When Gao walked out of the door, her nurse came up to her. Seeing her pale face, her heart skipped a beat and she asked anxiously in a low voice, "What happened?"
"Crazy, crazy!" Gao was shaking with anger, "They are all crazy!" As she spoke, she had already glanced around the yard.
The yard was silent. The big red lanterns under the eaves shone on the blooming hostas beside the steps, adding a bit of brightness to the flowers.
She came from a prominent family, so the fact that there were no people in the yard didn't mean there were no people in the yard.
"Go call the driver and give him a tael of silver," Gao told the nurse, "we will set off now to return to Nanwo."
The carriage and the driver belonged to Li Ju's family from the same village. After hearing that Wang Xingyi had regained power, Li Ju forced them to lend the carriage to their family. They had originally agreed to return the carriage the next night, but now they wanted the driver to travel overnight, so a reward was inevitable.
The wet nurse knew that something had happened, but she was from the Gao family and knew the rules, so she didn't ask anything. She called the coachman and left the Dou family first, saying that there was an emergency at home.
On the way, they met the Dou family's carriage.
The nurse said "Huh!" and laughed, "Maybe the seventh master of the Dou family has returned!"
The implication is that you want to say hello.
Gao pulled the wet nurse and ordered the coachman: "Don't stop!" Her voice was a little hurried.
The two cars passed each other.
Gao took a long breath and murmured, "How can I have the face to greet the people of the Dou family now!"
The nurse then went to Gao's ear and whispered, "What's wrong?"
Gao was taken care of by this wet nurse since she was born, and later lived with her in the Wang family for ten years. She treated Gao like a family member and did not hide anything, telling her everything in detail.
The nurse was stunned and asked anxiously, "What should I do? What should I do?" Thinking of Gao's rush to Nanwo overnight, she held Gao's hand and kept telling her, "On the nineteenth day after you got married to the eldest master, the eldest master followed me to Xiningwei. To be honest, there is only gratitude but no love between you and the eldest master. Don't be confused. This is a matter between them. You can persuade them, but don't stand there alone. You know the old lady's temper. These If it weren't for you, how could the Wang family afford to buy land, and how could my aunt run a business? You treat the old lady more dearly than your own mother, but when the old lady talks about family matters, she always puts my aunt before you. Pang married into the family unwillingly, and when the family had no extra money, she still disliked you. Relying on the fact that the second master was obedient to her, she had to compete with you. Now that the second master has been reinstated, I don't know what she is up to! Don't let the whole family dislike you. "
"All mothers love their daughters, and my mother loves me, too." Gao argued weakly, and said, "The reason I want to hurry back is to convince the eldest master to ask my father-in-law to come forward and forcibly take my aunt back. Otherwise, if Pang continues to make trouble, even if I take my aunt back, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of commotion and everyone will know about it. That would be so embarrassing!" She looked helpless.
The nurse nodded repeatedly: "I feel relieved that you know what's going on."
Over there, Dou Zhao saw a carriage passing by and couldn't help but look back.
Half of this street is filled with Xidou's houses. Who would pass by here at this time?
The thought flashed through his mind, and he heard Gao Sheng say, "Seventh Master, it looks like the Wang family's carriage."
Dou Shiying was stunned for a moment, then said with relief: "Maybe he has something to discuss with Wang Zhibing. We just need to pretend we don't know."
Gao Sheng smiled and replied "yes", and the carriage did not stop until it entered the second gate.
The housekeeper and the servant came forward one after another, and the steward said with a smile: "Seventh Master, Sixth Master came here at twilight hour and has been waiting for you in the study until now."
Dou Shiying carried Dou Zhao to the study.
Dou Shiheng was sitting leisurely on the Drunkard's Chair, reading a book, with tea, fruits and vegetables placed on the small table next to him.
Hearing the noise, he raised his head and said to his father, "You're back," and then said, "Have you gone fishing again?" His tone was so natural that people who didn't know him would have thought he was the owner of the study.
My father smiled and said nothing.
Sixth uncle seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
The father whispered, "I know what I am doing!"
"Just so you know."
The two of them quickly changed the subject as if they were telling a riddle.
"What do you want from me?" my father asked. "Why have you waited for me till now and couldn't even leave a note?"
"I just want to ask you if you will take part in this year's provincial examination." Sixth uncle poured a cup of tea for his father, "If you are going to take part in the provincial examination, you have to prepare for the journey." Then he pulled Dou Zhao's hair and said with a smile, "Little tail, did you go fishing with your father? Is the food at Uncle Feng's house delicious?" He gave her a cup of tea.
It seems that Sixth Uncle not only knew that Father secretly went to visit Grandmother, but also knew that Father went to talk to Feng Baoshan after visiting Grandmother!
Dou Zhao politely called out "Sixth Uncle", replied "Delicious", and sat there quietly drinking tea with the teacup in hand.
My father was very hesitant: "If I go, what will happen to Shougu? There is no one in charge of the inner courtyard, I am a little worried."
Uncle Six didn't care: "Send her to my place and let your sister-in-law take care of her."
"We'll talk about it when the time comes!" My father was still a little hesitant.
Uncle Six did not urge him, but pointed to several large volumes of books on the desk and said, "This year's new contemporary literature was brought back by my fifth brother. Everyone in the family who has entered the school will get a copy."
My father said, "So, Fifth Brother has decided to have all the outstanding members of our family take the imperial examination?"
Uncle Six laughed and said, "Zijun said he won't go. He's afraid he'll pass the imperial examination and come back with a fellow scholar!"
Zijun was the courtesy name of his second cousin Dou Yuchang. He actually passed the imperial examination and became a fellow Jinshi later on, but for fear of being laughed at, he was unwilling to take up an official post no matter what. In the end, he stayed at home to help his third uncle manage the Dou family's affairs.
My father laughed heartily and told the maid to call Tuo Niang over. He asked her to take care of Dou Zhao and then go back to bed. Then he and my sixth uncle started reading contemporary articles.
Dou Zhao tried hard to recall his past life.
My father and my sixth uncle went to Kyoto to take the provincial examination together. They both passed the examination and stayed in Kyoto until June of the following year. My father ranked 13th in the second class of the examination, but my sixth uncle failed the exam.
She remembered that her father's teacher was He Wendao, the then Grand Secretary of the Imperial Household. He served as the Grand Secretary of the Imperial Household for 20 years, presided over two imperial examinations, and experienced two dynasties. He was a well-known tumbler in the officialdom. On the contrary, she had never heard of the name Chen Jizhou. However, she married into a noble family and knew only a few scholars, so it was normal that she had never heard of him.
Thinking of this, she sat up suddenly.
Dou Xiao was born in the Gengxu year, which would be on March 16 of the next year. When he was one month old, news came that his father had passed the imperial examination. Wang Yingxue often mentioned this later to prove how lucky Dou Xiao was to bring prosperity to the family.
Counting the dates, Wang Yingxue should have become pregnant during this period.
She was a little impatient, but did nothing.
It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married.
She could handle it once, but could she handle it twice or three times?
Dou Zhao thought of his mother.
Even if she didn't die that time, she would probably still do something stupid after seeing Wang Yingxue pregnant and giving birth to a child!
Dou Zhao was angry at her for not fighting back, but more than that, he was heartbroken, heartbroken by his mother's foolishness.
She tossed and turned in bed for a long time before falling into a half-drowsy sleep.
When I woke up the next day, it was drizzling. The leaves in the courtyard were washed green and had a fresh scent.
Tuoniang led Jasmine and Haitang to make winter socks for Dou Zhao, and Yuzhan rushed in.
"It's raining so hard outside!" She twisted her soaked skirt and said to Tuoniang, "I'm going to send some silk thread to Sister-in-law Yu later. Can you lend me the Hang silk embroidery skirt that the Fourth Miss gave you last time? I'll return it to you when I come back."
Sister-in-law of the Yu family is the name given to Yu Daqing's wife. Yu Daqing is the son of Nanny Yu.
Tuo Niang was a little unhappy and said, "Why didn't Sister-in-law Yu buy the silk thread herself if she needed it? You are using things from the Fourth Miss's room to give away favors. Be careful that the Seventh Master will get angry if he finds out."
Yu Zan was so ashamed that she became angry and sneered, "As long as you don't tell me, Master Qi won't know." She added, "You think everyone is like you, thinking you are rich just because you have ten taels of silver in your pocket! Master Qi is the master of the Dou family, three thousand taels of silver, just give it to Miss Si, it's just a few pieces of silk thread, maybe if you tell him, Master Qi will see that I was asked by the grandmother to take care of Miss Si, and he will reward me with a few boxes of silk thread! If you can't bear to part with the skirt, just say it directly, there's no need to use Miss Si's name to belittle me."
Jasmine was so scared that she hid in the corner and trembled, but Haitang said unyieldingly: "Then let's go to Seventh Master and tell him. Let's see whether he will give you a few strokes of the cane or a few boxes of silk thread."
"You little bitch, you're going against the will of heaven!" Yuzhan stepped forward and slapped the seven-year-old Haitang. When she was about to slap Haitang again with her backhand, Tuoniang rushed forward, grabbed her hand and pulled it hard. Yuzhan staggered and almost fell to the ground.
"Try it again!" Tuoniang stared at Yuzhan with a frown, "I'll tell Master Qi right away."
Yuzhan thought that Tuoniang was a maid working in the laundry room, and fearing that she would suffer a loss, she glared at Tuoniang fiercely, then slammed the curtain and walked out of the door.
Jasmine was so anxious that she was about to cry: "Sister Su Xin, you should apologize to Yu Zan quickly. She must have gone to complain about you to Nanny Yu."
Tuoniang snorted coldly and said stubbornly: "I am upright and honest. It was obviously wrong for her to hit me. Why should I apologize to Yuzhan?"
"But..." Jasmine, who was one year older than Haitang, was very worried, "Sister-in-law of the Yu family is the daughter-in-law of Nanny Yu..."
"What's wrong with my daughter-in-law?" Haitang said unconvinced, "My daughter-in-law shouldn't take things from the fourth young lady's room." She supported Tuoniang, "Sister Suxin, when the second wife from the East Palace came back from Fujian last time, she specially asked someone to send some Fujian specialties to the fourth young lady. I saw Yuzhan picked up two of each of those snacks and sent them to sister-in-law from the Yu family. If the seventh master asks about it, I will testify for you!"
They treated Dou Zhao as an ignorant child. Yuzhan hit others and Haitang complained, but they did not avoid Dou Zhao.
Dou Zhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
This is the trouble with not having a mistress of the house.
However, Yuzhin can no longer stay in her room. If her superior follows the inferior, it will corrupt the maids in her room.
As for Nanny Yu, let’s wait and see how she handles this matter!
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