"Why did she mobilize troops? She is a woman in the harem, she doesn't fight in the war, why would she raise private soldiers? Is she planning a rebellion?"

"Don't worry about Third Aunt's affairs, and don't worry about Qingpu Courtyard's affairs," Gu Chengyan yawned. He felt more and more frightened these days. "Yingying, do you still have that elixir? The prince asked me for it when I went to court yesterday."

He had been force-fed the Panacea Pill since the first day of the Lunar New Year, one pill a day, and no matter how hard he tried to hide, he couldn't avoid it.

He was force-fed for three or four days, and although he hated the person who fed him the medicine, he actually began to look forward to it.

By the tenth day, he was completely looking forward to it.

But the tenth one is gone!

He had been anxiously waiting for the man in black since midnight, but from midnight to dawn, hour after hour passed, and there was no man in black!

He even ran to the street and wandered around in empty corners. Come on, no one can see me now, you guys come and feed me the medicine, I'm waiting with my mouth open.

No, no one came to feed him medicine anymore.

I feel upset and anxious.

Guan Yingying said, "Go back and get all the things from the teahouse yourself. No, can I go out with you?"

"You don't have to go, I'll get it."

"Aren't you going to court?"

"The prince's matter is important." Gu Chengyan said guiltily.

He had been dismissed from all official positions and would never have the chance to enter the government again, but he didn't want Guan Yingying to know.

He put the excuse on the prince, saying that he hadn't taken the panacea for more than a day and was very anxious.

But Guan Yingying is not in a hurry.

"I want to take a look around the mansion, Chengyan, can you take me around the mansion?"

"Yingying, it's different in the mansion than outside. If I take a walk with you, my mother and grandmother will scold me."

"Why are you scolding?"

"Yingying, this is the rule! You are so smart, there is no need to upset the elders. If they can treat you better, you will be more comfortable at home. I can't always stay at home with you."

"Alas, it's the rules again. You ancient people are so boring! Then I'll ask Yan Ke and Nian Ke to accompany me."

"Ask Shaoyao and Bailing to take you for a walk."

Shaoyao and Bailing are the maids who take care of Gu Chengyan's daily life. They are very smart.

Seeing that Gu Chengyan liked Guan Yingying, the two maids were very polite and said, "Master, let us take you around."

Because Guan Yingying hated the title of "aunt", the maids and servants in the yard felt that calling her "Madam" was inappropriate, and calling her "Miss" was not okay either. Finally, they agreed to call her "Master".

Gu Chengyan asked Ping'an to drive and hurried to the teahouse to find Wei Bufan to get the elixir.

The deed to the teahouse was given to Xie Xiangxiang. She asked someone to go to the government to change the owner of the house, but she has not changed the key to the door.

Guan Yingying walked around the mansion with her four maids.

The Chinese New Year had just passed and it was still very cold outside. Guan Yingying and Yan Kenian wore cotton coats and cotton shoes and walked on the slightly damp brick road as they toured the sights.

Walking past the Lotus Lake and looking at the pool of ice and snow, Yan Ke said excitedly: "Madam, look, how beautiful it is! If there were lotus flowers here in summer, it would be so beautiful!"

Shaoyao and Bailing immediately agreed: "Yes, in summer, there are lotus flowers and water chestnuts in this lake, and there are fish at the bottom of the water! The water in front where there are no lotus flowers is very clear and you can swim in it."

Guan Yingying was not very interested in the scenery in the mansion. She had visited the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties in her previous life.

The photography bases in Hengdian and Xiangshan were commonplace for her. Having seen so many ancient courtyards, she had always looked down upon the environment of the Marquis' Mansion.

"Look around the yards."

In fact, she just wanted to go and take a look at Xie Zhaozhao's yard.

Two sisters, one is an ex-fiancee and the other is a current wife, so what?

The man is mine!!

Several people walked slowly, looking at each courtyard one by one. Shaoyao and Bailing introduced them to her one by one. This is the second master's courtyard, this is the second mistress's courtyard, and this is Aunt Wang's courtyard...

In the northwest corner of Fanghua Garden, there is a small courtyard planted with mulberry trees, and outside the courtyard there is a vegetable garden.

"Master, this is the mulberry garden." Shaoyao said cleverly, "This yard is also very nice. Look, these mulberry trees will be full of sweet mulberries in early summer."

Because there were more than a dozen mulberry trees in the yard, the yard was called Mulberry Garden. It was the yard that Xie Xiangxiang arranged for Guan Yingying.

When Guan Yingying looked at this courtyard, she felt very resistant, because compared with Fanghuayuan, it was not only small but also remote.

She looked at Bai Ling's expression and said, "Do you like it very much?"

Bai Ling hastily denied: "How could this servant have such thoughts? This is the master's yard."

As they walked and talked, they saw a yard in the distance.

There are high walls and green tiles, and a door on the wall. It is a separate courtyard and no one ever comes near.

"Whose yard is this?"

"This is the Qingpu Courtyard of the Lord and his wife."

"They, live together?"

"Yes, the Lord is very kind to the Third Madam, and they don't even have separate courtyards." Shaoyao and Bai Ling were almost dying of envy!

Gu Shaoyu, Xie Zhaozhao!

At the entrance of Qingpu Courtyard is a carved screen wall, making it impossible to see what is going on inside the courtyard.

She tried to go closer, but Bei Chen blocked her way.

Bei Chen's recognition level was extremely low. She seemed to have seen him, but his features seemed blurry.

"What? You can't even look? This is a dangerous place?" she said bluntly.

Shaoyao and Bai Ling immediately advised: "The elder always doesn't like to be disturbed, master, let's go quickly."

"Just because he is in a high position, can he enjoy the best resources exclusively?"

Bei Chen glanced over with a cold gaze. Should he beat this woman to death?

"Tsk, why are you pretending to be so arrogant?" She was angry and let out a brief "humph" from her nose.

But all I heard was a commotion at the door, and someone said, "Madam, be careful."

She turned around and saw Xie Zhaozhao coming out of the yard.

The cotton gown embroidered with phoenix and flowers, the feather satin cape, and a necklace inlaid with gems made her look wealthy, youthful and lively.

Especially the maids Yuanyuan and Manman around her, both of whom were extremely beautiful and dressed more luxuriously than the average daughters of officials.

Following behind were four women in armor, looking majestic.

Guan Yingying looked at her, unable to suppress the resentment and contempt in her heart, and naturally she was not used to performing greetings.

Bai Ling and Shaoyao immediately bowed: "Hello, Third Madam!"

Yan Ke and Nian Ke also followed Bai Ling and Shaoyao's example and bowed to Xie Zhaozhao and greeted him.

Only Guan Yingying stared at Xie Zhaozhao.

Xie Zhaozhao looked at her. She was wearing a pink cotton gown, with her hair in a bun and a crabapple pearl flower pinned on her head.

Nowadays, when women stand, they put their feet together and fold their hands in front of their chests, but Guan Yingying stands like a man, with her feet apart, arms folded in front of her chest, and she looks at people with a straight face.

He looks unruly and behaves without any rules.

She looked at Xie Zhaozhao, who was not only unruly but also had disdain in her eyes, and said, "Aren't you tired of being so arrogant every day?"

Yuanyuan immediately said angrily: "How dare you! Who taught you to talk to the lady like that?"

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