Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

Liu Yanyan put flower petals in warm water and gently washed away the ink scent on her hands. "You two are exaggerating. It's just a painting. How can it be so beautiful?"

Yuzhu said, "Your paintings are just great."

She took the handkerchief handed to her by Yuzhu, wiped the water droplets on her hands, handed the handkerchief to Yuzhu, and said with a chuckle, "Tell me what's good about it, you just say it's beautiful."

Yuzhu pouted and stammered, "Yes, it's beautiful. It's very beautiful."

Liu Yanyan smiled bitterly. Everything was fine now. She would be able to get a divorce when her father came back. After the divorce, she must make them pay the price one by one. She and the child must not die in vain. Whenever she thought of the child, her heart was filled with unbearable sorrow.

Yuzhu noticed that the lady was in a bad mood, and she blamed the general for being too harsh. No wonder the lady was unhappy for treating her like this for a concubine.

Yuzhen put a piece of golden charcoal in the charcoal fire, walked to the incense burner next to her, and was about to put the plum blossom incense into the incense burner. Liu Yanyan said, "Don't add more. It will make the room stuffy if you add more incense."

Yuzhen nodded "yes" and stopped what she was doing. Didn't Madam like Meixiang very much? Why did she suddenly dislike her?

Yuzhu handed Liu Yanyan a hot water bottle and said, "Madam, please warm your hands. They are cold after painting for so long."

Liu Yanyan took the hot water bottle, held it in her hand, and felt that it was still more comfortable at home.

Yuzhen changed the hot water bottle on the bed. Madam went to bed a little late today. "Madam, the quilt is a little cold. Please go to bed later."

Liu Yanyan leaned back in the chair, closed her eyes and rested, "Okay." Yuzhu's soft hands rested on her shoulders, pressing gently.

Yuzhu asked, "Madam, how is the strength? Do you need to use more force?"

Without even opening her eyes, Liu Yanyan said, "Just use this strength, press your hands and legs again. I've been feeling uncomfortable these past two days."

Yuzhu said softly, "Yes, ma'am."

Yuzhen made the bed, washed her hands, knelt at her feet, and gently massaged her legs.

Liu Yanyan squinted her eyes in comfort. These two little maids have been very well behaved during this period. After the massage, Liu Yanyan said, "You two are getting better and better at what you do. Both of you will get a reward, one tael of silver each."

Yuzhu Yuzhen knelt down happily and said, "Thank you, Madam, for the reward."

Liu Yanyan raised her hand and asked the two to help her undress. She lay in the warm quilt and closed her eyes.

Yuzhu and Yuzhen blew out the candles, leaving a dim light that made the room warm.

General's Mansion Old Lady's House

The old lady sat on a half-worn pearwood chair, looking at Gu Beichen and Lin Rou with a complicated expression. "Beichen, why haven't you coaxed Yanyan back yet?"

Gu Beichen's face fell. "She is the daughter of the Duke's Mansion. She is very arrogant. How can someone like me approach her? She asked the guards to chase me away as soon as we disagreed."

The old lady frowned, "Don't be so sarcastic. Yanyan's temper is okay, but she has a bit of a spoiled daughter's temper. She is the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, so you should be more tolerant and coax her back!"

Lin Rou lowered her head and clenched her teeth. Just because Liu Yanyan was the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, did she have to be pampered? Why? Why was she better than her in everything?

Gu Beichen hugged Lin Rou and said, "Why didn't you coax her? I couldn't even get into the Duke's Mansion and was humiliated. When I met her today, she ignored me and even refused to give me the Nine-tailed Phoenix hairpin, saying that it was a yearly gift from the Duke to the Queen."

When the old lady heard the word "New Year's gift", she rubbed her forehead and said, "Beichen! Have you prepared the Queen's New Year's gift? I really don't have anything here."

Gu Beichen sighed and said, "Mother, don't you know what my child has? How could I have something as valuable as the Queen's annual gift?" If he had not been injured and came back early, he would have had it. The only thing that brought him back early was a shabby carriage.

The old lady's face changed slightly when she heard this. She looked at Gu Beiming beside her and said, "Beiming! Do you have any? Give it to your brother first. The family depends on your brother now!"

Gu Beiming frowned, "Mother, what can I have? I gave the precious inkstone that my sister-in-law gave me to the teacher a long time ago." Otherwise, how could the teacher value me so much! He should have been kicked out of the school long ago after failing the exam several times.

The old lady looked at her two disappointing sons, gnashing her teeth in anger. She looked up and scanned the room. She saw the butterfly-playing-peony screen partition that she had brought as a dowry. She sighed and pointed at the screen and said, "Give this as a gift. Rou'er, put a few butterflies on the shabby part of this screen."

Lin Rou looked up in surprise, looking at the half-worn screen. She was speechless and could only nod. It must have been embroidered all the time to make it so old. She just didn't know if the Queen would like so many butterflies.

Gu Beichen looked at the screen and couldn't help but say, "Mother, this, this screen is so old. If you only let Rou'er embroider it, can this thing be used as a gift for the Queen? Why don't you try to get a new one?"

The old lady looked at the screen that had accompanied her for decades and felt reluctant to leave, so she took a few people with her and walked towards her warehouse.

The door of the storeroom was opened, and it was mostly empty. Gu Beichen said in disbelief, "Mom, how could this be! Don't you have a lot of dowry?"

The old lady frowned and said, "Your father passed away early, and all the expenses of the family were spent on these. Otherwise, you two would have starved to death long ago."

Gu Beiming frowned in disdain. How was this possible? What was left inside was just junk!

Lin Rou lowered her head and looked at the empty warehouse, thinking, fortunately there is Liu Yanyan. She is rich and generous. If she marries into the family, her money will belong to the family.

Several people rummaged around in the warehouse, their faces becoming increasingly darker.

The old lady found a box in the corner of the storeroom, happily held it in her arms, and gently opened it. The golden hairpin inside was no longer as beautiful as it once was. She could only say, "Beichen! Take this hairpin and have it remade. There is nothing else valuable in the house."

Gu Beichen took the hairpin, which looked unrecognizable, and said, "Mom, are you sure this is gold? It's so tattered, it doesn't look like it!"

The old lady said, "This is a gift from your father when he was alive. He said it was a pure gold peony hairpin. How could it not be gold? Okay, okay, everyone, get out and close the door."

A group of people left the warehouse, and the old lady carefully closed the warehouse. Gu Beichen, Lin Rou and Gu Beiming all felt that it was unnecessary, and the thief was unwilling to go in.

On the way to send the old lady back to her house, the old lady said, "Beichen! Mother knows you are wronged, but you have to endure the situation at home. After all, Yanyan is the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion. If you give in to her, how can her father still watch his daughter suffer? Mother can't eat this steamed bun and pickled vegetables anymore."

Gu Beichen lowered his head and said aggrievedly, "Okay, I'll go and coax her." We'll talk about it after we get her money.

Lin Rou and Gu Beiming lowered their heads, hoping that Liu Yanyan would come back soon, as the food at home was really getting worse and worse.