Ten Lessons

  She grasped with all her might, and Gu Chengdong's hands began to bleed. He let out a few loud cries, jumped up on the heavy desk, which, although sturdy, was shaken by his clumsy body.

  Although Pei Yin was very dissatisfied with his recent actions, she also worried that he would fall and hurried over to protect him.

  Gu Chengdong, although fat, was as agile as a monkey, not only did he not get down from the table, but also reached out to grab Gu Man's face, and scolded loudly: "You dare to come and grab me? I'll beat you to death, you cheap woman! What are you? You also dare to touch me?"

  Gu Man barely dodged with a tilted head, but was still caught and grabbed. A few strands of blood appeared on her pale face.

  Just as the old woman had gone to change her flowers and returned, she suddenly saw a large number of maidservants crowded in the courtyard, including some unfamiliar faces who were not from Mingyuelou. Her face sank, and she angrily said: "What are you all gathered here for? Don't you have anything else to do?" At the same time, she stared at an old woman who was dressed relatively neatly and said: "Old sister, since you've come to this courtyard, you're one of Ninth Miss's people. Can't you think about Ninth Miss a bit?! With so many people crowded here, aren't you afraid of startling Miss?"

  That nurse was originally given to the old lady Guo as a teaching nurse, and when she heard Nurse Qi talking like that, her face immediately fell, and she coldly said: "How can I get close to Ninth Miss's body? Nowadays Ninth Miss is also grown up, and her actions must be looked at with respect by us. Even Eighth Master dares to hit her, and Fifth Master is still unable to persuade him, what ranking are we in? Dare to help Ninth Miss make decisions?"

  Qī heard her say that it didn't sound right, and when she tilted her head, she saw the two people in the window arguing incessantly. She could still faintly hear Gu Chengzhong constantly scolding "little slut" and "lewd woman". Suddenly, three of her souls left seven spirits, and she didn't care about the needlework basket anymore, throwing it to the ground and rushing to squeeze in.

  Gu Chengyu rushed up at this moment, with a worried face, and persuaded her: "Auntie, Jiumei and Badi are both in a fit of anger, I tried my best to stop them, but couldn't hold them back!" However, he quietly held onto Qi Auntie.

  Qī Māmā clearly saw that Pei Yong was useless, but Gu Man was too young and would suffer greatly. However, she was being held back by Gu Chengyu and couldn't move.

  Gu Man had been hearing the noise outside, and also heard Gu Chengdang scolding more and more viciously. At this point, she felt both embarrassed and angry, and couldn't care about anything else anymore. She gritted her teeth, and her fingernails dug deep into Gu Chengdang's flesh, pinching him so hard that he was furious, and couldn't help but loosen his grip, but then he slapped Gu Man on the ear instead.

  This slap was really loud, and even the onlookers outside could hear a loud "slap" sound. Gu Man's feet were unstable, and she heavily fell to the ground, her head hitting the table leg, causing a big bump.

  Auntie Qi saw Gu Chengzong laughing and clapping on the table, let out a cry of surprise, and didn't care about anything else. She wanted to push Gu Chengyu in, while also shouting at those coral and jade-like girls who were crowding around: "Are you all dead?! Just watching the young lady like that?!"

  However, Gu Chengyu was still followed by a few young servants who were not very strong but could entangle people tightly. She found it difficult to move forward. Shanhu and Bixi stared at each other for a while before silently retreating into the crowd.

  Gu Chengyu's face still wore a look of anxiety, but his eyes quickly flashed with a hint of amusement. He hadn't missed Gu Man's violent emotions and the ferocity with which she had struck out. Just that morning, he had heard people say that this girl had become smarter and more even-tempered, but now it seemed that wasn't the case at all - she was still a powder keg waiting to be ignited. Fifth Madame wasn't someone to be trifled with, and this time Gu Man not only got beaten up, but Wang Shi also got thoroughly scolded by Fifth Madame.

  Pei Yin's chest was kicked, Gu Cheng Dong wasn't someone who would take lives easily, his kick wasn't light or heavy, but Pei Yin felt like she couldn't breathe and had to kneel on the ground to beg for mercy: "Eighth Master! Eighth Master please stop! Our young lady has never offended you in any way, Eighth Master..."

  But before she could finish speaking, Gu Man, who had just fallen to the ground, suddenly grabbed the table leg with one hand and pulled Gu Chengzhang's foot with the other, pulling him down from the table.

  The study was also carpeted, but the table was very high. With this crash, Gu Chengdong only felt that the back of his head was buzzing, and he was so dizzy that he couldn't even see people clearly.

  A burst of exclamations erupted from outside, and some people couldn't believe that Gu Man could treat Gu Chengdong like this. Even in Gu Chengyu's heart, a thread of fear flashed by quickly.

  This man was the one who had been stirring up trouble with his words, and it was all because of him that things had gotten so out of hand. The real reason for the commotion was just a small matter, but if it got any bigger, it would be a whole different story. At this point, he didn't dare to stop Qiu Niang again, and instead followed her himself.

  This time, however, she was truly enraged. She knew her current situation and that Wang Shi was not well-received in this manor. Originally, she had thought to endure it quietly for the time being, but today, she really couldn't bear it anymore. Gu Chenggang was a member of the fifth house, and although the fifth madam didn't have a good impression of the second house, there was no need to stir up her own biological son to look for trouble at this time. This must be someone else... There were many people in the manor with all sorts of thoughts. If she endured it this once, then there would still be a second and third time!

  But she didn't want to! Didn't want to spend her whole life being oppressed and humiliated!

  Since others have bullied her to the extreme, and Old Lady Gu always uses her own spoiledness as an excuse, she will thoroughly show off her spoiledness this time, letting them see whether she is a soft persimmon or not!

  She stood up with a fierce aura, looked out the window with a gloomy face, and then said to Qi Nian's mother who happened to arrive at the window: "Get them all away from me!"

  He said, without giving anyone a chance to respond, stretched out his hand and picked up the ruler that Gu Boqi often used to discipline himself from the desk, and slapped it on Gu Chengdong's sturdy back with a loud "slap", while also angrily saying: "Today you must tell me clearly, when and where did I offend you, why do you want to humiliate me like this! If you can't come up with a reason, I'll break your dog legs!"

  The people who were watching from the outside were stunned, they all knew that Gu Man had a bad temper, but they thought that Ba Ye was after all a boy, and his strength would be greater than Gu Man's, so he wouldn't suffer any losses. Now seeing Gu Man actually overpowering Gu Cheng Dong, and it seemed like she was serious, they were all frightened.

  Especially the little servants following Gu Chengzhong, they all came up to persuade in two steps, but Gu Man didn't listen at all. Those little servants were also annoyed and said with a forced smile: "Ninth sister is really capable! Actually beating her own brother like this, isn't she afraid of ruining her reputation?"

  Gu Man gave that little fellow a cold glance, swung his hand and struck him with a ruler, but the man dodged just in time, and the ruler landed squarely on his back.