famous eldest daughter

Chapter 46
After a long time, Gu Yuqing sighed quietly, the rolling waves in his eyes dissipated, and his eyes became clear.

How could she be so cruel as to punish such loyal servants?

She had no time to repay the kindness she received from her previous life. She wanted to make up for it in this life, but she never thought of... causing trouble with Gu Yuhe and Xiao Duo.

That scourge Xiao Duo would really cause problems for her.

Putting down the tea cup, Gu Yuqing lay on the wicker chair and rubbed the center of her brow with her hands, unable to think of a suitable solution.

Fortunately, Gu Yuqing was not one to get into trouble. Since he couldn't think of anything, he might as well put it aside for now.

"Call Madam Du." Gu Yuqing ordered in a low voice with her eyes closed.

After receiving the order, Jixiang turned around and left. After a moment, she led a middle-aged woman towards her.

Madam Du has been working in the Gu family for three years, but in these three years she has mostly been in the east courtyard and has almost never spoken to Gu Yuqing. At this time, she was summoned by Gu Yuqing, the head of the Gu family, and Madam Du walked nervously Some calves trembled.

"My slave, please give my regards to the eldest lady." When she was halfway in front of Gu Yuqing, Madam Du knelt down and kowtowed to Gu Yuqing to say hello. She lowered her head and lowered her eyes, not daring to straighten up.

Just a quick glance at the innate majestic temperament exuding from the delicate-looking little girl sitting on the wicker chair made her feel nervous.

Kneeling on the ground, the girl's hands on her knees could not help but tremble.

Gu Yuqing glanced at Madam Du coldly, as if she didn't hear her greetings, and lazily used the lid of the tea cup to sweep the tea leaves floating on the surface of the tea.

In Nuoda Tong Garden, only the leaves rustled by the breeze, and it was extremely quiet for a while.

For Madam Du, this kind of tranquility was undoubtedly an extremely cruel punishment. Madam Du's heart was in agony, and the sweat on her forehead also changed from a thin layer of sweat to large beads of sweat, running down her face. flow.

It wasn't until the cup of hot tea turned cold that Gu Yuqing placed the teacup heavily on the stone table with a clang. Madam Du was suddenly startled by the sudden sound, and her face turned pale.

Seeing that the fire was almost done, Gu Yuqing said in a cold voice: "You are so courageous. You are just a servant in my house. How can you stop the second young lady from coming to me? Although the second young lady is young, she is still a servant. She is also your master, do you know your guilt?"

Gu Yuqing deliberately made an extremely angry voice that frightened Madam Du, who was already frightened. She immediately said with a trembling voice: "I know my guilt, I know my guilt, but..." Thinking of the fact that the eldest lady sent the second young lady to her last night. The wet nurse was beaten to death with a cane. Madam Du's scalp was numb and she had the courage to explain: "This slave is stopping the second young lady, it is really for the second young lady's good. I hope the eldest lady will understand."

She didn't want to be beaten to death by the eldest lady.

Gu Yuqing leaned forward, a bright light flashed in her deep eyes, and in a moment, her eyes turned cold again.

"For the sake of the second young lady? Well, let me give you a chance to tell the difference, so as not to kill you with a stick and let people say that I criticized my servants harshly!" Gu Yuqing said with a tone of disbelief.

Upon hearing the word "kill with a stick", Mrs. Du's face suddenly turned as gray as a dead person, and her whole body was shaking violently as if she had been electrocuted.

Kneeling on her knees, Mrs. Du said: "Although Aunt Zhao is the wet nurse of the second young lady, she is also a servant of the house first, and then the wet nurse of the second young lady. This order cannot be wrong. But Aunt Zhao is always Rixing is really too bold and reckless, and I am worried that in the long run, the second young lady will follow the same example and be led astray by Aunt Zhao."

Gu Yuqing did not interrupt Mrs. Du, and she continued to speak. However, as her voice gradually rose, her voice stopped shaking so much and became much calmer.

"Although Aunt Zhao is a servant, she treats herself as the master of the east courtyard. In addition to letting the second lady allocate a special maid to serve her, she never uses the big kitchen in the house to eat or drink. , always instructing the slave to prepare another dish for her in the small kitchen in the east courtyard."

Madam Du said slowly, Gu Yuqing didn't have many surprises.

In the last life, Gu Yuqing knew what Madam Du said. She was not angry, but helpless. Gu Yuhe repeatedly pleaded in front of Gu Yuqing, saying that Aunt Zhao was her wet nurse. Now that her mother is gone, although she has a filial piety But I couldn't do my best, and I didn't want to leave any regrets on Aunt Zhao.

For the sake of a servant, Gu Yuqing did not want to hurt the friendship between the sisters, so he did not pursue the case.

In the last life, Gu Yuqing doted on Gu Yuhe a little too much, and even lost some bottom lines for her.

A naughty slave like Aunt Zhao would have been dragged out and sold by anyone else, so how could she be allowed to act recklessly in the house?

Gu Yuqing sighed in her heart, "Is this why you stopped the second young lady from coming to me for help?"

Madam Du shook her head, raised her sleeves to wipe the tears from her eyes, and said, "Everyone in the east courtyard looked down upon this matter, but the servant was not particularly angry. After all, Aunt Zhao is the wet nurse of the second young lady. The second lady should be filial to the wet nurse, but it is just a matter of propriety. I can't help but the slave girl can't comment on it. I just can't stand the frivolous and arrogant way of Nanny Zhao being picky and picky."

"The second young lady is the direct daughter of the family. The person she will marry in the future will definitely be a high-ranking family member, and she will be the mistress of the family. I am really worried that Aunt Zhao's actions will influence the second young lady and lead her astray."

What Madam Du said, Gu Yuqing, who loved her sister deeply in the previous life, naturally also considered it.

However, Gu Yuhe tried his best to protect Aunt Zhao, but Gu Yuqing had no choice but to pay a high price for Aunt Zhao from the palace to teach Gu Yuhe. He also built a new courtyard in the mansion for Aunt Zhao to move in. In this way, she was able to deal with Aunt Zhao. Gu Yuhe's influence was minimized.

But... Gu Yuqing's mind reappeared in the scene where Gu Yuhe drank her a cup of Hedinghong in the previous life, and she shuddered in her heart.

Hey!
Gu Yuqing couldn't help but not believe Mrs. Du's sincere words.

However, there was doubt in her heart. Mrs. Du was just a kitchen steward. When Gu Yuhe got married in the future, it would not be her turn to take her to her husband's house, so what she was worrying about was a little too transgressive.

In other words, it shouldn't be her concern.

Thinking of this, Gu Yuqing looked at Madam Du with an unabashed glare. Madam Du suddenly couldn't stand Gu Yuqing's momentum, shrank her body, kowtowed to the ground and said, "Everything I said is true."

"Even if what you said is true, then..." Gu Yuqing stared at Mrs. Du for a moment, and then said after a pause: "Can you tell me why you kicked the body of Aunt Zhao last night!"

Madam Du was shocked when she heard this. She wanted to argue that she didn't have any slaves, but she finally swallowed the words.

The eldest lady is such a shrewd person. Since she can ask, she naturally already knows.

In fear, Madam Du was shaken for a moment and didn't know what to do.

(End of this chapter)