When Gu Xi first heard this, she hadn't realized who was talking to the old An, but when she heard a clean and pleasant voice, she realized that it was Yu Tang who was talking to the old An.
Although she knew she shouldn't, she couldn't help but prick her ears to listen.
"Old An, please don't say that, you're going to ruin me." Yu Tang said embarrassingly, "You don't get rewarded for nothing. I was just wondering for a while, but I didn't expect to cause trouble for the third master. I, I really am So ashamed."
She spoke the truth.
Maybe because she sent Shuangtao to ask Ah Ming about the cloak, Ah Ming reported to Pei Yan, and Pei Yan simply told the matter to the old An and asked the old An to explain it to him.
This is where the previous conversation started.
Pei Yan is magnanimous, but it seems that she is very close.
She was a little ashamed to see Pei Yan again.
Lao An also felt that Yu Tang was making a fuss out of a molehill. However, Yu Tang is a little girl who lives in someone else's house, so she should be more cautious.
She said: "It's good that you don't take it to heart. I have already taught him a lesson, just let him tell me if he has anything to do in the future. I have nothing to do now. If he asks me to help with something, I just pass the time. I can't ask for it!"
Lao An used to be a clan's wife. Family affairs ranged from weddings and funerals to small quarrels between sisters-in-law. She was always busy with her work, and her three sons were all brought up by wet nurses. , Now that she is suddenly idle, she is really not used to it.
Only Pei Yan, knowing that she was lonely, let the little girls in the family often come to play with her.
It's a pity that the girls are too young to accompany them to talk, so Yu Tang was recruited into the mansion again.
Yu Tang didn't know these reasons, but when the old An was comforting her, she felt even more embarrassed, thinking about how to say a few words of apology, but suddenly Aunt Ji's voice came from outside: "Miss Gu, you are here! "
Gu Xizheng was listening attentively, when he was suddenly questioned, he panicked, with a look of helplessness on his face, he hurriedly said: "I just arrived. For some reason, I didn't see half of the servants along the way, and I was wondering I wanted to see what was going on, and my aunt came in." As she spoke, her heart gradually settled down, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She asked back, "When did aunt come here? I thought Nobody!"
Pei Yan just left.
Before that, Lao An sent off all the servants around him.
Aunt Ji just thought it was a coincidence that Gu Xi came here, she didn't think much about it, she smiled and said, "I also saw Miss Gu here from a distance." Then she said, "Are you here to greet the old An, right? Wait In a moment, I will report to you."
The old man had already heard the conversation outside, and he was not pretentious. He said loudly: "Is it Miss Gu?! Please come in and sit down."
Gu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "How dare you just call me as you please." She walked in with a smile on her face.
Yu Tang got up to greet her, and the two sat down beside the old An.
Gu Xi said to Yu Tang coquettishly: "Why didn't you call me when you came here? It made me wait for you in the room for a long time."
Yu Tang has rich experience in dealing with Gu Xi. She smiled and said: "Then I will remember to ask you to come with me next time."
Didn't say much about it.
Gu Xi felt as if he had punched the cotton with a punch, and couldn't help feeling awe-inspiring, and began to look at Yu Tang squarely.
Yu Tang was so familiar with her expressions and little movements, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly when he saw this.
She and Gu Xi really have no fate!
In the previous life, she was a sister-in-law, and Li Duan was not in the right mind, so there is no way. She has been separated so far in this life, and she tries to avoid Gu Xi as much as possible, so why is she still being followed by Gu Xi
Yu Tang felt a little unhappy.
In the previous life, Gu Xi wanted to keep her husband's heart. She could understand that in this life, she and Gu Xi didn't have the hatred of seizing her husband and killing her father. Can Gu Xi do this
Yu Tang sneered in his heart, and was no longer willing to bear and avoid.
She lowered her head and drank her tea, thinking that if Gu Xi still dared to provoke her, she would not mind teaching Gu Xi a lesson.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the ladies and second wives of Pei's mansion to come to say hello. For a while, the hall was very lively with laughter and laughter, and the little thoughts of Yu Tang and Gu Xi disappeared.
But when Yu Tang returned to the house, Shuang Tao couldn't help asking her in a low voice: "Are we really going to meet Lao An with Miss Gu later?"
Fourth Miss still didn't give up, she still clamored to go to barbecue today. The old man agreed, and everyone made an appointment in the afternoon to go to the century-old locust tree in the back garden to have a barbecue. So everyone had lunch at Lao An's place, and then went back to their room for a lunch break.
Yu Tang smiled casually: "But if you say that, do you still take it seriously?"
Shuangtao was dumbfounded.
Yu Tang smiled and pulled the thin quilt to his chest, closed his eyes, and said, "Sleep!"
Shuangtao had no choice but to back away embarrassingly.
Yu Tang was thinking about the Second Miss.
Gu Xi is obviously trying to win over the Second Miss. I don't know if there is anything about the Second Miss that Gu Xi can plot against
She has been going around the second lady this morning.
As for Pei Yan, I would have misunderstood him... Yu Tang's face was burning hot.
What a shame!
Are you just pretending nothing happened? Or should I apologize to Pei Yan
Yu Tang was thinking in a daze, not knowing when he fell asleep.
When she woke up, she found that the sun was already in the west.
How could this be? !
Yu Tang was startled and shouted "Shuangtao" repeatedly.
Shuang Tao trotted in and said, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Yu Tang grimaced, and said, "What time is it?"
Shuangtao grinned and said, "Miss, you don't know something. When you were asleep, Mrs. Ji from the old An's room came over specially, and said that the old An was busy in the afternoon, so that the ladies didn't have to go over to say hello. Yes. I see that you are in a deep sleep, so I didn’t wake you up. I thought about it later if the ladies from the Pei Mansion went to barbecue. I never thought that the ladies from the Pei Mansion didn’t come over this afternoon. I’m afraid it might be The ladies forgot to call you, and specially invited Liu Xu to ask, but the ladies were all detained at home by the second wife to practice calligraphy in the afternoon, and they didn't go to the barbecue at all."
Yu Tang asked in surprise, "How could this be?"
Shuangtao looked around and saw that there was no one else nearby, so she went up to Yu Tang's ear and said, "I heard that someone came from Beijing. The old house we went to first, the third master is not here, so the second master will accompany you." I went up the mountain. Afraid of bumping into the distinguished guests, all the female relatives in the inner courtyard were detained and not allowed to go out."
Yu Tang was terrified.
What kind of person came to the door, so that the female family members of Pei's family could avoid it
She thought for a while and asked Shuangtao, "What is Miss Gu doing this afternoon?"
Gu Xi has always been better informed than her. From her whereabouts, it is the easiest way she can think of to deduce whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for someone from Beijing.
Shuangtao said: "I'm embroidering in the room with Second Miss!"
"Have you been embroidering all the time?" Yu Tang was a little surprised.
Shuangtao nodded, and said: "Hexiang used to walk around, but she didn't go out this afternoon."
In other words, the status of a guest is really honorable. At least it can deter Gu Xi.
Who has such majesty
Yu Tang guessed for a long time but didn't have a clue, so he simply put the matter aside, thinking of finding an opportunity to ask Lao An directly.
Everyone also ate dinner in their respective residences.
Early the next morning, the news broke.
The person who came was Zhang Shao, the eldest son of Zhang Ying, the master of Pei Yan.
A few days ago, he was appointed governor of Jiangxi, and this time he made a detour to visit Pei Yan on his way to Jiangxi to take office.
But it shouldn't make all the female relatives in the family avoid it
Yu Tang felt that Zhang Shao's reason for coming was not simple.
She asked Aunt Ji who came to give her hairpin flowers: "Are you afraid that we will offend Mr. Zhang?"
"No!" Mrs. Ji laughed, "The Zhang family and our family are good friends. Mr. Zhang came over and talked to Lao An for a long time. The dinner was also kept in Lao An's house, so it's not good. Invited a few ladies over."
Really? !
The relationship between the Zhang family and the Pei family is really very good.
Just a teacher-student relationship cannot explain this kind of intimacy!
Yu Tang suppressed his doubts in his heart, picked out a yellow camellia flower that was just about to bloom, and said with a smile, "Is there a greenhouse in the other courtyard?"
Mrs. Ji smiled and said: "There is a greenhouse, right next to Meilin. If Miss wants to go, you can let me know in advance. The eldest wife grows a few orchids there, and the eldest wife often goes to the greenhouse to plant flowers and plants."
Yu Tang accepted with a smile, rewarded Aunt Ji with a red envelope, and personally sent Aunt Ji out.
Shuang Tao was puzzled and said, "Why do you want to reward Mrs. Ji? Mrs. Ji usually takes good care of us."
During this period of time, besides learning the rules from Liu Xu, she was also observing how Aunt Ji and Aunt Chen treated people.
Yu Tang thought it was a good thing, and encouraged her very much, and she would ask straightforwardly if she was puzzled.
She taught her softly: "Have you heard anything from Mrs. Ji's mouth?"
Shuangtao thought for a while, then shook her head.
Yu Tang said: "She is telling me, don't just go to the greenhouse."
Shuangtao let out an "ah".
They have lived in the other hospital for several days, and have never seen the eldest wife except that day.
It can be seen that the relationship between the eldest wife and the old An is not very good as it was rumored outside. Since she entered the mansion because of Lao An, it's better not to deal with the eldest wife.
Shuangtao came to her senses.
Yu Tang can get news, and Gu Xi can also get news. Unlike Yu Tang's calmness and composure, Gu Xi was flustered and hesitant.
The Pei family and the Zhang family are actually good friends.
No wonder her elder brother wanted to marry her to Pei Yan.
Needless to say Zhang Shao's father, Zhang Ying, his great-uncle was once the emperor's tutor, and his grandfather once served as a scholar of the Martial Yingdian University, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and a capable official of celebrities and history. There is also a younger brother who is currently serving as Shaoqing in Dali Temple, and a cousin who is serving as the head of the Ministry of Officials. It can be said that the Zhang family is one of the most prominent official families in this dynasty.
It made her emotional.
But she has been here for such a long time, Lao An seems to be easy to talk to, but she has not accomplished a single thing she wanted to do.
The most appropriate way is not to participate in the internal strife of the Pei family.
It's just that she's running out of time.
Chinese New Year is coming soon.
She can't really stay at Pei's house for the new year, can she
The eldest wife often goes to the greenhouse, and the eldest wife is at odds with Lao An. Should she take advantage of this
Gu Xi paced back and forth in the room.