Gu Yanfei raised her lips and smiled with interest, her eyebrows slightly curved.

What will accompany the bride into the Fang family is just the accompanying house and dowry. In other words, the Fang family is sure that the jade pendant will appear in the bride's dowry.

"Meow meow meow!" The cat meowed a few more times urgingly, which meant that it had listened to her and completed the task. Where was its reward?

Gu Yanfei casually pushed the box containing the dried fish to it, and the cat started eating, making a purring sound from its mouth.

Gu Yanfei sat down in front of the desk again, resting her elbows on the window sill leisurely, holding her right fist against her chin, staring blankly at the withered flowers and trees outside the window, recalling the events of her previous life in her mind.

At that time, not long after she returned to the Marquis' Mansion, her marriage to Fang Mingfeng was officially decided. By February of the following year, her dowry was sent to the British Duke's Mansion.

Later, the Fang family broke off the engagement on the grounds that her chastity was defective, and even her dowry was returned by the Fang family.

After breaking off the engagement, Mrs. Gu put all the blame on her and sent her to the nunnery to reflect on herself. She never had the chance to count her dowry.

In her previous life, was there a jade pendant in her dowry?

have!

Half of her dowry was her father's share, and the other half was her mother's dowry, Xie's. She had everything she should have, including jade pendants and other jewelry, which was considered decent.

In my memory, the items in the Gu family's collection are all ordinary things, and each of the Gu family's daughters has their own decorations. Those items were basically bought in jewelry shops in the capital.

so--

At this point, the answer clearly emerged in Gu Yanfei's mind: the jade pendant that the Fang family wanted at all costs was most likely part of her mother's dowry.

"Meow?" Qingguang finished eating the dried fish in the box, raised his head, licked his mouth with his pink tongue, then squatted in front of Gu Yanfei and called her coquettishly several times.

Even if Gu Yanfei doesn't understand cat language, he still understands it. This glutton hasn't eaten enough yet!

"Go aside." Gu Yanfei stretched out her finger and flicked the cat's forehead.

As if it had been hit hard, the cat fell down on all fours, exposing its soft white belly in front of Gu Yanfei. It curled up its four paws and tried hard to look cute.

Gu Yanfei just pretended not to see it and took out another booklet from the drawer.

This is the dowry list of my mother Xie, which was given to her by her eldest brother Gu Yuan before returning to the military camp.

Since she's been fine lately, it's time to take stock of her mother's dowry.

The greedy milk cat refused to give up, sometimes licking the back of Gu Yanfei's hand, sometimes rubbing her calf with his cheek, and sometimes twisting around like a caterpillar on the desk...

Gu Yanfei remained motionless, flipping through the dowry booklet in front of her.

The Xie family is a family of military commanders and not a high-ranking family, so my mother's dowry is not huge, but it is very comprehensive. It includes all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, antique calligraphy and painting, furniture and furnishings, properties and houses, etc., everything you need.

.

The eldest brother also gave her this dowry list in her previous life, but as soon as the eldest brother left, Aunt Xu forcibly took away the dowry list. She kept saying: "Second girl, you don't understand this. This dowry list should be given to the Dowager for safekeeping."

Come on, lest you be deceived."

Back then, she didn't dare to say no to Aunt Xu. She had low self-esteem and was introverted. She thought that Aunt Xu was right and she really didn't understand general affairs.

Gu Yanfei flipped through the dowry brochure casually, browsing through it hastily, until he turned to the category of gold, silver and jewelry, and then he became attentive.

There are five jade pendants mentioned in the booklet. The first one is Pixiu jade pendant, the second one is white jade pendant with unicorn cloud pattern, and the third one...

After closing the dowry booklet, Gu Yanfei stood up directly, stroked the train of her skirt, and walked out while asking Bi, "Is Gu Yunchun still in Cihe Hall now?"

"Bao asked," Juan Bi said quickly: "Girl, after the British father-in-law arrived at Cihe Hall, the third girl was sent back to Cailing Courtyard by the Dowager... The British father-in-law had just left, and the woman guarding the door of Cihe Hall said that she

My face didn’t look good when I left.”

Gu Yanfei looked at the calico cat on the desk, raised the corners of her lips with interest, and then said, "Let's go to Cailing Courtyard." After saying this, she walked out of the house.

Juan Bi quickly followed.

The sky outside has turned into a dark, dark blue, with a white crescent moon faintly visible between the clouds. Lanterns have been hung all over the Marquis Mansion, twinkling in the air like fireflies.

Juan Bi held a palace lantern and walked in front to lead the way for Gu Yanfei.

Cailingyuan is not far from Yuhengyuan. The master and servant shuttled through the courtyard in the rustling evening breeze and arrived at Cailingyuan in about half a cup of tea.

After being notified by the little maid guarding the courtyard gate, Gu Yanfei was welcomed into Gu Yunchun's small study.

Under the bright candlelight, Gu Yunkuang sat on a pearwood armchair with his long hair half-down. He was dressed in a water-red Luo shirt that was not old and new, and he could not hide his tiredness.

In the past few days, she had been waiting for Mrs. Gu at Cihe Hall and had not had a good rest. She was really tired now.

"Second sister." Gu Yunchun bowed as a courtesy. During the conversation, his usual smile was gone, and his eyes towards Gu Yanfei showed some dissatisfaction.

Gu Yanfei was a little too cold towards Mrs. Gu, his biological grandmother.

Sure enough, bloodline is not the most important thing.

Gu Yanfei refused to be polite to Gu Yunkuang and said with a smile: "I heard that the Madam gave you the key to my mother's small warehouse. I came here specially to get it."

Gu Yunchun raised his eyebrows, not expecting that Gu Yanfei came here for this purpose.

Gu Yanfei stood three steps away, looking at Gu Yunkuang from a not too far distance away.

The corners of her lips are naturally slightly curved, giving the impression of a smile when she purses her lips.

Seeing Gu Yanfei's natural behavior, Gu Yunchun felt not only dissatisfied but also uncomfortable.

As early as when she was ten years old, Mrs. Gu solemnly handed her the key to the warehouse and told her: "Sister Kuang, all the things in this warehouse are your mother's dowry.

I will give it all to you. As for the shop, village, property and cash included in the dowry, you and your eldest brother will share it equally. Grandma will take care of it for you now, and will give it to you when you are old enough."

At that time, Gu Yuan also regarded her as the jewel in his palm and said with a smile: "Sister Kuang, I will give you all my mother's dowry. My brother will also earn another dowry for you."

At that time, the loving voices of Mrs. Gu and Gu Yuan were still in my ears, but now...

There was a subtle pain in a secret corner deep in Gu Yunchun's heart. She felt empty, as if she had lost something, and as if everything that once belonged to her had been taken away bit by bit.

She gave in step by step, but Gu Yanfei didn't care about her at all and pressed forward step by step.

The flickering candlelight reflected in Gu Yunchuang's eyes, as if there was an unknown flame burning in his pupils.

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

Because I was plagiarized by Tianxin Meigu, I have been busy with some things recently, and I have been using them to save manuscripts. It will take a few days to add more.

Such an arrogant person was the only one she had ever seen in her life. Perhaps even the shame that a human should have should be superfluous to her.
Chapter completed!