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

Li watched the whole process without any intention of intervening or obstructing it. There was even a hint of pride in his eyes, as if he was used to it and was looking forward to it.

Pei Jiuniang was so angry that she kicked the little fat boy out the moment he swooped down towards her.

The little fat boy fell on his butt, tilted his head back, and rolled over, wailing dirty words.

"She hit me, hit me, ouch, it hurts, grandma, hit her to death, hit her to death, if you don't hit her to death, I will die."

Mrs. Li was also going crazy. She anxiously tried to pull up her precious grandson, while jumping up and down and spitting at Pei Jiuniang.

"You are such a good girl, Pei Jiuniang. I spoke well of you in front of your mother-in-law, but you turned your kindness against me and abused my grandson. Oh, you are the only child in our family. I will never let you go."

Li yelled for a while, pulled up the fat grandson Jin who was wailing about the pain in his butt, and turned around and went back to the marquis's mansion.

There is no need to guess, you can tell that he went to Liu to complain.

Unlike Pei Jiuniang who was calm and indifferent, Caifeng and Cuiping beside her were a little anxious, and even Brother Yu secretly pulled her hand.

"It's okay. Didn't my mother promise you that she wouldn't let anyone bully you?"

Pei Jiuniang picked up Yu Ge and went straight to her main courtyard.

Cuiping and Caifeng on the side advised her whether she should go to Liu to apologize, but she pretended not to hear them.

She had been suspicious when she saw the things in Li's hand before. When she returned to the yard, she saw the mother-in-law and servants serving Gu Xijue and Gu Yuzhi holding the things she had bought for Brother Yu and herself before, and she couldn't help herself.

"Where did this come from?"

Perhaps it was because her face looked too scary that the maid and servant who were moving things into the inner room were startled and stammered, not daring to speak.

It was Gu Yuzhi who came over, bowed to her with a smile, and said sweetly, "Didn't Madam buy it for us? Grandmother said it was the Madam's duty to buy it for us, so she asked someone to send it back to us. Thank you Madam, I like it very much."

Gu Yuzhi kept smiling throughout the whole process, as if she couldn't see the indifference on Pei Jiuniang's face.

"Who said I bought it for you?"

Pei Jiuniang had a sneer on her lips. In her previous life, she was thin-skinned and would suffer in silence if she tried to seize the treasure in such a situation. But after experiencing life and death, she has completely figured it out. Sometimes your kindness may not be appreciated. In this case, there is no need for her to pay for other people's shamelessness.

"Ah? Husband, madam, what does this mean?"

Gu Yuzhi was still a little girl after all. When she was slapped in the face in public, her face turned red all of a sudden. She lowered her head in embarrassment, and it seemed like she was about to cry at any moment.

"What do you mean? I asked you to return it." Pei Jiuniang pretended not to notice her grievance and sobbing, raised her hand and waved at Caifeng and Cuiping, "Give me all the things back.

After a pause, he continued, "Go find the store that delivered the goods and ask them where the goods were sent. Ask them to bring them to me according to the order."

After the words were spoken, Caifeng and Cuiping were stunned and did not move for a long time.

It was only when Pei Jiuniang urged them with a cold frown that they spoke with stiff faces.

"Ma'am, do you really want to do this?"

"I spent the money and picked it for myself. How come I didn't receive it? Shouldn't I ask? Go ahead and ask. If anything goes wrong, I'll take the responsibility."

Pei Jiuniang spoke with great force.

Although Caifeng Cuiping still had doubts in her heart, she did not dare to say anything more.

Gu Yuzhi and Gu Xijue watched helplessly as their possessions were taken away. Gu Xijue looked very bad, but he just stood there with his fists clenched. Gu Yuzhi could no longer hold back her tears and went to find Liu.

Liu had just sent Li away and was about to go to bed when Li came back crying, holding her eldest grandson. She started swearing and crying as soon as she came, which made Liu very annoyed. But Li had the evidence of her past deeds in her hand, so over the years, no matter how much she disliked Li, she could only perfunctorily deal with her and watched her come to her house again and again with a shameless face to ask for money.

"Sister-in-law, you have to make the decision for us. Kai'er is our only child. If anything happens to him, I will die. It's just a piece of clothing. My Kai'er just wanted to see it, but Pei Jiuniang came up and beat him up. She kicked my Kai'er so far away."

Li originally gestured with his hand across half of the room, then realized that it was inappropriate and quickly changed it, but Liu obviously still didn't believe it.

She didn't even believe that Pei Jiuniang would do it.

Seeing that Liu was indifferent, Li became anxious and wanted someone to testify for him.

At this time, Gu Yuzhi and Gu Xijue ran in. As soon as Gu Yuzhi came in, she started crying, as if she had suffered a great injustice, which made Liu very distressed.

When Li saw that Liu only cared about these two little bastards, she was furious. She didn't like these two children in the first place, and even felt that the life stories of these two children could not be as simple as Liu said.

She knew exactly who Liu was. How could she be so devoted to the children of the two clans?!

But just when she was racking her brains to get Liu's attention back, she heard the little bitch Gu Yuzhi mention Pei Jiuniang.

"Madam doesn't like us. When she saw us holding the things given by our grandmother, she took them away without saying a word and said that we were not worthy..."

"What? Did she really say that?"

Liu slammed the table, shaking with anger, and immediately asked someone to call Pei Jiuniang to question her.

At this moment, someone around him hurried in to report.

"Madam, the person who came to deliver the things just now has come back and said that he delivered the wrong things and wants to take all the things back."

"what?!"

Liu's face turned pale and she almost fell off the chair. Especially when she saw the gloating look in Li's eyes, she became even more angry.

"If he said he sent it to the wrong place, then he sent it to the wrong place. Is it so easy to get into the Marquis's Mansion? Here, give it to me..."

"Forget it. Let's just let them see a joke. Let them calculate how much silver it is and go to Pei Jiuniang to get the silver. Note which shops they are from and don't have any dealings with them anymore."

After all, Liu had been the mistress of a marquisate for decades, and she still knew how to maintain the reputation of the marquisate at critical moments.

"They refused to leave. They said these things were for the Marquis' Mansion. It's true, but they were for the Marquis's mistress. It was their first time here, and they didn't know where the mistress's courtyard was. They just sent them to you without knowing what was going on."

"It's not a big deal, just send him away."

Hearing this, Liu breathed a sigh of relief and raised her hand to have the man sent away.

But the messenger just stood there with an embarrassed look on his face.

"how?"

"Old lady..."

"laugh……"

Li understood what was going on, and seeing Liu still acting so arrogantly, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Sister-in-law, why don't you understand? They just want to take the things away and send them to the courtyard of Pei Jiuniang, the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion."

"Did Pei Jiuniang order you to come?!"

Liu's face suddenly froze, and she gasped in anger. She glared at Li fiercely with her cloudy eyes and scolded the people around her harshly.

"Go, invite the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion to come to me? I have to ask her if she still respects me as her mother-in-law!!"

The more Liu thought about it, the angrier she became. Similar things had happened before, and everyone in the mansion knew about it. Whenever there was something good, she had to be the first to pick it out. Even if it was not for her, she had to review it, lest the mansion be squandered by others without her knowing.

Pei Jiuniang has been doing a good job over the years, and she doesn't think she has the courage to go against her mother-in-law.

But when she thought about the last time Pei Jiuniang openly disobeyed her, she became unsure.

In any case, she felt it necessary to call Pei Jiuniang over and give her a good beating.

She must know who has the final say in this Marquisate.

As she spoke, Liu winked at the people around her, and immediately someone prepared Buddhist scriptures or something like that.

The most common punishment for disobedient daughters-in-law was to make them copy Buddhist scriptures or kneel in the ancestral hall.

Although Li did not see Pei Jiuniang being punished with her own eyes, she knew Liu's methods of torturing people, so she let out the anger in her heart. She also got some promises from Liu, so she left with her eldest grandson Kai'er.

As she walked, she couldn't stop laughing.

"I didn't expect that Pei Jiuniang, that gigolo, would dare to resist Liu. You didn't see that Liu's face turned green. For so many years, every time I came, I had to look at her face. Now it's my turn to laugh at her.

I think it was probably Liu who took the initiative to adopt the two children and insisted on registering them under Pei Jiuniang's name, which made Pei Jiuniang dissatisfied.

But Pei Jiuniang really surprised me. She actually sent someone to ask Liu for something. You didn’t see Liu’s expression. Oh, it’s funny when I think about it.”

Li was walking and laughing, but when she looked up, she saw a face that was familiar yet unfamiliar. She was stunned for a long time, and finally it was the people around her who reminded her.

"It's the Marquis, the Marquis is back?!"

"Oh my, it's really Tingzhi, Tingzhi, you're back alive, oh my..."

Gu Tingzhi traveled day and night and it took him half a month to return to the capital. After reporting to the palace, he went straight back to the Marquis' Mansion.

Looking at the Marquis' Mansion after several years' absence, he felt a lot of emotions in his heart. He was still hesitating whether to pay respects to his mother first, or to see his wife and children whom he hadn't seen for many years. Unexpectedly, he heard what his aunt Li had just said.

Pei always mentioned in her letters that she honored his mother on his behalf? Is this how she honored her mother?!

"Aunt, what you just said..."

"I, what did I say? Hey, Tingzhi, you, don't worry, it's nothing..."

Li is not stupid. It is true that she has always tried to please Liu, but in the final analysis, Pei Jiuniang has the final say in the Marquis' Mansion.

Besides, Pei Jiuniang's brother Yu looks like a fool. I heard that Pei Jiuniang is weak and most likely unable to give birth again.

As long as her Kai'er was adopted, he would be the candidate for the crown prince. Now a pair of brother and sister came from nowhere, and judging from Liu's expression, they seemed to value them very much. She would be happy to see Pei Jiuniang and Liu fall out. Then she would find an opportunity to adopt Kai'er to Pei Jiuniang.

Anyway, she couldn't offend Pei Jiuniang too much at the moment.

"Tingzhi, you've been away from home for many years. It's not easy for your wife to manage the mansion alone. You and I know your mother. Well, don't worry too much. Now that you're back, they are all very happy and don't remember any bad things."

Gu Tingzhi didn't say anything.