Traveling through ancient times

After dinner, Feng Qinglan felt a little tired, so she asked Nanny Awei to arrange for a few people to rest in the guest rooms!

Gu Dalian felt the difference of this large mansion for the first time and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled:

The Li Mansion is so big, but there are few masters to be seen. Is it possible that no one is here?

An hour later, everyone gathered together again!

Feng Qinglan rested for a while, and then regained his spirits. He stroked Gu Lun's head and said with a smile:

"…There's nothing else to see in our house, except for that small garden. There aren't many flowers blooming in other places, but our house is full of the fragrance of flowers! Haha, I'll take you for a walk right now!"

Gu Dalian and Gu Lun walked along the corridor towards the back garden, one on the left and one on the right!

The rockery and flowing water in the back garden complement each other, with a sparkling pond, winding paths, and moss-covered stone roads!

There are flowers blooming here, various flowers are competing for beauty, and butterflies are dancing, creating a vibrant scene.

"…It's so beautiful here, grandma. The flowers here are very different from ordinary flowers, and each one is a unique scene. The person who designed this garden is a genius!"

Gu Dalian praised sincerely, Gu Wenzhi nodded in agreement, and Gu Lun exclaimed repeatedly:

"It's so beautiful, big sister. When I grow up, I will buy you a garden like this!"

Just as Gu Dalian was about to answer, she heard an inopportune voice:

"You are such a country bumpkin. Do you know how much this garden costs? And the flowers and plants here, how can a poor person like you find them?"

Unexpectedly, it was this Feng Meir again. She had changed into a pink dress with a jacket, and her hair style had changed. Even her hairpins had been changed. It was obvious that she was a very particular person!

Feng Meir walked over with a new round fan in her hand, step by step. Her pretty face seemed out of shape because of the disdain in her eyes!

Feng Qinglan was still smiling and didn't say anything, and seemed to be very indulgent towards this niece!

Gu Dalian didn't feel like a guest at all, she laughed and said:

"As a human being, you really need to know yourself. When you mock others, why don't you look at yourself and see if you have the ability to do so?"

He reached out and touched Gu Lun's head, and continued:

"Although my son Lun'er is still young, he has this ambition. Moreover, I believe that he will be able to find these good things for his sister with his own abilities in the future!"

He glanced at Feng Meir:

"I'm really confused. How can you, a person of noble status, swear so much? Didn't your mother teach you to be low-key?"

Feng Meir didn't know why, but when she saw these brothers and sisters, she felt uneasy and inexplicably hostile, and she lost her sense of propriety in everything she said and did!

"How dare you scold me for not having good manners!"

She raised her aggrieved face towards Feng Qinglan and said:

"...Grandma, you see how unreasonable they are. I am the daughter of a prime minister, but I am being laughed at by the lowly people. If this gets out, people will laugh their heads off!"

Feng Qinglan spoke slowly:

"Mei'er... you are the granddaughter of the prime minister's family, but you don't know how to restrain yourself. Your father has wasted his efforts. It is meaningless to stay in Henan Prefecture any longer. Let someone send you back to the capital tomorrow morning!"

When Feng Meir heard this, she panicked and rushed to Feng Qinglan, hugged his arm and shook him!

"...Grand aunt, Mei'er won't go back. Mei'er said something wrong. Please let Mei'er stay..."

Feng Meir then remembered that she was sent here to be trained by her grandmother because she made a mistake in the capital!

Seeing that the third-class maid who had just entered the mansion was pretty, Feng Meir became jealous and cut the person's face several times with a pair of scissors!

I don't know which gossipy bitch spread the news, and my father heard about it, and then found out that I had beaten to death several maids who had made mistakes in the past!

Prime Minister Feng was furious and beat Mei'er, and locked her up in the ancestral hall and starved her for three days. If it weren't for Mei'er's mother Yang Manniang's intervention, she would have been sent to a temple for asceticism!

The so-called celibate practice means that a sinful person practices with his hair uncut, which is equivalent to being abandoned by the family!

Feng Qinglan was dizzy from Mei'er's shaking, and was very upset. He brushed away the hand that was grabbing him, and his voice became even more stern:

"Your father entrusted you to me. Your every word and action here represents the reputation of our Li Mansion. Now you are provoking my distinguished guest in front of me. How can you still respect me, the head of the Li Mansion?"

"It seems that I am too lenient to others, and I have made people forget the title of 'Iron Lady'! If you truly repent, then go to the quiet room and kneel down!"

Feng Meir had regained consciousness by this time. The maidservant beside her was trembling with nervousness, fearing that her mistress would be angry with her. Fortunately, Feng Meir knew that she needed to show weakness at this moment, so she bowed and said:

"My niece will go to the quiet room to reflect on her mistakes now!"

The two maids hurriedly helped them leave. On the way, Feng Meir was so angry that her face turned blue. She stretched out her hand and twisted one of the maids fiercely:

"You are all dead, don't you know how to say a few good words for me?..."

The maid was in so much pain that tears welled up in her eyes, but she didn't dare let them fall, for fear of bringing about even harsher punishment. She didn't dare to talk back and could only grit her teeth and endure it!

The indentures of the maids in these wealthy families are mostly death indentures, which are held in the hands of their masters!

It's like an object that can be sold at will, if it's beaten and disabled it can be sent away with a little compassion money, and even if it's beaten to death and thrown into a mass grave it's not against the law!

Feng Meir went to the quiet room and knelt down as punishment!

Here, Gu Dalian didn't want the atmosphere to be awkward, so she joined in the conversation with her second brother and Gu Lun. Soon they were relaxed and happy again, which made Feng Qinglan so amused that he wanted to let them stay here!

Happy times are always short. Feng Qinglan forced them to stay for dinner, and then they said goodbye and left amid Feng Qinglan's earnest instructions to come often!

After watching Gu Wenzhi and the others leave until they were out of sight, Feng Qinglan turned back to Wutong Courtyard where she lived and signaled Nanny Awei to stay and for everyone else to leave!

"Awei, I am more and more convinced that these children are the descendants of my eldest brother. Please send more people to investigate. I want to confirm it as soon as possible!"

Aunt Avi nodded slightly:

"Miss, please don't worry. I have followed your instructions and sent people to the Earl of Changping's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion to secretly look for old friends and find clues. I have also sent people to secretly investigate the old Gu family, where Miss Sun and her family have severed their relationship!"

Old Madam Feng was nearly fifty years old. She looked only forty years old because she had taken good care of herself. However, there was some sadness in her eyes at this moment. She leaned on Aunt Awei and sighed:

"Awei, I'm lucky you've been with me all these years. Otherwise, I'd be guarding this huge mansion by myself... I don't know if I can hold on for long!..."

Awei didn't say anything, just patted Feng Qinglan on the shoulder, feeling only pity for her own young lady!

After the young master and his family were traveling in a carriage and fell into a valley and all died, the old master also fell seriously ill and passed away not long after!

Avi was called back from Madam to Miss, and spent countless long nights with her own Miss like this!