Chapter 72: Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
A small courtyard in a side yard and one thousand taels of silver are enough to buy her life?
Are we just going to let go of the bullying that Aunt Pei and Gu Wanru inflicted on her?
It is true that good people are often bullied and good horses are often ridden.
Now that she stood up, everyone's appearance changed.
Gu Huan sneered in her heart but looked calm on the outside.
"Thank you, cousin. If one day I can leave the Duke's Mansion and the Gu family, this small courtyard may become my home."
Pei Yi's heart moved.
If that day comes and his cousin is willing, he is willing to try his best for her.
How can she be a mistress when she is as fairy-like as she is?
Being a concubine is unfair to her.
"Cousin, I have something to ask."
Pei Yi said earnestly: "Cousin, just tell me, I will definitely do it for you."
"I have a very good relationship with Jin Kui, the maidservant beside my eldest sister. I heard that her mother's medicine is supplied by the Pei family's pharmacy. I want to pay for her mother's medicine and living expenses in the future. I'll trouble my cousin to arrange someone to take care of it. I will give you silver every month."
Pei Yi smiled and said, "Do you need to ask for a signature for such a small matter? You are a girl, so keep some money for yourself. Just leave her affairs to me. I will definitely provide her with medicine and living expenses, so don't worry."
Gu Huan looked grateful, bowed to him, and said softly, "Cousin, you are such a good person."
Pei Yi sighed inwardly.
My little cousin is so kind that she can’t even take care of herself but still wants to help a maid.
Such a girl really deserves good care.
But right now, the matter of Pei family's imperial business is of vital importance, and Pei Yi knows the importance of it.
Pei Yi got Gu Huan's confirmation letter and went to the counter to get a silver note of 50,000 taels and gave it to Aunt Pei.
Aunt Pei happily handed the banknote to Gu Huan, and repeatedly told her to give it to Gu Wanru as soon as possible.
Gu Huan responded: "Don't worry, mother. I will be fine only when my elder sister is fine."
For the first time, Aunt Pei found the little bitch more pleasing to the eye.
Pei Yi personally saw his aunt and Gu Huan out. Aunt Pei was helped into the car by Dong Hua first, and Gu Huan stood by the car and talked to Pei Yi.
They didn't notice that there was a carriage parked not far away on the opposite side, with the curtain slightly lifted, revealing the faces of three women.
Three pairs of unfriendly eyes stared at the smiling girl beside Pei Yi.
Jiang Ruoxi deliberately said: "The little girl next to Master Pei... seems to be the younger sister of the young lady of the Duke's Mansion. She looks like a fairy. She spoke to your husband so intimately and didn't avoid suspicion at all."
Sitting next to her was Pei Yi's wife Qian Peizhu.
"Sister, you have to keep an eye on your brother-in-law, to prevent him from causing any trouble and bringing shame to the Qian family."
The person who was speaking was Qian Peizhu's elder sister Qian Peiqin, who was also Jiang Ruoxi's second sister-in-law.
Qian Peizhu was embarrassed in front of her elder sister, and her face was ugly: "They are cousins, and it's normal for them to talk."
Jiang Ruoxi showed no disguising of jealousy in her eyes.
"Sister, you don't know that this little devil is very ambitious. An unmarried girl actually stayed in the Yongguo Mansion and refused to leave. Didn't you see that the carriage was the Yongguo Duke's exclusive carriage? She even dared to talk and laugh with a man outside the street. How can she be so shameless?"
Qian Peizhu glanced at her and said, "Isn't the Queen Mother going to grant the county lady and the Duke of Yong a marriage? When you become the wife of the Duke of Yong, just drive this kind of woman out."
Jiang Ruoxi rolled her eyes at her and said, "Of course I'm not afraid, I'm just afraid that your husband might be targeted. Don't blame me for not reminding you."
Qian Peizhu smiled and stopped looking at the two people outside the window: "My husband is not stupid, he swears not to take a concubine. My father is still helping the Pei family become a first-class imperial merchant. He knows that I am the face of the Pei family."
Qian Peiqin smiled faintly.
She has always looked down on Qian Peizhu, a concubine's daughter. She was just a concubine's daughter, but she had high aspirations. In the end, didn't she marry a man from a merchant family?
Why would my father spend so much effort on his concubine's daughter? This concubine's daughter is still so stupid.
Today, Jiang Ruoxi dragged her out by force, saying that she was going to Linlang Tower to look at the new jewelry and to pick out a birthday gift for Duke Yong's mother, and she inexplicably called Qian Peizhu.
I didn't expect the three of them to watch such a boring show.
Jiang Ruoxi also lowered the curtains: "Which man doesn't have three wives and four concubines nowadays? Master Pei swore not to take concubines, but he really won't? Sister is too naive. If you don't catch them in the act, they will sneak into Chencang in the future and you won't be able to catch them even if you want to."
Qian Peizhu couldn't help but say, "County Lady, you don't want me to be well, do you?"
Jiang Ruoxi sneered: "You are my second sister-in-law's sister, how can I not wish you well? Don't be ungrateful, or you will cry later."
Qian Peiqin didn't want to continue this topic: "Okay, let's go look at jewelry? Didn't you say you wanted to choose a gift for Old Lady Yong's birthday?"
"Well, let's go."
Jiang Ruoxi had always looked down on the Qian family. One of them tried her best to marry into the royal family to become her second brother's second wife, while the other chose a merchant to be his legal wife.
The reason they were pulled out today was because someone who was keeping an eye on the Duke of Yong's Mansion reported that Gu Huan had left the mansion, and they followed her all the way and found that she came to meet Pei Yi again.
As the princess of a county, she disdained to punish a little concubine's daughter.
It would be most appropriate to let Qian Peizhu, who was also born out of wedlock, deal with the little goblin.
Who knew that Qian Peizhu was a useless person.
After the carriage had traveled for a while, Gu Huan lifted the curtain.
"I'm going to Linlang Tower to look at the jewelry. Auntie, please go back first in the carriage, and then the carriage will come back to pick me up."
The old lady's birthday is coming up, and she wants to pick out a gift.
Aunt Pei had no objection, and the carriage stopped in front of Linlang Tower.
Donghua and Dongqing helped Gu Huan get off the carriage.
Gu Huan said to Dong Mo, "You guys go back home, the carriage will come to pick me up later."
Dong Mo frowned: "Sister Zhou asked me to protect the girl."
Gu Huan smiled and said, "What can I expect to encounter on the street in broad daylight? Besides, isn't Dong Hua here? A large group of people following me would only attract attention."
Dong Mo had no choice but to watch Gu Huan enter Linlang Building.
When the maid of Linglong Tower saw that it was Gu Huan, she warmly invited her in: "Miss Huan, Shopkeeper Qiu is just receiving County Lady Jiang. Please wait a moment."
Gu Huan was stunned.
Why did you touch her again?
Gu Huan didn't want to provoke someone who might very well become the second mistress of the Yongguo Mansion.
"Shopkeeper Qiu is busy, so there's no need to bother him. I'll come back another day."
Gu Huan turned around and left without hesitation.
"Stop!" came a arrogant shout.
Gu Huan paused and frowned slightly.
We have to meet face to face, right?
She is not afraid either.
Gu Huan turned around and faced the three domineering women.
Jiang Ruoxi's eyes lit up. She didn't expect to meet him here.
It's true that enemies often meet in a narrow road.
She was just about to speak to Qian Peizhu, but unexpectedly he rushed over like a madman and reached out to grab Gu Huan's head.
Gu Huan was shocked and tried to move away in a hurry. At the same time, Dong Hua rushed forward and pushed her away.
Dong Qing also stood in front of Gu Huan.
“What are you doing!”
"How dare you! How dare a lowly maid push an official's wife!"
Jiang Ruoxi's eyes were filled with excitement, her face was cold and stern: "Come here, drag this treacherous slave out and beat her to death!"
The maids of the Jiang family stepped forward to grab Donghua, but were kicked away by Donghua.
Gu Huan rushed forward, pulled Donghua behind her, and shouted, "County Lady, Donghua is the Duke's woman. It's inappropriate for you to beat her to death, right?"
"Who dares to stop this county lady?"
Jiang Ruoxi raised her hand and slapped Gu Huan hard in the face, causing her head to buzz and her eyes to feel dizzy.
Qian Peizhu also rushed over and snatched the jade hairpin from Gu Huan's head.
Donghua and Dongqing became anxious and grabbed Gu Huan to hide behind her, but Gu Huan held their hands tightly and would not let them come forward.
She can't afford to offend the Jiang family for the time being.
Even though Donghua and the others were from the Duke's Mansion, they were still slaves and could not fight against the Jiang family.
It's not worth it to lose your life by fighting head-on.
When Gu Huan saw the woman who took the hairpin, she suddenly realized that it was...
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