"The empress, the prince, and the two daughters of Prime Minister Gu's family all live in Zhongcui Palace."
The maid on the side reported the news of today's inquiry.
Lu Shizhan was overjoyed when he heard that Gu Shuyan was also here.
"Concubine, Yanyan has also come to the palace. I want to see her."
"Have you really forgotten your mother and concubine now that you have your fiancée? Look, you just kept telling your mother how good she is, but I can't see that."
The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been a difficult problem since ancient times, let alone in the ancient feudal system. The mother-in-law said that if a daughter-in-law dares to disobey orders, she will be slapped with the label of unfilial piety directly on your head.
It doesn't matter if you are insulted by people outside, I am afraid that you will not be able to live in peace at home.
Poor Lu Shizhan has not yet realized that his mother-in-law is jealous. The more he praises Gu Shuyan in front of her, the more his mother-in-law will hate Gu Shuyan.
"Yanyan is afraid that she won't be used to living in the palace. I just want to see her."
Lu Shizhan looked dissatisfied, and Concubine Yang repeated it again.
Seeing this, Concubine Yang did not immediately stop her. Instead, she drank a cup of tea and spoke slowly: "Concubine, I don't want to stop you from seeing her. You two are already engaged. Why do you want to meet only now? She has just entered the house." You are so impatient to visit her, my mother and concubine know that you have no other desire but to care about her, but what will the people outside think, and they will only attribute all the fault to her."
Concubine Yang picked up a handkerchief and wiped her mouth before speaking again: "If this matter reaches your father's ears, what will your father think?"
Faced with Concubine Yang's sincere persuasion, Lu Shizhan calmed down and thought carefully, then looked at Concubine Yang gratefully: "My mother and concubine are still thoughtful. It's not my son. I hope my mother and concubine will understand."
"Silly boy."
Concubine Yang looked at the son she had worked so hard to raise with a smile, and patted his hand, with a hint of dissatisfaction towards Gu Shuyan flashing in her eyes.
On the other side, Gu Shuyan in Zhongcui Palace did not know that she had aroused the dissatisfaction of her future mother-in-law.
Gu Shufei was folding the quilt on the bed out of boredom. She planned to shake it out and take it outside to bask in the sun when the weather was nice.
On the other side, Gu Shuyan, who didn't even want to sit down, was furious when she saw Gu Shufei shaking the quilt while she was minding her own business. She couldn't help but taunted: "Sister, you are indeed a concubine. She really doesn't care about these tasks." If you are familiar with the road, you will find it at your fingertips.”
The clay figurine was also very angry. Gu Shufei, who had never planned to talk to Gu Shuyan, couldn't help it when he heard this.
"Yes, yes, humble concubines sleep on quilts. Noble concubines are a bit special. They sleep standing up at night like the horses in the stable outside."
"you you……"
"You, you, you, what are you? The noble daughter-in-law can't even speak clearly after leaving the maid?"
Seeing the angry Gu Shuyan with smoke coming out of her head, Gu Shufei felt a little better.
"You bitch, you bitch, you motherless concubine!"
Gu Shufei's words made Gu Shuyan so angry that she only cursed a few words back and forth.
"Who are you calling a bitch?"
"I'm calling you a bitch!"
"Oh, you bitch is calling me!" Gu Shufei looked at Gu Shuyan cooperatively.
Only then did Gu Shuyan realize what she had said out of anger.
Gu Shufei ignored Gu Shuyan, who was livid with anger, but smiled and took the gray-blue quilt in her hands outside to dry it in the sun.
When measuring the quilt, she specially broke off a branch from the tree planted by the palace people and hid it behind her back.
She approached the hall with a kind face, and saw that Gu Shuyan, who was gritting her teeth with hatred, was staring at her, not at all the gentle and kind person she usually was.
She asked in person: "Oh, by the way, guess why I don't have a mother? My mother, Mrs. Chu, you have to call me Madam."
"Since you disrespect the deceased so much, then I will educate you on behalf of my mother."
After saying this, Gu Shufei took out the hidden willow branches from behind her back. She had trimmed the branches very cleanly when she was outside.
And based on her skill and hand strength, it would only hurt if she hit her body, but it would not leave any marks. It was a very suitable weapon for educating people like Gu Shuyan.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Shufei hit Gu Shuyan with a wicker stick, and Gu Shuyan's scream echoed even in the empty room.
Then Gu Shuyan seemed to go crazy and wanted to snatch the wicker from Gu Shufei's hand. Gu Shuyan continued to move her hands and cursed: "Your mother died early, what does it have to do with me? I'm not wrong, you are a motherless concubine, why do you do it, why do you beat me!" "
Gu Shufei seemed to have known for a long time that he wanted to snatch the "weapon" in her hand.
She immediately took a step back and turned to the side to avoid Gu Shuyan's attack. She raised the wicker high with her right hand and hit Gu Shuyan on the back with a snap.
Gu Shuyan screamed in pain again.
"Today, I am a concubine without a mother, but I am going to beat you, a legitimate daughter with a mother. Are you worthy of your mother's hard work in sending you to the palace?"
"As the eldest sister, I will give you a good education for my mother today. If you offend me, we can close the door and come and deal with it as a family. But if you offend any noble person in the palace, you won't be able to go back." must."
Gu Shufei deliberately spoke loudly, as if he wanted to tell someone. He knew that even if there was no one around now, if someone wanted to eat at the restaurant. I am afraid that he will not be able to escape the situation in the palace, but if there is a legitimate reason, even if he beats Gu Shuyan until she cries for father and mother today, no one will interfere.
At least on the surface, it seems that the eldest sister is teaching the younger sister at home.
Things were just as she expected, no one was taking care of it. She thought of the Hu family who lived in fine clothes and fine food, and also thought of the Chu family who died young. The wicker waved in his hand became a little more fierce.
It's not like no one in the huge Zhongcui Palace heard the scream, but those who heard it pretended they didn't hear it or just heard it, and simply walked around here.
Don't mind your own business, this is the normal life of the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace. Because only in this way can we ensure to the greatest extent that we can still survive until leaving the palace.
The back entrance of Zhongcui Palace.
An ordinary-looking palace maid quietly slipped out of the back door.
"Your Majesty the Queen has already left the palace and is not heading towards Zhongcui Palace."
"very good."
Listening to the reports from the maids, Concubine Yang sat in front of the bronze mirror and chose her favorite hairpin. She felt a lot more comfortable. At least her son was obedient.
"It's just that it's very noisy over there at Zhongcui Palace. Madam, would you like to..."
The maid reported to Concubine Yang with some hesitation.
"What happened?"
Concubine Yang put a new beaded hairpin on her head nonchalantly.
