The Rebirth of the Eldest Daughter's Treasure

  When he was in his third year of junior high school, Gu Zhao did not follow him out to visit guests.

  Gu Man sat alone in a luxurious carriage with red tassels, lost in thought.

  Gu Zhaung's words still linger in my ears.

  "She said: 'Do you know why I'd rather live at my uncle's place than come back home? It's not that I don't care about mom, nor is it that I'm not close to her.'"

  "I'm really, I feel so exhausted." Gu Zhao's face was a bit pale when she said that. She sighed, one sigh longer than the last: "From the time I can remember, I've been living in the shadow of my parents. My mother loved my father, and it seemed like her life only had room for him. Every time she sat by the window doing needlework waiting for Father, I'd sit on the kang watching her. She waited for Father, I waited for her. Days turned into over a decade like this. From a young age, I was more sensible than my sisters, and I even felt like I could sense the subtle impatience Father had towards Mother."

  "I'm so scared," she said. "My days have been incredibly oppressive since I was a child, so oppressive that I don't even want to say another word. I even feel like facing my grandmother is easier than facing my parents."

  The sudden jolt brought Gu Man swiftly back to reality, and she let out a faint sigh.

  It was unclear whether it was for Wang Shi or Gu Zhao, or perhaps for the sake of Gu Boqi and Wang Shi's ill-fated marriage.

  The Zhao Wang Fu is located on the bustling Zhuque Street, where most of the imperial relatives' mansions are located, and it was uniformly built by the Ministry of Works. The carriage drove past the main gate of the palace and quickly entered from a side door, where many guests' carriages were already parked inside.

  The famous card of the Marquis's mansion was handed over, and a servant led the carriage into the gate with hanging flowers.

  They changed into a sedan chair with a blue canopy and entered the rear courtyard, then proceeded for a while before a robust woman came up to take over the sedan chair and continued on for another short period of time, finally arriving at the Orchid Pavilion where Princess Zhao resided.

  The main hall of Lan Ting Ju is extremely large, with all four doors wide open. Upon entering, there are twelve stone pomegranate flower screens.

  Many beautifully dressed ladies are already sitting inside chatting. Some of them gather in twos and threes, playing with their fans.

  Wang smiled and said, "You've been cooped up at home for so long, it's about time you came out and made some new friends."

  Gu Man hadn't even had a chance to speak when she was pulled back from behind. She turned her head and saw that it was Wei Shi, Wang Tingran's wife. Seeing that it was Wei Shi, she immediately went up to her with a sweet smile and said: "Aunt!"

  Wei sighed and pulled her into his arms, asking: "Why didn't you come home yesterday? You little scamp. I suppose you forgot about your aunt."

  "Actually I was supposed to go! Father thought I'd be in the way, so he didn't take me."

  Wei immediately understood what was meant, turned around and saw Wang's face showing embarrassment. He just smiled it off, pushed her and said: "Alright, Aunt knows. Your cousin Wei is at the back, go find her."

  Gu Man knew that she was being sent away, and she didn't care anyway. She nodded and walked out, and when she reached the door, she saw a girl of about 12 or 13 years old walking towards her with a smile on her face. The girl's smile broadened as she called out to Gu Man: "Cousin!"

  Wang Caiwei saw that it was her, and first smiled and touched her nose. She teased: "Little slippery head, you still recognize me as your cousin. Is Auntie inside?"

  Wang Caiwei didn't have the pampered and delicate nature of Gu Qing, nor did she have the profoundness of Gu Yan or the cautiousness of Gu Zhao. Gu Man liked her very much, so when he saw her ask, he replied: "I'm here, Auntie asked me to come out and talk to you."

  Wang Caiwei bowed her head and pondered for a moment, then beckoned to a maid and instructed her: "This is my cousin. Take her out for a stroll. I'll be right there."

  Wang Caiwei seems to be very familiar with Zhao Wangfu.

  Gu Man was still in a daze. Wang Caiwei had already leaned over to whisper to her: "I'll go inside to find someone to play with, and I'll come back to keep you company later. The Wang estate has many crabapple trees planted behind it, which must be blooming by now. I'll have someone take you to see them!"

  Gu Man felt a bit puzzled. Wei Shi's behavior could be understood as adults having some things they didn't want children to know, but Wang Caiwei was also acting this way, which seemed somewhat off.

  But she knew it was useless to ask, so she nodded obediently and pretended to be a well-behaved little girl, following the servant to the garden.

  The garden of the Wang's mansion was watched by a gatekeeper, but today the ladies were invited to a banquet in the mansion and had to open the garden, so there weren't many people at the door.

  The girl saw that there was no one around, so she said: "Anyway, the door is not locked, otherwise I'll take the young lady in to take a look first? The guests will also come in after a while."

  Gu Manzi didn't care and just went along with it.

  The scenery of the Wang Mansion is indeed extraordinary, different from that of the Hou Mansion. The buildings are grand and majestic, with courtyards arranged in a harmonious layout, and the planted flowers, grasses, and trees all play a decorative role just right.

  Not far away, I saw in front of me patches and patches of fiery red flowers, as if they had dyed half the sky red.

  Gu Man was somewhat surprised and asked: "Where did so many flowers come from?"

  She looked at it proudly and said with a hint of pride, "That's the plum blossom forest in our Wang Fu, which has planted hundreds of plum trees!"

  She asked, and the girl said: "Why don't I take you inside to have a look around? Our garden has all kinds of flowers, but this plum blossom is always the princess's favorite flower."

  Not far along the river, a beautifully crafted wooden arch bridge appeared in front of us, with many ivy vines hanging from it. The girl pointed to the bridge and said: "Miss, after crossing this bridge, you will see the plum blossom forest."

  Gu Man nodded, just about to respond, when she saw someone rushing over like the wind and heavily bumped into her.

  She took a painful step back, unable to help but retreat a few steps, and grasped the jade held by her maid, stabilizing herself before she could turn around: it was a youth about her height, his hair and clothes disheveled from running, yet he still kept looking back over his shoulder.

  What beautiful eyes!

  Gu Man was lost in thought for a moment when she saw those eyes.

  The boy's eyes were very typical of peach blossom eyes, shining with a vacant expression. At this moment, his eyes were filled with panic, and the corners of his eyes were slightly raised, looking especially pitiful.

  Gu Man suddenly realized that the young man was not looking at her, but at something behind her. She turned around in surprise and saw a few children with luxurious clothes running towards them from a distance. One of them, a fat boy, seemed to be out of breath and stopped near Gu Man, panting heavily. However, he still puffed up his chubby cheeks and shouted at the others: "Quick! Quick, catch him for me! Catch him!"

  That distance is not considered close, and that young man should be able to run away from it.

  Gu Man was stunned, just as she was shocked by the young man's identity, when she heard her maid exclaim and timidly salute the little fatty beside her: "I've seen Young Master Shao!"

  That little fatty was panting, and couldn't even answer their questions. He just looked at them suspiciously out of the corner of his eye, then focused his attention on the person in front of him again.

  Just as Gu Man was sizing up the fat guy, Bao Yu suddenly exclaimed and Gu Man looked forward to find that the young man had been tripped by something for some reason and was quickly caught by several people who followed.

  Before she could even speak, the little girl turned her head away with a look of reluctance.

  Then, the young man was lifted up by several people working together.

  That posture... seems like carrying a pig on his shoulders.

  A group of boys carrying someone seemed very happy, constantly shaking and several times almost dropping the boy into the river, while loudly singing some incomprehensible nursery rhymes.

  Gu Man looked at it strangely and asked the maid: "What's going on?"

  That girl seemed to want to say something but stopped. After glancing at the chubby one who burst out laughing beside her, she hesitated and said: "Miss Gu, why don't you go back first? I'll serve you later."

  All this was confusing and unclear to Gu Man, but she also knew it was the family's business, so she didn't ask much, just nodded. Then she prepared to follow that servant girl out.

  Just then, the fat man rushed over and knocked her down. Then he proudly ran to the young man's face and stepped on it.

  Gu Man was hit and felt some pain, before he could react, he saw the little fatty climbing down from a tree branch, provokingly fanning the young man's face several times. When the young man let go of his hands covering his face, the tree branch suddenly whipped across his face. He angrily shouted: "Stupid pig! Get out of here! You're going to run again!"

  The young man was apparently enraged, let out a loud cry, and with an unknown source of strength, he grabbed the little fatty's foot, flipped him to the ground in one swift motion, and quickly scrambled back up.

  That fatty was probably thrown quite hard, and lay on the ground wailing "aiyo aiyo" for half a day before struggling to get up with the help of his companions.

  That young man looked at them with some resentment, biting his lip, and then turned his head to run in the direction of Gu Man. Unexpectedly, he hadn't run a few steps before being caught up by several people who had reacted.

  That little fatty was clearly very displeased, and with a hateful glare, he grabbed his collar and forced him to kneel down. Only then did he swaggeringly drag him for a while until they reached the arch bridge, where he said with his head hung low: "Bastard! Go pick up my walnut!"

  The boy looked up and struggled hard to break free from his control, but he didn't have enough strength and couldn't struggle out.

  Gu Man didn't know why, but he was startled by the sorrow and anger in his beautiful eyes, and involuntarily said: "Stop!"

  But it was too late, that dead fat man had already let go of his hand and smiled to see the young man fall from the hole on the arch bridge.

  Gu Man let out a cry of surprise, rushed two steps forward, grasped the railing and looked out, only to see that the young man was clinging tightly to a wooden beam on the arch bridge.

  She let out a breath and stretched out her hand towards the young man: "You grab onto me, I'll pull you up."

  Several people next to him were stunned for a moment before bursting into loud laughter.

  In the chaos, it was unclear who pulled Gu Man, and he let out a startled cry as he tumbled headfirst off the bridge, falling straight into the water with the young man.

  ps：

  I fell off a bike and knocked out a tooth, it's been many years now, and I've grown new teeth. I thought that was the end of it, but when I went to see the dentist, he said all my teeth were leaning to the right and my joints had problems too...

  I'm going to have a glorious tooth extraction and then wear braces for one and a half years~~~

  Crying while running

  Seeking comfort

  Seeking subscription Seeking patronage...

  A tooth I lost is letting in the wind... covering my face and fleeing