A tree of peach blossoms pressing the prime minister

Chapter 144

Being hugged by this person, Gu Huairou fell asleep peacefully, a little light finally lit up in her despairing heart.

Master Xiang is really a good man.

When she woke up the next day, there was no one in the house.Gu Huairou pursed her lips, rummaged through boxes and chests to find a needle and thread, and carefully began to embroider a handkerchief.

When Taohua came over, she didn't cry or make a fuss, but her head was still covered with a black veil, but she looked much more energetic.

"Why are you embroidering this?" Looking curiously at the thing in her hand, Tao Hua asked, "Want to give it to Grandpa?"

Gu Huairou nodded, and said in a low voice: "Master treats me really well, I have nothing to give him, just embroider a bamboo brocade mandarin duck."

Tao Hua pursed her lips, remembering what Xu Yangui said yesterday, hesitated for a while, and then said: "Women don't have an easy life, if they treat us a little bit better, we will be grateful, and we don't remember their bad times at all."

Slightly taken aback, Gu Huairou looked up at her: "Everyone is like this, life has to go on, can't we just be stubborn?"

"But if, I mean if, when a man is unreliable, have you ever thought about how you should live your life?"

Live by yourself?Gu Huairou laughed: "The customs of Zhao State may be different from those of Great Wei. Women in Zhao State can also be emperors, and the folk customs are open, but Great Wei is dominated by men. Once a woman is divorced, she will be rejected when she returns to her natal family. Either To endure humiliation, or to seek death, there has never been a third way."

Taohua frowned: "Then you and I go to Zhao country. It's better to start a small business to support yourself than to live a lifetime at the feet of a man without any emotion. You can remarry when you meet the right person."

Gu Huairou paused, pursed her lips and said, "Master Xiang treated me very well, why should I leave?"

Taohua smiled dryly: "I mean, in the future, if..."

"Have you guessed what Master is thinking again?" Gu Huairou put down the handkerchief in her hand, looked at her nervously and asked, "Is there a reason why he treats me well? Will he let me down again in the future?"

"No." Taohua quickly shook her head: "Don't think too much, I'm just asking casually, can't you feel if Master treats you really well?"

Gu Huairou was silent for a while, then whispered: "I always feel that the Prime Minister during the day is different from the one at night. During the day, he is as hard to approach as an iceberg, but at night, he is so gentle that it makes me..."

Let her like it so much, her whole heart warms up.

Tao Hua was stunned, turned her head and stretched out her hands to cover her eyes, and muttered softly: "I just said how could Shen Zaiye's temperament make all the women in the yard like him so much, and it turned out to be all thanks to Xu Yangui."

"What did the lady say?"

"It's nothing." Taohua turned her head and smiled, and reached out to give her a bottle of medicine: "The doctor of Xuanhutang just sent this flat muscle lotion, and said it has miraculous effects. You should use it for a while and see if it has any effect."

"Thank you, lady." Gu Huairou saluted and took it, gently rubbing the body of the bottle with her fingers, like a girl full of expectation.

Xu Yangui was also very harmful, Taohua sighed lightly, bid her farewell and went out.

Moss, who went out to find out the news, came back and whispered in her ear: "Lianyi's family members are all here. They knew she was dead, but they seemed calm and were already preparing for the funeral. The slaves tried it out, and they were very tight-lipped. What? He also refuses to say."

"According to your intuition, do they refuse to say anything, or do they have nothing to say?" Taohua asked.

Qingmo frowned, thought for a while before saying: "Maybe there is nothing to say, it seems that the family is indeed just honest countrymen."

"Then I definitely won't say it." Taohua clapped her hands: "Let's go, cheat someone."

Qingmo was taken aback, and stomped her feet unconvinced: "Master doesn't trust slaves, so why do you ask?"

"Because what you choose is usually wrong." Taohua said with a smile: "If you choose something different from you, I guarantee it will be right!"

moss:"……"

Going back to Zhengchun Pavilion to make some arrangements, Taohua was smiling sinisterly, but Manager Li from the kitchen and Steward Qian from the mansion came to look for her together.

"Ms. Jiang." Li Guanshi put a stack of accounts on her desk with a smile, and said respectfully: "My lord means that after the kitchen purchases, I don't need to report to my wife, I just need to tell you."

Taohua nodded, this was expected, after all he offended Mei Zhaoxue, and he couldn't continue to work under her.

"This is the account book for the government's external expenses." Steward Qian also put up the account, bowed his head and said, "Originally, it should be managed by the madam, but the Lord is sympathetic to the madam and asked the madam to share some of the burden for the madam."

External expenses, that is, Shen's entertainment in the house, gift giving, and purchases when the courtyards are going back to their natal homes.This account is easy, but it is also a big deal. Shen Zaiye actually brought it to her directly. Isn't Mei Zhaoxue going to die of anger?

"My lady, if you have any difficulties, feel free to ask the slave." Steward Qian cupped his hands and said, "If the slave can help, I will definitely help."

so good?Taohua was surprised, how could she remember that Steward Qian was always helping his wife?

Having doubts in my heart, I still have to respond first, and politely ask Qingmo to send the two of them out.

"Why does this servant have a feeling that the sky is going to change in this mansion?" When she came back, Qingmos looked at the account book in her hand and said, "My lord really spoils you enough, he will give you whatever you want." what to give."

Taohua chuckled, reached out and patted her forehead: "This is called helping each other. I do things for him. What's so strange about him helping? Have you made arrangements?"

"It's been arranged." Qingmos nodded: "But are you sure that this matter has something to do with Madam? What if it's a mistake..."

"Women should trust their intuition." Tao Hua spat out these words with confidence.But after a while, he arched his back and said with a dry smile: "If I feel wrong all the time, that's okay, anyway, the fire won't reach us."

Makes sense!Moss nodded, and quickly continued to go out to do things.

At the end of summer, when many female relatives wanted to go back to their natal family to visit relatives, when they heard that the account book of the foreign branch had fallen into Jiang's hands, they scrambled to come over to make friends.

"Ms. Jiang's grace is really enviable to others." Gu Qingying covered her lips and said, "It's the first time I see my master willing to hand over the account book to my concubine. Isn't this embarrassing for Madam?"

"I just feel sorry for Madam." Taohua looked at her and smiled: "It doesn't matter who owns the account book, everyone in Guining will prepare it properly according to their status."

That's the way it is said, but every time you follow the ceremony, it is inevitable that you will not give more to one and less to that according to the distance.Going back to her mother's house is a matter of face, and she must strive for as many gifts as possible.

Before Nangongqin could speak, Taohua turned her face with a smile and said, "Ms. Nangong is the second Guining in the mansion, right?"

"Yes." Nangong Qin nodded: "Mistress, please worry about it."

"It doesn't matter." Tao Hua said, "You have suffered a lot of grievances recently, what I mean is to make up for you."

What the Lord meant was clearly her own!Gu Qingying could tell that she was the first one to return to Gui Ning. If she didn't ask, if she said that she wanted to compensate Nan Gongqin, it would obviously not make her feel better.

"What are you doing, lady?" With a forced smile, Gu Shi said: "They are all sisters, you can't treat one more favorably than another."

Taohua turned to look at her, and said with a smile: "What is Mrs. Gu afraid of? You also have a wife who can help subsidize some."

With a jump in her heart, Gu Qingying said quickly: "I don't know Madam very well, how can she help me subsidize? Madam thinks too much."

"Walk around more and you'll be ready." Taohua stood up and said, "I still have to sort out the books. If you are free, you can go back first."

Gu Qingying became anxious, and followed her and said: "My lady, don't get me wrong. Recently, my wife often asked me to talk, but I didn't say anything."

"I didn't misunderstand." Tao Hua looked at her innocently and said, "My lady, it's your freedom to move around and say whatever you want, so what right do I have to interfere?"

Moss came up to stop Gu Shi, and Jiang Taohua went straight into the inner room.Gu Qingying stood outside, frowned and rubbed the handkerchief for a long time before turning to look for Nangongqin.

"What should I do? Mrs. Jiang seems to have a grudge against me?"

Nan Gongqin didn't look at her, and walked straight forward: "Since you have already stood with Jiang before, why did you try to curry favor with Madam? How can anyone who is in two boats not fall into the water?"

"Hey, didn't I think of multiple people and multiple paths?" Gu Qingying said, "Who knew that Miss Jiang was so stingy? Help me to say something nice."

"I can't help with this." Nangong Qin said: "You see, the master's heart is clearly on Mrs. Jiang. Even if she can't bear children, I have handed over the account book to her. Do you still think Mrs. Jiang is more reliable?"

"But..." Gu Qingying paused, lowered her head and thought for a while, it seems that this is indeed the case.Mrs. Jiang is powerful and can't have children. If she can sit in the royal family in the future, then their children can be raised by her, and won't they be born in an instant?

As soon as her eyes lit up, Gu Qingying turned her head and walked back.

"Miss Gu." Qingmo was still blocking the door: "My master is going to rest."

"I have something important to tell my wife!" Gu Qingying said, "It's about my wife!"

Taohua lifted the curtain, as if she had been waiting for her, smiled at her: "Come in and talk."

Qingmoss stepped aside, Gu Qingying was taken aback for a moment, then ran in with her skirt in hand, and said flatteringly: "There is a big event, I forgot to tell my lady."

"It's not too late to say now." Taohua sat down and looked at her: "Just speak up."

"A few evenings ago, when I went to Linghan Courtyard, I saw Ripples." Gu Qingying said mysteriously: "The madam later explained that it was because the servant girl bumped into her, so she was asking for guilt, but the concubine's identity is fine." Counting the time, when Lianyi went to Linghan Courtyard, it seemed that he was still in front of the collision in the garden."

(End of this chapter)