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

Zhou brought her little daughter back to Biluozhai. Before she finished the half cup of tea in her hand, Mother Tong from Moxiangju came over.

"Hello, Madam. Here are the account books and keys that Madam II asked me to bring to you."

Mother Tong bent down, and two little maids came over from behind, holding trays in their hands.

Before the eldest lady spoke, Gu Jinyu could no longer sit still in his chair. He straightened up and stretched his neck to look over there.

From then on, the Gu family was managed by her mother. She seemed to see beautiful flowing dresses and exquisite and luxurious jewelry being sent to their Biluozhai by the servants.

Maybe soon she will have her own yard, just like Gu Jinchu's [Sui'an Hall].

But she must ask her brother to give her a better-sounding and more poetic name, not one that sounds old-fashioned...

Mother Tong is the manager of Moxiangju. Whenever they meet, Zhou always gives her some courtesy.

She asked with a faint smile on her face, "Then I'll have to trouble Mother Tong. Do you have any other instructions for me, my sister-in-law?"

Mother Tong placed her hands on her belly and looked down at the ground.

"The third young lady has developed a fever again after returning home. The doctor who treated the third young lady last time was Dr. Lu from Baicha Lane. The second lady has asked the guards to drive a carriage to invite him."

Then she continued, "Moxiangju and Sui'antang are in a mess right now, otherwise the Second Madam would have delivered it to you personally. She also asked me to tell the First Madam that she would trouble you for the next few months."

Zhou raised her hand to pick up the teacup, and her mother behind her personally took the thing from the little maid.

"Then I won't keep Mother Tong. My sister-in-law is in need of help right now."

Gu Jinyu saw that Tong's mother and her group had disappeared, while her mother was still sipping tea, so she stood up and came to her side.

He looked curiously at several account books stacked together and a bunch of keys.

His eyes lit up and he looked at Zhou with joy, "Mother!"

Zhou sighed and tapped her little daughter's forehead:

"No matter what, what the Madam said is very right. I should teach you well. If I continue to spoil you like this, it will hurt you."

When Gu Jinyu heard her mother's words, she stamped her feet and called out in a sweet and innocent voice, "Mom!"

Zhou looked at the keys and the account book without much joy on her face.

Zheng has controlled the Gu family for more than ten years, and the core of power is in her hands.

The Gu family is not like those large families that have been passed down for generations. They only had a group of servants in their mansion after they settled in Daxing County. Although they are not completely loyal to Zheng, they were all trained by her personally.

Not to mention, those who are in charge of the farms, shops, land and real estate are also Zheng’s people.

Zheng was born into a merchant family, and it was with her dowry that the Gu family was able to get to where they are today.

The people she brought as a dowry were in charge of all the management levels of the inner house on her behalf. In other words, the Gu family was full of Zheng's people, and she had spies in every corner.

What's the point of giving her the key and account book?

This was undoubtedly a show of power from Zheng to her, Li and Aunt Lian.

Thinking of this, Zhou's competitive spirit was aroused. She picked up the account book and flipped through it casually, then her face changed drastically.

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When Mother Tong returned to Sui'an Hall, Doctor Lu had just arrived.

The old man's hair bun hung crookedly on his head. The medicine boy behind him had a pale face and the medicine box on his back took up most of his body.

"Reckless, really reckless, I am old enough to be dragged into the car like this, how shameful!"

The guards were different from the servants in the mansion. They were a group of strong and rough men. To the elderly Doctor Lu, they were no different from being kidnapped.

The old man complained while his hands kept moving. After taking the pulse, he frowned and twisted his beard lightly.

Mother Tong took out a bamboo-patterned purse and placed it on the nanmu waist-shaped flowered table beside him.

After Zheng saw the medicine boy put it away, she asked in a low voice, "Sir, is my daughter's high fever okay?"

"It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this... The repeated high fever is caused by the pent-up energy in the Third Miss's heart. How could she have so many worries at such a young age?" Doctor Lu was also confused.

A few days ago, Gu Jinchu caught a Japanese slave in the street, and the storyteller in the teahouse made a joke out of her heroic act.

Almost everyone in Shuntian Prefecture knew that the Gu family had a daughter who was good at using a whip and was regarded as a hero by the emperor.

I heard that the masters who can use a whip in martial arts schools have been very busy recently. Many big families even regard using a whip as a compulsory course.

After sending Doctor Lu away, Mother Tong followed the Second Lady back to the inner room.

When they came in, Gu Jinchu was sitting on the kang by the window. All the ornaments on her head had been removed. Her black hair was dishevelled and her little face was rosy, but she looked in very good spirits.

She was holding a maroon booklet with round patterns in her hands and studying it. When she noticed her mother coming in, she looked up and a smile broke out on her little face, with an unadorned brightness in her well-behaved look.

"Mother, I don't feel anything now."

Zheng walked over, took her hand and sat her down on the edge of the kang, and used the back of her hand to feel the temperature of her forehead.

He tilted his head to look at Tong's mother and asked, "Why hasn't the medicine been boiled yet?"

"Don't worry, Second Madam. Jinsuo will go to the small kitchen to help Baishao keep an eye on things." Mother Tong said from the side.

Gu Jinchu put down the booklet in his hand and explained to his mother, "Bai Wei was injured, so I asked Bai Zhi to take her back to her brother's home, and only Bai Shao was there to serve her.

The implication was that the maids around her all had their own things to do and no one neglected her.

Zheng looked at her daughter's little face. She had grown up in the blink of an eye. The illness had made her much more sensible.

Growing up comes at a price, and she hopes her daughter will always be happy and free.

But she also knew that this was a good thing for her younger sister.

In the future, my daughter will get married and go to a strange family, where she will have to face a cannibalistic harem. It is not possible to continue like before.

"Mother said today that you should reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors. That was for Madam Tai to hear, but Sister Chu must not let down her guard any longer."

"Starting tomorrow, you will learn embroidery with the master in the morning, and follow me to read the account books and learn housekeeping in the afternoon."

Gu Jinchu heard what his mother said and took the book he had just read and said, "Mother, I want to clean up the warehouse before that."

Zheng then remembered that she hadn't seen Mother Xu for a long time. When she knew that she would be back tomorrow, a meaningful smile appeared on her face.

"Ask Mama Xu to make a list of what's missing, and then we'll keep them happy for a few more days..."

Gu Jinchu lowered her eyes and said nothing. The booklet before her marriage was already a distant memory in her mind.

I just looked at the booklet and found out that the property on her books alone has reached ten thousand taels, which is equivalent to the entire Gu family's income for two years.

That's why those people tried every possible means to covet the private dowry of the mother and daughter,

That night, it was almost past the You hour and the sky was already mostly dark.

Gu Huanian walked through the corridor and saw from afar that Moxiangju was pitch black.

In recent years, he seldom came back after dark. The osmanthus tree in the yard had grown so thick that the fragrance of osmanthus could be smelled from afar.

"Who's there?" the servant behind him shouted with a lantern in his hand.