The news that Gu Shubai bought a few pieces of brocade in Jinling with a lot of money somehow spread to the imperial capital.
It's not that he marvels at his arrogance in spending a lot of money. It's not worth mentioning that the eldest son of Guhou's mansion spends thousands of taels of silver on things.
It is worth mentioning that it is said that he bought those brocades to add new clothes to his younger sister at home.
Since Gu Houye lost his wife sixteen years ago, he has not been remarried and has no concubine. Where did this younger sister come from
All of a sudden, the appearance of Yufu became a hot topic in the imperial capital.
Some ignorant people revealed some news, and some imaginative people added fuel and vinegar, and Yufu's identity was "concluded"—
She was born out of Lord Gu Hou's outer room in the frontier, and she was his illegitimate daughter!
Such rumors comforted those who had been surprised by Gu Huaijiang's refusal to continue.
It turns out that Gu Houye didn't have a deep love for his dead wife, nor did he refuse to take concubines because of his innocence, but he already had a concubine outside!
I heard that the lady from the outer room is already twelve years old.
The well-informed courtiers had already prepared presents, almost breaking through the threshold of the Marquis Mansion, scrambling to get their gifts favored.
You know, Lord Gu Hou is famous for not accepting gifts and not forming cliques for personal gain.
Under his mountain-like education of military orders, the few sons of Guhou Mansion, like him, never accept gifts from courtiers.
Whether to accept it or not is one thing, but whether to send it or not is another.
The courtiers squatting in front of Gu Hou's mansion were lucky: I heard that Gu Hou dotes on this young girl very much, maybe this time he makes an exception and accepts it
They didn't prepare any valuables, they were just clothes and jewelry that the daughter's family liked...
A middle-aged man in charge of the door walked out with a straight step, with a polite smile on his face.
"My lords, our Marquis ordered me to thank you for your kindness."
Hearing Qi Zhou's words that were just going through the motions, everyone felt that their ears were calloused.
Every time they come to send gifts, Qi Zhou always answers like this!
"Master Hou said that valuables will not be accepted. If there is anything interesting, you can send it to Miss Yufu."
Hearing the latter sentence, everyone's eyes lit up, and a flame of hope ignited in their hearts.
"Yes, yes, yes! Look at my white jade exquisite dice, the lady will definitely like it!"
"And mine, my agate phoenix-tailed shuttlecock, is exactly what little girls love to play with!"
"I am also interesting..."
Yu Fuzheng was sitting under the back porch of the West Wing, eating the special snacks of Dongling Kingdom while watching the spring water bubbling behind him.
She found it very interesting, watching, two little legs like lotus root joints were dangling in mid-air.
This spring water is clear and fresh, always reminding her of the stream in Immortal Valley. In summer, she often walks barefoot in it with Yao Lan.
She misses Master a little.
"Miss, there are many gifts from outside, do you want to go and have a look?"
Qi Ting came out of the room. Since she was reprimanded by Gu Jiuge last time, she has behaved a lot.
It's just that occasionally seeing Yaolan and Yufu getting too close, I still can't help but secretly roll my eyes.
It's just a wild lady who doesn't know where she came from, she doesn't care about intimacy!
As long as she can stay safely in the west wing, she won't have to worry about the young masters in the mansion not seeing her, then with her status in the mansion, she will be able to marry one of the young men smoothly.
Yu Fu didn't seem to notice what was on her mind, he just turned his head to look at her.
"What gift? Did the general give it to me again?"
These days, Gu Huaijiang often sends things to the West Wing, including food, clothing, and entertainment.
Gu Shubai and the others were not idle, rushing to send things to the west chamber, almost all the things that Yufu could use, they gave away.
This made Qi Ting very dissatisfied.
It's not her biological sister, and she doesn't know why the sons love her so much!
"No, it was sent by the ministers outside. Those ministers thought that the lady was the illegitimate daughter of Lord Hou, so they gave gifts in different ways to curry favor!"
What she meant was that Yufu was only pretending to be a tiger in order to get the gifts from these courtiers.
As Qi Ting said, she quietly looked at Yu Fu's face, but she didn't see anything unusual.
She was relieved a lot.
Yu Fu was still young, so he couldn't understand the irony in her words.
"So that's the case. Since it's delivered, I'll go and have a look."
Although she has been soft on receiving gifts recently, Yufu is a little girl after all, and she still couldn't help being happy when she heard the gifts.
The person who brought those gifts was Qi Zhou. When he saw Yu Fu, he saluted with a smile, and then ordered someone to bring the gifts up.
After Yufu saw those gifts, he let out an admiration.
Seven or eight young servants were holding presents in their hands, and the place was full, making people worry that those gifts would fall to the ground at any time.
Her worries are unnecessary.
The servants of Guhou's Mansion were all well-trained, and quickly arranged all the gifts neatly by category, forming a hill on the table.
"Uncle Qi, are all these gifts for me?"
Qi Zhou was called an uncle by her, and he couldn't help being taken aback. After realizing it, his heart seemed to melt like honey, and the sweetness entered his heart.
His smile couldn't help but soften a lot.
"Yes, Miss Yufu. You can keep whatever you like. If you don't like anything, just ask Qi Ting to come back to me, and I will come and clean them up."
When Qi Zhou said to clean up the word, it was as if he was talking about picking up some garbage.
Yu Fu couldn't help giggling, thinking that the atmosphere in Guhou's Mansion is really clean and honest, even Qi Zhou, who is in charge, has a bit of integrity.
His father, Qi Anqi, is a housekeeper, and he is also a loyal old servant with excellent family education.
pity…
Yu Fu's dark eyeballs rolled around, his mouth was flattened, but after all, he still didn't say what was in his heart.
It's a pity that Qi Ting did not inherit the loyalty and calmness of her grandfather and father, but instead had a touch of frivolity that was pampered.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Qi Zhou said respectfully: "Actually, I have one more thing to do today, which is to bring Guanshi Li's daughter-in-law to see Miss Yufu."
Li Guanshi's daughter-in-law
Yu Fu tilted his head, looked behind Qi Zhou, and indeed saw an elderly woman.
She is of medium build, with a neat lady's bun and a smile on her face.
Seeing Yufu looking at her, she stepped forward and gave a blessing in a generous manner.
"I met Miss Yufu."
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