After lunch, Tao Xinhe took a nap in her clothes according to her daily routine, with Mrs. Tang hugging her abdomen, warm and soothing, which relieved a lot of discomfort.

The bed curtain was put down by Qingfang thoughtfully, and the bed was a drowsy, free little world, Tao Xinhe let herself fall into darkness.

Asleep and asleep, she seemed to be dreaming of Gu Ningxi, or rather, Gu Ningxi's voice.

"Well...you are the maid who came back to Tao Mansion with the layman, your name is Qingfang, isn't it?" Flying and flickering, seeming to be far and near, Tao Xinhe slightly frowned in her dream.

"Master... aunt... Gu Sicheng, you are a slave, why are you here?"

In Tao Xinhe's well-groomed courtyard, Qingfang was sitting in the corridor outside the main house, basking in the sun and taking a nap, when she suddenly heard the voice of the third girl smiling, "Here, the place you lived in at the beginning of the first lunar month, take a look, It's been more than a month, how well my sister is tidying up now."

Qingfang opened her eyes in shock, and saw Gu Ningxi, accompanied by Tao Xinqiang, coming from the courtyard gate, and stopped in front of her.

It was the third girl again, pointing to the main room, consciously lowered her voice: "Is sister sleeping?"

Qingfang should be, but Gu Ningxi greeted her for the first time.

Tao Xinqiang walked to Qingfang's place, sat down on the soft cushion, raised her face and squinted to look at the sun, and murmured, "My sister might wake up in two quarters of an hour. Gu Sicheng, you Do you want to wait?"

Qingfang didn't know, so she looked around and saw that Gu Ningxi, who stood taller in the sunlight, shook her head slowly, with a lingering tone: "Thank you Qiangniang. I'd better go, Heniang may not be happy to see me. I will It's enough to deliver things."

Tao Xinqiang swung her feet, pouted and responded, "Gu Sicheng, I was very angry with you too. But what you said just now seems to be the truth, so let's trust you three points. You have to deal with that as soon as possible Qiniang, Miss Mo, please don't get involved with you anymore, then I'll look at the situation and help you talk to my sister."

Qingfang was speechless, the third girl was careless and simple-minded, could it be that Gu Sicheng coaxed her to side with her ex-brother-in-law with clever rhetoric?

Hearing Mo Qiqi, Qingfang seemed to see that poor woman with an injured body and a desperate face again in front of her eyes. She brushed Mo Qiqi away, so she naturally felt more deeply. On the 30th day of the first lunar month, she followed the layman closely, and from the corner of her eye, Mo Qiqi must have stepped out of the shadows.

Seeing Gu Ningxi solemnly nodding her promise to the third girl, Qingfang bit her lips and hesitated for a moment, and finally interjected softly: "Gu Sicheng, Miss Mo, is she okay?"

Tao Xinqiang pointed Gu Ningxi with her index finger, said "Hi", and told Qingfang: "Gu Sicheng is a veritable fool. He gave up the huge mansion to Mo, and he moved to live in a wine shop. When I heard just now, I couldn't believe my ears. But at least I believed it, he really didn't plan to take that person as a concubine, but he didn't know how Gu Sicheng said responsibility and timing."

Gu Ningxi let his ex-wife and sister scold her, with a helpless and tolerant smile hanging on the corner of her lips, just this one touch completely overwhelmed the tiredness on his face.

Qingfang was stunned when she heard that, is the new Gu's family going to be named Mo?

Tao Xinhe, who was supposed to be sleeping peacefully on the bed, felt itchy in her ears, and Gu Ningxi's voice crept in with twists and turns:

"Anyway, thank you Qiangniang. I was bothering you when I visited my siblings just now. In the afternoon, someone from the Yanchun Pavilion should come to give you some jewelry. First, don't bother the second master. Qiangniang will help collect it, okay? You choose what you like Looks like, pick a few more."

"Qingfang, I also have something to trouble you. Here are two packs of spices, two liang each, sweet sweet osmanthus and light sweet osmanthus. The shop assistant said they are all freshly made, and the quality is probably acceptable. No Knowing which one He Niang likes recently, you can identify it, and if you can use it, serve her with some. If it is convenient, I will ask you later, which one He Niang prefers."

"Well... When He Niang wakes up, say hello to her for me. If she is impatient, don't mention that I sent these things, you just use them. You are going to set off in the future. I wish you a smooth journey and indulge yourself Scenery, have fun."

In her dream, Tao Xinhe unconsciously raised her hand and grabbed the front of her chest, feeling her heart was tight, as if dreaming that every bit of Gu Ningxi was a betrayal of her determination that day.

Fen fist was pressing on the heart, affecting breathing even more. Tao Xinhe slept very uncomfortably, tossed and turned several times, and finally woke up.

She called Qingfang in a hoarse voice, and the personal servant girl and third sister came in together, Qingfang poured warm water for her.

Tao Xinhe took the cup, her sharp eyes noticed that Qingfang was holding two exquisite fine cloth bags in the other hand, the corners leaked out from between her fingers, and she casually asked what it was.

Tao Xinqiang winked at Qingfang, and even poked the big girl's waist and eyes, which was full of hints.

Qingfang faltered twice, then spread out her palms, showing two bulging brocade sachets tightly tied at the mouth, lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Layman, it's the sweet scent of osmanthus and the light scent of osmanthus. The servant girl just now has the courage Untie it and sniff it, the sweet sweet scent of osmanthus is exactly the sweet osmanthus you used recently, probably because of the different shops where it was produced and the different elegant names."

Tao Xinhe was still a little sleepy when she woke up, but when she heard these two names, she wondered if she was still in a dream and didn't wake up. Could it be that she didn't know whether she dreamed of two kinds of spices, or dreamed that Gu Ningxi was talking introduce?

"Gu..." Tao Xinhe wanted to ask, but she swallowed the words again. If she got confused, wouldn't she lose her mind in front of Third Sister and Qingfang and lose face? She changed the sentence: " Where did this come from?"

Tao Xinqiang entered the room and didn't speak, held back for a long time, at this moment she said in a loud voice, "Gu Sicheng sent it! It's for my sister. I just found out that a while ago, he brought spices every day, and my sister asked It's a pity that people refused to accept it at the concierge."

It turned out that it was not a dream! Tao Xinhe suddenly understood that just now, she really heard Gu Ningxi's voice, probably... Thinking about the familiar voice, Gu Ningxi should be standing by the window, separated from her by the door!

"Who let him enter the mansion? He came to the inner courtyard? Don't the family know how to avoid taboo?" Tao Xinhe's voice was stern, and she looked directly at Tao Xinqiang, her accusation clearly revealed.

Tao Xinqiang didn't think it was a pest, in her opinion, her elder sister was stern and soft-hearted, so naturally she was not afraid at all, she shook her head and said, "This is what my sister-in-law meant."

Then, she couldn't wait to start from the beginning: "Sister, I don't know if you have a lunch break. At noon, the servant handed me a greeting card, and wrote all three of us on it, which made me amused. Gu Sicheng voted, I just wanted to scold him for you, so I went to greet him at the gate of the mansion."

Tao Xinhe closed her eyes and listened attentively, rubbing her forehead lightly, why is this person lingering and coming again?

Tao Xinqiang chirped and croaked: "However, when I saw him suddenly, I was startled. In just a short period of time, Gu Sicheng lost a lot of weight, his face turned gray, and he looked like he was on the verge of falling. I didn't dare to speak loudly for fear of him. He fell on our house and blackmailed us. Gu Sicheng's tongue is much more flexible, and he told me a lot of things, and I heard the key meaning, that is, he still wants to be my brother-in-law."

Tao Xinhe sneered between her teeth, and said lightly: "Is this what he wants? Is it love? Why is your sister-in-law involved again?"

"Sister, listen to me. In fact, I am very soft-hearted. Sister, you know that I was very discouraged when I saw Gu Sicheng's appearance. I just asked him to go back. You will definitely not want to see him. I am polite to him. Yes. At this moment, a servant girl came to pass the word, saying that my sister-in-law knew that he was coming, and invited him to sit inside."

"Then I can't be rude to my sister-in-law in front of outsiders, so I just stare at Gu Sicheng closely all the way, and accompany him to sit with my sister-in-law for a while. They come and go, talking about the situation for a long time, about My sister-in-law was entrusted by the Li family and the Wang family to ask for a painting from Gu Sicheng, and it was mixed with your reply, sister, do you know? It also involved seven hundred taels. Played in the room for a while."

Hong Shi is really! Tao Xinhe didn't even know what to say. She didn't tear up Gu Ningxi's letter that day in front of Hong's face, because she didn't want everyone to look bad, but she always put it there, don't involve her.

After going back to the house to read the letter, it was Tao Xinhe's impromptu idea, but she never told anyone about it.

At the end of the letter, Gu Ningxi asked her to tell Hong that she would not take any money for this painting. Tao Xinhe didn't want to be the mouthpiece, otherwise it would be like taking Gu Ningxi's favor.

Huh, Gu Ningxi delivered it to her door herself! Hong shi didn't know what to say to him, but after hearing what Qiangniang said, she still didn't go around her. For a moment, Tao Xinhe didn't know whether to be mad at Gu Ningxi or Hong Shi.

Seeing that her complexion was not very good-looking, Tao Xinqiang paused, and cautiously approached her sister.

Tao Xinhe half-guessed the follow-up: "Then, you brought him to my place again. I took a nap in the room, and you guys talked to Qingfang in the yard, and Gu Ningxi left, right?"

Tao Xinqiang gave a thumbs up and nodded again and again: "Sister, did you see it? That's right."

Tao Xinhe smiled wryly, it seemed that it was not a dream. If she knew it was true, maybe she would have opened the door and reprimanded him with sneering words. ...Well, maybe, she still avoids seeing her, so Qingfang just drives Gu Ningxi away, who knows?

Tao Xinqiang recalled a moment, regained her cautious demeanor, and tentatively said, "Sister, there is something I want to let you know. Gu Sicheng, he took Mo Qiqi to the mansion."

Gu Ningxi said this in detail in her previous letter. Tao Xinhe firmly remembers the regrets he wrote down. This person is often incompetent in daily affairs, but now he is not chasing after him to make up for it, which seems particularly ridiculous.

So, Tao Xinhe really laughed out loud and said "hehe", which greatly surprised the other two people in the room.

Why are there tears in the corners of my eyes? Tao Xinhe propped her chin with her hands without any trace, put her fingertips into the corners of her eyes and gently wiped away the water, cleared her throat and said, "Why do I want to know? They care about the family? What are you talking about, Qiang Niang?"

With a slight cramping pain in her lower abdomen, Tao Xinhe changed her gesture again, clasped her hands on her abdomen, and sent her sister away with a sigh, saying that she needed to change clothes.

Tao Xinqiang prepared a lot of words to comfort her sister, but died young, so she could only pick up the most important thing and said: "Gu Sicheng ran away in despair, he put Mo Qiqi in, and went to live outside by himself, sister, such a silly Man, only you can surrender. Anyway, I can't figure out what Gu Sicheng is doing."

Tao Xinhe smiled again, as if laughing at herself, as if... She used to think so too, that she was the person who could help Gu Ningxi the most. But what was the result? In the Gu mansion, there is another woman living now, and the servants of the mansion are all around her, right?

Can't think about it anymore, Tao Xinhe picked up a random excuse and told her younger sister: "Father is going to the Ministry of Industry today, and he wants to bring back his odds and ends, and bring them to Zhuangzi together in the future. Qiangniang, take a few servants, Let's go pick up Dad."

Tao Xinqiang's attention was diverted, she happily agreed, and went out to do something.

Qingfang, who was like a background board, came forward to wait for Tao Xinhe to change her clothes, and said softly: "I see, Gu Sicheng has made progress. Today, he took the initiative to say hello to my servant."

Tao Xinhe took a deep breath and then let it out, and said perfunctorily: "Maybe other women taught him well, or is it because he faces a face that he can see clearly every day, and recognizes you by analogy?"

Qingfang shook her head, thinking that's not the case, couldn't it be that Gu Sicheng forced him to recognize people and speak up in order to get close to the layman?

However, not to offend the master is the basic quality of every servant. Qingfang did not contradict Tao Xinhe, and started another topic: "So, what Gu Sicheng said in the wine shop is somewhat true. To Miss Mo, it is really like Protect your sister, not a concubine."

Tao Xinhe shook her head, but didn't answer.

No matter what his status is, Mo Qiqi is always the most special to Gu Ningxi, no one can deny this.

That being the case, Tao Xinhe wouldn't join in the fun, otherwise, wouldn't she just have to wear pebbled shoes?

How much love does it take to support a woman, tolerate her husband's heart, and hide someone who, even if it's not affection between a man and a woman, is still a bit of a concern?

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