Before I could figure out how to ask, Gu Yan spoke first: "The medicine Qiaoqiao bought from outside the city should be cold now. I'll ask the kitchen to heat it up and send it to Madam."

"Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough!"

Baizhi choked and almost coughed out her lungs.

Did Gu Yan send someone to keep an eye on Qiaoqiao? Or did Qiaoqiao just bump into him when she came back?

Gu Yan picked up the fish meat with chopsticks slowly and calmly: "Madam, don't worry about it. I think so. Madam escaped death in the mansion, so naturally no one can trust her."

Having said that, it would be boring to hide it any further, so Bai Zhi laid her cards on the table: "Yes, it is not easy for me to survive in a desperate situation, so I have to be careful."

Gu Yan picked up a piece of fish and gave it to her: "Madam, you are wise."

Bai Zhi stared at him for a while and asked, "Husband likes vegetarian food, why do you only eat meat?"

Gu Yan subconsciously glanced at the other end of the table - the plate of vegetarian food was intact.

Before she could reply, Bai Zhi answered, "Yes, my husband intends to eat more meat for me. My husband keeps his word and even suppresses the discomfort of eating meat. I am very grateful."

It was obvious that there was something else behind his words. Gu Yan's eyes darkened, but then he smiled again: "A gentleman's words are as good as his words."

After the meal, both of them felt a little choked.

After the meal, the cook brought the hot medicine over. Bai Zhi sat at the table and blew the medicine. She saw Gu Yan leave the room, and after a while he came back with a book and a bag of something in his hands.

"Madam," Gu Yan unfolded the oil paper package, which turned out to be candied fruit, "the medicine tastes bitter, Madam, it will feel better if you eat some candied fruit."

Bai Zhi wasn't too afraid of the hardship, but she still smiled warmly and said, "Thank you, husband."

Gu Yan watched Bai Zhi finish the medicine and put the candied fruit in her mouth before slowly speaking, "Madam, you know, I have a habit of reading."

Bai Zhi: "Husband, please speak."

"I have always had a clear distinction between likes and dislikes. For books I like, I will make more annotations next to them to show that I agree with the author. For books I dislike, I will replace the pages with blank papers to show that they are empty."

Bai Zhi had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Gu Yan slowly unfolded the book and said, "The three newspapers that Madam read during the day are exactly blank books."

Me! Shit!

You are too abnormal!

What to do? What to do? If I want to put this matter behind me now, I can only throw out another thing that I am too embarrassed to talk about.

Bai Zhi took a deep breath and pretended to be sad: "I am ashamed. I really didn't look at the books in my husband's study. I only... I only cried beside my husband's paintings."

Gu Yanwei raised an eyebrow.

Bai Zhi continued to make up a story with a sad face: "I saw many portraits of the same woman in my husband's room. I thought she must be his beloved. I thought that no one loved me at my parents' home, and I was not as loved as his beloved in his heart. I couldn't help but feel sad. This matter is embarrassing, so I deliberately concealed it."

Gu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Madam, you are worrying too much. That woman is just a stranger who helped me practice painting."

Bai Zhi was suspicious in her heart, but said happily, "Are you serious, my husband?"

Gu Yan slowly waved his folding fan and said, "A gentleman's words are worth a thousand gold."

Gu Yan's expression didn't seem like he was lying, so Bai Zhi's guess was completely shattered.

So why did he do this series of actions?

Gu Yan suddenly asked, "Madam, no one loves you in your natal family?"

Bai Zhi didn't understand what was going on, so she could only answer, "Yes, I am a concubine's daughter. My mother died when I was young, so I was raised by my aunt. My aunt had children, so she didn't care about me. She only took care of my meals but didn't care about me. Qiaoqiao and I depended on each other, and we grew up like this."

Recalling this, Bai Zhi sneered: "My aunt moved my bed to the side room. On the day of my wedding, my family gave me a big house to stay in temporarily. In such a wealthy Bai family, I could only be a carriage to transport money."

Gu Yan made a cup of tea for Bai Zhi and handed it to her: "Madam, let's go back tomorrow."

Baizhi almost let go of the teacup.

Gu Yan continued, "Madam is now the third wife of the Marquis's Mansion. She wears a golden belt and a purple belt, and has a noble body. Don't you want to see the ugly behavior of a villain who is arrogant in front and respectful in the back?"

To be honest, I want to.

But what is Gu Yan's intention?

She still has a virtuous body. This guy has forgotten what he has done. He didn't come to the wedding, and he arranged a broken house. Whose virtuous body is so miserable as hers? The people in the Bai family must have laughed their heads off while counting the money.

If Gu Yan had any good intentions, she would write the two words "Bai Zhi" backwards.

Bai Zhi was about to refuse, but Gu Yan made the decision first: "I will send someone to deliver a letter to the Bai family and ask someone to prepare a generous gift. Madam, go to bed early. We will get up early tomorrow and go back home."

Bai Zhi finally managed to squeeze out a sentence from between her teeth: "My husband is thoughtful."

Gu Yan strode out to work.

Bai Zhi sighed helplessly.

According to normal logic, Gu Yan's trip was definitely not to go back and slap the Bai family in the face. He was either setting a trap for her to fall into or testing her bottom line. She was now constrained in every way and had no initiative at all. She had no idea what Gu Yan would do next or what he would say next.

Just don't think about anything, don't make any preparations, and respond to situations as they arise.

The exhaustive method cannot figure out where the toad will jump next.

The next morning, Bai Zhi was woken up by Gu Yan before dawn.

Bai Zhi suppressed her bad temper after waking up, silently recited the word "forbearance", and let Qiaoqiao and several maids do whatever they wanted with sleepy eyes.

"This hairpin is suitable for the Third Madam!" "The Third Madam should wear a brighter hairpin to look good!" "The Third Madam looks best in this red dress." "Nonsense! How can you wear red when you go back to your parents' home? It's so shameful!" "Twist your face..." "The Third Madam already had her face twisted when she got married, why do you need to do it again?" "You should choose jade earrings." "How can jade compare to the wealth of gold?"...

Then she was dragged and pushed into the carriage. The carriage was bumpy all the way, and Bai Zhi was so drowsy that she could hardly lift her eyelids.

After waiting for a long time, the car stopped and Bai Zhi finally woke up when Gu Yan woke her up.

Arrived at Bai’s house.

The moment Bai Zhi got off the carriage and saw the Bai family's door plaque, her chest reflexively skipped a beat.

The memories of the original owner cried silently in her mind. The handkerchief she embroidered for her aunt and used as a diaper for her brother, the birthday she celebrated with Qiaoqiao by picking a bowl of willow leaves to pretend to be longevity noodles, the slap she got from Master Bai when she ran into the back garden of the legitimate children, the night she caught a cold and learned that she was sold to the Marquis' Mansion by the Bai family.

This heartless and ungrateful Bai family.

Just as she was panicking, Bai Zhi's hand was suddenly held by Gu Yan. Bai Zhi subconsciously pulled back, but failed. Gu Yan, a scholar, had a strong grip, and it hurt her palm.

"Ma'am, let's go in."

Bai Zhi calmed herself down and followed Gu Yan into the Bai family's home.

Relax, relax, Miss Baizhi, I will teach those who bullied you a lesson.

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