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

Thinking of this, Pei Jiuniang no longer refused and nodded heavily at Gu Tingzhi.

Although Gu Tingzhi was somewhat bothered by her cold and distant attitude, he did not refute her in the end.

He knew Liu and could probably guess that Liu must have made things difficult for Pei when she returned to the Pei family.

Liu was promoted from a concubine to the wife's wife. She was of humble origins and had a mean and petty nature. He knew all this, but as her son, he couldn't just criticize her all day long.

We can only try to make up for it in other ways.

It was agreed that the next day would be his day off, so he would come to pick him up and go to Pei's house together, and then Gu Tingzhi left.

Pei Jiuniang held the sleeping Yu Ge in her arms and fell into deep thought.

Come to think of it, she hasn't been back to the Pei family for some time.

Ever since her grandfather passed away, she seemed to be increasingly out of tune with the Pei family.

Every time she went back, her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law would always complain to her repeatedly, and even wanted to return her dowry.

But her dowry was given by her grandparents. After she refused it, her parents, brother and sister-in-law's faces became even uglier.

In addition, she was asked many times to help her brothers find official positions, but she refused. After that, the Pei family seemed to no longer welcome her.

Last year, when her younger sister got married, she originally wanted to go back with the excuse of adding dowry, but unexpectedly her parents sent someone to deliver a letter saying that she didn't need to go back.

Her hands were shaking as she held the letter.

Not long after she was born, her father was sent abroad, and her mother took her brothers with her, leaving her with her grandparents. She was raised by her grandparents since she was a child.

At first, when her parents wrote to her, they would ask about her, and her brothers would ask people to give her rare things they found. But after her younger sister was born, her parents wrote to her less and less frequently, and the few words they wrote only mentioned their poverty and helplessness as officials working away from home, and asked about the health of her grandparents.

When she saw her father, mother and brother again, she was already eight years old, and her sister was already nine years old. No wonder she happily put on the new coat made by her grandmother, and took the gifts she had prepared for a long time to greet her father, mother and brother. From a distance, she saw them surrounding a baby girl. When they came to her, they did not stop, but pushed her nanny, "Ninth sister, call your father and mother quickly?"

She obediently called out timidly, "Dad... Mom..."

They turned around and saw her.

At that time, she probably remembered that her mother and father were also surprised. Her mother even wanted to hug her, but her sister said coquettishly, "Is this our home in Beijing? It's so big..."

All attention is drawn.

Her parents and brother seemed to think that she was eating and drinking well in Kyoto while her sister had to suffer a lot with them, so from then on, they always asked her to give in to her sister more.

She had once really loved that sister and brought her to a gathering of young ladies from noble families, but her sister...

Perhaps because she was thinking about her sad past, Pei Jiuniang tossed and turned all night and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

Fortunately, good news came the next day.

First, good news came from the Baima Academy, saying that they were waiting for the marquis's eldest son to enroll at any time.

Just as she was thinking about it, someone came to report that someone from the Imperial College had arrived.

The person who came was a teacher from the Imperial College, who said that he came on behalf of the Imperial College's chief academic officer and wanted Brother Yu to attend the newly opened enlightenment class at the Imperial College.

You should know that the Imperial College had set up introductory classes for the first time, and the Imperial College's chief academic officer was also a serious official position. It can be said that half of the people in the court came out of the Imperial College.

Even if you are from the Wang family, you still have to go to the Imperial College in the end.

The teachers in the Imperial College were well-educated people with a wealth of historical knowledge.

The visitor also said, "We have just set up an introductory class and will only recruit ten people. All of them are from noble families, and most of them are from royal families. Your little prince was personally admitted by our Lord Jijiu."

The teacher said, and bowed respectfully to Pei Jiuniang, saying, "My family's chief priest is from the Cui family. The Cui family's roots are not in Kyoto, so Madam Hou, don't worry, I will never let your son be bullied at will. In addition, my family's chief priest advocates that the Imperial College open a female class, and then we will hire a female teacher. He heard about your story and asked me to ask if you are willing to teach in the Imperial College."

Pei Jiuniang was a little stunned. She remembered that the chief academic officer of the Imperial College seemed to be someone related to the Wang family.

Last name Cui?

She couldn't remember such a person for a moment.

However, those who are qualified to be the chief academic officer of the Imperial College are definitely not unknown people.

It seems that the higher-ups are intending to rectify the Wang family's monopoly on studying in Kyoto.

It would be great to be able to enter the Imperial College. If it were in the past, she would not even dare to think about it.

But now, she was a little hesitant.

Gu Ting had just told her that someone from the Imperial College came to ask her to be a female tutor. She always felt that the situation was too chaotic.

Besides, Gu Tingzhi is not a person who speaks casually. He probably had been sure about it before he told her.

But how did he, a military general who was not good at socializing, get in touch with the Imperial College?

Could it be that he knows the new Imperial College chief academician?

Thinking about this, Pei Jiuniang wanted to ask more questions about the new chief priest, but the other party always gave her a feeling of being secretive.

She didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she sent the man away in a hurry, saying that she would think about it for a few days and give her an answer later.

She had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she began to prepare things to take back to her parents' home.

My parents, brother, sister-in-law, and several nephews and nieces each prepared one.

It was nothing more than silk, fashionable clothing materials, jewelry, jade pendants, study treasures, furs, and some rare toys that children liked.

If there was something in the warehouse, they would just open the warehouse and take it. If there was nothing, they would quickly send the servants in the mansion to buy some.

The people in her yard ran around the whole afternoon and finally got everything ready.

Brother Yu was very happy to know that Yan had returned to his maternal grandparents' home, and he specially asked Caifeng to take out his newly made robe that had never been worn and prepare it. When he heard that his uncle had several brothers and sisters, he took his treasured treasures with him.

The next day, early in the morning, Pei Jiuniang woke up Yu Ge, had breakfast, and then checked again carefully to see if there was anything missing.

When Gu Tingzhi came back, she had already had two carriages filled with things.

She was already startled and thought it was a bit exaggerated.

He was also worried that Liu would get wind of the news and cause trouble.

Fortunately, Mrs. Liu seemed to be extremely busy recently and had no time to take care of her at all.

However, when she saw that Gu Tingzhi had people prepare two cars of things, she really felt that it was a bit too much.

And unlike the things she prepared, what Gu Tingzhi prepared was not only valuable, but also very rare.

She frowned slightly, not understanding what he meant.

Isn’t he most afraid of being entangled by the Pei family?

As if he could see her confusion, he gave a straightforward explanation, "I haven't been to see it for so many years, so I'm making amends."

Pei Jiuniang did not comment, but did not ask any more questions.

The Pei family has now moved to a county called Xianshang under the capital. Her eldest brother somehow found a way two years ago, but now he is the county magistrate. Although it is a small official position, it is still an official position. Although her parents are not happy, they moved in with them at the beginning of last year.

Now, there are only a few old servants left to look after the Pei family’s house.

It takes about two and a half hours to get from the marquis's mansion to the county.

If you ride a horse, it should be faster.

But it was impossible to ride a horse with so much stuff.

When she arrived at the door, she realized that Gu Tingzhi had asked someone to prepare four large horse-drawn carriages that were rarely used in the mansion.

It's very spacious inside, with a small coffee table and a thick wool blanket, so you won't feel shaky even if you sit for a long time.

Thinking of the fruit that Brother Yu loved to eat, she hurriedly asked someone to bring it to him.

When I turned around, I saw Gu Xijue standing beside me, staring at me eagerly.

She didn't want to pay attention, but he bowed directly in front of people on the street, "Madam, are you going to your grandparents' house? Can I go with you?"

Ever since she forbade him to call her mother, he really never called her that again.

But he shamelessly calls him grandpa?

Just as she was about to refuse, she suddenly remembered that in her previous life, Gu Xijue seemed to have had suspicious behavior with her eldest brother's concubine's daughter, and she immediately changed her mind and decided to talk about it later.

He deliberately asked in front of so many people, and her direct refusal made her seem inhumane.