When the sisters got home, it was already dark.
They arrived at Jieyou Pavilion at noon and, together with Peng Ze, drank all the wine in the wine cellar, which indeed took up the entire afternoon.
They were thinking of sneaking in, but Uncle Gu caught them red-handed.
Uncle Gu, unlike his usual self, stood with his hands behind his back, frowning as he looked at the sisters.
"Father (Uncle)!" The sisters stood obediently.
Uncle Gu frowned more and more deeply, descended a few steps, and raised his hand.
The girls thought that Uncle Gu was finally going to reveal his hidden side and get angry and hit people, but instead, he pulled Princess Jinghe between Gu Hui and Gu Nian.
The sisters: "!"
Uncle Gu's brows gradually relaxed, and his expression returned to normal. That's more like it! He had been feeling something was off lately, and now he realized that was the problem!
The sisters breathed a sigh of relief. They had thought to themselves, how could their uncle possibly have found out they had gone to a brothel?
Uncle Gu was satisfied, and then asked the driver, "Old Liu, where did they go today?"
Old Liu: "This..."
Uncle Gu glared at him: "Don't lie! I came out with Father and Second Brother on a mission. If I don't understand, I'll be implicated. You must tell the truth, or next time I'll make you leave Kuncheng alone. You saw the wild beasts in that forest, didn't you!"
Old Liu immediately compromised: "Sir, the young ladies will go to the Jieyou Pavilion today."
"Oh, the Pavilion of Relief from Worries, huh? The Pavilion of Relief from Worries?" Uncle Gu looked at the sisters in disbelief.
"You've gone too far! I haven't even been there, and you guys actually went!" Uncle Gu pointed at the group.
"Father, do you want to go?" Gu Hui asked.
"You brat, whoever wants to go, don't get your dad into trouble. Your grandpa and second uncle said you're not allowed to eat dinner tonight, you have to stand in front of the yamen for two hours! You have to!" Uncle Gu shook his head and said gloatingly.
"Oh? Uncle, I've been drinking, I'm drunk!" Gu Nian tugged at Uncle Gu's sleeve.
"Uncle (Father), we've been playing outside all day and we're tired and want to sleep!" Gu Xin and Gu Sila said from the other side.
"Don't bother me, it's no use! Tell me, what's so fun about that Jieyou Pavilion? We're all girls! Go and stand in line!" Uncle Gu shook off the group.
“Uncle, I have a feeling you mean we should go to places that aren’t for young ladies!” Princess Jinghe said thoughtfully.
"What are you thinking about!" Uncle Gu tapped Princess Jinghe on the forehead in an annoyed tone. "Jinghe, I'm going to tell your great-grandparents to put you in the same category as Huihui, to prevent you from corrupting your younger siblings."
Princess Jinghe: ...
Uncle Gu came with a mission, but he was not easy to talk to. He said to stand in a row, and that meant to stand in a row.
Outside the main hall of the yamen, next to the grievance drum, stood five girls dressed as men, from tallest to shortest, standing straight like saplings in the cold wind.
Uncle Gu lectured them for half an hour, starting with Gu Si and ending with Gu Hui. He knocked on the forehead of everyone before he was satisfied and went inside with his hands behind his back.
Then, Gu En and Gu Ren came out to watch the spectacle. Serves you right for going out to play without us brothers!
Then Zhang quietly brought out food and water and gave the group another good scolding.
Grandpa Gu and Gu Shouxin were the last to come out and gave the five sisters a lesson in moral education.
The main lesson is for the three older girls. Xin Xin and Si Si are still young, and you older sisters need to act like older sisters.
The three older children thought to themselves, "How about I take them on a trip again when we return to Beijing in a few years?"
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