“Gu Qiulin is Gu Qiulin. She is a married woman who brought her husband’s family into the Gu family. It’s wrong of her to do that. Looking at the whole of Beijing, who else is like her who lets her family support her husband’s family? If Ya Rou hadn’t called her ‘aunt,’ I wouldn’t have even looked down on Gu Qiulin. Whether she’s an imposter or not, what does it have to do with us? My grandson isn’t going to marry his daughter, Xu Luoxue.”
“That Xu Luoxue is the real good-for-nothing. She must have ruined Ya Rou’s reputation and corrupted our Shu Yan. Otherwise, given Ya Rou’s personality, how could a lucky girl like her open a pickle shop and implicate her future mother-in-law? Gu Qiulin is clearly benefiting from Ya Rou’s success.”
Grandma He had a strong opinion about Gu Qiulin bringing her husband's family to live at her parents' home. She wanted the He family to live there too, since although the He family wasn't a prominent family, they were more powerful than Gu Qiulin's useless husband's family and were also a military officer's family.
To be honest, the First Compound is a sacred place that many people yearn for, and many people would do anything to live there.
The He family lives in the third largest compound, which is a symbol of power and the residence of the members of the five great families. They haven't even reached the threshold of the second largest compound, let alone the first largest compound they dream of.
When the two families became related by marriage, she was fortunate enough to be invited to stay at the Gu family's house for two days. It was truly a wonderful place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery. She could run into nobles and dignitaries whenever she went out for a walk. Because of the Gu family, other prominent families treated her very kindly, which was enough for her to brag about to her relatives and friends.
Later, when the two elders of the Gu family were sent to the countryside, Gu Yarou invited her, her daughter-in-law, and granddaughter to stay for a while on several occasions. However, the other prominent families treated them like strangers, lacking the warmth of the past. Even when they bumped into each other while taking a walk, they pretended not to see her and deliberately embarrassed her. Even when Gu Yarou greeted them, she was ignored by the other meritorious officials.
In her mind, marrying a woman from the Gu family was like having a ticket to enter the No. 1 Courtyard. They were both women from the Gu family, so why couldn't Gu Yarou bring her husband's family to live there?
In terms of ability, fame, and even luck, Gu Yarou is far superior to Gu Qiulin. Gu Qiulin only got her favored because of the love and pampering she received from the Gu family, while Gu Yarou didn't rely on anyone and made her way into the lower five aristocratic families on her own.
As long as Gu Yarou is a daughter-in-law of the He family, then the He family, whether it is an upper-class family or an upper-class family, will have connections. Just in this respect, they are much better than Gu Wanwan and Gu Qiulin.
Although Gu Wanwan is a daughter of the Gu family, can she be treated as an honored guest by the five lower-ranking families?
Gu Qiulin barely managed to catch the eye of the five lower-ranking families by selling her parents. Gu Qiulin's existence was nothing more than Gu Yarou's shadow, someone who followed along to gain credit.
“Jingyu, Shi Zhenxiang is currently troubled by rumors, so we should visit her to express our concern and help her get through this difficult time. We should also help the second branch of the Gu family get rid of those troublesome Xu family members. That is where we and our in-laws will live in the future, so we can’t let the Xu family benefit from it.”
"As for those rumors, only fools would take them seriously. I don't believe a word of them. Since we've chosen Ya Rou, we'll support her to the end. Don't forget, we still have ways to deal with you, Gu Wanwan, you idiot."
Xu Jingyu felt that her mother-in-law was right. Gu Wanwan was fine as a maid to serve tea and water to the He family, but it was impossible for Wen Yan to marry a pretty face. "I still don't believe that Gu Wanwan would really betray Wen Yan and find another man as her partner. I think she is deliberately trying to get revenge on the He family and provoke us, so that we will regret not choosing her."
"It's a pity that you can fool outsiders but not our He family. We should trust the second branch of the family. There's no reason for Zhenxiang to lie to us. If she had something to hide, she would have called to explain by now. Explanations are just cover-ups. The innocent will clear themselves. Our He family isn't stupid. We won't misunderstand the second branch of the Gu family based on rumors."
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