The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Ge Qiuheng recalled the awkwardness of the last time the three of them sat together, so she didn't force them to go and went by herself.

After entering the Lanpei Courtyard and the wing room, Ge Qiuheng first glanced around the house.

The second oldest brother Shi Mingwei, the fifth oldest Shi Mingying, and the sixth oldest Shi Mingmo were just taking time out to visit Shi Mingzhu. They were chatting and laughing around their sister, and when they saw her coming, the three brothers hurriedly bowed and greeted her and then left.

Shi Mingzhu had been working out twice last night and this morning. She was actually not feeling well, but she stayed up to have a good start in the new year. She just put on makeup so that others wouldn't notice.

But as a woman, how could Ge Qiuheng not see it?

She held Shi Mingzhu's hand distressedly and was about to ask about her health and urge her to lie down on the bed, but Shi Mingzhu smiled and said, "Eighth brother should be visiting your house with Fourth brother, Seventh brother and others to pay New Year's greetings."

Ge Qiuheng blushed: "Who asked him?"

Yesterday morning, Shi Minghui went to the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion in person to deliver specialties from the Northwest, saying that they were sent back by the second master. Thinking of the friendship between him and the Marquis since they were childhood friends, he sent a portion of them.

However, everyone knew that this was a sign of goodwill from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, which intended to propose marriage to Ge Qiuheng for Shi Minghui.

Therefore, Ge Qiuheng originally did not intend to pay any more attention to Shi Minghui, but when she saw him taking the initiative to show goodwill, she forgave most of the blame he had for driving her away last time.

Shi Mingzhu had lived two lifetimes, and she could see the shyness between Ge Qiuheng's eyebrows at a glance. Fearing that she would be too embarrassed and run away, she stopped teasing her and started to greet her.

The two have been good friends for many years and have endless topics to talk about.

Ge Qiuheng asked, "Why don't you see Auntie today? I saw Sixth Sister-in-law helping the old lady entertain the guests."

The news that Shi Mingwu beat his wife and Zheng fell seriously ill had not yet spread. As the year was coming to an end, all the mansions were busy and had no leisure to listen to the gossip about the Duke's Mansion.

Therefore, Ge Qiuheng did not know that something big had happened in the Duke's Mansion.

Shi Mingzhu's smile was slightly stiff, but she had anticipated that someone would ask, so she took out the Duke's Mansion's unanimous statement to the outside world.

"It's my fault that my second and eighth brothers and I are unfilial. These days, we have been sick and injured, and we have tired our mother out by running back and forth to take care of us. She even became sick from exhaustion. She fell ill the day before the Chinese New Year, and we had to temporarily entrust the household chores to Third Aunt. Several of the filial sisters-in-law came out to help."

Ge Qiuheng then remembered why Shi Mingwei and Shi Minghui were "sick or injured", and her passionate heart inevitably cooled.

Shi Mingwei somehow offended Le An Ning to death, and Le An Ning hanged herself instead after failing to kill her husband. If this incident had not happened during the court's seal, the Duke of Zhenguo would probably have been impeached for not managing his household properly.

Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country, and pacify the world. But even his own backyard is in such a mess. Not to mention assisting the emperor in governing the world, even his ability to lead troops in war is questionable.

Not to mention why Shi Minghui was injured.

At this time, Ge Qiuheng was reluctant to give up her childhood sweetheart relationship with Shi Minghui, but also felt a little afraid of the family tradition of the Duke's Mansion.

Her parents had long intended to marry her to Shi Minghui. Shi Minghui was extremely talented and shrewd, and he was also the eldest son of the family, so he would have a bright future.

But Ge Qiuheng hesitated on his own.

She praised her sisters-in-law for their abilities, but as she was preoccupied with many things, she had no intention of chatting with Shi Mingzhu for long, so she made the excuse that her brothers were waiting for her and hurriedly said goodbye.

Shi Mingzhu looked at her back, frowned and sighed.

The mansion is in such a mess, it's no wonder Ge Qiuheng is wavering.

Mother saw that Ge Qiuheng was well-behaved and docile, and that she was of noble birth and talented, and was completely worthy of Eighth Brother, so she wanted to marry her home as soon as possible to be a helper. Yesterday, she took time out of her busy schedule to urge Shi Minghui to go to the Ge family to give gifts.

As long as the marriage is decided, even if it is just a verbal engagement, before the eldest brother becomes famous for beating his wife, the Ningyuan Marquisate would not dare to break the promise for the sake of its reputation.

However, with such a calculated marriage, can Eighth Brother and Ge Qiuheng really be a loving couple without any grudges in the future?

Moreover, after hearing some rumors, Ge Qiuheng became hesitant. How sincere is he to his eighth brother?

If a woman truly loves a man, no matter what situation he is in, no matter whether he is rich or poor, or no matter what kind of rumors he has suffered, she should stand firmly by his side, firmly believe in him, and firmly marry him. This is called unwavering loyalty.

The woman that Shi Mingzhu despised the most was like "Shi Yao" in her previous life, who would do anything to achieve wealth and glory, and had affairs with people without any matchmaker.

She has obviously been married once and is an unclean woman, but she still dreams of becoming the queen who rules the country and serves as a role model for all women in the world. She is a shame to all women!

If Shi Yao really became the queen, she would have overturned all ethical principles.

As she pondered over this, the face of "Shi Yao" in her previous life, standing beside Zhou Shao and looking coldly at her, repeatedly appeared in her mind, and Shi Mingzhu gradually became dissatisfied with Ge Qiuheng.

Ge Qiuheng is really not worthy of her eighth brother.

Shi Mingzhu was worried. Where could she find another lady whose status, appearance and ability were better than Ge Qiuheng's?

She did remember several virtuous ladies in her previous life, but they were either already engaged, or were still young and had to wait a few years before reaching marriageable age, or their status and position were not as good as Ge Qiuheng's, or their looks and talents were not as good as Ge Qiuheng's. There was always one thing that was lacking.

Her eighth brother is so good, he deserves to be paired with the best woman in the world.

My mother is anxious to find a daughter-in-law for her younger son, so I'm afraid she will have to settle for Ge Qiuheng now.

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Shi Yao sent Ge Qiuheng away. The old lady said she was tired and wanted to lie down on the kang. Shi Yao hurriedly helped the old lady to lie down in the warm room.

The maids took off the lady's hairpins, rings, shoes and socks, and Shi Yao pulled up the quilt for her.

Wang Fan served tea and helped the lady rinse her mouth. The lady waved her hand and said, "I am not in good spirits. I am afraid I will not be able to see the female guest in the first half of the day. I will see her in the second half of the day. If a guest comes, please be considerate and see her. It will be fine if she takes my place."

Wang Fan quickly agreed, and left with Shi Yao. When he looked up, he pointed at her and said, "Second sister, one of your earrings is missing."

Shi Yao felt around and found that her left earring was missing, so she hurriedly asked the maids to look for it.

Finally, it was found next to the kang table in the main hall. Wang Fan took out a handkerchief and wiped it carefully, then sat on the kang and put it on Shi Yao.

Shi Yao saw a small dish of melon seeds in the middle of the table and asked, "Who peeled these?"

Wang Fan rolled her eyes. She was jealous of Shi Yao's favor and was a bit rude to stuff candy into her mouth. She was worried that Shi Yao would say bad things about her in front of the lady, so she was thinking of ways to redeem herself. She smiled and said:

"I peeled it for you. Eat it quickly. It's such a small thing, but it wears my nails out."

In fact, those were the melon seeds that Xie Jibai peeled for the old lady to eat. The old lady had been drinking tea and cracking melon seeds for the whole morning and was already sick of them, so she ate two and left the rest here for nothing.

The incident of letting the melon seeds grow only happened during the action. The lady and Xie Jibai did not say anything verbally, so Shi Yao did not hear it.