Nanshan Hall.
Princess Huaiyang squinted her eyes and gritted her teeth with hatred after hearing what her confidant Mother Zhang said about Meng Yunshang's tea ceremony.
"Gu Nan clearly knows that Heng'er was chased by vicious dogs when she was a child, and is most afraid of cats and dogs, yet she still keeps dogs in the yard. What kind of worries does she have?"
Zhang's mother said: "Who says it's not the case? I asked someone about it and found out that the dog was picked up by the Crown Prince's wife on the way back from the Yamen yesterday."
Speaking of what happened at the Yamen yesterday, Princess Huaiyang felt even more unhappy.
"The Gu family comes from a merchant family, so her eyesight is a bit shallow after all. If she had protected Heng'er in court yesterday, our Marquis Mansion wouldn't have been so embarrassed.
Today she let the dog bite Heng'er. I think she was jealous that Heng'er accepted Meng's family.
Heng'er is really wronged by being so jealous and unworthy, if it weren't for the Gu family fortune..."
Princess Huaiyang paused and stopped talking in time.
At the moment, the Hou Mansion couldn't live without Gu Nan, so she turned to scold Meng Yunshang.
"Meng, this idiot, Rui Ge'er hasn't come in yet. She doesn't try to curry favor with Gu Nan, but instead seeks bad luck. It's really stupid."
Before he finished speaking, a servant's voice sounded outside.
"The Crown Prince's wife is here."
Princess Huaiyang frowned and sat up straight.
Gu Nan walked in with red eyes, knelt down and saluted, then sat down without saying a word, tears falling down.
Princess Huaiyang had a flash of displeasure in her eyes, but she couldn't pretend not to see it, so she had to grit her teeth and put on a loving face.
"What do you mean? I'm crying like this."
Gu Nan squeezed the corners of his eyes and said, "My mother-in-law originally said that she wanted to welcome her old friend's daughter into the house and become a wife, so I agreed without saying a word.
Who would have thought that the Crown Prince and the Meng family would have been secretly communicating with each other for a long time, and they would make such a fuss in the court, which I accepted.
At first, my mother-in-law repeatedly promised that Meng would not pose any threat to me if she came in. But this morning, Meng framed me as my mistress.
The prince was deceived by Meng and was also dissatisfied with me. How could I live on like this? "
Princess Huaiyang looked furious.
"Is this happening?"
Gu Nan felt cold in her heart, knowing that Princess Huaiyang was pretending to be confused.
"I came here just to ask my mother-in-law, do the family rules of our Wenchang Hou Mansion allow concubines to provoke and frame the mistress?"
"Of course not." Princess Huaiyang frowned and told Mother Zhang.
"Meng made no distinction between superiority and inferiority, and punished her by kneeling in the courtyard for two hours, and then copied the female commandments ten times."
Mother Zhang went to deliver the message.
Princess Huaiyang comforted Gu Nan with a warm voice.
"Good boy, I have already punished Meng, so don't worry about it."
After a pause, he finally couldn't hold it back and said: "Besides, the dog you raised almost bit Heng'er. He is the most important person in our Hou family. The future prosperity of the Hou family depends on Heng'er.
If you were bitten by a dog, wouldn't you be called a bad wife? "
Gu Nan lowered his eyes to hide the sneer in his eyes, and whispered softly:
"The dog likes the prince and is chasing him for fun. I have specially trained him. Even though he barks fiercely, dogs that can bark will not bite.
What I was most afraid of was the silent and barking dog. It looked like a harmless animal, but when it bit people, it was very ferocious.
Mother-in-law, do you think this is true? "
The princess of Huaiyang had a stern look on her face. She always felt that there was something in Gu Nan's words, but she couldn't appreciate it for a while.
"Meng Shi has been punished, and Heng'er was almost injured. Let's end this matter."
Gu Nan sighed, "My mother-in-law said so, so naturally I don't dare to care about it anymore."
The words changed, and then he added: "It's just that I feel very uncomfortable, and I want to find a place to be quiet for a few days.
I want to review how many days I will stay at home and ask my mother-in-law for permission. "
Princess Huaiyang frowned.
She didn't like letting Gu Nan go back to her parents' home, especially after the steward of the Hou Mansion took over the Gu family's business, so she only let Gu Nan go back during the New Year.
On second thought, Gu Nan had just been wronged. If she insisted on not allowing her to return to her parents' home, it would appear that she was an unkind mother-in-law.
Rolling her eyes, she remembered something and put a smile on her face again.
"Okay, you can go home and stay for two days to relax and stay with your mother. I will ask Heng'er to pick you up in two days."
Gu Nan bowed and said, "Thank you very much, mother-in-law."
After achieving her goal, she didn't stay any longer and turned around to leave Nanshan Hall.
As soon as she left with her front legs, Xie Heng came with her back legs.
He came to plead for Meng Yunshang.
"Yun Shang just came in yesterday, and her mother made her kneel in the yard for two hours today. How will this make the servants look at her?
After all, she is Rui Geer's biological mother. Doesn't being so shameless make the servants despise Rui Geer? "
Princess Huaiyang hesitated when she mentioned her beloved grandson.
"Gu Nan will go back to her parents' house soon. It's okay to kneel down as a punishment, but the female commandments must be copied and she must know the rules of the Hou family."
Xie Heng breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he knelt down without punishment.
Yun Shang deliberately poured tea on her to frame Gu Nan today. She really deserves to be taught a lesson.
He asked about Gu Nan's return to her parents' home, "How could mother allow Gu to return to her parents' home, what if..."
Princess Huaiyang waved her hand, "The second and third brothers of the Gu family have already turned against Gu Nan, and the eldest brother only has her widowed mother and sister-in-law left, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
On the contrary, we can take advantage of her return to her parents' home to discuss an arrangement and bring Rui Geer into the house as soon as possible.
Now that Meng has entered the house, there are only a few maids and women left in Jifu Lane to serve Brother Rui. I'm really worried. "
"Just leave this matter to your son to arrange it. Don't worry, mother, your son already has an idea in mind."
Princess Huaiyang: "After Brother Rui took him in, he tried to find a way to let Gu Nan raise him.
As long as Gu Nan has feelings for Rui Er, there is no fear that she will not agree to pass all the Gu family's property to Rui Er. "
Xie Heng nodded, this was also their original plan.
"Don't worry, mother, although Mrs. Gu has been a little noisy recently, she is stupid and easy to coax.
Let's be patient, Gu's business will be ours sooner or later. "
Princess Huaiyang sighed.
"If your father hadn't failed to live up to his expectations, our Marquis Mansion wouldn't have been in such a state of decline.
Forget it, when Brother Rui enters the house and your errand is settled, I will find a way to beg the Queen Mother to let you take the title, and I will have nothing to worry about. "
Speaking of his errand, Xie Heng's eyes lit up slightly.
"Did Madam Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs reply to mother's letter?"
Princess Huaiyang had a smile on her face.
"You passed the examination three years ago. If the Marquis had not died suddenly, you wouldn't have been unable to enter the court for three years.
Mrs. Qian'er, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, wrote back and said that the Minister had already nodded, and you should be inseparable from joining the Ministry of Personnel. "
Xie Heng stood up excitedly.
The assessment, appointment, dismissal and transfer of officials in charge of the Ministry of Personnel is really a mess.
"Thank you, mother, for worrying about your son."
Princess Huaiyang pulled him to sit down and said with a smile: "There will be news in the next two days. I will ask the sewing room to make two new clothes for you."
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Prince Jing's Mansion.
Ping Anxing hurriedly approached Xiao Yan.
"Your Highness, the new gossip released by Wenchang Hou Mansion focuses on a hot topic."
"Prince Xie was chased all over the yard by a dog, even Xin Na's beautiful concubine was thrown away."
Xiao Yan was dressed in black clothes and was practicing his sword in the yard.
Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at Ping An, looking slightly dissatisfied.
"Just running around the yard? Didn't you bite him?"
It seems that girl is not good at training dogs.
Ping An twitched the corner of his mouth and asked tentatively: "How about Your Highness help train the dog?"
