The mistress of the Hou family worked herself to death, and she did not serve after her rebirth

Gu Tingzhi didn't expect her to answer so straightforwardly. After all, he had offered to help before, but she always looked like she was keeping him at a distance.

He kept staring at her, which made her feel even more uneasy. She always felt like she needed to say something to divert the attention.

"Um, did you come back just because you heard about this?"

After all, it was not his day off yet, but he came back, which was rare.

Even on holidays, he sometimes doesn't come back.

After he took over Gyeonggi, he seemed to be very busy.

"Yes."

He looked at her, his eyes burning.

He wanted to let her know that he cared about them, mother and son. Although he had been doing this recently, he always felt like he was punching cotton.

"Actually, it's not necessary. It's already been solved. Well, if you're busy, you should go back quickly."

She spoke in a hurried tone, and only after she finished did she realize that her words seemed to be a bit of a shoo-away gesture, and this was his yard, so after thinking about it, she hurried on.

"Well, I still need to go out and inspect the shop..."

As she was walking out, she heard his voice behind her, "I'll accompany you?"

She was stunned and paused in disbelief. She subconsciously looked at him, but was burned by the light in his eyes.

Before she could answer, he had already walked up to her.

It seemed that she had no room for refusal.

I had no choice but to go to the shop and inspect it.

She recently opened some new shops, employing experienced craftsmen and artisans as well as some women.

But most of them were divorced women who had nowhere to go and no one to rely on, as well as women from lowly families who had redeemed themselves.

But this is already a big improvement.

After all, in the past, if a woman was divorced and not accepted by her parents, she would have almost no way to survive.

And now, those women can support themselves through their own efforts.

Of course, there was some resistance.

For example, if some people knew that the things in her shop were made by good women, they would feel that they were unclean and would refuse to buy them.

However, she did not tolerate them. She directly asked people to register the names of those who were dissatisfied and refused to buy. From then on, she would not allow these people to enter her shop.

At first these people really made a fuss, but later they found that they were so used to the things in her shop that they could not accept using other things.

And everyone gradually realized that these were just prejudices.

After all, the one who looked down upon women who had turned over a new leaf the most was later convicted and became a slave.

Gradually, more and more women came to work here.

The number of women workers in her workshops even accounted for a quarter of all workers, and the number was even increasing.

For those who had nowhere to go, she also built houses for them. This was called a dormitory, which was what Wen Rong called it in her previous life. She thought it was not bad.

Wherever she went, she was warmly welcomed and everyone praised and showed respect to her.

Gu Tingzhi, who had changed into casual clothes, was tall and had a sword on his waist. He looked more like the bodyguard she hired.

There were also some women gathered together and looked at Gu Tingzhi with a smile.

Pei Jiuniang saw that they were staring at Gu Tingzhi and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

"Boss, your new chief guard is really nice. Is he married?"

An elderly widow asked with a shy smile. She had a daughter who would be of marriageable age in a few years. Although the guard looked a little old, as the saying goes, older people are more caring. The more she looked at Gu Tingzhi, the more she loved him. If she could have such a son-in-law, she would wake up laughing in her dreams.

"I really don't know about this."

Pei Jiuniang glanced at Gu Tingzhi with a smile. She didn't expect that the marquis would be mistaken for her bodyguard. But let's be honest, the marquis did look a lot younger after taking off his armor and court robes and wearing casual clothes.

"Madam, I wonder what this guard's name is, how old he is, and whether he has a house at home?"

Before the old widow finished her words, Gu Tingzhi had already walked over quickly, grabbed Pei Jiuniang's hand and walked out without saying anything, leaving a sentence as he walked, "I'm already married and have a son, and I have no plans to take a concubine."

Having said that, he ignored the surprised looks of the crowd and pulled Pei Jiuniang away.

Pei Jiuniang was stunned.

This was the first time in her two lives that he held her hand in public.

His hands are very big and hot. I wonder if it’s because he is angry?

angry?

Pei Jiuniang thought about it and subconsciously glanced at his tense expression, not understanding why he was angry.

That's it.

He seemed really hard to understand.

In her previous life, she had wanted to understand what he was thinking.

But in the end, I still didn't understand anything.

She always felt like there was something between her and him.

Even when they were closest, she never approached him.

In the past, she really hoped to be able to communicate with him.

But now, she no longer thinks about it.

Just as she was about to pull her hand free, she heard him speak.

"Is it time for Brother Yu to finish school? Let's go pick him up?"

Thinking of Brother Yu, all of Pei Jiuniang's attention was instantly diverted.

When she was in the Imperial College, she would wait for Brother Yu to go home together every day. Today she had no classes in the Imperial College, so she almost forgot.

It's rare that he would actually offer to take the initiative to pick up Brother Yu.

Also.

After Brother Yu went to the Imperial College, they never went together to pick him up.

Although everyone knows that Brother Yu is the eldest son of the Marquis's Mansion, the treatment of those who are favored and those who are not favored is very different after all.

And she vaguely felt that Brother Yu seemed to want him to pick it up.

So he readily agreed.

But she didn't expect that just after arriving at the Imperial College, someone would rush to find Gu Tingzhi, as if there was something urgent. Gu Tingzhi was hesitant, and she took the initiative to say, "If there is something, Liu, go, I will tell him that you have been here."

"Jiu Niang, then, I'm leaving."

There was something in his eyes when he looked at her that she couldn't understand, like reluctance and nostalgia.

An illusion, definitely an illusion.

She shook her head helplessly.