The scumbag ran away from marriage, I remarried on the spot

ancestral hall.

Gu Xuanyi endured the humiliation, and under the supervision of her mother's nanny, she knelt down in front of her ancestors in the ancestral hall and thought about her mistakes.

In all her life, she had never been punished so severely.

In the past, she had conflicts with Gu Xuanling. Her grandmother would punish them both by copying the family rules, and they had never been grounded. Now, not only did they have to copy the family rules, but they were also grounded for half a month and forced to kneel in the ancestral hall for two hours.

This is simply a shame!

Among the grandchildren of the Gu family, she and the third brother were the only ones who were punished in front of their ancestors. But the third brother escaped from marriage and eloped with someone else, so the severity was different.

She didn't run away from her marriage and did something that would bring shame to the family. Her mother was so cruel that she punished her own daughter so severely for the sake of her concubine's niece.

Mammy comforted her: "Miss, don't blame the eldest madam. The eldest madam had no choice, so she punished you."

Gu Xuanyi's expression turned ugly and she said angrily: "Go away, don't sit here and watch my jokes."

Grandma opened her mouth to speak, and finally sighed inaudibly and said: "That slave will leave first. You can think about it carefully here. When two hours are up, I will come back to remind you that I will come back to you after leaving the ancestral hall." They are not allowed to step out of the courtyard for half a month."

Gu Xuanyi said impatiently: "Okay, I understand."

Grandma said no more and left the ancestral hall first.

At this time, Gu Xiuming was irritated by copying the family rules. He walked out of the small room and walked around the ancestral hall. Unexpectedly, he saw the elder sister’s sister kneeling in front of the ancestors and said in surprise: “Elder sister, why are you here? ?”

Gu Xuanyi heard a familiar voice coming from behind her, and her face tightened. It was better now. Her brother, who was confined to the ancestral hall to think about his past, had discovered her, and the news must have spread to other people in the house outside the ancestral hall.

She turned her head and looked, and Gu Xiuming's thin and haggard face came into view. She was stunned. She remembered the third brother as a high-spirited young man. As the eldest son of the Hou family, the third brother always had an indescribable sense of superiority.

Now this sense of superiority is gone, and his whole spirit has changed, becoming haggard and gloomy, like a depressed person.

Out of shame, Gu Xuanyi did not answer his question directly, but asked with concern: "Third brother, are your injuries better?"

Gu Xiuming's face was slightly sluggish, and he pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Thank you for your concern, eldest sister. I'm much better now. Why did you come to the ancestral hall?"

Hearing him ask again, Gu Xuanyi had no choice but to answer lightly: "My second sister and I had a dispute, and she pushed her to the ground. I was unconvinced and wanted to push her back, but my third aunt immediately stopped me and said He gave me a lesson, and I already knew I was wrong."

She said, her tone getting lower and lower: "Later, the second aunt and my mother saw us and learned what happened from the third aunt. Without saying a word, my mother punished me by kneeling in the ancestral hall, copied the family rules twenty times, and grounded me for half a month. .”

Many times, the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional.

When Gu Xuanyi spoke, she actually did not think about shifting the responsibility to Meng Jinyao, and guided Gu Xiuming to point the finger at Meng Jinyao. She was just angry that her mother was cruel. Even if she was asked to copy the house rules fifty times and be grounded for a month, as long as she didn't Just punish her to kneel in the ancestral hall. She is a dignified family and granddaughter, but she is punished to kneel in the ancestral hall. The servants don't know how they will make fun of her. Gu Xuanling, the lowly concubine, is probably gloating in her heart now.

But what Gu Xiuming heard was this: There was a conflict between the two little girls. The eldest sister was pushed down by the second sister and fell, but Meng Jinyao helped to deflect the fight. In the end, the eldest sister was punished alone, but the second sister did nothing. Nothing happened.

A trace of gloom flashed in Gu Xiuming's eyes, and he thought that Meng Jinyao really came from a poor family. Did he help the commoner Xuan Ling to show his superiority? She is indeed a woman with evil thoughts. My father is really blind to marry such a woman.

He was very sympathetic to his eldest cousin's plight, and he felt as if he was a fallen person in the world. He said warmly: "My eldest sister is suffering. I will accompany her here to relieve her boredom. Two hours will pass quickly."

Seeing that her brother didn't ask any more questions, Gu Xuanyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded lightly.

During these days, Gu Xiuming was confined to the ancestral hall. He didn't know what was happening outside recently. The only boy who served him didn't tell him anything, so he asked Gu Xuanyi insinuatingly.

Although Gu Xuanyi was arrogant, domineering, arrogant, and loved to bully her cousin, she was not deep-minded. She did not realize that her cousin was lying, so she told her cousin everything that had happened recently.

After hearing this, Gu Xiuming smiled mockingly and said with a hint of sarcasm: "You really are from a poor family. After marrying my father and becoming a Marquis, you have all the glory and wealth. How can you make such a big fuss just for a dowry?" It’s not embarrassing either.”

Gu Xuanyi didn't dare to answer this. She was already in awe of her third uncle, and today she was scolded by her third aunt. She had automatically classified her third aunt as a scary elder like her third uncle.

-

The sun is setting on the western mountains, and the setting sun shines brightly.

Wei Ruixuan.

Meng Jinyao was lying on the imperial concubine's couch, flipping through a book with one hand, and holding a bamboo skewer with the other to fork the fresh fruits that had been cut into pieces on the fruit plate. She stood up with her feet and swayed slowly, looking leisurely and comfortable.

Gu Jingxi came back early today and saw this scene as soon as he entered the house. Speaking of which, he had not seen his little wife when she was awake for two or three days. He had been very busy these days, leaving early and returning late. When he went out in the morning, the little girl hadn't woken up yet. When he came back in the evening under the stars and the moon, the little girl had already rested.

Hearing the footsteps, Meng Jinyao thought it was a maid coming in, and casually ordered: "I'm thirsty, bring me a glass of water."

Gu Jingxi was slightly startled, then subconsciously walked towards the coffee table, reached out to check the temperature of the teapot, and felt it was warm. The tea inside was not cold yet, so he poured her a cup of tea and brought it over, saying softly: "Madam, the tea is not hot. , you can drink.”

This long-lost voice had not been heard for two or three days. Meng Jinyao's face paused, and she slowly looked sideways, and saw Gu Jingxi standing in front of the imperial concubine's bed holding a cup of tea. She realized who she had just ordered to do something, and she was so busy. He put down the bamboo stick in his hand, sat up, took the teacup with an embarrassed look on his face, and said politely: "Thank you, husband. Why did you come back so early?"

Gu Jingxi replied: "Well, I'm not busy today."

At this time, Xia Zhu came in and reported: "Master Hou, the old lady sent someone to deliver a message, please come over."

Gu Jingxi nodded lightly: "Okay, I understand, you go down first."

Meng Jinyao glanced at Gu Jingxi. The man was moving into the inner room. He probably wanted to change out of his official uniform and put on casual clothes before going to Shouan Hall. Looking at the tall and straight figure, she hesitated for a while, but it was because of his wife's wishes. Duty, politely ask: "Husband, will you come back for dinner tonight?"

Gu Jingxi paused in his steps, turned to look at her, and saw that she was looking at him eagerly, thinking that she probably wanted to have dinner with him, and it was hard to disobey her, so he nodded and said, "I'm back."