As soon as Qingguan said this, Yueniang was worried, fearing that the princess would do something wrong, so she said: "Miss, I'd better go with you as a servant."
Chunni complained angrily: "Yue Niang, don't you feel relieved that I'm protecting you? When it comes to quarrels, who in this house can quarrel with me?"
"Little Hoof, I'm afraid your sharp mouth will cause trouble for the young lady." Yueniang poked her head with her finger and cursed angrily.
Chunni stuck out her tongue at Yueniang and said with a smile: "The young lady even praised me on the boat, saying that I was right in scolding her. I will have to do this in the future."
"Miss, look at her."
Qingguan hugged Yueniang, patted her shoulder with a smile, and said: "If there is any heavy work, let those two do more. You have to put in some effort to hold the maid's monthly report."
"Don't worry, miss."
In the princess's courtyard, several pretty maids were busy in the courtyard. When they saw Miss Six entering the courtyard, they bowed from a distance.
When Qingguan saw this, he knew that the conversation he had with Nanny Tan yesterday must have spread. They were afraid that her illness would not fully recover, so they all avoided her.
Qingwan walked in without squinting.
In the main room, two concubines were already sitting on the chairs in the row on the left. When they saw her coming, their eyes glanced at her. At the same time, they exhaled a breath of cold air from their noses and put their heads together to talk.
Qingguan was not surprised at all when she saw that these two people were deliberately neglecting her. After all, a dowry of one hundred thousand taels of silver is enough to make everyone jealous.
Chunni pointed to the front position and motioned for Qingguan to sit down.
Qingguan raised his eyebrows. There was going to be a fuss after all, otherwise, how could it be her turn to be in the front position.
Qingguan Shi Shiran had just sat down when Wu Yanling and her maid had already entered the house. She calmly looked at where the three of them were sitting and sat down opposite Qingguan.
Qingguan raised his head and glanced at her, a smile flowing from the corner of his mouth.
At this time, the curtain was lifted, and Gu Songtao and his wife came out, sitting on the left and right at the top.
Nanny Tan followed closely behind, standing behind Princess Huayang with her hands lowered.
Gu Songtao looked at the four daughters below, opened his mouth and said, "It's a good idea to learn the rules from your mother. Girls have grown up, and they must be measured in their words and deeds to avoid getting into trouble."
This last sentence was obviously meant for Qingguan.
Qing Wan Nian's expression didn't change, and his heart didn't beat. He gently stirred the tea leaves in the bowl, pretending not to understand.
Seeing her like this, Gu Songtao couldn't say anything in front of his other daughters, so he had to throw up his sleeves and leave. When Hua Yang saw the man leaving, he put the tea bowl on the table rudely and said sternly: "Master, madam, you are entrusted to me. I should have declined this errand, but when I thought of you calling me, Mother, your future dignity will be my dignity as a mother, and I have to cope with it.
Take it down. "
Qingguan lowered his eyes and hid his smile.
The princess had been married to Gu Mansion for six years, and she had only kept Wu Yanling by her side to educate her. She was nothing more than a lunatic. The two concubines also grew up with their aunt.
You have to take care of your dignity, you have already taken care of it, why wait until now. The drunkard is obviously not interested in drinking because he is acting pretentious at this time.
When a girl's family grows up, her marriage will be arranged separately. She had been a hands-off shopkeeper for several years, and she always had to act like a legitimate mother in order to arrange their marriages in a clear and logical manner.
"In a girl's family, moral character, manners and education are the most important. No one may praise you if you do well, but if you don't do well... huh, when you come to your husband's family, and the entire Gu family, you will be poked in the back. You are all big girls. "Yes, you should understand the power here."
The princess spoke for a while, her mouth went dry, she drank a few sips of tea, her eyes swept across Qingguan's face, and she said coldly: "Sixth girl, do you understand?"
Qingguan was called and had to stand up to reply, "I understand, mother."
In order to avenge yesterday's revenge, Grandma Tan said in a sharp voice: "When speaking in a girl's family, you should not look directly at your elders. You must speak softly. This is how you behave."
You idiot, how dare you jump out. Qingguan raised her eyebrows and retorted unceremoniously: "The people sitting in this room are all masters. When masters talk to each other, what are you doing as a slave? Aunt Tan, you have to learn the rules from your mother." Ah. Mother, do you think your daughter is right? She also learned the rules from the Jiang family.
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Qingguan looked innocent and kicked the ball over with a smile.
Princess Huayang should be neither, nor should she be. After a while, she choked out a sentence from her throat: "You're right."
After saying that, she glared at Granny Tan angrily, and the latter quickly lowered her head, her old face turning red. You're a madman, where did you learn to be so good? Let's ride on the donkey and read the songbook, we'll see.
Qingguan received the praise and sat down calmly, holding the handkerchief and smiling even more.
Wu Yanling thought of what happened yesterday at Jiang Mansion and glanced at Qingguan thoughtfully. After she recovered from her illness, I always felt that there was something different about her, but I couldn't put it in words. It was really strange.
The two concubines only thought that after Gu Qingwan's trip to the Jiang Mansion, he became much tougher when he came back, and even Grandma Tan dared to contradict him. After all, there is someone behind it.
When Princess Huayang talked about the Jiang Mansion, she felt mixed emotions in her heart. After looking at Qingguan with a burning gaze, she smiled and said, "Come on, learning the rules doesn't happen overnight. Master and Madam, I'm afraid they'll be impatient, so we'll follow them together." Go and say hello."
As soon as An was invited down, the sun had already risen extremely high.
Qingguan leaned on the pit tiredly, thinking that he would be like this every day from now on, and felt a little sad in his heart. But before her sadness had bottomed out, someone came into her room.
Mr. Zhou was sitting on the kang, a few feet away from Qingguan.
She looked at the furnishings in the room, her eyes wandering, she held a handkerchief to tuck the corners of her eyes, and sighed: "Good boy, God is so pitiful that the disease has finally gone away. If my younger siblings are still here, I don't know how happy I will be." ?”
Qingguan never thought that the first person to come to her courtyard would be Zhou.
Today she was wearing a long eggplant-colored python brocade coat, two gilt temple flowers on her head, and a pair of moire hairpins inlaid with rubies. She was dressed very luxuriously.
This woman who secretly appropriated her aunt's dowry as her own, Yueniang had secretly said many times before she came to Beijing, that she was a ruthless character.
Fortunately, when my aunt was alive, one was in Beijing and the other was in the south. The grandmothers and sisters didn't have much contact with each other. They rarely met each other, but they were polite, so they didn't have much to do with each other.
What makes Yueniang worried is that before his aunt was forced to death by the Gu family, Mr. Gu received a letter from his eldest brother in Beijing. In other words, the elder couple cannot escape their involvement in the death of their aunt.
Qingguan smiled coquettishly but said nothing.
Seeing this, Mrs. Zhou was suspicious in her heart, whether this girl's madness was cured or not. She says she's okay, sometimes she looks dumb, and she says she's not okay, and sometimes she speaks very cleverly.
Zhou didn't know that Qingguan didn't speak because she didn't know her purpose. Pretending to be dumbfounded and forcing him to speak was the best way she thought.
Mrs. Zhou sang a one-man show to herself for a while, but finally couldn't hold it back and said, "Good boy, I want to ask you a favor."
Qingguan then smiled and said, "What's the matter?"
"Your second brother is currently studying in the Imperial College. He is smart, diligent and studious. When you go to the Jiang family in the future, can you tell your ancestors that your second brother will be a disciple of Jiang Jijiu."
It was for this reason.
Qingguan let out a breath and said with a smile: "I'll give it a try. But..."
"But what?" Zhou's heart tightened.
Qingguan pouted and frowned, with a somewhat aggrieved expression on her face as she said, "However, my niece wants to ask my eldest aunt something."
As long as his son can be admitted to Jiang Jijiu's family, let alone ask ten things, let alone ask him.
Ms. Zhou smiled and said, "Just ask."
"Auntie, they all said that you secretly misappropriated the dowry your mother left to Qingguan to your eldest brother and eldest sister?"
Zhou's color suddenly changed, and she jumped down from the kang, and said sternly: "Which evil scoundrel is planning on me behind my back like this, your conscience will be eaten by dogs. Don't listen to their nonsense. There is no such thing."
Qingguan looked frightened and said: "But...but...they all..."
"Who are they?"
Zhou grabbed Qingguan's hand and said, "Is it the princess, is it..."
The look of fear on Qingguan's face became more intense, and her body began to tremble. Her mouth was half-opened, but she couldn't say a word.
When Zhou saw this situation, his heart brightened, and his back molars grinded loudly.
Dear Huayang, I just stole Qian's dowry. Not only did you make me pay more money without telling you, you also talked about it in front of Liu Yatou. We are not finished with this debt.
Qingguan watched Mr. Zhou angrily walk out, feeling all the anger in his heart.
Dog bites dog, a mouth full of hair. If the first and second wives fall in love with each other, what will happen to her? If such a big family were to be killed from outside, it would be impossible to kill them for the time being. They would have to commit suicide at home first. Let them fight to the death.
Yueniang came in quietly and whispered: "Miss, the ice man who proposed to the second young lady came to the door again. Master, madam, the first and second bedrooms are all in the Shou'an Hall."
Qingguan's expression gradually condensed.
I originally thought that the ice talent would come to my door again after the first lunar month, but here I am today. From this point of view, Prince Lao Qing's palace wanted to finalize the matter before the court opened the seal.
"Where's the second sister?" Qingguan asked.
"The second young lady went to the back garden, and the servant looked very unhappy."
Qingguan took a deep breath.
It is strange that the second sister, who is as beautiful as a flower and a jade, should be married to a widower whose third wife has died, and her complexion has improved.
"What are the young lady's plans?" Yueniang knew that the young lady would not sit idly by, so she simply spoke openly.
Qingwan's heart was slightly stagnant. She knew that this matter only lasted a day, so what plan could she have.
She raised her head and said softly: "Yue Niang, you first go to Shou'an Hall and inquire carefully. This matter is not trivial. Let me think about it carefully."
Yueniang said hurriedly: "Yes, miss." Qingguan and others left and walked quietly in front of the window, their eyes a little deep.