Chapter 27: Old Grudges
Seeing Gu Mingzhu curtsy and bowed with Abi to leave, Luo slowly squeezed out a smile, and took Gu Mingyue and Gu Mingyu to get up and say goodbye to the old lady.
The old lady glanced at her, saw that her face was not very good, and knew that it must be because of Fang Cai's matter, so she fiddled with the Buddha beads in her hand and said: "Mingzhu is arrogant, and she has no rules to act, if she wants to mess around, let her go, Hengzhi is just a few maids, and she sells it." ”
She frowned again as she spoke, and added: "There aren't so many idlers in the house here, since she refuses to ask for it, she doesn't have to send it over." ”
Although Dongfu is the mansion of the eldest princess of Xuanyang, it is only Gu Mingzhu's master, where can there be so many people to serve. When Old Madam Gu thought of the exquisite and gorgeous furnishings and utensils in the mansion over there, as well as the waste of so many silver coins in Gu Mingzhu's hands, she felt that she didn't deserve it.
Just like that woman at the beginning, although she was the princess of Jinzhi Yuye, since she married into the Gu family, she was a member of the Gu family, and she didn't know what to do, not only did she not let her ask about the affairs of the house, but also forced Da Lang to send Erlang back to his hometown in Qingzhou.
As soon as she thought of the eldest princess of Xuanyang, Old Madam Gu was angry, and her face fell.
Back then, Gu Qing was valued by the first emperor, the official worshiped the hussar general, and married the eldest princess of Xuanyang, how majestic he was, and he specially ordered someone to take her and Gu Erlang Gu Yuan from Qingzhou to Chang'an, just to let them follow to enjoy the blessings. She even sold the old mansion in Qingzhou for this, and planned to let Princess Xuanyang tell Gu Yuan about a family affair when she arrived in Chang'an.
She has thought about it, she doesn't pick this family matter, with Gu Qing's current identity and the Gu family's family, she has to be an official lady. Although Gu Yuan is used to being idle on weekdays, he can't compare to Gu Qing's longevity, but when a princess marries into the door, are you afraid that she won't be able to say that she can't be married!
But she never imagined that not long after they arrived in Chang'an, they had only lived in the princess's mansion for more than ten days, and the eldest princess of Propaganda asked them politely and coldly to move out of the mansion, saying that the household department had prepared the general's mansion for Gu Qing, and it was in the next city, so let them live in the general's mansion.
What a reason! Where is there a daughter-in-law who drives the A family out, this princess's mansion belongs to Gu Qing, that is, she and Gu Yuan's, how can she let someone drive them out.
She worked hard to raise her two sons, but not to let her daughter-in-law be kicked out one day. She asked Gu Yuan to help her cry in front of the princess's mansion and complain about her suffering, crying that her son was not filial, and after marrying the princess, she forgot her mother, and took her to Chang'an, but she was going to live elsewhere in just ten days, whether she lived or died.
In the past, in Qingzhou's hometown, the A family taught their daughter-in-law that, either beating and scolding at home, or going out to cry and let the neighbors judge, no matter what, they also asked the daughter-in-law to bow her head and pay compensation, and obey the instructions of the A family. It's just that the one in the house is a princess after all, so she didn't dare to do it, so she had to make a scene to let her know how powerful she was.
But what she didn't expect, she hadn't cried a few words, she was already surrounded by people and pointed out, and the princess's mansion was even closed, saying that the princess had sent a message and asked Gu Qing to clean up, if they didn't leave, they would be driven back to Qingzhou.
Gu Qing hurried back from the palace, Tie Qing took the two of them back to the General's Mansion from the crowd with a blue face, looking at the sneering and mocking faces of the people around him, as well as the closed princess's mansion, Old Madam Gu knew for the first time that this Chang'an Guifu was not Qingzhou, so she couldn't help it.
In the past ten years, she has worked hard to learn the style of the ladies in your house, behaved like an old lady in words and deeds, and learned everything without leaving ten.
But every time she thinks of the embarrassing situation at the beginning, Mrs. Gu will hate the eldest princess of Xuanyang in her heart, if it wasn't for the woman who insisted on driving herself and Erlang out of the princess's mansion, why would she lose such a big face, she couldn't raise her head in Chang'an Guifu for more than ten years, and everyone laughed at her for being a laundry maid in Qingzhou, and looked down on her.
Even she felt more disgusted with Gu Mingzhu, what good could that woman be born with, she thought she was noble, she was rude, and she didn't have the appearance of a lady in a noble mansion.
So over the years, she was impatient to ask about the affairs of the house over there, and left everything to Luo to take care of, she knew that Luo would do it properly, and she knew her mind very well, and always sent money to Songshou Yuan to give her a body for herself, and she was very satisfied with teaching her.
Mama Qu looked at Mrs. Gu's ugly face from the side, and hurriedly stepped forward to change the hot tea soup and send it up, she had been serving by Mrs. Gu's side for some years, so she didn't know what the old lady was angry about.
"The old lady dissipated her anger and ate a sip of tea soup." She said softly, "The eldest lady is proud, and she can't rub sand in her eyes, so it is inevitable that ......she will act in a hurry."
Old Madam Gu snorted coldly: "Where is she not able to rub the sand, she obviously wants to touch my moldy head, she doesn't even come over to ask for peace on weekdays, there is no rule at all, and when she comes today, she will make such a scene, she wants to be angry with me!" ”
Mama Qu hurriedly smoothed her down: "The old lady is relieved, it's just a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning, where is it worth getting angry." ”
She said and laughed again: "There is a good thing today, Qingzhou sent a letter over, saying that Erlang and the second lady had already set off for Chang'an some time ago, and I am afraid that the time is coming soon." ”
Old Madam Gu's eyes lit up, the anger on her face suddenly disappeared, and she hurriedly asked, "But really?" How long have you been on the road? When to arrive in Chang'an? ”
While asking, he said angrily: "Erlang too, why don't you send a message first when you come to Chang'an, I will let someone go to Qingzhou to pick them up." ”
Mama Qu shook her head with a smile: "I don't know, I only know that I left more than ten days ago." ”
Old Madam Gu was full of joy: "It's good to come, let them come to Chang'an a long time ago, his eldest brother is a first-class general, he can't live in such a big general's mansion, what to do in Qingzhou, he should have come a long time ago!" ”
Mama Qu's eyes flashed slightly, and she responded with a smile a few times.
She didn't know that in fact, Old Madam Gu had long wanted to take Gu Yuan and the Mao family to live with the Chang'an General's Mansion, but Gu Qing never agreed.
Gu Qing said that Gu Yuan was idle all day long, and he stayed in Qingzhou and was taken care of by his uncle in the clan, and after all, there was a constraint, and he also found an errand for him to help take care of the shop, and he could grow a little.
If he came to Chang'an, Gu Qing couldn't take care of it all the time, but he was afraid that Gu Yuan would be even more lazy.
Old Madam Gu didn't dare to disobey Gu Qing's intentions, so she had to secretly send her own money to Qingzhou to supplement Gu Yuan, but she had lived in peace for so many years.
But now that Gu Qing has been patrolling the border for more than half a year and has not returned, the idea in Mrs. Gu's heart has risen again, and she taught someone to bring a letter to Gu Yuan and teach him to bring the Mao family to Chang'an.
Mama Qu sighed in her heart, Gu Yuan, the second lang of the Gu family, and the second lady Mao are not fuel-efficient lamps, but I am afraid that this general's mansion will make trouble again.