The person who came was Madam Du who was next to Mrs. Hou's mansion.
Aunt Du smiled all over her face, and greeted Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Xie first when she entered the flower hall.
Then he said: "When my wife returned home, she heard that Miss Xiaojiu had kept the kitchen in good order, and the guests were all satisfied with the running water table, and were extremely happy.
No, I specially sent a slave over here to thank Miss Xiaojiu first.
My wife said that today is too late to prepare. Gai'er will send a gift to Miss Xiaojiu, Miss Zhen, and Miss Shan respectively. You have all worked hard these days. "
The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, smiled, first glanced at Mrs. Xie, and then said: "The lady in the lobby is too polite. Xiao Jiu, don't hesitate to thank me."
Gu Jiu stepped forward, "Please also ask Mammy to thank Auntie in the lobby for me. I just did what I should do, and I can't afford to be so important to Auntie in the lobby, and I even asked Mammy to take a hard trip. Mammy must drink tea Let's go."
The eldest wife Zhang nodded repeatedly, "Nurse Du drinks tea."
The maid served tea, and Madam Du sat down to talk.
She said: "Miss Xiaojiu is modest. My wife has said that thanks to your decisiveness, the Hou Mansion did not lose face in front of the guests. My wife also said that Miss Mei has to learn from Miss Xiaojiu, and don't stick to formalities in everything." , don’t hesitate when it’s time to adapt.”
Mrs. Zhang looked at Mrs. Xie with a half-smile, "The sister-in-law in the lobby is more insightful, brother and sister, what do you think?"
Xie was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and sneak in.
Just now she said that Gu Jiu had lost face to the Hou Mansion, but the wife of the head of the Hou Mansion sent someone to thank Gu Jiu.
Isn't this a slap in the face
Mrs. Xie's face was ugly, and her tone showed impatience, and said: "Sister-in-law in the lobby is naturally reasonable. I am tired, so I will go back to my room to rest. Here, sister-in-law will greet you."
After finishing speaking, Mrs. Xie didn't care what other people thought, she shook her sleeves and left
The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, raised her eyebrows and smiled, shook her head, and said to Madam Du: "Mommy, drink tea. The second wife is also getting old. After working hard in the palace for a few days, she should take a good rest. Please don't be offended, Mammy."
Mother Du smiled knowingly, and said: "The eldest wife has also worked hard for a few days, so she should rest early and take care of her health. The servants have to go back to report, so I will leave first."
"Mammy, sit down for a while."
"No, my wife is still waiting for the servant to return to her command. Come back to bother me when I have time."
"Shaoyao, send it to the mother."
Shao Yao took the order and sent Madam Du away.
The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, said to Gu Jiu: "Xiao Jiu, you are well aware of your wife's temper, and don't take what she said to heart."
Gu Jiu pursed her lips and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I'm a very easygoing person, and I won't take my wife's words to heart."
"That's good."
Gu Jiu bid farewell to the Zhang family and went back to Zhilan Courtyard to rest.
Madam Du returned to the Hou's Mansion and met the eldest wife Xiao Wei.
"Miss Xiaojiu is extremely polite, and told the servants to thank Madam on her behalf."
The eldest lady Xiao Wei nodded, "Xiao Jiu has never made a mistake in the rules. I heard that she has been in the palace for a few days and has learned the palace rules from the mother. Now she is more thoughtful in terms of etiquette."
"What madam said is true. But the second wife in the house next door looked unhappy. It seems that before the servants left, the second wife was scolding Miss Xiaojiu, blaming Miss Xiaojiu for making her own claims and losing the Hou Mansion and Gu The face of the government."
The eldest lady Xiao Wei sneered, "Sister Xie is not worried that Xiao Jiu will lose the face of the Hou family, but she is clearly worried that our Hou family will blame her and implicate her, so she is anxious to get rid of the relationship.
Mrs. Ben really despises her, she is too petty, and likes to be smart, always saying some inappropriate words. "
Madam Du said: "She is supposed to be a concubine, so naturally she can't ask too much."
Mrs. Xiao Wei snorted coldly, "Fortunately, my wife doesn't have to be sister-in-law with Mrs. Xie. It's just that Zhang's brother and sister have suffered, and facing Mrs. Xie all day, I'm afraid I will be angry once every three days."
Mother Du said: "Madam is very true. Fortunately, the second wife has cut off contact with Xie's family. It saves a lot of trouble."
The eldest lady Xiao Wei sneered, and said: "If Mrs. Xie doesn't sever ties with the Xie family, the Hou Mansion will force her to sever ties with the Xie family. Gu Zhili has done a reliable thing anyway, and made Mrs. Xie Stay at home, don't let her contact the Xie family, and prevent her from becoming a demon with the Xie family."
Madam Du said: "I just wronged Miss Xiaojiu. Fortunately, Miss Xiaojiu's marriage has been settled. The servant also heard that the second master Gu personally sent someone to arrange the dowry of Miss Xiaojiu, without letting the second wife intervene."
When the eldest lady Xiao Wei heard the words, she laughed, "Gu Zhili is living more and more clearly, which is really rare.
If he had lived so clearly when he was young, he wouldn't be able to do the absurd thing of helping the concubine.
He was short-sighted, seeing that Xie Mao became an official of the East Palace, he couldn't wait to set Xie upright.
In the end, he lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot, and was almost killed by Xie Mao. I hope he learns his lesson and doesn't do similar stupid things again. "
Mrs. Xie, who was being discussed by Xiao Wei's master and servant, would lose her temper in the room.
"What is the meaning of the Madam of the Hou Mansion? Is it that I don't like it? Just after returning to the mansion, she impatiently sent someone over, and even called it "thank you Gu Jiu." She was slapping me in the face."
Xie was so angry that his expression twisted, he picked up the teacup and smashed it on the ground.
Chun He hastily persuaded: "Madam calm down. The Madam of the Hou Mansion probably has no other intentions, but just sent someone over to say thank you."
Mrs. Xie sneered, and then snapped at Chunhe, "Nonsense. Do you really think that Da Furen can't guess what happened in our house
Do you really think she sent Madam Du over here just to say thank you
She simply sent Madam Du to hit me in the face. She knew that I was going to teach Gu Jiu a lesson, so she deliberately sent someone over to make me lose face. It's really deceiving. "
Xie was so angry that he couldn't choose what to say, and cursed a few times.
Chunhe was nervous and hurried to the door to have a look. Fortunately no one was there.
If the cursing just now reaches the ears of the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion, it will be a big trouble.
"Madam, please calm down first. Things have already happened, so it's useless to think too much. You will enter the palace before dawn tomorrow. The servants are going to fetch hot water. Madam should go to bed early."
Tired of scolding, Xie slumped on the chair, his forehead throbbing in pain.
After entering the palace, she suffered from a migraine.
Mrs. Xie rubbed her forehead, probably because she didn't rest well in the palace, her head hurts.
It's just that the pain is not very severe, but it is continuous, and there is no chance for people to breathe.
She was in a lot of pain, and she was so angry that she wanted to kill someone.
At this time, the little servant girl came in to report, "Madam, the third girl is here."
"What is she here for?"
Xie Shi looked impatient.
The little maid flinched and said in a low voice: "The third girl said that she has something important to report, and it concerns Aunt Bai."
Hearing the words of Aunt Bai, Mrs. Xie immediately cheered up. The pain in the head was gone, and the anger was also suppressed.
"Let her in."
Gu Yue was invited into the room.
"Greetings, daughter, to mother? Is mother feeling better?"
Mrs. Xie beckoned and asked Gu Yue to sit beside her.
"You have a heart. Shan'er didn't come, but you did."
Gu Yue suppressed her unhappiness, and said: "These days, my daughter didn't go to the Hou's mansion to help because she was thinking about her mother and wanted to guard the house for her."
"Oh?"
Mrs. Xie looked at Gu Yue again, she has improved.
Gu Yue looked downcastly, "Mother has been tired all day. Originally, my daughter shouldn't bother her at this time, but my daughter is afraid of delaying things. I would like to inform my mother that the second sister invited two stable women to come here today for Aunt Bai. In the mansion, sneaking around, I don't know what I did."
"Really?" Xie's expression turned cold, staring at Gu Yue.
Gu Yue nodded, "This matter is absolutely true. Mother can send someone to ask the concierge."
Mrs. Xie gritted her teeth, "Gu Jiu is so courageous that he dared to ask Mrs. Wen for Aunt Bai in private. Aunt Bai met Mrs. Wen, is there anything wrong?"
Gu Yue shook her head.
Xie snorted coldly, "Bitch Bai, it seems that she can't sit still. If she keeps quiet, I will give her face. But she wants to be a monster while I'm not around, so it's no wonder I was rude to her."
Xie Shi had various thoughts in his mind.
The child in Aunt Bai's womb was said to be a boy.
How could Mrs. Xie be happy to watch Aunt Bai give birth smoothly.
Aunt Bai was already arrogant, if she had a son, wouldn't she be even more arrogant.
Gu Yue didn't care about Aunt Bai, she didn't care whether Aunt Bai had a son or not.
What she cared about was Gu Jiu.
"Mother, Second Elder Sister decides to ask a stable wife for Aunt Bai. There must be something wrong with this matter. My daughter thinks that Second Elder Sister should be strictly investigated."
Xie frowned, "What are you looking for?"
"No matter what to investigate, my daughter thinks that this matter must not be left alone. Otherwise, next time the second sister will stand up for Aunt Bai and fight against mother."
Mrs. Xie nodded secretly, what Gu Yue said made some sense.
"I'll think about it again. Yue'er, you have done a good job this time, and you have lived up to my years of careful training for you. If you can work so hard in the future, mother will be satisfied."
Gu Yue burst into tears, and she wept silently, so pitiful that it made people feel distressed.
She said to Mrs. Xie: "Mother's teachings, the daughter dare not forget for a day. In the past, the daughter was too self-willed and failed the mother's good intentions. From now on, the daughter will definitely make progress and dare not let the mother down again."
"Silly boy, what do you say? Just remember that everything I do to you is for your own good."
Xie took out her handkerchief and wiped away Gu Yue's tears herself.
Gu Yue nodded heavily and hugged Xie's waist tightly.
"My daughter knows that the only person who loves her daughter most in the world is her mother. In the past, her daughter was too self-willed and didn't know what to do, which made her mother sad again and again. The daughter regretted it, regretting that she woke up too late, and let her mother worry so much for her daughter. "
"Good boy! It's very good of you to understand."
The mother and daughter hugged each other, weeping bitterly.
The two cried hard for a while, and after crying, they both felt that their relationship with each other was deeper. It's like going back to the best days of the past.
After wiping Gu Yue's tears, Mrs. Xie said, "When I'm not in the mansion, you keep an eye on Aunt Bai for me."
Gu Yue nodded, "Mother, don't worry, my daughter will definitely stare at her."
Mrs. Xie laughed, "I have wronged you these days, you should go back and rest first. I will have a good talk with you sometime for my mother."
Gu Yue bowed and left, obedient and well-behaved.
Xie felt comforted that Gu Yue could still be saved.
In just a few days, I don't know what stimulated Gu Yue to grow so much.
Chun He also congratulated Mrs. Xie, "Congratulations, Mrs. He Xi, the third girl is finally sensible."
Xie smiled, "I hope she is really sensible."
Mrs. Xie decided to investigate for a period of time and see Gu Yue's performance before drawing conclusions.
In the next few days, Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Zhang went out early and returned late, and they were so tired that their hands and feet were trembling every day.
In the Hou's mansion, Jia's funeral will be held within seven days after her death.
On the day of the funeral, Jia's family came, and Gu Rui recovered.
Gu Rui went out to greet Jia's family in person, with a polite but less intimate attitude.
The two families are very restrained and don't want to make a scene on the day of the funeral and make people laugh.
Jia's family has no children, and no one cares about them. It was Gu Rui who took on the burden.
"She is my person in life, and my ghost in death. I should see her off for the last time."
No one stopped Gu Rui's move. It is said that Gu Rui and Jia Shi have a deep relationship, but it is a pity that Jia Shi is not blessed.
Gu Jiu also went to see him off.
Jia's life came to an end here.
After the funeral, everyone was so tired that they lay in bed for two days.
Hou Fu sent a thank you gift.
Gu Jiu, Gu Zhen, and Gu Shan, each of them has a share.
The thank you gift is very expensive, four bolts of silk, four bolts of satin, and four bolts of cotton cloth, as well as beaded jewelry.
Qingmei was very happy to see silk, satin and cotton cloth.
"I can also make some new clothes for the girl. The girl seems to have grown taller during this time."
"Really?"
Gu Jiu was more than happy when he heard that he had grown taller.
When she first transmigrated, what she complained most about was her height and figure.
After nearly a year of recuperation, the effect is very remarkable.
Gu Jiu straightened her chest and retracted her abdomen, at least she had a little curvaceous beauty.
She called Wang Yi.
Among the maidservants, Wang Yi was the tallest, probably over 1.7 meters by visual estimation.
Gu Jiu and Wang Yi compared their height back to back, and she was already above Wang Yi's ear.
Wow, does this prove that her height has grown from a dwarf to over 1.6 meters.
Qingzhu said: "The girl has grown a lot this year. The clothes she wore in the past are all shortened."
Gu Jiu was delighted, and became interested, "Qingmei, take out the clothes I wore when I was sick last year, I have to see how much taller I have grown."
Qingmei pursed her lips and smiled, "I'll give it to the girl, slave girl. Fortunately, the clothes were not removed, and there are still a few left."
Gu Jiu tried on a pair of trousers first, and it was quite short. The trousers come up to the calf.
She tried last year's skirt again, and it was also a bit shorter.
Gu Jiu laughed in satisfaction.
It was not in vain for her to work so hard to take care of her body, eating and drinking every day, plus supplements.
The hard work paid off, and finally there was a satisfactory harvest.
Qingmei said: "Girls probably have to continue to grow taller. When making new clothes, you have to leave a few centimeters of curling. In this way, after growing taller, you only need to put the curling down, and it will fit you well."
Gu Jiu said to Qing Mei: "You make up your own mind about this matter."
Qing Zhu came in from the outside, "The girl's wedding dress should be made as soon as possible. The maid heard that the third girl's wedding dress was made by the lady in the sewing room. In this way, the sewing room has no time to make the wedding dress for the girl. On our own."
Qingmei said: "From the beginning, I didn't expect the sewing room to make the girl's wedding dress. Qingzhu, you have to put aside the errands at hand, you are good at sewing. You and I will make the girl's wedding dress together."
Qingzhu nodded in response, thinking of another thing, "We need a lot of gold thread to make a wedding dress, what should we do about it?"
"Ask the sewing room for it." Qing Mei said to Gu Jiu again: "Girl, servants, go to the sewing room and ask them for gold thread."
Gu Jiu said: "Don't be in a hurry, say hello to my aunt first, and let my aunt come forward to make arrangements."
Qingmei thought for a while, "The servant girl will go to Sister Shaoyao first. Sister Shaoyao's words are more useful."
Gu Jiu nodded, "Go. Have a good chat with Sister Shaoyao."
Shaoyao was originally supposed to accompany the eldest wife Zhang into the palace, but she had a cold and stuffy nose for the past two days, so it was inconvenient for her to enter the palace, so she stayed in the palace. Instead, someone else accompanied the eldest wife Zhang into the palace.
Qingmei found her and brought her a prescription.
"My girl ordered me to give it to you. You can try it. The effect is very good."
Shao Yao hurriedly said: "Thank you, Second Miss, for caring about me. I took the old prescription left by the doctor before, but it didn't work very well. Your prescription was just in time and solved my problem. Otherwise, those wives should be behind the scenes. Talk about me, say that I have too many things to do, even if I have a little cold, I still need to invite a doctor, I really think I am a vice lady."
"Don't worry about those mothers who gossip, they look very disgusting."
Qingmei and Shaoyao chatted, and talked about the need for gold thread to make a wedding dress.
Shao Yao asked: "The second girl is marrying the emperor's grandson, the gold thread on the wedding dress must not be missing, if it is missing, it will be embarrassing and people will laugh at it.
The third girl's wedding dress needs about four taels of gold thread. For the second girl's wedding dress, at least eight taels of gold thread should be prepared.
When my wife comes back, I will mention this matter to my wife. You go back and tell the second girl that I will take care of this matter for you. "
"Thank you, Sister Shaoyao."