Gu Jiu came to the study in the outer courtyard.
"My daughter greets her father. My daughter is very happy when her father returns safely."
"Sit down and talk."
Gu Jiu bowed to accept the order, and sat on the chair.
Master Gu gave Gu Jiu a lot, and asked, "Have you taken any medicine recently? How is your health? Are you still used to the climate in the capital?"
Gu Jiu bowed and said, "Thank you father for your concern. My daughter is still taking medicine, and her health has improved a lot. The capital is not cold in the northwest, and my daughter can adapt to the weather here."
"That's good. Just say what's missing, don't hold it in your heart. You used to be in poor health because you thought too much."
Gu Jiu bowed, "Daughter remembers father's teachings."
Master Gu hummed, "Father heard that you went to pay respects to the old man a few days ago?"
Gu Jiu was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect that this matter had already reached Master Gu's ears.
She nodded calmly, "Yes, my daughter greeted the old man a few days ago."
Master Gu stared at Gu Jiu, as if he wanted to see what she was thinking from Gu Jiu's expression.
"How did you think of saying hello to the old man?"
Gu Jiu pursed her lips and said, "There's no particular reason, it's just that I suddenly thought of saying hello to the old man. It's almost Chinese New Year, and as a junior, my daughter should do this."
Master Gu nodded, "Yes, it's almost Chinese New Year. I heard that you chatted with the old man for half an hour. What did you talk about? Can you talk to Father Wei?"
Gu Jiu pondered what Master Gu meant.
Did Mr. Gu simply ask, or did he guess something
Gu Jiu said: "The old man was drunk and not sober, and he didn't recognize his daughter at first. Later, I asked the servant girl to make tea and persuaded the old man to drink it, and the old man woke up.
Although the daughter stayed in the room for half an hour, the time to really talk was very limited. Most of the time, the old man is drunk. "
"Really? After you left, the old man ran out of the mansion. Does this have anything to do with you?"
Gu Jiu shook her head, and looked at Master Gu innocently: "My daughter is also confused, she doesn't understand why the old man ran out when it's so cold outside in winter."
Master Gu stared at Gu Jiu with sharp eyes, "You really don't know?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "My daughter really doesn't know."
Master Gu frowned.
Master Ma stepped forward and said, "Second Miss, Your Excellency went to the Hou's Mansion early this morning to pay his respects. According to Old Hou Ye, it was not due to the Hou's Mansion that Your Excellency was released from prison safely.
This matter is not only confused by adults, I also have many questions. Who helped the master get out of prison safely, and why did he refuse to leave his name for his good deeds? What is the second girl's opinion on this matter? "
Gu Jiu looked bewildered, "I always thought it was the Hou's mansion who rescued my father. Isn't it?"
"It is indeed not the work of the Marquis. My lord and I made a bold guess. The person who helped you was either from the palace, or from those officials who could talk to His Majesty. The latter category has been rejected. Only The first possibility remains. Second Miss, try to guess, who in the palace is most likely to take the initiative to help the Lord?"
Gu Jiu shook his head, "I can't guess. Could it be the Empress?"
Master Ma shook his head and said with certainty: "It's not the empress."
Gu Jiu tried to guess, "Could it be the people around His Majesty, their words should be more effective than ordinary officials. Especially the father's case, if it is serious, it is very serious, if it is not serious, it is actually a trumped-up charge."
Master Ma stared at Gu Jiu, "Oh, I didn't expect that the second girl and I would go together. However, my lord did not form such a good relationship in the palace. This matter is really puzzling."
Gu Jiu lowered her head, pretending to be thinking hard.
She sneaked out of the mansion, met with Liu Zhao, and persuaded Mr. Gu to hand over his things so that Liu Zhao could fulfill his promise to release Mr. Gu. Gu Jiu didn't intend to say anything about this series of things.
Gu Jiu still hasn't figured out Master Gu's attitude towards her.
She saved Mr. Gu because of her own interests and the interests of the overall situation.
Only when Mr. Gu is healthy can the whole family be healthy.
Mrs. Gu is in trouble. As the daughter of the Gu family, she will definitely not end well.
As for Mr. Gu's attitude towards her, is it more of a father-daughter relationship, or is it because he sees her usefulness that dominates? Maybe both.
No matter what the reason is, Gu Jiu doesn't mind.
Being useful is itself an affirmation of one's own ability.
It is sad if a person has no use value at all.
The reason why Gu Jiu refused to tell the truth was also because she was not sure how much Master Gu would use her after knowing the truth. Will he use her frantically
She was also worried that after Mr. Gu knew the truth, he would do impulsive things and destroy the current situation.
One can imagine that Mr. Gu must have a bad impression of Liu Zhao.
Knowing that Liu Zhao saved him, the devil knows what action Mr. Gu will take next.
For things that are out of control, Gu Jiu prefers to slow down a bit.
The truth is not important, what is important is that Mr. Gu returns safely and the official is restored to his original post. Everyone in the Gu family smiled happily.
As children, they can continue to enjoy their father's cuteness and live in peace.
Gu Jiu said: "I can't understand things that Master Ma can't understand."
Master Gu said in a deep voice: "Filial piety is a good thing. However, you are a girl's family, and the old man's life is absurd. In the future, without elders to guide you, you should not go to see the old man, so as not to encounter embarrassing situations."
Gu Jiu bowed and said yes, "Daughter listens to her father, and she must be cautious in her words and deeds in the future, and dare not act recklessly."
"After you go back, make good preparations. On the morning of the first day of the new year, follow your wife into the palace to congratulate you."
"Daughter obeys."
Gu Jiu got up, bid farewell to Master Gu, and left the study in the outer courtyard.
Master Gu asked Master Ma, "How is it?"
Master Ma hesitated for a moment, and said carefully: "The lower official thinks that the second girl is not telling the truth."
Master Gu frowned, "Why do you say that?"
Master Ma said: "In my impression, the second girl is a person with strong opinions and ideas. However, today, the second girl has been following the words of the adults, and has never offered any opinions from the beginning to the end."
"how so?"
Mr. Ma said: "Your Majesty has a bold guess. Let me just listen to it. Maybe the second girl knows the reason why the lord was released from prison safely, and also knows who is behind it. But due to some reasons, the second girl can't say it."
Mrs. Gu smiled at first, and then his expression became extremely serious, "Your guess is really too bold. Xiao Jiu is just a little girl who has not yet reached the level of Ji. How can she do things that even the Hou Mansion can't do? ? She is a boudoir girl, how can she know people in the palace?"
Master Ma also thought his guess was absurd, "Your Excellency said it. This matter should have nothing to do with the second girl. But the official is still very curious, why the second girl wants to see the old man."
Master Gu frowned, "I'll go ask the old man later and hear what the old man has to say."
…
When Mr. Gu saw Mr. Gu, how could he be polite. Jumping up, pointing at Mr. Gu's nose and yelling, calling him an unfilial son.
"Because of you, the whole house is going up and down. What kind of official are you, go home and eat as soon as possible. Shame, shame, shame. Why did the old man give birth to you, an idiot."
Master Gu's face was dark.
The butler Gu Quan quickly hid, not daring to listen any longer. Afraid of being 'killed to silence' by Mr. Gu.
Master Gu clenched his fists, and managed to control the anger in his heart.
"Father, Xiao Jiu came to greet you that day, did you say anything?"
"What? Who are you talking about? Who is Xiao Jiu?"
Mr. Gu spit while talking, and all the saliva sprayed on Master Gu's face.
Master Gu closed his eyes, wiped his face, and then said as calmly as possible: "I said that the second girl came to greet you two days ago, what did you say?"
Mr. Gu smashed his wine glass, "It's a little shit, you come to ask me, what do you do when you have nothing to do? How does this old man know what she said? Little girl, every time you scare her, she starts crying. Hmph, don't let me When the old man sees your children, one and two are debt collectors, and none of them will come to trouble."
Mrs. Gu frowned, "The second girl came to greet you, anyway, it is a kind of filial piety. The old man can't say a few nice words."
"Why, you are dissatisfied! This is the old man's home. The old man can do whatever he wants and scold whoever he wants. The old man even scolds you, but you can't scold your daughter? Are you a fool? The old man gave birth to you so You're an idiot, I don't know what evil I did in my previous life. Get the hell out of here, get the hell out of this old man. When this old man sees you, he'll be very angry."
Mr. Gu was so angry that his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were hurting. It was a great misfortune in life to have such a father.
"Aren't you going? The old man beat you to death."
Mr. Gu picked up the teapot and threw it at Master Gu's head.
Of course Mr. Gu would not stand still and be smashed obediently, he jumped away to avoid the teapot.
Immediately afterwards, Mr. Gu picked up his wine glass and threw it at Mr. Gu.
Mr. Gu lost his temper after being beaten, and was kicked out of the room abruptly.
Mr. Gu's fist clenched and then loosened, loosened and clenched again.
Hearing Mr. Gu's scolding, Mr. Gu had a gloomy face, "Father, don't scold, my son will leave now."
Mr. Gu was furious, shook his sleeves and left.
Snapped!
Mr. Gu closed the door directly, and did not forget to curse, "Idiots, idiots! The whole family is idiots."
Master Gu gritted his teeth and restrained himself.
Sometimes he really wants to be an unfilial son.
That way it won't be so painful.
Old man Gu had had enough of scolding and slumped on the chair.
Wiping the sweat off his forehead, he was exhausted.
Mrs. Fang pushed the door open and came in, "Master, this servant is here to clean up the house."
Mr. Gu kicked over the stool beside him, "Clean it up, and bring me two bottles of wine. I also ordered the kitchen to make two appetizers. I'm going to get very drunk today."
Mrs. Fang was very straightforward, she stretched out her hand, and the meaning was self-explanatory.
To drink, to eat appetizers, to bring money.
These are additional expenses, and the company does not bear this part of the expenses.
Mr. Gu blew his beard and stared, "Bitch maids, all of you are open to money."
Mrs. Fang was not afraid of Mr. Gu, she raised her head and said, "This is the rule of the mansion, Mr. Fang, you should give the money as soon as possible."
snort!
Mr. Gu took a tael of silver and threw it to Mrs. Fang, "Hurry up. If I'm hungry, I'll beat you to death."
Mrs. Fang picked up the silver, curled her lips, twisted her waist and went out.
…
The Gu family has no secrets.
Soon everyone knew that Mr. Gu went to pay his respects to Mr. Gu, but was beaten by Mr. Gu.
The servants secretly discussed and watched Mr. Gu's jokes.
When the eldest wife Zhang heard about this, she frowned and said, "Second Master knows that the old man's actions are ridiculous, so it's not fun to go find him."
The servant girl Shao Yao said: "Second Master finally got out of prison, so he should pay his respects to him."
"The old man is disrespectful, who will pay it back? Didn't it hurt the whole family. Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about it."
Mrs. Xie frowned when she learned that Mr. Gu was kicked out by Mr. Gu.
She was very angry and accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction with Mr. Gu.
She complained: "Master, it's true, the old man is so virtuous, why bother to pay his respects. What happened, the old man kicked him out of the house, making people laugh.
I really don't know what the old man thinks. As an official, the master was kicked out by him. If it gets out, the master will lose face.
The old man can't wait to toss the whole family upside down. He is only happy when everyone is unlucky. "
After finishing speaking, Mrs. Xie gritted her teeth, wishing to have a theory with Mr. Gu in person.
It's just that Mr. Gu will definitely not give Xie shi face, maybe he will scold Xie shi bloody and make Xie shi lose face.
After all, when Mr. Gu wanted to straighten the Xie family, Mr. Gu firmly opposed it.
From the beginning to the end, Mr. Gu has always looked down on Xie's daughter-in-law.
She was born in a small family, has not read many books, and is full of pettiness. What qualifications do she have to be the daughter-in-law of the Gu family
But Mr. Gu couldn't help it, and besides, it was just a right match, not the original match, so in desperation, Xie's family was finally righted.
Mrs. Xie herself knew that she was not decent in front of Mr. Gu. Therefore, she never went to Mr. Gu's side, and only dared to complain in private.
Like the eldest wife Zhang Shi, when she got angry, she directly yelled at Mr. Gu, and even asked someone to take Mr. Gu out of the house, but Mrs. Xie didn't dare.
Xie didn't have the confidence.
The Zhang family is different, the eldest daughter-in-law, the original wife who is being married by Ming Media, has a strong natal family, and she has abilities of her own, plus three sons by her side.
Mr. Gu got angry with her, so he dealt with it as usual, and he was relentless.
Chunhe comforted Mrs. Xie, "Madam, don't be angry. The old man is ridiculous, and it doesn't happen in a day or two. After today's incident, the old man will learn his lesson, and he will keep his distance from him in the future."
Mrs. Xie nodded again and again, "You should respect the old man."
Together with Gu Shan, Gu Yue came to visit Mrs. Xie.
"Mother, are you feeling better?"
Xie laughed, "It's much better. Shan'er, come and sit beside me."
Gu Shan hesitated for a moment, then took a peek at Gu Yue, then stepped forward and sat down next to Mrs. Xie.
Gu Yue stood there, unable to recover.
Can't seem to believe this scene.
That position has always been hers in the past.
Only she is qualified to sit next to her mother, Gu Shan can only sit on the side and envy her.
It's only been a few days, why everything has changed.
This change caught Gu Yue off guard, not knowing how to react.
Chunhe reminded Gu Yue, "Third Miss, stop standing. Sit down quickly."
Gu Yue came back to her senses, her eyes turned red immediately, and she looked at Xie eagerly, "Mother, daughter, daughter..."
Xie said indifferently: "Sit down and talk, don't stand there."
Gu Yue's heart ached, and tears fell down all at once. She wiped her tears and sat under Mrs. Xie.
Gu Shan asked softly: "Mother, what should my daughter do to prepare for going to the palace on the first day of the new year?"
Mrs. Xie laughed, "Well, the nanny from the Hou Mansion will be here later, if you have any questions, please ask the nanny."
In fact, Xie didn't know too well.
It was also the first time for her to enter the palace to congratulate her, so she had to rely on Zhang's face-to-face instructions on how to do it.
Gu Shan nodded, "My daughter listens to her mother."
Gu Yue wiped away her tears, feeling very unwilling.
She wanted to attract Mrs. Xie's attention, so she said, "Mother, Haixibo Mansion will also enter the palace that day."
Xie gave a "hmm".
"Then in the palace, can we..."
"No." Before Gu Yue could finish speaking, Mrs. Xie decisively interrupted her.
She was not in the mood to listen to Gu Yue's thoughts. Any idea is absurd.
With a straight face, Xie told Gu Yue very seriously, "Yue'er, the palace is no different than other places. Once you enter the palace, your every word and deed represent the Gu family.
If you make a mistake alone, it will affect the whole family, and even affect your father's career.
So after entering the palace, you will follow me and you are not allowed to go anywhere. In short, you must not wander about in the palace.
If I offend a noble person, I will not be your daughter. "
Gu Yue was tongue-tied and tears fell again, looking very pitiful.
Xie emphasized again, "I'm not joking with you this time. If you dare to mess around in the palace, even if your father beats you to death, I won't stop you. You can do it yourself."
Gu Yue lowered her head and said pitifully, "My daughter listens to her mother and dare not mess around."
"I hope you will do what you say."