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Liu's worried eyes fell on Gu Weiliang's face. He was not only a powerful minister, but also had a rare appearance. Liu knew the circle of nobles in Beijing, so he could occasionally hear who wanted to send his illegitimate daughter to Gu Weiliang as a concubine.

Some families who want to flatter Gu Weiliang to protect him don’t even care about being born in the legitimate family. Anyone who can catch Gu Weiliang’s eyes is the best.

Naturally, the Liu family could not say that they would not let Gu Weiliang take concubines. There were several noble families who did not take concubines. At that time, Aunt Yun was the concubine she chose for the master himself.

Although Gu Weiliang said that when he came for Zhou Xuan's incident that day, Liu lived a long life and there were many people who had seen it, how could he take Gu Weiliang's words seriously?

"I don't ask you to be so good to Yuan'er forever. People are always looking for something new, but over time, it's best if you can treat her as a relative. You know that the child is not very conscientious. If the concubine who comes to the mansion in the future is a noisy person, she may not be able to handle it. You... do you understand what I mean?"

Gu Weiliang's eyes were deep and he met Liu. Liu's intention was to ask him to think more about Yuan'er. As a mother, it would be normal for him to have this idea.

The man grinded his fingertips, but he didn't say much. Even if he talked too much, Liu wouldn't believe it. He just said, "I understand, don't worry, Master's wife."

Some words were fine. Liu stopped talking, but only said something more to come to the Zhou family for a walk in the future, and then got up and left.

In the yard, except for the maid who was cleaning and Zheng Lin who had been in the distance, she sat alone on the round stone table with Weiliang.

The sun in the afternoon was not small, and the light fell on half of the man's body through the willow tree behind him, with a clear face half bright and half ambiguous.

Liu has such concerns, so would that little girl Zhou Yuan think so too?

He lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, let out a long breath, patted his wrinkled robe, supported his knees with both hands, and called the maid outside the door: "Where has Miss Five gone?"

The maid held the broom tightly, and was a little nervous for a moment, and said stutteringly: "If you say goodbye to your son-in-law, the girl will go west."

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Under Changshui Pavilion to the west, Zhou Yuan lies on the carving railing with his arms, reaching out to pick the red leaves hanging in the air, and the two maids swaying the round fans one left and one right.

Zhou Yuan pinched the leaves and played with them in his hands, tore them into several petals, and sprinkled them in the lotus pond below. She muttered in a low voice: "What do you want to say to Gu Weiliang? Why can't I hear it?"

Qiu Chan smiled and responded to her: "The girl is so nervous. My wife is used to being kind. What can she do to Lord Gu?"

Zhou Yuan bit his lip, but when Liu learned that Gu Weiliang was going to marry her, he scolded him a lot.

"I look at it. Just as the lady said, the girl's heart is completely tilted, and her eyes are full of Lord Gu." Xia He covered her mouth and smiled.

"You say it, be careful of me-" She turned her head and threw the leaves with one hand towards Xia He. The leaves were spread all over the ground. Zhou Yuan suddenly fell silent and looked at the person coming.

Lu Jiaran was only after arguing with Shen Yan for a few words before he came out to relax. Unexpectedly, he saw the person under the pavilion outside, and walked over without thinking too much.

There were too many people in the yard just now, so he hadn't had the chance to say hello to Zhou Yuan, but before he could speak out, Zhou Yuan got up and wanted to walk around him.

Lu Jiaran was stunned and turned around and called her: "Zhou Yuan."

Zhou Yuan paused and hesitated: "Mr. Lu, is there anything wrong?"

The Lu family choked on his chest. He hadn't seen Zhou Yuan for a long time, but he didn't expect to be so distant. Thinking of the past, he could make this girl laugh and call her Brother Lu.

"You just leave when you see me, do you hate me so much?" Lu Jiaran clenched his fists.

Zhou Yuan frowned for no reason: "This pavilion is so big. You and I are both married people. It's hard to sit here to enjoy the scenery together, right? That's right, the back house is so big, why are you going to me?"

Lu Jiaran was stunned by her words, and it was rare to be speechless. He didn't say anything for a long time, so Zhou Yuan was about to turn around and leave. Seeing Zhou Yuan's actions, he hurriedly said, "Zhou Yuan, I'm here to apologize to you."

He pursed his lips and said a long tone: "I married Chen Yan without considering you, and even told you not to hurt Chen Yan's heart because of this. Now I think about it, it's me that Chen Yan is mean, and you must have been angry with her."

The true feelings that Lu Jiaran said were true. It was only after so many days that he realized that Chen Yan was not as weak and gentle as he thought at the time.

He was immersed in his regret, but he didn't see Zhou Yuan frowning in displeasure.

"How can Chen Yan be a human being? How can you, as her husband, discuss her in front of outsiders? What's the relationship between you and me at the beginning? Why did you take care of me when you get married? Am I angry? I have my best brothers who stand up for me, what do you have to do with you?"

"You--" Lu Jiaran was stunned. He was here to apologize, but Zhou Yuan did not expect that he would not accept his affection at all.

Qiu Chan approached two steps: "Girl, my aunt is here."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan and Lu Jiaran both looked up. Zhou Yuan held the hem of the skirt and ran towards the other end without hesitation. Gu Weiliang missed Zhou Yuan's shoulder and looked at Lu Jiaran.

Lu Jiaran's whole body stiffened. Seeing Gu Weiliang take the person away, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Speaking of which, he didn't like Zhou Yuan very much, but compared with Chen Yan now, he occasionally thought that it would be very good if he married Zhou Yuan.

His mother also liked Zhou Yuan very much at the beginning. After all, she was a legitimate girl from the Zhou family. She grew up with many favors and was superior in her status alone.

But he insisted on marrying Chen Yan, and he didn't say that he was uneasy about the troubles of the house. Chen Yan seemed to have become a different person.

Originally, Lu Jiaran thought that Zhou Yuan had not married him, so he would be very sad, but suddenly realized that this was not the case, and a very ungenital feeling of loss arose in his heart.

He sat lonely under the pavilion, and the wind beside the lotus pond blew, feeling melancholy.

On the other side, Zhou Yuan was pestering Gu Weiliang and asking about Liu: "What did mom tell you? Did she cause trouble for you? Don't bother with her, she just nagged a little, not intentionally."

Instead of answering her words, Gu Weiliang asked, "Why did you get along with Lu Jiaran when you ask you to go out?"

"I enjoyed the scenery well in the pavilion, he came here by himself." Zhou Yuan said with a clear connection.

Gu Weiliang bent his lips, but in fact he didn't care about Lu Jiaran. He knew that Zhou Yuan was not as concerned about Lu Jiaran as Duan Yan.

The two walked back to Fuqiyuan all the way, Gu Weiliang led her into the room, turned off the doors and windows after shutting down the doors and windows.

Zhou Yuan looked at him suspiciously: "What are you doing when you close the window?"

Gu Weiliang patted the side of the soft couch: "Come here."

He looked serious, and Zhou Yuan became more and more confused and cautious. He walked over and asked, "What happened?"

Gu Weiliang looked at her silently for a while, and heaved Zhou Yuan's heart to look at her, and his face became more and more serious.

"When do you think I'll take a concubine?"

Suddenly, the room was silent, and Zhou Yuan's mouth gradually became stiff. Yuan leaned over to look at his movements, and subconsciously retreated a little after hearing this.

With four eyes facing each other, Zhou Yuan took the lead in moving away from his eyes, tightened his hands on the edge of the soft couch, pretending to be calm and silent: "When do you think it's appropriate, just be when. The mansion is deserted, it's better to add one or two people."

From his direction, I could only see the girl's side face, with long eyebrows hanging down. She stared at the flowers and birds on the newly made blue-green silk-faced embroidered shoes, her legs swaying.

Gu Weiliang withdrew his gaze and fell on her side again: "Really?"

Asking this way, I must have wanted to take a concubine very much, and I must have someone I like.

Zhou Yuan held his breath and nodded heavily.

Gu Weiliang withdrew his gaze slightly and silent for a while: "I'll ask again, is it really possible?"

Zhou Yuan bit her lip, but this time she didn't say anything. She got up and was about to leave. Gu Weiliang quickly pulled half of her sleeve and pulled the person back.

When he turned Zhou Yuan's head to her, he suddenly ran into the little girl's tearful eyes and was stunned.

"I just asked, why are you crying?" He touched his fingertips under the girl's eyes, and a golden bean fell off immediately.

Zhou Yuan sobbed and turned his head to prevent him from seeing it. He said in his heart, asking if he was thinking that way.

What the second sister said was indeed very true, and even men could not believe it. The more they thought about it, the more aggrieved Zhou Yuan felt. The corners of her mouth were pursed tightly, and she forced her whole face to turn red.

Gu Weiliang reached out and pinched Zhou Yuan's chin, trying to turn her around, but Zhou Yuan shook his head to avoid him, and sat there with straight back straight.

He sighed helplessly: "What do you think?"

Zhou Yuan was both aggrieved and angry at this moment. He didn't think about it when he heard this and blurted out: "I think whatever I like, you can't control it."

Gu Weiliang paused for a moment, almost making the girl laugh and laughed and squeezed her eyebrows and said, "Yes, I don't care. Turn your face and say."

Zhou Yuan simply sat with his back to him, raised his hand to wipe his tears.

Gu Weiliang stared at the back of the little girl's head: "Since you don't want to, don't agree casually. If you don't want people from the mansion to come, just say it out. How can I know if you don't say it?"

Zhou Yuan sobbed and trembled slightly all over, and cried stubbornly, saying, "I don't want to. If you want to take a concubine, you can take a concubine. I can't do anything to you."

"Why can't you do anything to me? What's the key I gave you last time?"

Zhou Yuanyou was stunned and forgot to cry until she was dragged by someone to pick her up. She was so scared that she grabbed the clothes on Gu Weiliang's shoulders. When she realized that she was already sitting on his lap.

Gu Weiliang's brain hurt a little, but he didn't expect that the girl would cry after asking, and while using her fingertips to wipe away the tears from her face, he said helplessly: "I'll ask you, you're so crying like this. I'm going to really take a concubine. Don't you have to cry to me?"

Zhou Yuan was a little shy when he said it, and pulled his two fingers and whispered: "I didn't cry."

"Okay, you didn't cry." Gu Weiliang followed her words and asked again: "Tell me what you think."

Zhou Yuan was so squeamish that he raised his head and bumped into his lowered gaze, and then left it aside.

She whispered: "I don't want to."

"Don't think of anything?" Gu Weiliang stared at her.

Zhou Yuan raised his head with courage: "I don't want you to take a concubine. I, I'm either jealous or I don't want to."

When she thought of giving Gu Weiliang to another woman, she felt so distressed. She was domineering, so there was no reason not to let her husband take a concubine.

Gu Weiliang's eyes fell on her face with a heavy look: "Okay."
Chapter completed!