Ge Bilian is the niece of the old lady's mother's family, and she is the daughter of the Ge family like the old lady, so after the stepmother marries, the old lady treats her father as her own, so she will be kind to her father?

It shouldn't be.

When she first came back, she obviously heard her father complaining about the old lady, and even hated her for killing her father's biological mother, Aunt and Grandma.

Gu Chongyang thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with an answer.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that there was a fog in front of her, and the truth of the matter was hidden in a fog, and she couldn't see it clearly.

No matter what the truth of the matter is, she must protect her mother and never let her mother be wronged.

Mrs. Ge was seriously ill, and the three daughters-in-law, the eldest lady, the second lady, and the fourth lady took turns to serve the sick.

Although the third master came back, he didn't continue after he was widowed, and although there was a personal Aunt Xiao by his side, he couldn't leave for a moment.

The third old man is deaf in both ears and weak in body, although he can't serve the sick, he comes to visit Mrs. Ge every morning and evening, and he is also very filial.

Although he did not serve the sick, others did not blame him for half a point.

When it was the turn of the fourth lady Shen, Mrs. Ge was extremely tossed in short, asking for tea and water for a while, either it was cold or hot. In short, turn the group of the four ladies around.

The fourth lady waited all night, and when she came back the next morning, she was always very tired.

Although she knew that Old Madam Ge didn't like her, and she deliberately tossed her intentions, she never thought that Old Madam Ge was deliberately pretending to be sick. In addition, she is unwilling to tell the truth, so she is very attentive and does not dare to slack off.

Sometimes, as soon as she lay down, Mrs. Ge would wake her up and not let her rest properly.

In order to serve Mrs. Ge well, when it was her turn to be on duty, she simply sat and didn't sleep all night.

But even so, Mrs. Ge still scolded her for her bad intentions, like a lonely ghost, and deliberately scared her by not sleeping in the middle of the night.

The fourth lady is very hard, and although Gu Chongyang looks distressed, he has no way to bear this fatigue for her.

I can only handle the affairs of the fourth room properly, let the people in the small kitchen prepare breakfast, and wait for the fourth lady to come back, let her bathe and change her clothes before eating. After eating, she was asked to do nothing but hurry to catch up on sleep.

The same goes for noon.

With Gu Chongyang's help, although the fourth lady worked hard at night, she was able to sleep all day during the day, and her tiredness was much less.

The fourth lady saw the change in her daughter and felt very relieved.

When she got up from a nap, it was already Shen Shizhong (around four o'clock in the afternoon), Gu Chongyang immediately ran over and said, "Mother, you stand up and walk, refresh yourself, after a stick of incense, let's eat." Tonight, I will accompany you to watch the old lady for the night. ”

She must take this opportunity to see what kind of illness the old lady is.

But the fourth lady disagreed: "No! I went to Anrong Courtyard to serve the old lady, not to play, what are you going to do with a little child's house. ”

If Gu Chongyang goes tonight, tomorrow I am afraid that some people will say that the fourth lady is uneasy and kind, let Gu Chongyang go to make trouble, and the old lady Ge's condition will worsen, and her life will hang by a thread.

Gu Chongyang pouted, very unhappy.

The fourth lady smiled and said, "Okay, don't be upset, don't you want to go to Guangji Temple to play?" After a few days, when the old lady is well, I'll take you out to play, okay? ”

The fourth lady was very gentle and patient when she spoke, and her eyes were full of love when she looked at Gu Chongyang, as if she was afraid that Gu Chongyang would be unhappy.

When Gu Chongyang saw it, he couldn't help but feel distressed.

I'm so ignorant. My mother is already working hard every day, even if I can't solve my mother's problems, I can't make trouble for my mother.

Gu Chongyang raised his face and smiled at the fourth lady: "Mother, don't worry, I listen to you, if you don't let me go to Anrong Courtyard, it's good if I don't go." ”

The fourth lady breathed a sigh of relief and touched Gu Chongyang's face: "What a good girl!" ”

The mother and daughter talked for a while, and were about to have dinner, but the eldest lady came to Rongdongyuan.

Gu Chongyang gave the eldest lady a salute, and the eldest lady smiled and gave Gu Chongyang a box of candied fruits to eat.

Gu Chongyang took it with both hands, thanked him with a smile, and sat on the chair next to him, listening to the two of the four ladies and concubines.

"Fourth brother and sister, you have really tired you and your second brother and sister in the past few days." The eldest lady looked guilty and said: "Because you want to preside over the middle feed, you and your second brother and sister have served the sick for two days, and I have only served the sick for one day, and I really don't want to go." ”

"Sister-in-law, why do you want to see other people like this, we are all a family." Although I don't like my mother-in-law Ge's family, but for this sympathetic and tolerant sister-in-law, the fourth lady admires it very much: "Our Qingyang Hou Mansion has a big business, and it is not easy to preside over the feed, and it is not easy for hundreds of people up and down, and everything is spread on the sister-in-law alone." I can't help you with anything, if you want to say that you don't want to go, it should be that I don't want to go. ”

The fourth lady said: "I have been outside for the past few years, and now that I am back, I should do my filial piety in front of the old lady." This is what a daughter-in-law should do, sister-in-law, don't be polite to me. ”

When the eldest lady heard this, she nodded with satisfaction: "Fourth brother and sister, you are really a kind person, if the second brother and sister are the same as you, why don't our family prosper." ”

Why did you get the second lady again?

Gu Chongyang bit the candied fruit and looked at the eldest lady.

The fourth lady, Shen Shi, also muttered in her heart, and her face showed a little puzzlement.

The eldest lady sighed and said: "In the past few days, each of you has two days, only I have one day to serve the sick, and the second brother and sister have a lot of complaints, repeatedly saying that I am unfair and that the old lady is partial." I'm afraid that you have a pimple in your heart, so I came here to tell you that from tonight onwards, I, like you, will be on duty for two nights. ”

"How's that going to work?" The fourth lady said: "I serve the sick at night, that is the duty of a daughter-in-law to the elders, I have nothing to do during the day, I can always rest." But sister-in-law, you still have to preside over the feed during the day, especially now that it is the end of the year, you will definitely be very busy. In this way, day and night are constantly turning, even the iron body can't stand it. ”

"How could I not know?" The eldest lady said: "It's just that there is no way to do it." I just hope that the old lady can recover soon. ”

The eldest lady stood up and said, "I understand your kindness, but others are different from what you think." I am the head of the Qingyang Hou Mansion, and I must have a bowl of water and no one can gossip. The fourth brother and sister don't fight with me, I understand your intentions. ”

She took a long box from the maid's hand and handed it to the fourth lady and said: "You have worked hard in the past few days, I see it in my eyes, this ginseng plant will replenish your body, you can sleep well tonight, and you will go again the night after tomorrow." ”

The fourth lady was surprised and moved when she heard this.

After sending the eldest lady away, the fourth lady couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "No wonder everyone mentions the eldest sister-in-law, they all say how virtuous and dignified she is, no one up and down says that she is not, it turns out that she is really so good." The old lady is so picky, when she meets her, I'm afraid she can't find anything wrong. ”

Not only the fourth lady, but also Mama Wu, Du Ruo also felt that the eldest lady was humble and a good person who was hard to find.

But Gu Chongyang felt a little weird.

In this world, no matter who you are, no matter how perfect you are, there will always be people who are not satisfied with you.

There are hundreds of people up and down the Qingyang Hou Mansion, and they are all praised by the eldest lady, which is a bit incredible.

Or, indeed, the eldest lady is indeed a good person; Or maybe the eldest lady has superb skills, and she is by no means a good man and a woman.

When the fourth master came back, the family of three had dinner, and the fourth lady told the eldest lady about coming over, and then praised: "There are very few people I admire in my life, and my sister-in-law is one." ”

The fourth old man couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Madam, the Hao family is indeed good, but after all, she is with the old lady and is not a fellow traveler with us." Knowing people and faces but not hearts, it is better for Madame to keep some distance from her. ”

Gu Chongyang also agreed with his father's words.

In the past few days, in order to make up for the vacancy, my father has been busy outside all day long, going out earlier and earlier, coming back later and later, and his brows have become tighter and tighter.

Gu Chongyang knew that he was outside, and he must have run into walls everywhere.

She wanted to help her father, but she couldn't. Although she is a reborn person, she really doesn't know anything about officialdom.

After marrying into Yan'en Houhe Mansion, most of the people who had dealings with her were the daughters of the Xungui family. Her father was a civil official, so she really couldn't help.

She blamed herself very much in her heart, if only she could pay more attention to the affairs of officialdom in her previous life.

The fourth lady's surprised voice came from her ears: "Master, have you found out something?" ”

"Hmm." The fourth master, Gu Zhanming, stroked his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Lang Zhongtian, the chief official of this year's Jiangnan Dao class examination, is the brother of the Hao family's maternal brother and daughter-in-law. ”

When Gu Chongyang heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

According to what his father said, it is impossible for this Tian Man not to know that his father is a member of the Gu family, and it is impossible not to know that the two families are related by marriage. Now that you know it, it's thought-provoking.

The eldest lady may not be as generous and kind as she appears. But why, there is no conflict between the four rooms and the big rooms.

The fourth lady paused when she heard this, and said after a long time: "Could this be a coincidence?" ”

"Coincidence?" The fourth master sneered and said: "Everyone in the officialdom is a human spirit, what is any coincidence. ”

Since it is not a coincidence, it is that the eldest lady deliberately went against the fourth room.

Gu Chongyang also heard his father say that in order to have a good future, when he was in office, he didn't say that he worked hard, but he never dared to relax in the slightest.

Others do Zhixian, that is three years of Qingzhi County, 100,000 snowflakes of silver.

But my father had a clean breeze on his sleeves and didn't take a penny. Not only that, but he also tried his best to make friends with the local squire, voted for his boss, and even did not hesitate to use his mother's dowry to bribe some colleagues.

The upper and lower points are properly checked, and the chief officer of the class examination is the Beijing official, and under normal circumstances, he will not deliberately go to the people of the Qingyang Marquis Mansion. That's one thing Father can be sure of.

But I never expected that the problem was actually in the class exam.