"The third girl is too cruel. Should we tell the eldest girl?"
Qingmei asked.
Gu Jiu said, "We must tell her about Big Sister. But we can't tell her."
Qingmei doesn't understand.
Gu Jiu put down the book in his hand, and then said: "Sisters killing each other is not a good reputation. The eldest sister knows the truth and she has to quarrel with the third sister.
Once a commotion breaks out, the matter will surely spread throughout the entire prefecture, and even throughout the capital.
Once this matter gets out, not only the third sister, but also the reputation of the girls in the Gu family will be affected.
In order to let the elder sister know the truth and control the development of the situation, Aunt Hu is actually the best candidate."
"Young lady, what you mean is to reveal the truth to Aunt Hu. And then Aunt Hu will tell the eldest young lady?"
"That's right!"
Qingzhu asked curiously, "Can Aunt Hu's intervention prevent the eldest lady from causing a scene?"
Gu Jiu smiled softly, "What does Aunt Hu care about most now?"
"Of course it's the eldest girl's marriage."
Gu Jiu nodded slightly: "In addition to the eldest sister's marriage, Aunt Hu is also concerned about the future of fourth brother Gu Heng. Things have come to this point. Instead of making a big fuss with the third sister, it is better for the eldest sister to use this as a bargaining chip to exchange for actual benefits."
Qingmei asked, "Miss, what do you think Aunt Hu will get in return?"
Gu Jiu chuckled softly, "If I were Aunt Hu, I would ask Madam to find another marriage for Gu Zhen and prepare a generous dowry. Secondly, find a marriage for Gu Heng and prepare a sufficiently generous betrothal gift. Otherwise, I will make a big scene and completely destroy Gu Yue."
Qingmei nodded repeatedly, "If we do as the young lady says, Aunt Hu and the eldest young lady will be able to turn their passive situation into active and bite off a piece of meat from the lady."
Gu Jiu laughed sarcastically, "Madam, you are not good at educating your daughter. You deserve to have a piece of your flesh bitten off."
Qingmei added, “But if the young lady refuses to listen and insists on making a scene, there may not be a good outcome.
As long as the mistress is around, the third girl will at most suffer some physical pain and be confined to her house. The eldest girl can't really ruin the third girl."
"Yes!" Gu Jiu nodded, "That's why I told you the truth about this matter. We can only tell Aunt Hu, not Big Sister.
Also, even if we want to tell Aunt Hu the truth, we from Zhilan Court cannot do it, so as to avoid causing a commotion and implicating us.
Qingmei, you have experience in this area, so I'll leave this matter to you, how about that?"
Qingmei smiled and said, "Don't worry, young lady. This is something I'm good at. I guarantee that when Aunt Hu gets the news, she will never guess that it was us from Zhilanyuan who leaked the information."
"That's great."
Qingzhu asked curiously, "In fact, you could have just pretended not to know about this matter, not told anyone, and just watched them make a fuss. But you deliberately told Aunt Hu the truth, was it to make things difficult for Madam?"
Gu Jiu shook his head and said lightly, "I did this not just to upset Madam. Gu Yue deserves to be punished. I just want to take this opportunity to give Gu Yue a good beating. Madam really doted on her too much in the past, and spoiled her to the point of not knowing her own limitations."
"I'm afraid the Third Miss won't learn her lesson. She's been grounded countless times in the past six months, and I've never seen her learn a thing or two. She still does what she wants and never seems to stop."
Qingmei is very dissatisfied with Gu Yue.
Among the girls in the Gu family, Gu Yue has the worst attitude towards Gu Jiu, and she is at odds with Gu Jiu both openly and covertly.
As Gu Jiu's personal maid, Qingmei has accumulated a lot of resentment towards Gu Yue.
Gu Jiu laughed. "It doesn't matter whether Gu Yue learns a lesson from this. What's important is that she deserves to be punished, and she must be punished severely. Let her know that everything she does has a price. One day, she will know that even her wife can't protect her."
Qingmei asked curiously, "How are you going to deal with the Third Miss if she doesn't show up in person?"
Gu Jiu chuckled softly, "There's no need for me to personally intervene in this matter. The master alone is enough to make Gu Yue suffer. Just wait and see, there's more to come."
…
After two days, Gu Zhen seemed to have figured things out and became calm.
Mrs. Xie and Aunt Hu both breathed a sigh of relief.
They were all afraid that Gu Zhen would continue to make trouble, causing unrest in the family and spreading rumors.
However, Aunt Hu was still worried about Gu Zhen and would visit her every day.
On this day, Aunt Hu was about to go out when her maid Hongmei told her a shocking news.
Aunt Hu's face froze. She stared at Hongmei intently, "Are you telling the truth?"
The maid Hongmei nodded, "Your Highness, I dare not lie to you. This is absolutely true. The maids from Zizhu Courtyard said it themselves, so it cannot be false. Your Highness, the Third Young Lady is too cruel. She ruined the eldest young lady's life for a man she only met once. We can't just let this go."
Aunt Hu gnashed her teeth and said, "Of course we can't just let this go. Gu Yue, that bitch, has gone too far."
"What is Auntie going to do?"
Aunt Hu was so angry that she paced back and forth in the room.
This little bitch Gu Yue has never been a good person since she was a child.
Zhen Yatou always obeyed her, but she actually had the heart to do that to Zhen Yatou and ruined her life.
This matter must not be let go like this.
Various thoughts flashed through Aunt Hu's mind, but she rejected them one by one.
Not only did she want Gu Yue to pay the price, she also wanted Xie to pay the price.
The maid Hongmei said cautiously, "Auntie, do you want to tell the master about this?"
Aunt Hu's eyes widened in anger. "Of course I have to tell Master, but not now."
After Aunt Hu calmed down from her anger, she gradually calmed down.
In this matter, nothing can be solved by just being angry.
She went over the whole thing from beginning to end and finally made up her mind.
Aunt Hu went to see Gu Zhen first.
Tell Gu Zhen the truth.
Gu Zhen burst into tears and screamed on the spot, threatening to kill Gu Yue.
"Auntie, please keep your voice down. Are you afraid that people outside can't hear you?"
Gu Zhen burst into tears, "Auntie, Gu Yue ruined my marriage in order to marry Zhao Erlang. Should I let her go?"
"Of course we can't let her go. But if you make such a fuss, not only will it not solve the problem, but Gu Yue will still be at large."
Gu Zhen wiped her tears and said, "I will do whatever my aunt says. I don't ask for anything else. I just want Gu Yue to be very miserable, even more miserable than me."
Aunt Hu took Gu Zhen's hand and said, "Don't worry, I will make sure Gu Yue falls into a miserable state. Doesn't Gu Yue want to marry Zhao Erlang? That Zhao Erlang is not only unlucky in marriage, but also has a bad temper. Then just let Gu Yue marry him."
"Why?" Gu Zhen was furious. "Gu Yue destroyed me just to marry Zhao Erlang. Auntie didn't stop her and even helped her. Wouldn't that make her happy?"
Aunt Hu patiently advised: "Silly girl, do you really think Gu Yue can be satisfied?
Even if she survived and was not killed by Zhao Erlang, and successfully married into the Haixi Earl's Mansion, do you think she would have a good life?
I've heard that Zhao Erlang is not a good-tempered person and he will resort to violence if he disagrees with something.
You know Gu Yue's temper. If she can endure it once, can she endure it twice or three times?
Just wait and see. When Gu Yue gets married, I'm afraid they'll start fighting before the wedding even begins. If we add fuel to the fire, I don't believe Gu Yue won't be in trouble."
Gu Zhen gritted her teeth, unwilling and upset.
"Even if everything is as Auntie said, Gu Yue won't have a good life after marrying into the family. But she is happy after all. What about me? What should I do? Am I going to stay in the mansion and be an old maid forever?"
After saying that, Gu Zhen burst into tears.
Aunt Hu patted her on the back and said, "Silly child, don't cry. Aunt Hu is trying to find a solution for you. This time Gu Yue ruined your marriage, so I will let Madam compensate you with another marriage."
"I don't want to marry Xie Ding. Even if I die, I would rather marry that guy who is worse than pigs and dogs." Gu Zhen cried and refused verbally.
Aunt Hu said softly, "Don't worry, I will definitely not let you marry Xie Ding."
Gu Zhen raised her head and looked at Aunt Hu. "If I don't marry Xie Ding, who else can I marry?"
"No matter who you marry, I will definitely make you rich. Just listen to my good news."
Aunt Hu left and went to Furong Courtyard to see Mrs. Xie.
Gu Zhen sat at the head of the bed, laughing and crying at times. Most of the time, she gnashed her teeth and cursed Gu Yue for a bad death.
…
When Aunt Hu arrived at Hibiscus Courtyard, she didn't bother to be polite with Mrs. Xie. She said straight to the point, "Madam, I have something to say about Miss Zhen's marriage."
Xie looked unhappy.
These past few days, Xie hasn't had a single happy day.
The Haixi Marquis's Mansion rejected the marriage proposal, and Lord Gu reprimanded her. Gu Yue continued to make a fuss, insisting on marrying Zhao Erlang. Gu Zhen had calmed down, but her marriage was now a difficult matter.
But at this moment, Aunt Hu was not tactful at all and came to say that she had something to say about Gu Zhen's marriage.
A few vertical lines appeared between Mrs. Xie's eyebrows. She looked at Aunt Hu with dissatisfaction, "Why are you here if you're not looking after Miss Zhen? The master and I have our own ideas about Miss Zhen's marriage. Don't worry about it."
Aunt Hu raised her head and looked at Mrs. Xie, completely changing her usual submissive demeanor.
"Madam, the third lady ruined Zhen's marriage. Shouldn't we have a talk?"
"How outrageous!"
Mrs. Xie slammed the table, her face changed drastically, and she looked at Aunt Hu in disbelief.
Aunt Hu faced Xie's gaze with a calm expression.
Xie gritted her teeth and said to Chunhe, "Go guard the door. No one is allowed to come in without my order."
"yes!"
Chunhe secretly glanced at Aunt Hu and thought that Aunt Hu must have gone crazy.
She stood guard at the door, drove away the other maids, and then pricked up her ears to eavesdrop on the conversation in the room.
Mrs. Xie gritted her teeth and said, "Mrs. Hu, do you know what you just said? How dare you talk nonsense about such things? How presumptuous!"
"I dare not be presumptuous. Madam, there is no wall that is impenetrable. What the third young lady did was not so secretive."
"You, what did you say?"
Xie's eyes widened. Who gave Aunt Hu the courage? Who was it?
Aunt Hu said calmly, "Ms. Zhen's marriage was ruined, and the culprit was Miss Three. But Miss Three didn't receive any punishment she deserved. How unfair it was to Miss Zhen."
"What do you want to say?" Xie asked angrily.
Aunt Hu said calmly, "I want to remind Madam that we should find another marriage for Miss Zhen."
"Who do you think you are? How dare you talk to me like that? Kneel down in front of me." Xie was furious. How dare a concubine bully her and act so wildly? Did she really think the rules of the mansion were just for show?
Aunt Hu didn't kneel down. "If Madam can't find another marriage for Miss Zhen, then even if it means risking my life, I will tell Master the truth about this matter. Madam should know better than I do what will happen to Miss Zhen if Master knows the truth."
"You dare to threaten me? Who gave you the courage? Tell me."
Aunt Hu's lips curled up slightly, and then her expressionless face returned in an instant. That smile seemed to have never appeared before.
She said to Mrs. Xie, "Of course it was the Third Young Lady who gave me the courage. The Third Young Lady's plot to arrange Zhen's marriage was like handing me the leverage. If I don't make good use of it, how can I be worthy of Zhen, who is crying her eyes out?"
"You, you..." Xie pointed at Aunt Hu, so angry that she couldn't speak.
"Madam, let's not waste our time on meaningless arguments. Why don't we discuss Zhen's marriage together?"
Xie chuckled coldly, "Good, very good. I was so open with you in the past, and this is how you repay me."
"I am also a mother. How can I sit idly by and watch Zhen suffer such a great injustice? Madam, please understand my feelings."
Xie gritted her teeth and said, "Very good! Sit down and talk, we will talk slowly."
"Thank you, ma'am."
For Gu Zhen, Aunt Hu risked everything.
Even though she knew that from now on, she would no longer have Xie's trust and would even be harassed by Xie at every turn, she still took this step without hesitation.
Only in this way can I be worthy of myself and Gu Zhen.
No one knew what the conversation between Aunt Hu and Mrs. Xie was about. Even Chun He, who was guarding the door, didn't hear the two of them talking.
Chunhe only saw Aunt Hu leaving Furong Courtyard with a calm expression.
When she walked into the room.
Bang!
Xie smashed the teacup to the ground, breaking it into pieces.
"Madam, calm down."
Xie gasped, closed her eyes, and had a headache.
"Madam, would you like me to call the doctor?"
Xie waved her hand, "No need. Gu Yue, that damn girl, was born to collect debts."
Chunhe didn't dare to respond and could only remain silent.
Xie gritted her teeth and asked, "What is the eldest wife busy with now?"
"The eldest lady is in the meeting hall right now. Oh, and the second young lady is also in the meeting hall."
Xie frowned, "Why is Gu Jiu in the meeting hall?"
"Madam, have you forgotten? The eldest lady asked the second young lady to follow her and learn how to manage the household affairs."
"Ridiculous. How could I not know about such a big thing?"
Chun He whispered, "I mentioned this matter a few days ago."
Mrs. Xie slammed the table. "I mean, why didn't Gu Jiu say anything? Is she still the daughter of the second house?"
Xie was furious and finally went to the meeting hall with her maids and servants.
As expected, Gu Jiu's voice could be heard in the meeting hall.
Xie frowned and walked in with an unhappy look on her face, "Second girl, why are you here? Your aunt is going to take care of the household affairs, and you're just causing trouble here. Why don't you go back to your room quickly?"
Gu Jiu was settling accounts when Xie rushed in and started scolding her.
She looked up at Xie and wondered if Xie had taken a bullet.
Thinking of the news from Xiao Cui, Aunt Hu went to Furong Courtyard to find Xie, and Gu Jiu smiled knowingly.
It seems that Aunt Hu's progress is very smooth and has successfully stimulated Mrs. Xie.
That's why Mrs. Xie was so angry.
"Sister-in-law, I asked Xiaojiu to stay here. Xiaojiu is quick and good at calculating, so she can be of help."
Without waiting for Gu Jiu to say anything, the eldest wife Zhang took the initiative to come forward and explain everything for Gu Jiu.
Mrs. Xie snorted, "Sister-in-law is really good at ordering people around. The second girl is our second wife's child. If Sister-in-law wants to order her around, she should at least tell me."
Zhang raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Sister-in-law, you are wrong in this matter."
Xie's face was stern and she asked angrily, "What's wrong with me?"
Zhang glanced at Xie with contempt.
Then he picked up the teacup and said lightly: "The girls of your second room have grown up one by one.
However, my brother-in-law and his wife have never thought of arranging for them to learn how to manage the household.
If the children don't know how to do accounting or manage the household, what will happen to them when they get married? Will they be controlled by servants for the rest of their lives? If they can't share their husband's worries, won't they be despised by their husband's family?
My sister-in-law doesn't care about the girls' future, but I can't help but care.
I had good intentions and let Xiaojiu follow me to learn how to manage the household. But instead of thanking me, my sister-in-law blames me. How can this be justified?"
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