Soon, Gu Qingwan, the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion, led the Fuzhong Nursing Home to save her younger brother's deeds in Kyoto, it is said that even the emperor also inquired about the matter, and personally praised her in the court as a good woman who "women do not let the eyebrows".

After the emperor's Chrysostom, the folk went through various spreads, and finally Gu Qingwan's rescue of his brother was also compiled into the play, and for a while it became the most popular joke among storytellers in the tea shop winery. In the play, Gu Qingwan is described as a Mulan-like heroine, brave and wise.

There is also a painter, who painted a woman in red, holding a long sword, riding on a horse, and the masterpiece was also sold for a high price in the painting market!

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For a while, people only knew that there was a "Mulan" in the Hou Mansion with a tiger father and no dog girl, and the women did not let the eyebrows be shaved.

Spring Moon Garden.

Gu Qingyue had a cold face, her hands brushed hard, and suddenly, all the dishes on the table fell to the ground in an uproar.

"Second Miss ......" Mama Du heard the movement outside, and hurriedly walked in, seeing the embarrassment, the maid and the mother-in-law stood aside and did not dare to breathe, now the second miss is no longer like the gentle and virtuous, quiet and soft person in the past, she is uncertain, especially after separating from the second lady, everything is not going well, and the movement is furious, making people tremble.

Seeing Gu Qingyue's distorted face and the anger in her eyes, Mama Du shook her head, thinking to herself, this second young lady is really far inferior to the county lord.

She waved her hand, let everyone retreat, walked to Gu Qingyue's side, and said:

"Second Miss, Second Lady has told you, don't make any more noise, calm down, wait for the best time to fight back, and this time will not be too long. But now you are furious at every turn, you know, this time is different from the past, now the hearts of the people in this mansion are towards the county lord, there may be her eyeliner in this Spring Moon Garden, if you toss like this, if it reaches her ears, you will suffer again. ”

"I don't lose my temper, how can I swallow this breath! Now it's not just the people of the Hou Mansion, even the people in Kyoto, and the people in the palace, even the emperor praises Gu Qingwan, how can I bear this breath, in the future, I will completely become her green leaf, no matter where I go, people look at her, what about me, I am nothing. Gu Qingyue sat on the chair angrily, fell down in front of the table and cried.

A helpless look flashed on Mama Du's face, this second lady, no matter what happens, will not find the reason from herself, on the other hand, the county lord, after so many times, is thoughtful, step by step, "killing" invisibly.

All this must not be lucky, but she is a calm person who can do great things.

Falling Maple Garden.

Gu Qingzhao woke up, Old Madam Gu, Gu Tianyou, and the eldest lady were all very happy, especially Old Madam Gu, who gave everything that could be given to Gu Qingzhao's grandson without hesitation, and finally Gu Qingwan opened her mouth and said that if it wasn't for so much, Old Mrs. Gu would stop, otherwise she would really have to move the entire Begonia Garden.

The eldest lady knew Gu Qingzhao's taste, so she asked the small kitchen to make more than 20 kinds of food and send it over, Gu Qingzhao smiled helplessly, "Mother, I can only eat a small bite, and the wound still hurts." ”

The eldest lady had tears in her eyes and said, "It's okay, a small sip is a small bite, and it's good to take a look." ”

The haze that hung over the Hou Mansion finally dispersed!

Gu Qingwan helped Gu Qingzhao to come out of the room and take a look outside, take a breath of fresh air, the wounds on his body have not healed yet, so when he walks, his posture is a little rickety.

The warm winter sun shone lazily on their bodies, and Gu Qingzhao's slightly pale face looked more transparent and handsome in the dappled sunlight.

The maid and her mother-in-law moved two wide chairs over, and Gu Qingwan and Gu Qingzhao sat in the courtyard together to bask in the sun.

After a while, Zilan walked in briskly and said happily, "County Lord, young master, Wen Ze has found it!" ”

"But he's still alive." When Gu Qingzhao heard this, he hurriedly got up, but the wound on his chest hurt and he frowned.

When he was six years old, Wen Ze accompanied him, saying that he was a slave, but in fact, he was a playmate from childhood to adulthood, and Gu Qingzhao had another affection for him in addition to his own master and servant.

"Young master, young master......" At this time, I saw a person hurriedly running in from outside the courtyard, crying while running towards Gu Qingzhao, followed by Zizhu.

"Wen Ze!" Gu Qingzhao endured the pain and shouted.

"Young master, my ancestor!" Wen Ze knelt in front of Gu Qingzhao with a plop, cried bitterly, slapped himself while crying, and said, "Wen Ze is useless, Wen Ze is useless, he can't even send a letter, and he was tied up...... I was tied up and thrown into another yard, and the family mistook me for a thief and sent me to the government, not only did I not complete the task assigned by the county lord, but also bothered Sister Zizhu to save me back. ”

......Seeing Wen Ze like this, Gu Qingzhao couldn't help laughing and said, "Why didn't I sell you?" ”

When Wen Ze heard this, he cried even louder, "Wen Ze is so sorry for the young master, he has no face to see the young master again, the young master must be in pain if he is seriously injured, but Wen Ze didn't help at all." ”

Gu Qingwan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, you think I really expected a letter from you to save Gu Qingzhao, but it's just to call for more help, so don't blame yourself, just come back safely." ”

Gu Qingwan has an indifferent temperament, but she has a little more kind face towards these slaves who are sincere to Gu Qingzhao, especially Wen Ze, in the previous life, not long after Gu Qingzhao's death, once someone said that Wen Ze stole the things in the dead young master's house and sold them, and the Lu family sent them out after beating the board hard, and then they didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

Now that I think about it, this is also the Lu family's trick to drive away some heartfelt slaves from her.

This is also the reason why Gu Qingwan insisted on protecting Wen Ze at the beginning, maybe at the beginning he was the person sent by the Lu family to supervise Gu Qingzhao, but after getting along, he really regarded Gu Qingzhao as his master.

Gu Qingwan asked Wen Ze to go down to change clothes, leaving only their sisters and brothers in the courtyard.

The sun was gradually obscured by clouds, and the light in the yard was a little darker, even a little colder.

"Zhao'er, did you find anything about the people who kidnapped you that day? The prince and I are very sure that the people in the palace did it in collusion with the Turks. It's just that I'm really puzzled, you have never had a grudge against anyone, and the Turks are afraid that they are attacking you to threaten your father, but I didn't expect that there were people in the palace who colluded with the Turks. Gu Qingwan said, now that Gu Qingzhao has woken up, it is time to thoroughly investigate this incident!

Hearing Gu Qingwan's question, Gu Qingzhao shook his head in confusion.

Gu Qingwan's cold eyes looked ahead, a chill like a winter day was faintly floating on her face, and she said, "The prince has left a living mouth to interrogate, and there will be a result soon." Zhao'er, no matter who it is, as long as it hurts you, I will never spare it, I will definitely find out the person behind the scenes, send her to hell, and never be able to live forever! ”

She hated, she wanted that man to be tormented; What she cares about, she wants to protect with her life.

Gu Qingwan said, turned around, looked at Gu Qingzhao, and asked, "Zhao'er, what did they say to you, do you still remember?" You know where they're going to take you? ”

Gu Qingwan asked one question after another, very urgent and resolute to find out the person who hurt Gu Qingzhao! And looking at her resolute face and gaze, Gu Qingzhao's heart was full of emotion and guilt.

"Sister, those people say that I am Gu Tianyuan's son, and they want to use me to threaten my father. Sister, thank you, next time you don't take risks for Zhao'er, Zhao'er doesn't want her sister to be hurt in any way because of Zhao'er. ”

"Silly Zhao'er, you are my younger brother, I will never allow anyone to hurt you, you can rest assured that there will be no next time."

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Begonia Garden

Gu Qingwan followed the eldest lady Liu to greet the old lady as usual, the eldest lady seemed to be in a good mood, with a lot of smiles on her face, and also instructed Mama Zhou to cut the new batch of fabrics for Gu Qingwan to make a few more beautiful clothes.

"Since we're all here today, I'll announce one thing." At this time, Mrs. Gu motioned to Grandma Sun to take a red sandalwood gold wooden box, and took out a jade phoenix from it, this jade phoenix is made of the finest mutton fat jade, vivid, lifelike, and amazing.

The eldest lady Liu said, "Mother, this is the ancestral treasure phoenix of our Gu family." ”

There is a tradition in the Gu family, this ancestral jade phoenix is owned by the person in charge of the back house, whose hands is the jade phoenix in whose hands, it means that the real power of the back house is in whose hands, today, Mrs. Gu suddenly took out this jade phoenix, what is it for?

Old Madam Gu looked at everyone, saw the doubts in everyone's eyes, and finally her eyes fell on Gu Qingwan's body, and her face showed a loving gaze, and said, "Wan'er, come here." ”

"Yes." Gu Qingwan got up and walked over respectfully.

Old Madam Gu put this jade phoenix in Gu Qingwan's hands in front of everyone, and solemnly announced, "This jade phoenix is the ancestral treasure of our Lian family, and the one who is in charge of the jade phoenix is in charge of the back house, from today on, I will hand over this jade phoenix to you." ”

What the?

Everyone was shocked, over the years, Old Madam Gu had never thought of handing over the Jade Phoenix to anyone, even if the Second Lady Lu was the most proud, she had never mentioned the matter of the Jade Phoenix, and now, she actually wanted to hand over this Jade Phoenix to Gu Qingwan, who had just arrived?

It is enough to see that Gu Qingwan's rescue of Gu Qingzhao has completely established her unshakable position in the eyes of Old Madam Gu.

"Grandmother, this jade phoenix is too precious, Wan'er is still young, she really deserves it, and she feels extremely frightened in her heart, so it's better to leave it to grandmother." Gu Qingwan's eyes also showed a look of surprise, she really didn't expect that Old Madam Gu would hand over the heirloom of the Jade Phoenix into her hands.

Old Madam Gu said, "Who said that you deserve it, you know the righteousness, endure humiliation, and now sacrifice your life to save your brother, you are the only concubine in our Gu family's room, this is a major matter related to the foundation of the Gu family's bloodline, this jade phoenix is handed over to you, it is reasonable, you take it, from today on, you are the person in charge of this jade phoenix." ”

Gu Qingwan looked at this jade phoenix, she understood that this was Mrs. Gu's affirmation of her, and it was also the most powerful protection, now that she was becoming more and more conspicuous, there were more and more people looking at her, she was bound to add armor to protect herself.

The news that Gu Qingwan got the Jade Phoenix quickly spread in the Hou Mansion, and now the people in the entire Hou Mansion are even more respectful when they see her, everyone knows that now the eldest lady Gu Qingwan's power in the back house is the same as that of the old lady.