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

Gu Xijue was instantly filled with surprise.

I had already prepared myself to return empty-handed, but I didn't expect that I could still choose one.

How can I not be surprised?!

Seeing his expression, Pei's sneer deepened, and she couldn't help but urge him, "Choose."

Gu Xijue nodded, but he felt conflicted.

What he needs most now is money. After all, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all inseparable from money.

In his previous life, he had never worried about money, but in this life, he realized that he could not take a single step without money.

But then again, money can buy food and daily necessities, but it cannot buy status.

So, after a brief thought, he finally chose to be included in the family tree.

Pei was not surprised by his choice.

Compared to Gu Xijue, who was more attentive and concerned, she agreed almost immediately, "No problem."

"Did you really agree?"

Gu Xijue didn't expect her to be so calm. In his previous life, not long after he was brought to the Marquis' Mansion, Liu decided to register him under the name of Pei. Although he was an adopted son, his status was equivalent to that of a legitimate son. The identity of the Gu family's legitimate son brought him a lot of face.

In this life, his identity was repeatedly questioned, and he felt that it was all because he was not included in the family tree.

Therefore, he must be included in the family tree and must become the legitimate son of the marquis.

And even if he is still not as good as Gu Yu in the end, as long as Gu Yu has any accident, he will be the only legitimate son and can inherit the title of Marquis.

As he thought about it, a gleam of light flashed in Gu Xijue's eyes.

He thought he hid it well.

Little did he know that Pei Jiuniang had already seen through his thoughts.

"Of course, it's no big deal."

Pei's reaction was too calm, which always made Gu Xijue feel uneasy, but he believed in Pei's character no matter in the previous life or this life.

She will never go back on her promise.

Thinking of this, he temporarily suppressed his uneasiness and told her about how Wen Rong and Liu were planning to run away and leave the mess to her.

He thought she would be shocked and angry, but her reaction remained calm.

Gu Xijue endured for a long time, and finally asked, "You knew it a long time ago?"

"I don't know, but I won't be surprised by anything they do, because without my support, they will just be clowns."

Pei has been living a more clear life recently.

The more I understand, the more I feel like I'm being taken advantage of.

You put yourself in a difficult position and benefit others, but in the end, all the credit goes to others.

It’s just that the world changes, and no one will always be stupid.

No one will always be lucky.

"So what are you going to do?!"

Gu Xijue always felt like he was punching cotton when he saw her reaction, as if all his careful planning was unnecessary.

All in all, very frustrating.

"I can't tell you this. Anyway, tell me the information. I promise you, don't worry, I won't tell anyone about our deal."

Pei chuckled and stood up.

Gu Xijue also stood up immediately afterwards.

All that needs to be said has been said.

He looked back at her once more and then left.

When Gu Xijue's figure completely disappeared from sight, Cai Feng could not help but speak, "Madam, you don't really want to put him on the family tree, do you?"

"It's just a family tree. There are hundreds of people in the Gu family, and he is not one more..."

Pei smiled gently.

Caifeng opened her mouth, obviously stunned. After a while, she couldn't help but sneer.

"Yes, he said it was in the family tree but he didn't say under whose name it was recorded. That's not right, ma'am. He was already in the family tree."

Pei curled the corners of her mouth, looking playful for a rare moment.

But she knew it in her heart, it was just your fault, Gu Xijue, for not making things clear.

Then it's not her fault.

...

Regarding Liu's plan to escape, Pei adopted a strategy of keeping his troops in place.

After all, if she went to hold them accountable now and they refused to admit it, she might even be charged with slandering their relatives.

Besides, there seems to be nothing wrong in principle for people to go to the countryside to visit relatives.

Besides, she is not their creditor, so whether they run away or not has nothing to do with her.

Thinking of this, Pei sent away the indignant maids and servants, asked them to close the courtyard door and go to sleep as usual.

If the house at the general's mansion had not been renovated yet, she would have wanted to move there immediately.

However, moving suddenly is indeed a bit inappropriate, after all, Liu is still there.

It is inevitable to be criticized.

However, no one expected Liu to be so bold as to mortgage the mansion to borrow money at high interest.

They had no choice but to move.

Thinking about this, she asked someone to notify the money houses that Liu owed money to.

In fact, we all do business in Beijing, so we basically know each other.

She had received the news as early as when Liu borrowed money at usury.

After all, the mortgage is made with all the land deeds of the Marquis's mansion, so the other party will definitely ask the Marquis's wife.

He was very happy at that time.

I really don’t know what Liu was thinking. She is so bold.

But she still let them put the money down.

After all, Liu was Gu Tingzhi's biological mother and Gu Yu's grandmother. The Celestial Empire attached great importance to filial piety, so even if Liu had bullied her again and again before, she could only swallow her anger.

If she hadn't done anything wrong, it wouldn't be easy to divorce Liu.

He wanted to see if Liu could be saved this time.

Thinking of this, she drank a glass of milk and fell asleep peacefully.

In the previous life, Wen Rong mentioned that drinking milk is good for the skin, but there is no such eating habit in this dynasty, and most of the cows in this dynasty are draft cattle, but the barbarians have such breeds.

After she came back, she asked people to buy some from the barbarians. After a period of raising them, many calves were born. Now there are hundreds of dairy cows on the farms near the capital. After a period of publicity, and with the students of the Imperial College drinking it, many relatives in the court began to drink cow's milk, and even many women bathed in cow's milk. It is said that bathing in cow's milk can make the skin particularly delicate.

And the other side.

Liu was sleeping in the middle of the night when her personal nanny secretly woke her up and said that everything had been packed, the valuables and silver had been packed, and some trustworthy people had been selected. They could leave through the back door.

When we arrived at the city gate, it was just daybreak, so we left the city.

Liu nodded, called Wen Rong and Gu Yuzhi, and secretly went out with her confidants.

Wen Rong was originally planning to go directly south, but she didn't expect that the countryside Liu was going to was also in the south, so she thought they could go together for a while.