Chapter 31: Dilemma
There were also a group of small maids standing at the door, with their heads bowed and looking ready to be sent at any time. Gu deliberately lowered his voice, but he didn't expect that his eldest daughter Ji Qiaohui, who has always been gentle and easy to talk, would also have such an aggressive appearance, and this object was even her own sister Ji Qingliu.
"Miss......" Yuying reached out and quietly tugged at Shen Qiao'an's sleeve, only spitting out these two words in her mouth. Shen Qiaoan gave Yuying a look and asked her not to say much.
Outside the door, Ji Qiaohui and Ji Qingliu were at a stalemate with each other. At this time, anyone can see that something is wrong between them.
Ji Qingliu's eyes narrowed slightly, compared to Ji Qiaohui, the aura on her body could be described as gloomy. Ji Qiaohui's approach is tantamount to slapping her in the face in public.
"Third sister, do you want me to go in with my mother? You must know that this Changning Marquis Mansion is also my home! Ji Qingliu's heart was burning with a raging fire, and at this time, looking at Ji Qiaohui's eyes, he couldn't wait to break her eyes.
Ji Qiaohui's face was calm, her emotions were not revealed at all, and she said: "I think it's really your father and mother who are used to you on weekdays, so that you have the ability to have no one in your eyes now."
"That's enough!" Ji Qiaohui and Ji Qingliu wanted to continue arguing, and Gu's face was almost burned through by fire at this time.
"Do you still have me in your eyes? Hurry up and let me in, and say one more thing, and I'll be punished today! As soon as the words fell, Gu was supported by Jin Yue to walk in from outside the door.
Shen Qiaoan walked out of it with the jade warbler, looking in a hurry, as if he had just arrived.
Shen Qiao'an walked in front of the Gu family, withdrew his hand from Yuying's hand, lowered his body, bowed to Gu Yingying, and said respectfully: "Qiao An has seen the eldest lady. When the eldest lady returned home, it was Qiao An's rudeness, and she came the latest. ”
When Gu saw Shen Qiao'an, a different color flashed in his eyes, "It turned out to be Shen Niangzi." ”
Gu Shi stretched out his hand to help Shen Qiao'an up, smiled softly, and said softly: "A few days ago, I had a lot of things to do in the Jingshun Marquis Mansion, and I couldn't spare time to take care of you, so I asked Qiaohui to come back with you first." Shen Niangzi doesn't want to be surprised. ”
Ji Qingliu had ended a short confrontation with Ji Qiaohui, and as soon as she saw Shen Qiaoan, the emotions in her heart were covered with hatred.
Ji Qingliu walked to Gu's side in a few steps, looked at Shen Qiaoan a few times unruly, saw that she was dressed in plain clothes, sneered, and said in her heart: "It is worthy of being a wild girl in the countryside, and dressing up can only be this appearance that can't be put on the table after all."
Shen Qiao'an watched Ji Qingliu's movements and eyes, but her face was still silent, and she even took the initiative to salute Ji Qingliu, and said obediently: "Qiao'an has seen the fourth sister."
"Hmph." Ji Qingliu deliberately turned the realization aside, not giving Shen Qiaoan face.
On the side, Yuying saw Ji Qingliu's uneducated behavior, and her little face turned white. While being sad for Miss Miss's unpopularity, he also resented Ji Qingliu for acting like this and losing the face of the Marquis of Changning.
Fortunately, she treated her own young lady Shen Qiaoan like this, if she did this to others, I am afraid that in the future, the dignitaries in Yanjing would not want to interact with the Ji family of the Marquis of Changning.
"Alright. Come in with me, when the master comes back in the evening, our family will have a reunion dinner, and I can think about it in my heart after going out for so many days. Gu Shi said lightly, deliberately pretending not to see Ji Qingliu's cold words to Shen Qiaoan.
"Yes." Ji Qiaohui and Ji Qingliu should arrive together. Shen Qiaoan's eyes dimmed a little, and he nodded silently.
After that, Ji Qingliu took Gu's hand and walked into the Changning Marquis Mansion with a mother-daughter relationship.
Ji Qiaohui threw a look at Shen Qiaoan with a little apology, walked to her in a few steps, and the two followed behind Gu and Ji Qingliu, and walked in together.
Although the Changning Hou Mansion is not as spacious and atmospheric as the Jingshun Hou Mansion, it is also divided into several courtyards. Old Marquis Gu is simple by nature, and the decoration style of the entire Changning Marquis Mansion is all in accordance with the cleanest and most generous appearance.
The main courtyard is now the prince of the Marquis of Changning, that is, Ji Huan lives with his wife Gu. Old Marquis Gu is old, and he intends to hand over the family business to Ji Huan to take care of, so he took the initiative to move out of the main courtyard a few years ago.
The main courtyard is the most central location of the entire Changning Hou Mansion, which can lead to various places in the Changning Hou Mansion. The front of the main courtyard is a front hall that is used to receive guests or have meals on weekdays, and family conversations are also here.
There are a total of three rooms in the front hall, the middle is the front hall, and the right side is the largest study room in the Changning Hou Mansion, which Ji Huan uses to deal with official business on weekdays. On the left side is the side hall, and if you are familiar with it, please come to the side hall.
The four corners of the Changning Hou Mansion are several side courtyards, the east courtyard is the residence of the third daughter Ji Qiaohui, the south courtyard is the residence of the fourth daughter Ji Qingliu, and the west courtyard is the Tingfeng Courtyard. Erbeiyuan is the place where the eldest son Ji Huaizhou and the second son Ji Mengyu usually study, and they can read books and practice martial arts.
Directly behind the entire Changning Marquis Mansion is a pond, and on the other side is the residence of Gu Zhong, the second room.
Shen Qiao'an and Gu's mother and daughter walked all the way from the door to the front hall. After a few people sat down, Gu asked Jin Yue to go down and prepare tea to quench their thirst.
Shen Qiaoan sat at the bottom, several doors wide open, and he could see the scenery outside.
Ji Qingliu hadn't forgotten what happened a few days ago, and when he saw Shen Qiao'an at this time, his eyes rolled, and a clever plan came out of his heart.
She took a sip of hot tea, only to feel that most of the tiredness on her body had dissipated, sighed, and then her eyes fell on Shen Qiao'an with bad intentions, and asked, "Sister Shen, how are you okay these days?" My mother and I are not here, and the people in the house didn't bully you, right?"
This speaking voice, coupled with Ji Qingliu's smiling expression at this time, made other people feel a chill in their hearts. Shen Qiao'an was no different, she only paused, and then her eyes fell on Ji Qingliu when she spoke, and said softly: "Thank you Fourth Sister for your concern, the people in the house treat Qiao An very well, and Qiao An can also adapt to it." It's the fourth sister, I don't know if I can still adapt to it in the Jingshun Marquis Mansion these days?"
Shen Qiao'an suddenly laughed softly, and slowly spit out a sentence: "A few days ago, Cousin Gu of the Marquis of Jingshun Mansion told Qiao An that the fourth sister is still young, so she has no worries about doing things, and she has to find a way to help the fourth sister."
Gu glanced at Shen Qiao'an from the top. Shen Qiaoan accepted Gu's eyes, and instead of changing or speaking, he took the initiative to look at Gu at the top and said, "Big lady, do you think Cousin Gu sounds too ruthless?" But ......"
Saying that, Shen Qiao'an instantly showed a look of grievance, and a gleam of water appeared in her dark eyes, "Qiao An shouldn't have told the fourth sister so boldly, and I hope that the eldest lady will punish Qiao An, it's Qiao An who is too talkative." ”
Shen Qiaoan half-bowed his body and made an extremely standard salute.
If these words were in normal times, the Gu family would have torn Shen Qiaoan's mouth a long time ago. But she was still worried about Shen Qiaoan's identity at this time.
Shen Qiaoan was brought back by Ji Huan, although it was said that he adopted Shen Qiaoan, but in addition to Ji Huan, there was also an old marquis Ji above.
Since Shen Qiaoan entered the mansion, she has always only called Uncle Ji Huanji, and she is even more of a big lady. In other words, Shen Qiao'an just borrowed to live in the Changning Hou Mansion, although she is the wife of the prince of the Changning Hou Mansion, but Shen Qiaoan doesn't even call Ji Huan, if she takes the opportunity to punish Shen Qiao'an at this time, when Ji Huan comes back, it will be her who is at fault!
Gu's teeth were secretly grinded, it seems that Ji Qingliu's words are good, if this Shen Qiaoan is not removed, it will be their Ji family who suffers.
Just when Gu was thinking carefully about how to answer, Ji Qingliu was already angry and red, she glared at Shen Qiao'an opposite and behind her, and said angrily: "Sister Shen, what is the relationship between you and your cousin?" Why do you call him cousin when you're not related to him?"
"Sister Shen, do you know that there are women like you on the streets of Yanjing, who are called non-relatives and cousins."
Yanjing Jingcheng is the most chaotic place, a few steps away is the green building Goolan, and most of the people on the street are not good people. If a man passes by outside the green building, those scantily clad women will twist their waists and pull them last time, with explicit words and lowly movements. Therefore, the people who live in the weighed are also the people who are looked down upon by the whole swallow Kyoto.
"Fourth sister!" When Ji Qiaohui heard this, she scolded Ji Qingliu coldly.
Ji Qingliu glared at Ji Qiaohui opposite, and said dissatisfiedly: "Third sister, what do you say I do!" I didn't say that Sister Shen was the lowly Qinglou woman! I'm just admonishing Sister Shen not to call people around. ”
"Besides, who is my cousin? Daddy took Sister Shen into the Marquis of Changning's Mansion, do you still want her to go to the Marquis of Jingshun's Mansion? ”
The whole hall was filled with an air of rivalry. Shen Qiaoan listened, meekly furrowed her eyebrows, looked down with a pair of good-looking eyes, and lowered her head slightly, "What the fourth sister said is true." ”
Shen Qiaoan smiled: "It's just that those women are rude and rude, and they are surprisingly similar to the fourth sister when they speak."
Shen Qiaoan did not fall behind, and in just one sentence, he sarcastically replied to Ji Qingliu's extremely insulting words just now.
Gu Shi above sat silently, and the few people present couldn't see what she was thinking.
"Alright." After half a ring, Gu Shi spoke.
"I have just returned today, and I am tired. Then you go back to each other, and do whatever you have to do, and don't lose face by arguing in front of these maids. ”
"Mother!" Ji Qingliu glared at Shen Qiao'an dissatisfiedly, and when he heard Gu solve the problem like this, he immediately became unconvinced.
"Let's all go back." Gu sighed softly and waved his hand at the few of them.
"My daughter quit." Ji Qiaohui didn't care about Ji Qingliu, and took the lead in saluting the Gu family and took Bizhu to leave the hall.
Shen Qiao'an saw Ji Qiaohui leaving, and glanced at the jade warbler behind him, "Qiao An retires, and asks the eldest lady to rest." After that, he followed behind Ji Qiaohui and the two went out together.