The Marquis of Dingyuan started with military merits, and after the death of Taizu, Gaozu succeeded to the throne, and there was still a rebellion in the old party of the previous dynasty. At that time, although the Marquis of Dingyuan was not as good as the four major dukes who founded the country, he had made great contributions to quelling the rebellion, so he was awarded the title.

The title passed to Gu Qingwan's great-grandfather's generation, except for the Tatar in the north, who would cross the Yin Mountain to the border of the Great Zhou to loot during the famine year, and the Fanbang in the south had a little turmoil from time to time, but the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom tended to be peaceful. That ancestor was also a person with long-term insight, and from his generation, the children and grandchildren of the Gu family began to study and test for fame.

Nowadays, the officials in the family, except for the eldest lord, who is an official of the emperor, everyone else has taken the road of the imperial examination.

Born in such a noble family, he is much luckier than ordinary people. The second master, Gu Mingli, was born in the top three with the Jinshi, but now he is the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, compared to his peers, it can be said that he is on a steady rise. And the third and fourth masters didn't even enter the palace test, but their careers were much more open than others.

The old lady Gu of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is surnamed Sun, and the ancestor of the Sun family is also a military general. When the Gu family and the Sun family were good, the head of the Sun family was just a third-grade escort who did not have a title, and the old lady Gu was considered to be a high marriage. Unexpectedly, even with the help of the Gu family's in-laws, the Sun family was not as good as the next generation.

In the generation of Xiao Sun, Xiao Sun's brother just relied on the Gu family's door to get an idle job. And Xiao Sun's sister is married to a poor student, although she is a third-class student, she has been in office for so many years, relying on the relationship between the top and bottom, but she also made a general judgment of the sixth grade.

If Xiao Sun's family is not a house-filler, how can he be the wife of the Gu family's second room?

Although Gu Qingwan's biological mother died early, and she was not valued by the elders of the Gu family, she was still a serious girl in the second room of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. If the Cao family wants to discuss with the Gu family, they can only choose from the Gu family's concubines.

I'm afraid that these three girls are "famous", and no one dares to come to the door to propose marriage, this Aunt Cao and Xiao Sun are under the banner of kissing and kissing, and the old lady and the second master are the most embarrassed and really respond.

Although Gu Qingwan hadn't seen what that Cao Di was like, judging from Xiao Sun's years of killing, if this Cao Di was really good, Xiao Sun would not have thought of her, a girl from the main room.

Seeing that Gu Qingwan didn't speak, Gu Cunke also beat a little drum in his heart. These are all things he inquired about in private, and he hasn't crossed the road yet, if Gu Qingwan is dissatisfied and makes a fuss, the old lady can't pull her face, maybe she really responds. Gu Cunke was afraid that Gu Qingwan would overreact, so he wanted to talk about him in advance so that he could persuade him.

Gu Qingwan looked at Gu Cunke's worried face, but laughed out loud: "Are you afraid that I will make trouble?" ”

Gu Cunke didn't speak for a long time, and only nodded worriedly.

"Do you think I'm any different than I used to be?" Gu Qingwan glanced at Gu Cunke steadily, and simply stood up and walked to Gu Cunke.

felt a little disobedient, Gu Cunke thought silently, but he didn't dare to really say it in front of Gu Qingwan.

"I'm going to be grounded for more than a month, you should know what the reason is." At the beginning, the three girls secretly ran into the outer courtyard, although the mouths of the people in the house were sealed, but except for the remote four-room where they lived, most of the owners of the other three rooms had heard of it.

"I knelt in the small Buddha hall of Tansong Temple for two whole days, and after the last thing I was carried back to the Yuanxiang Pavilion in a coma. It is said that eating a trench grows wisdom, and now in front of you is no longer the Gu Qingwan you knew before. ”

Seeing Gu Cunke's gloomy expression, Gu Qingwan sighed softly, and followed the memory in her mind to tell the original story as it was.

Gu Cunke's gloom turned into anger: "I have always warned before, Gu Qingyan didn't have any good intentions, third sister, why did you return her way." That Xie Ziran ...... Then Xie Ziran didn't even look at Gu Qingyan properly, how could he write such a poem to the third sister? ”

The meaning in this statement is a bit intriguing. Gu Qingwan glanced at Gu Cunke, and when she saw that he was also remorseful, she thought that she should not worry about a child.

"I know that many of the things I did before are unreasonable, but now I have finally figured out one thing, you are the only one in this mansion who is related to me by blood. No matter what I do in the future, I am your sister, so I will not harm you. Gu Qingwan saw that Gu Cunke had regained that melancholy look, and said, "I will also try to be a sister that you can rely on." ”

Gu Qingwan has always been rude, but seeing her like this, Gu Cunke didn't get used to it. He originally planned to be taught a lesson, so he came to persuade Gu Qingwan, at least let her not be too impulsive in the matter of the Cao family. It's just that now, it seems that there is no need.

He, his sister, who has not had a bright brain since he was a child and always needs his protection in mind, has gradually transformed into a different person from his memory after walking around the ghost gate. This kind of transformation made him a little unaccustomed, and it was also mixed with a little bit of loss.

Gu Cunke nodded in a daze, and after answering vaguely, he said: "It's getting late, I'm afraid if I don't leave, the second door will be locked." Today is to say a word to my sister in advance, so as not to catch us off guard in the future. If the second lady really has any plans, we can't fight, and the uncle of the He family ....... ”

Speaking of this, Gu Cunke seemed to realize something and immediately closed his mouth.

He is the only daughter in the family, and there are two older brothers. Although He's parents are no longer there, these two brothers still love their only sister, and naturally they will love Wu and Wu. Before Gu Qingwan was seven years old, she still had dealings with the He family.

It's just that I don't know when it started, Gu Qingwan stopped going to the He family, even the He family's uncle and aunt sent someone to pick it up, and Gu Qingwan refused to go. What's more, as long as the He family is mentioned in front of Gu Qingwan, Gu Qingwan will lose her temper.

However, Gu Qingwan didn't have the same cold face as Gu Cunke expected, as if she hadn't heard Gu Cunke's words at all, she asked Gu Cunke to stay in a loud voice, and then hurriedly went inside and got an octagonal copper hand stove.

Seeing that Gu Cunke was really waiting next to the curtain, Gu Qingwan smiled and stuffed the hand stove into Gu Cunke's hand: "It's not as good as the day, it's windy at night, you are wearing thin, and this hand stove is still very hot, enough to last until you walk into the outer courtyard." ”

As he spoke, he personally opened the curtain and went out with Gu Cunke, and when he saw Guiye waiting outside the door, he said: "I won't go out of Lu, Guiye, you carried a lantern, sent the second master out of Yuanxiang Pavilion, and came back when he entered the corridor." ”

Gu Cunke stepped out of the gate of Yuanxiang Pavilion with one foot, glanced back at Gu Qingwan, and saw that she was still standing under the eaves, and Gu Qingwan's expression could not be seen in the dark night.

He hugged the kettle tightly, only to feel a sour feeling welling up. Like the grievances he has suffered in front of Gu Qingwan for so many years, his incomprehension for so many years, and his caution for so many years, like a tear dripping from his eyes now, he was quietly disappeared by the heat of the hand stove, as if he had never had it.

"Second master, don't worry, I've been looking at it these days, and the girl is not confused now. If the lady has a gnosis in heaven, she must also be happy. Gui Ye saw that Gu Cunke was silent all the way, so he said a good word.

Gu Cunke nodded, but did not speak.

The fog around Gu Cunke was light, and Guiye didn't return to the Yuanxiang Pavilion until Gu Cunke's master and servant came out of the corridor.

When Gui Ye entered the back room, Gu Qingwan was really copying the "Family Motto", so she brought the lamp next to the windowsill to the low table. After doing this, she stood next to Gu Qingwan, as if she had no intention of leaving.

Gu Qingwan's movements in her hand did not stop, but she said softly: "Are you going to say it?" ”

Gui Ye opened his mouth, but he laughed out loud at the end: "I said before that the girl was just a little impulsive, but now I see that it is true." ”

At the beginning, Gu Cunke thought that Gu Qingwan was tight, so he took Guiye to send his two silver bills in, and this time he was waiting outside the courtyard, and he also asked Guiye to come in and talk back.

The previous laurel leaf, which was not reused by the three girls, was very vague in the memory of the three girls, so although Gu Qingwan wondered why Gu Cunke believed in her alone, she didn't understand the reason.

"Speaking of which, I want to mention the slave's mother, my mother was a maid next to the old lady back then, and when she got old, she was married to a small servant in the house, and now she is working in the outer courtyard." Gui Ye tilted his head and glanced at Gu Qingwan, and said, "Originally, there should be no intersection." ”

It turned out that He was pregnant in the year he first entered the house, so he went to the Puji Temple in Beijing to burn incense and make a vow, and when he came back and passed through the back street of the Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion, he happened to meet Guiye's mother.

Guiye was only two years old at the time, and it was when she had just left, Guiye's mother didn't pay attention to it for a while, and Guiye disappeared.

The mother-in-law who came back with the He family naturally knew Gui Ye's mother, and asked casually, but happened to be heard by the He family in the sedan chair. He Shi had just become pregnant, and she couldn't see how sad Gui Ye and her mother were when she lost her child, so she was originally kind-hearted, so she sent more people to look for it carefully.

Fortunately, thanks to He's intervention, he was able to save Guiye from the kidnapper. If it was any longer, the kidnapper would have gone out of the city with the laurel leaf.

"My mother said that if it weren't for my wife, I don't know where I would have suffered or what sins I had suffered." Guiye sighed, "She said that Madame went, and this kindness can only be returned to the girl and the second master." ”

Later, Guiye entered the house, and the three girls were known for their arrogant temper since they were young, and the maids in the house were unwilling to come to her side to serve. Guiye's errand is naturally no one to compete with her.

Originally, she just thought that before the third girl left the cabinet, she would serve her wholeheartedly, and it could be regarded as repaying the kindness of the second lady who saved her back then. It's just that I didn't expect things to change far beyond my plan.