"Ms. Zhou! What's the matter with you? You can't even tolerate an orphan girl?" Gu Taoxing returned to the main courtyard angrily, found Mrs. Zhou who was reading the account book, and asked.
Zhou became angry with herself as soon as she saw him come in, and said such an inexplicable thing, which made her feel very confused: "Master, what are you talking about? Why do you say I can't tolerate an orphan girl?"
"Are you still pretending? Let me ask you, what do you think when you deliberately let your servants treat the only child left behind by the third brother? A little girl without a father and mother, and you even care about her? You are so small-minded, How did you become the princess's wife?" Gu Taoxing said impatiently.
Zhou immediately understood what her husband meant. She had a look of disbelief on her face and retorted angrily and sadly: "Master, I didn't let my servants treat Third Girl so slowly! This is a slander against me... I have always This girl at Shi Chu is the same as Shi Yao. They all treat her equally in terms of daily routine, clothes and jewelry for each season. How can you accuse me of being indifferent to her?"
"Mr. Zhou, do I know what kind of person you are? On the surface, you treat everyone equally, but in fact, there are many ways to use tricks. Why don't you three girls even have bright clothes on weekdays? The jewelry is only familiar. How many things should we take in turns? Huh!" Gu Taoxing looked at Mr. Zhou sarcastically.
He knew very clearly the nature of his wife, whom he had been married to for nearly twenty years. When externally speaking, she was indeed a dignified, generous, skillful, well-rounded, and lady-like lady of the country. She had been very competent in her role over the years. But only those who have personally experienced her methods will know that she is a pretentious person.
The kindness and generosity on the surface are all pretended, but in private he has no shortage of means. Otherwise, why would he never have a son from a concubine and only have two daughters from a concubine? Isn't this something Zhou controlled specifically?
Those concubines who were pregnant with male fetuses either miscarried or died during childbirth. After a long time, Gu Taoxing still couldn't figure it out? He just turned a blind eye to what she did because of the strength of Zhou's natal family and the fact that they had two outstanding legitimate sons and could take care of the house fairly well.
But now, she deliberately allowed her subordinates to mistreat the only child in the third room, and the child found a lot of evidence and openly complained to him, so he could no longer pretend not to see it.
When his niece took the evidence and showed him one by one the various harsh treatments he had experienced over the years, he didn't know how embarrassed he was. He only felt that his face was burning, and he only complained that Mr. Zhou was incompetent in doing things. It should be done simply and neatly, but these evidences should be left for ancient times to discover.
Yes, Gu Taoxing was not angry because his wife treated his niece harshly. He was only angry that Zhou did not do it right and did not fully understand the evidence.
In fact, he didn't care about this niece at all. After all, she was just his concubine's daughter. He didn't even like his concubine back then, so how could he like his concubine's daughter? If it weren't for the reputation of the Duke's Mansion, he wouldn't want to keep this idiot at all.
Now this bastard will file a complaint against him. What is hateful is that in order to prevent his political opponents from finding an excuse to criticize him, he really has to treat this poor niece well. Otherwise, if it is revealed that he mistreated the orphan girl, others will What do you think of him? Is it so callous to say that he treated his brother's only daughter harshly?
"In short, I don't care what you think in your heart, but you have to pretend to be nice to San Yatou. Those slaves who are bold enough to bully the master should be sold out! Although I don't like San Yatou, but she is The master of the house, but even a mere servant dares to ride on her head. If others find out, they won't call her coward, they will only call me cold and heartless!" Gu Taoxing said coldly to Mrs. Zhou.
Zhou was so angry that she gritted her teeth and wanted to defend her innocence: "Master, I really don't know what happened! Did the servants bully that girl at Shichu? I will punish them severely..."
"Stop pretending." Gu Tao Competing really doesn't matter! If you have the energy, you might as well let your two sons see each other for a suitable girl."
Mrs. Zhou knew that her husband was determined that she was treating her niece poorly, and it was useless to argue, so she had to endure the anger and said, "Master, I understand."
Gu Tao Let the girl build a small kitchen in her yard. If there is nothing important in the future, she will be responsible for the food in the yard by herself. You just need to give her her share of food and firewood every month."
"What? That's not okay. She's just a little girl. How can she know how to manage her own yard? Isn't this nonsense? And after setting her as an example, what if the second bedroom also follows the same example?" As soon as Mrs. Zhou heard what he said , immediately disagreed.
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Zhou choked and felt extremely aggrieved. She was even more resentful towards Gu Shichu, but now that Gu Taoxing had made it clear that she would not be allowed to do anything that would be criticized again, she had to put up with it for the time being.
So soon, several servants in the kitchen were sold, and a small but well-equipped kitchen was built in the ancient courtyard.
Zhixia was so happy that she watched the craftsmen working all day long and gave them pointers from time to time. Gu Shichu also followed her.
In the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, Gu Shi Yao had a slightly red face. Looking at Tang Buqing, who was as pale as a pine but with a back as straight as a pine tree, he said softly: "Young Master Tang really doesn't have to be so outspoken. It's okay for a little girl to meet the Young Master." Due to fate, it was just a matter of a few steps to send you back to Wanfo Temple after you passed out on the road. It’s just that the young master’s health seems to be not very good and he is too thin. If the young master wants to participate in the Spring Festival, he will have to take good care of himself..."
Tang Buqing didn't wake up until this morning. As soon as he woke up, he saw a charming and strange young lady waiting in front of his bed. He was also startled, thinking that it was the mountain spirit in the storybook who turned into a girl to seduce him. To seduce him, after all, he just came to the capital and didn't know any women at all. In ancient times, Yao was gorgeously dressed and rich, and it seemed that she was not someone of his level. It would be strange if he didn't want to be wrong.
But soon the suspicion in his heart was dispelled when he discovered that Gu Shiyao had woken up. When he learned that he had fainted on the road yesterday and it was this kind-hearted young lady who saved him, he immediately felt grateful to Gu Shiyao. She was still very guilty of having doubted her just now.
