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

the other side.

After Gu Lanzhi was taken back to the Chu family by Gu Tingzhi's men, the old man of the Chu family immediately became furious.

He almost ordered his son Chu Huaian to divorce his wife immediately. After looking through the account book sent by Gu Tingzhi, he became even more furious.

Their Chu family is a family of scholars. Although his current position is only fifth rank, no one dares to underestimate him because of his unyielding pride and courage to accept advice.

But I didn't expect that my daughter-in-law would cause such trouble outside and have people come to collect the money.

With outsiders present, the old man held back and did not lose his temper on the spot. He only left the account book and promised, "I will definitely collect the silver."

But even though the words were nice, the Chu family couldn't afford that much money.

He always prided himself on being noble and upright, and refused to be tainted by the money-making world of business. When someone in his family wanted to engage in business, he scolded them. However, with so many people in his family and so many social engagements, he had long been unable to make ends meet with his meager salary.

After the others left, he angrily beat his son and said, "This mess was caused by you and your wife. You have three days to collect the money. Also, you know what the people from the Marquis' Mansion said. You have to go and apologize to the nobles in the capital. Remember, if I hear anyone mention anything bad about my Chu family, don't blame me for divorcing my son's wife."

"But father..."

Gu Lanzhi felt wronged and upset when she heard her father-in-law saying he wanted to divorce her. She had been going to her parents' home time and time again over the years just for the Chu family. The Chu family looked prosperous, but in fact, they could no longer maintain their dignity.

Her husband didn't have an official position, and she wanted to curry favor with the women of prominent families and find a job for her husband, but she was short of money, so she brought her to pick out jewelry.

Moreover, most of the jewelry she got was taken away by her unmarried sister-in-law Chu Yunran, and the rest was pawned by Chu Huaian for his extravagant life. Why is he scolding her alone now?

The more Gu Lanzhi thought about it, the angrier she became. She wanted to argue, but Chu Huaian blocked her mouth and let her go only after the old man walked away.

"You are confused. What did you say to your father? You dare to refute his words. Do you really want to be divorced?"

"Divorce me? Do you dare to divorce me? Chu Huaian, I have seen clearly that you Chu family only bully me. You have taken all the benefits and the good reputation, but you have thrown all the losses and scoldings to me. I have to make it clear today that all the things I have taken from the Marquis' Mansion over the years have benefited your Chu family..."

"Hey, why are you so loud? Aren't you afraid of being heard? Shut up."

Chu Huaian was so scared that he quickly covered Gu Lanzhi's mouth again, and only let go when Gu Lanzhi started crying.

Seeing her crying so sadly, he couldn't help but try to please her, "Okay, my lady, I can't bear to leave you either, but you know my father's temper. If you ask me, I agree. We are all family. Why does your brother treat you like this?"

Chu Huaian looked at Gu Lanzhi as he spoke, and indeed saw a flash of resentment in her scarlet eyes, and then he continued, "You are siblings, what brother would treat his sister like this? And our Zhou'er, he was injured so badly, it was all because of that idiot, you came to ask for an explanation, and Pei Jiuniang scolded you, and you ran back and cried.

Alas, my lady, I think the situation in the Marquis' Mansion is about to change. You should go back less often in the future to avoid being sad. "

"Yes, you are right. It's all Pei Jiuniang's fault. I really underestimated her. She used to be so humble in front of me and didn't dare to speak. Now that my brother Gu Tingyi has come back, she is pushing me around. She thinks that she can be the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion just by giving birth to a fool. I have to let her know who has the final say in the Marquis' Mansion."

Seeing Gu Lanzhi getting angry, Chu Huaian comforted her while thinking for a moment and said, "That being said, you are my mother-in-law's only daughter after all. If you don't associate with the Marquis' Mansion, my mother-in-law won't even have anyone to talk to. What if my mother-in-law is bullied?"

"Mom, she won't..."

Although she hated Pei Jiuniang and Gu Tingzhi, Gu Lanzhi also knew that her mother was not the kind of person who would be bullied.

But then she thought again, her mother has always favored Gu Yanzhi since childhood, and was strict with Gu Tingzhi, even a little mean in her opinion. She has also been mean to that idiot Gu Yu over the years. In order to please her mother, she also did what she wanted.

In the past, she never took it to heart, but today, she saw that Pei Jiuniang was fighting for the fool Gu Yu, and Gu Tingzhi was also protecting them...

Gu Lanzhi suddenly felt a little scared.

Pei Jiuniang is the head of the Marquis' Mansion now, and Gu Tingzhi has the final say outside. If they bear a grudge against her, then she will really have no one to rely on in the future.

Relying on the Chu family's low-income government office, she and Brother Zhou are afraid that they will suffer in the future.

Without money to support Chu Huaian, how much affection does she still have for him?

No, this must not be allowed to happen.

She had to think of a way.

After a moment's thought, Gu Lanzhi actually came up with a good idea.

After figuring it out, Gu Lanzhi immediately packed up and left the house overnight without waiting.

The carriage circled the capital and finally arrived at the gate of a mansion, where it knocked gently.

When the gatekeeper saw that it was Gu Lanzhi, he was about to use the excuse his master had given him to chase her away, but then he heard Gu Lanzhi say, "I have something important to discuss with your old lady?"

"Who? Aren't you here to see our lady?"

The doorman knew Gu Lanzhi, and also knew that Gu Lanzhi often came to see their young mistress. But today, the young mistress told him that if Gu Lanzhi came to see him in the future, he should say she was not at home. But Gu Lanzhi did not see the young mistress, but went to see the old lady instead. How should he respond?

The doorman was a little anxious.

After all, Gu Lanzhi was an official's wife, and he could not neglect her. Gu Lanzhi urged him coldly, so he had to report to the old lady. But he did not expect that the young lady was also with the old lady. When she heard that it was Gu Lanzhi, she immediately scolded him for not sending her away as instructed.

"But she didn't say she was looking for you. She just said she wanted to see the old lady."

"To see me? Why would she see me?"

The old lady was reprimanding the young lady. It was not about anything else, but because Gu Lanzhi had caused trouble today. Some people said that they often saw the young lady of the Wang family going to other people's shops with Gu Lanzhi to take things for free.

Although the Wang family was not a wealthy family, it was also considered a scholarly family. Most of the men in the family were teachers from the Imperial College and other academies. It was good that such a reputation spread, so she immediately called the third daughter-in-law to come and listen to her lecture.

It has been five hours since it started at noon, and Tommy has not eaten yet. Now, the Third Young Master's wife, Liu, is hungry and tired, and her knees are aching unbearably. All this is thanks to Gu Lanzhi.

She was full of resentment, and when she heard that Gu Lanzhi was coming, she immediately got up and chased her away.

"Mother, I'll chase her away so she doesn't get in your way."

But when I stood up, I realized that my legs were already numb and I couldn't stand up at all. It was very painful.

"Wait, come back here."

The old lady held the cat in her arms and glanced at Liu, who was so scared that she shrank back like a quail and hurriedly asked the maid to help her retreat a few steps.

"She is the daughter of the Marquis's mansion and the young lady of the Chu family. In fact, our family has some friendship with the Chu family. She is here so late at night, so please come in. I also want to hear what she wants to see me about."

As she spoke, Madam Wang nodded to the doorman, who went to invite someone. Madam Wang glanced at Liu, who was standing and had to be supported, and pointed to a stool beside her, "Sit down."

"Yes, thank you mother."

Liu's face lit up with joy, and she quickly sat down with the help of her maid, but her legs were rubbed raw, and she couldn't help gasping even when sitting. She gritted her teeth secretly.