Chapter 103
Chapter 103
If Song Guanzhou knew that Gu Miaofeng was making such speculations, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit his heart out.
What's the joke?
It was obviously that bastard Qin Er who was making fun of her, but unfortunately she had no way of knowing it, which made Gu Miaofeng make wild guesses. In addition, Pei Shuyu had said this in front of her mother-in-law before, so Gu Miaofeng thought to herself, is Silang actually blind?
Pei An arrived at Xiao Yinxiu's main guest room. Xiao Yinxiu helped Mrs. Mei out. Mrs. Mei felt pain in her heart when she looked at him.
"My son, I'm afraid it must be very hard to be on duty all day."
Pei An bowed and stood up to reply, "Don't worry, Second Aunt. It is also my wish to help His Majesty and the court."
Mrs. Mei pulled him and looked around, feeling even more reluctant.
After exchanging glances with Xiao Yinxiu, he said faintly, "Why isn't Aru following behind me?"
Pei An smiled and said, "Second Aunt, it's just that it's very uncomfortable to come to my sister-in-law's place and be followed around by someone." After sitting down, Mrs. Mei was reluctant to let go of his hand, so she held it in her palm and patted it a few times.
"Your sister-in-law is kind-hearted and you are of the same generation. Brother Chen is not around, and others cannot say anything. Second Aunt will be a bad person today."
Pei An was puzzled. "Second Aunt, just tell me. If I go the wrong way or do something wrong, just scold me and I will definitely change." Look, this is the Pei family's lintel!
"My son, you are so smart and capable, how could you do anything wrong? It's just that -"
After hesitating for a while, Mrs. Mei still expressed her worries. As expected, Pei An just smiled faintly and said, "Second Aunt and Sister-in-law have good intentions, I understand, but please rest assured, Erlang is watching the boat together... Well, they quarrel every day, there is nothing shameful about it."
Mrs. Mei was not going to listen to him at all. She was worried. "My son, it would be embarrassing if the news got out. I should persuade Erlang to go home. But he won't persuade me. Second Aunt, please ask Old Lady Qin to come."
Pei An smiled helplessly, but still explained patiently, "Second Aunt, what rumors have you heard? They are really outrageous. There are more than a dozen rooms in Shaohua Garden, and eight or nine maids and servants. How come it became a story that we are a single man and a single woman? It seems that the maids and servants in that room are not human beings——"
How ridiculous!
Mrs. Mei had never expected Pei An to be so stubborn, so she simply became serious, "If you don't care about the reputation of your family, you should at least consider Guan Zhou. She is in the back house, and Erlang is your close friend. Shaohua Garden is a big place, and it's hard for her to avoid it even if she wants to. If the news gets out, she will poke Guan Zhou's spine!"
This……
Pei An was slightly stunned, and said hesitantly, "Guan Zhou doesn't really care. Besides, Erlang is kind-hearted and sympathizes with Guan Zhou's suffering in the water, so he just follows him to take care of him every day."
Of course, he was also avoiding the marriage arranged by the old lady of the Qin family recently.
"Brother An, you are so thoughtful and capable, why did you let your wife take care of you? Guanzhou has a husband like you to take care of it..."
The aunt and nephew spoke a lot from the bottom of their hearts. Finally, under the pressure of the second aunt and sister-in-law, Pei An had to say, "...Forget it, I will tell Erlang to live outside the second gate. As for chasing people away, please don't make it difficult for me, second aunt and sister-in-law."
Xiao Yinxiu was worried, but she said softly, "Guanzhou is a man among women. I'm not afraid of you, my fourth brother, laughing at me. He has behaved out of line before. If this gets out, Erlang is a man like you. At most, people will say something behind his back, but Guanzhou can't escape the gossip."
Pei An thought of how everyone excluded Song Guanzhou at Jin Fuyun's Peach Blossom Banquet.
Having said this, all he could do was stand up and say yes.
After coming out of the Prince's wife's room, Pei An saw Gu Miaofeng returning home within a few steps. He had to ask his sister-in-law where she was going.
"Fourth brother, you don't know. I accompanied mother and sisters to eat more in the evening. Now mother is talking to Ling Ge'er's mother, and I took a few maids for a walk to digest the food." But he didn't dare to mention the close relationship between Erlang and fourth brother's wife that he saw in front of the door. Thinking that they had come to the eldest house, he could only mention Song Guanzhou, "Fourth brother's wife is getting better. I came to visit her with mother a few days ago. It was difficult for her to walk and she suffered a lot."
"Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law. After all, it is a broken bone, with many external injuries. It will take more than a day or two to recover. It may take several months."
Gu Miaofeng looked at the most handsome brother-in-law of the Pei family, and said, "I wanted to go visit my fourth brother's wife, but my mother is still talking about something, so I'm afraid I'll have to come another day. Please ask my fourth brother to tell my fourth brother's wife to take good care of her injuries."
After Pei An walked away and his figure disappeared into the darkness, Gu Miaofeng sighed slightly.
Turning around, he instructed the maidservant who was close to him, "The affairs of this mansion must not be spread outside! If that rotten hoof dares to gossip, I will beat him to death and sell him out."
All the old women and maids agreed, but they didn't dare to do it.
But on the way back home after picking up her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mei, she was worried. Gu Miaofeng supported her and sighed, "Don't worry, mother. Fourth brother is smart and will understand everything."
"Alas, a good horse cannot be matched with a good saddle, but a good man can be matched with a crooked woman."
what?
Gu Miaofeng quickly turned around and looked at the maids and servants who were two or three steps away. She couldn't help but remind Mrs. Mei, "Mother, don't say that. Fourth brother has his own ideas."
Mrs. Mei had also begged for food from the old lady of the Duke's Mansion before, and she had always been cautious. Tonight, she said this, which was the old lady's intolerance. Gu Miaofeng had served her mother-in-law for more than ten years, so how could she not know her temper? She quickly helped her mother-in-law back and said, "Mother, please go back to your room first."
Sure enough, just as they entered the main room and Gu Miaofeng waved away the servants, Mrs. Mei slapped her hand, which was wearing rings and bracelets, heavily on the table.
"…If my old sister-in-law hadn't left home and Xiu'er wasn't too young to take care of the household expenses, why would I have gone to that room and said these things?"
Gu Miaofeng poured the tea herself, "Mother has good intentions, and my fourth brother must know it."
"What does he know?"
Mrs. Mei was so angry that she gasped for breath and could not help scolding, "I know Guanzhou was brave in saving people this time, and Ling and Huan are also blessed by her, but you can't let your favor make you arrogant. Look at how obsessed An has become now."
"Calm down, mother. An'er has always been obedient. He will definitely remember what you said. But Erlang is a very unruly person. He was born in such a mansion. We have to take it slow."
Mrs. Mei blamed Pei An for insisting on his own opinion, and the last few words that seemed to be a compromise were just perfunctory words to her as an elder.
She pulled Gu Miaofeng and said, "Fortunately, Hua'er has you, who is generous, well-behaved and sensible, otherwise your mother would have been angry to death long ago." The implication was that Song Guanzhou was somewhat unfaithful to his wife. Gu Miaofeng was about to tell her about the scene she had seen at the gate of Shaohua Garden, but she swallowed the thought.
But her mother-in-law was still angry, so she had to stay with him for half the night.
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