Miss Wu has always done one thing to the face and another to the other's back, and like her aunt, she is used to provocative tactics.
Discord between the concubine and the concubine is not uncommon in the inner house. Gu Qingci suffers from temper, and is most easily irritated by a few words from others. If you say something that is plausible, Gu Qingci will be able to rush forward and scold with all his teeth and claws, and in the end the fault is all on Gu Qingci.
I don't know how many times the sixth girl has suffered from losses since she was a child, and the more she offended the second master, she only went to love and pamper the weak fifth girl.
On the second room side, many maids inside and outside the courtyard whispered in private, saying that the fifth girl is well-educated, gentle and kind-hearted, while the sixth girl is self-willed and difficult to serve.
When Gu Qingwan heard that Gu Qingci came back, she wanted to ridicule and ridicule her, thinking that she would lose her temper and lose her temper, just to let everyone see how arrogant she was, and if she could go to her father to show her pity, his father would love them even more mother and daughter.
I went to change clothes, and took the maid to the second wife's yard.
The second wife was finishing her lunch, she just got out, rinsed her mouth, and the maid made tea for her to eat, Gu Qingci just stood aside.
The mother and daughter talked and laughed.
The second wife said: "Before, my mother felt sorry for you, Li Chengze, who ruined the rest of your life. You were so blind from crying. You wished you could kill that family. If you take a closer look today, he is gentle and polite, The appearance is also outstanding. The only bad thing is that there is a mother who can't pick it up. Fortunately, we have picked up the wrong place right now, so we can't shake it anymore."
Mentioning Bai's Gu Qingci was not happy, and said coldly: "Although he has been poor all his life, his heart is bigger than the sky, he doesn't follow the rules, and he is very shameless."
The second wife scolded her a few words: "If you say a few words in front of me, you can't pass it on. But don't show your eyes to your son-in-law. If someone hears a sentence or a half sentence, it will easily cause suspicion. The relationship between husband and wife is ruined, and there is no place to cry when the time comes."
Gu Qingci rolled her eyes: "My daughter is not stupid, why would she tell her husband in front of her?"
The second wife shook her head, "It's because I'm afraid that you're too loose to keep your mouth shut and say it out of nowhere. Anyway, just remember it."
Just as I was talking about this, a maid came in through the curtain and said, "Ma'am, Fifth Miss is here."
The second wife frowned slightly, recovered quickly, and said calmly: "Please come in."
After the words fell, the servant girl withdrew, and after a while, Gu Qingwan walked in with lotus steps and money.
First give the second wife a blessing, then looked at Gu Qingci, and said: "Yeah, the sixth sister is back, I just heard about it from the maids, I thought they were wrong, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you very much." I don't know what's the matter with Sixth Sister coming back?"
Gu Qingci chuckled: "Fifth Sister is really strange, what can I do, but I came back after missing my mother, could it be that Fifth Sister has some advice?"
Gu Qingwan also smiled, but her eyes never left Gu Qingci, trying to see what was on her face.
Seeing that Gu Qingci is in high spirits, with bright facial features, lively eyebrows and eyes, so fresh and beautiful that people can hardly move their eyes away. Not only is there no gloomy, bitter and bitter look in his eyes, but he looks a little more charming than before.
Gu Qingwan hardly believed it, how could it be possible
Gu Qingci is married to such an unbearable person, how can she still be proud and proud!
She must be pretending, Gu Qingwan thought to herself.
But unconsciously clenched the veil tightly in his hand.
A sense of boredom surged up in her heart, she felt uncomfortable even though Qingci was a little bit better, and Gu Qingci should be trampled on by herself and never turn over.
In the blink of an eye, there was still tenderness on the face, "Sister Six misunderstood me, I was just worried that my sister would be bullied, I don't know how happy you are back, I'm just afraid that Sister Six will go back later, we have no chance It's a pity to say a few more words."
Listening to these hypocritical words, Gu Qingci almost vomited out the disgusting overnight meal.
The second wife's face was also darkened, and she wondered what kind of heart this little bitch was, she insisted on using words to provoke her even though she knew what she cared about.
What she said clearly meant that it doesn't matter if you're back, or you're leaving soon, no matter how rich and comfortable the life in the mansion is, it's not yours anymore.
The second wife narrowed her eyes, and said like a bodhisattva: "The fifth girl has a heart, and it's rare for her to miss your sister. She understands it, but you don't have to regret it. The sixth uncle takes pity on your sister's homesickness, and sent her back to stay for half a month. So you sisters have plenty of time to get together and talk."
Gu Qingwan was really stunned.
I was so surprised that I forgot to hide it, and blurted out: "How is that possible!" It wasn't until the words left my mouth that I realized that I had overreacted.
His face turned pale, and he quickly stood up to admit his mistake to the second wife, Fuli.
"Mother, I, I didn't mean that. My daughter is clumsy and can't speak. I hope my mother will forgive me. My sister, don't be angry."
The second wife took a sip of tea slowly, she lowered her eyelids and couldn't see her expression clearly. After a long while, she said, "What are you doing? Get up quickly. People will see me and think I've done something to you. The fifth girl is a master who even praised her intelligence." How could you be so stupid? Your sixth younger sister is a real idiot. She has suffered so much from others since she was a child, and she can't be taught. You often play together, and fifth girl knows best."
No one in the room couldn't hear who the irony was.
Gu Qingwan's face was red and white, she clenched her fists, her palms turned red.
But she couldn't utter a word of rebuttal. The second wife neither specified nor had a name. If she hurried back to talk back, wouldn't it be that she admitted that she framed and bullied Gu Qingci.
The second wife is not Gu Qingci, Gu Qingwan can't do those tricks with her.
Gu Qingwan could only honestly bow her head and admit her mistake.
On such a good day, the second wife couldn't bear the sight of the concubine standing in front of her. After a few words of admonition, he waved him away.
In the evening, the second wife got the news that the maid in the fifth girl's room dropped several tea bowls.
The second wife just sneered, "She is used to putting on airs on weekdays, and others only say that everything is good, and the concubine daughter of the two rooms will be compared to her, but she doesn't know that she is double-faced like her aunt in private. Shit, I pooh."
Zhou's mother was pinching the second wife's shoulders, and said: "Madam, don't be angry, how can the fifth girl's thoughts be hidden from others, but she usually uses money to coax people, and the little girls just want to take advantage of it.
She rushed here this afternoon, just to see our girl laughing, seeing that the girl is doing well everywhere, she couldn't hold back anymore. "
"Sooner or later, her vicious heart will be punished. A concubine's heart is higher than the sky, and she is dreaming all day long. Let's keep our eyes open and see what kind of family she can marry in the future."
"Who says it's not, the fifth girl's good tricks, if she goes to an ordinary family, there's no need to bury her."
Mother Zhou's words were completely sarcastic.
The next day, the eldest wife at the big house invited Mrs. Zhao Guogong's mansion as a guest.
Mrs. Zhao had two daughters by her side, so the eldest wife asked Gu Qingjin, the fourth girl, to take them for a stroll.
"Your fifth and seventh sisters, as well as that girl Qingci, you send a few maidservants to invite them, so that everyone can have more fun together," said the eldest lady.
The fourth girl was born to the eldest wife, the daughter of the first wife, and the seventh girl was the daughter of the third wife.
Gu Qingjin complied gently.
Holding the two daughters of the Zhao family, they talked and laughed.
Gu Qingci had a full sleep, full of energy, and her face was flushed.
In the morning, Yuzhu came over and ordered breakfast, and she coaxed her softly for a long time before she was willing to get up.
The second wife has always doted on her daughter relentlessly, let her be the one who is not too out of line, otherwise she wouldn't have raised Gu Qingci to be like this.
Another one, the girl is a guest when she gets married and then returns to her mother's house, how can the second wife be willing to hold her back.
The second wife went to the side hall to see the woman in charge and came back, Gu Qingci was about to finish her breakfast.
Just at this moment, the servant girl brought the girl next to the fourth girl over.
The second wife asked what was the matter.
The girl who spread the word said crisply: "Today, the wife of Mr. Zhao's family came to visit, and there were two Miss Zhao who came together. The eldest wife asked the girls to go and play together."
The second wife nodded slightly, asked the mother to give the reward, and asked people to go back and answer.
Turning his head to look Gu Qingci up and down, he nodded with satisfaction, "My son has an outstanding appearance, no one in the house can compare to it, and it makes people like it when they look at it."
Gu Qingci was very proud of hearing this, her eyebrows were flying high, and then she took her maid over.
As soon as they arrived at the flower hall, Gu Qingwan and Gu Qingmiao, the seventh girl from the third room, had already arrived.
Several people greeted each other and greeted each other.
Gu Qingjin introduced the two young ladies of the Zhao family to them.
The older sister is Zhao Baoan, the younger sister is Zhao Baoning, and they are about the same age as the Gu family sisters.
Zhao Baoning was more lively, and he thought he had heard about Gu Qingci, so he put his eyes on her as soon as he came, and smiled.
"This is the sixth girl? She looks really good-looking. I heard that she is married. Where does she live? I will post a post some other day to invite Sister Gu to play at her house."
Gu Qingwan lowered her head and took a sip of her tea, then wiped it with a handkerchief to hide the smile on her lips.
The eldest daughter of the Zhao family, Zhao Baoan, quickly pulled her sister's sleeve and glared at her.
Then she turned her head and looked at Gu Qingci apologetically and said, "Baoning is young and outspoken, I hope Miss Six doesn't mind."
Gu Qingci wanted to smile or not, and instead of answering Zhao Baoan's words, she said to Zhao Baoning: "I don't know when Miss Zhao was born, and what month is her birthday?"
Several people were taken aback for a moment, not knowing why Gu Qingci asked this.
Zhao Baoning felt that Gu Qingci was pretending to be a ghost, so he curled his lips, but he didn't care, so he said it.
After hearing this, Gu Qingci raised her eyebrows: "It seems that Miss Zhao is a few months older than me. I was born in the twelfth lunar month."
Only then did everyone react.
Just now Zhao Baoning seemed to be calling Gu Qingci sister, but in fact what he said implied ridicule.
Gu Qingci is not someone who can be bullied, so she asked her age first, and then said that.
Gaining face makes people unable to get off the stage.
Before the others had time to speak, Gu Qingci turned her head and said to the maid: "Yu Chuan, go get a pair of paper and pens."
Yuchuan went immediately and came over soon.
Pass the things to Gu Qingci.
Gu Qingci spread the snow-white paper on the table, picked up a pen and wrote a line.
Then he grinned, folded the paper and threw it to Zhao Baoning, saying: "My family lives here, I'm waiting for Miss Zhao's post."
Zhao Baoning's complexion was even worse.
Gu Qingjin had a headache. This cousin of hers was not a good-natured girl, but how could she be offended if the Zhao family came to visit, so she immediately smoothed things over, changed the subject, and said, "Sitting around is no fun, why don't we come and play?" Shefu, I just got a jar of plum wine, which is very refreshing but not intoxicating, just right for me."
Seventh Miss Ying agreed with her a few words, and Zhao Baoan also agreed.
Gu Qingjin asked the maid to get plum wine.
The so-called shooting cover is actually a kind of drinking order, shooting means guessing, and covering means covering.
This game is often played by both men and women. There were books earlier that recorded the allusion of Fencao Shefu.
The earliest shooting robots were simple, they took something and placed it in a basin or under a urn, and asked people to guess.
Afterwards, more and more tricks gradually became available, but they were not too complicated, it just became more elegant and poetic.
The people are divided into several groups, the responders use a poetic idiom or allusion to imply one thing, the archers guess, and then use another poetic idiom or allusion that implies the thing to reveal the answer.
If the guess is right, the caller will be punished with alcohol, but if the guess is wrong, the shooter will be the shooter.
So everyone started playing, and the maids around the girls also came to join in the fun.
After winning the lottery again, Gu Qingci threw a jade bracelet over.
There are female guests here, so it's not good for people to drink too much wine, so the maids only took the smallest cups, and brought all kinds of snacks and side dishes.
The girls played lively in the flower hall.
Gu Qingci was lucky today, winning several times in a row.
Gu Qingwan has always boasted of being a talented girl, and she was so proud of something, today it was strange, she lost several games to Miss Zhao's family in succession, and she was not at all unhappy when she lost, on the contrary, she became even closer to Miss Zhao.
It's not like her temperament at all. Gu Qingci murmured in her heart, and told the second wife about it when she came back.
The second wife was not surprised at all, without raising her eyelids, she just said: "My silly girl, what do you think Mrs. Zhao is doing at home today? She is here for the son of the family who wants to see his wife. Your fourth sister is one year older than you. The eldest wife has been visiting people in private since a long time ago. It is not the first time Mrs. Zhao has entered the door of our house. Everyone knows what it means, but it is difficult to expose it before making a decision. Gu Qingwan is only two months younger than Si Yatou. Why do you think she is so enthusiastic about girls from the Zhao family? Isn’t it because she fell in love with the family of Zhao Guogong’s mansion and wanted to climb high. "
Gu Qingci came to a sudden, and said: "I said why is something wrong with her today, so she wants to get married."
The second wife laughed and shook her head, "You are married anyway, why are you so careless, that one is full of holes in his heart, but you are a heartless one."
Gu Qingci made a fuss over the second lady in a coquettish voice.
Sure enough, as the second lady said, the eldest wife and Mrs. Zhao were indeed investigating each other.
Three days later, the Zhao family sent a message to Gu's residence, inviting people to appreciate the plum blossoms in the other courtyard of Zhao's residence.
It's not good for the eldest lady to bring her four girls alone, and the unmarried couples in the family and Gu Qingci are all brought along.
Gu Qingci privately said to the second wife: "Why are the plum blossoms blooming? It's cold, and it snowed yesterday. It's better to stay at home comfortably."
The second wife couldn't laugh or cry, "Why did I give birth to you such a fool!" Now that this opportunity is available, the second wife is willing to let her daughter go. The daughter is not well married, and only when she comes to her mother's house can she see a few distinguished guests Well, in the Li family, no one would invite her to play.
Two days later, early in the morning, the eldest wife took four girls, five girls, seven girls and Gu Qingci to the other courtyard of Zhao Mansion in a carriage.
It was originally a matter of going to see the snow and admiring the plum blossoms. When I arrived at the other courtyard, the scenery was really good.
Naturally, the Zhao family didn't invite the Gu family alone, there were also many ladies and ladies from other families, and even the young masters of the Zhao family.
So it was very lively.
Because of the presence of adults, the young people didn't care so much and greeted each other.
Gu Qingjin glanced at Young Master Zhao, her cheeks turned slightly red.
Gu Qingci said in his heart that he was really looking at each other.
The capital is such a big place, and there are often familiar faces from this poetry club and that literary club, and there are very few people who don't know each other.
Gu Qingci followed Gu Qingjin and Gu Qingmiao together, while Gu Qingwan went to someone else's place.
When the girls get together, there are many topics to discuss.
Gu Qingci could only hear the ladies next to them discussing the "weekly newspaper".
She was confused, so she asked Gu Qingjin.
Gu Qingjin explained to her in a low voice: "The weekly newspaper is a new kind of mansion newspaper that came out recently. It published a novel written by a person named 'Huangliang Yimeng'. It's very good, if the sixth sister has time, you can buy it and have a look."
Gu Qingci became even more curious after listening to it. She also likes to read the scripts, and she used to read them secretly. The last time she was accidentally discovered by Li Chengze, she was not allowed to read them.
Although the early plums are in bloom, they are not as lush and colorful as the late plums.
Gu Qingci lost interest after watching it for a while, ate some hot tea and snacks at the table, and wandered around.
After a while, I went outside the other courtyard, and saw a girl in scarlet playing with some maroon horses.
She went up to answer people, and as she talked, the girl invited Gu Qingci to go for a ride together. Go back and talk to the eldest lady, and ride a horse with the girl in red, and leave happily.
Unexpectedly, something went wrong.
When the news spread back to the mansion, the second wife almost fainted, wondering if she heard it wrong.
"What did you say, say it again?"
The kid stammered and said again: "Miss Six fell off the horse and broke her leg."
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When Gu Qingci was sent back, she passed out and her legs were covered with boards.
The second wife cried out of breath.
The eldest lady came to make amends in person and took a lot of medicinal materials and supplements.
Then he went into the inner room with the second wife, and the eldest wife told the whole story.
It turned out that Gu Qingci was riding horses with Mrs. Zhao's niece, but they bumped into Third Young Master Zhao and Gu Qingwan meeting in private.
The third young master knew some kung fu, and when he heard some movement, he was afraid that there was something wrong in his heart, so he picked up the jade pendant and flew over, startling Gu Qingci's horse, the horse galloped wildly, and then threw Gu Qingci off.
"That bastard, a shameless thing!" The second wife was furious, and it was Gu Qingwan who harmed her daughter again.
The eldest wife only hates it more than the second wife, and the third young master Zhao was originally looking after his daughter.
Judging by today's situation, it might not be the first time the two have met.
After talking with the second wife for a long time, the first wife left.
At that time, Gu Qingwan calmed down after panicking for a while, she felt that she had done nothing.
He didn't admit that he had anything to do with Mr. Zhao, only that he met by accident while enjoying the scenery.
They are all respectable families, and it is a shameful scandal for the whole family to really say that a private meeting between a man and a woman, so at that time the eldest wife and Mrs. Zhao skipped this, and only said that the horse was surprised by accident.
It's just that the words are too much to think about. If the two of them had no ghosts in their hearts and just met by accident, why did Third Young Master Zhao get so nervous and hurt Gu Qingci's horse in a panic.
After the doctor came to bandage Gu Qingci's wound, the eldest wife left with the girls and servant girls.
I was very angry.
Knowing that the Gu family and the Zhao family can't get married.
As for Li Cheng, he didn't receive the news until the next day.
His little wife went out to play and broke her leg.
After asking that there was no serious problem, he didn't care about anything else, and immediately followed the servants of the Gu family to go there.
Li Cheng had a headache and sighed in his heart, how could he be so noisy.
Thinking about it again, if the bone is broken, that girl must be crying mad again.