Compared with Gu Ci's infinite scenery, the year of Zhongshan Wangfu was quite difficult.

Gu Chong was ordered by the emperor to wash several important towns to the north almost from Wen to Wu, and there are not a few nails left that King Zhongshan has laid over the years, and most of the new ascendants are the Marquis of Pingzhi, the Marquis of Jiji, and the noble families who have never had anything to do with him, or the opponents such as Ying Dubo and the King of Huainan County, who are not in agreement with him, and have nowhere to start for a while. Not to mention that the doorway to earn money was uprooted, and it was personally found out by Chief Mu beside the emperor. After he learned about this, he handed a sign to the Qianqing Palace several times to ask for a meeting, wanting to explain that Tongda Cargo Bank took refuge and the princess took refuge in it, and he himself did not know, but until now the emperor has not seen his meaning. Even Concubine Liang Liang was also grounded, and the two fourth-grade officials who had been released from the Hou family of Xiuning, one was demoted to three levels and was transferred to Changli City, which was similar to the border guard, and the other was impeached for corruption and dereliction of duty, and was removed from office and left in Beijing to be investigated. Chunyi, Dongyang, and Gaoyang's horses were all sent to follow the king of Xichuan to repair Yu Shi, and they could only return to the house one day a month, which was completely useless, and Sui Zidu, a despicable wall-head grass, was now in a hurry to hug Chang Ningbo's thigh.

I thought that I could deepen the connection with the Gu family by relying on Tongda Cargo Bank, but I didn't expect it to be an industry controlled by the Fang family. Later, he saw that there was a lot of money, so he acquiesced. Who knew it would cause such a big trouble this time!

When he was anxious, the servant woman came to report, and Yuan Jin heard that Gu Ci had added a fiefdom to the city, so he smashed the utensils in the house. The King of Zhongshan couldn't help but roar out loud: "Then give her a new one, ask me for everything, what do you want!" Then he drove away all his subordinates and summoned a few staff members to discuss countermeasures.

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Yuan Jin lost his temper in the house.

The princess is not in good health and is bedridden all the year round, only she is the only concubine, born on the Golden Festival, and is also the emperor's first grandchild, and she looks like the king of Zhongshan, so she was particularly favored when she was a child. Before Gu Ci was born, the queen mother and the emperor also saw her, she was completely a proud girl in the palace, and the seven or eight princesses were all transparent in front of her. However, after Gu Ci was able to enter the palace, she was swept into the ash heap, not only was she completely ignored by the queen mother, but even the emperor was very favored. She resents the grievances and persistently finds trouble or spreads rumors. Every time King Zhongshan trained her, she became even more blamed on Gu Ci, and she refused to change her teachings. made her father want to befriend the Protector Mansion without face.

Yuan Jin will smash it clean, pick up a delicate barbed horsewhip and frantically draw tent curtains, tables and chairs, and from time to time harm the maids and women around him. The nurse who was closest to her ignored the opening of the wound, rushed over and hugged her, begging bitterly, "Why is the county lord bothering to be angry with outsiders, let's find a way to retaliate back, just don't let the prince know." ”

Several other big girls hid in the corner, scolding in their hearts, secretly hating that this brainless nurse would follow the county lord's bad ideas, never to mention success, every time the county lord protected her grounding, and they were severely punished by the prince. It's no wonder that the county lord has a bad temper, what kind of good master can he be raised by such a stupid nurse.

At this time, two maids outside the house helped the princess in.

"Jin'er, what's wrong with you?" The princess was panting slightly, obviously in poor health.

"Mother!" Yuan Jin calmed down and threw himself into the princess's arms and cried.

The princess looked at the nurse seriously, and the nurse knelt on the ground, and replied lightly: "...... The prince instructed the girl to curry favor with the county lord of Yuanyi, so he ......"

"Get out."

The princess directly threw all the subordinates out, sighed and comforted her daughter. It's not that she doesn't know that the nurse has a limited mind and can't help her daughter, but who made her father just the former head of Heming Academy, only marry a few maids and this nurse, if she doesn't use her, she is even more worried about changing to a grandmother.

"Jin'er, you are thirteen this year, you are a big girl, you have to start seeing each other, why are you still obsessed with a little girl?"

"Mother, you don't know how hateful she is......"

"Do you know what you're supposed to do?" The princess suddenly raised her voice.

Yuan Jin was stunned.

"You should befriend the people who have good intentions to the palace, ask them if they have suitable boys, observe the behavior of the female relatives in their house, and how to deal with them in the future, so as to gain a firm foothold and help your father." The princess paused to catch her breath and continued in a soft voice, "Instead of staring at what a little girl under the age of ten does every day and where she goes. This kind of boring thing is not what you should do. ”

Yuan Jin lowered his head and pondered.

"When it's her turn to see each other, you are already the head mother of a house, and you are also the wife of the head of each house, not a little girl who doesn't talk well. Do you understand? ”

"But, mother, do I have to endure it before I get married?!" Yuan Jin raised his head and said angrily.

The princess took a deep breath, "Do you still want to do such a trivial matter yourself?" I will give you the lilies around me and let her arrange them for you. As for the nurse, let her stay in the house on weekdays and don't take her out. ”

Yuan Jin was a little reluctant, but thinking that the nurse had lost a big face at the gate of the Runan County Mansion last time, she didn't dare to reply anything, so she agreed.

The princess looked at her daughter's appearance of not eating oil and salt, and she was also full of distress. Her father and mother are all ordinary scholars, her father was lucky, he became the head of the Heming Academy, and he fell into the eyes of the King of Zhongshan who wanted to seek the name of the literati, when choosing a concubine, the prince wanted to marry the daughter of the Duan family, the general of Pingnan, followed by the girl of the Wenli Hou family, she really reported to the emperor as a foil. At that time, she had mutual affection with her father's protégé, and she waited for the autumn to marry, but who knew that the emperor had issued a will to give marriage and achieve their resentful couple. The prince loves beauties, and he recognized it as soon as he married her, and wanted to help him through his father to cultivate the talents of Heming Academy, but who knew that the academy would change the current mountain chief the next year, and the prince suddenly felt that he had suffered a loss, and he would not enter her courtyard again. Over the years, she has worked hard to maintain the dignity of the princess, and her body has been in deficit, but fortunately, her daughter has won the favor of the palace and the prince, so she will not be embarrassed. Now because of Gu Ci, her daughter is being snubbed everywhere, how can she not complain, but the situation is stronger than others, and she doesn't want to make waves before her daughter's family affairs are decided. Lily is one of her maids in marriage, and she looks better when she gets older, and she has always relied on a lot. But the last time the prince saw her and said a few more words, in order to be safe, he still sent her to his daughter. If Lily is not self-motivated, she will definitely be able to help her daughter subdue the nurse and deal with the matter of Gu Ci, and she will find a good family for her to marry. If Lily really wants to climb the bed, it also depends on whether the prince has the face to ask the people around his daughter to do the sex.

Lily entered the door and kowtowed to Yuan Jin, and after sending the princess away, Yuan Jin gave her an order viciously, "I don't care what you do, in short, I want to lose my face in the capital and let her walk around when she sees me in the future." If you can't do it, you can go and pour the night incense. ”

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If Gu Yi saw Yuan Jin's performance, she would definitely be able to recognize that this was a grumpy paranoid personality, but now she has no time to care about things outside the mansion.

The grandmother's brother and sister-in-law's maiden family were both put in prison, and except for the long house, the other houses were concerned about the impact of this matter on the Protector's Mansion. Needless to say, the fifth aunt looked for her mother every day after looking for her grandmother, but fortunately she didn't get dizzy and rushed to Qingyi Hospital. The third aunt was about to show the fourth brother Gu Hongxiang about her family, but she also paused. The daughter-in-law of Gu San, who was the eldest of the second uncle's side, also walked around the courtyard from time to time. My grandfather is said to have written several letters to my third brother and uncle. Her father also socialized a lot outside, saying that he was looking for a way. Her mother didn't hide it from her, and explained it to her from time to time, and she was much calmer than others, and she didn't object to her father's useless work outside, 'I have to let him understand that the world is difficult, and without the brand of Protector of the Kingdom, what kind of material is he'. This sentence was told to her by Mama in private, and it was not good for her mother to speak ill of her father to her, so Mama conveyed it considerately.

Gu Yi once thought back to history carefully, and it seemed that there was nothing to happen to the Gu family at all, even if the prince died, the Gu family was not affected at all, she could be sure of this, so she relaxed and watched the play. She didn't have a good impression of her grandmother and the Fang family, she just didn't show it. Today, her mother asked her to prepare well, and the second brother-in-law will send the second sister and the child back to her parents' house for a few days, and she needs to take her sisters to greet her.

Gu Yi immediately thought, is this a signal that grandmother wants to rely on Concubine Du Xian? The King of Zhongshan is no longer in the climate, and the Changning Bo family will come over to show their goodwill, and the grandmother and the Fang family will definitely be happy, but I don't know what conditions they will propose?

The second sister's family was in a hurry, and the post was delivered in the morning, and the car arrived in the afternoon. The two sisters in the third room went to the palace of Hejian County as guests, and when they were not at home, Gu Yi took the girl in the fourth room and the two sisters in the fifth room to greet the second sister at the second gate.

Gu Xiaosu's one-year-old son was held in the hands of the nurse, white and gratifying. After everyone sat down, the girls knew that she had something to do when she came back, so they greeted the children with a very good eye and left. Before Gu Yi left, he looked back and saw the grandmother beside the second sister rushing towards the direction of Qingyi Courtyard, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

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Gu Ci accompanied Yuyi in the house, and saw Mama Wu beside her second sister-in-law coming in happily.

"The old slave asked the eldest princess and the county lord to say goodbye, and Gan Mei just gave our ** milk a three-month happy pulse."

Today happened to be the day when Gu Ci was worried that his family would eat too greasy after the New Year and it would not be good for his body, so he asked Gan Mei to ask for a safe pulse, which was really unexpected!

Yuyi was overjoyed, stood up and went straight to the Qiuli Courtyard where Gu Ao and his wife lived.

Gu Ci farts followed with Bajie, praised the second brother in his heart, went out after ten days of marriage, and could make the second sister-in-law pregnant, so greasy!

Yuyi entered the door and pressed Wu Shenqiu, who was about to salute, "Sit down, there are not so many false courtesies in our house." Why didn't you find it before? ”

Mama Wu hurriedly said, "It's the old slave who is derelict in his duties." In November, I saw a little red, and then I was negligent during the New Year, but the county lord was thoughtful, and I let the pulse know today. ”

"It's not your fault, there are such cases. You're the first child, and you have to be well maintained...... "YUYI BEGAN BLABLA AND SAID A BUNCH OF PRECAUTIONS.

Because she has the successful experience of four sons and one daughter, Wu Shenqiu and Mama Wu attach great importance to it and listen carefully word for word.

Gu Ci also followed Gan Mei to mutter, asking her to prepare recipes for fetal maintenance, write out the taboos, and finally try to ask Gan Mei if she would like to stay here temporarily to take care of pregnant women?

Gan Mei smiled and agreed, "If the county lord agrees, the slave will naturally not refuse." Besides, isn't the master here, where can the county lord use me? Qinghe has also been with me for a long time, and she can tell her if she has something. ”

Yuyi interrupted her daughter's troubles angrily, "You go while playing, arrange for someone to report the news, you can write the letter yourself, don't come to trouble your sister-in-law." Gan Mei will come over and serve, and discuss with Mama Wu about something. ”

Gu Ci pouted and said, "Great-grandson." Before Yuyi glared at her and lectured her, she ran back to the yard and began to write letters.

It happened that Chunxiu came to report at this time, saying that the second aunt and grandmother came back to live and asked the eldest princess and the county lord if they were free tomorrow and wanted to bring the children to come over to visit, so Yuyi asked Gu Ci to make up her own mind. When Gu Ci heard that the second sister had brought the little boy, she agreed and asked Chunxiu to invite the sisters from the third and fourth rooms by the way, and she didn't mention the fifth room at all.

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The people who came the next day were really neat.

The second sister also sent letters to the eldest sister and the third sister, the eldest sister had a big belly, the third sister also came with her daughter, and the two girls in the fifth room also came. However, considering that they were all children and pregnant women, they didn't dare to go to the garden, so they packed up the nearest Lanhua Pavilion by the weeping flower gate and put up a bright warm pavilion to receive the sisters. Looking at a room of warblers and warblers Yanyan whispered softly, Gu Ci sighed in his heart, this seems to be the most neat time for the sisters, ah, no, Mingxiu cheat sheet said, the fifth uncle has a newborn little girl, raised outside.

Gu Ci prepared a very high fence on the kang for the two little guys, with thick padding, surrounded by a circle of pillows, and as soon as the second and third sisters came in, they happily asked the nurse to put the child in, praising her for being thoughtful. The other sisters saw the tender little girl for the first time, and they couldn't love it so much that they kept teasing. Gu Jing and Gu Xiaoxi had to enter the Qingyi Courtyard for the first time, ignoring their nephews and nieces, and looking at the furnishings of the house.

Gu Ci originally wanted the second sister-in-law to meet the little boy of the second sister's family to entertain these guests, knowing that the eldest sister was pregnant, and specially inquired if there was such a thing as 'the king does not see the king', Yuyi said no, she planned to send away the sisters who had not left the cabinet for a while, and then invite the second sister-in-law to come. Anyway, if the second sister has any intentions, she must be more willing to talk to the second sister-in-law than her little girl. Seeing that there was no joy on the faces of these two uninvited sisters now, they didn't look like guests at all, so they really responded, so they gave Ganlu a look, let her concentrate on staring at these two, and then put them aside and went to play with Xiao Lori herself.

Gu Xiaoxi reacted quickly, and when she saw Gu Ci leaving, she immediately laughed and laughed to make fun, "The third sister's daughter is so cute." ”

The others also praised the little girl, and then the eldest sister joked, "The second sister is going to be sad, you don't praise her son." Then he took the little boy's hand and said, "They don't play with you, but my aunt will accompany you." "She had just conceived since she got married, and it was a rare little boy.

The third sister smiled very happily, "The in-laws are all uncles and brothers, and the concubines are also boys, as soon as she was born, she was favored, and even her grandfather's neck was ridden." ”

Hearing this, Gu Yi couldn't help but show envy, the third sister was really the most comfortable one.

Gu Jing, who had been sitting alone, suddenly interjected, his voice was sharp and harsh, "When it comes to being favored, no one is better than the twelfth sister, right?" ”

Gu Xiaoxi immediately played a round, "How can the ninth sister compare her niece with the county lord?" ”

Gu Ci realized that the 'Twelfth Sister' was referring to him, and then replied with a smile, "Yes, my family also spoils me, just like my little niece's family spoils her." I won't eat her vinegar. ”

Gu Jing's face became even more gloomy, and he muttered, "Why ......?"

Gu Yi's face turned grim, "If the ninth sister is uncomfortable, go back and rest, don't be too sick to the child." ”

Ganlu gently stepped forward and approached Gu Jing.

Gu Jing glared at Gu Yi viciously, bit her lip and sat down silently, Gu Xiaoxi poured her a glass of water neatly, and then began to ask why the little clothes on the child's body were not embroidered, and opened the topic.

At this time, a report came from outside, saying that the fifth lady had come to pick up her daughter.

Gu Ci glanced approvingly at Chunxiu, who reported the news, and said, "I think it's something wrong with the fifth aunt, so I won't keep you any longer." ”

Gu Xiaoxi stood up with a little disappointment and was about to leave, but Gu Jing suddenly got up and asked, "You know what my mother is doing, why do you just drive me away?!" ”

"I don't know the intention of the fifth aunt, today is the post of the second sister, I will entertain you on behalf of my mother."

Gu Ci looked at her calmly and said, "If the ninth sister thinks that I am not very considerate......

Gu Xiaoxi immediately interrupted, "The county lord is too polite, we should go back before the time is too early, thank you for the county lord's hospitality." ”

Gu Jing looked like he wanted to be mad, but Gu Yi suddenly stood in front of Gu Ci, "Ninth sister be cautious, if you don't know, unless you don't do it." Dali Temple will not climb casually. ”

Gu Jing and Gu Xiaoxi's faces were white at the same time, Gu Xiaoxi could still hold on, and helped Gu Jing to hurriedly salute and leave.

After they left, the quiet room became lively again. After a while, Gan Mei accompanied Wu Shenqiu to come, and gave the two children a meeting gift, and the girls sat with them for a while and then retired with a smile.

Gu Yi deliberately stayed until the end, and waited for the sisters in front of him to walk away before turning around, looking at Gu Ci with a complicated expression and saying, "Sister Luan, don't blame me for being troublesome. ”

Gu Ci still smiled and said, "No, thank you Fifth Sister." ”

"Fuxiang got married at the end of February, I don't know if Sister Luan will go to add a box?"

"If there is no big deal, I will definitely go."

"Qiao Juan and I also made an appointment to go together, why don't we go to Dongshi on the way back?"

"This will say that this is a bit early, and the Ren family and the Ye family sisters will also go, will there be too many people?"

“…… Let's talk about that then. Then he stopped talking.

Gu Ci didn't see it, and stopped at the Hanging Flower Gate, and said with a smile, "I'll send it not far away, and a few sisters will walk slowly." ”

Gu Yi was a little at a loss, hesitated, and left with the other sisters.

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Gu Yi returned to the room and thought about it carefully, why did Gu Ci not care about his and Gu Jing's rhetorical reactions? Didn't even ask a question? Does she really not know how to read people's faces? Or are you acting too reserved?

The fourth lady saw that her daughter was not in high spirits and returned to the house, so she summoned the maid and couldn't ask why, so she went to her daughter's boudoir to talk.

"What is Ah Shan thinking?"

Gu Yi was a little embarrassed to explain the cause and effect. She first found that she had a close relationship with Gu Er, the housekeeper of the outer courtyard, when Mama Zeng went to Qingyi Hospital. At that time, the fourth lady was teaching her what the rules were for ushering in the festival to be sent, so she asked the maids around her to go to the second door to look at the gift list or post, so that they could learn and learn. When Grape found out about this, he immediately came to tell her, but she didn't say anything if she wasn't sure. Later, Gu Ci had an accident in the palace, and outsiders didn't know the truth at first, and the house only thought that Grandma Zeng was not serving well, and the family was angry with Yuyi. But after a long time, you can naturally see the clues. Gu Yi knew that Gu Er's housekeeper had a connection with Mama Zeng, so he turned around and inquired about Gu Er's housekeeper. Although his surname is Gu, he is his grandmother's companion, he was originally his grandmother's brother Fang Ting's little servant, and he was very effective in serving his grandfather in Beiguan, and he changed his surname to Gu's housekeeper's house, so he was also very close to the fifth lady. Since Gu Er can get in touch with Mama Zeng, it is estimated that the fifth aunt will not be innocent. So she asked Grape to inquire about the Gu Jing sisters, only to know that the fifth aunt had bought off two small maids in the stable, one worked more on weekdays, covered the other to keep an eye on the main gate of the Qingyi Courtyard, and the corner gate where the long house often came and went, and told the fifth aunt the whereabouts of the visitors and everyone, and then the news was transferred to Mama Zeng. The fifth aunt's mouth has always been not strict, Gu Jing must know about this, Gu Xiaoxi has always been smart-eyed, and she should have guessed it. She counted that the fifth aunt would not let go of this opportunity to let Gu Jing please Gu Ci, so as to intercede for Fang Ting, Gu Jing's temperament hated anyone better than her, and she would definitely lose her temper with Gu Ci, she just went to cheat Gu Jing, and then sold it to Gu Ci. Who knew that the front was going well, but the little girl was uneasy to play her cards with common sense, and she didn't realize her hints at all.

Gu Yi asked puzzledly, "Mother, but where did I show my flaws, or did something wrong?" ”

The fourth lady's eyes were a little complicated, both relieved and unbearable, "Ah Shan, you want to be good friends with the county lord, your mother has always supported you, and the grievances of your father have nothing to do with you." What's more, when you go out, you are sisters for life, and the eldest princess didn't say anything. This matter, let's start with Mama Zeng, when you know that she has a problem, why don't you tell your mother and relatives, and you have to check it yourself? ”

"I think, from the ninth sister and the fifth aunt ......"

"Do you think they don't have the ability to know that you're investigating?"

Gu Yi nodded, she really looked down on the two people who were stupid.

"What about the person who can instruct Gu Er? Did you know that if you are discovered, your maid will die suddenly? ”

The fourth lady said it very lightly, and Gu Yi was still startled.

"How so? I didn't let them get in touch with Gu Er's housekeeper, and besides, I deduced a lot of things by myself afterwards, and they ......"

"Just in case."

Gu Yina was speechless.

"Besides, if you want to sell it to the county lord, why do you want to do it more?"

Gu Yi's eyes widened in confusion.

"If you really want to be good friends with the county lord, it is best to treat each other with sincerity. The stratagem is always superficial. Even if the county lord doesn't know anything, don't the people around her know? It's good to be cautious, but it's better to be mindful. ”

Gu Yi was like an empowerment for a while, and her experience as an orphan since she was a child made her wary of people, and her mother loved her so much, and she didn't let go of her guard until she was five or six years old. She acts too deliberately, and she is heavy on gains and losses, but it is easy to give people the impression that she is too camping. After thinking about it, she immediately apologized, "It's me who is too good-looking." I'm going to talk to Ah Luan about Mama Zeng. ”

The fourth lady touched her daughter's face with pity, "Mother's Ah Shan is a good child, it's a good thing to think about it, but to make people feel your sincerity is the way to get along." You can learn more from your fourth sister at this point. ”

"Yes, mother. Daughter won't let you down. ”

"The maid's mother will deal with it, you don't have to worry about it, it just so happens that they are also at the age of being released, and when you get married, you will go to your husband's house to serve."

Gu Yi said shyly, "Husband, I have to see it first." ”

"Yes, let's go."