Don't panic, my mother and I are dressed as Houfu mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!

Chapter 229 Abacus
Guanju Palace.

Concubine Meng swept away the soft and charming temperament just now, and clenched her soft, boneless hands tightly at this moment, and slammed them heavily on the case: "This Gu Qingyou is just an abandoned woman, who dares to be so ignorant, where does she have the confidence to refuse?" I!"

Meng Yan's complexion is also not good-looking. From his point of view, with Gu Qingyou's current situation, if there is a man who is willing to marry her, he has to rush to him immediately, not to mention that he is the younger brother of a noble concubine, born like her Such a woman wants to cling even in her dreams.

But when she heard that she proposed to marry her, not only was she not surprised, there was only obvious surprise and... disgust in her cold eyes?
Seeing his silence, Concubine Meng said impatiently: "Have you found out clearly, what is Xue's attitude towards her now? Do you want to remarry her as a daughter-in-law?"

"how is this possible?!"

Meng Yan sneered.

"This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been in the same situation from the very beginning, but they are used to putting on a show in front of outsiders. Before in Xiguan County, they deliberately acted as a loving mother and filial son, and my younger brother was almost deceived by them. Unexpectedly, after only two months after coming back, Gu Qingyou went to bed Make peace with Song Chengye."

I heard that Xue Lan made the decision and gave her a large settlement fee, but no matter how good she is on the surface, it can't cover up the fact that she left the Duke's mansion.

Concubine Meng squinted her eyes: "I heard that a few days ago, the new Mrs. Zuodu Yushi suffered from that girl's hand, and it was also because of Mrs. Xue's attack?"

"Hey, that idiot also made a mistake, and indirectly won the reputation of Ningguo Gongfu as a kind-hearted man."

Meng Yan walked to the table and poured a cup of tea by himself, blowing the golden froth on it, with gloom in his eyes, he said, "Originally, my younger brother was planning to persuade Mrs. Xue to accept him as his wife after he proposed to marry Gu Qingyou. Adopted daughter, Duke Ning's government always likes to gain fame and reputation, so this can not only show that they value love and righteousness, but also be married to us, and all the activities of the two families will be justified in the future."

And the most important point, with the bond of Gu Qingyou, the Xue family can only stand firmly with the Meng family regardless of face or face. In this way, it is just around the corner that the elder sister will compete for the back position, and the nephew will be in charge of the East Palace.

After all, behind the Xue family is not only the Duke's Mansion, but more importantly, there is also the General of the Northwest, Song Hengye.

Speaking of Song Hengye, Concubine Meng also praised her highly. In the past, relying on the emperor's favor, she was indifferent to the affairs of the previous dynasty, but after experiencing the cold palace, she couldn't wait to consolidate her power.

Song Hengye has grown into talent at a young age, and his abilities and talents are far from comparable to those of the clan and county kings. Now that he is in charge of the military again, she naturally cannot let go of the opportunity to win him over. Otherwise, how could she let her younger brother marry a next-cousin wife?

In the end, after all the calculations, neither of the siblings expected that Gu Qingyou would refuse.

Concubine Meng was twisting the veil in her hand, seeing Meng Yan's dark face, she patiently comforted her and said: "You don't need to be too impatient, since Mrs. Xue is willing to recommend a beautiful girl for us, it means that she still doesn't want to stand with the Queen. Yes, even if you don't marry Gu Qingyou, as long as you manage well, you may not support us."

Meng Yan had a very headache, she shook her head and said: "Sister doesn't know something, and there are other reasons why my brother wants to marry Mrs. Gu."

Concubine Meng stopped what she was doing, her beautiful eyebrows raised high: "Could it be that you really have a crush on her? With her status, wouldn't it be ridiculous to be the wife of the country in the future?"

Gu Qingyou is just a springboard. Treating her mother to the world, and establishing an inseparable alliance with the Duke's Mansion, she can quietly "die of illness" in the Meng family's backyard at any time.

And the Meng family became the empress's mother family, so remarrying a noble daughter would be a great help.

If Yan'er was really interested in that girl, it would be troublesome to deal with it.

"My sister was joking, how could my brother fall in love with her?"

Meng Yan seemed to have heard some joke, put it to his lips and put it back from the teacup. Even though there were only two people in the hall, he still lowered his voice and said, "During my sister's stay in the cold palace, have you ever heard that a new handmade teacup has been built outside?" Square, called 'Shuiyunjian'?"

"I've never heard of it."

Concubine Meng proudly took off a lotus-colored blanket from the beauty's couch, and put it on her lower abdomen: "The emperor knows that this palace is afraid of the cold, so he even sent this blanket in the summer, saying that it is from the most famous place in Beijing. The handicraft workshop is very valuable."

Qianqian caressed the blanket lightly with ten fingers. This blanket was neither silk nor fur. It was covered with hollowed-out patterns. It was beautiful to cover her body without being too heavy, which was exactly what she wanted.

And the nobles of the high school seem to be proud of the things that are custom-made into Shuiyunjian.

However, Meng Yan seemed to be used to it, his eyes just flitted across the blanket, then he looked at Concubine Meng and said, "Then sister, do you know who the owner of this workshop is?"

"Who does this palace care about her?"

Concubine Meng felt amused by this question. Her understanding of the workshop was only from the maids around her who said that everything in it had to be booked in advance at a huge expense, but she didn't care about it, and she didn't bother to care about it.

Anyway, as long as she wants, there is nothing she can't get.

But seeing Meng Yan's expression, he knew that he would not ask casually. After a little thought, his expression finally changed slightly, from surprise to doubt, with incredulity: "Could it be Gu Qingyou?"

Then he restrained his surprised expression, and lay back in the chair lightly: "Heh, from a clean family, but doing business, even if you make a few money, you can't change the fact that you came from a humble background, what's the big deal?"

Seeing her expression, Meng Yan sighed silently in her heart, her sister was brought up as an imperial concubine since she was a child, and she was surrounded by stars when she was in her boudoir, and her food and clothing should be the best. Have you ever seen these yellow and white things?
But these years, after my sister entered the palace, for the sake of ostentation, she spent a lot of money and was arrogant and secretly offended many people. Although the Meng family has received a lot of benefits because of her favor, they still have to help her with real money from time to time. To deal with the aftermath and win people's hearts, after all these years of settlement, there is really not much surplus.

Especially after the Witch Gu incident, just looking around for Xiu Nu and settling Xiu Nu's family, plus Xiu Nu's management after entering the palace, the Meng family is almost stretched to the point where it urgently needs a lot of money to fill the shortfall.

So after knowing that the "Shuiyunjian", which is now popular all over the country, was actually founded by Gu Qingyou himself, plus the tea shop that existed beforehand...

Orphans, abandoned wives.

Meng Yan's brows twitched. These two labels were already doomed for Gu Qingyou to be ignored for the rest of his life. If he could put this fat piece of meat in his bag before other people discovered it, why would he not have a lot of money?
The abacus here was clattering, but Gu Qingyou from the tea shop sneezed for no reason.

She poked a few holes in the taro cake in front of her with a silver fork: "I have a bad feeling, Meng Yan will never let it go."

Chang Le sat across from her, holding a glass of cold brown sugar milk pudding in a glass goblet, with finely chopped dried nuts sprinkled on it, taking one bite, driving away most of the bad mood.

(End of this chapter)