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

The group arrived at the courtyard where Liu lived.

Madam Kong was teaching Gu Yuzhi the etiquette of standing with a tea bowl on her head and walking in the royal step.

It is said that there are requirements for walking in the palace, and that the teacup on your head must not fall down when you walk.

Gu Yuzhi has been practicing for a while, and she doesn't know how many tea bowls Liu has broken, but she still can't do it well.

Liu got angry and told Madam Kong not to worry about it and to follow the rules if she didn't practice well.

These days, Gu Yuzhi was in great pain. Her palms were swollen from being beaten, and she couldn't even hold the chopsticks when eating.

But the results are also significant.

Today, Gu Yuzhi was finally able to stand for half an hour with a tea bowl on her head.

Liu was also very satisfied. She was praising Gu Yuzhi when someone announced, "The Marquis and his wife are here."

Hearing this, Liu's face tensed, and she immediately walked to the seat at the top and sat down, with a cold face, waiting for someone to come in before she could not help but speak.

"You still remember to come and pay your respects to me, your mother. I thought you were dead."

As he said this, he glanced fiercely at the four people who came over.

At least she used to like Gu Xijue.

After all, he was the offspring of her beloved youngest son, and he was 70% similar to her youngest son Gu Yanzhi when he was a child.

But ever since Gu Xijue contradicted her time and again, her heart gradually cooled.

Besides, they are illegitimate children after all.

Yan Zhi will marry a legitimate wife and have legitimate children in the future.

But even so, she still liked Gu Xijue more than Gu Yu.

Seeing Gu Yu, she remembered that the recent uproar in Beijing was all because of Gu Yu. It was said that Gu Yu was better than all the teachers from the Wang family.

Whenever she went out, she was stopped several times to pay her respects and to be told that she had given birth to a good son and grandson.

But she was not happy at all.

I wish Gu Yu was really a fool.

If he wasn't stupid, the title could only be inherited by Gu Ting's lineage.

Also, she had been busy looking for an academy for Gu Xijue recently, but had encountered many setbacks. She thought it must be because Pei Jiuniang and Gu Yu had offended the Wang family.

I heard that Gu Yu has been unemployed at home recently and has no academy to go to.

retribution.

Deserve it.

Thinking of this, Liu suppressed her anger a little.

But she still couldn't help but scold Pei Jiuniang, "You shallow-minded thing, you thought the Wang family was so easy to offend, now look, your own children are illiterate, and you even dragged down the Gu family members. I told you not to put your heart on a fool, but you didn't listen, now look..."

Liu became angrier and angrier as she spoke, completely forgetting that Pei Jiuniang and Gu Tingzhi had reminded her several times not to talk about Gu Yu the fool anymore.

Gu Yu, whose emotions had originally calmed down, could no longer control himself. He lay in Pei Jiuniang's arms, trembling all over, feeling very aggrieved.

He didn't understand why his grandmother always called him a fool.

He has obviously tried very hard.

The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He sobbed silently, his little body shaking.

Pei Jiuniang patted his back to comfort him, and at the same time, she looked coldly at Liu, who was still chattering and complaining about her and Gu Yu, and was about to question her.

Then Gu Tingzhi said with a cold face, "Mother, I remember I reminded you not to say that about Brother Yu. I don't understand why you blame Jiu Niang and Brother Yu without even figuring out the matter clearly?"

Being scolded by Gu Tingzhi in public, Liu was embarrassed and her voice became louder. "He is my grandson. If he was capable of great things, I would say this. I am just disappointed that he could not make it... What has been unclear is spreading all over the capital. They all say that our Gu family is using power to oppress others. Tingzhi, I remember your father once said that we should follow the rules and be careful in our conduct. If we are caught...

Also, I remember that our ancestors of the Gu family relied on the Wang family for their livelihood. If we do this, people will stab us in the back and say that our Wang family is ungrateful..."

"Enough." Without waiting for Gu Tingzhi to speak, Pei Jiuniang could no longer listen.

Over the years, she had become accustomed to Liu using her own twisted logic to belittle her.

It seemed that no matter what she did, it was wrong as far as Liu was concerned.

In the past, she was humble and submissive, and no matter how unwilling she was, people would give her some face because she was their elder.

But as she belittled Brother Yu again and again, she no longer wanted to give face to her elders.

She just wanted to criticize her as well to vent her anger on Brother Yu and herself.

"You, what's your attitude? I'm your mother-in-law, and I can't say anything about you..."

"I respect you, you are the one, Liu, you keep saying that Brother Yu is your grandson, but have you ever said hello to Brother Yu?

no?

You just keep saying that he is stupid, incapable of the responsibility, and unworthy of being the descendant of the Marquisate.

Is it because you don't like Shi Yu or because he is my son? That's why you keep belittling him?

You used to say that Brother Yu was not born with good looks and had to be a vegetarian in order to receive the Buddha’s blessing. I believed you, but Brother Yu turned out to be five years old and still acted like a three-year-old child.

But I asked them to be vegetarian as you asked, why do you say eating meat is good?

In the past, you claimed that you were doing this for Yu Ge's good, but you only arranged an old maid and a young servant for him. Yu Ge was not taken care of at all. Every time I talked about it, you blamed me for spoiling the child. But why did you get angry immediately for the same arrangement, and arranged a few new servants and maids for them?

And what happened a few days ago, everyone in Kyoto doesn't know that it was the Wang family that bullied others first. I was just protecting Brother Yu. You never asked if Brother Yu was hurt?

Even people who live on the same street know to ask, "You are my grandmother, and we live in the same mansion, but they pretend not to know."

You are scolding him for no reason again today. Could it be that if Brother Yu is suppressed, it won't harm the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion, or you don't care about Brother Yu, so you don't care if he is bullied?

In this case, don’t act like a grandmother. A mother is kind and a son is filial. If you are not kind to your grandmother, don’t let me and Brother Yu respect you at all…”

Pei Jiuniang blurted out everything that was in her heart.

He totally ignored how angry Liu was.

Liu was panting heavily, and she dropped the teacup at hand to the ground. She was trembling all over. She tried to interrupt Pei Jiuniang several times, but to no avail.

Gu Tingzhi, who always protected her, not only had no intention of blaming Pei Jiuniang, but also looked at her frequently with a gloomy face, as if blaming her.

"It's a rebellion, it's all a rebellion..."

She didn't know what to say and just kept mumbling.

"Tingzhi, are you still my son? Why are you just looking at her and talking back to me like that?

I, I am very sincere, you guys…"

"What's the painstaking effort? Deliberately suppressing Brother Yu, but saying it's for Brother Yu's good? I was wondering why Gu Lanzhi spread the word that Brother Yu was a fool all over Kyoto. It turns out that she got the true teachings from mother. Then can I also learn from mother and tell everyone in the future that mother, you will not live long. You look like a madman..."

"You?! Pei Jiuniang, what exactly are you going to do?!"

Liu covered her chest with her hands, looking very angry, and looked at Gu Tingzhi again and again. Although Gu Tingzhi looked bad, he had no intention of stopping her. She felt very uncomfortable, and the nanny and maid around her just helped her to calm down and spoke for her.

"Madam, Lord, the old lady is not in good health. She, she is really concerned about Brother Yu..."

Halfway through his words, he met Gu Tingzhi's eyes and his voice gradually became lower.

Upon seeing this, Liu glared at the maids, feeling somewhat disappointed with them.

"Mother is not feeling well, so please ask the court doctor to come over, or she will faint again soon."

Pei Jiuniang saw everything, but did not respond and just said coldly.

Liu's acting was in vain, her face turned green with anger. Seeing that the nanny wanted to say that she was really sick, she was so angry that she drove the nanny away. She didn't pretend anymore, sat up straight, and glared at Pei Jiuniang, "It seems that you are not here to pay your respects to me, but to make me angry?!"

"I dare not, but I do have something to ask Gu Yuzhi."