The son-in-law is a thief

This is the first month for Ji Mu to take over as the butler of the Gu Mansion. The previous butler Li resigned from the position of the chief butler on the grounds that he was unwell. Qingchuan is ashamed. After all, when Gu Ruyang came here, Steward Li opened the door of the Chen family himself. As for why Steward Li let Gu Ruyang in again, this has to be said 21 years ago.

Twenty-one years ago, Gu Changhai suddenly gave up Wanshigang and gave up the number one position in Wanshigang to Chen Qingchuan. As for the reason, no one knows now. At that time, Butler Li was still a small steward of the Gu family. Few people know what happened now. In short, Steward Li has served both the Gu family and the Li family. I think the reason for his departure is also related to this.

However, Ji Mu didn't have much interest in what happened 21 years ago. He was only in his thirties. Serve the Patriarch with all your heart, think of everything for the Patriarch, and don't have two minds.After all, he is not young anymore, and he is afraid that he will never meet such a decent employer as the Gu family, and he works extremely hard, hoping to use the light of the Gu family to make himself look good.

"Housekeeper, what are you thinking?" Ji Mu's deputy, Zhu Changsheng, the steward, asked.

Ji Mu frowned, he calculated twice and said: "Master Du Jiu said just now that the head of Gu's family will come back tomorrow morning and stay for a few more days."

When Zhu Changsheng heard this, his face became cheerful: "That's great, there is a plaque of the Gu family hanging at the gate of this mansion, but the head of the Gu family has only been back once, and it will be a good thing to come back tomorrow, why are you so sad?"

"I don't understand. This Gu's mansion is the best mansion in Fei County. Why doesn't our master like to come back?" Ji Mu touched his oily abacus.

Zhu Changsheng squinted his eyes and smiled. He saw that there was no one around, and said in a low voice: "It's good to be married. The woman is floating outside. It's not because there is no man at home."

"Confused!" Ji Mu picked up the abacus and knocked on Zhu Changsheng's head: "So you have worked in this house for so long, and you are just a manager. Look at the women in the sea, they have families and children. Counting, but who didn't follow the Gu family's banners across the world, why do you, a big man, have such ordinary views."

Zhu Changsheng smiled awkwardly, at least when Chen Qingchuan was the only one, it was still a taboo for women to go on a boat, now that the Gu family has changed, he doesn't often go to sea, so naturally he hasn't gotten used to it yet.

"And the head of the family is not married," Ji Mu pointed in the direction of Pinglan Courtyard: "Isn't there one?"

"This..." Zhu Changsheng thought it was even more ridiculous, but Ji Mu was Du Yong's confidant and his boss after all, since Ji Mu was so sure, he didn't say any more.

"Now that you know that the head of the house will be back tomorrow, don't neglect it. Inform the other stewards to gather in the main hall at [-]:[-] noon. The head of the house will come back to stay for a few days, so let me handle things thoughtfully."

"Yes."

Gu Ruyang went back to the mansion, she didn't feel any difference in the mansion, but Du Yong also saw Ji Mu's intentions, the Shenglan Courtyard where Chen Qingchuan lived could not find the shadow of the past at all. , ranging from the large display in the room, the placement of furniture, to the small teacups and utensils, and the preparations placed in the room have all changed one by one. Ji Mu seems to have deliberately adopted frivolous colors to make the room look softer Firstly, Gu Ruyang is a woman, and secondly, compared to Chen Qingchuan, she is much younger.

"Master, this is the place where the old master used to live, do you have any impression." Du Yong asked.

Gu Ruyang only stared at the three characters 'Sheng Lan Yard' on the gate of the courtyard. This was done by Chen Qingchuan's order before, and it was taken from the fact that Qing Yulan is better than Lan, which means that he, the master, will do better than Gu Changhai. .

Gu Ruyang replied: "I don't have any impression, I was only young then."

"That's right, the master is still in his infancy." Du Yong said, looking at Gu Ruyang staring at the plaque again, he explained: "This plaque probably hasn't come to be replaced urgently, I'll have it removed first, and then wait for the time to come." Think of a name, let people go to Guicheng and find a famous artist to mention it."

Gu Ruyang pointed to the plaque and said to Du Yong: "You don't need to bother, just change the blue characters to Hai Lan's Lan."

"Good ambition to be the head of the family." Du Yong raised his hand, and Gu Ruyang led him with one hand, so he naturally knew his aspirations. Chen Qingchuan's pursuit was better than Gu Changhai's, but Gu Ruyang's plan was better than Dahailan's.

Gu Ruyang's return to the mansion is a big event for everyone in the Gu mansion, and no matter how long she will stay in the mansion this time, everyone in the mansion, young or old, must get to know the person in charge, Du Yong has already made arrangements After lunch, Ji Mu was called, and with Ji Mu as the leader, he introduced the following stewards one by one. After the stewards, they were the servants and maidservants in Shenglan Courtyard. People are always polite, and they gave rewards to everyone one by one, and only then did the first process of returning home be completed.

The next step is to get acquainted with the mansion. Gu Mansion is the largest mansion in Fei County, or in the south of Taiping Island. It has a main courtyard, six other courtyards and twelve small courtyards. Each courtyard has an independent garden. Some courtyards also dug ponds and built pavilions. In the past, Chen Qingchuan’s children and wives and concubines lived in these courtyards. Now, except for Pinglan Courtyard and Tingtao Pavilion, people from Zhaoyang lived, and Du Yong lived in Luzhuxuan. No one lives there anymore, and the whole compound actually looks quite depressed.Although Gu Ruyang intentionally bypassed Pinglan Courtyard and Tingtao Pavilion, it still took almost an hour and a half to finish his home.

It was night, Gu Ruyang had a few more drinks with Du Yong, and set a time to meet Zhaoyang the next day, Gu Ruyang also felt a little sleepy, and fell asleep after sending Du Yong away.

Just after Yinshi, the Pinglan Courtyard became lively, the maidservants were busy fetching water and preparing clothes, the servants were rushing to make breakfast, Fengjian was in charge of everyone's work, Zhaoyang must be groomed before Maoshi, Breakfast meals also need to appear on the table on time.Fengdi served around Zhaoyang, carefully choosing clothes and headgear for her, makeup is also very important, although Zhaoyang is more suitable for peach blossom makeup, but this time Zhaoyang specially asked to meet Gu Ruyang today, Just a touch of powder is all it takes.

From dressing to makeup, from makeup to topknot, from topknot to accessories, it’s exactly three quarters of an hour, no more, no less, Zhaoyang sits down on time at the third quarter of Yinshi, from the first bowl of warm porridge to the last dessert , the time is not more and one less to Maoshi.

Zhaoyang took Fengjian and Fengdi to Shenglan Courtyard with him after some adjustments. This kind of Zhaoyang did not take a sedan chair, nor did he bring Huo Qishan and his Qianniuwei, which was uncharacteristically low-key.

Zhaoyang walked to Gu Ruyang's courtyard, but found that there was no servant outside the courtyard gate. Since Zhaoyang didn't need to inform Zhaoyang, he graciously entered the door, but he saw Du Yong sitting in the gazebo by the pond of Shenglan courtyard, having breakfast, A steward stood by and waited on him.When Zhaoyang asked, it turned out that Gu Ruyang was still lying on the bed. Obviously, the two of them had agreed to meet each other at [-]:[-] and [-]:[-], but Zhaoyang had no choice but to wait.

"Master Gu is really extremely arrogant. There's no reason to let the princess wait for her. If it's in the palace, I'm afraid he'll lose his head long ago." Fengdi nagged.

Feng Jian looked in Du Yong's direction, and whispered: "Shut up, don't cause trouble for the princess."

Feng Di deliberately told Du Yong to listen to this, so he was not afraid that the master would hear it. Sure enough, Du Yong cupped his hands towards Zhaoyang and said, "Princess, please forgive me. My boss is used to living in the sea. I'm afraid she hasn't slept in this bed for a long time. She is greedy. .”

"It's okay." Zhaoyang's face was calm, Gu Ruyang saved her twice, she is not so narrow-minded.

"By the way, I heard that the princess sent someone back to Niangui City yesterday." Du Yong asked, still smiling at Zhaoyang.

How could Zhaoyang not know that Du Yong sent people to monitor her. Yesterday, Huo Qishan was asked to investigate the prince. Except for the two personal maids who served with sword and flute, there were no more than two people who knew about it. Du Yong could know that she sent people back, not to monitor her What else could it be.

"Go back to the city to get some cloth, herbs, etc." Zhaoyang replied.

"I have all the cloth and herbs in the Gu family's house. If the princess doesn't like it, you can let me go to the pier to find some for you. Why bother?" Du Yong smiled, his eyebrows raised like a fox.

"I was going to get some Shu brocades. They are all things from the inland. It will take some time for Mr. Du to get them. This time, it will only take four or five days to return to the city. It's not a problem." Zhaoyang still pursed his lips and smiled. She said that this matter was not detrimental to the Gu family, she was also very frank in her heart.

"The two of you are in great spirits, you've been chattering at the door of my room this early in the morning... aha..."

Gu Ruyang stretched her waist and kicked open the door of her own room. She was wearing a white undershirt, her hair was untied and scattered on her shoulders, and she was wearing a pair of clogs on her feet, the clogs rattled on the floor. , so there is no patriarch, the steward next to Du Yong felt indecent, and turned around consciously, not looking in Gu Ruyang's direction.

"Master, last night you told me that you came to the courtyard to wait for you at [-] o'clock. This princess arrived as scheduled, why did you get up?" Du Yong waved to the maid next to Gu Ruyang, and the girl hurriedly sent a gift. A coat came over to be approved by Gu Ruyang.

"I didn't know you two foxes got up so early." Gu Ruyang was not used to being served so close by others, so he put on his coat by himself, but when he looked down, it was a white satin coat with a thin layer of silk on it. It was embroidered with birds of various colors, and there were two peonies at the neckline, which made her want to laugh a little.

"Master Gu, why don't you tidy up first." Zhao Yang suggested, she knew that Gu Ruyang had always been careless, but it was hard for her to imagine that she would really sit down and talk about serious business with such a well-dressed person.

"Okay, wait until I have a stick of incense." Gu Ruyang returned to the room with his clothes on, and the maid who was close to him followed him in, but he backed out after a while.

"So what kind of medicine is sold in Gu Dang's gourd?" Feng Di was still dissatisfied: "A stick of incense, what can a stick of incense do? It can't even tie your hair well."

"So much nonsense, the hair is well knotted, I'll see it in a while." Feng Jian said, looking a little like a joke.

As expected, Gu Ruyang pushed open the door again with a stick of incense, but she didn't look sloppy. She was still dressed in white clothes, the same as that of the people on the boat. Both men and women are dressed like this. Although the high waist hair is not fancy, it is clean and neat. The only thing that can be regarded as decoration is a sachet hanging on the waist. However, this sachet has no style, it is sold in general markets. style.But Gu Ruyang was born to be good-looking, even with such an ordinary dress, her face could give her a little boost.

"It's a pity that such a skinny." Feng Jian sighed, looked at Feng Di and said, "What do you think?"

"Yeah... I want to trim her eyebrows."