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

Gu Jinchu slowly and calmly analyzed to his grandmother what happened in the Song family from the perspective of an outsider.

This included her mother's mediation among several officials' wives, her double-sided embroidery being appreciated by Mrs. Song, and how Mrs. Song was satisfied with her gift.

Of course, there was also Gu Yan's unintentional slander of her and Gu Jinyu's naive and romantic exaggeration.

She told her grandmother how she and her mother remained calm and turned the situation around in such a difficult situation.

Gu Jinchu knew that what her grandmother cared about most was her father’s official position. The county lady she just mentioned was something her grandmother dreamed of.

In the previous life, after Gu Jinhui became an official, my grandmother was still fantasizing that one day someone would be able to earn her an imperial edict.

As for my aunt, her greatest pride was her cousin who was the concubine of Earl Yongping. Then came her eldest son, and later her three children, all of whom became outstanding people in the eyes of others.

Once my aunt came to power, she no longer took my mother or my grandmother seriously.

Now, everything that my grandmother and aunt had been looking forward to was going to die in Gu Yan's hands.

Gu Jinchu wanted to know what kind of existence her half-sister, who always suppressed her in the so-called rules and character of the Gu family, was in the eyes of her grandmother and aunt.

She was the legitimate daughter of the Gu family. In the eyes of the Gu family, she was inferior to Gu Yan, who grew up with the lady dowager, in every aspect.

Li Xianglian and Gu Yan also thought so, and were even proud of it at one point, believing that it was their mother and her who blocked their way.

Privately, he regarded her and her mother as thorns in his side.

In her previous life, she married Jiang Nansheng half a year after she came of age. Two months after the marriage, she found out she was pregnant. Before she could tell her mother the good news, her mother died in an accident.

There is less than a year left until the deadline. It seems that she still has time, but in fact, she doesn't have much time left.

The imperial court will announce the results soon. By then, Gu Jinhui will have passed the imperial examination and it will be much more difficult to deal with this family.

Before this, Gu Jinchu wanted to make the women in the backyard fight among themselves.

In the past they had common interests, and their enemy was their mother. Now she is taking advantage of their weaknesses and making them lose their composure, so that the fox's tail can be revealed.

During the time she was back, she used her power as a housekeeper and the prosperity of the outside world to make their desires for power and wealth reach their peak.

If they were to fall hard again and witness the collapse of their hopes with their own eyes, how could they not go crazy!

Gu Li held Gu Jinchu's hand, her cloudy eyes scrutinizing him:

"Chu Jie'er, it's normal for sisters to have quarrels. Besides, you are both young girls who haven't reached the age of marriage yet and don't know much. You'd better not exaggerate."

Gu Yan knelt over, tears streaming down her face, "Grandma, even though my third sister is exaggerating, who would reach out to someone else's backyard?"

"Fourth sister, have you forgotten that gossip can destroy gold? Then why are there rumors outside that I treat my concubine sister harshly and am arrogant and domineering?" Gu Jinchu replied lightly.

There is no need to check to know that it was Li Xianglian who asked someone to spread these rumors. She and her daughter should understand better than her how terrible rumors are.

The women in the room looked at each other, and the common point was that they saw fear in each other's eyes.

Gu Jinchu lowered his head. His father's official position was not high, and his grandmother had no contact with any relatives of high-ranking officials, so it was inevitable that she was short-sighted.

From the confusion and fear on her and her aunt's faces when they looked at each other, it was clear that since yesterday, they had not taken the quarrel at the Song family as a serious matter.

She raised her head, smiled bitterly, and said softly:

"I hope my granddaughter is overthinking it. You know, favoring the wife over the concubine is unacceptable to every wife. My fourth sister's behavior displeased many wives at the time, and some even stood up for me..."

Li and Zhou were always ruthless in their treatment of concubines, especially the eldest aunt.

My cousin always said that he was devoted to his studies and almost all the maids around him were given slaps on the face.

In order to have a better marriage after high school, countless poor women who wanted to gain fame through their sons died in his backyard.

What Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou are best at is killing the mother and keeping the baby during childbirth, and the baby is fragile and dies silently.

Zhou finally reacted, and with trembling lips, she looked at her mother-in-law and said:

"Someone stood up for Chu Jie'er. A concubine's daughter dared to bully the legitimate daughter outside. It must be the concubine who took advantage of her favor and made Chu Jie'er and her mother report it to the Censorate..."

Gu Jinchu felt her grandmother's hand was cold, making her feel cold all over. She smiled and comforted Gu Li:

"Grandma, those who say that kind of things are jealous of other families. How could I possibly sue my father? Only when my father is well, will our family be well."

Gu, Li, Zhou, and Li Xianglian, after all, are all women in the harem, only focusing on the little benefits in front of them. Gu Jinchu is deliberately trying to scare them.

What she said might affect her father's career, but no one would let a few words from a woman affect the changes in court officials.

But they didn't understand that by looking at their frightened faces, her goal was achieved.

"Grandma, my granddaughter is young and may not see things so clearly. Didn't Mother Tong just say that my mother wrote letters to the ladies she had a good relationship with? I believe it won't cause much impact."

"As for the head of the family, Madam Song, since she has accepted her granddaughter's double-sided embroidery, perhaps nothing too outrageous will come out of it."

Gu Li's heavy expression softened somewhat after hearing Gu Jinchu's words. She took her hand and patted it:

"Grandma knew that Chu Jie'er was a dignified and sensible child, unlike those ignorant and ignorant people."

Gu Jinchu lowered her eyes. She had never held out any hope that Gu Li would punish Gu Yan and her daughter.

"Since grandma can say this, no matter how much injustice my granddaughter has suffered, she will not complain. It is always because I was too ignorant before."

She paused and continued, "Even though I had a bad temper before, I was never mean to them. I didn't expect that they would want to ruin me forever..."

As he spoke, in the end only the sound of crying remained.

Zhou came over and hugged Gu Jinchu, comforting her and admitting her daughter's mistake:

"Your fifth sister is young. She knew she was wrong when she came back yesterday. Your uncle punished her. When we get back later, I will return the things that Sister Yu borrowed to Sui'an Hall."

Gu Jinyu was unhappy when he heard this, "Mom!"

There is no way she would return something she has already obtained. She particularly likes every item.

Gu Jinchu wiped her face with a handkerchief and forced a smile, "Since my aunt insists, I will obey your order. In fact, I have the list."

She ignored Zhou's instantly stiff body and turned to look at Li Xianglian and Gu Yan who were kneeling below her. She asked Gu Li who was sitting above her, "Grandmother, what do you think?"

Gu Li: "..."

The words seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, "Chu Jieer will take the people to get it. How can a concubine's daughter be jealous of her elder sister? She has no manners at all!"

Gu Jinchu bowed and saluted to Gu Li. It turned out that his grandmother knew that Gu Yan was jealous.

Then weren't the little actions of her and Aunt Lian all backed by her, the Madam Dowager?

But it doesn’t matter, her original intention was to take back her things and make them give them up willingly!

"Madam, the second master is here."

Hearing the message from the maid outside, Li Xianglian and Gu Yan, who were kneeling on the ground, turned their heads.

The similar little faces of different ages changed through several expressions, finally changing into a gentle, yet pitiful look that seemed to be about to cry.

Gu Huanian came in and went straight to Gu Jinchu, his face full of smiles, having swept away the gloom of yesterday.

"Chu Jie'er, today the emperor has newly appointed a fifth-rank general. I heard that General Qin Lang is from Baodi. Is he related to your father-in-law's family? You often go back to Baodi. Do you have any impression of him?"

Gu Jinchu thought for a moment and said nonchalantly, "Qin Lang? I only remember that my grandparents' servant was called Qin Lang."