The daughter of the first wife grew up in the countryside and was extremely powerful

The purpose of the Marquis' Mansion is very clear. There are only two young masters in the General's Mansion now.

If the reputation of the eldest son Gu Xunzhou is ruined, he will not be able to take over the old general's position.

Gu Ce'an is only ten years old and can grow up, but it takes time. During this waiting time, people with a heart can do a lot of things.

Gu Fanchu opened the small box sent by Wang, and found that there were no pearl hairpins or jewelry in the box, but a few thin pages of paper.

When he opened it, he found that it was the deeds of two shops.

This is... Gu Fanchu looked at the two deeds and felt that they were a little hot.

This aunt-in-law is so generous. She gave the shop away just like that!

"Qiutang, go and return this to my aunt. It's too valuable. I can't accept it."

Gu Fanchu quickly put the house deed in, closed the lid, and asked Qiutang to send the things back.

Nanny Wang just came in from the outer room and wanted to see if Gu Fanchu had gotten up. When she heard Gu Fanchu's anxious words, she spoke to comfort him:

"Miss, the eldest lady is sincerely thanking you. The old lady herself said that there is no need to feel burdened. These are just trivial matters."

These were the old lady's exact words, but she added another sentence at the end: there are plenty of shops anyway.

After all, it is the accumulation of several generations, and the general's mansion is not as simple as it looks on the surface. When a man earns military merit outside, he will be rewarded by the emperor, and he also has a virtuous wife to take care of the family, so the wealth will naturally accumulate more and more.

Hearing what Nanny Wang said, Gu Fanchu knew that he would not be able to refuse. He sighed and asked Bai Li to keep the house deed separately. The jewelry and hairpins given by Gu Xunzhou were temporarily placed in the warehouse.

After sleeping for so long, the chicken soup was kept warm on the stove in the small kitchen.

Gu Fanchu filled his stomach and read a travelogue at the table for a while. After digesting the food, he took a nice bath.

But because I slept too long in the afternoon, I didn’t fall asleep until midnight.

The next day, I heard that Liu Lian was arrested and taken to the government office, and she confessed everything before she was even tortured.

However, because the nobleman always covered his face every time he came, she didn't even know what he looked like, not to mention that she had accepted money to frame the eldest son of the general's mansion, which was an even greater crime.

In the end, Liu Lian was sentenced to exile and was sent away crying.

Meng Qiaoming did not show up in the end. He took several days off and stayed at home, not daring to go out.

It is said that the youngest daughter of Minister Sun of the Ministry of War, who was originally engaged to Meng Qiaoming, was very dissatisfied with him because of this incident and was clamoring to cancel the engagement.

It can be said that the Marquis' Mansion is now in a state of panic, busy trying to save face, but no one cares.

Even the always famous Meng Hewan was no longer invited to participate in activities for noble ladies in the capital.

This made her feel very anxious, but fortunately, something went smoothly, and her shop was about to open.

As a person from the future, she believed that her aesthetic taste must be superior to that of modern people, so she coaxed Gu to give her a ready-to-wear clothing store, and then personally drew several sets of dresses in her mind.

She was very confident that she would be popular among the women in Beijing.

The other was the building she opened in partnership with the Third Prince. Originally, she didn't want to bother with the Third Prince anymore. After all, she felt that as a woman who had traveled through time, only a chosen one of heaven's would be worthy of her.

The third prince came to see her several times, but she rejected him.

Later, the third prince found an opportunity to go and stop her in person, said a lot of sweet words in front of her, and explained that he was only doing this to Qin Mingzhu to gain her trust in exchange for something.

Meng Hewan looked at the man's sincere expression and gained some trust in him.

Then we decided to open a shop together.

After all, she is a woman. If she doesn't have a strong backer, opening a building like that in this era will definitely be criticized.

With the third prince as a shield, things would be much more convenient.

At this time, she didn't know that the big gift from Gu Fanchu was on the way.

Too many things have happened in recent days, and all of them are directed at the General's Mansion, so the people in the mansion basically stay indoors.

The old lady spent the whole day at home eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha, praying to the Buddha to bless the general's mansion with smooth sailing.

Although the old general's poison had been almost eliminated by Gu Fanchu, he still announced to the outside world that the remaining poison had injured his body and he was still unable to get out of bed.

Wang cleaned up the house again, and anyone who showed any signs of trouble would be sent to the farm on a pretext and put under surveillance.

Gu Yunye was preparing to leave and had some free time for the time being, but because of his friends' appointments, he rarely went out.

Gu Fanchu also stayed in the yard obediently, but after the previous two incidents, she deeply felt that even if the people around her already had the ability, it would be useless if she didn't know how to do it.

Because there is always a time to place an order.

So after learning the rules from Nanny Wang every day, he pestered Liuli and Amber to teach him some self-defense skills.

Of course, she didn't learn it alone, she also asked Bailihe Qiutang to learn it together.

Therefore, the servants who passed by Lingxi Pavilion every day could hear some strange noises coming from inside. Sometimes it was the excited "Hey... Hey... Ha..." sound, and sometimes it was the shrill scream: "Ah... pain, pain, pain..."

Within a few days, everyone in the general's mansion knew that the young ladies and maids of Lingxi Pavilion had started learning martial arts.

There were even people secretly teasing them behind their backs. Every day when the two maids went out, they would twist and turn and gasp from time to time.

The old general and the old lady did not stop this matter. They just asked people to prepare more delicious food for Lingxi Pavilion so that they would not go hungry.

Knowing that his sister wanted to learn martial arts, Gu Xunzhou took great pains to find a very small dagger inlaid with various gems. Gu Fanchu loved it very much and began to fantasize about the day when he would become a master.

But it's just a thought...

The climate in Kyoto seemed to warm up faster than other places. In just a few days, the flowers that were originally half-opened had fully bloomed, and the whole city was filled with pear blossoms like clouds, blooming on the branches.

After a few days, the matter of Meng Qiaoming gradually faded away, and the door of the Marquis' Mansion began to open more frequently.

That morning, a middle-aged man and woman in dishevel came to the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, which was always busy with people coming and going. The man was holding a wooden stick and one of his legs was bandaged, and he seemed to be injured.

However, the man was not only injured in the leg, but also had many long and short small wounds on his dark and old face, making him look miserable.

The woman was in a better condition. There were no visible injuries on her, but her eyes were filled with fear and she was cowering.

When people passing by saw the two standing at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, they were no longer in a hurry to do their own things. Instead, they stopped and gathered in groups of three or four, chatting while paying attention to the situation here.

Even some small vendors who were originally pushing their carts stopped and pretended to shout a few times, but in fact their eyes never left the Marquis' Mansion.

After all, there have been many interesting things happening in this mansion recently.