Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 66
Seeing off Mrs. Wu, Gu Yong just pretended not to see the winking eyes that Caiyi kept throwing over, and ordered with a straight face: "You go back first! Seeing that your stomach is getting bigger every day, don't run around, just take a good rest." ..."

"Official man..." called out, looking at Gu Yong without looking at her at all, and Caiyi also knew that it would be useless to act coquettishly.

After stomping her feet, Caiyi turned and ran, and when she went out, she turned her head and looked out of the corner of her eyes to see if Gu Yong wanted to catch up.

Seeing that Gu Yong only looked at Zhang Shi, as if he didn't see her go at all, he was angry and hated, but he didn't turn around and turned back.

After hurriedly staring at Mrs. Zhang, Gu Sixiao gave a salute and went to chase after Caiyi.

Inside the room, Gu Yong didn't even look at the two people who were leaving. He just rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Mother Xu, ask the kitchen to add two more dishes. I'll have a good drink with your mistress in the evening!"

"Miss," he said with a shy face, holding Mrs. Zhang's hand, and said tenderly, "tonight, I will accompany you, madam."

Mother Xu lowered her head, but she couldn't help but smile.

It's been so many years, and officials rarely rest in the maid's room, especially those who take the initiative.

But let the lady look forward to it!

She was still comforting Zhang Shi in her heart, but Zhang Shi smiled and pulled out her hand, and said very considerately: "It's better not to keep any officials..."

Seeing Gu Yong's unsightly expression, she said softly, "It's not that I don't want the official to accompany me. The official knows that after all these years of being a wife, I hope that the official will stay by my side on the first day. But, Today is wrong."

Mrs. Zhang shook her head, and said in a low voice: "Just now I was very upset to see Caiyi. After all, she is pregnant with a child. The officials should go and comfort her."

"That girl, you're not sensible!" Because of Zhang's thoughtfulness, Gu Yong felt that Caiyi really deserved it.

"If it weren't for the fact that she was still pregnant with the child, if she was disrespectful to the lady, she would have to be taken care of by the family law."

"Don't speak harsh words, officials. How could such an amorous man like you do that?" With rolling eyes, looking at Gu Yong, Zhang seemed to be joking.

With his heart fluttering, Gu Yong couldn't help but squeeze Zhang's hand.

Although he was already an old couple, he had long been tired of Mrs. Zhang, but looking at it this way, this mid-mature lady was still seductive.

But Mrs. Zhang flashed, and only smiled: "There are still things to discuss with the officials. You see, after Caiyi becomes a concubine in the future, will she live in Muchun Courtyard like the new sister? It's not right for her to be a concubine living alone in the back study."

Nodding his head, Gu Yong didn't even hesitate, "That's natural, the lady is always thoughtful, you can do as you see fit."

Reciprocate, Mrs. Zhang just wanted to buy him a concubine and let him have a double happiness. No matter what Mrs. Zhang says now, he will agree.

Mrs. Zhang smiled, and pushed Gu Yong when he got close again, "Hurry up and coax Caiyi, this kind of good thing can't make her feel unhappy, but it will turn into a bad thing."

"Who cares about her?" Gu Yong frowned, and wanted to stay, but seeing that Mrs. Zhang really didn't want to keep him, he stopped forcing himself.

After all, Mrs. Zhang is not as good as the young woman.

"Forget it, I won't disturb my lady's rest, I will rest in Muchun Courtyard tonight."

"Alright," Zhang replied with a smile. When Gu Yong got up, he was about to get up and see him off, but Gu Yong pressed his shoulders and pressed him back to his seat.

"Mistress, rest well, I have to work hard these days."

Mrs. Zhang smiled, and sat obediently without seeing him off.

That's right, she still has to work hard. Although taking a concubine is not a big deal, and there is no need to make a fuss, she still needs to have a drink at home.Doesn't she really want to make arrangements for her husband!
"Miss," Xu's mother called in a low voice, although she tried her best to conceal it, but there was still a bit of pity in her eyes.

Mrs. Zhang frowned, but smiled again, "You have been with me for decades, and I have seen it all. Why can't you see it?"

"Sit down!" Leaning on the couch, she gestured for Mother Xu to sit down.

Xu's mother didn't dare to push her too hard, so she just sat on the footrest under the couch.

"The old slave was wronged for the lady. If it wasn't for the lady, the Gu family would have ruined the officials sooner? I don't understand why the lady indulges the officials?"

"You mean why besides making Caiyi a concubine, why do you need to buy another concubine?"

Mrs. Zhang laughed softly, and said lightly: "Didn't you say that you want double happiness! How can it be fun to be alone? In my life, I have guarded against one woman after another, but it is still the same in the end. Women, can't you guard against it?" It's over, it's better to lock them all together and see which one is the most capable in the end!"

Tilting her head, she looked at Mama Xu and lowered her voice: "Have you and Mama Wu made it clear?"

"To be clear, Mama Wu also said that she will choose carefully. Although the women in that kind of place are all vixen, there is also a distinction between good hands and low hands!"

Nodding her head, Mrs. Zhang suddenly asked again: "What did she say about the child?"

"Women from that kind of place have long since broken down, and most of them are unable to have children."

Mother Xu peeked at Mrs. Zhang. Although she didn't say anything, she felt that Mrs. Zhang's move was really high-handed.

Finding such a woman has high means, and she doesn't even compete for favor.

Not to mention Caiyi, even Aunt Liu had to step aside.Besides, that woman can't bear children by herself, how can she let other women bear children?Without the lady doing it herself, the child in Caiyi's stomach would be lost.

"Do you think I'm ruthless?" Zhang Shi, who had her eyes closed, suddenly asked, which shocked Mama Xu and almost fell off the pedal.

"The lady is merciful."

"Compassionate? I'm not a living Bodhisattva..." Mrs. Zhang laughed, without opening her eyes, and just turned her head away.

After waiting for a while, seeing Mrs. Zhang seemed to have fallen asleep, Mother Xu got up and walked quietly outside the house.

When I arrived at the door, I heard Mrs. Zhang muttering in a low voice: "In this world, if a woman is not cruel, sooner or later she will become dust under the feet of others..."

Her heart trembled, Xu's mother turned her head, but she didn't hear Mrs. Zhang speak again, as if what she heard just now was just an illusion.

Not daring to make a sound, Xu's mother quickly walked out the door, only to feel a cold sweat all over her body.

She has been in this home for too long and knows everything.

But the more I know, the more my heart sinks.

In a low voice, she ordered Lan Xiang to take the girl to stay outside, and she walked out of the main courtyard quickly, and only then did she feel relieved.

Looking back, although it is not yet dusk, the courtyard hidden behind the flowers and trees still looks a bit gloomy.

When I'm in a bad mood, everything I look at feels gloomy, and now Caiyi also feels that everything I look at is not pleasing to the eye.

"Hua'er, how do you do things? Didn't I tell you to take away the charcoal basin? Can you afford it if you smoked Xiao Lang in my stomach?"

Knowing that Caiyi was making use of the topic, she was just asking her to get angry, Gu Sixiao didn't say a word, came over and took the charcoal basin out, but didn't go far.

Sure enough, within a short while, the colorful clothes in the room screamed cold again, "You are going to freeze me and the child to death!"

Taking the charcoal basin in and putting it away, Gu Sixiao said lightly, "Sister Caiyi, ah, no, Auntie, what do you want me to do?"

Looking up at her, Caiyi murmured, "Why didn't the officials come over? Did they really stay in the main courtyard at night? An old woman, what's so rare!"

Gu Sixiao smiled, and didn't follow her words to comfort her, but said: "I came from the big kitchen just now, and I heard that there will be more food in the Muchun Courtyard tonight, it seems that the officials are not staying in the main courtyard, but went to Mu Chunyuan."

"Going to Muchunyuan?" Caiyi was furious, "I knew that old lady couldn't keep her! It's really abominable! Sending her to Muchunyuan is because she doesn't want me to get close to the officials!"

Gritting her teeth, she suddenly lay down on the bed, "Go to Muchun Courtyard, tell the officials to come back, and just say——I have a stomachache!"

Gu Sixiao raised her eyebrows, but did not move.

"Hurry up!" Caiyi yelled after grabbing a soft pillow and hitting someone.

"Sister Caiyi, I don't think it's right for you to do this!" Gu Sixiao was not afraid, "Think about it, if you call the doctor over, what if he is a lady's man and takes the opportunity to play tricks on you?"

"What a coincidence!" Caiyi turned over, frowned, and asked suddenly: "Have you heard of it? It is said that when the old woman first married into the Gu family, she also lost a child. Is it the Feng Shui of the Gu family?" Not good? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence..."

Is that a coincidence? !
Gu Sixiao really wanted to knock on Caiyi, and it would be okay to seduce a man, but Caiyi is really not good at women's jealousy and intrigue in this house.

She had heard about Mrs. Zhang in her previous life.

Although I don't know much, I know a thing or two.At that time, I only remembered that when Mrs. Zhang entered the house, she lost a child in front of her. Not two months later, a big girl who was the housemate of Gu Yong before marriage fell into the well and drowned for no reason.

Whether these two incidents are related or not is unknown, but due to the coincidence of timing, there are many speculations.

It's just that no one would ask openly about this kind of thing, and after a long time, no one would mention it again.

If it wasn't for Caiyi's sudden mention, she would have almost forgotten.

"Who said this?" She pretended to ask innocently.I vaguely feel that the person who said this seems to have some other purpose.

"That's what Mei Xiang said, but it didn't tell me. I only found out after listening to her chatting with people."

Mei Xiang chatting with people?I'm afraid it's not as simple as chatting, right?

Before Gu Sixiao could figure it out, Caiyi said, "You said, my lady has also experienced that kind of thing, how could she harm other people's children? I heard that when Aunt Liu's child died, Feng Auntie was brought up by the lady for questioning. Tell me, could it be Auntie Feng who did it? Her own child is gone, so she can't see others having children?"

"This, it's hard to say..." Gu Sixiao smiled, and it's hard to say too clearly.

If there is suspicion, isn't it just Aunt Feng?Just seeing who Aunt Liu was aiming at all the time, she knew who the suspect was.Caiyi would suddenly feel sympathetic to Mrs. Zhang because of Mei Xiang's words.

Shaking her head, she couldn't persuade her anymore, she only said a few more words, and then she backed out.

Caiyi was unwilling, and couldn't sleep all night, calling out "Hua'er" after a while, even Gu Sixiao couldn't sleep.

Finally, when it was dawn, Gu Yong came back to change clothes, and Caiyi finally let the painting go.

She didn't sleep peacefully all night and already had some dark circles under her eyes. She looked at Gu Yong sadly, full of resentment.

Gu Yong was also a little unhappy, he ignored Caiyi and hooked him, and left after changing his clothes, "Ah, by the way, you also pack up, after a while, you can move to Muchun Courtyard!"

(End of this chapter)