After this short confrontation, Mrs. Xu knew that Mrs. Wu was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Even if she is unwilling, with her current ability, she can't compete with Mrs. Wu at all. Especially since she is still a newcomer in the circle of official wives, it is even more inappropriate to have a bad relationship with Mrs. Wu at this time.

"This is the Songhua cake of Sanliupu, everyone try it!"

Mrs. Guo is a person who is very good at adjusting the atmosphere, and when she saw her subordinates deliver pastries, she took the opportunity to divert her attention.

After a while, the flower hall presented a harmonious atmosphere, and everyone chatted about various gossip in the capital with laughter and laughter. Maybe it's boredom, or maybe it's "smelling like", and a few people chatted with relish.

Wu Qiuyu was quietly eating Songhua cake on the side, she had never been a gossip person, but she still worked hard to play a qualified listener on the side.

It began with an official taking in another concubine's room, and soon it was said that Lord Sparn, the Imperial Emperor of the Left Capital, was going to return to his hometown.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was rare for the father to be a high-ranking official and the son to be a jinshi. Like Yan Song and Xu Jie, their sons basically follow the path of officials, but it is difficult to win the Jinshi seat in the imperial examination.

It's just that Pan Yunduan, the son of Zuodu Yushi Paan, won a place as a tribute in this year's examination, resulting in the phenomenon that the father and son are about to become officials in the same dynasty.

At the moment, news came out that this high-ranking feudal lord chose to dismiss the official position of the imperial history of Zuodu in order to avoid suspicion, so as to seek an opportunity for his son to stay in Beijing.

"You only know one thing but you don't know the other, and there is another mystery in this matter!" Mrs. Xu took a sip of tea and said incomprehensibly.

As soon as this remark came out, it attracted everyone's attention.

Mrs. Xu said with some pride: "Paine is over sixty years old this year, and his son has only taken the third-class jinshi exam, and according to the regulations, he must be released or waited. But at the moment, he chose to return to his hometown, but he was able to help his son get a place as the head of the six departments, and this deal was a good deal! ”

Wu Qiuyu listened on the side, frowning slightly. Although she felt that this inference was not right, and should not speculate so maliciously about Master Pan, she was not easy to refute.

While speaking, it was already noon.

Mrs. Guo didn't want everyone to stay in the flower hall all the time, so she took the initiative to invite: "The chrysanthemum in my backyard has already bloomed, why don't we go to the backyard to have a look?" ”

"Very good!" Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Xu immediately replied.

Mrs. Wu had an idea, and suddenly proposed: "Mrs. Guo, then I don't bother you to lead the way, I can take the two of them to the courtyard for a walk!" Qiu Yu, you are here to talk to Mrs. Guo! ”

Hearing Mrs. Wu say this, Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Xu glanced at each other, immediately guessed something, and then looked at Mrs. Guo quietly.

Mrs. Guo hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said, "Then there is Mrs. Lao Wu!" ”

Mrs. Wu took Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Xu away, and before leaving, she gave the woman an encouraging look. After all, she can't stay with her daughter forever, and she needs her daughter to be able to face things independently.

Wu Qiuyu comprehended and threw a grateful look at his mother.

It's just that they didn't seem to notice that before leaving, Mrs. Xu gave her personal maid a look, and the personal maid didn't follow, but quietly hid in the side hall next to her.

After the three of them left, only the two of them were left in the flower hall, and they finally had a chance to be alone.

When Wu Qiuyu came, her mother told her that Guo Pu and his wife had a very good relationship, so even if Mrs. Guo didn't know who the new Shuntian Mansion Yin was, she would be able to ask the answer from Guo Pu's mouth.

She was about to speak, but Mrs. Guo raised her hand to stop her, as if she knew something.

Mrs. Guo gave the personal maid a look, and then looked at Wu Qiuyu and asked, "You came here with your mother, you have something to ask me for help, right?" ”

"Yes!" Wu Qiuyu nodded seriously. She knew that today was so abrupt, and her mother deliberately created an opportunity for them to be alone, and this matter must have been seen through at a glance.

Mrs. Guo picked up the teacup and said lightly: "Your father-in-law asked you to come, right?" ”

"Sort of!" Wu Qiuyu hesitated, but did not explain, but replied vaguely. Although she proposed it, now that the husband and wife are connected, it doesn't matter if the husband asks her to come over.

Mrs. Guo took a sip of tea, put the teacup on the table next to her, raised her face and said seriously: "I can do you a favor for your mother's sake, but you have to pour tea for your father-in-law and admit my mistake!" ”

"Why is that?" Wu Qiuyu was overjoyed at first, but then asked slightly angrily.

Mrs. Guo snorted coldly, and immediately said the reason: "Why are you still asking me?" Didn't you forget about your impeachment so quickly? Lin Haoran's impeachment of Guo Pu has already spread throughout the capital, and it has also had a great impact on Guo Pu. In particular, "dereliction of duty in the country, unbearable for this responsibility, begging for receptiveness, and clearing the road", Guo Pu's reputation fell a lot.

Mrs. Guo and Guo Pu are a husband and wife who are "in the same breath", facing Lin Haoran's past sparseness and facing the "evil deeds" committed by Lin Haoran, she has already held back her evil breath.

Now, Wu Qiuyu begged to come to the door, and she still asked her, so she naturally had to calculate this old account and eliminate this evil breath.

"Guangdong is the hard work of my father-in-law, and it is the result of his hard work in the past few years. But Lord Guo wants to help the Yan family, ignore the situation in Guangdong, and ignore my family's father-in-law, my family's father-in-law is not at fault! Wu Qiuyu didn't expect her to turn over this old account, but she responded with confidence.

She naturally knew that Xianggong's dismissal had a very adverse impact on Guo Pu, but she also paid attention to this matter, knowing that Guo Pu turned her Xianggong away, and she didn't even see her.

Guo Pu chose to collude with the Yan family's father and son, and wanted to arrange Yan Party personnel to serve in important positions in Guangdong, so as to completely control Guangdong, without taking into account her feelings at all.

It was also because she had the courage to directly stab the matter to the saint, which made things turn around. If it weren't for her father-in-law's trouble, Guangdong would have been sent to Yan Mansion by Guo Pu.

It's just that at the moment, Mrs. Guo still has the face to mention this matter, and blames the fault of the matter on her father-in-law, no wonder Hu Niu said that the people in Guo's mansion are not good people.

Mrs. Guo has her position, and naturally she has her attitude towards the incident, so she has always thought that Lin Haoran is very wrong. Faced with Wu Qiuyu's response, she immediately pulled down her face and asked, "Do you think you are not wrong?" ”

"Yes!" Wu Qiuyu felt a surge of courage in her heart, and replied very firmly in the face of her gaze.

Mrs. Guo narrowed her eyes, pointed to the tea cup that was brought up by Yahuan, and asked seriously: "Then this cup of tea for sin, don't you want to pay tribute to you?" ”

"Disrespectful!" Wu Qiuyu glanced at the cup of tea and replied categorically.

Mrs. Guo was deeply surprised by Wu Qiuyu's change, and said threateningly: "Don't you forget what you are here for today, don't you want Mrs. Ben to help you?" ”