The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

Early in the morning on the Dragon Boat Festival, Gu Jinchu went to Moxiangju to pay his respects to his mother.

It's rare to see Aunt Lian and Qiu Wen from Tingyuxuan.

Gu Jin didn't need to be informed when she first came to Moxiangju. Qiu Wen was the first to see her come in and bowed, "Third Miss."

His attitude was respectful and his eyes were downcast, no different from usual.

Gu Jinchu nodded and greeted Zheng who was dressing up. "Mother looks good today. The weather is getting hotter. You should stop wearing those dull colors."

Zheng nodded at her daughter. Chu Jie'er had recently been instructing the maid around her to put away all her dark-colored dresses.

She also sent a lot of rouge and powder, asking Jinsuo to dress her up carefully.

Looking at my face in the makeup mirror, I seem to be smiling more often recently, and my overall condition has improved a lot.

Aunt Lian took the long jacket that Madam would wear from the maid, and stood beside Zheng and said to Gu Jinchu, "I made fish maw soup for Madam early in the morning. Miss San will try it later to see if it suits your appetite."

Today she was wearing a lotus-colored summer silk shirt with a long jacket of the same color on the outside, giving her a sense of fragility, like a willow or a delicate flower.

"Aunt came early in the morning to take care of mother and made soup. You've worked hard." Gu Jinchu couldn't help but think of what Qiu Wen said yesterday. He lowered his eyes and smiled. When he looked up again, he concealed the emotions in his eyes and spoke to her with a smile.

"Miss Third, you are being too polite. Sister Yan has always respected you and is on good terms with you from the bottom of her heart. Miss Third, there is no need to be polite. It is my duty to serve the Madam."

Gu Jinchu smiled and said, "Auntie is the aunt of me and my fourth sister. It's because I have a good relationship with Sister Yan that I keep Auntie in my heart."

After that, he glanced at the room and asked casually, "Why didn't I see Fourth Sister today? I brought bamboo tube rice dumplings from the kitchen. I remember Sister Yan likes to eat fresh meat rice dumplings."

Aunt Lian felt a little uncomfortable when she said this. Sister Yan was her biological daughter and had always been raised by her side, but in front of outsiders she could only call her aunt.

It has been like this for more than ten years. Today, looking at Gu Jinchu's indifferent smile, the title that she didn't think much of in the past, but when she called her "aunt" all the time, she suddenly felt dissatisfied for no reason.

I was so upset that I didn't even want to maintain my dignity anymore.

Zheng stood up from the dressing mirror, raised her hand and asked her daughter to come over, and said with a smile: "Your fourth sister knows to go to your grandmother to serve. People who are about to reach the age of marriage only know how to eat."

Gu Jinchu held her mother's hand and smiled brightly, "Grandma has four sisters, but mother only has me."

"You've always been good at talking since you were little." Seeing the stew pot that Qiu Wen had put on the table, Tong Lian said to Aunt Lian, "You're really thoughtful."

Aunt Lian pulled up her sleeves and said, "Some time ago, because the Madam and the Madam were both unwell, I and the Fourth Miss were not able to come to take care of them in time. I feel very guilty. I personally made the beef tripe and fish maw soup for you. I hope the Madam will not blame me..."

He lowered his head, lifted the lid of the stew pot, and scooped a bowl of soup. "The fourth young lady wanted to come too, but the lady wanted her to copy books continuously until she reached the age of 15..."

Zheng looked at the soup that Aunt Lian placed in front of her, picked up the spoon beside her and blew it gently, then looked at her and said:

"I have already chosen the person to be the governess. Although it will be hard for the girls in my family, they will not be seen clearly when they get married in the future."

"By then, Sister Yu and Sister Shan will go to Sister Chu's Sui'an Hall to learn the rules. Aunt Lian will say hello to mother-in-law. She will definitely not refuse to let them go."

"Thank you, ma'am. It is a blessing for these sisters to have an elder like you."

Aunt Lian said this with sincerity, at least that's what she thought at the moment. It was not easy to hire a governess nanny from the palace, and it would be very prestigious to tell others about it.

The so-called rules and etiquette include every move, word, action in daily life, talking, walking, smiling, treating people, even holding a cup of tea and taking a sip of water have their own rules.

Although Zheng did it for her daughter, the sisters of the Gu family really benefited from it.

Although she couldn't be as magnanimous as Zheng, her gratitude did not affect the fact that they were now enemies.

Gu Jinchu waited until Aunt Lian took Qiu Wen away before telling his mother what happened last night.

After hearing her daughter's plan, Zheng didn't speak for a long time. When she raised her head again, a sparkling look flashed in her eyes:

"Mother supports you in whatever you want to do, but aren't you afraid that your father will blame you in the future?"

Gu Jinchu stood up from the big kang, squeezed in next to his mother, and hugged her, "Father has Sister Yan by his side, and maybe there will be other children in the future, but Sister Chu only has mother."

Where Zheng couldn't see, there was hatred in Gu Jinchu's eyes. She thought it was kindness not to destroy the Gu family. They were all her enemies!

Zheng sighed and wiped away the tears from her eyes. "If your grandmother wasn't so strong, she would have found countless charges against me and asked your father to divorce me and drive me out of the Gu family..."

Gu Jinchu raised her head from her mother's arms. She believed it.

In their previous life, they planned the accident because they were afraid of the Zheng family and coveted the huge dowry in their mother's hands.

...

Dingguogong Mansion

The Dragon Boat Festival family dinner had not yet begun when a little maid came to Master Jiang Wu's residence to tell him that the Duke's wife wanted to see him.

Jiang Nansheng put on a light blue straight-leg gown over his sweat coat and went to Minghui Hall, the residence of the Duke's wife.

The wife of the Duke likes quietness and lives in the back room of Minghui Hall. The corridor is connected to the corner door of her father's study, and there are many colorful crabapples planted there. Some are gorgeous, while others are elegant and refined. They bloom in pink, white, orange and red, and are very gorgeous.

Old Madam Jiang was standing in front of the window. She was wearing a light brown jacket embroidered with gold and a jade hairpin inlaid with gemstones and gold thread on her bun. Although she was called an old madam, she was only forty-seven years old.

When she married into the Jiang family, the Duke's eldest son had already requested to be named Crown Prince. Therefore, after the Crown Prince's wife married into the family, all matters of the Jiang family were handed over to the Crown Prince's wife, a member of the clan.

Old Madam Jiang lives an easy and comfortable life. After her eldest daughter entered the palace, she has now been a favored concubine for many years. What she is most worried about now is her most beloved youngest son.