Zheng Huiyi knew the reason very well, so after being pressed down by the old woman, she did not resist too much, but acquiesced half-heartedly.

However, when punished a second time, she exploded again.

Aunt Zhang sneered and mocked, "Why? Are you going to hit me again? Go ahead, I don't want to teach you anymore anyway. I've never seen anyone as stupid as you. You can't even do such a simple move. Zheng Huaiyu can remember it after learning it three times, but you, after learning it ten times, it's still a mess."

Zheng Huiyi asked doubtfully, "How many times did Gu Qinlan learn it?"

Aunt Zhang said contemptuously: "That girl only watched my demonstration once and was able to do it almost as well."

Zheng Huiyi retorted loudly: "Impossible, I don't believe it!"

Aunt Zhang said calmly, "When Madam's stepmother invited me to teach her the rules, her original intention was not to let her learn the rules. But under my guidance, she has never been punished. You always look down on her background, but you are not even one-tenth of her."

Zheng Huiyi was so angry that her face turned blue, but she retorted unwillingly: "It's just a rule, I can learn it too! What is there for her to be proud of!"

Nanny Zhang smiled indifferently and did not respond.

This indifferent attitude further aroused Zheng Huiyi's fighting spirit.

So she gritted her teeth, suppressed her inner anger, and started practicing with Aunt Zhang again.

Seeing how serious she was, Zheng Huaiyu suddenly felt pressured.

She originally thought that with Zheng Huiyi blocking in front, she could relax a little. Who knew that Aunt Zhang was so good at manipulating people's hearts and aroused Zheng Huiyi's fighting spirit with just a few words.

This made it impossible for Zheng Huaiyu to be lazy. If she was surpassed by Zheng Huiyi, how could she save her face!

Therefore, Zheng Huaiyu put away his little abacus and began to practice attentively.

After Gu Qinlan learned about this, he smiled with satisfaction and said, "Sure enough, competition brings motivation."

After Zheng Huiyi began to learn the rules, the entire mansion became more peaceful.

However, such a peaceful day did not last long, and Ye came to report to Gu Qinlan: "Miss, Miss Huaiyu's mother often visits her privately."

Gu Qinlan smiled as if to predict the outcome: "When was the last time they met?"

Hongye replied, "They just met on the day the girl came back home for the third day."

Gu Qinlan ordered: "Try to find out the purpose of Zou's meeting with her every time, but don't alarm them."

Hongye nodded in agreement.

Gu Qinlan didn't have much impression of Zheng Huaiyu's mother. After all, in her previous life, she had been busy paving the way for Ji Yinli, and the man that Zou remarried was not of high status and she didn't have much interaction with him. She just vaguely heard that Zou's life was not easy later, especially when Prince Duan's Mansion encountered difficulties, Zou didn't care about the life and death of the two children.

Thinking of what happened to Prince Duan's Mansion, Gu Qinlan couldn't help but frown.

In the previous life, the disaster in Prince Duan’s Mansion occurred ten years later.

At that time, Zheng Dinglian had become a second-rank military officer, deeply trusted by the emperor, and was the youngest military officer. Many princes vying for the throne wanted to win him over, but he chose to isolate himself and not participate in any party struggles.

He wanted to stay away from the disputes, but ended up arousing the hatred of all the princes, who all wanted to get the military power in his hands. Even if he was a god, he couldn't resist the attacks of so many forces.

In the end, the third prince ascended the throne. He made the greatest contribution to the framing of Zheng Dinglian. Ji Yinli was a staunch supporter of the third prince and provided him with a large amount of wealth. All that wealth was earned by her.

This means that she was also partly responsible for the disaster that happened to Prince Duan’s Mansion in the previous life.

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Fortunately, Zheng Dinglian possessed special skills, so the Third Prince did not intend to put him to death. He simply deprived Zheng Dinglian of his military power and demoted him to a commoner, secretly planning to use him again in the future.

Gu Qinlan never had any illusions about the Third Prince. He was treacherous, narrow-minded, and greedy. In her previous life, almost all of the wealth she had accumulated with all her might fell into the pockets of the Third Prince.

Such a monarch is destined to bring disaster to the entire Western Wei Dynasty.

However, in her previous life, she could not influence Ji Yinli's choice and could only do her best to obtain the resources he needed.

In this life, she wanted to stay away from these disputes.

However, even someone like Zheng Dinglian could not stay out of it, let alone her.

Moreover, she was now married to Zheng Dinglian, and was closely tied to his fate. Unless Zheng Dinglian intended to divorce her or reach an agreement with her, she would be doomed to suffer the schemes of the princes together with him ten years later.

Gu Qinlan frowned, and the worry in her heart grew heavier.

Having been reborn, she just wants to live a peaceful and quiet life.

However, this is not an easy task.

Thinking about how the wealth she had accumulated through hard work in her previous life eventually helped the third prince conquer the world, even though it was not her intention, she always felt guilty for aiding and abetting evil.

She will never make the same mistake again in this life.

As for those power struggles, she had no intention of intervening, nor was she able to influence them. If it was unavoidable in the future, she would save face and ask for a divorce certificate. She believed that with Zheng Dinglian's personality, he would not insist on holding her back.

After all, in his previous life, Zheng Dinglian generously let a despicable person like Gu Qinlian go when he asked to leave.

Thinking of this, Gu Qinlan felt a little relieved.

She didn't care whether her actions were too cruel or not.

Her marriage to Zheng Dinglian was originally a stopgap measure. She would help him manage the affairs of Prince Duan's Mansion, but asking her to overcome difficulties together with Prince Duan's Mansion, how is that different from her previous life?

She would never make the same mistake again!

"Loving a man will bring you a lifetime of bad luck!" She even wanted to engrave this sentence on her tombstone after her death!

Zheng Dinglian, who was far away at the border, suddenly sneezed loudly.

Mo Lin asked with concern: "General, did you catch a cold from the rain last night?"

Last night, the Bei Zhai gang sneaked into the territory during the rain. They fought in the rain all night and finally repelled the Bei Zhai people at dawn. Many soldiers were injured and soaked by the rain, and they all developed high fevers. At this moment, the military doctor was busy making medicine to drive away the cold for them.

Zheng Dinglian himself was also slightly injured. When fighting with the new Bei Zhai general, his arm was scratched by a Bei Zhai soldier who attacked him. Zheng Dinglian raised his sword and killed the soldier, but the Bei Zhai general who was about to be killed by him took the opportunity to escape.

Zheng Dinglian waved his hand and said, "It's OK. Let the military doctors work harder to treat the brothers' cold as soon as possible."

Mo Lin was still a little worried and was about to persuade him again, but he heard Zheng Lian say: "My wife specially prepared a lot of golden medicine for me, which was prepared by the miracle doctor himself. I tried some of it and it not only relieved the pain, but also prevented fever. The effect was quite significant."

Zheng Dinglian turned and looked at him: "Why? Didn't your wife prepare anything for you?"

Mo Lin couldn't help but secretly complain. When did he realize that his general actually loved to show off so much?

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