Hope for luck

Chapter 122
Gao Pan, who left the Zhongwu Hall, was still very upset in his heart. The attitude of Mrs. Gao really made him feel a bit of chill.

In Gao Pan's view, it was normal for Gao Qiyuan to make things difficult on purpose, and he still thought of Gao Qiyuan like this!

But Mrs. Gao's indifference made Gao Pan feel the difference between being a concubine's grandson. As the saying goes, what works at the top, works at the bottom. Mrs. Gao's attitude is exactly the same as Gao Qiyuan's attitude towards him.

Gao Pan thought to himself, if Mrs. Gao's bowl of water was flat, Gao Qiyuan wouldn't be so ignorant of him.

Thinking all the way, Gao Pan's eyes flickered, and he didn't go back to the east courtyard, but went to a courtyard in the northwest.

This is where the accountant of the Gao family's treasury is located, named Neifangtang, and all the withdrawals of everyone in the backyard come from here.

On weekdays, the housekeeper's eldest wife, Mrs. Ren, naturally sits here and manages the huge Gaofu.

After Gao Pan came here, he saw the servants coming in and out, and they didn't say hello when they saw him. It wasn't until Gao Pan came to the main hall that someone saw Gao Pan coming, and quickly reminded him that he was reading a booklet at the moment. Mrs. Ren.

Hearing that Gao Pan came here, Mrs. Ren was also a little surprised. She raised her head indifferently and glanced at it, and she saw Gao Pan straighten up and stand in the hall.

At first glance, Mrs. Ren gave a secret compliment in her heart, she deserves to be a member of the Gao family, but she also has such a certain appearance.

But when he thinks that Gao Pan is from the fifth house, there is no joy anymore.

"What are you doing here?"

Mrs. Ren continued to look at the brochure and asked indifferently.

Lu Sixuan at the side was very happy, she hurried over to greet him, and ordered someone to serve Gao Pan tea.

Gao Pan bowed his hands politely to Lu Sixuan, and then said to Mrs. Ren:
"Back to Madam, it's already the end of the month. My nephew came to ask if the monthly money has been released? Second, there are three new people in the fifth room. According to the rules, these three people can all receive a sixth-class monthly bill. I don’t know, my nephew came to report to his wife in person, by the way, my uncle rewarded my nephew with a maid yesterday, does this maid count as the fifth householder or the eldest householder?”

As soon as Gao Pan finished speaking, all the maids and servants in the room looked at Gao Pan, quite surprised, and thought to themselves, did the fifth young master lose his mind and go crazy?
Lu Sixuan also looked at Gao Pan with a look of surprise, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes, then she looked at Mrs. Ren at the top, and said in a sweet voice:
"Fifth brother, you just came back, these matters are naturally handled by your wife, why do you need to inquire in person!"

He came to Mrs. Ren again and whispered:
"Ma'am, it must be that the fifth brother just came back and forgot the family rules, so don't take it seriously!"

Mrs. Ren was very sullen in her heart at the moment, after glancing at Lu Sixuan, she glared at Gao Pan and said:

"What? After going out to be an official for a while, you forgot the family rules? Or, once you became an official, your tail went up to the sky? Do you dare to question even me, an elder?"

Mrs. Ren's words are very serious. It can be said that Gao Pan is not treated as a nephew at all.

Gao Pan had already expected it in his heart. He was not surprised, nor timid, nor angry at Mrs. Ren's reaction, and said calmly:
"Where did my wife start talking about this? My nephew just asked a question, so why did it turn into a question? If my nephew said something wrong, I hope my wife can correct me!"

Seeing Gao Pan's ignorance, Mrs. Ren was furious and said with a gloomy face:
"Okay, I can't control you, your uncle can always control you, come here, go and invite the master, just say that Gao Pan is messing around again!"

Seeing this, Lu Sixuan's face changed greatly, and she quickly persuaded:
"Ma'am, Fifth Brother didn't say anything wrong, just let him go this time!"

Mrs. Ren said harshly:
"No one is allowed to intercede for him, otherwise, we will be punished together!"

Hearing this, Lu Sixuan's pretty face turned a little pale, she looked at Gao Pan, and then at Mrs. Ren, not knowing what to do for a while, she just froze in place.

When Gao Pan saw Lu Sixuan like this, he was even more horrified. It seemed that Lu Sixuan cared about him from the bottom of his heart?

As for Mrs. Ren's reaction at this moment, everything was within Gao Pan's expectations. Before entering the inner square hall, Gao Pan had thought about how Mrs. Ren would react.

The reason why he said these words was to test Madam Ren's attitude towards him.

If the previous life was really at her mercy, Mrs. Ren would definitely feel that Gao Pan was questioning her by saying this, and Mrs. Ren would be furious.

If it is true that the family is well-managed, fair and just, Gao Pan feels that Mrs. Ren will calmly reason with him, such as frugal family traditions, not talking about extravagance and so on.

But at this moment, Mrs. Ren was furious, and even sent someone to invite Gao Qiyuan. Gao Pan understood that Mrs. Ren really didn't care about his predecessor at all, and even felt that Gao Pan was an outsider?

But Gao Pan learned from his memory that at present, the five concubines of the Gao family are all living together, and all the expenses are paid by the public.

According to the distribution of each house, there should be four or 50 servants in the five houses.

But besides Lu Rong, there was no other servant beside him, and Gao Pan remembered that such things as monthly money had long since disappeared!

Although he had prepared for a long time, he didn't need the Gao family to give him money, but if he could disgust the long house first, Gao Pan didn't think it was a bad thing!
Soon, Gao Qiyuan was called over, and Mrs. Ren stood up to greet him. At this moment, Gao Qiyuan hadn't had time to go to the yamen to ask questions, but he was told that Gao Pan went to Neifangtang early in the morning to make a scene?
Hearing the news, Gao Qiyuan was furious and hurried over.

"Master, look at your nephew, accusing me, the head of the family, of not being a good family, you have to discipline him well!"

Mrs. Ren said with a full face of grievance.

After hearing this, Gao Qiyuan comforted him, and then said loudly to Gao Pan:

"Gao Pan, what do you want to do? I didn't hit you yesterday, so you don't know where it hurts, do you? This is where you can come?"

Seeing this, Gao Pan replied very calmly:

"Back to Uncle, my nephew just came to ask my wife if the monthly money was released. Both of them also reported to the wife. The fifth room has added three servants. According to the rules of the house, they should all have monthly regulations. But, why did it become my nephew's fault?"

Hearing this, Gao Qiyuan was taken aback for a moment, then he turned his head to look at Mrs. Ren, only to see Mrs. Ren nodded first, then shook her head again.

Having been married for many years, Gao Qiyuan naturally understood what Mrs. Ren meant, but he still felt a little annoyed in his heart, annoyed that Mrs. Ren made a fuss over a molehill.

However, the matter has come to this point, it is impossible for him to scold his wife, so he can only say lightly:
"Even so, the housekeeper of the backyard is your elder, and she will naturally make arrangements for all expenses, so you don't need to ask here!"

(End of this chapter)