Gu Xiyan helped Mrs. Gu into the room, poured another cup of hot tea for Mrs. Gu to startle, only then did she see Liu Er probing her brain behind the curtain, Gu Xiyan called her in, Liu Er's face turned pale: "Madam and the second girl are finally back." ”

Gu Xiyan showed a soft smile to comfort Liu'er: "Where have all the other people who are guarding the garden gone?" ”

Liu Er looked frightened: "Not long after the lady and the second girl left this morning, Deacon Ding, who was beside the master, took a group of servants to lock us all in the back cover room of the garden...... Just now I heard movement outside, and I tried to push the door, only to know that the door was unlocked, and everyone recommended me to come out and see the movement......"

Mrs. Gu slammed the teacup on the small table, Liu Er was busy with her mouth, Mrs. Gu took a deep breath and said calmly: "You call everyone out, what should you do!" ”

Liu Er hurriedly left.

Mrs. Gu's face was still pale, and Gu Xiyan hurriedly said: "It's even a burden to my mother, and my daughter is really upset." You're tired today, so your daughter will take a break for you! ”

Mrs. Gu nodded.

Gu Xiyan hurriedly called Ye'er to come in with hot water, and then twisted a handkerchief to personally serve Mrs. Gu to wash her face, Liu Er came in and made the bed, and after Mrs. Gu fell asleep, she went to Mrs. Gu's small kitchen again, made a simple lily white fungus steak soup stewed on a small charcoal stove, and told Ye'er to wait for Mrs. Gu to wake up and give her a drink.

The white fungus tonifies the spleen and appetizes, and the lily clears the heart and calms the nerves, hoping to compensate Mrs. Gu and make her feel better today.

Gu Xiyan returned to Beyuan, Duanniang and the others were still waiting for her restlessly, and everyone was relieved to see Gu Xiyan come back safely.

Gu Xiyan pulled Duan Niang into the house, and told Duan Niang about the situation of entering the palace today and the encounter with Master Gu in the garden, and said: "Father actually killed Mama Song for a Huanling, and now he thinks that I know the whereabouts of Guiguan, I think I don't have the face of Madame, and I will beg Madame later, let her let Mo Ju and Xinghong go out of the house." After speaking, she turned around and took out the porcelain doll from the box and put it on the table: "You can also go back to Shuzhou!" ”

Duan Niang looked at the porcelain doll, with a sad and joyful look on her face, and choked up and said, "The girl still remembers this porcelain doll!" ”

Gu Xiyan was stunned, her little heart was empty for a while, and she responded vaguely.

Duanniang was holding a porcelain doll, but two tears fell from the corners of her eyes: "Girl, I won't leave, I'm still waiting for the girl to be a roommate!" When she said this, her expression was very resolute.

Gu Xiyan was embarrassed there.

It's not going to be a drama of being loyal to the master!

"It's all gold!" Duan Niang smiled with tears in her eyes, "This is the only relic that Madame left you!" ”

Gu Xiyan's face was full of black lines. I thought, how do I know.

Duan Niang touched Gu Xiyan's head very happily, got up and took out a flat Nanmu box from Gu Xiyan's mirror cabinet.

Gu Xiyan's face turned red.

The contents had long been emptied when Gu Xiyan ran away, leaving only empty boxes one by one.

Duan Niang opened the box, glanced at Gu Xiyan with a smile, and then pulled the box back to the bottom plate, and the four yellow and shiny hairpins lying quietly inside were as thick as thumbs, four or five inches long, and the hairpin head was beaten into a drop shape.

"I didn't expect the girl to be so bold that she secretly ran out and rolled up all the valuable things in the house." Duan Niang smiled mysteriously, "However, there are times when girls are pecked by geese when they are fighting geese." As she spoke, she picked up one of the hairpins, held the hairpin in one hand, and the hairpin head in the other, and pulled it hard, and the hairpin head and the hairpin body were broken in two, and she gently plucked the contents of the hairpin with the long nails on her little fingers, and with her movements, a yellow piece of paper rolled into a cylinder revealed the clues.

Gu Xiyan looked at it curiously.

Duan Niang cautiously opened the piece of paper and handed it to Gu Xiyan: "Take a look." ”

Yellow rice paper, stamped with four or five large red seals.

It turned out to be a land deed, a land deed of thirty dumped fields, with Gu Xiyan's name written on it.

Gu Xiyan looked up in surprise.

Duanniang showed a reminiscing and bitter smile on her face: "This is also the ...... that Madame left to you before she died." It's a dowry. ”

Gu Xiyan looked at the yellowed rice paper, and a strange emotion appeared in his heart, like a sudden rapid flow in the dry riverbed, although it was quickly sucked dry by the riverbed, but the wonderful taste penetrated deep into the skeleton of the person who made it unforgettable.

Duanniang sighed and said, "Madam knows that the master is unreliable...... There are a total of 30 acres of fertile land, a five-entry house, and two shops. Tian and the house are in Fuchun County, the shop is on the Dongshi Street in the capital, it turned out that I had served the lady with the two of the two to help manage, a year also has four or five thousand taels of silver into the account, the girl saves some flowers, and the mouth is not worried. ”

Gu Xiyan didn't know what to say, she had never encountered such a situation, for a while, tears filled her eyes, but she felt that she was too "cowardly" like this. She blinked vigorously, trying not to let the tears drip down, took out a golden hairpin and held it in her hand, and said with a smile: "Hey, everyone is famous, I worked hard to wrap a big bag, and it is not worth the value of these four golden hairpins." I knew this was the case, and I didn't come back after taking these four golden hairpins! ”

Duan Niang listened and said hurriedly: "Where are all the gold and silver jewelry that the girl took away?" That's not cheap, it's worth five or six thousand gold in total! ”

Gu Xiyan smiled confidently, and took out a piece of yellow rice paper from the purse beside him and handed it to Duanniang.

Duan Niang took it in a daze, and it turned out to be a pawn ticket.

Gu Xiyan said proudly: "I took a few red gold bracelets for emergency use, and the others should be in the pawnshop." I worked for a total of fifty taels, three years of work, and paid four taels of interest every year. ”

Duan Niang laughed and hugged Gu Xiyan: "Ouch, my good girl, I haven't seen anyone smarter than you." ”

Gu Xiyan suddenly felt as if she had suddenly become a child, and Duanniang's praise actually made her heart taste sweet.

Duan Niang looked at Gu Xiyan's glamorous face because of happiness, hesitated for a long time, and the words choked in her throat still said in a slurred voice: "Girl, the master's matter, you, do you still remember!" ”

Gu Xiyan's smile was suspicious at the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, Gui Guan's words were not groundless.

When Duan Niang saw Gu Xiyan like this, she couldn't say what she wanted to say.

Gu Xiyan calmed down, and she asked Duan Niang a question that often haunted her heart: "My mother, did you know when my mother was alive?" ”

Duanniang smiled bitterly: "I don't know if Mrs. knows." I didn't know that once he called you to the study and said he was going to tell you how to write, and you cried so much...... I paid attention and led the eldest girl to ...... The big girl asked me to send you back to Shuzhou...... You were young at the time, and I just don't remember you...... But in the past few years in Shuzhou, you just don't like to write...... As soon as I talk about you, you lose your temper, smash things, and curse people...... I know it in my heart, and I can only rely on you...... There are some things that we still need to have an extra eye on ......."

Gu Xiyan only felt disgusted, and felt cold in his heart, and couldn't help but shrink into a ball and hug his chest.

Duan Niang sighed, hugged Gu Xiyan's arm tightly, and said, "Girl, you should get married early!" ”

Ah, Gu Xiyan was surprised.

Duanniang's face was solemn: "I didn't want you to come back to Shengjing, but the eldest girl's words also make sense, Shuzhou is a rural place after all, and it is indeed difficult to find your mother-in-law." Who knew that when I arrived in Shengjing, I actually wanted you to enter the palace. That place is not something that ordinary people can stay in, but I am afraid that it is deeper than the water of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion where Jinxin married. Unexpectedly, the girl went with me, and ran away silently. Although it's a bit inappropriate and unruly, there's no way to do it...... We have this thirty tilt of fertile land in our hands, and we don't have to look at the old man's eyes to ask for a dowry, and we don't want the man's family to be rich and rich, as long as his family style is innocent, his conduct is good, and he is sincere to the girl...... It's also good to get married early and leave this family. ”

So what about Gu Chaorong?

For a while, Gu Xiyan only felt that his heart was in turmoil, and he didn't know where to start.

Duan Niang saw her hesitation, knowing that she couldn't let go of everything in the Gu family, otherwise she wouldn't have come back if she ran away. She begged her bitterly, "Girl, you must listen to me in this matter...... There are so many unjust things in the world, how can we manage them? If you can live your own life, don't cause chaos to the people in the family, and help the family when it is critical, you will be worthy of the master and the eldest girl. Girl, you can't be foolish in this matter. There are many good things in the world, how can they account for everything. The eldest girl is such a fairy-like character, who retired from the marriage of the Mi family and invited herself into the palace, what can she do, a concubine without an heir is like a kite without a string, always empty......"

withdrew from the marriage of the Mi family...... It turns out that Gu Chaorong is not forced to enter the palace!

The thought flashed, but Gu Xiyan jumped up screaming like a cat with its tail stepped on, which scared Duanniang.

Not bad, not bad! A concubine without children is like a kite without a string...... Unless you have a son, it's all empty talk...... A woman who made the Queen Mother scruples...... The cold gaze in the Chengqian Palace made her feel cold when she thought about it......

No, no, no!

Gu Xiyan staggered out of Duanniang's embrace and struggled to stand up, only to feel that the sky was spinning, and the light and shadow in front of her turned into a dark cloud of black crows and crows and smashed down on her head and face.

"Girl, girl," Duanniang hugged Gu Xiyan, who was pale, "What's wrong with you...... Mo Ju, Mo Ju, go and ask the doctor to come and ......"

Gu Xiyan grabbed Duan Niang's hand and said weakly: "No, no, I'm just dizzy and want to lie down......"

"Good, good, good!" Duan Niang was busy, "Then go to the bed and lie down." ”