Eight Trigrams

  Her face was really thick, Gu Man couldn't help but scold Gu Qing again in her heart, but on the surface, she still had a respectful and loving expression for her sister, and quickly took all the blame on herself.

  The old lady saw that she hadn't done anything too out of line or lost her manners, and so she continued to be harmonious with Gu Qing on the surface, and her expression softened.

  On the other hand, Wang was shocked and did not expect that his own daughter could be so composed in front of this old lady.

  When she came, Pei Qin, who loved to gossip the most, told her about the old lady's preferences. Gu Man knew that the old lady's life was best summed up in two words: face. She liked nothing more than watching a large group of younger generations laughing and chatting, with people flattering her by her side. Gu Man smiled and said, "Fourth sister, it's been a long time since I've seen sixth sister and seventh sister, why didn't they come with you today?"

  Liu Gu Niang Gu Lin is the elder sister of Gu Qing Yi, but usually doesn't get along with him for some reason. Instead, she gets along well with her younger half-sister, Qi Gu Niang Gu Xin.

  Gu Qingjiao was spoiled, and even if she were a biological younger sister, she wouldn't put her in her eyes, so she didn't care about them. Usually, unless it was the eldest lady's strict order to bring her sisters along, at other times, she would come to the old lady's room first to pay respects and flatter.

  At this moment, Gu Man said this, Gu Qing rolled her eyes: "Sixth sister always likes to mix with that useless girl! That girl is a slave born from a servant's belly, how can she stand with us? Ninth sister, if you like it, just invite her next time!"

  It's so obvious! Gu Man deliberately went to see the old lady, but saw that the old lady seemed to agree with her words. What is this logic? Didn't the old lady hate sisters not getting along the most?

  Seeing Old Lady Gu had no reaction, Gu Man could only carefully say: "It turns out I misunderstood, the other day I vaguely heard the maid say you often came to talk to Yan'er, didn't expect Fourth Sister to still be such a rule-abiding person, isn't it that those maids were slandering?"

  Since you can't do anything else, let's just team up with Gu Yan for now.

  After applying eye drops many times, it's an opportunity. One or two times the old lady wouldn't take it to heart, but after ten or eight times, she should have some reaction, right?

  The old lady was impatient to hear this, and just as she was about to speak, the maid who was guarding the door lifted the curtain and smiled back: "Old lady, the second lady has brought the sixth and seventh young ladies."

  Although Gu Lin and Gu Qing were born from the same womb, their personalities are as different as heaven and earth. Gu Qing is spoiled, lively and loves to move around, while Gu Lin is very gentle and polite to others.

  At this moment, Gu Lin was wearing a white blouse, with an orange oblique right-handled jacket on top, and underneath it was a large red maple leaf embroidered satin skirt, which made her look even more slender and elegant.

  Old Lady Gu's face broke into a smile, and she didn't even glance at Gu Xin beside her. She smiled at Gu Lin and said, "You're quite good at timing, always coming back just when it counts."

  Gu Lin led Gu Xin to pay their respects, blushing: "Grandmother, please forgive me. I thought that if I came early, I would still be bothering you during dinner, so I've been waiting until after you finished eating to come. Since Grandmother said so, then from now on, I'll come earlier and bother you more often."

  Old Mrs. Gu pointed at her and smiled at Mrs. Lao, saying: "Look at the good daughter you've raised, she looks obedient, and what she says is quite reasonable!"

  The lady came in and, apart from greeting the old lady and paying respects to Wang, just sat on one side with her eyes cast down, but now seeing the old lady speak, she smiled and said: "Where is this my doing? These few girls have all taken a liking to the old lady, usually what I say doesn't count as anything, only what the old lady says is the real thing. Now that the old lady can't get her way, it's being pushed onto me again with my clumsy mouth and tongue. Alright, alright, who in this household doesn't know that the old lady's words are the most glib? Just spare the wife! The wife admits she was wrong."

  "You're a broken-down household!" The old lady was delighted by Fan Shi's words, and laughed scoldingly: "You said you wouldn't speak, but this remark is all yours to make!"

  Gu Man lowered her head, and the dense, curled eyelashes perfectly concealed the hint of mockery in her eyes.

  A proper daughter-in-law has been standing here since morning, but the old lady hasn't given her a good face. On the other hand, this Fan Shi who is not a proper daughter-in-law is being highly praised by the old lady. This family is really weird to the extreme.

  Before she had finished speaking, the three madams and four madams all brought their daughters, making a complete set.

  Third Madame seems to be a straightforward person, speaking and acting without beating around the bush. After paying her respects, she stood quietly on one side. On the other hand, Fourth Madame Fang appears to be not very pleasant to get along with. When facing Old Madame, she would smile and chat, but as soon as she turned her head to look at others, a hint of disdain would appear on her face.

  Seeing that there were more people, the old lady rushed to Wang Shi and said: "Today is a family banquet, what are you doing here? Hurry up and do something important. You're so big, and you say you've read a lot of poetry and books, but even such a trivial matter still needs me, this old woman, to remind you before you think of it?"

  Gu Man's heart was burning with anger, but Wang Shi didn't even frown and bowed her head to bid farewell before leaving.

  Wang's wife had just gone out when the curtain was lifted again. This time it was Madame Liu, the fifth lady.

  The Liu family had a round face, looking only twenty-seven or eight years old, wearing a sapphire blue suit with peony flowers on the jacket, and with a pair of round eyes on her face, somehow exuding an aura of intimidation.

  But what caught people's attention was not her, but two little girls who looked almost identical standing next to her.

  Gu Man knew that this Wu Tai Tai was not a good person to get along with. She seemed fine on the surface, but when it came down to her own interests, she was heartless. In the past, when Wang Shi was in charge of the household, Wu Tai Tai had been quite fond of Gu Man, but after Wang Shi's death, she never showed Gu Man a good face again. Even the twin children didn't want to get close to Gu Man anymore.

  In her previous life, she had truly regarded the two little girls as sisters and loved them dearly. However, not only when she herself was in a precarious situation, but even when she was still safe in the manor, the twins would rather have stayed far away from her. When Gu Qing found fault with her, the twins would just stand by and watch, and on several occasions, they had intentionally or unintentionally added fuel to the fire.

  Two identical twins not only looked alike but also had similar names. One was called Gu Yun, and the other was also called Gu Jin.

  This name also has a reason, the traditional rules passed down by the Gu family, all girls must be named with characters with "gold, wood, water, fire, earth" as radicals. The Gu family had many daughters in this generation, so naming them took a lot of effort from several old men. When it was the turn of the fifth old master, he was tired of it and casually decided on the two characters "锦" (jin) and "槿" (jin). At first, this name caused a lot of trouble, not only did the wet nurse and the serving maids often confuse their masters, but even the old grandfather, old grandmother, fifth old master, and fifth old mistress themselves couldn't tell which maid was which Jin.

  Gu Yun and Gu Jin, the two of them, because they looked alike and were twins, were quite liked by Old Madame. At this moment, seeing Gu Qing sitting next to Old Madame on the upper bed, they exchanged a glance, rushed forward, squeezed out Gu Qing, and coaxed Old Madame into talking.

  The fifth wife and the first wife, Mrs. Fan, were natural enemies. In their previous life, they had a big fight over dividing the family property, which even led to a lawsuit. From then on, the direct line of the Gu family began to break apart, until there was no one left who could speak up for themselves.

  Two pairs of twins, one on the left and one on the right, surrounded the old lady, squeezing Gu Qing out. She stood aside, angry and resentful, but couldn't vent her emotions - after all, the two pairs of twins were lovely, and they were the old lady's own granddaughters, so she didn't dare to openly show her displeasure.

  What a strange and chaotic family, Gu Man gave the Dingyuan Houfu a definition.

  I am a divider line--------------------- I am a divider line--------------------- Divider line---------------------

  Saying that, guys, I will be very serious and work hard to code~~~~