The Rebirth of the Eldest Daughter: Thirty Chapters of Peaceful Life

  The atmosphere was a bit stiff for a moment, and the old master's side was entertaining Lu Mozi, but he didn't forget to turn his head and take a look at his wife, Mrs. Fan. Mrs. Fan understood, and quickly smiled: "These children have always been very close, and they also play and joke around, how did it get to this point? Good kids, don't you hurry up and apologize to the old lady, or else there won't be any dinner for you."

  The old lady couldn't help but laugh first, pointing at Fan Shi and scolding: "You shameless thing, where is the dignified appearance of an elder sister-in-law?"

  Gu Qing understood the hint from her mother, and immediately wiped away the look of grievance on her face. She respectfully picked up her tea cup and apologized to her grandmother: "Grandmother, it was my fault for disturbing your and Aunt's fun. I hope you can forgive me this time, and I won't dare do it again."

  The old lady took her tea with satisfaction and smiled: "You have a heart."

  Wang pushed him and said: "Why don't you go quickly?"

  She had already made amends, both in public and private, yet she still wanted to apologize again. What exactly had she done wrong? Gu Man felt a surge of impatience, but when she saw the increasingly contemptuous look on Gu Bo Qi's face, her impatience was inexplicably suppressed. Before she could even collect herself, Gu Yan walked up to Gu Yun with a plate of pastries, her face wearing an appropriately fearful and uneasy expression, and bowed deeply: "Auntie, it's all my fault, please don't hold it against me."

  Gu Yun indeed had a grievance in her heart. Just now, she had clearly expressed her dissatisfaction with Wang's teaching daughter through her sharp words. In the end, it was the people of the fifth house who did something wrong, and she felt that her face had been lost in front of Wang. At this moment, seeing Gu Yan come to apologize, she asked strangely: "What is this? You're fine, what mistake have you made?"

  Gu Yan's face turned red with shame: "Auntie is kind and would only give me such a valuable hairpin, I didn't hold it steady and let the hairpin fall to the ground, it's not Auntie's fault for being angry. But this has nothing to do with Mother, it's my own mistake, please don't blame Mother or be angry with me."

  Her attitude was respectful, and the difficulties and grievances on her face were just right, neither making people feel disgusted nor feeling too fake, so everyone in the house had their own thoughts.

  When Gu Yan spoke these words, she clearly and openly took all the blame for Gu Man's scolding of Wang Shi onto herself, and even found a reasonable excuse for Gu Yun's sarcasm. Gu Yun glanced at Old Lady Gu, then smiled and helped Gu Yan up, while also giving Gu Man a meaningful look, before praising: "Good child, Auntie isn't heartbroken about that hairpin, it's just that you were so careless, didn't you lose face in front of everyone? Next time, be more careful, okay?"

  Gu Yan naturally agreed with her mouth full of words, and looked at Wang Shi with some unease.

  Wang didn't realize anything and thought Gu Yan was making excuses for himself and Gu Man, so he smiled and said, "Let's eat, let's eat."

  The corner of Gu Yan's mouth curled up slightly in sarcasm, but in an instant, it was retracted cleanly, as if the mocking smile had never existed. However, Gu Man took in her expression completely. She always did this - when she thought she had already won, she liked to use mockery to express the joy and disdain in her heart. Two lifetimes of experience told Gu Man that whenever she smiled like this, nothing good would come of it.

  Those who owed apologies have apologized, those who felt ashamed have regained their composure, and the meal on the wife's side was also uneventful. Wang felt relieved and let out a sigh of relief.

  After dinner, Old Lady Gu glanced at everyone and said, "You all scatter now. Sixth Sister (Gu Yun was the sixth in her generation) will accompany Ran Er to see me home."

  Gu Yun replied, and smiled: "Mother, since we are going to live here, we can't help but settle some things. I have a lot of things to do, and I'm afraid I'll still have to trouble Er Sao."

  "Inside, the Welcome Spring House has already been cleaned up, it's where you used to live. When we expanded the house before, that room wasn't touched, and now it's just behind the garden pavilion in the backyard, so you can just stay there." Old Lady Gu didn't think twice about it, and continued: "And don't let Erniang hide, she should also come out to meet you. She's been a bit down lately, but seeing you will surely make her happy."

  Upon hearing her name, Wang Shi hastily responded with a series of "yeses" and carefully asked Gu Yun: "Madam, the large Guan kiln vase you wanted last time has been found and placed. If Madam is in the mood tomorrow, she can go to the garden to pick some plum blossoms to insert into it. Madam also likes narcissus, so I've had someone move the forced blooms over. The eight-panel screen of butterflies playing with peonies that Madam likes has also been prepared. The kang bedspread is still the same as before, with a double-sided embroidery of white egrets and green water. If there's anything else that needs to be added, please let me know now, and I'll have someone take care of it."

  Without waiting for others to speak, the fourth wife widened her three white eyes and exaggeratedly clicked her tongue a few times. In a mysterious and sarcastic tone, she said: "It's clear that we are so shameless. Last time, I asked Second Sister-in-law many times to put that oil lamp in my room, but she never agreed. This time, as soon as the young lady returned, Second Sister-in-law was willing to give it away."

  Madam Yu hummed and gave her a sidelong glance: "So you're saying that Liu should be the one who's shameless? Don't you have everything you need in your room? I recall that last time, Fourth Brother begged me to give you my plum blossom bed that Princess Shouyang had used. What more do you lack? Or would you like me to move all of my dowry over and also send you Second Sister's crystal mirror from Princess ZhaoYang?"

  The daughter-in-law and the daughter, of course, are closer to the daughter. Mrs. Gu immediately stood on her daughter's side and felt that it was not enough. She asked Wang Shi: "Are the silk curtains and lily fragrance ready? If not, our sixth sister can't sleep."

  After so many years in Nanfu, she was no longer the pampered young lady at home. What's the point of being so particular? However, Gu Yun still felt a sense of pride and couldn't hide the smile on her face.

  Wang was busy adding people.

  Old Mrs. Guo said, "It's true that Nainai's room might not be ready in time, why don't you just temporarily stay in one of your sisters' rooms for a while? They are all skilled at decorating and their rooms are barely habitable."

  Lu Yuran had long heard her mother say that her maternal grandparents' family was different from others, because they were a hundred-year-old aristocratic family, and even high-ranking officials in the imperial court couldn't compare to them in terms of refinement. But hearing is not as good as seeing, and now that she saw what Gu Qing's Xiyu Pavilion looked like, with its exquisite and luxurious decorations that couldn't be counted, she was already very surprised. Now that she heard Old Lady Gu say that their rooms were barely habitable, her heart was even more shocked.

  At this moment, letting Lu Yuran come to her daughter's room would certainly make the old lady happy, but looking at it this way, Lu Yuran is a noble and dignified person. If she were to suffer even a little bit of grievance, she would be scolded to death. The several ladies are all astute people, seeing the situation they all tacitly remained silent.