Tangled

He helped to tie the belt, the back of his warm hand brushed against his chin, the coolness seemed to be scared away a little.

Shen Qiqi tilted her head, seeing that there was no expression on his face, so she lowered her head, her pointed chin resting on the back of his hand.

She widened her eyes and observed again, like a kitten that has not experienced much in the world, carefully stretching out its claws, encroaching on its own territory bit by bit.

Gu Tingshu also pampered her, and when she looked up enough, she took her hand back.

"Have you had breakfast yet?"

"Not yet."

The breath he left on the cloak penetrated into the chest cavity with every breath, with a faint tea fragrance, not unpleasant, but she felt a little breathless.

After replying in a daze, Shen Qiqi realized what she had said, and hurriedly continued: "Mommy has already prepared it, I can eat it when I go back."

"Eleventh, go to the kitchen and bring the girl's breakfast." Gu Tingshu didn't answer her words, and gave instructions directly.

After the words fell, he sat on the stool, picked up the saber on the table and wiped it.

The whole body of the scabbard was so dark that it glowed with the light of a candle, and contained an evil spirit that made people feel cold at first glance.

"Sit down."

Seeing her standing still, Gu Tingshu put down his sword and poured her a cup of hot tea.

There is no maidservant in his yard, so the tea in the house is only the old Man'e that he usually drinks, and as soon as the tea is poured out, Shen Qiqi thinks of the bitter taste.

She sat down and took the teacup with both hands, but she didn't drink it, she just held it to warm her hands.

"Has my cousin used breakfast? If he has used it, it will be the same when Qiqi goes back to use it."

There were so many people waiting in the courtyard, it was not appropriate for her to sit in and eat.

Seeing her sitting on pins and needles, Gu Tingshu knocked on the table.

"Master Hou."

"Take people out!"

"Yes!"

Twelve's voice came from outside the door, Shen Qiqi looked at Gu Tingshu suspiciously, "Don't cousin go with them?"

"Breakfast first."

To investigate the private soldiers in private, so many people are easy to be found, so they have to go separately.

Gu Tingshu didn't say much to her, and when he brought back the breakfast on Eleventh, he first served her a bowl of porridge.

"Eat, go back to sleep after eating."

He still had to go out, Shen Qiqi didn't want to delay any longer, so he ate obediently.

Before going out, he took another cloak and came out, Shen Qiqi followed him out of the courtyard, stood behind him and watched him gradually go away.

"Girl, let's go back."

After this delay, the sky is getting brighter, the maids and women have already got up, and if they don't go back, they don't know how many people they will meet.

Although the old lady would not do anything to the girl now, but the maids below are too talkative, if they are bumped into, they will have to make irresponsible remarks.

"Girl, this is Haidongqing left behind by Master Hou. Do you want to send it over now?"

Eleven came out of the yard, locked the gate and took out the whistle.

"Send it there, no one in Shenqi Courtyard knows how to take care of it, so I'll bother you to feed this sea dongqing."

Glancing at the locked courtyard door, Shen Qiqi nodded to Shiyi to express her gratitude, before turning to go to Qingzhu Xiaozhu.

Eleven blew the whistle, and Hai Dongqing flapped his wings and flew away. He followed him to the kitchen first, and then went to Qingzhu Xiaozhu to work as an errand after dawn.

In Furong Courtyard, the old lady stroked her forehead with a headache when she heard the servant's report.

"That girl is just like her mother, she is a vixen, and everyone else is fine. Now even Gu Tingshu is being seduced by her."

It's only been a few days, and I'm already so worried that I have to leave someone to guard me even when I go out, as if I would do something to her.

"Old lady, this is actually a good thing for the Hou Mansion."

The old nanny on the side bowed her back and answered the words carefully.

The old lady slowly raised her eyes and gave her a slanted look, with a little interest on her face full of dimples, "Oh, tell me, what a good way!"

"Given the young master's grade and the degree of respect by His Majesty, it is enough to be married to a princess, but if you marry a princess back, then the mansion will be the master of the house..."

She didn't dare to finish the rest of the words, but the old lady already understood.

If she came back after marrying a noble daughter of high status, then she would no longer be the master of the huge Hou Mansion.

After all these years, neither her husband nor her son can fight for her to have her wife come back, so any noble daughter of some rank can overwhelm her.

Seeing that the old lady's brows were loosened, the old nanny continued: "Besides, if the cousin girl settles down in the Gu family, then there is no need to move the things brought from Jiangzhou."

After saying this, Madam Xu, who was making tea, couldn't help but glanced twice.

When Biao girl's mother got married, the old Hou Ye who was still alive bought her a dowry of 88. Although there were not many shops in the farm, they were all very profitable.

There is also the betrothal gift from the Shen family, but it overwhelms all the noble girls who got married in the same year.

The combination of these two things can cover most of the Hou's residence. When the cousin was brought back back then, the old lady did not know what method she used to get Mrs. Chen to agree to bring these things back.

The temptation of these things is too great, so big that the old lady made up the idea of ​​these things as early as the beginning.

Seeing the thoughtful look on the old lady's face, Mother Xu knew that she had been persuaded.

Seeing the curling white smoke rising from the cup, Mother Xu sighed in secret.

It's fine if these cousin girls don't know, if they know that the Shen family left her so many things, but she has suffered in the mansion for more than ten years, why can't the young master seek justice for her?
The young master has suspicions against the old lady, and the cousin girl is being favored, so how could he not stand up for the cousin girl?

The old lady still had some brains when she was young, but since the old Hou Yexian left, she has really made mistakes every step of the way. If this continues, the entire Yong'an Hou Mansion will be defeated by her. .

"old lady……"

"Go and call Qing Ning."

Mother Xu wanted to persuade her, but the old lady didn't want to listen. When she spoke, she looked at her coldly, "You have served me for decades, and you should go home to spend your old age."

"In a few days, I will go to the warehouse to pick up the body, and then go home."

Nanny Xu opened her mouth to say something, but seeing the old lady's eyes, she chose to swallow her words.

The master doesn't want to hear it. She is a current person, so why should she be thankless.

Let's go back when I go back. She has saved a lot of money over the years, which is enough for the rest of her life.

"Thank you, old lady, for your compassion."

She knelt down to thank her, and when she saw the old lady waving impatiently, she slowly got up and backed out with her back bowed.

When Gu Qingning came out of the Buddhist hall, when he entered the Furong courtyard, he saw that Madam Xu hadn't entered the room to serve her, so she took a second look before going forward to give a blessing.

"Grandma, Qingning is here!"

The gentle female voice brought back the old lady's racing thoughts. She opened her eyes and looked at the granddaughter she had high hopes for, before heaving a long sigh.

"Qing Ning, you have disappointed grandma so much."