After waiting for more than an hour, Mama Rong finally came back, and when she saw the relaxed smile on her face, Gu Qingyi's heart finally let go, and she began to happily send a messenger, "Handong, autumn geese, let the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the yard move things, it's time to leave." ”

The originally quiet courtyard suddenly became lively.

This time, Gu Qingyi didn't take Mama Xu with her, Yusheng Courtyard has no master, and Mama Xu must be left to guard it, so as not to steal and play tricks or be stuffed into something unclean. She brought Han Dong, Qiu Yan, as well as Zhilan and Siqing, four maids, as for the luggage, she only packed the commonly used clothes and jewelry, toiletries, and fetal pills, etc., even if it was streamlined again and again, it still filled two carriages.

Before leaving the house, Gu Qingyi said goodbye to her parents, Zhang's illness was gone, but Gu Kangwen saw her, he couldn't see joy and anger on his face, as if he commanded with a warning, "Now that you have a different identity, I can't control you for my father, I just hope that you think twice before you act, don't forget that you are from Gu Mansion." ”

Gu Qingyi was naturally obedient Yes, she was soon driven out by Gu Kangwen with a blank face, and when she came to the door, she looked back at the past, only to see that his expression was melancholy, like sadness and joy, contradictory and complicated, and it made people's hearts palpitate for no reason, she hurriedly turned around, looked at the long white clouds in the sky, and sighed long.

The four maids sat in the carriage when Mama Rong came, Gu Qingyi and Mama Rong got on the frame of Gu's house, and as the carriage moved forward bonelessly, the inexplicable emotions in their hearts gradually disappeared.

Mama Rong is not as serious as her stepmother, on the contrary, she is very good at talking, and along the way, she introduced various masters of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion to her, and said a lot of interesting things, and the time passed quickly.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion, and the porter immediately ran over and saluted Gu Qingyi who got out of the carriage, "The third lady is back, and the lady has been waiting for a long time." ”

The porter was really clever, Gu Qingyi couldn't help but glance at him, and replied with a gesture, as if she was really a young lady who went out and returned home from the Dingyuan Marquis's mansion, just listening to it, her heart became close.

Mama Rong also scolded him with a smile, and threw him a cyan purse, "You kid can speak, that's it, the first two carriages are the third lady's salute, bother you to run, call a few mothers-in-law to wait at the second gate, and when the carriage is in, move to the boudoir prepared by Mrs. for the third lady." ”

The porter smiled and put the purse in his pocket, thanked him, and ran to the back of the cigarette to direct the handlebar to enter through the corner door, and Rong Mama took Gu Qingyi and the four maids to enter from the main gate with half a door open, and there was a green sedan chair parked behind the door, and the four young maids stood with their heads down, not daring to look easily, and when they heard the footsteps, they lowered the sedan chair and let Gu Qingyi go up, and waited for a while to confirm that she had already sat down before lifting the sedan chair and walking inside.

The sedan chair is pasted with a screen window, Gu Qingyi looked from the inside, last time was too hurried, too late to take a closer look, now at a look, I found that the Dingyuan Hou Mansion and the Wu'an Hou Mansion are different, compared to the rough atmosphere of the Wu'an Hou Mansion, the Dingyuan Hou seems to be more soft and delicate, exquisite and chic, probably related to the background of the two families.

The Marquis of Dingyuan and the Marquis of Wu'an are both military generals, but the background of the Zhou family is richer than that of the Yan family, the Zhou family was originally a big family, and now the Marquis of Dingyuan made a fortune with military merits, and once became the marquis, it became the most promising vein of the Zhou family, and even the patriarch has become the Marquis of Dingyuan Zhou Yan today.

The Yan family is different, the Yan family has always had a thin lineage, grandfather, uncle and others died on the battlefield, leaving only the father to inherit the title, even so, the father did not live in the capital like the Marquis of Dingyuan, but took the initiative to ask for the order to guard the border pass, and he didn't even have time to come back from his wedding......

"Third Miss, it's time to get off the sedan chair."

Gu Qingyi was stunned, only then did she notice that the sedan chair had stopped at some point, and hurriedly bent down out of the sedan chair, followed by four slaves and maids, and walked into the weeping flower gate with Mama Rong, and walked all the way through the inner hall and garden along the verandah, and finally arrived at the main courtyard Wufu Hall where the stepfather and mother lived.

The maids reported layer by layer, Mrs. Zhou heard that Gu Qingyi was coming, and hurriedly walked out of the main hall to greet her personally, and as soon as she grabbed her hand, her serious face showed joy, "I finally looked forward to you, I didn't see you coming, and I thought that Lord Gu refused to let go, but I died in a hurry." He also instructed the eldest girl beside him, "Go to the study and call Master Hou, and say that the third lady is back." ”

The eldest maid retreated, and Mrs. Zhou led Gu Qingyi inside, explaining, "Your father-in-law specially waited for you to come over with me, but the doorman had something to ask to see, so he went to the study not long ago." ”

The stepmother usually doesn't talk so much, it can be seen that she is really happy, Gu Qingyi's heart is warm, and a smile appeared in her apricot eyes, "Is it my daughter, no, I have made you and your stepfather wait for a long time." ”

Mama Rong hurriedly said, "Where is the fault of the third young lady, it is all because the old slave is not doing well, so he delayed his efforts." ”

Zhang's difficult Mrs. Zhou had been taught, and it was not surprising that it would drag on for so long, so she said to Mama Rong, "Mama has worked hard, you go down and rest, let the maids serve here." She looked at the four maids brought by Gu Qingyi, and said, "Mama took a few maids to Minghui Courtyard by the way, recognize the way, and then rationalize the etiquette that Yi'er brought over." ”

Minghui Courtyard is next door to Wufu Hall, which is the courtyard specially prepared by Mrs. Zhou for Gu Qingyi.

"Yes, the old slave will go." So he went down with the maids he had seen.

Mrs. Zhou and Gu Qingyi sat down on the kang in the warm pavilion, waved away the maids who were waiting, and then talked to her in private conversations, explaining her behavior today, "I was in a hurry today, I didn't come to Gu Shang to explain, and I was afraid that you would think too much, so I didn't worry about you living in Gu Mansion, so I asked Mama Rong to take you over, I hope you don't blame me for making my own decisions." ”

"What are these words, stepmother, you are thinking about me wholeheartedly, how can my daughter not distinguish between good and evil, and misunderstand your hard work?" Gu Qingyi looked grateful, and said guiltily, "It's that my daughter is not filial, and you are angry." ”

It seemed that she knew about the morning, and Mrs. Zhou no longer concealed it, and said with a smile, "In the past, I sat on the Buddha for a day, and it was nothing in the morning." I am happy to be able to lead the Zhang family. Then she said her plan, "I see that the Zhang family is unwilling to live in peace, and it will be difficult to stay in the Gu Mansion to prepare the dowry for you, and maybe it will delay the work, so it is better to cut through the mess quickly and go back to the Hou Mansion directly to prepare for you." ”

Gu Qingyi was both moved and uneasy, and hesitated, "Will it be ...... to let my daughter's marriage disturb the purity of the Hou Mansion?"

"What's the bother, you are my daughter, I will prepare a dowry for you, is there anyone who can't say it?" Mrs. Zhou heard her unfulfilled intentions, patted her hand and comforted, "Yi'er don't worry, your stepmother and I have lived for most of my life, and I still have private money, no matter how bad it is, my dowry will always allow you to marry in style." ”

Gu Qingyi's biological mother died early, her father never married, she grew up under the upbringing of her grandmother, although she enjoyed the love of her grandmother, but she never felt the warmth of maternal love, and now by Mrs. Zhou's selfless protection and love, the embankment in her heart finally collapsed, and inexplicable emotions swept in, which made her collapse in an instant.

Her nose was sore, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and called out the title that had never been spoken, "Mother." You are so nice to your daughter. ”

Listening to the affectionate and soft title, Mrs. Zhou's tears also fell, she reached out and took her into her arms, stroked her back and choked up, "Mother's good baby, my mother met you, and the rest of my life will not be lonely, but it is a dowry, and what is it." Don't cry, I feel bad when you cry. ”

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly, and in the end, Mrs. Zhou was the first to react, and hurriedly wiped the tears on Gu Qingyi's face with a handkerchief, and kept comforting, "Good, don't cry anymore, your body can't help crying now." ”

Gu Qingyi couldn't contain her emotions, she sobbed and nodded, her tears couldn't stop falling down, and it wasn't until Mrs. Zhou blew her nose for her that she stopped her tears with shame and embarrassment, took out a handkerchief to cover her nose to avoid, and lowered her head to clean herself up.

Seeing her embarrassed face, Mrs. Zhou laughed, "My mother and daughter, what is there to be ashamed of." ”

Gu Qingyi's face was flushed, and she dragged out her voice unwillingly, "Mother, you bully people." ”

"I'm not happy to bully others."

Mrs. Zhou was in a good mood, showing her lively and narrow side, and nodded Gu Qingyi's red face melon seeds, and was just about to ask the slave maid to fetch water to come in and serve, only to find that there was a cyan figure standing at the door of the maple, but it was Zhou Yan, the Marquis of Dingyuan.

With nostalgia and joy on his face, his lingering gaze fell on her face, just as it had then.