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

But it was useless for her to feel resentful. She could do nothing but curse in her heart.

Pei Jiuniang had someone deliberately mention Gu Yuzhi's situation several times in front of Gu Xijue, but just as she expected, Gu Xijue did not react at all.

She originally thought that they were just heartless and disloyal to her, but her personal experience in this life made her realize that perhaps they were just heartless people.

In their previous life, they depended on each other. Perhaps because of her as a contrast, they took out all their resentment on themselves.

Just like what was written in a picture book she read recently, the tragic original wife was called the control group.

Her existence is to set off the protagonist, and to be stepped on by the protagonist to climb up.

She didn't understand those strange descriptions, but she felt that this was the bad nature of these heartless people. Their so-called brotherly and sisterly love was based on treating her as an enemy.

Now that she had gotten rid of them, they had started fighting among themselves, wishing to make each other's lives miserable. There was no brotherly and sisterly affection at all.

That day, Gu Tingzhi suddenly brought her good news.

She had just coaxed Brother Yu to sleep when she heard hurried footsteps outside. Then someone knocked on the door and said, "Madam, the Marquis is here. He wants to discuss something with you."

She was a little unhappy, but still put on her clothes and went to the outer room. Then she saw that he must have rushed back in the rain. He had not had time to take off his raincoat. Most of his clothes were wet, but the food box in his hand was not wet at all.

When he carefully handed the food box to her, she actually felt heat coming out of the box.

I don't know how he preserved it.

Her heart trembled for a moment, and she suddenly didn't know what he was going to do.

"My Lord, you just want to send me food?"

She couldn't understand him.

Why didn't she speak clearly enough?

It would have been fine if he didn't know it before, but now he knows that she only has fifteen years to live, her body is weak, she can't bear the responsibilities of the Marquis's Mansion, and it is impossible for her to have children.

Or maybe he still has some conscience, knowing that she has tortured herself to the point of half her life just to give birth to Brother Yu for him, and he can't bear it and wants to make amends?

She smiled bitterly, met his somewhat flustered gaze, and waited quietly for his answer.

"Not all. I have another piece of news to tell you." Gu Tingzhi hesitated for a moment, and then told her the news he had recently found out, "There are changes in the court, and perhaps female scholars will rise again. At that time, women can also be teachers. I wonder if you are interested?"

"What did you say?"

Pei Jiuniang couldn't wait for him to finish speaking and spoke out.

This news is really unexpected.

You should know that the eldest princess had tried to promote girls' education before, but she was impeached and hastily banned within a few months. Even the eldest princess, who had followed the emperor, was convicted and exiled.

And she really didn't know why Gu Tingzhi revealed this news to her?

Perhaps it was because of the doubt in her eyes that Gu Tingzhi was stunned for a moment before he began to explain, "Yanzhi mentioned unintentionally that day that you have talent and are qualified to be a female teacher. I...I heard that it might be promoted in the Imperial College, and Brother Yu will also be re-enrolled. He is the legitimate son of the Marquis's family and will inherit the title in the future. It is only a matter of time for him to enter the Imperial College. If you enter the Imperial College, you can just take care of Brother Yu..."

Gu Tingzhi explained.

But Pei Jiuniang still guessed that the reason why he was so concerned was probably because she inadvertently revealed that day that she intended to let Brother Yu go to Baima Academy and she also wanted to go with him, so he paid special attention to it.

It was really thanks to him that he had gone to such lengths to find out so much information in order to stop them from leaving Beijing.

Even if a girls' school was opened, it had nothing to do with the Ministry of War and the defense of the suburbs of Beijing. She didn't know how many connections he had to use to find out this news, and whether he had contributed to the matter.

But I will not refuse this kindness. After all, she sincerely hopes that girls can have the opportunity to enroll in school with boys.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Gu Tingzhi knew that he was acting too hastily. He had just heard about it and it was still uncertain whether it could be implemented. He was also anxious. When he heard that she started writing a letter to Baima Academy, he couldn't wait to come back in a hurry.

He didn't know what was wrong with him. He always felt that if he let her go, there would be no possibility for him and her again in this life.

He had a dream a few days ago. In the dream, she took Brother Yu away and never came back.

He broke out in a cold sweat and sat there for a long time after waking up. At that moment, he realized that he had already kept her and Brother Yu in his heart without knowing when.

A few days later, he moved some gold, silver and jewelry into her house.

"My Lord? What is this?"

She didn't understand what he meant.

She had also heard that he had been often tasked with suppressing bandits and even arresting criminals and taking rewards recently.

A dignified marquis actually went to capture the criminal himself just for the reward.

If you tell others about it, people will think something happened in the Marquis' Mansion.

"I promised to pay you back what I owe you."

Gu Tingzhi did not shy away from it.

Just because he didn't mention it during this time doesn't mean he forgot about it.

He hired an accountant to sort out the accounts of the Marquis' Mansion over the past few years, only to find out that all the money spent over the years was her dowry.

Thinking back to the past few years, he had been holding a grudge against what happened back then and had been deliberately ignoring her and Brother Yu, but she had risked her life to give birth to a child for him and managed the Marquis' Mansion, he said it was indeed a lie.

Especially that day at the Imperial Physician He's place, he realized that she did not take the initiative to marry, but was forced to marry by the Marquis's Mansion. He has already asked someone to investigate what happened that year.

Although there is no result yet, he has already guessed it.

Although he didn't know much about the situation of the Marquis' Mansion at that time, he knew some of it.

My mother, Liu, is not good at managing the household and likes to show off.

It is very likely that he has done something, or wants to get rid of something, which is why he values ​​Pei.

Therefore, Pei is also a victim.

And he secretly blamed her for so many years.

When he thought of this, he felt guilty towards her.

When he thought that she only had fifteen years left in this world, he felt that he had to do something.

"Actually, you don't have to do this, my Lord."

Pei Jiuniang smiled bitterly. Her business was doing well now. She remembered all of Wen Rong's ideas and recruited craftsmen from her previous life. Now that she had opened shops all over the capital, she really didn't care about this little bit of money.

Besides, as a marquis, Gu Tingzhi is not doing his job all day helping the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to catch criminals. I am not suitable for this.

If this continued, she was worried that he might be reported.

If that happens, his title will be lost, which will not be a good thing for Brother Yu.

"You don't have to mind, and you don't have to care about the rumors outside."

Gu Tingzhi also knew that he had caused some gossip recently in order to make money.

But he had no choice. His salary was controlled by the Liu family, and he was feared by his superiors. Unless there was a major war, he could not go to the battlefield in the short term. In order to raise money as quickly as possible, he had to shamelessly go to the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple and other government offices to post notices.

"My Lord, it's really not necessary."

Pei Jiuniang didn't understand why he had to do this. Was he deliberately playing the victim in front of her, or was he dissatisfied that there hadn't been enough gossip in the Marquis' Mansion recently?

If she hadn't known that everything he captured in the wars belonged to him, she would really have thought he was poor.

But during all the years she was in charge, she never received a single piece of spoils from him.

She heard that one of his lieutenants bought several wineries with the spoils of a single battle.

What about him, the commander?

Where did it go?

So what was his intention in acting like this in front of her?

Deliberately playing misery?

Leave her?

She didn't think she was that important to him.

Are the only fifteen years left for her worth exploiting?

By the way, although she can no longer educate Gu Yuzhi and Gu Xijue as before, she can still help Wen Rong turn those rare things into money?

dream?!

Thinking of this, Pei Jiuniang's face turned completely cold.