Dirty color

Chapter 56

"Master, there is movement over there. A woman has entered." In the capital city in May, the peach blossoms have withered and disappeared, but on the Shatai Mountain outside the capital, the peach blossoms are still smiling at the spring breeze. When a gust of wind blows and the petals fall, It's as beautiful as a dream.

Peach blossoms are gorgeous and graceful, which makes people feel heartbroken. Under the peach tree, a figure lying crookedly on a hammock, revealing a face, makes even Peach Blossom feel ashamed. The maidservant who could be regarded as stunning everywhere, but against him, she could only be regarded as delicate.

Cheng An had seen this handsome face countless times, so that both men and women were fascinated, but at this moment he still couldn't bear it, he lost his mind for a moment, and then hurriedly lowered his head, quietly waiting for his order.

It's already May, and even though the temples on the mountain are colder, they have actually warmed up, but the man is still wearing a thick cloak, and the white mink is wrapped around the man's neck. Together with the red brocade clothes, the man's face is even more complex. Delicate and beautiful like jade.

The man yawned, looked lazily at Cheng An, let out a lazy "Oh", and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's Madam Shun'an's confidant, what they talked about, I don't know for the time being, the slaves have already sent more people to focus on Madam Shun'an." Cheng An knew that his master paid special attention to the Marquis of Shun'an. Therefore, after learning about this matter, without waiting to report to the master, they first sent additional manpower.

The man's long and narrow red phoenix eyes raised slightly, drawing an evil arc, and after a light snort, he waved his hand impatiently to let Chengan go down, but in his heart, he remembered the last time he went to the Marquis of Shun'an's mansion and saw His calm and sharp eyes.

That little girl is very interesting. After all, she is the daughter of his aunt, Princess Huaqing, and she can be regarded as his cousin. Interesting, he died before this little cousin was found in his previous life. Live longer, as expected, it is good to live longer, and you can see some interesting things—for example, the little cousin who looks like a little sheep, but is actually a big bad wolf in her heart.

The man yawned, and finally got up lazily. It was almost the Dragon Boat Festival. Is it deserted?

The man got up together, and Hou's entourage outside immediately rushed up, waited on the man to get on the chariot, and then changed carriages and horses and went down the mountain. When passing by the Marquis of Shun'an, the man raised the curtain of the car and squinted his phoenix eyes. Glancing at it, he smiled lowly.

At this moment in the Marquis of Shun'an's mansion, Mrs. He was suppressing the uneasiness in her heart, staring at Madam He and asking, "How is it? Did he agree?"

Sent He Nanny out in the morning, and He commanded the maid at home to count the things in Huaqing County Lord's small storehouse restlessly. After seeing He Nanny in the afternoon, He's heart became even more disturbed.

Nanny He nodded and said, "Yes, I have already agreed." She couldn't help but sighed again.

He's eyes also flickered, and there was a flash of struggle. In the end, there was only determination left, and he gritted his teeth and said, "He forced me. I gave birth to children for him, honored his mother and took care of the housework for him. The bastard just came back, so he didn't save me at all, he forced me."

Mrs. He said over and over again, the hatred became more and more tired and deeper. Madam He sighed, she understood that Mrs. He's resentment did not start when Gu Mingxuan came back, but has accumulated since entering the mansion until now. My heart has been neglected, my love has been neglected, how can I not resent?

After more than ten years, this kind of resentment has already penetrated into the bone marrow. It's just that He's other things are going well on weekdays, so he didn't let the resentment show.

Until, Gu Mingxuan got all the attention of Lord Hou.

After crying for a while, Mrs. He's expression finally calmed down. Nanny He fetched water to help her wash and clean up. Mrs. He snorted coldly and said, "Forget it, since Master Hou gave me a reason now, it just so happens Take back all the things and lock them in the warehouse, so that one piece here and one piece there will not be cheaper for others."

Mother He said: "Ma'am is right, put it in a small warehouse and lock it up, and then send it out with you when the third and fourth misses get married, with a lot of red makeup, so that the third and fourth misses can marry in a beautiful way, and they will stay in the husband's house in the future." You can also straighten your back."

Madam He's words touched He's heart. She entered the Marquis of Shun'an as a concubine. The Hou Mansion is a concubine, so the family gave a lot of things, but there are a lot of small families, in the eyes of the clan and princess, they are just two or three sets of value that can be sold.

It was the Sun family, whose family was known as the family heirloom of farming and education, and looked poor. As a result, in the dowry, a random pair of calligraphy and painting was far more than what her dowries could afford. There are many rare copies of ancient paintings and ancient books.

So Mrs. Sun has never concealed her disdain for her. Even if she is now Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Sun still looks down on her. Of course, Mrs. He also despises Mrs. Sun. What about the scholarly family? Does the scholarly family always focus on money? like dung?Bah, Mrs. Sun is the only one who falls into the eyes of money.
"Mother..." Mrs. He was thinking when she heard Gu Mingzhi's yelling. She rushed in, threw herself into Mrs. He's arms, and asked loudly, "Mother, why did you ask someone to take my mother?" Take those jewelry away, didn't you say to keep it for me, and wear it for me when I grow up?"

"Isn't boudoir school in class today? Why are you back now?" He asked with a frown as he hugged Gu Mingzhi.

"Just now, the girl next to my sister went to tell Yan Caoniang that she wanted to take away her sister's jewelry, and Dongqing overheard it." Gu Mingzhi explained a few words, and then asked, "Mother, why did you take away all my sister's and my jewelry? Anyway, if I don’t give it, I have to keep it myself.”

"Your father wants to collect all the princess's dowry and hand it over to Nanny Zhuang for safekeeping. Mother has no choice but to take back all the jewelry and put them in the small warehouse. Not only yours, but also those from your sister and mother's side , I have to take it back." Since no one was gossiping in front of Gu Mingzhi, He felt relieved and told Gu Mingzhi about the matter.

Gu Mingzhi was dumbfounded when she heard it. When her mother said in the morning that she would give Zhuang the key to the small warehouse, she hadn't realized how it would affect her, but at this moment, Gu Mingzhi knew the disadvantages all at once. The box was half empty at once—how could this be possible!

On weekdays, when a lady from another family comes to visit, she is always envious when she sees her delicate and eye-catching jewelry. She always says: "It's not worth anything, I'm still upset, I told my mother, I'm too young now I brought these and prepared them so early, and when I can wear them in the future, they must be out of date, so what should I do? No way, I can only spend some more time and ask someone to print them again."

In her seemingly troubled words, there is actually hidden indescribable showing off, which will always arouse the envy of other young ladies.

Now the jewelry box is suddenly half empty. Although there is more than half left, the more than half is not worth as much as the other half. Could it be said that those were the princess's dowry, and now that Gu Mingxuan is back, they have all been taken back?

Gu Mingzhi took He Shi's hand, shook it vigorously, and said coquettishly: "I don't care, I don't care, those jewelry are mine, mine, anyway, I don't allow others to take it away, mother..."

He's angry, if possible, she also wants to keep these jewelry, but Lord Hou is partial to that little bastard, and must let her hand over the small warehouse to Nanny Zhuang, what can she do, as for what she has planned What to do, but you can't tell Zhi'er, Zhi'er is too simple, afraid of revealing her secrets.

Therefore, Mrs. He could only comfort Gu Mingzhi, she said: "Those jewelry look old, mother will take you to make new jewelry after the Dragon Boat Festival, it will be more beautiful than those, okay?"

"Don't..." Gu Mingzhi screamed. Many of Princess Huaqing's jewelry are made inside. They are beautiful, exquisite, luxurious, and elegant. The inner ones are naturally selected with the best quality, let alone the outer ones are not comparable.

She doesn't want to change those jewelry away, if someone sees that she doesn't wear as well as those in the future, wouldn't it be embarrassing to ask.

"Anyway, it's mine." Gu Mingzhi stomped his feet angrily, turned around and was about to leave.

Things have not been going well for Mrs. He recently, and because he felt that Gu Wenqian was unfeeling, he contacted someone who had long since wanted nothing to do with him, and even remembered the old things that he didn't want to think about before, and his mood was even worse. He also lost the patience of the past, frowning and scolding: "Zhi'er, you are obedient."

"I don't want to be obedient, those jewelry are obviously mine, why should I take them away." Gu Mingzhi didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her words, she screamed: "That little bastard Gu Mingxuan has been disfigured, it is definitely impossible for her to marry a noble family Big family, in that case, what's the use of giving her those jewelry; since she doesn't need it, why don't you give it to me."

"Yeah, how could she have the honor to use these jewellery." Thinking of the box full of radiant, exquisite and luxurious jewellery, Mrs. He couldn't help saying viciously, "That little bastard, even Disfigured, and about to be divorced, no one will definitely want it in the future, how can she wear those jewelry."

But Hou Ye insisted on giving her all these, and the resentment in He's eyes became more serious. Even though that little bastard was so ugly, so stupid, and rude, but Hou Ye's heart was completely biased towards that little bastard. Kind of body, ignoring his own children.

She must destroy that little bastard, otherwise, she won't be able to let go of the bad breath in her heart.

He's eyes fell on Gu Mingzhi. Her Zhi'er is bright and beautiful, much better than that little bitch. Only she is worthy of those exquisite and gorgeous jewelry, but at this moment, she can only give in a step first. She held Gu Mingzhi's hand, looked at Gu Mingzhi, and said word by word: "Zhi'er, don't worry, mother will never let you be laughed at, those jewelry will definitely be yours in the future, but I just need to put it in the warehouse for safekeeping for a while, and when that old godly woman Zhuang Momo dies, I will send it to you, okay?"

Gu Mingzhi was finally persuaded, because He promised that at that time, besides the original one, he would choose two better sets for her. Two days will be the time for the dragon boat race at the Dragon Boat Festival, and my daughter has made an appointment with the ladies of Uncle Guangning and Uncle Pingyuan's family to watch it together, but now my daughter's jewelry box is almost empty, so how can I go out?"

Seeing Gu Mingzhi's grievance, He's heart ached. He put his arms around Gu Mingzhi and said, "What's the matter? Let's go to Qinghe Building with you tomorrow. You can choose what you like, and Mom will buy it for you. How about it?"

"Really?" Gu Mingzhi asked, and Mrs. He hastily made a promise. Gu Mingzhi finally stopped her tears, and finally said reluctantly: "Actually, there are so many things, how can that old godly mother Zhuang I will remember everything, mother, you can leave some for your daughter."

After hearing the words, Mrs. He also felt that what Gu Mingzhi said was reasonable. In fact, she was reluctant to return all those jewelry. In the end, Mrs. He decided that she wanted to keep a set that Princess Huaqing had never worn on weekdays. Gu Wenqian is an old man, it is impossible to remember all of them.

Not only jewelry, but also other decorations, she can also excuse that she can't remember everything, and then keep a few... He made up his mind, anyway, that old godly woman Zhuang Nanny will die soon, and the key will not be used by then Not to mention, the scattered things have also been gathered back, and they can be firmly held in my hands in the future.

Thinking this way, Mrs. He became more motivated to organize things. After coaxing Gu Mingzhi to go back, she sent a message to urge the maidservant to tidy up the small warehouse as soon as possible.

"Miss, the fourth lady ran out of the madam's room, and she is not in a good mood." When the boudoir school left school, Gu Yuwen smiled and said a few words to Gu Minghe and Gu Mingling, and then chatted with the few students who were borrowed from the boudoir school in Shun'an Houfu. The young lady who was a subordinate of Marquis Shun'an said a few words, and when she was walking slowly on the bluestone road alone, Ban Xia immediately said.

Gu Yuwen smiled slightly, weak and pitiful.

In the morning, when she heard from Mrs. He's ear that she was going to hand over the key to Nanny Zhuang, Mrs. He smiled, but she could see unwillingness and anger in Mrs. He's eyes. Then, she heard Mrs. He is tidying up the small warehouse——

Gu Yuwen has been in the Marquis of Shun'an for many years, so she naturally knows that the He family has already regarded the princess's dowry as her own private property. She can't see it from the He family, and Gu Minghe will never show off what jewelry she has, but Gu Mingzhi does. She often shows off the exquisite and dazzling jewelry in the jewelry box, many of which Gu Yuwen has seen in the jewelry box of Princess Huaqing.

Since Master Hou wanted to hand over the small warehouse to Nanny Zhuang, these things must be taken back. Therefore, after discovering that Gu Minghe's girl came to Gu Minghe and said that He's sent someone to pick up the jewelry, Gu Yuwen deliberately let her His maid Chen Xiang revealed this to Gu Mingzhi's ears.

Sure enough, Gu Mingzhi lived up to her expectations, and ran away from the boudoir, which made Mrs. Chen very displeased. Ban Xia knew her intentions, and must have made people stare at Baihetang. Now it seems that Gu Mingzhi is in the He family. Bian didn't get a satisfactory answer, so he ran out unhappily, and went to see Gu Mingzhi at this time, and it would be easy to provoke Gu Mingzhi and Gu Mingxuan to make trouble.

Back at Haitangwu, Gu Yuwen changed her clothes and went to greet Mrs. He. Gu Mingxuan was the only one in the room at the moment. She was drinking tea slowly. Her posture had already begun to show the elegance and dignity of a young lady. Gu Yuwen shrank her eyes, and then kissed Stepping forward, she took Gu Mingxuan's hand and said, "Why didn't sister Xuan go to boudoir school? My sister still thinks that she can go to and from school with her in the future."

His eyes are full of intimacy and intimacy, and his expression is also delicate and delicate.

Gu Mingxuan smiled in her eyes and said: "I can't compare to sister Wen and you. I can only know a few words now. As for other piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I don't know anything. Zhuang Nanny said that I still don't want to make a fool of myself in front of all the sisters." gone."

Gu Yuwen secretly despised her in her heart, but with a weak smile on her face, she said: "My sister just hasn't learned it. As long as my sister is willing to study hard, she will definitely surpass us soon." No wonder!
Piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting don't require energy. They all went to boudoir school at the age of five or six. After many years, except for Gu Minghe, who was born smart and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, the others only dared to pick one and concentrate on learning. That said, other aspects are just rough.

If Gu Mingxuan really dared to boast, she would soon be able to use Gu Mingzhi's mouth to spread the reputation of Gu Mingxuan's lack of self-knowledge and arrogance.

Don't say that they are all the young ladies of the Marquis of Shun'an. If the reputation is bad, it will be bad. It depends on the situation. Like Gu Mingxuan, everyone knows that she has just been found after being lost for ten years. She is not good. I learned it outside, and of course it has nothing to do with the Shun'an Hou Mansion, otherwise, the other girls in the Shun'an Hou Mansion would have a good reputation.

Gu Mingxuan knew Gu Yuwen's knives hidden in the cotton best, so she said calmly: "Sister Wen, don't talk about it, Madam Zhuang has tried it. I don't have any talent for those piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The talent is not bad, so Nanny Zhuang said, I just need to know a little bit about other things, so as not to be laughed at in the future when I don’t understand anything when I talk about it, it’s not necessary to be proficient, anyway, I don’t need to use it to please others.”

Pausing for a moment, seeing that Gu Yuwen's complexion was slightly distorted, but it quickly returned to its original state. If Gu Mingxuan hadn't been staring at her, she probably wouldn't have noticed it. Gu Mingxuan sneered in her heart, and then said: "Mother Zhuang said Well, learning how to manage the house and how to preside over Zhongfu is the most important thing for me now. Madam Zhuang has already planned to talk to my father and ask him to let me take care of the affairs of Tsinghua Garden. I want to learn; there is also my mother's dowry shop, Zhuang Nanny also hopes that my father can give me one or two places, so that I can practice my own skills."

(End of this chapter)