Chapter 626 Gu Junze, you really brought me a huge trouble.
Gu Qingchen's arrogance suddenly dropped, and his lips moved, but he couldn't say a word of rebuttal.
"Your parents didn't give you to me to enjoy life here." Chu Chenyu's voice turned cold. "From now on, I will take care of you."
"Rule one, house arrest. Without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the Chu Mansion gate."
"uncle!"
Gu Qingchen was anxious. What was the difference between this and being in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion?
No, it was even worse than that. At least she could climb up the roof and tear off the tiles at her own home, but at her uncle's house, she didn't dare to do anything.
At this moment, a gentle and soft voice came from behind the screen.
"Husband, you just came back from the government office, why are you so angry with the child?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a gentle woman in a light green skirt walked out. It was Chu Chenyu's wife, Zhao Qinghan.
She first shook her head helplessly at Chu Chenyu, then walked to Gu Qingchen and squatted down.
"Is this Qingchen? Are you tired from the journey? I asked someone to prepare your favorite osmanthus cake for you."
Gu Qingchen looked at the beautiful woman in front of him with a smile on her face. She had a gentle aura similar to that of her mother, which unconsciously dissipated some of the grievances and vigilance in her heart.
She pursed her lips and whispered, "Aunt."
"Hey." Zhao Qinghan responded, reached out to tidy up her messy hair, picked up the bag she threw on the ground, and patted the dust off it.
"Your parents went out without you. Are you sad?"
Gu Qingchen's eyes suddenly turned red. She nodded vigorously, tears welling up in her eyes but stubbornly refused to fall.
Zhao Qinghan took her hand and asked her to sit next to him.
"It's not that they don't want you. Your father and mother entrusted you to us because we are your closest relatives and they trust us to take good care of you."
She took out a handkerchief embroidered with orchids from her sleeve and gently wiped the corners of Gu Qingchen's eyes.
"But if you run away without a word like this, if something really happens, how sad and guilty will they be when you let them come back?"
Gu Qingchen pursed his lips tightly.
Chu Chenyu watched as his wife made the little devil surrender with just a few words, feeling both admiration and helplessness.
He cleared his throat, maintaining his image as a stern uncle: "There's no point in crying. Rules are rules. If you run away from home, you will be punished."
Gu Qingchen sobbed and looked at him with tearful eyes.
"Punish you..." Chu Chenyu thought for a moment, "Punish you to copy 'The Instructions for Women' a hundred times!"
“Copy again!!”
Gu Qingchen's face fell instantly, even uglier than when he was caught just now.
She still vividly remembered being punished by her mother to copy the documents. At that time, she had Gungun to help her. But after entering the Chu Mansion and meeting her uncle, there was no one to help her.
"Husband," Zhao Qinghan gave him a reproachful look, "you're asking a child who spends all her time wielding swords and guns to copy books. Isn't that asking her to die?"
She turned to Gu Qingchen, thought for a moment, and said softly, "How about this, Qingchen? I see you're a smart kid. Instead of punishing you by copying books, why don't you learn how to manage the household from me?"
"Butler?" Gu Qingchen was stunned.
"That's right." Zhao Qinghan explained with a smile, "Everything in the mansion, from the interpersonal relationships to the accounting and expenditure, is a science."
"Your mother also taught you to read the account books. If you learn these things, it will be a useful skill in the future. It's more interesting than copying the "Instructions for Women" a hundred times, right?"
Gu Qingchen blinked. Copying books and being a housekeeper, it seemed... the latter did not sound so boring.
Besides, my aunt is so gentle, it is better to follow her than to deal with my fierce uncle.
She looked at Chu Chenyu hesitantly, then at Zhao Qinghan, and finally, nodded slightly.
Chu Chenyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his wife had resolved the matter so quickly and had found a proper job for this troublemaker.
With a stern face, he said to Gu Qingchen, "Since your aunt pleaded for you, then you can skip the copying. But remember, if you dare to mess around again, you will be punished for both crimes!"
Gu Qingchen sniffed and responded obediently: "I understand, uncle."
A storm of running away from home was resolved by Zhao Qinghan with ease.
Chu Chenyu looked at the small figure of Gu Qingchen as he was led to the backyard by his wife holding her hand. Although he was still a little reluctant, he finally calmed down.
He let out a long breath, feeling that dealing with official business all day was not as tiring as dealing with his niece for half an hour.
Gu Junze, you have really brought me a huge trouble.
The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is a mess.
Zhao Qinghan thought that by finding something for Gu Qingchen to do, he could tie up this energetic little monkey.
But she still underestimated the destructive power of the "female devil" produced by the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Let Gu Qingchen learn how to read the account books.
In less than half an hour, the Chu Mansion's account book for the previous month was completely covered in a bottle of ink, turning it into a complete mess.
Zhao Qinghan covered his heart and comforted himself, saying that the child was still young and it was normal for his hands to be unsteady.
Let her learn to manage personnel.
She, on the other hand, carried a feather duster as a command flag and directed the servants to move the eight-treasure glazed screen in the front hall, which was said to be the only one of its kind in the previous dynasty, from the east end to the west end and then back from the west end to the east end.
The reason was: "My father said that the authority of a general is established by repeatedly tormenting his soldiers!"
As a result, the authority was not established, and the screen shattered into pieces of glass on the ground in a gorgeous turn.
The crisp sound silenced the entire Chu Mansion.
There are many, many more things like this...
In just three days, Chu Chenyu felt that his official residence would soon be razed to the ground and rebuilt from scratch.
He had just returned that day, exhausted. Before he even stepped into the house, he saw the housekeeper crawling out, his face covered in black and gray.
"Sir! This is bad! The young lady...she said in the kitchen that she wanted to improve the food. She poured peppercorns, star anise, and a whole can of salt into the stew pot. Now the whole kitchen is almost unbearable from the smoke!"
Chu Chenyu's eyelids twitched wildly, and he staggered and almost fell.
He walked around the front hall and walked quickly towards the inner courtyard, wanting to discuss countermeasures with his wife, but saw Zhao Qinghan holding the door frame with a pale face.
"What's wrong with you?" His heart tightened, and he no longer cared about the pot of "improved" soup. He hurried forward to support her.
Zhao Qinghan shook his head, but a gentle and helpless smile appeared on his face: "It's okay. The doctor just came to take my pulse."
She paused and said softly, "Husband, you are going to be a father."
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