a really bad temper. She scolds without saying anything. I'm afraid Mrs. Shen will not let it go!"
Yu Tang had been intimidated by Old An's temper before and had not thought carefully about Mrs. Shen's words. After hearing what the Third Miss said, he felt that Mrs. Shen's words were indeed inappropriate.
She was just thinking about how to get over this matter when she heard the Second Miss snort coldly and said to Gu Xi: "...Consider her face? Who cares about our family's face? Sister Xi, I think Mrs. Shen is not a good person. You should stay away from her in the future."
Sister Axi! Since when did the Second Miss become so close to Gu Xi?
Yu Tang looked up.
Gu Xi was seen standing face to face with the Second Young Miss with an embarrassed look on his face. Apparently, they were talking about something just now, but the Second Young Miss got excited and her voice was so loud that everyone heard it.
"Second sister is right!" The third lady stepped forward with a solemn look to support the second lady, "Sister Gu, you are a good person, but sometimes good people have to distinguish right from wrong. Mrs. Shen... it's not good for her to talk nonsense like that. You'd better stay away from her."
Gu Xi was extremely embarrassed.
Yu Tang came to her rescue, stretched out his hand to pull the Third Miss, and said, "Don't look at anything indecent, don't listen to anything indecent. Old Anren, the Second Madam, and Old Anren Yi have their own decisions about Mrs. Shen's affairs, so we shouldn't talk about anything behind her back. Old Anren must be in a bad mood today, let's go back and rest first, and see if Old Anren wants us to accompany her. If not, let's think about what we can do tomorrow tonight to make Old Anren happy."
"Okay!" The Third Miss felt that she was talking about Mrs. Shen behind her back, so she nodded a little embarrassedly, turned around and held the Fourth Miss's hand.
The fifth young lady ran over and said to the third young lady, "There's still me, there's still me."
The third young lady hurriedly held the fifth young lady with her other hand.
The Second Miss then looked at Yu Tang straight in the eye and said respectfully, "Sister Yu, we'll go back first. You and Sister Gu should be careful on the road." She also reminded Gu Xi, "If Sister Gu has nothing to do, she can come and play with us or Sister Yu. I remember that Sister Yu has an unoccupied back room. Although that place is not very good, it is better than living with someone like that."
Gu Xi nodded repeatedly and thanked the second young lady.
The four Miss Pei returned to their residences one after another.
Gu Xi blushed and thanked Yu Tang: "Thank you for speaking up for me, otherwise I really don't know what to do."
As she spoke, the corners of her eyes turned red and she looked embarrassed.
Yu Tang did that not for Gu Xi, but because she didn't want the Miss Pei to discuss this matter again. If it got out, if she didn't explain it clearly, others would think that the Pei family was bullying others by taking advantage of their power. If she explained it clearly, it would become an anecdote of the Pei family. It would be better for the young people to pretend that they didn't know. So she heard it and said, "You have also suffered an unprovoked disaster, don't take it to heart."
But Gu Xi was still young at that time, and had not yet cultivated the skills of her previous life. She thought that Yu Tang was sympathizing with her, and she couldn't help complaining to Yu Tang: "I thought she was the elder, and she could tell me if I was impolite when I followed her out to visit. Who knew that I would encounter such a thing. I don't know what she was thinking. Even if the third master really rejected the marriage proposal from the Li family, she couldn't say that! If she said that, how can the young lady of the Li family live? If the words were spread, and others thought that it was said by Old An, wouldn't it make the Pei and Li families enemies?"
Yu Tang gave Gu Xi a strange look.
Gu Xi was stunned.
Yu Tang was thinking back to her past life. Before Gu Xi discovered Li Duan's dirty thoughts towards her, she often complained to her in a low voice about Lin.
She still remembered one time, also when they were standing in the corridor, with maids and old women following them from a distance. Outside the corridor was the white snow, and a branch of red plum blossom reached out to her, and she could have picked it with her hand.
Yu Tang was a little dazed.
It was as if time had gone back to the past, and she was unable to tell what was real and what was fake.
Gu Xi felt a little uneasy.
Just a quarter of an hour ago, Yu Tang had told the young ladies of the Pei family not to look at anything indecent, but she immediately started to complain about Mrs. Shen. It would have been fine if Yu Tang had answered the question, but Yu Tang looked unwilling to say more, which made her look very uneducated.
She said goodbye to Yu Tang in a hurry and returned to the house with her face still burning.
While helping her change her clothes, He Xiang discussed with her in a low voice: "What should we do? After all, we live in the same courtyard. Can we pretend not to know? This Mrs. Shen is the same. She is not good at doing things well, but always makes trouble. If the eldest master knew what she did, I don't know how he would regret it!"
However, Yu Tang's somewhat indifferent face kept appearing in Gu Xi's mind.
She thought again of the attitudes of several young ladies of the Pei family towards Yu Tang, especially the second young lady. She spent a lot of effort to gradually become familiar with the second young lady, and the second young lady also began to be willing to tell her some things about the Pei family. However, Yu Tang only used a few sentences to make the second young lady, who used to look down on Yu Tang, look at him differently.
Could this be God's will?
No matter what she does, Yu Tang is more favored by the Pei family than she is?
Gu Xi was not convinced and felt confused. He interrupted He Xiang and said, "That Miss Yu is really good at pretending. She puts on airs when I talk to her about personal matters. I have seen hypocritical people, but I have never seen anyone more hypocritical than her. I think we should stay away from her in the future!"
He Xiang was confused and didn't know how to respond.
Only then did Gu Xi realize that he had spoken out of turn.
Yu Tang, when did it have such a big impact on her?
She felt even more confused.
Then he thought of Mrs. Shen, and he could no longer keep a smile on his face. He frowned and told He Xiang: "I will write a letter to the eldest master. You find a way to send it to the capital. Don't alarm the Pei family. As for me... just say that I was so sad that I couldn't eat after I came back, and I fell ill!"
"Ah!" He Xiang exclaimed.
Gu Xi said in a stern voice: "Keep your voice down! Are you afraid that the Pei family won't pay attention to us? Mrs. Shen did such a thing, what else can I do if I am not sick? Are you still asking me to go to her bedside to take care of her?"
He Xiang didn't dare to speak.
Gu Xi asked: "How is Mrs. Shen doing?"
He Xiang said hurriedly, "Mrs. Chen came back with her in person, and she has been staying in Mrs. Shen's room ever since. I was afraid of dragging us in, so I didn't dare to go over and ask carefully, but I didn't hear anything going on there."
Was what Old An said just a momentary outburst of anger? Or did he really let Shen Shanyan take her away?
I’m afraid that if this happens, Mrs. Shen will feel so embarrassed that she won’t want to live anymore!
Gu Xi wrote a letter to Gu Chang with mixed feelings, and asked He Xiang to carry a hand warmer for her under the guise of Pei's maidservant in the courtyard, and then went to report her illness to the second wife.
The second wife hurried over and asked her a few questions about her condition. After the doctor came, the second wife made way for the old doctor, who was over 60 years old, to feel her pulse and prescribe the usual Chaihu Decoction. After the Pei family sent someone to get the medicine and Gu Xi went to bed, the second wife returned to Old An's room.
Old An's temper faded, and he regained his former amiable expression. He asked, "Is Miss Gu settled in?"
"It's all right!" The second wife sighed, "Luckily it's just a common fever. The doctor also said it might be caused by shock. I'm afraid it was caused by Mrs. Shen's incident."
Old An snorted coldly, without commenting, and asked Yu Tang: "Where is Miss Yu?"
"Very good!" said the second wife, "She said she would stop after practicing calligraphy for a while."
Old An's face brightened slightly.
Although Yu Tang closed his eyes when he rested, his mind was working rapidly.
Gu Xi's words reminded her.
Mr. An was definitely not angry simply because Mrs. Shen said something wrong.
According to Mrs. Shen's analysis, the marriage between the Li and Pei families did not take place because the Li family regretted it, otherwise they would not have helped to arrange the eldest master's funeral and also reserved a place for him to receive a favor. You have to know that when a person is gone, the tea is forgotten. As for favors, you can only receive them if the emperor remembers you. If he doesn't remember you, even if you are the son of a third-rank official, you still have to make some arrangements to get a favor.
This is also a great honor for the Pei family.
But judging from what Lao An said, things don't seem to be that simple.
A real man will always have a wife. Even if the Li family regretted this matter and the Pei family received compensation, why did Mr. An react so strongly to Mrs. Shen's words?
This is not just about fearing that the relationship between the two companies will be ruined!
The more Yu Tang thought about it, the more confused she became, and the more she couldn't sleep. She simply got up, put on her clothes, opened the window, and took a breath.
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