The mistress of the Hou family worked herself to death, and she did not serve after her rebirth

Pei Jiuniang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but sneer at the corner of her mouth.

What is he trying to do by begging on the street?

But she still had to pretend, endured the discomfort, looked up at him, and smiled softly, "It's all over."

When she needed him, he wasn't there. Now that she doesn't need him anymore, there's no use in him coming again.

Gu Tingzhi did not miss the changes on her face. It was strange. She clearly said it was in the past and he should be happy, but he felt upset.

He was about to say something, but the guard beside him reminded him, "My Lord, the government office..."

"Yeah." Gu Tingzhi quickly pulled himself away, nodded, and his eyes had become much more serious. He said to Pei Jiuniang and Yu Ge, "I am busy with chores. Don't worry when I'm done... I'll take you there when Imperial Doctor He is on leave in a few days."

Pei Jiuniang did not refuse. She was not a person who could not distinguish right from wrong.

She doesn't blame Gu Tingzhi.

No love, no resentment, no hatred.

After all, she didn't do much better than him in her previous life.

But a cold heart will never be stirred again.

She would not be so narcissistic as to think that Gu Tingzhi suddenly discovered her good qualities.

Maybe it was because she was cold towards him now and he couldn't adapt to it, or maybe it was because of those rumors.

The more Pei Jiuniang thought about it, the more she felt that he was being hypocritical.

But she would not refuse his kindness, whether it was sincere or not.

Three days later, Chu Huaian came to the door in person, gave the money to Pei Jiuniang, and said a lot of regretful words to Gu Lanzhi. She didn't respond, and Chu Huaian was a little disappointed. He said goodbye and left soon.

She wouldn't believe his lies.

Whether in the previous life or this life, Gu Lanzhi had never been satisfied with her. She never understood it until she died in the previous life and Gu Lanzhi spat on her tablet. Then she realized that Gu Lanzhi was actually satisfied with her because the person that the young man Mu Ai liked praised her at the banquet.

How ridiculous.

She knew the Chu family's financial situation. They came up with so much money at once, most likely by hastily selling something.

But it had little to do with her.

She counted the silver and found it was three thousand taels.

Add to that the 100,000 taels she got from selling her shop and her previous savings, it was quite a large sum of money.

What should I do with this money?

...

In recent days, Gu Yuzhi came more frequently. Every time she came to Gu Xijue, she brought different pastries and showed off in her words.

"Brother, grandma is very kind to me. Not only did she arrange the best bedroom for me, but she also had nannies, maids, and several other people to serve me alone. Oh, and the things in my room are all the best. Take a look at my newly tailored clothes. Do they look good?"

Gu Yuzhi said this and walked around Gu Xijue.

But Gu Xijue didn't even raise his head.

Gu Yuzhi's cheeks puffed up with anger, but she soon calmed down, walked closer to Gu Xijue and said with a smile.

"Brother, grandma also hired an old maid from the palace to teach me the rules of the palace. Grandma said that if I learn the rules of the palace, others will look up to me, and I will be able to marry well in the future."

Hearing this, Gu Xijue reacted this time. He frowned slightly and paused for a while before asking.

"What Mammy? What's your last name?"

"Surname Kong."

"what?"

Hearing this, Gu Xijue's face changed slightly. He grabbed Gu Yuzhi's hand and said anxiously, "Yuzhi, don't learn from her. Tell grandma to drive her away..."

"Why? Brother, you?"

"She's not good."

Gu Xijue was a little anxious. He didn't know how to explain it, but he remembered very clearly that there was a nanny named Kong who was beaten to death for teaching the prime minister's daughter the tricks of winning favor in the palace. Later, her crimes were exposed.

The prime minister's daughter was also divorced and not accepted by her mother's family. She was later sent to a temple, but was killed by bandits.

He remembered that in his previous life, his grandmother Liu had had a dispute with Pei Jiuniang over the issue of Gu Yuzhi's education. Liu had also invited Nanny Kong to the house, but was later discovered by Pei Jiuniang, who drove Nanny Kong out despite Liu's objections.

Later, a female teacher was hired to teach Gu Yuzhi.

However, because she drove away Nanny Kong, Liu held a grudge against Pei and often spoke ill of Pei in front of him and Gu Yuzhi. She also said, "A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent," and that Pei wanted to ruin Gu Yuzhi.

He thought so at one point, but later when he heard about what happened to Grandma Kong, he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

There was also the female teacher named Qin. I remember that the Prince Qin's Mansion finally did not mind Gu Yuzhi's status as an adopted daughter and agreed to the marriage, partly because Gu Yuzhi was the apprentice of that female teacher.

Thinking of this, Gu Xijue tried even harder to persuade her, "Yuzhi, listen to me, tell grandma to let Madam Kong go, and you ask grandma to give you..."

Gu Xijue suddenly stopped talking halfway.

That female teacher from Qin was someone that many royal relatives and nobles could not invite. It seemed that the Pei family had put a lot of thought into it in order to invite her in the previous life.

He didn't know the details.

My grandmother Liu has always believed that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent, so how could she agree to that?

What's more, Liu and Nanny Kong had a special relationship. In the previous life, Nanny Kong's crimes were exposed and she was beaten to death. Liu felt that Nanny Kong's death was unjust and wanted to collect her body. It was Pei who stopped her. For this, Liu slapped Pei in the face in public.

At that time, he actually felt that Pei was so cruel. She knew that her grandmother Liu and Nanny Kong were old friends, and that her grandmother was old, but she still stopped them out of consideration for their friendship.

Only now did he know that in his previous life, it was impossible for him and Gu Yuzhi to succeed and marry into a wealthy family without Pei.

"Brother, are you jealous of me? Humph, it's you who insisted on staying here to be someone else's son, but it's a pity that they don't like you. Brother, you took the wrong path and offended grandma, so don't drag me into it. Brother Li Ran doesn't know what's good for him. I won't come to make cakes for you anymore. Take care of yourself, brother."

Gu Yuzhi frowned, pushed Gu Xijue away, and glared at him viciously.

If Yumu hadn't asked her to persuade him, she wouldn't have come.

She didn't want him to go to her grandmother at all.

If he didn't go, his grandmother would nag about him all day long. If he went, his grandmother would definitely be nice to him only.

Thinking of this, Gu Yuzhi pulled up a resentful smile.

Anyway, she had tried to persuade him, but it was her brother who didn't know what was good for him.

Gu Xijue watched Gu Yuzhi walking further and further away, his hands clenched tightly.

It shouldn't be like this.

He ran to find Pei Jiuniang like crazy, but saw her holding Brother Yu and practicing calligraphy. Her eyes and heart were filled with Gu Yu, and when she saw him, there was only indifference in her eyes. He staggered back a step, but still mustered up the courage to speak.

"Mother, grandma hired Madam Kong for Yuzhi. Mother, are you really going to ignore us? Mother, we are your children too?

The children made mistakes, and the mother beat and scolded us, and we endured it, but can we ask the mother not to ignore us? "

"roll."

Pei Jiuniang couldn't help but speak coldly before he could finish.

Gu Xijue was shocked, and looked at Pei Jiuniang with his fist clenched in disbelief, "You, you have such a cruel heart..."

"You've done all kinds of things to repay kindness with hatred, and you still want me to forgive you?! Gu Xijue, you're so shameless!"

"That was something that happened in my previous life. Since I'm back again, can't I just let it go?"

"past?"

Pei Jiuniang put Brother Yu down and walked towards Gu Xijue step by step. "If you raised a dog and fed it with good meat every day, and one day it ate you, would you forgive it?"

"I..." Gu Xijue's eyes were bloodshot and he was speechless.

He knew Pei was deliberately humiliating him and she didn't want to see him.

But he, he...

"So, you won't forgive..."

He asked tentatively one last time.

"No, get out of here as far as you can... Don't dirty my eyes."

Pei's heartless words were like a slow torture, cutting Gu Xijue's heart with pain.

At this moment he understood that he would never be able to obtain it.

"Okay, in that case I won't force you. Mother, I will call you mother for the last time. I kowtow to you here. Even if you don't recognize me, I still recognize you as your mother. From now on..."

"roll."

Without waiting for Gu Xijue to finish, Pei Jiuniang spoke out in disgust.

Even though he was mentally prepared, Gu Xijue still felt embarrassed. He clenched his fists, looked back every few steps and leaned against Pei Jiuniang, secretly swearing in his heart that in this life, even if Pei Jiuniang did not exist, he and Gu Yuzhi would definitely make a name for themselves.

He has the memories of his previous life, so he can do it.