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

Dingguo Gongfu.

The sun gradually set, Jiang Nansheng waved the sword in his hand, his posture was agile and nimble, the afterglow of the setting sun cast a layer of light golden light on him, like a god walking out of a scroll.

After performing a set of sword techniques with unstoppable force, sharp sword tip and smooth and flowing style, the man's breathing rhythm did not change, which was enough to show the man's profound skills.

A layer of fine sweat beads hung on the exposed skin, and the man's thin waist and abdomen, as well as the outline of his chest were faintly visible under his clothes.

There was a hint of fierceness on his usually gentle face, and his eyes that could see through people's hearts were as sharp as a knife.

Jiang Nansheng took the sweat towel hanging on the tree branch, wiped the sweat on his forehead and the water marks dripping down his jawline, turned around and said, "Prepare some water."

When he came out again, the man was wearing a sky-blue straight-necked gown, and had regained his gentle and jade-like appearance as a young master from an aristocratic family.

He called the servant next to him and asked him, "Did that maid come to see you again?"

Xuan Lian stood beside Jiang Nansheng and replied, "Fifth Master, Bai Wei, the little maidservant beside Miss Gu San, has not come to see me since the Spring Tea Banquet."

Jiang Nansheng looked at the exquisite accessories in the nanmu box on the table. The jade pendant he wore when he went to the Song family to celebrate his birthday was also lying quietly in the middle. "Who sent these?"

"The man who came is a clerk from the Treasure Pavilion. He said that the nobleman had started to prepare it carefully three months ago and was waiting to give it to you on the fifth master's birthday."

Xuan Lian blurted out that he knew Gu Jinchu was the only eldest lady in Zhenbao Pavilion, and that guy must have been sent by her.

In the past two years, Bai Wei had sent gifts to their master through him many times, and naturally received a lot of rewards. The Fifth Master knew all about it.

The man held a fragrant piece of letter in his white fingertips and rubbed it gently with his thumb.

"Did the fellow mention this letter, or tell you anything to bring to me?"

Xuan Lian thought carefully about the situation that day, and only replied after he was completely sure:

"Fifth Master, the guy only said that this is a birthday present for you, and he didn't mention that there was a letter inside."

"Jiang Nansheng, if you don't come to the Gu family to propose marriage when I reach the age of 15, I will no longer be attracted to you."

Jiang Nansheng frowned slightly as she looked at the words on it. Gu Jinchu once said that she was using his copybook to practice calligraphy, but it seemed that she was not patient enough and her writing skills were not strong enough.

But his mind was not on the words. She was still three months away from coming of age, so why had she changed?

He had Jiang Fei called in and told him, "Didn't the princess ask someone to inquire about the repairs to the manor? Tell her that now is the best time to soak in the hot springs and enjoy the flowers."

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There is a bamboo forest in front of Tingyu Pavilion. It has a unique artistic conception during the rainy season, so it is called Tingyu Pavilion.

The name just sounds grand, but it's just a small courtyard with an entrance.

Li Xianglian lived here with Gu Yan and the maids and servants who served them.

She brought Gu Yan back to Tingyuxuan. The maids and servants who had been kneeling in the yard during the day were gone, and many unfamiliar faces appeared.

Zhou was quick to act. After only being the housekeeper for a few days, she really treated the Gu family as the backyard of her Biluozhai!

Qiu Wen came out of the room and told the new maid to get some water.

"Aunt, the fourth young lady is back. Let's take a hot bath first."

Gu Yan ignored Qiu Wen and walked quickly towards her room. She was just a maid in Ting Yuxuan, who was given the privilege of being a concubine to her father.

Unfortunately, she is a useless girl. Not only is her pregnancy not moving, but she can't even win favor.

There wasn't much change in the room. She went straight to the dressing table by the wall. The multi-compartment dressing box had obvious signs of being turned over, and more than half of it was empty!

Gu Yan clenched her hands so tightly that several deep fingernail marks were left on her palms, which allowed her to control herself from making any sound.

To Gu Jinchu, those things were just a speck of dust in her private vault, but they were almost everything she had.

She came out of her room and looked at the cold waning moon above her head.

Gu Jinchu from Sui'an Hall was also bathing in the bright moonlight, but her yard was twice as big as Tingyuxuan.

"Mother..."

Gu Yan did not sit on the stool brought by the maid. Instead, he took the handkerchief from Qiu Wen's hand and wiped his mother's hair for her.

"I thought those would be my dowry in the future. I was too greedy."

Li Xianglian sighed, looked at her daughter's lost face in the makeup mirror, and said, "After all, it is mother who has dragged down my sister Yan."

She often went to her aunt's house when she was young. She didn't know when it started, or maybe her aunt noticed her feelings for her cousin Gu Huanian.

My aunt said that when she comes of age, she will go to propose marriage on behalf of my cousin, and since they are close relatives, my aunt will definitely treat her well.

But she waited for Zheng to come into the family, and she had no choice at that time but to come to the Gu family alone in a sedan chair and become Gu Huanian's concubine.

Her aunt gave her a new hope, saying that once she gave birth to a baby boy, she would let her cousin raise her as a concubine, so that the child she gave birth to would also be the legitimate son or daughter of the Gu family.

After giving birth to Yan Jie'er, she was childless. As a retribution, Zheng was unable to give birth to any children except Gu Jinchu.

Li Xianglian took her daughter's hand, let her sit on the big kang and hugged her.

He raised his hand to wipe away the tears from his daughter's cheek, with a loving face and a gentle voice:

"My sister Yan is very beautiful, and has been well-read since she was a child. She is as good at needlework as anyone. It's just that your status as a concubine's daughter has humiliated your talent."

Gu Yan looked at her biological mother, tears streaming down her face, "Mother..."

When she was a child, her father once said that he would register her under her stepmother's name. She didn't like Gu Jinchu, but she envied her for having so many beautiful clothes and luxurious jewelry.

After her stepmother rejected her father's proposal, she was secretly happy in her heart, because this way she wouldn't have to be separated from her biological mother, and she didn't want to leave Tingyuxuan.

The older she gets, the more she understands the difference between a legitimate daughter and a concubine's daughter.

This sense of unfairness, and the obvious attitude others showed towards her and Gu Jinchu when they attended the banquet at the Song family, made her realize once again how important one's legitimate or illegitimate birth was.

Now seeing her mother like this, she hated herself in her heart. How could she blame her mother?

Li Xianglian looked at her daughter and smiled faintly, comforting her: "Mother will find a way, I will go find your father soon..."

She found another good solution. If she tried hard, she would still have a chance.

Gu Yan still remembered the angry look on her father's face in Cuihua Courtyard, and she was a little worried: "Are you going now? Without waiting for your father to calm down?"

Li Xianglian glanced at the cold moonlight outside and said in a cold tone, "No, today is the perfect day!"

She once had a lot of leverage and was promoted to a co-wife. It was Zheng who made her lose everything. They owed her...