Chapter 50: Scheming
Mu Junyan stood up, lowered his head and tugged at his robe, then walked closer to Gu Huan, with a powerful aura enveloping her.
Gu Huan tried hard to control her legs that wanted to escape, and then she heard five meaningful and light words.
"You decide."
Seeing him leave, Gu Huan and Pei Yi both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Cousin, I'm fine. The Duke will be in Bianjing for ten days. I will just copy two volumes of my late wife's poetry collections during these ten days. I live next door to the old lady now, so you don't have to worry."
She would naturally not be stupid enough to become Pei Yi's mistress, but she had to keep Pei Yi stable.
Pei Yi felt relieved after hearing this and lowered his voice: "Is it convenient to talk here?"
Gu Huan didn't dare to take him around the house again.
What's more, the Moon-Lan Pavilion is transparent on all sides, and the white gauze curtains are rolled up, so you can see everything inside and have a clear view.
It would be good if walls had ears, and someone told Mu Junyan everything they saw, so that he wouldn't think that he was hooking up with someone else.
She was very afraid that Mu Junyan would get angry.
Men all want to save face.
Even though he didn't really love her.
Gu Huan said softly, "It's okay. Cousin, is there anything else you want to do today?"
Pei Yi didn't know whether she knew about Aunt Pei's plan.
But faced with such a fairy-like and holy cousin, he felt that his aunt's behavior was a blasphemy to her.
He thought about it all night last night and made up his mind. He just wanted to protect her and didn't want her to be his mistress.
He is no longer worthy.
"Cousin, my aunt suggested that I buy a yard for you to move out of the Gu Mansion and live in."
Gu Huan looked at him steadily, and that resentful look made Pei Yi so ashamed that he wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
He said hastily: "It's not what you think..."
"What am I thinking? Is my cousin going to bully me too?" Gu Huan's eyes were filled with tears.
"No, no, you misunderstood."
Seeing that she was about to cry, Pei Yi's heart ached.
"I want to ask you, after all, you are not a long-term solution in the Duke's Mansion. I also heard that your brother-in-law treats you..."
Seeing that she was so humiliated that tears were about to fall, I quickly cut her off.
"If you are unhappy in the Gu family and your uncle and mistress treat you badly, I can help you leave the Gu family. To the outside world, I will temporarily wrong you for a while. In fact, we are just cousins. After that, I will find a suitable opportunity to send you to the Pei family in Jiangling and find someone you like to marry you off in style."
Gu Huan never expected him to say this, and she didn't expect him to be a serious person.
I couldn't help but look at him seriously.
"Cousin... don't you want to take me as your mistress?"
Pei Yi's face suddenly turned red, and he quickly shook his head: "How could it be? My cousin is as pure as a lotus, I am really not worthy of her."
Gu Huan was surprised.
"Thank you, cousin. Now I have been hired by the Duke to copy the manuscript. For the time being, my brother-in-law dare not touch me, and my elder sister cannot control me either."
Pei Yi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Why don't we wait until the Duke goes to war, and then make plans?"
"good."
After talking about the embarrassing things, the two of them felt much more at ease.
Pei Yi suddenly remembered something important and complained softly, "I wanted to ask my cousin to talk to Duke Yong to see if Pei could participate in the winter procurement of the military supply depot and submit samples. But just now... it seems that I made Duke Yong angry."
"I'll figure it out."
When Pei Yi heard her say this, he hurriedly said, "Don't be too embarrassed."
"It's okay. Duke Yong admires my calligraphy very much. They have a deep love for each other. For the sake of my late wife, he will always help me a little."
Gu Huan was unsure, but she had to let Pei Yi know before she could help him.
Pei Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If this could be accomplished, the Pei family would become a first-class imperial merchant and would no longer have to look down on those who had squeezed them.
"Cousin, do you want to meet your elder sister?" Gu Huan asked.
Pei Yi nodded.
He also wanted to see what kind of temperament the eldest daughter of the Gu family, who was supported by her aunt with the money of the Pei family, had.
"I'll take you to Jinxiu Pavilion. She... is under house arrest by the Duke."
Pei Yi was surprised: "House arrest?"
"Yeah." Gu Huan looked like she didn't want to say more.
Pei Yi became even more convinced of what Gu Huan said. The eldest daughter did not have a high status in the Duke's Mansion and it was impossible for her to help the Pei family.
Jinxiu Pavilion.
Gu Wanru applied thick rouge, but it couldn't hide her ugly complexion and tired look.
Gu Huan bowed. Gu Wanru didn't expect Gu Huan to come, and even less did she expect Cousin Pei to come.
She acted like the young lady of the Duke's Mansion, as if she didn't see Gu Huan's greeting, and pointed at the chair casually and arrogantly at Pei Yi.
"sit."
Pei Yi quickly glanced at Gu Wanru.
She had her hair covered with pearls and jade, and was wearing an elegant dress. She was completely different from Gu Huan, who was dressed in simple and elegant clothes.
During this period, because of the little bitch, the husband treated her very badly.
Gu Wanru gritted her teeth in anger when she saw Gu Huan, but she couldn't lose her temper in front of Pei Yi.
She stared at the only jade hairpin in Gu Huan's hair and could tell at a glance that the jade was of top quality.
Although the dress she was wearing was plain, the material was better than all the other dresses she was wearing.
She was so jealous that she asked in a sarcastic tone, "Sister, was this hairpin given to you by the Duke? Your dress is new too. Now, what you wear is more expensive than that of me, your elder sister."
She didn't see Pei Yi frowning slightly.
Gu Huan touched the jade hairpin with an unnatural expression and said, "This hairpin is from Linglong Pavilion, and the dress was given to me by Manager Zhou. I don't know if it is valuable or not."
"snort."
Gu Wanru sneered: "One of my hairpins is worth all the jewelry Aunt Pei gave me. You are so handsome that I don't need to worry about your food, clothing and expenses. The Duke has taken care of it all. You are really smart."
Gu Wanru originally wanted to let Pei Yi know that her sister was shamelessly seducing people, but Pei Yi believed what Gu Huan said yesterday after hearing her.
Gu Huan was despised by her own sister, and she felt so wronged that tears welled up in her eyes.
"Sister, you misunderstood me. As the sister of the young lady, I can't always wear servant clothes. If I encounter a distinguished guest while copying books in the study, it will be a disgrace to the Duke's Mansion and the Gu Mansion."
Gu Wanru's face darkened, and she angrily said, "The Gu family has a young lady like me to support their reputation. When will it be your turn to support them? How big of a face do you think you have as a bastard daughter of a low-class merchant family?"
"Eldest sister, you can scold me or beat me, but cousin Pei is here, please give me some face."
Gu Huan almost cried.
Pei Yi was so angry that his face turned black.
It turned out that the eldest daughter of the Gu family bullied his cousin like this, but the eldest aunt always gave her the good things and spent the Pei family's money to support her. She was simply blind.
I suddenly felt angry and didn't want to talk to her any more, so I stood up and said goodbye.
Gu Wanru didn't want to get involved with these merchants at all.
Deep down, she had long considered herself a legitimate daughter.
Gu Huan's eyes were red as she silently accompanied Pei Yi out of the house.
But she was very happy, and she could see that Pei Yi didn't know that Gu Wanru had swapped identities with her.
That's easy.
Pei Yi had a gloomy face and remained silent all the way.
When they reached the gate, Gu Huan bowed to him and choked up, "Cousin, I'm sorry for wronging you."
Pei Yi hurriedly returned the gift and thought for a moment: "Cousin, the Pei family, my aunt and my cousin all prosper together and suffer together. If the Pei family prospers, my aunt and my cousin will have something to rely on."
Gu Huan nodded: "I know, so I want to do my best to help my cousin. Family members have to help each other."
She sighed again, "My situation in the Gu Mansion is difficult. My mother doesn't love me, and my father only treats me as a tool. I can only plan for myself."
Pei Yi looked at her for a long while: "Don't worry, I'm here."
Gu Hua's eyes were slightly red: "Cousin, you are a good person.
Pei Yi's heart tightened.
Suddenly he stuffed something into her arms, and before Gu Huan could react, he turned around and got on the carriage.
Gu Huan stared at the carriage in a daze. The window suddenly opened and Pei Yi said quickly, "If it's not enough, send someone to the Noise Building to tell them."
As the carriage gradually drove away, Gu Huan's expression returned to normal and she looked down at a silver note in her hand.
One thousand taels.
For the Pei family, this was a drop in the bucket, but for Gu Huan, she had never seen so much silver in her life.
very good.
Initial results are showing.
Gu Huan felt that she was not stupid after all.
In fact, she knew something about the winter military supply list, and perhaps she could help Pei Yi without Mu Junyan's help.
Moreover, it can cut off the source of the problem for my elder sister and her husband.
Let them fight among themselves. The more lively the better.
only……
She had to ask Mu Junyan for help with another matter because she really couldn't think of a solution.
Doesn't that mean... I have to hook him up again?
Gu Huan's face turned red and she quickly slapped her head to stop herself from thinking too much.
He looked around and made sure that there was no one around. He quickly stuffed the banknote into his sleeve and walked into the house leisurely.
A head appeared on the wall, and I was stunned.
It turns out that this young lady's concubine sister... is so scheming.
You can make a thousand taels just by talking?
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