delicious little cook

Chapter 924 Secretly

After returning to the palace, Bai Kou came to deal with the letter from the princess again. It was indeed a matter of asking Qing to admire the flowers in the palace. King Qing is idle every day, and dating is also a matter of elegance, especially now that there are many scholars in the capital, and there is no shortage of outstanding literary talents. In his younger generation, he also accepted invitations from time to time to go out to meet some young talents. When his nephews and nieces said they would go to his house to enjoy the flowers, His Highness King Qing naturally listed all the days when he was free in the future.

The princess transferred the free days to Bai Kou and asked her to pick one day. Their siblings can say that they are free every day. Although they have to go to school every day, the prince will not be too harsh if he is lazy occasionally.

Bai Kou flipped through her notepad. Although she regularly rests in Xiumu, she doesn't always stay at home for a day with nothing to do. It's the end of the year, with various entertainments, and the rest day is busier than usual. Although the stewards can help her Attending some occasions, but the status and status are equal, the other family is the boss and the shopkeeper, so Bai Kou can't pretend to be dead behind, and Gu Yun is too busy to use the spring next year. The appointments are full, and it is quite difficult to find a day to enjoy the flowers. After comparing and comparing, I finally picked a day before the winter hunting, wrote a reply to the princess immediately, and put it on the desk to send it tomorrow morning.

The next morning, Bai Kou was invited by the princess to chat for a while before leaving the house. Ning Peilan had an appointment today and asked Bai Kou if she wanted to bring back something. She thought of the organ she ordered when she went out with the princess last time. It was almost time to get the bag back, so I asked the princess to take a detour, and Ning Peilan readily agreed.

In addition, Bai Kou thought about the affairs of the Bai clan, hesitated for a while and told the princess, asking her to keep an eye on the gate of the palace.

"Do you still remember that I bought information from a news dealer a few days ago?"

"Remember, what's wrong?"

"After the accident in my family, the position of patriarch was handed over to my grandfather's younger brother Bai Yeshou, and our house was expelled from the family. Now they came to us again because of the poor management of the family property. My sister has been harassed. , the family wanted my sister to marry in the name of debt repayment. The information was about the situation of the man’s family. They will come to me when they are not cheap, but if I'm not here, don't let them into the mansion, and don't let the princess chat with them, don't let them have any chance to play emotional cards."

"It turned out to be like this? What was the attitude of the man's family when you refused? Are they willing to let it go?"

"The man's family is just ordinary people who run a small business. If you scare them, they will soften up. Moreover, collecting bills is more important to them than marrying a daughter-in-law, so it is not difficult to refuse them. I am mainly afraid that people from the Bai clan will come to harass me. .”

"I see, well, I see."

"My sister is ten years older than me, and her family was fine when she got married, so she and the patriarch have had a relationship since childhood. She is easily driven by emotion to do stupid things, and I don't have that deep relationship with the tribe. I also don't like being led by the nose, and my effort to restore my citizenship is not to let a group of strange elders dictate to me."

"Don't worry, they can't enter the palace. As for your sister, have you mentioned this to Gu Yun? He is the owner of the tea room. Although it is your sister's private matter, it is best to tell Gu Yun about it."

"Well, then I'll write him a letter later."

"He lives right across the door and you still want to write a letter? I'll send someone to the Duke of Ye's mansion to deliver a message in the name of the lord in a while, and ask Gu Yun to come over when he comes back. If you have something to say in person, it's no better than writing a letter to you." Clear? You two are usually busy with your own business, you make up your own minds about everything inside and outside the factory, Gu Yun can't help you with business, he should do something else as a son of a rich man." Ning Peilan Now that she has known Gu Yun's true intentions from her husband, it is natural to create convenience for him.

"That's right, then it's settled." Bai Kou didn't expect Ning Peilan to have other thoughts, so she nodded in agreement.

The two reached an agreement, said goodbye and parted ways. Bai Kou went to the factory and sent a letter along the way. Ning Peilan sent someone to Ye State Duke's Mansion to leave a message for Gu Yun before leaving for the appointment. Attend an appointment.

The second room is now separated and moved out, and life is going well behind closed doors. The cash from the separation is held in the hands of the mother-in-law, and the Gan family does not ask her for it. Her small family relies entirely on her dowry to pay for expenses. , then she alone has the final say at home and outside, Gu Xu doesn't care about everything, and taking care of her daughter is also interested in coming to play with her for a while, and let the nanny take her away if she is not happy.

The two women were sitting in the car, and Gan chatted all the way, Ning Peilan listened patiently, occasionally interjected a few words of comfort, and deliberately lured Gan to say more, so she knew Gu Er The master Gu Yunkuan wrote a letter and went home to curse people again. The eldest daughter Gu Wan, who was married more than two years ago, was facing the danger of being divorced because she had never had a child and objected to her husband taking a concubine.

Rich families seldom divorce their wives for the sake of face, and this will greatly affect the reputation of the man's family. Ning Peilan thinks that divorce should not happen, but if Gu Wan still can't understand her situation, it is inevitable that she will be left out. Especially in the current situation of her natal family, if the new and old accounts of the husband's family are settled together, there will be no mercy for Gu Wan. It is no wonder that the second master Gu will write letters home and scold others.

Ning Peilan couldn't help but feel sorry for Gu Ganshi in her heart. Once a woman marries the wrong husband, she really spends her whole life wrong.

In the afternoon, everyone who had been out for a day went home one after another. When Mrs. Gan arrived home, she heard that Gu Chan had come to look for her mother-in-law. Now Yang Mi was expelled from the imperial examination for three generations, and her family property was confiscated. Fortunately, the house was confiscated, but the Yang family has no livelihood. The source is that Gu Chan is also using her dowry to support the family's expenses, and it's nothing more than an emergency. After all, it's not a long-term solution, so she went back to her mother's house to find a solution.

Mrs. Gan was distraught when she heard these things. She also lacked money. Her mother-in-law was so noisy that she wanted to buy a house in Shangfang to settle down. She usually seldom goes to the next door, Gu Chan went back to her mother's house to ask for advice, what good idea could her mother-in-law come up with, and in the end, she would have to trouble herself again.

After thinking about it all the time, Gan Shi couldn't sit still at home, so he took the child in a sedan chair and went to the palace to chat with the princess.

Ning Peilan was entertaining guests in the side room of the upper room. When the palace chief came back and heard that Mrs. Gan was there, he changed his clothes and went to the outer study to take care of the housework with the butler. After a while, the servant brought Gu Yun in again.

"We just broke up, why did you come here?"

"Didn't you leave me a message early in the morning asking me to come over when I got home? What's the matter, I haven't heard you talk about it all day."

The two suddenly looked at each other, and then both of them suddenly realized.

"Oh, it's the princess."

"It's Bai Kou."

"Housekeeper, is Bai Kou back?"

"Go back to the lord, the treasurer Bai hasn't come back yet, it was indeed the message that the concubine went to Duke Ye's mansion in the name of the lord this morning to leave a message to Gu Shizi."

"Huh? I stayed in the factory for a whole day yesterday, and she still has something to tell me?" Gu Yun rolled his eyes and asked the housekeeper again, "Housekeeper, did Bai Kou go out again after returning last night?"

"Gu Shizi is a good fortune teller. Yesterday afternoon, Shopkeeper Bai's sister, Bai Rui, came to look for her in a hurry, but at that time, Shopkeeper Bai didn't come back, so she had to go back first. I think that when Shopkeeper Bai went out from the side door at night, he should go to the tea room. gone."

"That means something happened to her sister Bai Rui again."

"You are the boss, and Shuizhen is in charge. If it's a matter of business, I should contact you directly, but since she is looking for Bai Kou, it can be seen that it is their sister's private matter."

"But Bai Kou wanted to find me again. It seems that I need to come forward to help solve this private matter."

"Then you can drink tea with me here and wait slowly. It just so happens that I am here for entertainment, and you can also help me with ideas on what kinds of gifts are suitable. If your family can use them Let's buy it together."

So the two of them discussed with the butler in the outer study, and unknowingly waited until Bai Kou came back, Gu Yun went to the guest courtyard to wait, this is the palace after all, he sneaked into Bai Kou's small courtyard last time, but he didn't dare to come the second time.

It didn't take long for Bai Kou to come over, and Gu Yun couldn't help being delighted and excited when he saw her enter the door.

"I suddenly know what it means to not see each other every day."

"You mean I'm aging too fast? Three years old overnight?" Bai Kou looked at him angrily.

Gu Yun was speechless immediately, "Eh? I didn't mean that! That's not how I explained it!"

"Then what do you mean?"

"It's not interesting anymore. I just found out that the horse's ass was slapped on the horse's leg."

"It's on the horseshoe." Bai Kou made a hoof turn on purpose. The horseshoe is nailed to the horse's shoe.

The servant who came in behind to serve tea heard the conversation between the two of them, couldn't help but chuckle, then quickly straightened his face, put down the tea tray, poured tea for the two of them as a salute and left.

There were only the two of them in the bright upper room, there wasn't a single extra idler.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me? What's wrong with your sister?"

"Has been harassed."

"Who?! An outsider dares to smash my business?!"

"Did I tell you about my family being expelled?"

"I said it. The clansmen showed up? Are you looking for your sister?"

"Well, I went directly to the tea room to find someone, and was seen by the servants of the guests. Recently, pay attention to the movements of the female relatives in the circle."

Bai Kou thought for a while, sorted out a draft, and told Gu Yun the events of the past few days in chronological order.

"The family of the man who proposed the marriage has been persuaded by me, and they will not think about it again. They will settle accounts with the clan, so yesterday the clan sent someone to find Bai Rui, and said that the aunt Bai Rui who came here didn't even know her. , but a mouth is so powerful."

"Well, the people of the tribe show up. Your sister has such a childhood relationship here, and it is inevitable to be led by the nose. Don't be angry with her. In the end, she was not fooled, and she left a hole for you to deal with."

"The teahouses only serve the female relatives of wealthy families. An outsider intruding in will bring unsafe hidden dangers. Besides, it is a place for business, and it is the time for business. Leave your errands behind and ignore talking to outsiders? That's what you paid her to do?"

"Okay, okay, listen to you, and forgive her this time. If she gets confused again, and doesn't distinguish between public and private, I'll fire her and hire a new cook." Gu Yun raised his hands in surrender. To argue, Bai Kou is always right, "Let's not talk about your sister, let's talk about how to deal with you, a member of the clan?"

"Former tribe."

"Yes, former clansman, former clansman." Gu Yun felt that this was a mouthful, "What do you want to do?"

"Take back the family property."

"what?!"

"Taking advantage of their poor management and large foreign debts, they instigated the creditors to sue and take assets to pay off the debts, and I slowly recovered them behind the scenes."

"But it can't be taken back completely. The shops in the city can be treated like this, but the clan fields of your Bai clan can't be moved at all."

"It doesn't matter, you can take back as much as you can. Anyway, they are not doing well. If they don't sell it now, they will close down in the future. At that time, they won't be able to sell it for a price. Let them eat the family land. Be a landlord with peace of mind. Stop thinking about being a businessman."

"Okay, let me find out how much foreign debt they have and how much property in the city they can force them to sell, but if you push them into a hurry, it may not be good for you."

"I just want them to be unfavorable to me. Only when things get serious will someone back me up. I won't deal with things quietly. I wish they could get big." Bai Kou was full of confidence.

Gu Yun shook his head and chuckled, "You are right for everything."

"I was the one who was right." Bai Kou stared, her cheeks bulging like a frog.

"But they know that they have already expelled your family, and they still want to talk to your sisters. Maybe they have already thought of another set of rhetoric that can win people's sympathy."

"It doesn't matter what they say, I will go to court if I get angry."

"Okay, it's settled for now." Gu Yun patted his clothes and stood up, and went to hold Bai Kou and pulled her up, "Shall we go to the street for dinner? I have a good restaurant to take you to."

"Going out to eat at this time?" Bai Kou looked at the sky and didn't want to go out at all.

"Go, it's very close." Gu Yun shook Bai Kou's hand lightly, "It's just two squares next door, so there's enough time to walk back after eating."

Bai Kou thought about it seriously, "Forget it, I don't want to go out anymore since I'm already back."

"Then let's go by car, let's go, we won't miss the gate of Guanfang." Gu Yun took Bai Kou and walked out, secretly happy that she didn't break free.

"Can I still get a seat now?"

"Yes, yes, there must be."

"That restaurant must not taste good."

"The newly opened restaurant has not yet become famous, otherwise there are really no seats at this time."

When the two of them left the room, Gu Yun took the initiative to let go of his hands. Although it was a pity, he jumped up again after thinking about riding together for a while.

Gu Yun ordered his servants to inform his guards to wait outside the gate. He and Bai Kou went to the stables, called for Lao Cui to harness the cart, and then went out through the side door to meet the guards on the street.

The two of them sat side by side, Gu Yun didn't mind sitting on the opposite side, but sitting side by side was the only way to hold hands. Anyway, the carriage was high, and nothing could be seen outside when the curtain was drawn, so he had the courage to sit next to Bai Kou.

The carriage left Tianshuifang and went to the place for dinner. There were naughty children playing firecrackers on the street, throwing firecrackers at the feet of pedestrians and wheels, and ran away after throwing a firecracker, causing passers-by to curse.

Lao Cui drove the car carefully, but it was impossible to guard against it. A firecracker exploded under the horse's hoof. There is also a table in the way.

After Old Cui reassured the horse and set off again, and the two people in the car sat still, Bai Kou realized that she had an extra hand on her waist. She lowered her head and pinched it. When she heard Gu Yun's cry of pain, she smiled. Very treacherous.

Gu Yun withdrew his hand in dismay, and the two of them sat upright for the rest of the journey.

This dinner was indeed as delicious as Gu Yun's introduction. The newly opened restaurant is actually quite famous, but it hasn't reached the point of being fully booked, so they also have a private room when they go temporarily. A group of people can have a full meal and return comfortably. .

Bai Kou had been busy all day, and he was full again. Not long after he set off, he dozed off leaning against the wallboard. Gu Yun leaned over gently, and carefully supported Bai Kou's head on his shoulder. It is remarkably stable, the siding is wood after all.

Leaning on a more comfortable place, Bai Kou slept very relaxedly. Gu Yun first played with her fingers, and then raised his hand to his lips to kiss. Seeing that she didn't respond, he became more courageous.

Hmm~ chirp one more chirp one more~
(Author's note: I finally feel better after throwing up. Let me make up the update at noon, 4500 words. Thank you for your support and condolences.)
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