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

Tsui Wah Court

Madam Gu Li sat at the head, her face looking grim, and the hairpin on her head swayed a few times with every breath she took.

Mother Chu brought a bowl of soup to her and said carefully, "Madam, anger is harmful to your health. You didn't eat much just now. Drink some hot soup to warm your stomach."

Gu Li opened the tray and saw steam rising from the stew, with sticky rice grains and juice scattered all over the floor.

The ceramic ware hit the carpet with a dull thud, rolled forward, and stopped at the feet of the master Gu Huaqing.

Gu Huaqing was thin, with two goatees, and his lips looked exactly like Gu Li's. The corners of his mouth drooped as he lowered his eyes to look at the leftovers on his shoes.

Gu Jinhui stood behind his father, his high spirits were gone, he frowned and wondered what he was thinking about.

Gu Jinyu hugged her mother's waist and didn't dare to look up. The low pressure in the room made her want to cry but she didn't dare to make any sound.

Aunt Lian and Gu Yan sat next to Gu Li as usual.

Tears were about to fall from Gu Yan's eyes, her little face was pale, she looked at her mother and then at her grandmother pleadingly.

The most indifferent people in the room were Zheng and Gu Jinchu beside her.

The mother and daughter look at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses. They are beautiful, dignified, elegant and generous.

Gu Li, who was flattered and praised during the day, was as happy as she was then, and now she felt as uncomfortable as she was now. She glanced at the people in the room and asked, "Where's the second brother?"

The housekeeper of Zizhu Pavilion was waiting outside the door. She bowed and said, "Madam, the second master is in the front yard seeing his colleagues off."

"Zhang Shun just came over to reply, and it seems that another colleague came to congratulate..."

Hearing the word "congratulations", Gu Li felt her brain twitch and raised her hand to tell her:

"Let the Second Master take the distinguished guest to a restaurant outside for dinner, and then tell him... let him make up any excuse he wants!"

"Yes, ma'am."

As the footsteps outside became lighter and lighter, the main room fell into silence.

Gu Jinchu lowered his head and looked at the carpet under his feet, his eyes deep.

With Gu Yan and Gu Jinyu's vivid description and joint efforts, everyone knew how sumptuous and meaningful Gu Jinhui's farewell banquet before the spring examination was.

She can still recall Gu Jinyu saying in an innocent and romantic tone:

"Grandmother has always been kind to the younger generation, and my brother is her beloved eldest grandson. Today's banquet will definitely be more sumptuous than the farewell banquet!"

Gu Yan was used to speaking one thing to one person and another thing to another. She helped her fifth sister and did not forget to tell everyone that this banquet was organized by her biological mother, Aunt Lian.

Aunt Lian has been with the Dowager since she was a child and is deeply loved by her. She will be promoted to a co-wife in the near future and has already started to take charge of the household affairs.

An extremely ordinary banquet, under the encouragement of the two little girls, made everyone start to look forward to it.

Gu Jinyu seemed to be obsessed with the crab roe soup dumplings that Gu Jinchu mentioned.

The fifth sister didn't know that the production process of crab roe soup dumplings was complicated and it required two plump female crabs to make one soup dumpling.

This was my grandmother making things difficult for my mother. It was her pedantic and selfish mentality, and she used this to prove her status as the lady.

Mrs. Gu Li didn't know that what she thought was delicious and expensive was just an ordinary breakfast in the Zheng family.

Gu Jinhui's eighth place in the imperial examination allowed her to once again stand tall among the Gu family members and enjoy their envious looks.

Every compliment is an affirmation of her efforts over the years.

The most glorious and proud day of her fifty-seven years was completely ruined by the watered-down sake, rotten crabs and palm-sized fish on the table.

When those tribesmen left, their eyes made her feel as if she was back in the time when she knelt in front of their doors, begging them for money to survive.

She looked at Zheng and let out a deep breath. She couldn't even find a reason to vent her anger on her!

Looking at the expressionless eldest daughter-in-law, her voice was like a knife, "Old man, isn't Hui Ge'er your son?"

"You just threw him a banquet like this? How can he hold his head up in front of his classmates?"

These words were truly heartbreaking. Zhou let go of her daughter and stood up. Her anger had subsided and she had become calm.

"Madam."

Zhou married the eldest son of the Gu family. When she married him, the Gu family had not yet completely fallen into decline and had enjoyed a period of good times.

Because her husband's daughter, Qiu Jie'er, was not the eldest grandson her mother-in-law expected, she suffered a lot of setbacks in secret.

I know very well that Gu Li is two-faced and uses hypocrisy to cover up her viciousness.

She hid the expression in her eyes and lowered her head, "The daughter-in-law should bear whatever the mother-in-law said."

"Brother Hui was born after ten months of pregnancy. I am happier than anyone else that he can bring honor to the Gu family. I wish I could give him the best."

"But mother, look, everything Hui Ge'er is wearing was bought by my sister-in-law and Chu Jie'er. At that time, I felt that I was a failure as a mother, and I thought that on the day of the banquet, I must not let my Hui Ge and the Gu family embarrass themselves again..."

"Mother-in-law, do you still remember? It was you who asked me and Aunt Lian to manage the household together. I was responsible for arranging the courtyard and allocating personnel, while Aunt Lian was responsible for shopping and the chores in the kitchen..."

Gu Li: "..."

Gu Li stroked her forehead and waved to the people in the room, "Madam Lian, please stay. You all can go back. Seeing so many people is giving me a headache."

Zheng was the first to stand up when she heard it. Gu Jinchu followed behind his mother and looked up at his uncle and Gu Jinhui opposite him.

The two men had gloomy expressions on their faces, showing their dissatisfaction with the lady's evasive attitude.

Gu Jinchu laughed secretly in his heart, what was there that was hard to understand?

When my mother was in charge of the household in the past, the maids who managed the household affairs were gradually replaced by my mother's dowry.

After Aunt Lian took charge of the household, although she did not touch these people, she placed many of her own people in the family to undermine her mother's power.

The kitchen was the place with the most oil and water in the mansion. All the supplies for the banquet were from Li Xianglian's family, and her family was also the family of the lady dowager.

The Li family, who have suffered for half their lives, have become greedy.

Most of the money from purchasing things was pocketed by himself, and the dishes were sold as inferior ones, ruining a good thing and making the Gu family lose face in front of relatives and friends.

Does Gu Li have to admit her mistake to the first wife and say that it was her family members who had taken advantage of her in the past and ruined such an important occasion for her grandson?

How could a person as proud as she was bear to slap herself in the face?

It must be Aunt Lian who stays behind, and the aunt, niece, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law must find the best solution.

The group came out of Cuihua Courtyard. After the insignificant Third House left quietly, Zhou looked at Zheng with an unclear expression, "No wonder my sister-in-law looks better after she stopped taking care of the family."

Zheng smiled and said softly, "If the eldest sister-in-law thinks that the housekeeper is a hot potato, now is the best time."

As the sun set and the breeze blew away the day's heat, Gu Jinchu just stepped into Sui'an Hall when he was stopped by Gu Yan who came over from behind:

"Gu Jinchu!"