Chapter 104: Dealing with Gu Qingxia

  "You're absolutely right, people have different fates. Fifth sister's fate is quite good, actually. I heard Mother mentioning to me the other day that Fifth sister has reached a marriageable age, and Mother was worried about finding a suitable family for her. Speaking of which, I recall hearing Mother mention that Father's colleague, Sun Da Ren, whose wife passed away many years ago, is planning to take a new wife. He sent someone to inquire about Mother's thoughts on the matter just the other day. These past few days, our household has been busy with Fourth sister's wedding, so Mother probably hasn't responded to Sun Da Ren's messenger yet. I initially thought that Sun Da Ren wasn't quite suitable for Fifth sister, but now it seems I was overthinking things. Although Sun Da Ren is a bit older, he would still be taking a legitimate wife, and Fifth sister would definitely be willing. I'll go inform Mother right away and have her agree to this marriage proposal on behalf of Fifth sister. Fifth sister can become a respectable and dignified wife too! What do you think, good or not?" Qing Jin's face was radiant with a bright and captivating smile as she spoke these words to Gu Qing Xia.

  Before, she let Gu Qingxia provoke her at will, just thinking that Gu Qingxia was a concubine's daughter, and it wasn't necessary to bother with her. On the contrary, many times, life was too boring, so keeping Gu Qingxia around was good for occasionally watching a show.

  Unfortunately, she has been in a bad mood lately and doesn't have the heart to watch plays. She can only blame Gu Qingxia for not having eyesight, coming to her doorstep to die, and she doesn't mind helping her complete it.

  As expected, Gu Qingxia heard Qing Jin's words, the jealousy and unwillingness on her face faded away, replaced by a pale complexion. Half a moment later, she reacted and exclaimed to Qing Jin in shock and terror: "No, I don't want to, you're deceiving me."

  "How could I deceive Fifth Sister, looking at Fifth Sister's excited appearance. It seems that she is also extremely delighted with this marriage. Since Fifth Sister is so excited, Mandarin Duck, let's go to Mother's place." After finishing speaking, he took Mandarin Duck and left Gu Qingyao's boudoir.

  Gu Qingxia saw Qingjin leave with Yuanyang, and stood there in a daze. When Qingjin's figure disappeared into the room, she remembered the words Qingjin had just spoken, her face turned pale, and she chased after her in disarray: "Second sister..."

  Qing Jin stopped in her tracks when she heard the voice behind Gu Qing Xia. Gu Qing Xia quickly caught up to her and said, "Second sister, I was wrong. I don't want to marry that Sun gentleman as his concubine..."

  "Wu Mei, you're delightedly confused, aren't you? Just now, weren't you also envious of Si Mei for being able to marry Ning Wang as his official wife? But the reason Si Mei could marry Ning Wang as his official consort is because she's San Shu's legitimate daughter, and San Shu saved the Emperor. Your status is slightly lower, but marrying Sun Da Ren is still more than enough. I'll explain your meaning to Mother." Qing Jin ignored Gu Qing Xia's words.

  "Gu Qingjin, how can you be so venomous? You want me to marry an old man? Don't even think about it, Father will never agree!" Seeing Gu Qingjin's serious expression, Gu Qingxia finally felt her sincerity and was a little frightened, shouting at Gu Qingjin in a fluster.

  "Father?" Qing Jin heard Gu Qingxia's shout and continued with a smile: "Father is a man!" The male master is outside, the female master is inside, and the affairs of the mansion have always been presided over by her mother, Junshi!

  Gu Qingxia understood the meaning behind Gu Qingjin's words, and she couldn't help but want to tear off Gu Qingjin's smiling face. However, she knew that Gu Qingjin was right, which made her even more afraid. But when she looked at Gu Qingjin's smiling expression, she saw that his eyes were actually cold and indifferent, making her shiver involuntarily. Gu Qingjin was serious, he really wanted to marry her off to an old man as a concubine.

  Qing Jin took advantage of Gu Qingxia's daze and left with Yuanyang.

  After leaving the courtyard where Gu Qingyao got married, Qingjin brought Yuanyang to her mother Junshi's courtyard. Junshi was changing clothes and preparing to entertain the female guests who came to attend the wedding banquet. Seeing Qingjin coming in, she immediately let people welcome Qingjin and asked: "Jin'er, why did you come at this time? Is there something going on?"

  "I've come to talk to Mother about something." Qingjin said to her mother, Junshi. Junshi saw the look on Qingjin's face and immediately understood what she meant.

  After dismissing the maid by her side and staying with Qingjin in the room for a moment, Qingjin walked out of Junshi's room with a satisfied smile on his face and returned to his own small courtyard.

  After the wedding banquet, Qingjin never went out again. In the evening, a day belonging to the glory and joy of the Anji Marquis's mansion finally came to an end. The guests who came to congratulate the couple left the Anji Marquis's mansion one after another, drunk and staggering, and got into their respective carriages and sedan chairs waiting at the gate of the Anji Marquis's mansion.

  One night passed, and dawn arrived.

  The faces of the people in the Anji Hou Mansion still bore the joy of yesterday, when a figure emerged from the courtyard of the mistress, Junshi, with a pale face. This person was Gu Qingxia.

  Thinking of what Junshi had just said to her, Gu Qingxia's eyebrows couldn't hide her panic and loss of soul. She hadn't expected that Gu Qingjin would actually tell Junshi about it. She didn't understand, in the past she had also provoked Gu Qingjin many times, but Gu Qingjin had always ignored her. Why this time was different, and just now when she wanted to express her unwillingness, Junshi didn't give her a chance and sent her away.

  Thinking of Mr. Sun who was over fifty years old, Gu Qingxia's face turned even paler.

  "Miss, miss, what's wrong with you? Even if the mistress was telling the truth, don't we still have Auntie? Let's go find Auntie and ask her to plead with Master." The little maid beside Gu Qingxia spoke up, actually seeing Miss in this state, thinking of how she usually scolded or beat her, the little maid felt a bit of revengeful pleasure, but after all, Gu Qingxia was her master.

  If Gu Qingxia married that Sun Daren, her future days would definitely be even more difficult to pass, so she hurriedly reminded Gu Qingxia.

  "Yes, and also Auntie, I want to go find Auntie, I don't want to marry that Sun gentleman, Auntie will definitely have a way...” Originally dispirited and dejected, Gu Qingxia heard the little maid's reminder, came back to her senses, with an excited expression on her face, turned around and walked towards Bai Auntie's courtyard.

  Gu Qingxia came to the courtyard of her birth mother, Bai Yiniang, at the reminder of Xiaoyu, and after entering for a while, she walked out of Bai Yiniang's courtyard with Xiaoyu. Although her face was still pale, she had lost the panic and confusion when she just left Junshi's house.

  The little maid followed Gu Qingxia out of Bai Niang's courtyard and asked cautiously, "Miss, are we really going to Erniang's place?"

  "Nonsense, didn't you hear what my aunt just said? Or do you want me to marry that old man Sun? Let me tell you, you are my personal maid. If I were to marry that old man Sun, I would make you my aunt. If I were unlucky, you would be even more unfortunate!" She thought of her aunt's words and wanted her to apologize to Gu Qingyu, but she was already furious in her heart. When she heard the maid's words, she thought the maid was gloating over her misfortune, so she spoke harshly to the maid.

  Xiao Yatou heard Gu Qingxia's words and knew that Gu Qingxia was in a very bad mood at the moment. She immediately lowered her head to apologize: "It's this servant girl's fault, this servant girl has angered Miss, this servant girl belongs to Miss, of course, she hopes Miss will be well..."

  Gu Qingxia heard the little maid's words, looking at the little maid's honest and fearful appearance, her mood improved a few points, thinking again that just now she was able to think of going to find her aunt thanks to this little maid's reminder.

  It's rare for her not to take out her bad mood on Xiaoyao, and she spoke to Xiaoyao in a slightly gentle tone: "You just need to know that as long as I'm doing well, you'll be even better. In the future, as long as you're loyal to me, I won't treat you unfairly."

  "I understand, I have always been loyal to the young lady." The little maid lowered her head and hastily expressed her loyalty, speaking words of devotion with her mouth, but a fleeting expression of resentment flashed in her eyes.

  Gu Qingxia nodded in satisfaction upon hearing her maid's words, saying: "You're thinking correctly, alright, let's go to Second Sister's courtyard now, you'll need to be clever later."

  "Alright, miss, I understand!"

  After hearing the little maid's reply, Gu Qingxia turned around and took the little maid to Qingjin's courtyard. Auntie had just said that Mother's words this morning were meant to scare her, but at the same time, Auntie also told her that to a certain extent, Mother could influence whether she married well or not.

  Just like this time, if Gu Qingjin really doesn't forgive her, the mother will probably make her marry that old man Sun for the sake of Gu Qingjin. So she has to apologize to Gu Qingjin and must get Gu Qingjin's forgiveness, and also not provoke Gu Qingjin again in the future.

  She thought of her aunt's words, and she felt somewhat dissatisfied. She wanted to return directly to her own courtyard, but thinking of Gu Qingjin's expression when he spoke to her yesterday, she felt inexplicably uneasy in her heart. A feeling told her that if she couldn't get Gu Qingjin's forgiveness, she might very likely be married off to that old man by her mother.

  "Miss, Second Miss's courtyard has arrived." Gu Qingxia was still lost in thought about yesterday's events when the soft voice of a little maid beside her came through.

  Gu Qingxia subconsciously glared at the little maid beside her, and upon hearing the little maid's reminder, her ferocious expression immediately turned into a smiling face. She praised the little maid, saying: "You did well."

  Then, accompanied by the little maid, she walked into Qingjin's courtyard and saw that all kinds of precious flowers were in full bloom in Qingjin's yard. A flash of envy and jealousy flickered across Gu Qingxia's eyes.

  At this time, the mandarin duck who was watering the flowers in the Qingjin courtyard felt someone coming in, turned around and saw Gu Qingxia, a flash of surprise in his eyes, and bowed to Gu Qingxia: "Fifth young lady? Are you here to see my mistress?"

  "Is that Yuanyang? I'm here to see Second Sister, where is she?" In the instant when Yuanyang turned her head, Gu Qingxia's envy and jealousy on her face were immediately retracted, and a smiling expression was made.