Chapter 371 Gui Chi

Old Master Yun smiled awkwardly and winked at Yun Guichi.

Mrs. Gui didn't respond to his gaze, but she slammed the table and said unhappily, "Nian'er, how can you talk to your grandfather like that?"

"Did you learn to be disrespectful to your elders while you were in the palace?"

Lei Nian'er: ...It turns out that when people are really angry, they will laugh for no reason.

She sneered and said, "Okay, then I won't say anything. I'll just watch them go to a dead end."

"Anyway, I will be implicated by then. At worst, I will be demoted and resign. Don't accuse me of standing idly by when the Yun family is liquidated."

Yun Guichi was confused. "What's going on? Why are we heading towards a dead end? Nian'er, what are you talking about?"

"Isn't it just teaching you to be polite when speaking to elders? How is it related to the dead end? Don't exaggerate and scare us."

She turned to ask Old Master Yun: "Father, don't you think so? The Yun family has not done anything against the will of heaven and earth, so why would they be liquidated?"

Master Yun looked at Lei Nian'er's expression and dared not lie anymore. He said awkwardly, "Gui Niang, Nian'er is not talking nonsense."

"We...are in trouble."

Yun Guichi was shocked, "What did you do!"

Old Master Yun didn't answer. She looked between the grandfather and grandson and asked anxiously, "What are you telling me behind my back?"

Lei Nian'er drank some chrysanthemum tea to calm herself down, and said calmly: "Mom doesn't understand anything. I want to analyze it with you, but you use your status as an elder and the grace of giving birth to me to pressure me."

"When I warned my grandfather just now, I was also trying to save him. Honest advice may be hard to hear, but forget it if you don't want to listen. Anyway, I can survive."

Yun Guichi realized that they were really in trouble, so he quickly pulled Lei Nian'er and asked her to think of a solution.

"Nian'er, it's mother's fault."

"Now that you're older, you're getting less and less obedient. I got a little anxious when I saw you talking to Grandpa so harshly."

"The Yun family is your maternal family, and they are related to you by blood. Since you are so ambitious, you must help them."

Lei Nian'er lowered her eyes and looked at her hand that was being held.

As my mother grew older, her hands became more delicate than when she was young. The marks of suffering she had experienced as a concubine gradually faded.

The relationship between mother and daughter, where they huddled together for warmth and relied on each other, was no longer as strong as it used to be. Lei Nian'er even missed that time.

She suppressed the bitterness in her eyes and asked, "Is it because I can't listen, or is it because mother is getting anxious because she sees that I am getting harder and harder to control?

"You want to suppress me to make sure you still have authority over your children?"

Yun Gui retorted without realizing it: "How dare you, kid, say that about your mother?"

Lei Nian'er closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and turned her gaze to Old Man Yun.

"Grandfather, your wife and my mother had some conflicts in the past. Since she doesn't care about it anymore, I don't want to be a villain in vain."

"We are indeed relatives, so our interests are connected. I can see what you are thinking by letting people from the noble families into the inner courtyard this time."

"I don't care whether you know or not, and I'm too lazy to check who is innocent. You are the head of the family, and I will talk to you if something goes wrong."

"If you still want me as your granddaughter, then take care of the house and don't hold me back. Otherwise, I don't mind cutting off my tail to survive and abandoning my car to save my life."

Old Master Yun smiled and said, "Yes, yes, we are a family and will never do anything stupid to cause trouble for you in the future."

He also warned Yun Guichi, "Gui Niang, Nian is a promising girl. As the prince's confidant, there are some things that are inconvenient for her to tell you in full."

"From now on, just listen to what she says. How could she harm you?"

Yun Guichi faced his father and listened to his advice. He whispered, "I understand, Father. Everything else is fine, but this child cannot get married.

"I really can't listen to her all the time. I'm her biological mother. Would I hurt her? Sometimes Nian'er is really willful."

Master Yun: "...That makes sense."

Lei Nian'er: ...That's enough. That's really enough for you.

Lei Nian'er and his grandfather didn't see each other very often and they didn't have much affection for each other, but when he was at the Lei family, Yun Guichi was obviously much happier.

Yun Guichi was a very obedient woman. Her parents' home was in Anzhou, and she didn't go back often for fear of being gossiped about.

She was a person who was easily influenced by others. She was afraid of gossip and thought that she could feel better if she adhered to the code of conduct for women.

Lei Nian'er could imagine that since she was old but still unmarried, her mother must have been teased and talked about by many gossips.

But she doesn't want to give up her whole life because of what others say. If her marriage is unhappy, those people will be the ones making fun of her.

After Old Man Yun left with Yun Guichi reluctant to let him go, Nian'er said softly, "I know that mother and grandfather must have a very good relationship, so she can't stand me talking too loudly to him."

She looked at her mother with tender eyes.

"I really like my mother's name, Guichi."

"After the rain in the empty mountains, the weather turns to autumn late. The sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms, but for those who are looking forward to it, it comes too late."

"You can tell right away that the person who gave this name loves her daughter dearly."

"Unlike Nian'er, who is Nian'er thinking about coming?

"It's not me anyway."

Yun Guichi wanted to say something to comfort her, but didn't know where to start. In the end, she could only say dryly, "Your father loves you, too."

After saying this, Yun Guichi fell silent. Even she herself didn't believe this nonsense.

Nian'er's current status in the family is entirely due to her own efforts.