Chapter 108 Past Events
Nanny Gu's Guyunzhai is not far from Yuan Ziyu's Wuyou Pavilion, and it only takes an incense stick of time to walk there.
"Second Miss!" The maid who was in charge of serving Nanny Gu saw Yuan Ziyu coming to Guyunzhai and hurried forward to greet her.
"Madam Gu, is it free now?" Yuan Ziyu asked.
"That's convenient!" the maid said with a smile. "Just now, Madam told me that she would go and see if the Second Young Lady was there after a few sticks of incense."
Before the maid finished speaking, she heard Madam Gu's voice in the room: "Is the second young lady here?"
"Madam, it's the second young lady who has arrived!" the maid replied hurriedly!
Yuan Ziyou walked into the room with a smile and bowed to Madam Gu who was sitting on the couch: "Hello, Madam Gu."
"Please take a seat, Second Miss!" Nanny Gu said to Yuan Ziyu with a smile, and then looked at Qingying and Qingzhi who followed in.
Yuan Ziyu understood and ordered Qingying and Qingzhi, "I'm going to talk to Aunt Gu. You guys just wait outside."
"Yes, Second Miss!"
Qingying and Qingzhi bowed and left the room.
"Madam, do you have anything to tell me?" Yuan Ziyu asked with a smile.
Aunt Gu smiled and nodded: "That's right!"
"Madam, please speak!" Yuan Ziyou said seriously, "Ziyou is all ears!"
"Second Miss!" Madam Gu said, "Did you find the Chi-Le spy in the mansion yesterday?"
This matter was no secret in the Yuan Mansion, so Yuan Ziyou nodded and said, "Indeed, we never imagined that my Second Aunt's maid, Ren Dong, was actually the Chi Le spy, Nazir. We just don't know what Nazir was up to, lurking in the mansion for so many years."
Aunt Gu frowned slightly, nodded and said, "No wonder!"
Yuan Ziyou was a little surprised when she heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Mammy, do you know anything?"
Aunt Gu didn't answer, but only asked, "How much do you know about me, Second Miss?"
"Honestly, if you ask me if I completely understand you, I wouldn't dare say so!" Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "Most of what I know about Madam Madam comes from the wife of Marquis Xuanping. But after seeing Madam Madam's green snake last time, I think there must be a side of Madam Madam Madam that is unknown to the public."
"Second Miss is absolutely right!" Nanny Gu said, "People think I'm a loner, with a strange personality, unwilling to easily accept offers from other mansions, and look down on girls from official families!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ziyou pursed her lips and smiled, "That's indeed what they say."
"Actually, everyone is wrong!" Nanny Gu couldn't help but laugh.
Yuan Ziyou laughed and said, "I think the world must have misunderstood Aunt Gu. If they saw you like this, I'm afraid their eyes would fall to the ground."
"Oh? What do I look like now?" Nanny Gu raised her eyebrows and looked at Yuan Ziyu.
"The way you smile now!" Yuan Ziyou pursed her lips and smiled, "I'm afraid not many people have seen you smile like this."
Hearing this, Aunt Gu smiled even more happily: "Indeed, now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Xiaoqing has found a successor, and our Longxiang Valley can finally have a successor!"
"Xiaoqing found...a successor?" Yuan Ziyu couldn't laugh anymore. She looked at Aunt Gu in astonishment. It wasn't what she thought, was it?
Aunt Gu looked at Yuan Ziyu with a smile: "Second Miss, you have guessed it, right?"
"Could it be that last time..." Yuan Ziyu looked at Nanny Gu, then looked at the grass-green snake that had emerged from Nanny Gu's sleeve at some point in time, and his mind seemed to be a little confused.
"That's right!" Aunt Gu stroked the green snake and said, "Last time, it was it that chose the second young lady."
Yuan Ziyou pursed her lips and asked, "That revenge thing Madam told me last time, is it true?"
"Of course it's true!" Nanny Gu said, "That's why I asked the Second Young Lady to send everyone away. I just hope that after I tell her everything later, whether I stay in the Yuan Mansion in the future or not, she will keep it a secret for me."
Seeing Madam Gu say this, Yuan Ziyou quickly responded, "Of course, Madam, don't worry. I will definitely not tell anyone else what you and I discussed today."
"I am of course at ease with the second young lady!" Nanny Gu smiled and slowly told Yuan Ziyu about the past.
"Longxiang Valley is very far from the Dali Dynasty!" Aunt Gu said, "I was born and raised in Longxiang Valley. My mother and my people are there."
"Madam, are you not from the Dali Dynasty?" Yuan Ziyu asked.
"Of course not!" Aunt Gu smiled and said, "I am from the Longxiang tribe. Longxiang Valley is the habitat of our tribe. Our people have lived in Longxiang Valley for generations."
"Then Longxiang Valley must be a very beautiful place!"
"Yes, it's beautiful, very beautiful!" Aunt Gu's expression was filled with misty reminiscence: "It's so beautiful!"
Looking at Nanny Gu's expression, Yuan Ziyu didn't dare to ask any more questions. That expression, with such reminiscence, was very similar to the time in her previous life when she was hiding in a corner and recalling her parents and brother.
Aunt Gu came back to her senses. She didn't look at Yuan Ziyu, but instead looked at one place. A faint voice rang out: "My grandfather was the chief of the Longxiang tribe. My grandfather only had one daughter, my mother. Before I was fifteen, I lived with my mother in Longxiang Valley!"
Nanny Gu spoke slowly, and Yuan Ziyu did not interrupt, but just listened quietly.
Then all I could hear was Aunt Gu continue, "The people of our Longxiang tribe are best at making and detoxifying poisons. This is a skill that has been passed down through our generations. And this green snake will choose the next leader of our tribe, or the successor, every twenty years."
As she spoke, Aunt Gu lovingly touched the top of the green snake's head, and the green snake rubbed Aunt Gu's fingertips obediently.
Yuan Ziyu looked at the green snake curiously. The green snake didn't look very big, but he didn't expect that it had lived for so many years.
Gu Mama seemed to understand what was in Yuan Ziyu's eyes, and she smiled and said, "Second Miss, our Longxiang tribe is named Longxiang because of this green snake. It is said that this green snake's ancestors had some dragon blood. As to whether it is true, I don't know, but it is true that this green snake is extremely spiritual, and each generation of green snakes has an extremely long lifespan."
Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "This snake does look very well behaved."
Aunt Gu sighed, touched the snake's head and said, "What a pity, now in our Longxiang tribe, perhaps only this green snake and I are left!"
Yuan Ziyou was stunned when she heard this: "Mammy, what on earth happened?"
"Our Longxiang tribe was wiped out overnight, and I was the only one who escaped with the green snake!" Gu Ma said, "Second Miss, do you remember when I told you to help me get revenge?"
Yuan Ziyou nodded and said, "I promised Madam that as long as it doesn't go against my conscience or harm the world, it's fine."
"What if it means killing someone?" asked Nanny Gu.
Yuan Ziyou thought for a moment and said, "If that person's crimes are extremely heinous, then everyone has the right to kill him!"
"But!" Yuan Ziyou then said, "Since this is Madam's ancestor who destroyed her clan, Ziyou feels that Madam should do it herself. Ziyou can assist."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Gu sighed, "I certainly hope so, but unfortunately, I swore in front of my mother that I would not touch that person."
(End of this chapter)
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