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"It's actually her painting, and you've lost your money."

I smiled and said nothing, and I didn't point out the fact that I didn't spend a single coin on this painting.

"Look, there's a little girl in this picture."

Mancao glanced at me: "Of course she's a little girl, could it be that she's still a reckless man?"

Me: "..." Well, but it also explains from the side that just looking at this painting, it is really impossible to tell who is painted in it.People who are relatively familiar with me can't even tell about Mancao, let alone others.

"Tongtong, thank you so much this time, the little girl can't repay you..."

I hastily interrupted her: "You must never make a promise with your body, I can't stand it."

"What do you mean, you dislike me? This girl is both talented and beautiful, what is not good enough for you?"

"It's good enough, it's just that I've already been married, but if the girl is willing to be a concubine, I can reluctantly accept it."

"You have a good idea. Get rid of that ugly husband in your family and marry me as your wife."

"Mancao..." Just as Mancao said, 'Marry me as his wife', I saw Gu Ziyan suddenly come out from the side door. I tugged at the corner of Mancao's clothes, trying to remind her, but she didn't respond.

"Why, don't you want to? Let me tell you, this girl is not a concubine...Hey, why are you tearing my clothes?"

I watched Gu Ziyan's face getting darker and darker behind her, and I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat for Mancao.

Chapter 30

"Gu Ziyan is behind you." I reminded her softly.

"..." Mancao's expression changed, and she turned around in disbelief.

"Master...Master...you, why are you here?" Mancao immediately dog-legged towards him, I couldn't bear to look at that obviously flattering expression.

Gu Ziyan said calmly, "I'm out of ink."

"I'll grind right away."

Gu Ziyan didn't speak any more, just nodded slightly, turned around and left us a back view.

From the beginning to the end, his eyes never fell on me.

To be honest, Gu Ziyan is pretty good-looking, with a clear face and a tall figure. Logically speaking, he should be a very eye-catching existence.But he keeps a straight face all the year round, and... I don't know if it's my illusion, or what, every time I see him, I always feel that he has a heavy hostility, but it's just well suppressed.

In short, it is far from the "Mr. Pianpian, gentle as jade" described by Mancao. It can only be said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

"Tongtong, I'll go to work first, and I'll write you a letter when I have time." Mancao said goodbye to me in a hurry, and then went after her Gu Ziyan.

The vine figure quickly disappeared from my sight, and I also turned around and walked towards the alley where the carriage was.

"Let's go."

"Yes." Qingqian replied.

***

When I got back to Tianshui Villa, it was already dark, and I still let Ah Mo drive to the back door.

Tianshui Villa occupies a huge area, and there is a long street between the front door and the back door. However, compared to the bustle of the front door, the back door is much deserted.

The concierge at the back door saw me and saluted respectfully.I excused him and walked straight in.

The back door of the villa is relatively close to Chen Jinyue's Yuehuaxuan, but there is still a distance from Qingwuyuan.

It was getting dark now, so I thought, passing Yuehuaxuan, going around the back garden, taking a shortcut back to Qingwuyuan, can save half the time, so that I can return to Qingwuyuan before dark.

The back garden of Tianshui Villa occupies a huge area, with exotic flowers and plants, rockery and stone scenery, small bridges and flowing water, everything that one expects to find. When I passed a rockery, Qingqian suddenly caught me.

What's the matter? I asked with my eyes.

"There's someone inside..." Qingqian blushed, and couldn't find a reason for holding it in for a long time.

I took a few steps forward with light steps, and then I understood.

In the rockery, there is a pair of wild mandarin ducks making out.

Because of the dark sky, I didn't see the two people in the rockery very clearly. I only judged from the navy blue robe that was randomly discarded on the ground that the hero of this live spring palace should be someone from the village. A guard, I didn't see the heroine at all, but there is a high probability that it should be a maid in the village.

I choose between exposing them and turning a blind eye, but I am not afraid that they will choose to take risks after being pointed out by me. I am still very confident in my superficial martial arts, but, in this way, it will delay my return to Qingwuyuan even more. .

So, in the end, I chose a compromise method. I walked to the front of the rockery without looking sideways, coughed, and the embarrassing voice inside stopped immediately.

I said loudly: "If you really love each other, you should try to make a long-term plan, so what is it?"

Then, I walked away with Qingqian.

Finally, before dark, he returned to Qingwuyuan smoothly.

***

A few days later, when I went to Xishantang to pay my respects, I didn't see Dicui who usually waited on my grandmother's side, so I asked.

Grandma gave me a thought-provoking look: "Dicui is engaged to the second son of the Chengxi Wu family, so it's not good to stay by my side to serve, so I let her go home and get married."

I felt a little strange, the look in my grandmother's eyes...could it be because of the rumor in the villa that Dicui was interested in Chen Luo? So she thought I would mind?

At that moment, I only said: "So that's the case, then congratulations to her."

The Wu family in the west of the city can be regarded as a wealthy family, and Dicui was served by others when she married. Compared with her current status in the Chen family, it is indeed a good place to go.

"I want Di Cui to leave the court in Tianshui Mountain Villa, and the dowry will be prepared according to the rules of the Chen family. It can be regarded as a master-servant relationship between me and Di Cui's mother for more than 30 years. What do you think of this matter? "

The Mu family next to the grandmother hurriedly said: "Daughter-in-law has no objection, everything should be done according to mother's wishes."

"Tongtong thinks this is very good." I immediately expressed my attitude.

The rest are even less likely to have an opinion.

Grandmother nodded with satisfaction.

Come to Xishantang to say hello, my grandmother usually keeps us for breakfast, and this time is no exception.

Xishantang has a special small kitchen. The chef Cui who is in charge is very good at cooking. She cooks a variety of breakfasts, which are delicate and delicious. When I lived in Xishantang, I liked eating her cooking. thing.

After breakfast, Mu's mother and daughter got up to say goodbye, I followed suit, but my grandmother said: "Tongtong stay here for a while, I still have something to tell you."

I sat down again, and after everyone else had left, my grandmother spoke:

"Tong Tong, you and Luo Er have always slept in separate rooms?"

"Yes……"

Grandma would ask such a question, she must have some substantive evidence, and it is useless for me to deny it at this time.

But how do I explain it to her?

Chen Luo and I slept in separate rooms just after we got married, so we couldn't justify it.

I was thinking about this question, but my grandmother said: "You are very thoughtful, you should let Luo'er sleep in the study room, you young couples will not shorten the time of loving each other in the future, but spring is just around the corner. If you miss this Once, you have to wait for another three years. I see that Luo'er doesn't seem to care much about this matter, so you should try to persuade him more on behalf of grandma, ah."

Earlier in the carriage, Chen Luo said that he had no intention of being an official, so he probably wouldn't participate in the Spring Festival this time, but judging from his grandmother's words, it seemed that he still had hope for this matter.It means that Chen Luo has not told his grandmother about his decision.

In the end, I decided to pretend I didn't know about it.Firstly, it is best for Chen Luo to explain this matter to his grandmother in person, and secondly, if I deny the matter of Chun Wei, I will not be able to think of a better reason for me and Chen Luo to have different rooms for a while.