The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

The fifth sister that Gu Jinchu mentioned is the girl who acts like a spoiled child beside the lady.

She is the second daughter of her uncle Gu Huaqing, Gu Jinyu, and is thirteen years old this year.

Gu Li loved the eldest son the most among her children, and she also loved his youngest daughter, who was the most favored younger generation around the old lady.

"What's so good about going to a banquet? My elder sister has taken me to the family banquets of Yongping Bo before."

The girl raised her chin slightly and looked disdainful at what Gu Jinchu said.

The big sister she mentioned was Gu Jinxuan, the eldest daughter of the Gu family. Because Gu Huaqing was a teacher in the Yongping Earl's family, it turned out that Gu Jinxuan became Yongping Earl's concubine.

In the second year after entering the palace, she gave birth to a son for the fifty-year-old Earl of Yongping, and is now the most favored concubine of Earl Yongping.

Gu Huaqing could no longer be a teacher. He was neither high nor low, so he just stayed at home idle.

They rely on their daughter for support, and the second wife also supports their family.

The little girl changed her tone as she thought of something, "Actually, I am also thinking about my third sister. If I follow you rashly like this, people who don't know me will think I am your maid."

Gu Jinyu inherited her mother's phoenix eyes, and her skin was the fair and delicate color of the Gu family, showing her beauty.

Madam Zhou heard her little daughter talking more and more outrageously, so she spoke up to stop her:

"How can you talk to your elder sister like that! Your elder sister and second elder sister are married now, and Jinchu is the oldest in the family now. When does she not always respond to the requests of her two younger sisters?"

Gu Jinchu sneered in his heart when he heard this. There were people in this family who were greedy for money openly, while others were scheming secretly. They were all obsessed with money.

There is a plaque with the words "scholar" on it, which is both formal and useful.

Gu Jinyu stood up and sat next to Gu Jinchu, looking at her with sparkling eyes, innocently and romantically.

"Third sister, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Last time I saw you had a piece of particularly good material. Our grandmother is old. If she were to make a dress out of it, she would definitely look rich and refreshing."

Gu Jinchu was stunned and a little confused. "What kind of material is Fifth Sister talking about? My housekeeper mother has returned to the countryside, and I can't even open the warehouse myself."

Hearing this, Gu Jinyu's face became even happier, "It was delivered by the eunuch two days ago!"

"The most honorable woman in our family is our grandmother. Third sister, you don't have even a little bit of filial piety, do you?"

When Gu Li heard this, her face darkened and her voice became a little cold.

"I'm already an elderly person, and we come from a noble family so we don't care about material things." As she said this, she pulled up her skirt.

Gu Jinchu just understood why his grandmother was wearing such plain clothes today, and it was an old dress.

She stood up from the chair and bent her body. "My granddaughter was not thoughtful enough. When I have time, I will ask the embroiderer from the Treasure Pavilion to come over and take measurements for Grandmother."

Gu Li still seemed unhappy and ordered her:

"Just now you said that your housekeeper mother is not here. In that case, you can pick two ornaments from the last reward for your sisters."

Gu Jinchu then revealed a trace of embarrassment, "Grandma, it's not that my granddaughter is stingy, it's really..."

"We didn't ask for your things. Who are you showing this to? They just want to borrow them for a while and return them to you when they come back."

"You are of the same blood, so you should stick together. When you are away from home, you should support each other and not bring the bad habits of merchants into the Gu family."

Gu Jinchu had heard these words many times in his previous life, and there were even more unpleasant words than these.

Just because her maternal grandparents were in business and her mother only gave birth to her after marrying into the Gu family, it seemed as if she and her mother could not hold their heads up in the Gu family.

How can there be such truth!

"grandmother..."

"Madam, the second master is here." The old woman outside the door shouted.

Gu Huanian walked in from outside, followed by a woman who was wearing a pink satin jacket with diamond pattern. She was no older than 20 years old, with a rosy face and looked shy.

When he came in, he first paid his respects to the lady-in-waiting. Then, when he turned around and saw Gu Jinchu, he remembered the teasing he had received in the past few days.

Some people envied him for having a good daughter, and those compliments really made him feel uncomfortable.

If the younger daughter had insisted on explaining that day, he would not have missed the truth of the matter, and Huang Tong would not have seen the scene of her being punished to kneel in the ancestral hall.

In this way, the position of Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple might not slip away from his hands.

Suppressing his anger, he looked at his expressionless little daughter and asked:

"Did you receive the invitation from Lord Song? When the time comes, ask your mother to take you and your sister with you. Control your temper and don't make any more mistakes!"

Afraid that they would not take it seriously, Gu Huanian told everyone the origins of the Song family.

Lord Song is the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, a fourth-rank official who was promoted from the Hanlin Academy.

He believed that with Zheng's methods, there might be room for improvement in the position of Shaoqing, and he decided to go back to Moxiangju tonight to coax his wife.

Upon hearing about the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College, the eldest wife, Mrs. Zhou, could no longer sit still, fearing that her youngest daughter was not qualified to go.

It would be even better if the eldest son could be brought along at that time.

She winked at Gu Jinyu beside her, and Gu Jinyu looked at his grandmother pitifully again.

The lady sighed deeply at this time.

Gu Huanian turned around and asked Gu Li: "What's wrong, mother? Who made you unhappy?"

The old woman touched the headband on her head and said weakly, "Why should I be unhappy? It's Chu Jieer..."

The lady paused here, the room became quiet, and she continued:

"It was Sister Chu who wanted to give me the Shu brocade bestowed by the emperor. She also told my two younger sisters to choose the ones they like from those pieces of jewelry and give them to them as gifts."

As soon as the lady's words came out, everyone in the room had a different expression.

Just now he said it was borrowed, but when it came to Gu Li and Gu Huanian, it became a voluntary gift.

Gu Yan glanced at her aunt, then lowered her eyes and stared at her embroidered shoes.

Gu Jinyu still had that innocent and romantic look on her face, and had already started counting on her fingers to figure out what she wanted.

The first lady looked at the second lady and Gu Jinchu. From the beginning till now, the second lady Zheng had not said a word.

Gu Huanian, who had been suppressing his anger, stood up, pointed at Gu Jinchu and began to scold:

"I usually ask you to read more. If you have a little common sense, you should know that giving away the gift from the emperor to others is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"You, you unfilial daughter, do you want to harm our Gu family?"

Gu Huanian became angrier as he spoke, and did not notice the change in his mother's expression.

"You don't need to go to the banquet of the Song family, the chief priest. Just stay in Sui'an Hall and read the "Nujie", "Nu Lunyu" and "Nei Xun" thoroughly."

"When can you recite it by heart? No, you can only do it when you reach the age of 15."

"enough!"

Zheng shouted and threw the tea bowl in her hand to the ground.