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

"you?"

Gu Lanzhi never imagined that Pei Jiuniang, the person whom she had always regarded as a soft persimmon and had bullied for five years, would dare to slap her in the face in public and embarrass her.

"Stop talking nonsense. When did I give it to you? You gave it to me. You wanted to curry favor with me and marry into our mansion to enjoy the good life. Now that you are firmly seated as the mistress of the mansion, you don't acknowledge it? Pei Jiuniang, you are really shameless."

Gu Lanzhi was really furious. She was pointed at and scolded by Gu Tingzhi just now, and now Pei Jiuniang was chasing her for debt. Things kept coming one after another. She felt that she must have failed to check the almanac before going out today.

And she couldn't stay in this place any longer.

She had a premonition that the Marquis' Mansion would probably not pay the thirty thousand taels for her this time. She now regretted that she did not control her temper and made herself a laughing stock.

"Auntie, you didn't explain yourself clearly. Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Or do you want me to go to the Chu family to settle this account in person some other day?!"

Pei Jiuniang knew that Liu and Gu Lanzhi were now ready to tear her apart, but since everything had been said out loud, she had nothing to be afraid of.

"you dare?!"

Gu Lanzhi became anxious and rushed to Pei Jiuniang, raising her hand to hit her, but was hit by a teacup by Gu Tingzhi, and stopped in fright.

"I think my elder sister hasn't changed at all over these years. Mother, it's also your contribution that my elder sister has become like this. Why, mother, do you think that the Marquis' Mansion can always support my elder sister? Today it's 30,000, tomorrow it's 50,000, the day after tomorrow it may be 100,000. Or, there may be other things in the future. I understand why Jiu Niang said that she was exhausted by the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion in these years, and she was determined to hand over the housekeeper power that other mistresses were eager to control.

If it were me, I would rather ignore this kind of home and family. "

Gu Tingzhi kept accusing her, and even Liu was a little hesitant.

"Mother?"

Gu Lanzhi looked at Liu with concern.

"Mother, I think what my eldest brother said makes sense. My eldest sister is not a member of our family anymore, but she keeps coming back to cause trouble. If she continues like this, the Marquis' Mansion will be ruined by her. What will I have to do with it? Why do other sisters bring honor to their brothers, but my sister..."

Gu Yanzhi came in at some point and after listening for a while, he couldn't help but speak.

"Yan Zhi, how can you say that? I love you the most. I do this for you."

"Sister, you said that you took the jewelry from my sister-in-law's shop for me? Or did you destroy the shop and pay the money for me? Don't lie with your eyes open. You are using me as an excuse. You are doing it for yourself."

As Gu Yanzhi said this, he went to pull Liu away and told her not to be confused.

The person Liu loved the most was Gu Yanzhi. She had agreed to pay the 30,000 yuan in order to give all that Pei Jiuniang had to Gu Yanzhi.

Now that I have been enlightened by these words, I feel a little regretful.

"You, you all can't stand seeing me getting better, you all want to force me to death, fine, fine, I will die today..."

Gu Lanzhi said this, ready to hit the pillar at any time.

But Gu Tingzhi ordered his men to tie her up.

"What are you doing?! Let go?!"

Gu Lanzhi had no intention of really hitting him, she was just bluffing to scare him, but Gu Tingzhi had someone really tie her up, using the same method used in the army to tie up enemies. Gu Lanzhi felt that she could not move at all and even had difficulty breathing.

"I, I beg, mother, I was wrong, please help me one more time, for the last time, I will never again..."

"Okay, this is the last time. However, I will tell the Chu family everything about this matter. If the Chu family thinks you are not fit to be a wife and wants to divorce you, I will still let you come back, but you can't stay in the Marquis' Mansion in the capital."

As Gu Tingzhi spoke, he asked someone to send Gu Lanzhi back and asked the housekeeper to explain the matter clearly.

He had already looked through the account books of the Marquis' Mansion and knew that there were still 70,000 silver coins in the account, so he immediately took them out and gave them to the treasury manager.

Liu wanted to stop him, but he glared at her.

At the same time, he looked at Pei Jiuniang helplessly, "I know you have given a lot of subsidies, don't worry, I will give you the money after I sort it out. As for the losses caused by my eldest sister, I will also give you compensation after the Chu family has an explanation."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Pei Jiuniang was stunned and wanted to say something, but she saw him looking directly at Liu, who had a bad complexion.

"Mother, I will sort out the household affairs and choose the right person to take charge. You don't have to worry about it. But mother, you are also a woman. You let a woman who had a difficult childbirth and ruined her health before she even finished her confinement. Mother, you shouldn't do that."

"Me?! Pei, Jiu Niang? It's you?! What did you say to Tingzhi?"

Liu couldn't bear it any longer.

"That's right. I can testify to this. Mother really shouldn't have done that. Mother, you don't have to glare at me. I know you had no choice. Who told you that you had no money? And seeing how much dowry your eldest sister-in-law had, of course you racked your brains to take it for yourself..."

Seeing that his mother Liu was about to get angry, Gu Yanzhi hurried to smooth things over.

"You?! You're talking nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense, mother. You told the maids what they said. I heard it with my own ears. I'm not your mother. I'm old and blind and hard of hearing. My hearing is very good. If you don't believe me, big brother, you can ask these two maids."

Gu Yanzhi casually pointed at Liu's two dowry maids.

"I, what sin have I committed?!"

Liu stroked her head and didn't dare to look at Gu Yanzhi, for fear that she would not be able to control herself and want to strangle this big boy to death.

"Mother, since you know you have committed a sin, you must stop it. Otherwise, if you still covet my daughter-in-law's dowry, who will dare to marry their daughter to me?"

As Gu Yanzhi spoke, he hid behind Gu Tingzhi for fear that Liu would pinch him.

A tense battle was finally resolved with Gu Yanzhi's jokes.

Pei Jiuniang was originally planning to leave with Brother Yu in her arms, but was stopped by Gu Yanzhi, "Mother, didn't you tell me that you called me back because my eldest brother was coming back and you were going to have a family dinner? You lied to me again?!"

"You?!" Liu felt that she would die suddenly one day, and it must have been because she was angered to death by Gu Yanzhi, the filial son.

But if Gu Yanzhi hadn't reminded her, she would have really forgotten it.

He coughed and said to Gu Tingzhi and Pei Jiuniang, "Go to the ancestral hall to burn incense for the ancestors, and come back to have a banquet later."

"Okay, big brother, you haven't been back for many years. Do you still remember how to get to the ancestral hall? I'll lead the way."

Gu Yanzhi was particularly talkative. Looking at little Brother Yu curled up in Pei Jiuniang's arms, he deliberately teased him, "Brother Yu, are you willing to come out?"

Brother Yu turned his head away and ignored him.

Gu Yanzhi angrily made a face at Brother Yu. He turned around and saw two little tails following behind him. He frowned in displeasure, "Who told you to follow me?!"