Chapter 337 338. Sisters' Scheme
I originally wanted to find someone to vent my depression, but I didn't expect to be led astray by Gu Wenheng. The two of them discussed in the study for a long time, and in the end they just had a simple meal at Gu's house and were sent out the door in a daze.
Bai Jinglie looked back at the word "Gu Fu", shook his head with amusement, took the horse that Ye Yi led over, and went back home.
Jin Qianqian stood in the yard and looked at Gu Wenheng with a smile, "You promised Luo Luo before, now you go and coax him yourself."
Looking at his wife's gloating expression, Gu Wenheng slapped his forehead. He had promised to take the boy out to the street, but looking at the weather now, he had to break the promise again.
"Where are the children?"
"He's playing in the backyard now," Jin Qianqian said before saying anything else. In fact, the child had already forgotten about going out to play. Shouldn't she have forgotten to remind him?
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Huang Fu, Minister of Justice
Xiao Shiyu pressed her head and said, "Why are you coming to me at this time instead of staying at home to observe mourning?"
Xiao Wanyu played with the cup in her hand and said, "We are all daughters of the Xiao family, we should help each other.
My life as a widow is not easy, so I came here to ask my sister to find a solution."
Xiao Shiyu snorted coldly, "You should be at the Niu family observing mourning and helping Lord Niu take care of the family instead of coming to me to cry and complain.
The mourning period has not yet ended, and you have come to my house in such a blatant manner. Aren't you harming me?"
How could someone come to my house just to show their filial piety? Now the old lady and the lady above are going to call me over to give them a lecture.
Xiao Wanyu said very simply, "When you and dad promised me to the Niu family, didn't you say that we sisters would have a companion here to take care of each other?
Now that my sister is in dire straits, do you want me to sit back and do nothing?"
"These are two completely different things. Lord Niu passed away due to illness, and your old lady passed away due to grief. It's double mourning, and we don't think it's unlucky. Who would come to visit at this time?
I don’t want to say anything to you now, just leave through the back door!"
Xiao Wanyu, "It is precisely because of Re Xiao that I came to ask my sister for help. You also know that I have not been happy in the Niu family in the past few years, and it is not without benefit for you to come here this time. Don't you want to listen?"
Xiao Shiyu looked at her suspiciously, with a mocking look on her face, "From childhood to adulthood, you have never been a good thing to us? What good can you bring to us?"
"So you have to listen. Do you still remember Gu Wenheng who used to be in Daocheng?"
"This name sounds familiar, but it's a foreign man's name. How can you say it like that?..."
Seeing Xiao Shiyu was about to accuse her again, Xiao Wanyu quickly continued, "That sounds familiar, of course. At that time, my sister almost became a couple with him..."
"Stop," Xiao Shiyu immediately slammed the table and stood up and shouted, "As expected, he was raised by his aunt, how can he speak so without manners?
Even though I was in the backyard, I had heard some of what happened back then.
This scholar surnamed Gu has already married, and Dad didn't agree at all at the time. Don't bring this up again. It's ruining the reputation of our Xiao family, and Dad will be the first one to not forgive you."
"We were talking nicely, why did you get angry? I haven't even finished what I was saying, how do you know this will ruin my reputation?"
Seeing Xiao Shiyu standing there glaring at her, Xiao Wanyu didn't care at all, "He is no longer a mere scholar now. He is this year's top scholar. Moreover, he has only been in the Hanlin Academy for a short time, but he has already been promoted to the fifth rank Hanlin Academy doctor. He has a bright future."
Xiao Shiyu, "So what? We don't know each other, let alone have any friendship. You still want to climb up to us now?"
"Because we don't have any relationship, we have to create one." Xiao Wanyu saw her elder sister's thoughtful look and leaned forward, "Sister, I don't mind being a concubine. With your background and figure, you can definitely put his country wife under your feet.
Sister, think about it carefully. If you have such a promising brother-in-law, wouldn't it be helpful to the in-laws' guild? Then my brother-in-law will have more say in the family!"
Xiao Shiyu stared at her in disbelief, "You actually planned this?"
"Sister, there is nothing I can do. With my current widowhood, I am a useless chess piece for my Xiao family and my sister. But Gu Wenheng is different. If he has a successful career in the future, he might even be able to help our father."
Seeing her half-sister's smug look, Xiao Shiyu even wanted to refuse directly, but she knew in her heart that she was tempted by this suggestion.
Although her mother-in-law and mother were close friends, her sisters-in-law all came from better families than her. In addition, her husband had been complaining in recent days that her family was not able to help, which made her feel increasingly uneasy.
Now the method Xiao Wanyu mentioned might actually work.
A top scholar with a promising future is really worth her help.
But seeing her concubine's character, she didn't want to agree to it so quickly. "This matter is a bit difficult to handle. We don't have any friendship with Gu Wenheng. Do you want to deliver it to him yourself?"
Xiao Wanyu rolled her eyes at her and said, "Don't think I don't know anything. There are many cases where the superiors grant concubines to their subordinates. This is just a piece of cake for Master Huang."
"…Let me think about it."
"Then you have to hurry up and help me settle the Niu family's affairs here. I don't want to leave any trouble for myself."
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Gu Wenheng sneezed several times in succession. Jin Qianqian glanced at the scorching sun outside and said, "Maybe you were too close to the ice bucket in the Hanlin Academy. You are too old to be greedy for coolness."
Gu Wenheng, "Impossible, I only get half a bucket of ice every day, which I use until noon. Even if I want to cool down, I can't get much."
Jin Qianqian looked at the two buckets of ice in the bedroom, and it seemed to be true. In this weather, even if there was ice in the bedroom, it would only make her slightly more comfortable, not freezing her.
"I guess someone must be saying bad things about me behind my back," Gu Wenheng thought this was normal. Some people even said sour words to his face.
Jin Qianqian then remembered the ice bucket question, "Only half a bucket of ice for one day?"
Gu Wenheng pointed to the small ice bucket in the room and said, "It's about the same size as that one, and you only need one a day."
Jin Qianqian thought that the ice used in the house now was all stored by the housekeeper in a hurry after the winter came. There were few masters in the family and not that many servants, so only a small corner of the ice storage was used now.
"Why don't you bring some from home every day? The weather is getting hotter and hotter now. If you keep going like this, you'll probably get heat stroke."
Gu Wenheng, "We'll see when the time comes! Now everyone else is just making do, I don't want to attract attention at this time."
(End of this chapter)
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