Gu Xiyan remembered the crying of Hanguan last night, and couldn't help laughing: "It's a little unaccustomed." ”

Mrs. Zhou nodded understandingly, and said, "I'll go and say goodbye to Mrs. Wei, if the young lady is not in a hurry, can you wait for me for a while... I want to go see the kids. ”

Of course, Gu Xiyan couldn't refuse.

She only waited outside the gate of Huaiyuan for a while, and Mrs. Zhou came out, and she instructed the people around her: "You all go to the second gate and wait, I will come when I go to the pear garden to see Hanguan!" ”

The maids and maids brought by Mrs. Zhou saluted respectfully to Gu Xiyan, and then walked away under the leadership of a grandmother.

Mrs. Zhou and Gu Xiyan walked side by side: "Although I often come to see Mrs. Wei, I am in a hurry every time, and speaking of which, I haven't taken a good look at this courtyard for more than ten years." If the young lady is interested, why don't you accompany me? ”

Hanguan entered the mansion, whether it was Mrs. Xu or Mrs. Wei, they had already expressed their views and opinions, and it was Mrs. Zhou's turn to speak.

Gu Xiyan heard the sound and knew the elegance, and instructed Yan Hong beside her: "You go and talk to Miss Duan, saying that I am accompanying Mrs. Zhou in Gongshun Courtyard!" ”

Yan Hong answered the call and left.

The people around Gu Xiyan followed from a distance, and the two of them walked leisurely among the corridors crisscrossed by Gongshun Courtyard.

Mrs. Zhou pointed to the northwest corner: "There is the Banyan Garden." ”

That is, the place where Mrs. Zhou was imprisoned for more than ten years.

Gu Xiyan pretended not to know that she had followed Mrs. Zhou's hand, nodded with a smile, and then made a look of listening carefully.

Mrs. Zhou looked at Gu Xiyan. Laughing slightly, he pointed to the northeast corner: "That's Guiyuan over there." ”

Gu Xiyan smiled respectfully and nodded.

"Although I have lived in Banyan Garden for more than ten years, I am more familiar with Guiyuan in comparison."

Mrs. Zhou looked at Gu Xiyan with a smile and said lightly.

Gu Xiyan was secretly shocked in her heart. But he tried his best to maintain a decent smile on his face: "Madame has a gentle temperament, and she must have a very close relationship with the gardens!" ”

What a trickle of acting and talking!

Mrs. Zhou looked at the front and looked polite. The eyes were faintly flashing with the flying woman, and there was a moment of trance.

Mao Sheng, I like her very much... Father and son are like, Grandpa Guo, and he also likes flying women, and he is also born...

Thinking of this, Aunt Shui's touching begonia flower suddenly appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help but shudder, remembering her purpose for seeing Gu Xiyan.

A reluctant smile appeared on Mrs. Zhou's face. took Gu Xiyan and walked towards the northeast corner.

"That's not it," Mrs. Zhou said lightly, "I'm very familiar with Guiyuan, that's because I grew up in Guiyuan when I was a child. ”

Gu Xiyan was slightly stunned.

Mrs. Zhou was the housekeeper of Mao's grandmother. She had heard of it, but Mrs. Zhou grew up in Guiyuan. It was the first time she had heard of it.

"At that time, the Li family lived in Guiyuan." Mrs. Zhou glanced at Gu Xiyan and said, "In the eyes of others, she is a very strange woman. Although she was taken over by her grandfather, she has never had a name or a share, and has no heirs, and after her grandfather died, she did not move to Xianjiyuan to live, but has been living in Guiyuan. ”

What exactly does Mrs. Zhou want to say?

Gu Xiyan listened patiently.

"When I entered the house. Only six years old. was arranged to be a rough girl in Guiyuan. At that time, there were only two rough grandmothers in Guiyuan. Two rough girls, two big girls, the population is very simple, food, clothing, housing and transportation, very frugal, and even a little simple. But Li goes to bed early and gets up early every day, plays the piano, plants flowers and raises birds, acts calmly, looks indifferent, and is also very good to us little girls, not only kind and generous, but also will tell us to write in our spare time, and say some principles of life. Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhou had an innocent smile like a child on her face, "Although the days are dull, they make people feel warm, happy and satisfied." ”

Turn the corner, and the door of Guiyuan is in front of you.

Mrs. Zhou stopped a little dazed.

"Until one day, Aunt Wang, who lives in Xianji Courtyard, suddenly appeared in Guiyuan."

At that time, Aunt Wang was already terminally ill, and she relied on ginseng fruit every day to hang her anger, because of this, she also deliberately allowed the fifth master, who had already opened a mansion outside, to come in and wait for illness.

She was helped into the door by the grandmothers, and begged Li bitterly, saying that she wanted to talk to her alone.

Li said, what did Aunt Wang say, why don't I understand!

Although her tone was gentle and tactful, her attitude was very resolute, and when everyone heard it, they knew that she didn't want to say anything more to Aunt Wang.

Aunt Wang suddenly knelt in front of the Li family and said, I am all dying, I just hope to die clearly. How could I suddenly fall asleep in my sister's bed that night..."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhou glanced at Gu Xiyan with a sarcastic and sad expression: "That Aunt Wang, and Mrs. Wang, the wife of Maosheng's grandfather, are the sister-in-law..."

Although Gu Xiyan had a hunch in her heart and knew that all this that Mrs. Zhou said would not be as simple as it seemed, she couldn't help but be taken aback when she heard this.

Mrs. Zhou looked at the surprise on Gu Xiyan's face, smiled with satisfaction, and said: "Moreover, there has always been a rumor in the mansion that the lords in the mansion were not born to Mrs. Wang at all, but a maidservant girl surnamed Li Di next to Mrs. Wang, that is, born to the Li family who lived in Guiyuan, and was raised by her on her knees...

So as soon as Aunt Wang's words came out, the whole room panicked.

Aunt Wang's grandmother kicked us all out... I was young at the time, and I didn't know how powerful it was, but I just felt that this room was full of Aunt Wang's people, if something happened, then the Li family wouldn't suffer.

So I quietly ran to the back of the main house of Guiyuan, climbed a locust tree facing the back window, and peeked inside to talk.

I saw Li sitting on the embroidery pier, looking at Aunt Wang coldly. Aunt Wang knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, shouting, the people of the previous land are gone, and your son has also inherited the knighthood, what else do you have to worry about. I just want to die to understand... At that time, I was already engaged. I just came to see my sister before I got married, why did I suddenly sleep in my brother-in-law's bed, and I was still with my brother-in-law... He's almost twenty years older than me, not to mention my brother-in-law, I just don't have a shame, and I won't do such a thing... Just tell me the truth, I went underground, I saw my sister, and I was able to see her in a dignified manner...

But no matter how Aunt Wang pleaded. Li just didn't say a word.

Not long after, Mao's father suddenly came, and he called someone to carry Aunt Wang, who was paralyzed on the ground, back to Xianji Yuan, and then slapped Li hard. He also said, if it weren't for my father's deathbed asking me to take good care of you. I sent you to the Taoist temple a long time ago, and I still allowed you to make the family unpeaceful by gossiping and confusing the people here.

Li, who originally looked indifferent, heard Maosheng's father's words, her dull eyes suddenly became vivid, radiating a bright and bright light like a jewel, she pulled Maosheng's father's sleeve and asked repeatedly, is it true that your father asked you to take good care of me before he died? Really, not really?

Mao's father seemed to remember something. Suddenly, his face changed. He looked at Lee in horror. Stammering, you. You can't really be my birth mother! ”

Mrs. Zhou's expression was rich, her tone was vivid, and she spoke vividly, bringing Gu Xiyan into that tense atmosphere.

Li suddenly hid his face and wept.

Mao's father stood there in a state of dismay, staring blankly at Lee, who was crying in front of him.

After a long time, Li Shi closed his voice, looked up at Maoshengdi's father, and said, you don't have to think nonsense, I tell you the truth, you are five brothers, you, the second and third are born to me, the fourth is born to Mrs. Wang, and the fifth is born to Aunt Wang.

The corners of Maosheng's father's mouth twitched slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Li glanced at Mao Sheng's father and said coldly, Mrs. Wang promised me that as long as I don't recognize my son, she will treat you as if you were her own son... But later, she gave birth to the fourth child, and she wholeheartedly wanted the fourth child to inherit the title, how did she treat you, others don't know, don't you know... Since she is unkind, I don't have to be affectionate, taking advantage of her sister's visit, I made a way to let my sister-in-law go to my brother-in-law's bed, and she was pregnant, she fell ill in a fit of anger... It didn't take long for him to die...

Mao's father turned pale. After standing for a long time, he turned and left..."

Mrs. Zhou gently leaned against the gate of Guiyuandi and murmured: "I thought that I had heard the most secret thing in the world, and I passed a few days in a panic, but who knows, Mao Shengdi's father asked Xizhao for a title, and the Li family suddenly became the wife of the Yanguo Mansion... I have also become the housekeeper beside Mrs. Tai... Despite this, in my eyes, Mrs. Li is no longer the generous and amiable master she used to be... I trembled and ran errands in front of her, hoping that one day I would be able to marry early... But I didn't expect that one day, I would be selected to become the aunt of Grandpa Guo..."

Looking at Mrs. Zhou, whose face was full of pain, Gu Xiyan wanted to speak and stopped.

At that time, Mrs. Wei had already slipped for three children, and Aunt Gao said that her body could no longer withstand the toss, so Mrs. Tai called Grandpa Guo to discuss the matter of taking a concubine... It didn't take long for me and a maid surnamed Shui next to Mrs. Wei to be carried as an aunt... I don't know how Aunt Shui came back, but I, since I became Grandpa Guo's aunt, I've only stayed with Grandpa Guo for one night, no, it's less than one night, I've only stayed for less than two hours..."

Gu Xiyan looked at Mrs. Zhou in surprise, but in her heart she remembered Mrs. Wei's idea of borrowing a child from Maosheng's womb.

Mrs. Zhou looked at Gu Xiyan with a faint gaze.

"I don't know what I did wrong to make him reluctant to look at me again... For a while, I tossed and turned, and I couldn't sleep, until one day, Aunt Gao told me that I was pregnant... I was so happy that I thought he would come to see me. But this joy didn't last for a few days, and Mrs. Xu told me that I was pregnant with Mrs. Wei and Aunt Shui..."

"I have a vague feeling that something is wrong, but I can't say anything is wrong."