Cousin? Qin Niang raised half of her eyebrows, Gu Chen never told her about her cousin.

She has been married to Gu Chen for so many years, and she has basically seen those relatives of the Gu family, and she has never heard of any cousins he has.

Moreover, she just finished talking to Fang Yuanyuan about the prosperity of the Gu family's man, let alone any cousins and cousins, not even a godsister.

So, where did this cousin come from?

"Yes, young lady, she still has the young master's token in her hand, saying that she came back from the southern border to join her relatives." The porter's flower lady said and handed over a jade pendant.

Qin Niang didn't know this jade pendant, but she trusted the word engraved on it that belonged to Gu Chen, and looking at the workmanship of this jade, it seems that there are some years, which means that this jade was sent out a long time ago.

"Bring people in." Qin Niang said to the flower woman in the concierge.

Since people really took Gu Chen's jade pendant, it is not easy to turn people away, as for whether it is really Gu Chen's cousin, invite people in and ask.

"Sister Qin, in this capital, haven't you heard of any cousins in the Gu family?" Fang Yuanyuan looked at Qin Niang with a blank expression.

Qin Niang put down the teacup, exhaled and said, "I haven't heard of it either, but this piece of jade is real." ”

Fang Yuanyuan also saw the piece of jade in her hand, it has not been a year or two since Qin Niang married Gu Chen, and the two of them have known each other for a certain period of time before this, and they can be said to know each other's affairs very well.

Gu Chen has any relatives over there, and he must not hide it from her.

"Even if she is really Gu Gongzi's cousin, but this is just a small mansion where you and your wife live separately, why did she come to this small mansion to find you? Isn't there still an old mansion over there? The more Fang Yuanyuan thought about it, the more weird he felt.

Besides, doesn't Gu Chen still have a big brother? Pingping is a cousin, why did she just come to find this second cousin?

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

"I'll meet her in the side hall in a while, you can wait for me here for a while." Qin Niang put down the teacup, stood up and said.

Fang Yuanyuan nodded, she was already very familiar with this Qin Garden, and she didn't need Qin Niang to greet her specifically, so she waved her hand very casually and said, "Go ahead, go ahead, I will naturally tell the girl in your yard if I want to change the tea in a while, and I also know where your tea is placed." ”

As she spoke, she laughed like a fox that had stolen her flesh, as if she would not give up if she didn't drink all the good things she had hidden, and besides, it was inevitable that she would take them with her after drinking.

Qin Niang twitched the corners of her mouth speechlessly, why was she polite to her? When has this girl ever been polite to her?

"Okay, you can do it yourself, I'll go see that cousin who came out of nowhere." Qin Niang said, patted the non-existent dust on her body, and slowly walked towards the outside of the hospital.

The porter's flower lady moved very quickly, when Qin Niang arrived in the side hall, the so-called cousin was already sitting in the hall drinking tea, as soon as she entered the door, she noticed it, and then immediately got up, and said to Qin Niang: "Shuyuan has seen the second cousin." ”

Qin Niang stood there, and didn't let her be polite for a while, but just glanced at her lightly.

She wore a light cyan skirt, and there were not many hair ornaments on her head, just a plain hairpin, she looked sixteen or seventeen years old, and on the low-hanging goose egg face, she could vaguely see the shadow of the Gu family, but the eyes were still narrow and long, and they were slightly upturned, and there was a sharp feeling that could not be hidden.

"I don't know which cousin of Gu Chen's room you are?" Qin Niang walked to the top seat and sat down, casually pointed to the circle chair on the side and said, "Sit down and talk, depending on the age, I am not much older than you, so there is no need to be formal." ”

The girl named Shuyuan seemed to be relieved when she heard this, raised her face, glanced at Qin Niang, and then sat down on the chair she had sat on, and explained in a somewhat shameless manner: "The old lady of the Gu family is my maternal grandfather, and the Gu family actually gave birth to a daughter more than thirty years ago. ”

When the words fell, Qin Niang was really surprised, and she didn't even realize that the maid came in and served her tea.

Old man Gu once had a daughter?

No one knows about it!

Just before a cup of tea, she also told Fang Yuanyuan that the Gu family had never given birth to a girl within three generations, so she liked her family Ying'er so much.

But what did she just hear? Old man Gu once had a daughter?

"I know that people in the capital don't know about this matter, and it's understandable that my second cousin was surprised, after all, my mother was just a concubine back then, and she was distorted before marriage, and her grandfather was ashamed, so he cut off relations with her, and I only recently heard my mother talk about these past events."

The girl said, glanced at Qin Niang quickly, bit her lip, and said with some sadness and expectation: "Second cousin-in-law, my mother has left the capital since she became married, and I know that the Gu family's statement to the outside world is that my mother is sick and died, but now that I am alone, I really have nowhere to go, so I ......"

As she spoke, she lowered her eyes again with a sad expression, biting her lower lip deadly, as if Qin Niang refused to take her in, she was about to cry.

After going through so many things, Qin Niang can't still be like an ignorant little girl, easily moved by her appearance.

She slowly picked up the teacup, plucked the foam floating on the tea, and took a sip, the fragrant smell of tea hit her mouth, which calmed her mind a little more.

She put down the teacup, looked at the girl sitting next to her and asked, "Then why don't you go to the Gu family's old house?" And just to come to this little house? After all, you are also the granddaughter of the Gu family, and the Gu family's old mansion is big and has many servants, so it is no problem to come and arrange your cousin's residence. ”

"I ......" Shuyuan bit her lip and said, "I don't dare!" ”

Qin Niang asked, "Why don't you dare?" Even if your mother made a mistake, you are always a blood relative of the Gu family, even if your grandfather is angry, he will not care about your life or death, and besides, Gu Chen is not in the capital now, even if you come here, you will not see him. ”

Moreover, why does she have Gu Chen's jade pendant, which makes Qin Niang care very much.

"Second cousin-in-law, I know you must be wondering why I came to my second cousin alone? Obviously, I left the capital after my mother got married, and it stands to reason that I never had the opportunity to meet anyone in the capital, let alone know my second cousin, so you must wonder why I have his jade pendant. Shuyuan said.

Qin Niang nodded noncommittally, she did have doubts about this, and if she had doubts, she couldn't make a decision easily.

After all, Gu Chen is not in Beijing now, and she has to help him watch the affairs of the Gu family.

She didn't want some inexplicable strange person to come to recognize her relatives with some purpose.

"The second cousin went to the south once ten years ago, at that time it was probably the first time he went out so far to do business, and he encountered some trouble, I helped him just now, and then we chatted and found out that the two of us were cousins, and he gave me a jade pendant before leaving, saying that he owed me a favor, and he could come to him at any time to ask for it."

As she spoke, she glanced at the jade pendant in Qin Niang's hand as if she was inadvertent, and Qin Niang naturally received the hint in her eyes, but she pretended not to see it, and she didn't plan to return the jade pendant to her.

After all, this is Gu Chen's thing, even if the other party is really a cousin, she doesn't want other women to still have his things in their hands.

Besides, since she said that she used this jade pendant to repay favors, then, from the moment she stepped into the door of this house, this jade pendant was restored from an animal.

"You just said that you are alone now?" Qin Niang played with the jade pendant in her hand, and she couldn't hear the angry question in her voice.

"My family died when South Vietnam broke the city." After Shuyuan spit out this sentence with difficulty, the whole person couldn't help but tremble, her face was as pale as paper, and her eyes were full of sadness, "They are all dead, even me, it was a loyal servant who desperately protected each other to escape, I have nowhere to go, so I ......"

At this point, she couldn't stop crying, and her delicate body, like a leaf in the wind, trembled incessantly.

Qin Niang is not easy to judge that what the woman in front of her said is somewhat true, but in such chaos, a weak woman can escape, which is also quite capable.

"I know that my second cousin-in-law is still suspicious of my identity, and I really have nothing else to prove my identity except for this jade pendant, but what I said is true, at that time, I was mixed up in the clothes of the South Vietnamese, and my personal maid was still dead, and our whole family was killed."

"At that time, the South Vietnamese broke the city, they slaughtered in the city, many people died under the knife, I hid in a bucket of rancid water for three days, and then took advantage of a South Vietnamese soldier to pay no attention, killed him, and then ran out wearing his clothes, my cousin must have heard that the women in the south will do some kung fu."

Shuyuan said, raised her face, and looked at Qin Niang with an earnest face, as if she was afraid that Qin Niang would not believe her and want to drive her away, and she couldn't help but be a little eager to explain all her needs in detail.

The girl who was born and raised in the south is indeed not like the noble girl of the capital in general, she will only learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in the boudoir, embroidery and make tea, the women of the south are cool and bright, and the men are general, they will learn some martial arts since childhood, and they are not weak women who are powerless.

The girl in front of her, surnamed Bu, her father came to the capital to do business, and unconsciously met her mother, and the two quickly fell in love, but they were caught by Old Man Gu, and Old Man Gu was angry, so he drove her mother out of Gu's house.

Her mother followed the merchant surnamed Bu all the way south to the south, and over the years, their relationship between husband and wife was not bad, but all of this could not withstand the invasion of foreign enemies.

Bu Shuyuan babbled about Xu Wai, and Qin Niang probably understood.