Coldly, the old lady's words sounded in the air, majestic and powerful: "Are there any rules in this house, and is there still an old woman like me? Who is so broken-mouthed, I let people cut out their tongues! What is the resignation of the book or the return to the mother's house, not a word is allowed to be mentioned in the future, this matter is over, let the people below take it easy, and if there is any gossip that I hear, I will be thrown out of the house!"

The people below hurriedly responded, the eldest lady had no expression on her face, and the second lady wiped her eyes and smiled: "Thank you, old lady." ”

The old lady glanced at the eldest lady and the second lady, turned her head, and said to Mother Du beside her, "Go, take the rosewood box in the third compartment of the cabinet inside." ”

Mother Du was slightly stunned and opened her mouth: "Old lady......"

The old lady didn't look at her, but slammed the crutches in her hand: "Go!"

Du's mother had no choice but to go into the house and take the box out and put it in front of the old lady.

The old lady sighed and said: "Now that Brother Chun and Brother Li are older, today's autumn exam will be taken, if there is fame, there will be more places to be done in the future." There are two farm deeds in the box, which were placed by the old lady when he was there, one in the west of the city and one in the east of the city. The eldest daughter-in-law in the west of the city will take it, and the one in the east of the city will belong to the second daughter-in-law. ”

The eldest lady tugged at the corners of her mouth and said, "Thank you, old lady." ”

The second lady was already overjoyed, took the title deed in her hand and looked at it again, and said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law thanked the old lady, the old lady really loves us to leave our brother, and I will tell him the old lady's love for him, let him study diligently, and next year the Toad Palace will win the crown, and give our Gu family a champion back." After speaking, he glanced at the eldest lady proudly.

The eldest lady took a sulk and held it in her heart.

Everyone in the mansion knows that when it comes to reading, Gu Jinchun, the eldest son from the eldest lady, will never be able to read the second son Gu Jinli from the second lady. Therefore, in the battle between the two rooms, if the second lady is at a disadvantage, the trump card of the second son becomes the best counterattack weapon for the second lady. And the second son is indeed a piece of reading material, and even the master of the academy said that there is no problem in this autumn.

The old lady looked at the second lady lovingly, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen my brother come to ask for peace in the past few days, and I heard the maid ring below say that I have locked myself in the study for a while, and I can't take a step out, and I study seriously, this child is really, I should always come out and walk when I am tired of reading, how can I collapse my body?"

Speaking of this, she turned her head to Mother Du and said, "You go down and tell the kitchen, from today onwards, make another supper for Brother Li'er, just say what you want to eat, just take the ingredients from the warehouse." ”

The second lady's eyes lit up, and her face was full of surprise. Now the old lady's attitude has changed greatly, and she actually attaches importance to the second room, that is to say, if Brother Li'er can really get ahead, maybe the power of the Gu Mansion to preside over the middle feed will be transferred from the big house to the second room......

Thinking of this, she hurriedly said: "Thank you for the old lady's favor for Brother Li'er, after the daughter-in-law goes back, she will definitely urge Brother Li'er to do his homework, so that he can be on the gold list in high school and glorify his ancestors." ”

The eldest lady sitting next to her clenched the silk silk in her palm a little tighter.

After another conversation, the old lady said that she was tired, and sent the eldest lady and the second lady back, without mentioning Gu Zhirong's handling at all.

Watching the eldest lady and the second lady turn out of the screen, walk out of the courtyard, and disappear outside the door, the old lady's eyes slowly narrowed.

"Old lady, why did you give them the title deed again?" Du's mother's tone was a little helpless.

"Isn't it just two pieces of land? The old lady didn't care, "Don't you look at the second daughter-in-law's appearance of not giving up until she reaches her goal, and if she doesn't give her something, is she willing to give up?" Speaking of this, the old lady snorted heavily, "The daughter of a five-grade official should also know some etiquette, but she doesn't know who to learn from this playful temperament, if she doesn't know that her mother is a serious 800 famous concubine, the lady of the main room, I really want to suspect that she came out of those brothels!

Mother Du pursed her lips, did not squeak, and thought: The second master of Gu Fu is not a material for reading, and after failing the scientific examination for a few years, he has been idle at home, and has achieved nothing for many years. It was not easy to get mixed up with the purchase of the palace. This family affair was begged by the old lady for the face of the concubine. And for the daughter of someone else's family, unless she is a concubine, otherwise, she is a concubine with a damaged reputation, otherwise, how can the daughter of a five-rank official marry an imperial merchant under grievances?

Suddenly thinking of the second lady today, it really makes people feel different, just the aggressive momentum when persecuting the eldest lady is not like her on weekdays. So he couldn't help but say: "Old lady, why does the slave look at the second lady as if she is a different person today?"

The old lady snorted and said: "You can see it, she doesn't pay so much attention to rules and regulations on weekdays, in the end, our sisters in the Gu Mansion are very powerful, and it is indeed not easy for Sister Qin to teach her mother like this." ”

Mother Du's tone was slightly stagnant: "You said that the second lady was taught by Sister Qin?"

The old lady smiled, and there was a hint of appreciation in her eyes: "Otherwise, who do you think there is?" Over the years, Sister Qin has stepped on the position of Sister Fang, one of the four famous ladies, and she is about to become the backup of the four famous ladies in the capital.

Sister Qin is also Gu Yuanqin, the fourth lady of Gu Mansion, from the second lady, and is fourteen years old this year. Sister Fang is Gu Yuanfang, the second lady of Gu Fu, born by the eldest lady, and one of the four famous ladies in Beijing.

Mother Du thought about it carefully and seemed to have an epiphany: "What the old lady said is that Sister Qin's limelight has been a little fast in the past two years. It's just Sister Fang... Is that okay?" she was referring to the fact that the fourth lady stepped on the second lady's position.

"What's the reluctance to do this?" the old lady sneered, "Do you think that Sister Qin would do such a stupid thing and force her sister to submit to her?

Du's mother was silent. According to the temperament of the second miss, it is impossible to fight the fourth miss. The second miss is talented, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she is arrogant by nature, unlike the fourth lady, her brain is very flexible, and she does not challenge the strengths of the second miss, and specializes in the weaknesses of the second miss. It's like in the past two years, compared to embroidery, dancing and the like, the second lady's time has been spent on those piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, where is there such idle work to study others?

The second lady, Gu Yuanfang, has always been the most valued by the old lady, and she is also the candidate for the crown princess that the old lady has focused on cultivating over the years. As far as the residence of the ladies in the house is concerned, the second lady's Luoyue Pavilion is undoubtedly the best courtyard, warm in winter and cool in summer, pavilions and pavilions, strange flowers and plants, and a good place to enjoy the moon everywhere.

But now that I can hear the old lady's tone, Mother Du's heart jumped, and she lost her voice: "Does the old lady think Sister Fang?"

The old lady pondered for a long time, and then said, "Let's take a look." This Sister Fang is smart and scheming, and Sister Qin is too scheming, which will inevitably annoy people, but Sister Rong"

As soon as she heard that the fifth lady Gu Zhirong was actually among the candidates for the crown princess, Mother Du couldn't help but be surprised: "Sister Rong?"