Lixia felt that Miss was very strange, and after returning from Fushoutang that day, Miss had been holding a book for the past two days.

As soon as he looked at the name, "The Legend of the Immortals", Lixia finally asked his own question, "Miss, haven't you not liked to read this kind of book for several years?" ”

Shu Mei's eyes didn't even lift from the book, "This one is different." ”

Lixia doesn't know what's different, isn't it all a story of fairies and ghosts.

Indeed, after her grandmother also died, Shu Mei stopped reading this kind of book, because she felt that it was all fake, if there were really immortals, why should she take her parents and grandmother away.

But this is what Su Yaqing reads, and Shu Mei must read it.

When he was in Fushoutang, Shu Mei picked up the book and flipped through it and found that the book was very new, and it was not long after I bought it, Su Yaqing would definitely not be untargeted.

However, after reading for a long time, Shu Mei hadn't guessed what Su Yaqing had planned, but she was a little tired from reading, so she put down the book and asked Lixia: "Is there any news from your brother?" ”

Lixia shook his head, "Not yet, yesterday he told me that the affairs of the Chang family are not easy to investigate, so let you have a few days of grace." ”

Shu Mei nodded, feeling that it would definitely not work by Qiu Shi alone, not because he was not capable enough, but because the Chang family was indeed like an iron bucket, and it was difficult to get in, let alone inquire about Mrs. Chang's preferences.

In her previous life, Shu Mei had heard of Mrs. Chang, and she had never even met her, but she was indeed a heroine among women in the world.

Mrs. Chang was the youngest daughter of General Chang, but after her brothers were killed in battle, she recruited her son-in-law into the Chang family and took over the command of the Chang family's army. Let the Chang family army regrouped without a leader, blocked the invasion of foreign tribes at the border pass, and revitalized the prestige of the Chang family army.

Protected by the Chang family army, Chang Mansion is naturally not as easy as the mansions of ordinary famous families to find out the news.

Shu Mei tried hard to recall the things about Mrs. Chang in her previous life, but she couldn't think of anything else except her prestige, which shows how low-key Mrs. Chang is.

However, such a low-key person embarrassed Second Mrs. Gu at the Su family's birthday banquet, accusing her of a loss of woman's morality, which caused Second Mrs. Gu to hit the pillar with anger and almost caused a murder.

I haven't forgotten it after thirty years, which shows how deep my hatred for Second Mrs. Gu is.

If Mrs. Chang didn't know that Second Mrs. Gu was back, it would be fine, but nine times out of ten, the Li family had already spread the news, and even if there was no Li family, I am afraid that there would be someone with good things to tell Mrs. Chang about it.

Those old things, Shu Mei only heard her grandmother mention them when she was a child, and her grandmother sighed that although the Chang family was worthy of sympathy, the daughter of the Chen family was not pitiful.

Shu Mei was thinking about whether she had missed something, Gu Yu came over, since Shu Mei sent her to Zhu Zeyue's side, she could be regarded as doing her best, and every night after Zhu Zeyue rested, she came over to report to Shu Mei what Zhu Zeyue had done that day.

However, Zhu Zeyue has been overwhelmed by schoolwork recently, and even Su Yaqing has gone to less, let alone thinking of any crooked and evil designs.

Shu Mei praised Gu Yu and asked her to go back, and then sent Lixia to rest, while she continued to read the biography of the immortals.

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The next day, Second Mrs. Gu and Gu Huiniang arrived, and Shu Mei and Gu picked them up at the door together.

Second Mrs. Gu is not a few years older than Gu, and her appearance can only be said to be mediocre, but she is gentle and polite and feels very comfortable, she is not as elegant as Su Yaqing, but the cultivation in her bones.

Shu Mei had been in contact with her in her previous life, and she had always had a good impression of her, so even if it wasn't for the Gu family, she wanted to help this supple woman.

Gu Huiniang is three years younger than Shu Mei, and like her mother, she is also a very educated lady, probably very well protected, and a little innocent and childish who does not understand the world.

In addition to wishing the Su family their birthday, the most important thing for Mrs. Gu to come to Beijing this time was to bring her eldest son Gu Maoran into Beijing, wanting to get through the relationship and send him to study in Guozijian.

Gu Maoran was unwilling to rely on the shade of his home to enter the Guozijian, so he was also unwilling to live in the Zhu family, and lived in the inn with his classmates.

It's just that mothers want to arrange the best arrangements for their children, otherwise after 30 years of absence from the capital, even Second Mrs. Gu, who has not come back after Chen Gelao's death, will not set foot on this land again.

After letting people move things to Suifang Courtyard, Gu and Shu Mei took Gu Er's mother and daughter to see Su's family.

Su Shi saw that Gu Er's mother and daughter were mediocre, which made Gu a little unhappy.

Shu Mei looked at Su's performance, thinking that she must know the grievances between Second Lady Gu and Lady Chang, but at this time, I am afraid that she did not know that Lady Chang would come, otherwise she would definitely find an excuse to let Second Lady Gu leave. After all, compared to it, Second Lady Gu is just a relative of the Gu family, where is it more important than Mrs. Chang, who commands the Chang family's army.

In that case, the Gu family would definitely have a conflict with the Su family, which was not what Shu Mei wanted to see.

Only the Li family is very affectionate to Second Mrs. Gu, but no matter how Shu Mei looks at it, he feels that there is evil intentions hidden under the surface of her closeness.

After so many days, coming out of Fushoutang, Second Lady Gu was ready to go back to Suifang Courtyard to rest, but Gu Huiniang was still young after all, and it was the first time she went out so far away, and she was very curious about everything.

Although he couldn't go out, it was no problem to go shopping at Zhu's house, so Shu Mei took Gu Huiniang to visit the garden.

Suzhou is located in the northwest, and Gu Huiniang has seen a lot of deserts and Gobi, so the back garden of the Zhu family, which is not chic, can make Gu Huiniang feel very novel and interesting.

Fortunately, Shu Mei has also studied flowers and plants, so that she can cope with Gu Huiniang's continuous questions.

Along the way, Gu Huiniang was deeply impressed by Shu Mei's omniscience: "My cousin-in-law is really knowledgeable, I have heard at home that the girls of the Shu family are very knowledgeable, and they really live up to their reputation." ”

Shu Mei was a little embarrassed, "Hui Niang praised it, in fact, these are common plants in the north, I was born and raised here, and it is not uncommon for me to know each other." ”

Gu Huiniang sighed: "My mother also grew up in the capital, but she never told me about her. ”

This made Shu Mei a little surprised, why was Second Mrs. Gu reluctant to mention her experience in the capital? And marrying to such a remote place should not only be a matter of courage.

The two continued to walk and talk, turned a corner, and found that someone in front of them was splashing ink on the peony.

Shu Mei didn't need to look to know that it was Zhu Junliu, and he wanted to take Gu Huiniang around the road, but Gu Huiniang's eyes were sharp, and she saw the unfinished painting from a distance.

"It's a really good drawing." Gu Huiniang praised from the bottom of her heart.

Hearing Gu Huiniang's voice, Zhu Junliu turned his head, and Gu Huiniang's eyes couldn't move when he saw his true face......