She frowned deeply, and the frown agitated the wound on the back of her head, causing a dull pain, and her mind was in a mess.
It's a tangled mess that can't be sorted out.
Gu Yanfei stretched out his hand and gently pressed twice on the acupuncture points on Madam Pang's palm, then changed the subject: "Why did Madam leave the Marquis' Mansion back then?"
Her voice is clear, with a soothing rhythm, which makes people feel like a spring breeze on their faces or a clear spring flowing through their hearts.
Aunt Pang calmed down a little and sighed, "This happened eleven years ago."
Gu Yanfei looked at her quietly, his long eyelashes trembling slightly.
In the previous life, Gu Yanfei also inquired in the Marquis' Mansion, and the servants only said vaguely that Madam Pang seemed to have committed some mistake and was kicked out of the Marquis' Mansion.
And today, people in Zhuangzi said that this matter seemed to be related to Gu Yunmeng.
Speaking of this, Aunt Pang was a little embarrassed and continued, "That year, Gu Yunyan was only three years old. One day, she was playing in the garden with Su Niang and happened to meet the old slave. Su Niang said she had to go to the bathroom, so she asked the old slave to take care of Gu Yunyan."
"I played with Gu Yunmeng for a while, but the railings by the lake became rotten, and Gu Yunmeng accidentally fell into the water. Although I rescued her in time, she still choked on the water."
"When the Madam found out about this, she flew into a rage and blamed me for not taking good care of Gu Yunyan. She even sold me off..."
"The eldest young master was still young at that time, and the lady didn't listen to him at all. But later, the eldest young master asked a family friend to buy the old slave back and let the old slave return to Qingzhou."
Nanny Pang frowned even more tightly, revealing several deep wrinkles between her brows.
I was both scared and puzzled, and I said to myself, "Could it be that the Madam knows that I'm back, and she's still upset about what happened back then?"
"Madam Tai has always liked Gu Yunyan the most..."
Thinking of this, Aunt Pang's expression changed again. She grabbed Gu Yanfei's hand and asked hurriedly, "Did the Madam treat the young lady badly?"
"Has the Madam ever helped Gu Yunyan bully the girl?"
Aunt Pang's pale and haggard face was full of worry and concern, and she stared at Gu Yanfei without blinking.
It seemed that as long as Gu Yanfei said "yes", he would immediately go through fire and water for her.
Gu Yanfei curled his lips and smiled, his brows softening.
Originally, she only had some superficial and vague impressions of Aunt Pang. She heard people say that she was loyal to her mother and that she had taken care of her brother for several years... At this moment, Gu Yanfei truly felt the other party's sincerity.
Aunt Pang had just escaped death today, but she is still thinking about them.
Aunt Pang is truly thinking about herself and her elder brother, and she truly cares about them.
It is no wonder that after so many years, the eldest brother would think of writing a letter to Aunt Pang to ask her to come back. This shows the eldest brother's trust in her.
A warm current flowed through Gu Yanfei's heart. He smiled lightly and said meaningfully, "Madam... I dare not."
There is three parts of casualness, three parts of cunning, three parts of self-confidence, and one part of unruliness in her brows.
The light from the oil lamp softly outlined the girl's beautiful figure. Snowflakes fell sporadically on her black hair, shining like fireflies in the light, making the girl look pure and elegant.
Aunt Pang's eyes were slightly sore, and the image of the fairy-like couple that everyone else envied appeared before her.
Their young master looks like the lady, but has a temperament more like the late marquis. It is obvious that a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son can dig holes.
Now that the truth about the true and false daughter's life stories has been revealed, Gu Yunyan still has the audacity to stay in the Marquis' Mansion. It shows that like mother, like daughter. They are all black-hearted people!
Nanny Pang sighed deeply, still feeling uneasy, thinking that since the young lady had just arrived, she might not know how favored Gu Yunyan was in the Marquis' Mansion.
She said worriedly, "Miss, you don't know that the Madam regards Gu Yunyan as a lucky star!"
"Gu Yun'er has had strangely good luck since he was a child. He could pick up banknotes while walking on the street, meet a noble person when he accidentally fell, and buy a teapot from a maid on the street, which turned out to be an antique hundreds of years old..."
"Ever since Gu Yunyan came, even Madam Tai's luck has improved."
"I remember that when Gu Yunyan was one year old, the Madam took her back to her parents' home to visit her parents. When she came back, it was the Third Uncle who personally escorted her back to the mansion."
"Since then, the Madam has treated Gu Yunyan even better. She treated her like her precious baby and always said that she would bring good luck to the Gu family."
"The Madam even beat the Young Master because of Gu Yunyan!"
In the past, Madam Pang was just heartbroken for the eldest young master, and she didn't blame Gu Yunmeng. She only complained that Madam Gu was so cruel.
But now it’s different. Gu Yunyan is no longer the lady’s daughter, but just a house-born child.
The more Madam Pang thought about it, the angrier she became. The more she spoke, the more distressed she felt: "The eldest young master was only six years old, but he was punished with twenty strokes of the family law. His back was beaten so hard that the skin was torn and the lady later ordered him to kneel in the ancestral hall for several days. He stayed in bed for half a month because of this."
"The eldest young master is the only son of the late Marquis and his wife, but in the heart of the old lady, the eldest young master is probably not as good as Gu Yunyan!"
At this moment, she almost forgot that she had just escaped death. She was only thinking about the young master. She gritted her teeth and said angrily: "...I don't know if the former marquis is the biological son of the lady."
After she said this, even she herself was stunned, dumbfounded.
The house was silent for a moment, making the howling of the wind outside seem even more violent.
The wind and snow were blowing wildly, and the courtyard outside was completely covered with white snow, a vast expanse of silver-white.
With a creaky sound, a branch in the courtyard was broken by the heavy snow, making a rough and harsh sound.
Gu Yanfei sighed silently, with a faint smile on her face, thinking self-deprecatingly: It turns out that she is not the only one who has thought so! She couldn't figure it out since her last life.
Even if Madam Gu prefers Gu Yunyan, who she raised herself, and despises herself, what about her elder brother Gu Yuan? ! Gu Yuan grew up under Madam Gu's lap, and is her grandson, blood related, why can she be so heartless to Gu Yuan! Why would Madam Gu give up Gu Yuan for Gu Yunyan? ! Even in this life, just to help Gu Yunyan marry into the Prince Kang's Mansion, she "forced" her elder brother to give up the position of the Thousand Household of the Shenjiying to Murong Yong, and she was willing to ruin her elder brother's future.
"Madam, don't you think my father was not born by the lady-in-waiting?" Gu Yanfei looked at Madam Pang steadily with a deep gaze.
Aunt Pang just blurted out what she said in indignation, but now her expression became embarrassed, and she said shyly: "Miss, I shouldn't talk nonsense."
"The Madam has always been very kind to the late Marquis and his wife."
"When the former Marquis wanted to marry a lady, it was the Madam who persuaded the old Marquis to agree."
After hearing what Nanny Pang said, Gu Yanfei also remembered that he seemed to have heard his eldest brother say it in his previous life.
It is said that the parents did not marry each other blindly, but were in love with each other.
It is said that my father joined the army at the age of thirteen under an assumed name, and was appointed deputy commander of Yuzhou Guard at the age of sixteen. It was also in that year that he met my mother.
It is said that at that time the Xie family's boat encountered bandits on the river, and most of the servants and guards were killed. The fifteen-year-old mother jumped into the water to escape, and was pulled out of the water by my father.
The Xie family was a merchant family. Originally, the Xie and Gu families were not of equal status. Later, my father used his military achievements to ask the late emperor for a marriage, which allowed my mother to marry in glory and was the envy of all the women in the world.
Thinking of the longing look in his elder brother's eyes when he talked about his parents, Gu Yanfei's lips curled up.
Aunt Pang continued, "...After Madam married, Madam Tai treated Madam very well and never let Madam set the rules."
"Fifteen years ago, the former Marquis replaced the old Marquis who had an old illness and went to Yangzhou to serve as the general. The Madam also asked the Madam to go with him, saying that they had a good relationship as a young couple and could not be separated for several years."
"The former Marquis and his wife were deeply in love, and their relationship was always good. They never got angry with each other."
"If it hadn't been for the accident fourteen years ago, the late Lord and his wife would have been a perfect couple, I don't know how happy they would have been..."
Nanny Pang's eyes began to turn red again, as they had already been swollen and red from crying.
Gu Yanfei signaled Juanbi to hand another clean handkerchief to Aunt Pang.
Madam Pang wiped her tears again, and finally calmed down after a while. As if trying to convince herself, she said incoherently, "Miss, it is clearly written in the Gu family's genealogy that the late Marquis is the eldest son of the old Marquis and the Dowager Lady, and the Dowager Lady is the old Marquis's first wife."
"Even when the eldest young master got smallpox, the lady took care of him personally without taking off her clothes."
"How could it not be!"
Yes, smallpox can kill people. If it weren't for the grandmother, how could the lady take such a risk to take care of the young master! "This old servant must have been insane for a while, so he said something like that..."
Smallpox?! When Gu Yanfei heard these two words, his pupils shrank sharply, and he suddenly interrupted Aunt Pang and said, "Brother, did you have smallpox? When did it happen?"
Madam Pang's complicated gaze fell on Gu Yanfei's face, which was four or five points similar to Xie's. She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Fourteen years ago."
"Fourteen years ago, the old marquis suddenly fell ill and passed away. It happened that the Nanyue army was gathering on the other side of the river. The war was urgent, so the late emperor issued an order to take away the former marquis's love and let him stay in Yangzhou without returning to the capital."
"At that time, the eldest young master had smallpox and was dying. He wanted to see his parents, so the lady sent a pigeon to Yangzhou."
"I waited and waited in the capital, but my wife never came. Three months later, Su Niang came to the capital with Gu Yunyan in her arms, and brought the bad news that my wife had a difficult birth."
As she spoke, Aunt Pang's voice became even hoarser.
The lady was only 20 years old when she passed away, so young and in the prime of her life. Who would have thought...
For a moment, the atmosphere was heavy and depressing, and the air was stagnant.
This is impossible!
These four words appeared clearly in Gu Yanfei's mind, and his eyes gradually turned cold.
(End of this chapter)
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