Chapter 43 Gossip
Zhao Yuwen and Sun Chongyang were startled by Mu Junyan's sudden dark face, and they all looked in the direction he was looking.
"Oh, why doesn't this girl avoid suspicion?"
"Maybe they are an engaged couple..."
Zhao Yuwen blurted out, but glanced at Mu Junyan's face.
This guy...could it be that he knows the girl opposite?
The sun really rises from the west.
This gossip must be dug deeper.
"Someone come." Zhao Yuwen was inexplicably excited.
A eunuch appeared.
"Go ask what the relationship is between the two people on the second floor."
"yes."
Mu Junyan realized that he had lost his composure and quickly looked away, but he did not object to Zhao Yuwen asking someone to ask, and just pretended that it had nothing to do with him.
…
Pei Yi was about to speak when footsteps were heard outside the door.
Gu Huan slowly raised the cup and drank tea.
Pei Yi, who was good at observing people's words and expressions, felt that Gu Huan did not seem to like Aunt Pei and did not want Aunt Pei to know anything.
At this moment, he didn't know what to say, so he picked up the teacup and drank tea.
When Aunt Pei entered the room, she saw the two of them sitting opposite each other and drinking tea in a respectful manner. The atmosphere was not as ambiguous as she had imagined.
She sat down and said to Gu Huan calmly, "Go back to the carriage first. Your eldest cousin and I have something to talk about."
"yes."
Pei Yi looked at Gu Huan's slender back and felt lonely and uncomfortable.
I always feel that my little cousin is not very happy.
"Yier." Aunt Pei smiled.
"Aunt." Pei Yi came back to his senses and poured her tea enthusiastically.
"Do you still like Huan'er?" Aunt Pei asked directly.
This matter must be finalized today so that she can publicly tell the Duke's Mansion that Gu Huan has an engagement.
Pei Yi was shocked: "What do you mean, aunt?"
"Before, your parents and your aunt broke up your relationship because they were thinking about your future. Now you are married and Huan'er is seventeen years old. I am Huan'er's biological mother and I always want to find a good match for her. But after looking around, you are the most suitable one."
Pei Yi widened his eyes, not knowing how to answer for a long while.
"My aunt knows that when you asked for my wife's hand in marriage, you swore not to take a concubine. You can let Huan'er be your mistress. When you have children, you can tell your wife. Your wife will not ignore your child."
Pei Yi stood up and looked at her in disbelief.
"Aunt, how can you treat cousin Huan like this? She is your biological daughter! Do you want her to be unable to hold her head up for the rest of her life?"
One moment she was a concubine, the next moment she was a mistress. He simply couldn't believe it.
At this moment, he believed what Gu Huan said, that his aunt was closer to the legitimate daughter of the Marquis' Mansion than to her, and she didn't even treat Gu Huan as her own daughter.
Aunt Pei rolled her eyes secretly, he was actually a fool.
"Huan'er begged me to tell you this. Otherwise, how could I bear to let my own daughter be my mistress?"
Pei Yi stared at her in disbelief.
Aunt Pei counselled with a smile.
"Women don't ask for much. Even if you are my concubine, you can pamper her a little more and make sure she has enough food and clothing. She will be happy. Otherwise, as a concubine, her marriage is decided by the mistress. Wang hates me and the Pei family so much that she won't find a good marriage for Huan'er. What if she marries a scoundrel? With her soft personality, won't she be bullied to death? Can you bear it?"
Seeing that he was moved, Aunt Pei said no more and stood up to leave.
Men are like that.
Only after you whet your appetite can you feel anxious.
"Think about it. If you are willing, find a small courtyard to house her, and you two can live in harmony. How happy you will be to have a beautiful woman by your side."
Pei Yi's mind was in a mess. The girl he liked wanted to be with him?
It was like a huge blessing falling on my head.
But, mistress?
Cousin Huan is so wronged.
After sending his aunt downstairs, Pei Yi deliberately walked her to the carriage, wanting to meet Gu Huan.
Gu Huan did not get in the car, but stood under a big tree nearby.
A breeze blew, and golden leaves fell one after another.
The girl stood gracefully under the tree, her smile as bright as a pearl.
Pei Yi's eyes dazed him for a moment.
Who wouldn’t want to have a beautiful woman like a painting?
Opposite the second floor.
Mu Junyan stood by the window, looking coldly at the door downstairs.
Another affectionate look at each other.
Unexplained heart attack.
Zhao Yuwen came over and looked down along the line of sight: "Hey, isn't that the woman from the second floor just now?"
He turned around and asked: "Where is the person who asked me to find out?"
Sun Chongyang also came over to look, but Mu Junyan had already turned and left the window.
"Coming, coming." The servant rushed in hurriedly.
"You bastard turtle, so slow!" Zhao Yuwen raised his foot and kicked him on the butt.
The attendant didn't care about his butt and quickly replied: "The man is the eldest son of the Wenchang Marquis's family, Pei's family, named Pei Yi. The girl is his cousin, the second daughter of the Gu family."
Zhao Yuwen was surprised and turned to look at Mu Junyan with an unfathomable expression: "So it's the daughter of your children's in-laws..."
With this identity, it’s not likely that something will happen, right?
“So, no gossip.”
Mu Junyan said coldly, continued to sit down and pour tea from the pot.
My daughter-in-law's half-sister...
Really no gossip?
But I always feel that there is a smell of vinegar in the air.
Zhao Yuwen and Sun Chonglai looked at each other slyly.
Something is wrong. Something is very wrong!
…
In front of Pei Yi, Gu Huan said to Aunt Pei: "Aunt, I need to buy some suitable brushes to copy the manuscript for the Duke's deceased wife. I will go back to the Duke's Mansion after I sell them."
Aunt Pei frowned, looking unconvinced: "The Duke's Mansion doesn't have good writing brushes, inkstones, paper, and inkstone? Do you need to find them yourself?"
"My daughter writes in the small regular script of hairpin flowers, which requires a very fine brush. The Duke likes running script, and the brush he uses is not suitable. Besides, no one in the Duke's Mansion can choose a brush suitable for me."
Pei Yi's face gradually became shocked.
It turns out that what Gu Huan said just now was true.
She really was copying manuscripts in the study of Duke Yong, and was really valued by Duke Yong because of her hairpin-flowered small calligraphy.
Aunt Pei didn't understand all this. Seeing Pei Yi staring at the little bitch, she felt happy and uncomfortable.
Be happy that your plans will succeed.
What made her uncomfortable was that the little bitch was temporarily harming her good son of the Pei family.
"Go ahead." Aunt Pei said slowly.
Gu Huan knelt down and saluted to Aunt Pei and Pei Yi: "Aunt, cousin, Huan'er will go first."
Gu Huan took Donghua away.
Pei Yi was still staring at her receding back in a daze.
"Yi'er?"
"Aunt."
Pei Yi was called back to his senses, and his face turned red when he saw his aunt's smile.
Aunt Pei smiled even more deeply: "The house is located in the West Market, it is better to be far away, so as not to accidentally run into the nobles in your house. It is good to have a little distance to hide a beautiful woman in a golden house."
"Yier, listen to your aunt." Pei Yi's ears turned red.
Aunt Pei was delighted to see that he had agreed: "When you are ready, tell someone to tell me. I will go back to the mansion to report to the Marquis and send a letter to the Duke's Mansion, saying that Gu Huan has found a husband and will pick her up outside the mansion and wait for you."
Aunt Pei got on the carriage, and the carriage slowly drove away.
Pei Yi's mind was still buzzing, and he couldn't figure out whether he was in an illusion or reality.
The second cousin he has been thinking about is about to become his woman?
He suddenly turned to his most trusted attendant and said, "Last time, there was a two-story courtyard in the West Market that wanted to be sold. You should buy it immediately and renovate and decorate it as soon as possible."
The chief attendant was a born son of the Pei family. Although he was shocked by this practice, he obeyed the eldest master's orders.
Pei Yi's heart suddenly felt filled.
Suddenly I remembered that my second cousin said she could help. So should I try to meet with her again in the next two days and have a good talk about this matter?
Gu Huan didn't know that the two of them had reached an agreement behind her back, and she was in a hurry to go to Shuhaizhai.
She needs to make money.
Many things cannot be done without money.
Gu Huan took two steps, then suddenly stopped and looked back at the house number of the small building opposite.
Yunxiangyuan.
She knew immediately where it was.
An exquisite little building with such a name, located in the most prosperous street, must be the private residence of some popular courtesan who redeemed herself and continued to receive customers.
As for why she knew this, it was of course because her brother-in-law Mu An’s daughter Yaoyao already had such a place to stay.
The paradise that entertains dignitaries is not very clean.
The men who come here are similar to Mu An, all of them are lustful.
Gu Huan withdrew her gaze and quickened her pace towards an alley fifty steps ahead.
After walking two steps, I happened to pass by Linlang Tower.
She was just passing by, but unexpectedly a luxurious carriage suddenly stopped at the door, blocking her way.
Gu Huan didn't care and prepared to go around it.
Suddenly she heard someone mention Mu Junyan, she stopped and looked back.
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