Nanny Xu met Madam Gu's frightened eyes in confusion.
"That's enough!" Madam Gu was in a state of confusion, with a mixture of anxiety, panic, fear, and other emotions. She angrily scolded, "You also have parents and children to take care of, why don't you know how to do some good for the old and young in your family! You always shout for war and killing, your temper is too strong!"
"You have so much sin on your shoulders, why don't you become a nun and go to the nunnery to pray for the family!"
"Please forgive me, Madam..." Madam Xu was dumbfounded, not knowing what she had said wrong.
Her legs went weak and she fell to her knees, her knees dirty with cat hair and ashes on the ground, but she didn't care anymore.
Madam Xu kowtowed to Madam Gu repeatedly. The smooth ground caused her forehead to swell up quickly. However, Madam Gu was as hard as stone and remained unmoved. She raised her voice and shouted, "Someone come."
Madam Li and the head maid Bai Lu came over upon hearing the noise, and she gave a firm order: "Madam Xu, for offending the master as a slave, you should be punished with twenty strokes of the cane as a warning to others."
"Once she has accepted the punishment, she will be sent to Mei'an to reflect on herself!"
Nanny Li and Bai Lu were both shocked when they heard this. Nanny Xu was so frightened that she lost her mind and continued to kowtow: "Madam, I know I was wrong."
Her face was as pale as paper, and her body was shaking like a sieve, and she was terrified.
The people in this mansion have always been bullying the weak. When she was highly valued by the Dowager, her family also benefited from it. Her eldest son and second son both worked in the mansion, and her three grandsons over ten years old worked as servants for the young masters.
Now that she is disliked by the Lady Dowager, her descendants will probably be stepped on by others and will never be able to make a name for themselves.
Madam Gu had a stern face and was unmoved.
Everyone in Cihetang knew the Madam's temper very well. Nanny Li called two strong and sturdy maids and said politely to Nanny Xu, "Sister Xu, I'm sorry."
The two old women were terrified. No one had expected that Aunt Xu, who had always been trusted by the lady, would suddenly be disliked. They hurriedly dragged Aunt Xu up from the ground, one on the left and one on the right, and dragged her out roughly.
"Madam, um..."
Aunt Xu was still shouting desperately, but someone stuffed a handkerchief into her mouth, and only a few murmurs could be heard.
Soon, Cihe Hall became quiet, with only the door curtain in front swaying in the air.
Two more maids came in and cleaned up the broken porcelain pieces and tea on the floor as quickly as possible.
"Send someone to the White Horse Temple to tell them that I will go there to burn incense tomorrow morning..." Madam Gu gave the order, her heart still beating fast, echoing in her ears like a drum.
Unexpectedly, Bai Lu showed a bit of hesitation on her face, and asked carefully: "Madam, the eldest and third girls are going to Prince Jing's mansion to play polo tomorrow morning. The third girl just sent someone to tell her that she wants to borrow your carriage..."
The Marquis's Mansion naturally had plenty of carriages, but the carriages of the Dowager Lady and the Marquis's wife were the best. They were both luxurious and spacious, and were also decent enough for visiting the Prince's Mansion. Gu Yun'er was raised by the Dowager Lady, so of course she asked the Dowager Lady to borrow her carriage.
Playing polo?! Madam Gu's pupils dilated, and she subconsciously raised her hand to cover her forehead. The place where she was hit by the polo ball in her dream began to hurt again, as if she had been hit hard by a stick.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that there was something sinister about all this.
She wanted Gu Yunyan not to go to Prince Jing's Mansion, but she couldn't say the words.
She had heard some news these days that even the Queen Mother would visit Prince Jing's Mansion tomorrow!
The eldest prince has just returned to the capital, and the empress dowager, who has lived in the deep palace for a long time, chooses to leave the palace at this time. Perhaps she wants to take the opportunity to see the noble ladies in the capital so as to arrange a good marriage for Prince Kang.
Now is a critical moment, we cannot be careless in any case, Gu Yunmeng must go.
Madam Gu wanted to take the Buddhist beads on the coffee table, but found that her hands were shaking slightly. Her disordered mind could not calm down, and her heart felt like there was a hole in it.
Even she herself didn't know whether she was more panicked or more afraid.
Sister Meng is a pearl, but pearls are afraid of being covered in dust... No, she has to find someone to ward off evil for Sister Meng, just in case.
When this thought came to mind, a name emerged in Mrs. Gu's mind: Gu Yanfei.
No matter whether it was the marriage between the Gu and Fang families or the real and fake daughter, it was Gu Yanfei who warded off disaster for Meng Jie'er.
Thinking of this, Madam Gu's eyes lit up and her mood finally calmed down a little.
Yes! Gu Yanfei was born to protect her little sister from disasters!
The kitten on the treetop outside the window scratched its ears with its claws and jumped down.
On the way back, it changed a route and played all the way, with its tail raised high in joy, almost reaching the sky.
“Meow…”
“Meow meow meow…”
The first thing the talkative cat did after entering the window was to show off to Gu Yanfei, swinging its long furry tail back and forth repeatedly.
It meowed excitedly, but Gu Yanfei looked indifferent and uttered three words: "I don't understand!"
Qingguang: “…”
It fell sideways and landed straight on the ginkgo wood chessboard in the corner of the desk.
Gu Yanfei couldn't help laughing and reached out to touch its silky fur.
In the Yaoling Realm, although Qingguang has not cultivated into a human form, as a master, she can communicate with the spirit beasts that have made a contract with her through spiritual consciousness and exchange simple words with each other.
But now Qingguang has turned into a kitten, without spiritual power and consciousness.
Gu Yanfei didn't understand cat language, but she didn't care. After all, she knew that Qingguang had completed the task, so she smiled and said, "I'll reward you with crispy dried fish tonight."
The kitten was not very satisfied, so he stretched out a paw to move the black pieces in the chess box next to him, making a "crunching" sound.
"Miss, Xia Lian from the Third Miss wants to see you," Juanbi walked in through the curtain and reported, "She said she is delivering a message for the Third Miss."
Juanbi wrinkled her nose, not hiding her dislike for Xia Lian.
Done! Gu Yanfei made a gesture, and Juanbi understood. After a while, she came in again with a pretty maid in a blue jacket.
Xia Lian followed Juanbi like a shadow, looking around the room unnoticeably and pouting slightly.
"Second Miss, our lady asked me to pass on a message to you. She wants you to go to Prince Jing's mansion to play polo tomorrow." Xia Lian knelt down and saluted, her eyes finally falling on the kitten on the chessboard.
This chessboard is made of top-quality Torreya grandis wood, and the chess pieces are top-quality cloud pieces. The white pieces are as white as jade, and the black pieces are jet black and translucent. The chessboard and pieces are all well maintained.
Xia Lian recognized it at a glance. This chessboard and chess pieces belonged to the eldest young master. It was said that it was passed down to the previous marquis by the old marquis, and later the previous marquis gave it to the eldest young master. He didn't even give it to his own daughter when she wanted it. Unexpectedly, it was given to the second young lady now.
The eldest young master really favors the second young lady! Thinking of this, Xia Lian felt aggrieved for Gu Yunyan, and even more indignant: her own young lady couldn't be better, and she had nothing to say about the eldest young master, the eldest brother. The deep brother-sister love of more than ten years could not resist the so-called blood relationship. The eldest young master was too cruel!
(End of this chapter)
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