Hearing this question, Gu Qing was not in a hurry, he already had the answer in his heart, and the white clothes in his mind always lingered. She looked around, there was a worried look from Yu Niang, Liu Ye's disdainful gaze, she smiled faintly, and spit out a few words from her mouth: "Lady gentleman, gentle and elegant." ”

She didn't say it explicitly, and those who didn't understand were confused when they heard it.

Master Gu was also confused, but he guessed that she had already liked someone, and the little daughter in the boudoir showed her affection. Liu Ye thought that she was going to say the name of the son, so she watched all this with all her attention, and after hearing her say those eight words, she couldn't help but snort: "Little girl's family, just have some sweet dreams." I think Chen Gongzi is clearly good, but our family Qing'er is too picky. ”

Liu Ye had been speaking in the hall, and with obvious sourness, Master Gu seemed to be a little impatient, and glared at her with slanted eyes, with a warning meaning. Although Liu Ye is not afraid of this husband who shares the same bed, he still wants to save some face for him, so he obediently closes his mouth and stops talking.

Liu Ye's words were very unpleasant in Yu Niang's ears, and she heard the meaning of high and low in it. If Liu Ye's wishes are followed, that is, Gu Ning is her biological daughter, and she should enter the palace to become a concubine and glorify the lintel of the Gu Mansion. And Gu Qing is a concubine, so he should find someone like Chen Gongzi to spend this life.

Yu Niang sighed secretly, and took Gu Qing's hand and tightened slightly.

Later, the blind date was over. It's just that rumors began to spread in the outside world that Miss Gu Fusan was infected with a vicious disease and would die in a few days.

After Ah Huan told Gu Qing the news, he was full of indignation, and kept complaining about the Chen family's behavior. The two families knew it, but Gu Qing pretended to be sick and pushed this family business, so they cursed the young lady for contracting a vicious disease, which was really hateful.

On the other hand, Gu Qing was very calm, so it was okay to directly refuse all the family affairs that the matchmaker said, and he also saved some tongue. And every day, she appreciates the rockery in the house and listens to the summer cicada song. The key is that in this hot summer, I don't have any thoughts about eating and playing, and the whole person is like a, listless.

According to the maids who visited the Etiquette Department, most of the show girls this year are beautiful and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Gu Ning has been under the strict discipline of Liu Ye since he was a child, and these are naturally not a problem, plus during this time, under the guidance of the palace grandmother, he has also mastered certain skills for survival in the palace.

The maid who came back said that the second lady and those show girls are commensurate with each other as sisters, and the relationship is very good, and a skirt has to be worn by each other, and there is no barrier between them.

Liu Ye was very happy, looking forward to it, and finally looking forward to her daughter becoming a phoenix on the branch. Because of the powerful power of the Gu Mansion and the Liu family in the capital, she always firmly believed that Gu Ning could make a difference in the palace.

I don't know if it's really as the maid said, although Gu Qing has never heard of the case in the palace, but Yu Niang has heard about it, and when she chatted in her spare time, she said it word for word.

When she learned about the scheming struggle between the concubines, Gu Qing was stunned, she didn't know that there was such a way for women to get along with each other.

The cramped life in the house made her think that Liu Ye was the worst and worst person, at least in her childhood. After hearing the example of the concubines killing each other, she shook her head, feeling that she would never be able to enter the palace for the rest of her life, and at the same time worried about Gu Ning's future.

The air was hot and dull, like an airtight steamer, Gu Qinggang got up from a nap, sat up, touched his forehead, and was covered with beads of sweat.

Ah Huan happened to come in from outside with his clothes, and when he saw Gu Qing getting up, he greeted him, and said to himself: "This ghost weather is really going to heat people to death, just now I saw a bunch of dark clouds crowded in the distance, I was afraid that it was going to rain, so I thought about putting the clothes in first." ”

Sure enough, in response to Ah Huan's words, the summer rainstorm came soon, but in the blink of an eye, the yard began to sound like a beating rain, and the raindrops fell to the ground like soybeans. A gust of wind blew away, and in an instant the dull heat was blown away.

Gu Qing was overjoyed when he saw this, and stepped on the ground barefoot without wearing shoes, and walked to the corridor outside to blow the wind. She hadn't felt such a cool wind for a long time, and after blowing for a while, she felt very comfortable.

The weather was already hot, and Ah Huan didn't care about her and let her go.

After a heavy rain, the temperature in the afternoon dropped slightly, and Ah Huan cleaned up in the room at will, gossiping with Gu Qing in the corridor. Inadvertently raised her eyes, and just saw Gu Qing's side face looking away, she had already faded the youthful outline of her little daughter, and was replaced by an immature and steady one.

I don't know when Miss changed. Although she was still having fun as before, she behaved very differently than she did together, like a small adult.

The courtyard was quiet, but it was suddenly interrupted by a rapid shout, and it was the cook who ran in, only to see her look panicked, and said excitedly after seeing Gu Qing...... Third Miss, go and take a look, the eldest lady is embarrassing the second lady in the kitchen. ”

Gu Qing frowned when he heard this, why did he have another incident? When he heard that his mother was in trouble, he didn't think about it, put on the shoes handed by Ah Huan and followed the cook.

From the plum courtyard to the kitchen, you have to pass through two pavilions and a long corridor, and on the way, the cook tells everything that happened.

The people who work in the kitchen know that the food in the plum courtyard, in addition to the three meals a day, is prepared by them, and other fruits and pastries are made by Yu Niang herself. It's the same today, Yu Niang plans to boil some mung bean soup for Gu Qing to relieve the heat, calculate the time, and while the mung bean soup is still boiling on the stove, she will help the people to help, talk and laugh, and there is no lady at all.

At this moment, Liu Ye, who had never been in the kitchen, suddenly arrived, and the laughter in the kitchen seemed to her to be particularly harsh. Gu Mo and Gu Ning's departure from the mansion made her have no sustenance in the mansion, and the blind date of the Chen family two days ago also made her unhappy.

The mung bean soup on the stove is almost ready, thick and thick, with some rock sugar added to it, and when the soup is cold, you will feel very comfortable when you drink it.

Yu Niang didn't notice the willow leaves, concentrated on the soup, scooped the soup in the porcelain bowl, full of bowls, she picked up and turned around defenselessly, but saw that the willow leaves were just close to her, a face that was not smiling was magnified in front of her, suddenly frightened, a bowl of soup fell straight from her hand, and then smelled, it was the willow leaf holding her left foot and shouting in pain.

The bowl of soup that had just come out of the pot was spilled on the ground, not to mention, but also a little spilled on Liu Ye's left foot, and her tears ran out of her eyes. Yu Niang panicked and didn't know what to do, the maids hurriedly brought wet towels to her dress, Liu Ye immediately took off her socks and saw that the instep of her left foot was red, and some small blisters were flooded, and she grinned in pain.

"You ......" pointed at Yu Niang and couldn't speak for a long time, the pain in her feet had made her lose the ability to scold, and immediately a maid ran to ask for a doctor.

"Sister, I didn't mean to ......"

"Smack-"

Before Yu Niang finished saying the apologetic words, Liu Ye stepped forward, ignoring the pain in her foot, and slapped her with all her might, and her voice was extremely loud in the kitchen.

Yu Niang couldn't help but cover her right cheek, it hurt hotly, and the maids in the kitchen were all frightened by this scene. In the past, the two ladies only competed in secret, but today it was so clear that they didn't dare to say anything.

"Say, what do you want to do with such a hot bowl of soup thrown at me?" Liu Ye scolded loudly with pain in pain, his eyes widening angrily.

The slap was too hard, and Yu Niang couldn't stand on her feet several times, so she held on to the stove on the side to support herself. She knew that she had made a mistake this time, Liu Ye was so tense, she had long wanted to trouble her.

"I don't have ......"

"No, how should I count the injury on my foot? I think you want to kill me, the eldest lady, as soon as possible, so that you can manage the Gu Mansion alone, right?"

Liu Ye was aggressive and didn't give her a chance to speak at all.

But the words she said were clearly not what Yu Niang thought in her heart, and she never had such thoughts.

"Why is the eldest lady so angry?"

Gu Qing stepped in, his face was extremely calm, and after looking around, he saw Yu Niang standing aside with her face covered.

Her eyes twitched slightly, Liu Ye's shoes and socks were thrown aside casually, and there were indeed a few bright blisters on her red and swollen feet.

"What's the matter, auntie? In front of everyone's eyes, it's not good to show your feet. ”

"Qing'er......" Yu Niang shook her head, Liu Ye was angry at this time, signaling her not to provoke.

Gu Qing refused and ignored Yu Niang's instructions. She just wants to deliberately provoke this eldest lady, otherwise she will always be thought by others that their Mei Yuan is easy to bully.

"Ask your mother. Willow Leaf's eyebrows were almost up to the sky. At this time, the doctor invited by the maid rushed over, and after a brief inspection of Liu Ye's feet, the doctor only said that it was an ordinary burn, and it was no big problem, and it could be cured in a few days with medicine.

Liu Ye didn't buy it at all, she pointed at Yu Niang and shouted: "She doesn't have a good heart at all, who knows what she expects me to do in her heart?" Fortunately, I burn incense and worship the Buddha on weekdays, and accumulate some virtue, if the whole bowl of soup is sprinkled on me, it will be burned, but it is not only this left foot. ”

This is clearly vexatious.

There are many people in the kitchen, and it is common for a little collision between them, and the maids who are doing chores here, who doesn't have a little burns on their bodies? Even Yu Niang's palms have been scalded several times.

Besides, Liu Ye has always thought that he is the person with the highest status in the house, and he has never set foot in a small place like the kitchen, so why did he have such leisure time to come and have a look today?

"Why did my aunt think of coming to the kitchen today?"