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

What’s happening outside has nothing to do with Pei Jiuniang.

Since Brother Yu didn't go to school, she taught him herself.

Perhaps because he had been in school before, Brother Yu was more focused than when she taught him before.

Although he was at home, he did not slack off at all. He got up early every day, washed his face and rinsed his mouth, did horse stance, ate, and paid his respects to Pei Jiuniang.

Pei Jiuniang asked him about the progress of the teaching in the academy, and it was still taught according to the previous method, learning ten characters and one article every day, and checking what he had learned previously at any time.

If Brother Yu was not familiar with the text and was lazy, she would severely slap the palm of his hand.

Caifeng and Cuiping both said she was too strict.

Brother Yu retorted, "My mother is doing this for my own good."

Pei Jiuniang could see that Brother Yu sincerely felt this way.

In her previous life, she had been strict with Gu Xijue. Gu Xijue would say, "Thank you mother for your teachings," but perhaps he hated her. Sometimes others would instigate him by saying, "After all, they are not your biological children, so you are willing to hit them," and Gu Xijue would never refute.

Pei Jiuniang sometimes thought that perhaps these were the reasons why Gu Xijue was so cruel to her in his previous life.

But she couldn't understand why in this life, he, who carried the memories of his past life, acted so solemnly and came to her with pitiful eyes?

In the previous life, those words that criticized her for forcing him to study hard and being nice to him were all meant to make people think that she was a good mistress and make people praise her, as if they were not said by him personally.

Just as he was thinking about it, Cai Feng came in angrily, "Here he comes again?! I really don't understand why he comes every day without fail, the old lady has obviously given up on letting Madam raise them, and Gu Yuzhi has followed her to the old lady's yard, but he just refuses to do so.

Who are you showing off your pitiful appearance to? Aren’t you trying to make things difficult for Madam and Brother Yu?”

Cai Feng was very angry and she raised her voice on purpose so that Gu Xijue outside could hear.

Gu Xijue seemed to be deaf to all this and was still standing pitifully outside Pei Jiuniang's yard.

He couldn't be beaten or driven away, and became a thorn in the eyes of everyone in the yard.

Pei Jiuniang smiled and comforted Caifeng, "If he wants to stay, let him stay. Just treat him as a stone statue, isn't that enough?"

"Madam, you are still laughing. You don't even know what people in the mansion are saying... They say that you are too cruel..."

"Who is pitiful? Take her away and treat her as a son. It's not like I don't have a son. I can't even take care of my own son. Why should I care about other people's sons? After all, you can't raise other people's sons well."

Pei Jiuniang looked at Brother Yu practicing calligraphy at his desk and said quietly.

At first, she was worried that Brother Yu would mind, but Brother Yu seemed to be more patient than she thought, so she just let him be.

She devoted herself to Brother Yu and paid little attention to other things, but she could not help but hear the maids and nannies asking about her affairs.

Ever since she stopped taking care of the household chores, the burden fell on the old lady.

Because she had done a lot of work in managing the household over the past few years, the old lady is now able to handle the household well.

She even said, "What's so difficult about it? Does Pei Jiuniang really think that the Marquis' Mansion can't survive without her?"

Caifeng was furious when she heard this, but Pei Jiuniang remained calm.

The silver in the treasury would eventually run out, and she estimated that she was far from enough.

When Old Lady Liu had to support herself, she wondered if she could still smile.

I heard that Liu is currently teaching Gu Yuzhi how to manage the household, saying that this skill will be useful when she marries into a wealthy family in the future.

Gu Yuzhi even came here several times specially, boasting in words and deeds about how well she ate and lived at Liu's place. Perhaps it was because she had been influenced by Liu's vulgar way of speaking, and she didn't look like the girl from a noble family in her previous life at all.

Want to marry into a wealthy family?

Humph.

Pei Jiuniang sneered.

In her previous life, she specially invited an old nanny from the palace to teach Gu Yuzhi. The old nanny was very strict, and Gu Yuzhi suffered a lot. She always ran to Liu to cry, and Liu scolded her for treating Gu Yuzhi harshly.

But she was the only one who knew that Gu Yuzhi really wanted to marry the King of Qin and become his princess, so she had to endure all these hardships.

She was originally an adopted daughter, so even if she was registered under the name of the mistress, it would be clear with a little inquiry.

The capital city looks big, but in fact, nothing can be completely concealed.

Besides, marrying into the royal family is not an easy thing.

In her previous life, Gu Yuzhi caught the eye of Princess Qin because she was well-behaved and her every move was like that of a girl from an aristocratic family.

In addition, Gu Tingzhi had military achievements, so the King of Qin had something to rely on.

Of course, it was also inseparable from her old friendship with the Princess of Qin.

Gu Yuzhi urged Gu Xijue several times to go with her.

But no matter what she said, Gu Xijue refused.

I heard that Liu was very angry about this and even came to pull Gu Xijue away in person, but Gu Xijue was determined not to leave. Liu was so angry that she cursed at Pei Jiuniang's yard for a long time.

Later, when Liu didn't come, Gu Yuzhi was asked to come. Gu Yuzhi did come, but Pei Jiuniang always felt that she was showing off, and even vaguely felt that she didn't seem to want Gu Xijue to go.

Otherwise, why would she deliberately say in front of Gu Xijue, "Brother, grandma is very angry and says that you are an ungrateful person. You are willing to be the son of Pei, but she is determined not to want you, and you are still unwilling."

"Brother, are you really determined not to go to Grandma's house? Is Grandma really angry? If you don't want to go, then don't go. I don't want you to go."

...

Maybe what Gu Yuzhi said was too unpleasant. One time, Gu Xijue got angry at her and Gu Yuzhi ran away crying.

Pei Jiuniang's spy in Liu's house said, "The young lady cried and told the old lady when she returned, saying that my brother looked down on the old lady and said that Pei was from the Pei family and was well-educated and well-mannered..."

The spy also said that Old Madam Liu immediately scolded Gu Xijue and said that she would not care about him in the future.

When discussing these things, Pei Jiuniang did not avoid them. She just wanted Gu Xijue to know what his good sister was like and wanted him to get out of here as soon as possible.

After all, in her previous life, she had witnessed with her own eyes their deep brotherly love and how they helped each other.

Unfortunately, Gu Xijue was much more stubborn than he thought.

...

However, she didn't think that Liu really didn't care about Gu Xijue. Deep down, she still cared about Gu Xijue.

It’s Gu Yuzhi.

When Liu is already in a state of panic, how can he be kind to her? !

...

That day, Pei Jiuniang took Yu Ge out to buy some study tools, such as writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone, as well as some pastries.

Just as they were about to get off the carriage when they got back to the mansion, Cai Feng, who was traveling with them, spotted the Chu family's carriage and guessed that it was probably Gu Lanzhi who hadn't visited for a while. Just as Pei Jiuniang was about to take Brother Yu back to the courtyard, she heard a familiar voice calling her, "Sister-in-law, is it really you?"

Pei Jiuniang didn't want to pay attention and quickened her pace. The person behind her yelled at her, "Sister-in-law, it's me. Why are you hiding from me?"

Caifeng and Cuiping beside her were a little bit unbelievable, saying that it was really the sun rising from the west, that this arrogant old lady actually had such a kind side.

However, Pei Jiuniang saw Liu, who was walking beside Gu Lanzhi, and she had already guessed something.

Since she came to her, she just happened to have something to ask her.

Looking back at Gu Lanzhi, whose hair was a little loose because she left in a hurry, Pei Jiuniang said directly, "My aunt hasn't come to visit you for a long time. You suddenly came today. I guess you have collected enough money to return it?"

With just one sentence, the smile on Gu Lanzhi's face froze.