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

In addition to Gu Tingzhi, there was another man in a blue-white robe. The moment she saw him, Gu Lanzhi's face turned green.

She trembled and couldn't utter a complete sentence. In the end, Chu Huaian yelled at her, "Gu Lanzhi, what are you doing?"

"Husband, I..."

Gu Lanzhi didn't know how to answer. After the last incident, the Chu family didn't allow her to go out freely. They probably knew her temper and were afraid that she would cause trouble outside. But today...

Thinking of this, Gu Lanzhi seemed to think that this could be used as an excuse. She pushed Liu beside her and explained, "Husband, it's not me, it's her. She said that she could let our Zhouer enter the Wang family school. You know, even my father-in-law thinks highly of her. I also did this for Zhouer..."

The implication is that she did this all for the Chu family. Even if she did something wrong, she was framed and it was not her fault.

"You still think you're right." Chu Huaian felt a little disappointed.

Thinking back to when he was able to marry the daughter of the Marquis's family, even though the entire Marquis's family was in decline at that time, he was still marrying above his station.

He had met Gu Lanzhi several times before getting married. He found her to be well-behaved. Although she could not compare with those girls from aristocratic families, as the saying goes, a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent, so it was not a big problem.

Plus, she's pretty good looking too.

He was generally satisfied with the marriage at that time.

But unexpectedly, something went wrong on the wedding day. Their Chu family had a clean record, but Gu Lanzhi was wearing a ten-mile red wedding dress, and was discovered. It turned out that the ten-mile red wedding dress was all a cover, and they became the laughing stock of the whole capital. He didn't dare to go out for a month, and his mother even said frankly that she regretted it.

But later, Gu Tingzhi made military achievements outside, the Marquis's Mansion prospered, and with the appearance of Zhou Ge, they lived in peace.

My father is nearly sixty years old and his official position has not changed for many years. It is a low-paying government office. He has made achievements but limited abilities. No one promotes him, so he cannot enter the court or become an official.

Before, Gu Tingzhi had been leading troops in battles outside, and he could not reach him even if he wanted to curry favor with him. But now, Gu Tingzhi has established himself in the Ministry of War, and His Majesty seems to rely on Gu Tingzhi a lot recently. It is said that Gu Tingzhi helped the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple capture criminals who had fled for many years, and also helped the Jinwu Guards to suppress bandits. In short, Gu Tingzhi can now have a say in various departments in the court.

He thought about it for many days before he finally made up his mind to find him. He wanted to ask him to get people's attention. If there was a vacancy, he could be recommended. Then he could get an official position and would not be looked down upon by others.

But he didn't expect that as soon as they met, Gu Tingzhi asked him how he was doing with the money.

He was stunned for a moment and immediately felt ashamed. He remembered asking Gu Lanzhi, and Gu Lanzhi's eyes were bright at the time, "You don't have to worry about our Gu family's affairs." He didn't care about it anymore. Now that Gu Tingzhi asked him directly in front of outsiders, he realized that Gu Lanzhi had not solved the problem at all.

To save face, he agreed on the spot, "As soon as possible."

Seeing that Gu Tingzhi's face was not very good, he made an excuse to pay respects to his mother-in-law and came back together, hoping that his mother-in-law would help him to talk things over.

In my impression, this uncle seems to listen to my mother-in-law.

But I didn't expect to see Gu Lanzhi and Liu as soon as I arrived at the Marquis' Mansion.

He knew Liu. Gu Lanzhi had often mentioned her before. She was from the Wang family.

Now that the Wang family's reputation has been damaged and their relationship with the Marquis's Mansion is delicate, he suddenly feels uneasy.

When I got closer, I realized that Gu Lanzhi came here with Liu today, and happened to hear what Liu questioned Pei Jiuniang?

He knew that neither Pei Jiuniang nor Gu Tingzhi, nor the Marquis' Mansion, could have the ability to spread rumors and slander a century-old family.

It was obvious that the Wang family itself was rotten from within, which gave people the handle and led to His Majesty’s reprimand.

Gu Lanzhi must be crazy to be with Liu at this critical moment.

He keeps saying that he is doing it for Brother Zhou.

The Chu family can't teach themselves, so why use it like this?

Chu Huaian became angrier and angrier, hatred almost overflowing from his eyes and turning into a knife.

Gu Lanzhi also realized what she had done. It was wrong for her to come with Liu today, but she really didn't expect...

Gu Lanzhi was angry and resentful. She looked at Liu who was standing beside her and asked her, "Tell me, why did you hurt me?"

Liu was already angry, and when she heard Gu Lanzhi's questioning, all her anger was directed at her, "Gu Lanzhi, are you crazy? Who hurt you? After all, isn't it your fault? If you hadn't been so shameless all day long that Pei Jiuniang was an idiot, saying that everything she owned belonged to the Marquis' Mansion and everything in the Marquis' Mansion was yours, and you used me as a cover to take it for free, I wouldn't have been implicated by you,

And that night, you came to our Wang family and said that Pei Jiuniang wanted to divorce Marquis Gu and asked us to take good care of Brother Yu. Wouldn’t that have prevented the subsequent events?

Now the Wang family's reputation has been damaged and I'm the target of anger. All of this is your fault. How dare you turn around and say that I've harmed you?

It is you who harmed our Wang family?"

Gu Lanzhi was shocked and tried to cover Liu's mouth, but was held back by someone.

She thought it was Liu's people, so she got angry and started cursing at Liu.

"Stop talking nonsense, you bitch, I'm going to tear you to pieces..."

"You don't let me say it, but I'm going to say it anyway. Pei Jiuniang, Gu Hou, and Gu Lanzhi have said in front of us more than once that Gu Yu is a fool, saying that he is not only stupid, but also crazy. We have never seen an aunt make up stories about her nephew like this, so we naturally take it seriously."

"I, I didn't, I really didn't..."

Gu Lanzhi was extremely anxious and ordered those who were blocking the way to move away, but her men just stood there motionless.

She had no choice but to roar.

It was almost shocking in Chu Huaian's eyes.

She realized it later and quickly shut up.

but she...

"I've said it so many times, you don't even remember it yourself, right? I'm not the only one who heard it. I'm actually very puzzled. Life in your mansion seems to have been better since Pei Jiuniang married in. Even you, Gu Lanzhi, got ahead thanks to her dowry. How come you eat with a bowl in your hand and then put it down to curse your mother? I actually feel sorry for Pei Jiuniang. She raised such a family of ungrateful people and served them wholeheartedly, but she was never appreciated."

Liu, I simply stopped hiding it.

"Mrs. Pei Jiu, do you still remember my half-brother Liu Rong? He has not married yet..."

Hearing this, Gu Lanzhi seemed to suddenly think of something. Her eyes suddenly became sharp. She pointed at Pei Jiuniang and said to Gu Tingzhi, "Tingzhi, you heard it. This bitch cheated on me..."

"Shut up."

Unexpectedly, the next second, Gu Tingzhi shouted angrily with a dark face.

"you…"

Gu Lanzhi was startled and felt a little aggrieved, but she didn't dare to look at Gu Tingzhi's face. But then she changed her mind and felt secretly happy because she knew the consequences of her brother's anger.

"Gu Lanzhi, I admit that I believed your words and wanted Pei Jiuniang to divorce the Marquis, so I bribed Wang Ju to suppress Gu Yu, but I really didn't expect Wang Ju to... In short, it's my fault, Pei Jiuniang, for the sake of my half-brother, you..."

Liu deliberately broke up with Gu Lanzhi. She had long seen that Pei Jiuniang and Gu Lanzhi were not on good terms, so she deliberately told people what Gu Lanzhi had done. However, although Pei Jiuniang hated Gu Lanzhi, she was not moved by her at all. She knew that this path would not work.

However, she soon discovered that Marquis Gu did not seem to care as little about Pei Jiuniang and her son as the rumors outside said. At least when he heard her call out her half-brother's name, Marquis Gu's eyes changed instantly.

She instantly realized that she could take advantage of it.

Gu Lanzhi, the idiot, did not disappoint her.

Thinking of this, Liu felt happy.

"Madam Wang, you first slandered the Marquis' Mansion and then slandered my wife's innocence in public. What exactly do you want to do? Did the Wang family ask you to slander my Marquis' Mansion?!"

Gu Tingzhi, who had been silent the whole time, stunned everyone when he spoke.

Liu's face instantly fell, she couldn't believe it, but under the pressure of Gu Tingzhi's eyes, she gritted her teeth and argued, "I, I didn't, I just felt sorry for the Marquis' wife. Lord Marquis, you have been away for five years..."

"I know that I have treated Jiu Niang badly over the years and failed to control the people in the Marquis' Mansion, causing Jiu Niang to suffer a lot of grievances, but the divorce is pure rumor, and I don't want to hear anyone say it again. Madam Wang, I am a rough man, but I also respect scholars. I have also longed for the centuries-old heritage of the Wang family. Don't let the Wang and Gu families have grudges because of you. For the sake of the Wang family, I will not pursue today's matter. I hope you will take care of yourself."

After saying that, Gu Tingzhi withdrew his gaze and looked at Gu Lanzhi, "Eldest sister, I didn't know that you still haven't corrected yourself after last time. I remember I said last time that if you target Jiu Niang and Yu Ge again and do something that is not good for the Marquis's Mansion, then you and I don't have to be siblings anymore."

Hearing this, Gu Lanzhi was horrified and looked at Gu Tingzhi in disbelief, "You, what do you mean by this?"

"From now on, the door of the Gu family will no longer be open to the eldest sister..."

Gu Tingzhi's face sank. He had never thought that Jiu Niang and her son would be treated like this.