The lady of Chongxi has supernatural powers and is favored by the powerful official

After paying his respects, Nangong Yu walked over to his mother and sat down below her.

There was an embroidery stool between Nangong Yu and his mother. Gu Ruoxi was sitting there, almost half lying in Xie Qingrou's arms, looking up at Xie Qingrou:

"Mother, what delicious food did Madam Yang prepare?"

Nangong Su next to him glared at his son.

But Nangong Yu didn't even look at him again. He could only watch Xie Qingrou enjoying family happiness, while he seemed like an unnecessary person.

This feeling made him feel powerless.

Xie Qingrou didn't take him seriously at all. Even if he shamelessly stuck here and refused to leave, she wouldn't even give him two glances.

But no matter how long he was angry, Nangong Su still didn't leave, because he knew that if Xie Qingrou really left in a few days, it would be really difficult for him to see her again.

Nangong Su shamelessly kept looking at Xie Qingrou.

When Nangong Su heard Gu Ruoxi's question, Xie Qingrou's happy smile moved him deeply. As far as he could remember, she had never smiled so happily before.

"You should ask Madam Yang what she prepared. Mother only knows that Madam Yang loves you more than me now. She came back to say she wanted to arrange food. Before I could finish, Madam Yang turned around and asked Qingfeng to prepare the dishes that the young lady liked."

Xie Qingrou said this in a sour tone, pretending to be aggrieved.

Gu Ruoxi smiled even sweeter after hearing this, and immediately comforted her:

"I'll go find out what the dish is."

In fact, Nanny Yang was standing next to Xie Qingrou, and when she heard Mrs. Xie's "wronged" complaint, she couldn't help but smile with her hands covering her lips.

Gu Ruoxi stood up and held Nanny Yang's arm:

"Madam Yang, what delicious food have you prepared for us?"

Nanny Yang had never been exposed to such a little girl's coquetry. She was extremely happy and hurriedly coaxed her:

"Yes, yes, yes. I originally thought you would come back to eat in the evening, but I asked the kitchen to prepare it early. We have your favorite barbecue skewers and your favorite sugar-coated spareribs."

As he spoke, he deliberately raised his voice a little, glanced at Xie Qingrou and said:

"Oh, there is also a crab meat dish and a six-treasure dish. Oh, Madam doesn't like these dishes very much. Wait a minute..."

"Hahahaha...I like it. That's what I like."

Xie Qingrou also quickly responded in cooperation.

Nanny Yang smiled and said:

"She also said that I don't love her anymore. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. I thought these two dishes wouldn't be served later. I saved them for later."

"Ha ha……"

When the family was talking happily, Qingfeng came over and said that the food was served in the flower hall and invited the masters to eat there.

So a few people moved to the flower hall, and Xie Qingrou still pulled Gu Ruoxi to sit next to her.

Although it was a hastily prepared lunch, the dishes for the masters were served according to the prescribed portions and the table was full.

Gu Ruoxi was only responsible for eating after she sat down and started eating. Nangong Yu and Xie Qingrou were both helping her pick up food.

Seeing the dishes that were far away and out of reach, she just gave a look and Nangong Yu reached out and picked them up.

This kind of square table is not good, and according to etiquette, you cannot take dishes that are far away.

When Gu Ruoxi had almost finished eating, she suddenly said:

"It would be better if this table was round. If you want to eat the food over there, you can just turn it around."

Xie Qingrou had already finished her meal, and upon hearing this she burst out laughing:

"Then why not turn all the dishes over?"

Gu Ruoxi said seriously:

"No way."

Then he pretended to think for a moment and said:

"We can make a big round table at the bottom and a small round table at the top. Then, when we want to eat a dish, we just need to turn the small round table around."

Nangong Su interjected:

"Nonsense."

Xie Qingrou and Nangong Yu said at the same time:

"Mom will make one for you."

"I'll make one for you."

Nangong Su looked around and thought, this is too much pampering, right?

Isn't this something I did wrong?

Nangong Su had almost finished eating and put down his chopsticks angrily.

Qingfeng came over hurriedly and said:

"Madam, the eldest lady is here with her maid."

Nangong Jiao?

Xie Qingrou glanced at Nangong Su:

"Your daughter is here to see you."

Nangong Su said unhappily:

"Could it be that you came to Wutong Court to look for me?"

Xie Qingrou did not speak, but looked at Qingfeng and said:

"Let her in."

After Xie Daoru returned to Beijing, Xie Qingrou took over all the affairs of the family and no longer talked about closing up the entire west courtyard.

Nangong Jiao can move around in this inner courtyard.

However, Zhu Xinlan and the old marquis’ wife were still being guarded by Nangong Yu’s men, so even if Nangong Jiao went to see them, she didn’t dare to say anything.

Now the few people she can rely on are either sick or under house arrest.

Nangong Jiao felt a little panicked.

It seems that my mother will never get better. What should I do?

Besides, my father hasn’t been to the West Courtyard recently. I threw a tantrum myself, but no one passed the message to the Marquis.

Now that she could no longer see her father, no one cared about her anymore, and her monthly allowance was no longer the stipulated thirty taels of silver for a legitimate daughter, but only ten taels.

What can you do with ten taels?

Moreover, the food was no longer like when my mother was in charge, with all the delicacies from land and sea, and I could eat whatever I wanted, and give it to the servants if I didn’t want to.

Even the people in my yard ate a lot of delicious food with me.

But now, the Marquis's wife is in charge of the household, and she says that she must follow the rules. She is not a legitimate daughter, so she can only be provided with three meals a day as a concubine's daughter. Although it is better than those concubines, it is still much worse than before.

One meat and two vegetable dishes for each meal, you can't say you don't want to eat.

As long as she didn't eat it, they would heat it up and send it to her at night. The person who delivered the food was theirs, and if they broke the plates and bowls, they would have to record it.

So, this month I didn’t even get the ten taels of silver, it was all deducted.

But, after these days of hardships, Nangong Jiao has learned her lesson.

She knew that she couldn't rely on anyone now.

I don’t know what’s going on with my grandmother either. When she said she believed in Buddhism, she just burned incense.

Now grandma really sits and recites the scriptures.

Moreover, when I asked other family members to help, my grandmother scolded me.

My brother didn’t know why, but after quarreling with my father twice, he closed the yard. I only heard that he was recuperating. But he never came out again. If I hadn’t heard him yelling and cursing when I passed by from time to time, I would have thought he was dead.

All of a sudden, Nangong Jiao felt lonely in the backyard.

Nangong Su did not leave. He had few children, so he loved Nangong Jiao the most. His concubine Zhou also gave birth to a daughter, but he rarely saw her.

Qingfeng led Nangong Jiao over, and Nangong Su was stunned after taking a look. This pale and haggard person was Nangong Jiao?

Nangong Jiao didn't expect Nangong Su to be here. She was about to greet him when she came in. But when she looked up and saw her father here, and then saw the leftovers they had just eaten, Nangong Jiao couldn't help but cried out in grievance:

"father!"