The Rebirth of an Orphan

Sister Cheng also came up and said, "Madam, do you want to arrange a place to stay? If you need, I will bring people to clean up a few rooms."

Zhao Xihua waved her hand: "They will live outside in a while. It's not appropriate for such a large family to stay here. Has the Madam come?"

Mrs. Cheng's face froze and she whispered, "Madam didn't come. She just sent the butler to entertain us... She also said that this was Young Madam's family affair and that Young Madam could make her own arrangements."

Zhao Xihua nodded and whispered, "I'll go and entertain them first, and you can send someone to send them away later."

Mrs. Cheng's eyes flashed. She could see that the young mistress was indifferent to her natal family. She didn't know how to serve this big family before, but now that she understood the master's intentions, she naturally knew what to do in the future, which was to care less about the Zhao family.

When Zhao Xihua walked into the main hall, the Zhao family members were still whispering about the Gu family. They were distinguished guests from Yuncheng, but they didn't expect that the Gu family members didn't even look at them. Even the mistress of the family didn't come out to take a look. What was going on?

While cursing, they blamed all the blame on Zhao Xihua, especially since the Fifth Madam had the loudest voice, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

"Humph, they are one of the top families in Kyoto. Look at the attitude they use to entertain guests."

The third lady on the side consoled him, "The Gu family is big and powerful, and maybe the head mistress is really too busy to handle it. It's not like us in Yuncheng, where we have so many things to do."

"In my opinion, it's the fourth girl who doesn't know how to behave in the Gu family, causing us to be looked down upon. Humph!" The fifth lady sneered.

"You can't say that. It's not easy for the fourth girl to gain a foothold in the Gu family. We just need to meet the fourth girl and talk to her later. We will come to pay our respects to the head of the family and the mistress tomorrow."

"It's so funny. You're still speaking for that girl. With the Gu family treating us like this, who knows how unpopular the fourth girl will be. Tomorrow..."

Zhao Xihua walked into the main hall and said to Madam Wu, "Aunt Wu, who are you talking about? Why am I, Zhao Xihua, not favored in the Gu family? Aunt Wu, tell me about it."

As Zhao Xihua spoke, she walked to the main seat and sat down, then looked at the Fifth Madam who was standing there in a daze, with a cold smile in her eyes.

Old Madam Zhao, who had been silent the whole time, looked up at Zhao Xihua who was sitting in the main seat, and said with dissatisfaction, "Fourth girl, what are you talking about? Even if your fifth aunt is not very good at talking, look, we have come all the way to Kyoto to see you, but now no one comes to receive us. Do you really think we are beggars?"

Zhao Xihua knew that the old lady had been used to being high and mighty all her life, and would not tolerate such neglect. However, the old lady overestimated her status. This was in Kyoto, where officials were numerous.

"Grandma, my mother-in-law has been in poor health recently and is resting in her room. I happened to be visiting General Ling's house today. I didn't expect you to come so suddenly. It's getting dark now, and you must be tired from the journey. Why don't you go to the villa that my granddaughter rented for you in advance to rest? We can talk tomorrow."

"Zhao Xihua, what do you mean by this?" Zhao Chenyang, who had followed, stood up and tapped Zhao Xihua's nose, scolding her, "Don't think that you can become heartless just because you are the young lady. You are the daughter raised by our Zhao family. If it weren't for us, you would have died long ago."

"Yang'er," Madam Zhao stopped her son from talking and looked at Zhao Xihua and said, "Hua'er, your father has gone to visit Director Lin of the Government Affairs Department. I heard that the eldest daughter of the Gu family is the young mistress of the Lin family, so you should pay more attention to your father and your brother's affairs."

The eldest lady was saying that her father and brother wanted to go to Kyoto to be officials and asked her to plead for them? How could she open her mouth?

"Yes, yes," Fifth Miss Zhao Lingyun was extremely jealous of Zhao Xihua when she saw the grand ceremony of the Gu family. She never expected that this unfortunate bitch would have such good fortune.

When she heard that Zhao Xihua was going to arrange for them to live outside the Gu family, she said anxiously, "Fourth sister, we are really tired after the journey to Kyoto, so why don't we just stay at the Gu family and don't bother looking for a place to live outside.

Zhao Xihua was so angry watching the performances of the Zhao family that she laughed. She had seen shameless people before, but she had never seen such a shameless person. Was she going to stay at the Gu family? She didn't know what this woman wanted to do.

Zhao Xihua watched coldly as the Zhao family members were extremely shameless, without saying a word. However, the servants next to them were stunned. How could the young lady's family be so cruel?

Zhao Chishu, who had remained silent, couldn't help but feel burning shame on her face. She knew that her fourth sister had a hard time living in the Gu family. She looked at Zhao Xihua, whom she hadn't seen for half a year. Although she was well taken care of, there was an unconcealable fatigue on her face.

"Fourth sister, we are very lucky to be able to visit you this time. It's getting late today, so my mother and I will take our leave first. We will come to visit you and your husband when we have time."

Zhao Xihua was also confused by those people before, so she didn't say hello to Zhao Chishu. Now, seeing that pure and innocent face, her heart felt a little warmer.

She walked up to the Third Madam and bowed, then held Zhao Chishu's hand and whispered, "Third sister, I have arranged for someone to prepare a room for you. I will ask someone to arrange for Third Aunt to go there in a while. Please stay with me and talk tonight."

When Mrs. Zhao saw that Zhao Xihua had not greeted her since she entered the house, but had gone alone to greet the second wife, she felt that this was unreasonable. She was so angry that she said coldly, "Hua'er, grandma knows that you look down on us...but..."

"But what?" Everyone in the main hall was talking around Zhao Xihua, and no one noticed the footsteps outside. When they heard the voices, they were all startled and saw Gu Lun walking in wearing a majestic military uniform and a black fox fur coat.

He was handsome to begin with, and now with his experience in officialdom, he looked even more majestic without even getting angry, which made the Zhao family members subconsciously shut their mouths. The decisive and murderous aura from Gu Lun really frightened them.

Zhao Lingyun, who was sitting at the end of the seat, opened her eyes wide immediately. She had not expected Gu Lun to become more and more magnanimous. She had also heard that Gu Lun had obtained the Black Iron Order. He was already a powerful official at such a young age. However...

Why did Zhao Xihua marry him? Why? She was really unconvinced. She was better than Zhao Xihua. How could Zhao Xihua be worthy of such a brilliant and outstanding man like Gu Lun?

Gu Lun didn't notice Zhao Lingyun's fiery eyes. He just walked in front of Zhao Xihua and looked up at the Third Madam and Zhao Chishu. He clasped his fists and smiled at them, "Hello, Third Aunt, Hello, Third Sister!"