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

Li suddenly felt that he had made himself look foolish. After exchanging a few casual pleasantries, he found an excuse to leave.

Gu Tingzhi hesitated for a moment at the fork in the road, but still resolutely went to the main courtyard first.

Not long after getting married, he was ordered to leave, and six years have passed in a flash.

It's not that he had no chance to come back in those six years, but he still didn't come back, and he himself wasn't sure why.

After being away for six years, he came back again with mixed and heavy feelings.

When he came back, he thought about living a good life with her and raising their son, but that was on the premise that she served her mother wholeheartedly.

If it was true as Li said that she was unfilial to her mother, it was not impossible for him to divorce her.

As he thought about it, his steps became heavier.

He dodged and almost collided head-on with someone. The moment he saw the other person clearly, he paused slightly.

At the same time, Pei Jiuniang, who was about to walk out holding Yu Ge's hand, was also slightly stunned.

But the two of them were stunned in different ways.

Gu Tingzhi was surprised, embarrassed, and a little unhappy.

But Pei Jiuniang felt disgust and even deeper aversion.

Gu Tingzhi quickly noticed the disgust in her eyes, which made him even more stunned.

Although he and Pei Jiuniang were not very familiar with each other, they were definitely not strangers. After all, they had been engaged since childhood, and the two families were old friends. They both lived in the capital, and although they did not meet often, it was not without encounter.

He watched Pei Jiuniang grow from a little bean sprout into a graceful young lady.

He also saw Pei Jiuniang's shyness and affection towards him.

Although he couldn't say that he liked her very much, he definitely didn't hate her or dislike her. He even thought about marrying her and having children with her to continue his family line.

But later, Wen Wan sacrificed her innocence to save him. He couldn't bear to see a good woman ruin her life by saving his. The moment he decided to be responsible for Wen Wan, he knew that he was sorry for Pei Jiuniang. He also thought about going to Pei's house to apologize and even wanted to recognize Pei Jiuniang as his sister and protect her in the future. But he didn't expect that Pei Jiuniang actually drugged him and had sex with him.

He hated being plotted against the most. Although he had to marry her and be responsible for her, he also hated her from the bottom of his heart.

Even when I later found out that she was pregnant and gave birth to a son, nothing changed.

But his heart is not made of stone after all.

Over the years, she wrote home a letter every month and mailed things every month, and no matter how hard-hearted he was, he was warmed by it.

And her letters also helped him get through the lonely and desolate cold nights in the frontier.

He had thought of countless scenes of their reunion, but none of them would be like this, standing several meters apart, coldly, with neither of them saying a word.

His gaze moved from her cold face to the short and immature person beside her. Looking at this face that was 50% similar to both her and him, he felt something complex, unfamiliar and strange inexplicably well up in his heart, and somewhere in his heart softened.

"Where are you going?"

His voice was slightly hoarse and a little embarrassed, an emotion he rarely had.

"Brother Yu's little white dog is missing. I'll go with him to look for it."

Pei Jiuniang's voice was calm but distant. She lowered her head and looked at Brother Yu tenderly, patting his head. "Brother Yu, let Caifeng and Cuiping go with you to find Xiaobai first. Mother has something to say to your father."

At this time, Caifeng and Cuiping suddenly realized what was going on and hurriedly saluted Gu Tingzhi. After Gu Tingzhi nodded slightly, Caifeng and Cuiping took Brother Yu away.

Gu Tingzhi watched Brother Yu leave without even looking at him, or even calling him. He felt a little unhappy, but in the end he said nothing, and just looked at Pei Jiuniang with a little dissatisfaction.

He was waiting for Pei Jiuniang to explain.

But Pei Jiuniang said nothing, but simply bowed to him calmly, and then asked, "How long have you been here since you came back, have you greeted the old lady first?"

After Gu Tingzhi answered one by one, the two seemed to have nothing to say.

In the end, Pei Jiuniang looked at Gu Tingzhi in surprise, and asked, "Sir, aren't you going to pay your respects to the old lady?"

Gu Tingzhi's doubts grew even stronger. He frowned and looked at Pei Jiuniang for a long time. He wanted to speak several times, but in the end, he said nothing.

"My Lord, do you have anything else to tell me?"

Pei Jiuniang saw it and asked.

"Are you dissatisfied with me?"

Gu Tingzhi felt that he could not think of anything else except this.

Well, he admitted that as a husband, he had not cared about his daughter for so many years and had not even written a proper letter home, which was indeed wrong on purpose.

"Don't dare."

Pei Jiuniang sneered, somewhat puzzled. This scene had never happened in her previous life.

I don't understand what went wrong.

In her previous life, she always looked forward to his return. When he finally came back, she could never see him. Even when she saw him, he was always cold and indifferent. She could never figure out why.

What should she do to make him care about her?

But that was all in the previous life, a long time ago.

She had died once and no longer cared about these things. The only thing she wanted was to take good care of her son, Brother Yu.

Do your best to protect Brother Yu.

"Don't dare? So there is still one?" Gu Tingzhi spoke in a daze, looking at Pei Jiuniang's always dull face, he took a deep breath, walked forward, and was about to hold her hand, but she suddenly pulled it out with great force, then took a few steps back, looking as if she was trying to avoid him, always keeping a distance from him.

The smile on his face was always dull and polite.

"My Lord, Brother Yu is not in good health, I have to take care of him. My Lord has not been home for many years, I think he has a lot to say to the old lady, I will not disturb him."

As he was about to leave, Gu Tingzhi stopped him with his hand.

"My Lord, do you have anything else to say?"

Pei Jiuniang frowned, obviously unhappy.

"You shouldn't call her old lady. She is your mother too."

"It was my fault for being rude, and the Marquis is giving me a lesson."

"..." She clearly knew she was wrong, but Gu Tingzhi felt that it shouldn't be like this.

"Why? Lord, do you think it's not enough? Do you want to punish me?"

Pei Jiuniang raised her eyebrows slightly, as if even if he said she would be punished, she would accept it with pleasure. He frowned slightly, looked her up and down, and the surprise in his eyes deepened.

"No, no, it's just, it's just..."

"Just what?" Pei Jiuniang asked softly, with that distant and polite smile on her face again. After she finished speaking, the smile remained for a moment, but Gu Tingzhi always felt something was weird in his heart. Obviously, she was not like this before.

In his memory, Pei Jiuniang always looked at him with sparkling eyes, slightly upturned corners of her mouth, and a very shallow dimple on each side that could only be seen when one was very close. He had always wanted to poke her with his hand, but he felt that it was against the rules before they were married.

And she always called him "Brother Tingzhi", no, later it seemed that she should call him "husband".

Yes, all the letters she wrote to him began with “her husband’s personal address”.

"My Lord, it's alright. I'm busy now. There are many things to do in the mansion. Now I'm in charge of the household affairs, so I really can't spare much time."

Pei Jiuniang didn't want to waste time with Gu Tingzhi now.

Although she didn't know why he suddenly appeared here and was willing to stand here and waste so much time with her, she felt that it didn't matter.

Without waiting for Gu Tingzhi's answer, she bowed and left.

Looking at her quickly leaving back, Gu Tingzhi opened his mouth and raised his hand slightly, but in the end nothing came out.

He came to his senses only after the guard beside him reminded him. As soon as he turned around, he saw two children, a boy and a girl, standing not far away, looking at him timidly.