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

Gu Xijue and Gu Yuzhi, who were urged by Liu to follow, immediately blushed.

Gu Xijue lowered his head, but Gu Yuzhi seemed a little angry. She tried to hold her head high to prevent tears from falling. She pointed at Liu and was about to speak, but found that Liu had left at some point.

"Brother and sister-in-law, let's go."

Gu Yanzhi did not spoil them. In fact, he never understood why his mother Liu brought these two children into the house and treated them so well. He had heard Liu praise them more than once. He had a sense of crisis and felt that he was not the most beloved treasure in Liu's heart, so he had to find a backer for himself.

No matter how much his mother loves him, she will eventually grow old. Besides, he sees clearly that his eldest brother and his wife have the final say in this family.

If he relied on his mother's love to go against his elder brother and his wife, he would sooner or later become like those fools spoiled by their mother and be driven out by his eldest brother after his mother's death.

He wouldn't be that confused.

Gu Yanzhi led the way in a flattering manner. He glanced at his stern elder brother Gu Tingzhi and felt a little scared. So he turned his gaze to his eldest sister-in-law Pei Jiuniang and smiled flatteringly, "Sister-in-law, if mother bullies you again in the future, tell me."

"Yeah." It's a good idea not to hit a smiling person. Moreover, although Gu Yanzhi was spoiled by Liu, she had never made things difficult for him. Therefore, Pei Jiuniang still had good thoughts about this brother-in-law.

Gu Yanzhi's deliberate flattery was seen by Gu Tingzhi. There was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and his gaze lingered on Gu Yanzhi for a while.

Gu Yanzhi felt a little uneasy when he was stared at. "Brother, why are you looking at me like that? I never bullied my sister-in-law and nephew. It was my mother and elder sister who did it. I was just young before and committed some crimes. My mother asked my sister-in-law to help me..."

"what's up?"

After hearing what he said, Gu Tingzhi asked.

"This, was all in the past. Um, brother, you wouldn't..." Gu Yanzhi became nervous, hesitating, and his face changed.

"Okay, we're at the ancestral hall now. Don't let our ancestors laugh at you."

Pei Jiuniang saw that Gu Yanzhi was very afraid of his elder brother Gu Tingzhi. Gu Yanzhi had helped her twice, so she also helped him once, as a courtesy.

Hearing her say this, Gu Yanzhi breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time gave Pei Jiuniang a grateful look.

Wait for a few people to return to the front hall from the ancestral hall.

Liu was already sitting at the dinner table with Gu Xijue and Gu Yuzhi, waiting.

According to the Gu family's rules, dinner will only be served after everyone is present.

Pei Jiuniang saw from afar that Liu glared at her fiercely. When she saw her coming over, she seemed to be about to speak and even raised her hands. However, it was Gu Yanzhi who spoke first.

"Mother, why are they here too? Also, mother, you usually have plenty of fish, meat, bird's nests, and abalone, so why are there only a few vegetables for the family dinner?"

"you…"

Liu, who had been suppressing her emotions for a long time, suddenly lost her composure. Her face turned pale and red, and she stammered. She didn't dare to look at Gu Tingzhi.

She couldn't say he did it on purpose?

In the end, it was the maid beside her who reacted quickly and came to her rescue, "Second Young Master, these dishes were prepared by the old lady herself. She knew that the Marquis was far away at the border and was tired of eating anything, so she specially prepared this table of vegetarian dishes."

"Yes, yes, that's right..." Mrs. Liu forced a smile and couldn't help but glance at her eldest son who had a stern face.

This time, her eldest son's return made her a little unsure.

She didn't dare to offend her eldest son too much, after all, the Marquis' Mansion was still relying on him.

"You are lying with your eyes open. When did mother learn to cook? Are you kidding me?!"

Gu Yanzhi rolled his eyes at the nanny, and turned back to look at Liu again, "Mother, I always say that these old people never tell the truth. I heard them talking about Brother Yu a few days ago, saying that Brother Yu is a fool, and that mother wants him to be the son of eldest sister-in-law and eldest brother, and inherit the title in the future. How is this possible? Mother is not senile..."

"... "

Suddenly, there was a strange silence at the dinner table.

Gu Yanzhi seemed not to notice and picked up a large chicken leg and put it in his bowl. After thinking for a while, he picked up another one and gave it to Brother Yu. He said to his nephew, "Brother Yu, eat. You are too thin. Eat more meat to grow taller, otherwise others will covet our mansion's things."

"You?!" Liu felt like she was going crazy. What the hell had she spoiled?

"Ouch, mother, why are you pinching me?!"

Gu Yanzhi screamed and shrieked, which made Liu so angry that she grabbed him hard and stuffed the chicken leg in his bowl into his mouth.

"Eat, shut your mouth."

"Okay, thank you mother for loving me."

Gu Yanzhi ate the chicken leg while raising his eyebrows at Gu Xijue.

Gu Xijue lowered his head even lower, and there were even tears on Gu Yuzhi's little face.

But Liu was heartbroken.

"Oh, my dear, why are you crying?"

Liu held Gu Yuzhi in her arms and coaxed her softly. Seeing Gu Yuzhi's eyes looking at the chicken leg in Gu Yu's bowl, she changed her expression and looked at Pei Jiuniang, "You are so blind. Why are you fighting over a chicken leg? Don't let outsiders think that our mansion is mistreating the child of our benefactor."

Then he said to Gu Tingzhi, "Their father saved you. This is a great favor. If we treat their children harshly and the news gets out, we will be criticized."

As he said this, he looked at the old nanny who was serving beside him, "Brother Yu has been picky about food since he was a child and doesn't like to eat meat, so don't waste it."

Gu Yu watched the chicken leg being taken away and his face instantly turned gloomy, but he just lowered his head and said nothing.

Pei Jiuniang looked at the children beside her and could no longer bear it.

"Wait a minute."

The old lady who was about to pick up the bowl was startled and immediately retracted her hand.

"What are you doing?!"

Liu looked at Pei Jiuniang with some dissatisfaction.

"Mother, you are really biased. It would be fine if you were just biased towards outsiders, but you are biased and treat my son harshly in the name of repaying a favor. I am not happy about that."

"What do you mean? His father saved Tingzhi, and I asked Brother Yu to give up the chicken leg. Is that wrong?"

Liu's face turned red, as if she was very angry, and she looked at Gu Tingzhi who had a sullen face.

"His father went to war and killed the enemy. Who dares to say that he didn't save anyone? Mother insisted on saying these things and forced me to agree to let them enter the mansion and to vacate the yard to accommodate them. I agreed, but mother must think that this is not enough, right? Does she want me to register them under my name, and even better, give up the title at the same time, so that mother will be happy?!"

"you?!"

Liu was angry and furious, but also a little shocked. After all, this was indeed her plan.

But now that Pei Jiuniang said this, she was at a loss for words.

But she knew that it would be hard to find another opportunity if she missed it, so she gritted her teeth and said.

"I wonder why you have been giving me such a hard time recently. It turns out that you have these things in your mind. Why, you are unhappy that I let two children into the mansion, but you don't even think about how your body is now? If you can still give birth, would I make such plans for the mansion?

If you agree to give Tingzhi a concubine, I won't plan this way, but look at Brother Yu, he's five years old and can barely speak. People outside say that our mansion has a fool, and they're all waiting to see our mansion's joke. If the mansion..."

"Wow..." Gu Yu, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help it and started crying.

"Why are you crying..." Liu got angry when she looked at Gu Yu and scolded him harshly.

"Brother Yu, don't cry."

Pei Jiuniang's face looked very ugly. She hugged Gu Yu tightly in her arms and comforted him softly. Finally, she glanced at Liu and no longer had the heart to stay for dinner.

"Pei, did I let you go? Tingzhi, look at your good wife!"

Liu was so angry that she slammed the table and said to Gu Tingzhi.