Chapter 40: Mao's Doubts
After sitting for a while, Gu Mingzhu got up and said goodbye, Gu Mingyue and Gu Mingyu also got up and bowed their knees to leave.
Old Madam Gu didn't have the heart to say more to them, so she waved her hand indifferently: "You all stand down, I'll talk to Erlang." ”
She looked at Mao: "You can also go down and rest." ”
Mao was angry for a while, got up angrily and walked outside with the little maid holding the medicinal herbs.
Luo Shi was so happy to look at her that he was not happy, and said with a warm smile: "Second brother and sister go here, I will teach someone to arrange it for you in the morning." ”
Mao turned his head and glanced at Gu Yuan fiercely, but he didn't look at this side at all, so she had to hate and follow Luo out with hatred.
It's just that her glance was seen by Old Madam Gu, and she became angry in her heart.
The wrinkles on her face were all twisted into one place, I didn't expect the Mao family to be so ignorant, and she dared to make a face to Erlang in front of her, a family, and she didn't know how to make Erlang angry when she was in Qingzhou.
She endured her anger and watched Mao go out, and then looked at her indifferent son, angry and distressed.
Mao was also angry, and followed Luo with a face.
She knew that Old Madam Gu favored Gu Yuan the most, otherwise Old Madam Gu, who regarded money as her life, would not have let people send so much money to Qingzhou every year.
It's just that she didn't expect that as soon as she arrived in Chang'an, Mrs. Gu didn't care about her daughter-in-law, and privately left Gu Yuan to talk in the room, and she didn't know what the mother and son were chewing.
She glanced at the smiling and thoughtful and polite Luo, and her heart was even more unhappy, obviously Luo was the housewife, but she refused to persuade Mrs. Gu to watch the joke on the side like this, watching herself be sent out and lose face.
When she thought that Luo was in charge of the affairs of the General's Mansion, and enjoyed her wealth as a lady in the General's Mansion at ease, while her second lady was made fun of in Qingzhou and followed Gu Yuan to live a poor life, she was even more annoyed.
She didn't show it on her face, and she was talking to Luo Shi without a match, asking who lived in the courtyard of the mansion.
In this way, they walked all the way to the Qingxue Courtyard, which was the courtyard arranged by Luo for them.
Mao looked around for a while, and was still satisfied, after all, this place is really different from the narrow courtyard in Qingzhou.
But her face was faint, and she pulled out a smile and said to Luo: "This is okay, there is a sister-in-law Lao." ”
Luo couldn't see that she was holding her face, and smiled: "The second brother and sister think it's okay, if there is something short, just send someone to talk to me." ”
She smiled and said a few more words to Mao, and then left.
Luo Shi took the little maid into the room with his head held high, and seeing that there was no one in the room, he took the brocade box sent by Gu Mingzhu and instructed the little maid: "Quick, close the door!" ”
I can't complain that she is so tight, but she has been so poor with Gu Yuan in the past few years, and even her marriage has been lost by Gu Yuan, leaving only a little money for her to hide by her, but she doesn't dare to spend it.
I think that she was also a lady of an official family at the beginning, and her family was rich, how could she have suffered such grievances, but after marrying Gu Yuan, her delicate ideas had long been worn out, and her mother's family was also afraid of Gu Yuan borrowing money, so she didn't dare to come and go.
Now that I see these precious things, I can't wait to open them to see what they are like.
It's just that when she opened it with the brocade box, she was stunned.
There are two He Shou Wu of some years in the box, but the bundle of brocade ribbons is the seal of the Hussar General's Mansion Xifu, which looks old, and it can be seen that it has been some time.
This was sent to Gu Mingzhu by Xifu? But it was transferred to himself by Gu Mingzhu!
Mao frowned for a while, put down the brocade box and sat on the couch to think about it.
"Madam, but what's wrong with this herb?" The little maid looked at Mao strangely, picked up the brocade box that was placed aside, and looked at it carefully.
Mao shook her head, she was not uninformed after all, she could naturally see that the medicinal materials were not bad, although they were not good, but they were also good.
It's just that if this was given to Gu Mingzhu by Xifu, it would be a little too shabby. What's more, how could Gu Mingzhu transfer the original thing that Xifu gave her to herself?
Even small families would not take gifts from others and give them to others, which is too rude.
Unless......
She suddenly remembered the Gu Mingzhu she had just seen in the flower hall, who was dressed so plainly that she couldn't call her identity, and she didn't even have a valuable object on her body, so she really didn't look like a lady from such a noble family.
She sat up straight suddenly, and instructed the little maid: "Ah Hui, you want to ask the people in this mansion to see what the situation is in the East Mansion." ”
When Gu Mingzhu came out of the flower hall, she separated from Gu Mingyue and Gu Mingyu, she took the maidservant girl towards the north gate, and she could return to Dongfu after crossing the covered bridge.
It was not a big deal for Gu Yuan and his wife to come to Chang'an, after all, they lived in Xifu, not to mention that it was a good thing that the Mao family came, at least the Luo family would have a headache again.
She leisurely folded a hibiscus in her hand, and walked while playing. Compared with Gu Mingyue's graceful swaying gait, she is much more casual.
"The eldest lady is well."
Suddenly, someone on the side of the road hurriedly bowed down and saluted with a little trepidation.
Gu Mingzhu looked towards the path by the flowers, and saw a middle-aged woman wearing a blue and gray plain satin robe bowing her head to the ground, her thin and delicate figure was like an overwhelmed flower branch, unable to stand up.
Gu Mingzhu frowned, and suddenly remembered: "It's the Liu family." ”
The one in front of her is Gu Qing's concubine Liu, and after the death of the eldest princess of Xuanyang, Gu Qing married Luo under the rule of Mrs. Gu, but Luo gave birth to Gu Mingyue, and Mrs. Gu disliked that all the daughters born in the house were no men, and she bought the Lehu Liu family to enter the house as a concubine.
Old Madam Gu was counting on the Liu family to help Gu Qing add a son, but unfortunately the Liu family only gave birth to a lady, that is, Gu Mingli, the fourth lady of the Gu family, Old Madam Gu was extremely disappointed, and she was very tired of the Liu family and Gu Mingli, and she didn't even want to see them.
In order to take care of her and prevent her from committing the taboo of the old lady, the Liu family took Gu Mingli to live in the partial courtyard in the corner of Xifu in order to take care of her and prevent her from committing the taboo of the old lady.
In the past, they didn't come out before the New Year's Day, and even if they did, they just kowtowed to the old lady and Gu Qing and went back.
After a long time, the mother and daughter were like invisible people, and they didn't even make a sound in the Gu family, and no one could remember that there were such two people.
Gu Mingzhu looked at the Liu family who buried his head low: "Where are you going?" ”
Liu said softly: "The fourth lady is sick again, and the maid went to ask for the grace of the lady, so that someone went to ask for a doctor." ”
She raised her head slightly: "It's just that the people in Chunhui Hall said that Mrs. was busy greeting Erlangjun and Second Lady, and she didn't have time to see the maid, so ...... So ......"
She looked at Gu Mingzhu with a look of embarrassment and worry.