When it was almost evening, the fourth old man Gu Zhanming came back, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked the fourth lady: "The old lady didn't embarrass you, right?" ”

"Nope." The fourth lady smiled slightly: "Don't worry, she doesn't like me anymore, and she doesn't dare to do too much on the surface." ”

"That's good." The fourth master's tightly knit brows were relaxed: "You've worked hard these days, and now it's time for the festival, and the officials are really busy." The matter of filling the vacancy can only wait until the spring of next year. ”

"Well, the eldest brother will be here in a few days, and when he arrives, you will discuss it carefully." The fourth lady said: "One person is short-minded, and the other is long-witted, take your time, there is always a way." ”

Gu Chongyang stood by the window, looking at the snow outside, but his ears kept listening to his parents.

After the fourth lady and the fourth master finished speaking, they instructed Mama Wu to set the meal.

The maid immediately came in with hot water, and the fourth lady called Gu Chongyang to wash his hands.

She was about to leave the window when a flash of red caught her eye.

It's Aunt Kim.

Outside the window, the snow was falling, and everything was white, except for a carmine oil-paper umbrella that was so dazzling. Under the umbrella, Aunt Jin walked step by step, like a bewitching red plum.

What a stunner!

"Huh! Who's that? ”

Gu Chongyang turned around in response, and saw that the fourth master was standing behind her at some point, and he saw Aunt Jin walking in the snow, and there was curiosity in his eyes that he couldn't hide.

A man is curious about a woman, and a lot of results may come next, and even wonderful stories will happen.

But this man is his father, and the woman is his father's concubine and his mother's rival, Gu Chongyang's mood is very unhappy.

She didn't speak, but turned to look at her father and sneered.

The fourth master was taken aback: "Chongyang, what are you looking at me like this?" ”

After saying this, his heart suddenly burst into his heart, and he faintly understood Gu Chongyang's unhappiness, and he immediately pulled his face, "Who do you think of your father as?" I just saw a stranger in the house, so I was a little curious. ”

Make matters worse by attempting a coverup!

If Aunt Jin is not a young woman, but a stupid mother-in-law, will her father still be curious because she is strange?

Gu Chongyang put away the grim look just now, tilted his head like a little girl, and asked puzzledly, "What is my father talking about?" What stranger? ”

Looking at his daughter's innocent appearance, the fourth master couldn't help but be surprised, and then shook his head with a smile: "It's okay, it's my father who thinks too much." ”

With that, he raised his head and looked over to the dinner table.

Gu Chongyang followed his line of sight and saw his mother asking the maid to set the meal, with gentle eyebrows and an amiable smile.

My father's soft voice came from my ear: "In my heart, your mother is the most beautiful woman in the world, everyone else is a vulgar fan, and no one can replace her." ”

Gu Chongyang's heart was shocked, could it be that his father had seen through his thoughts.

The fourth old man touched Gu Chongyang's head casually, and said softly: "Let's go, let's eat." ”

"Hmm." Gu Chongyang Mumu nodded, and followed behind the fourth master step by step.

The fourth lady said angrily: "What are you looking at, this meal is not even cold." ”

"Nothing." The fourth old man sighed, half relieved and half emotional, and said: "It's only been a few years of hard work, and Chongyang is about to grow into a big girl." ”

"Not really." The fourth lady smiled slightly, looked at Gu Chongyang proudly and said, "Our Nan Nan has grown tall and fast, and we will be able to talk about others in two years." ”

"I don't want Chongyang to grow up." The fourth master glanced at Gu Chongyang and sighed: "In the past, she was only so big, not as tall as the table, so close to me, let me lift it high every day." Now that the girl has grown up and has a delicate mind, she is only close to her mother, and there is no longer me as a father in her heart. ”

There was regret in his tone that couldn't be hidden.

Gu Chongyang couldn't help but feel hot when she heard this, she knew that her careful thinking had not been able to hide from her father, and he was probably really angry this time.

"Sir, I'm jealous." The fourth lady couldn't help but smile and said: "The girl is older, where can she be held in her arms every day like before, naturally she should be avoided, but I believe that in our hearts, the father is also very important, isn't it?" ”

The last sentence was asking Gu Chongyang.

Gu Chongyang didn't want to answer such a question at all, but in the face of her mother's eager gaze, she could only stubbornly say: "Of course, in Chongyang's heart, father and mother are equally important. ”

The fourth lady said in a tone that I knew was very well-behaved: "Master, you heard it, Nannan is very filial. ”

The fourth master was a little relieved, he coughed lightly, and said, "I didn't say that Chongyang was not filial." Ahem, don't say anything, hurry up and eat, I'm already hungry. ”

The three of them took their seats and were about to eat, when Mama Wu walked in and said, "Master, madam, Aunt Jin heard that the master is back, so she is going to come over to greet the master." Because the old man was talking to his wife, he didn't dare to come in, and he waited under the porch all the time. ”

It was snowing heavily, Gu Chongyang felt cold when he sat in the house without burning the earth, Aunt Jin was able to stand outside for so long, what a character.

Thinking of her "great achievements" in her previous life, Gu Chongyang couldn't help but worry, if she was allowed to get involved with her father, this family might really never be peaceful.

Gu Chongyang looked up at the fourth lady, the fourth lady hesitated for a while, and was about to speak, when she suddenly heard the fourth master say: "I know her intentions, you let her go back." The weather is so cold, it's okay to be raised in Xixiangyuan, and you don't have to come over every day to say goodbye. ”

The words of the fourth master are undoubtedly heavenly, Gu Chongyang heard it in his ears and was happy in his heart.

Mama Wu also said happily: "Yes, master, I am suing Aunt Jin." ”

At the end, Mama Wu also winked at the fourth lady.

Although the fourth lady tried her best to restrain herself, relief and joy still appeared from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.

The fourth master glanced at his wife and daughter, and said angrily and funny: "You should also have a little confidence in me." ”

"Master......" The fourth lady was stunned and was about to explain, but the fourth master interrupted: "Eat, eat, eat without speaking, sleep without speaking." ”

The fourth lady did not speak, but her eyes were shining. But Gu Chongyang knew that his mother was a tear of happiness.

She felt very happy in her own heart.

The next day, the weather cleared, and Gu Chongyang followed the fourth lady to the Shen family's other courtyard in the capital early in the morning.

Because the fourth lady's maiden brother Shen Yucheng will come to the capital in a few days, the fourth lady will go to the Shen family's courtyard to clean up first.

Although there have always been guards and cleaners in the courtyard, the fourth lady is always afraid that the subordinates will be lazy, so she must come in person.

The courtyard is quite clean, but the doors and windows in the upper room have been closed, and the air is a little turbid. The earth dragon didn't burn either, and the room was cold. The inverted seat was also covered with snow, and it looked a little crumbling.

There is no one in charge. The fourth lady hurriedly asked her subordinates to open the doors and windows of the upper room and clean them again; He also asked people to burn the earth dragon, and take out the bedding and other things to dry and smoke. I also found someone to remove the snow from the upside-down room, and cleaned up all the things in the upside-down room, and no one was allowed to put things in it before the spring was repaired and rectified, so as to avoid accidents.

After everything was cleaned up, it was already afternoon, and the fourth lady looked back and forth, and instructed the housekeeper to buy all the things used on the stove in the past two days, and then took Gu Chongyang home.

As soon as she entered the side door of the Qingyang Hou Mansion, the little maid rushed to report: "Fourth lady, the lord is at home, Aunt Jin is here and kicked us out......"

It's worth it!

When the fourth lady heard this, her heart trembled, and she held back her anger and asked, "How long have you been there?" ”

"It didn't take long, less than a cup of tea."

The fourth lady put down and nodded, and immediately asked the person carrying the sedan chair to go quickly.

In just half a tea journey, the fourth lady only felt anxious, and she couldn't wait to step back home.

Gu Chongyang's mood was as anxious as the fourth lady.

Fortunately, the subordinates in the house were diligent, and the snow on the road from the side gate to Rongdongyuan was cleared, and the sedan chair driver almost rushed all the way to the gate of Rongdongyuan.

The fourth lady got out of the sedan chair, took a deep breath at the door, and strode towards the main room.

Gu Chongyang hurriedly followed, in order to catch up with the fourth lady, she had to trot with her skirt.

Mama Wu was afraid that she would fall, so she kept nervously reminding her to be careful of slippery roads, beware of stagnant water, and not to fall.

All the way to the main entrance of the main house, just stepped on the steps, I heard a "bang" from inside, like the sound of something falling on the ground, followed by the displeased scolding of the fourth master, and the sound of the woman crying.

The fourth lady did not hesitate, lifted the curtain and walked in.

The earth dragon burned in the house, and the moment the fourth lady lifted the curtain, a hot heat came to her face, and with the heat, there was a faint fragrance.

It is a fragrance of the acacia!

Gu Chongyang's hand on the curtain suddenly tightened, she glared at her, and immediately instructed Mama Wu: "Mama, you take Lu Wu in and get Aunt Jin out." ”

When she spoke, she was not angry and arrogant, sonorous and powerful, coupled with her maturity and steadiness that she had recently expressed, Mama Wu said, "Miss don't worry, I'll go." ”

What a good Aunt Jin, she actually got such a valuable thing as Hehuansan!

She has a concubine, even if she has money and no place to buy it, someone definitely gave it to her.

Lonely men and widows were in the same room, and they also ordered a happy dispersion, Gu Chongyang had to stop and stand at the door and wait.

The cold wind was blowing outside, cutting her cheek like a knife, but her heart was as anxious as if she had fallen into a pan of oil, and her mind was even more imagining various consequences and ways to deal with them, and she couldn't calm down for a moment.