Tangled

Chapter 10 The Gu family will not become the royal family
The temptation was too great, Shen Qiqi, who was originally just asking for advice, raised her spirits.

After playing for half an hour, more than half of the chess pieces fell, and she was surrounded and unable to move an inch.

The hand holding the chess piece lay horizontally on the chessboard, refusing to drop it for a long time.

After a long time, she put down the chess piece at her fingertips, and her straight back slowly collapsed.

"Cousin, I lost."

Gu Tingshu was leaning against the window sill in a leisurely manner, seeing her disappointed expression, he took some hot tea and tasted it slowly.

"Having never been taught by a famous teacher, it is really rare to be able to do this."

"Cousin, if I beat you next time, will it still count?"

The little girl raised her head halfway, her expression was timid, and there was a temptation in her eyes that could be seen through at a glance.

Gu Tingshu handed over a cup of hot tea, "Yes", "Whenever, as long as you can win, do it."

As soon as the words fell, the little girl who was still uneasy at first burst into a smile, and her brows and eyes filled with clear water turned into crescent moons.

She took the tea and Xiaoxiao took two sips, raised her hand to tidy up the chessboard, "Then shall we play another game?"

"Eldest young master, the old lady invites you to go to Fu Rong Yuan, saying that the master is back."

Nanny Lin lifted the curtain and came in, interrupting the two who were still going on.

Shen Qiqi's loss was visible to the naked eye, her original smile was so tightly covered that she couldn't even find a trace of it.

After drinking a cup of tea, Gu Tingshu got up, brushed off his sleeves and prepared to leave.

"After you come back from the outing, I will invite you a gentleman to come back, practice hard first, and then share the victory with me after learning."

There is a school in the Hou's mansion, but only girls who are not as old as Ji go to it. At her age, if she goes there, she might be laughed at.

Moreover, although the chess skills of the masters in the school are passable, it may not be enough for her.

"After a while, ask someone to find Eleven and ask him to make a post, and he can invite whichever gentleman he likes."

The well-known chess masters in Kyoto are very arrogant, ordinary people can't invite them, but when it comes to him, it seems that they can invite them whenever they want.

Shen Qiqi got up, poked her head out from behind him and looked at Nanny Lin, "Mommy, hurry up, don't delay."

If it wasn't for fear of being too abrupt, she couldn't even wait for tonight, so she wanted to ask her husband to teach her quickly.

Gu Tingshu straightened her body, and when retracting it, he pulled up the cloak that had slipped off her shoulders.

"Go to bed early, don't read the book too late."

Shen Qiqi folded her cloak with both hands, and responded softly, seeing that he was about to leave, she hurriedly saluted, "Cousin, go slowly."

Nanny Lin followed her out of the yard, and waited for Gu Tingshu to disappear around the corner before turning back.

In the Furong Courtyard, the old lady sat at the head, while Gu Changrong and his wife Mo Shi stood in the hall, enduring the old lady's anger.

"Tell me about the two of you. You can't even discipline your own children. Tell me what else you can do!"

"It was a good marriage, but he said he wouldn't make it if he didn't let it go. It's just the daughter of a concubine girl, so it's really a treasure."

The old lady slapped the table hard, and the veins on her forehead burst out of anger.

Gu Changrong raised his head and squinted, tugged Mo's next to him, and sat down beside him while sighing.

"Mom, things have happened, why are you still mentioning these things, that child has disobeyed discipline since Mrs. Chen left, it's not like you don't know."

As if he couldn't see the old lady's anger, seeing that Mrs. Mo refused to sit down, he "tsk" again, "Sit down quickly."

"After all, you are also the head wife of the Hou Mansion, so why don't you just stand around."

After pulling him to sit down, he took two sips of tea before slowly opening his mouth: "He is so difficult to discipline, but you are actually responsible for it, mother."

"Back when Mrs. Chen was here, he was the most obedient, but you just didn't like people well. You tortured Mrs. Chen to death. His own mother died because of you. How could he still listen to you?"

Speaking of this, the old lady became even angrier. She was just a little stricter, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Chen was so useless.

Even though he was not in good health, he insisted on not saying anything. He knelt in the courtyard for half a day, but he fell ill and left after a few days.

The daughter-in-law who wasn't her favorite in the first place, went after thinking about it. Unexpectedly, everyone blamed her for the fault.

Gu Tingshu's unworthy grandson has even separated from him since then. If he hadn't wanted some face, he would have moved out when he was named Marquis.

The two princes of the Gu family looked at the scenery, but they were already on the verge of collapse. If it wasn't for this, why would she hug Prince Gong's thigh.

"You still have the face to mention Mrs. Chen. If you weren't useless, how could His Majesty have given you an orphan girl without a father or a mother?"

Without the help of her natal family, not to mention, she was very petty. When she married her, the Gu family was laughed at for many years.

Gu Changrong opened his mouth and stopped talking.

Gu Changrong still feels a little guilty about the Chen family who has passed away for more than ten years. His Majesty asked him for his opinion in private back then.

But Mrs. Chen is the daughter of His Majesty's savior, and he was afraid that he would be blamed if he refused, so he said that he liked her too.

After marrying her back, the two also lived a life like a fairy couple, but she was not very knowledgeable, and when talking to her later, they always couldn't get along with each other.

Later, when he met the talented Mo Shi, he said that he wanted to marry as a flat wife, that is, after the fight, Chen Shi changed his temper.

After she died, he married Mrs. Mo and came back in less than three months. It is actually reasonable for the child to blame him.

"Mother, don't mention this matter. If you mention it again, Tingshu will not kiss you."

Being squeezed by her own son, the old lady was so angry that her chest heaved and she pointed at him for a long time, but she couldn't say anything.

What the hell did she do to give birth to such a bastard.

When Gu Tingshu arrived, the room was full of swords and swords, and it seemed that a fight could start at a touch.

He went in and saluted, with a distant expression, and then sat down by himself.

Seeing him like this, the old lady's anger began to surge again, but thinking of what she had to explain, she suppressed her anger again.

"Nurse Xu, take out the new cake of tea from my storeroom and make it for the young master."

After finishing speaking, she coiled the prayer beads in her hand, and continued after a long time: "Tingshu, I'm afraid it will not be that simple to go to Taoyuan in the suburbs of Beijing for an outing in a few days."

Although the old lady is in a deep courtyard, after so many years, she still has some ways of doing things.

The crown prince is over 25 years old, and there are only a few concubines in the East Palace, and the crown prince has not yet been settled.

Although His Majesty is not in a hurry, the Empress will not indulge him like this. If there is no accident, after this outing, the candidate for the Crown Princess will be decided.

"Qing Ning is your younger sister. She has been well-educated since she was a child, and she is also decent. You should help her."

"If it succeeds, our Hou Mansion will have a firm foothold in the capital. At that time, no one will dare to look down on us."

What she said inside and outside the words, all meant that one is both prosperous and the other is damaged. Gu Ting glanced at her, and his dark pupils were full of coldness.

"Grandmother, don't do such useless work, the Gu family, you won't become a royal family."

(End of this chapter)