"Old lady, I know I made a mistake. Please punish me." The people below kowtowed.
"I want to punish you. From now on, you must memorize all the rules I have set before, keep in mind your job responsibilities, and do things well for me. I will check at any time. If I find that anyone has not
Do it well, the first time, you will not be allowed to eat dinner; the second time, you will be fined half a month's salary; the third time..." Gu Qingling said, "Sell directly. I don't want to see you in my yard again."
What?!
On sale?!
Chen Ma and others were frightened.
Many of them were born into the Yao family. If they were really "sold", their wives and children would be separated.
"Okay, everyone, stop kneeling and go do what you have to do. Remember what happened this time, and we will calculate the general ledger together next time." After saying that, Gu Qingling put down the tea cup.
"Yes, old lady."
The servants responded, got up one after another, and rushed to do their own work.
Chen Ma lowered her eyebrows and prepared to take the maid Chun Qing to go to Gu Qingling. However, after walking a few steps, she heard someone knocking on the courtyard door.
She gave Chen Ma a wink and motioned for her to open the door.
The eldest maid Chun Chun stayed behind, bowed slightly and said: "Old lady, your clothes are in a mess. I will help you tidy them up."
It was reasonable to meet guests. After all, she was also a countess. Gu Qingling nodded.
With the permission of the old lady, the eldest maid Chun Chun came closer and tidied up Gu Qingling's headdress and clothes.
No one knows better than her what clothes to wear and what jewelry to wear.
When her eyes fell on the headband worn by Gu Qingling, she was shocked because she actually found a phoenix embroidered on one of the hanging ribbons.
Her strangeness immediately caught Gu Qingling's attention: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Qingling remembered that the clothes she was wearing were not from the Yao family.
Gu Qingling: "..."
The eldest maid Chun Chun did not dare to speak, but silently picked up the ribbon in her hair in front of her and let her see it for herself.
——Good guy, it seems that those who eat her tofu are not ordinary people!
——Damn, it’s even embroidered with a phoenix!
Although I don't know who the word "An" on the jade pendant represents, the dragon's son, dragon and grandson can't escape, right?
Gu Qingling's mind was in a mess, and she was a little confused for a moment, but she didn't need to come up with any reasonable reasons to "deal with" the eldest maid Spring, because Chen Ma had already returned from the gate of the hospital.
She bowed slightly and said: "Old lady, the people outside are the abbots of Ningshan Temple. They are here to apologize for what happened just now."
"Ha! Now we know they are here. Why didn't you see them coming when the accident just happened?" Gu Qingling instantly put the prince's affairs behind her and focused on the matter in front of her. The expression on her face was disdain, and she was full of upper class persona.
Mother Chen was afraid of making her unhappy, so she didn't dare to reply, so she just lowered her head even lower.
"Okay, invite someone in. I want to see what he says."
"Yes, the old lady, oh no," in order to know better, Chen Ma also tried to change the title, "Old lady..."
"No need, they will make such a trip. I'm afraid they have already figured out my identity. Whether or not I am called 'Old Lady', they already know who I am."
"Yes, old lady."
Mother Chen responded and went out to invite people.
Gu Qingling casually found an excuse to hide the origin of the things on her body, and called the maid Spring to quickly take off the inappropriate things on her body before anyone came in. Even if she was a countess, the royal things were not hers.
Can be worn.
When the abbot and others entered the courtyard, they found that it was still a bit messy. The old lady did not intend to go to the main hall to entertain them. Instead, she moved a chair and sat directly in the courtyard. She knew something in her heart: This old lady
I'm still angry and don't want to see them!
"The poor monk's name is Wuwen. The abbot of Ningshan Temple is here with all the elders in the temple to send greetings to the old lady. Good day, old lady."
As soon as Abbot Wuwen finished speaking, Gu Qingling said with a cold face:
"What peace of mind? I'm not at all worried now. I chose your Ningshan Temple from thousands of people. As a result, the monks in your temple actually took advantage of my absence and brought outsiders to my courtyard to cause trouble. How do you, the abbot, usually do this?
Who cares about them? No wonder your temple is so big and doesn’t have half the incense of Jing’an Temple…”
Abbot Wuwen also kept his attitude very low, and apologized again, explaining that the monk was new here, didn't understand the rules, and had already punished him.
"Ha! Leave it to me to deal with it? Am I the abbot, or are you the abbot? Isn't it funny that you people in Ningshan Temple don't care about yourself? When I am just like you, you have nothing to do all day long, either eating fast or knocking wooden fish.
Ah..." Lu Qingling directly played the role of a difficult old lady who was "reasonable and unforgiving". She was so fierce that she didn't let anyone let her go.
"Old lady misunderstood, I didn't mean that."
"I don't know what you mean. Anyway, I have suffered a loss from you," Gu Qingling stared at him and said, "You have to give me an explanation instead of a painless apology."
Who wouldn't apologize? What she wants is actual benefits.
For example, return her the fees she paid to Ningtong Temple this time.
Don't blame her for knocking on the door, it's just that she came back in time at the wrong time. She was said to be a countess and an Earl's Mansion, but she was actually too poor to "open the pot" for a long time.
To put it bluntly, she has no money.
If it hadn't been for this, the original owner wouldn't have thought of the concubine and wanted him to marry a merchant's daughter to supplement the family income. As a result, the concubine was arrogant and felt that he was the son of an earl, so how could he marry a merchant's daughter?
After a big fuss, the original owner was so angry that a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, and he just left.
What she took over was such a big mess: the eldest son failed to live up to his expectations and had a false position with no benefits; the second son was naughty and a playboy who only knew how to spend money; there were also a group of people below who had different opinions.
, the same concubine who can only spend money but not make money; plus a bunch of slaves in the Yao family, hundreds of mouths...
When Gu Qingling saw this situation, he couldn't hold on. Without saying a word, he pretended that he had lost the battle with his daughter-in-law for "the power of running the house". He packed up his baggage and re-selected a group of available people, taking what was left with him.
The dowry ran away.
She said she was in poor health and wanted to "recuperate" in the temple. In fact, she opened a shop in the name of Chen's mother and planned to use the power of the scent space to open a rouge shop to earn pension money for herself.
Even before the store opened, someone had already made up her mind. She was "kidnapped" in the middle of the night, and she had just encountered the incident last night. It was strange that she was in a good mood.
I no longer have a good temper towards anyone.
Abbot Wuwen doesn't know this. What he is facing now is the negative emotions of an "evil old lady", which is simply a violent storm.
In the end, he failed to tell Gu Qingling. Not only did he refund all the expenses that Gu Qingling spent at Ningshan Temple, but he also had to let her continue to "live" for free, and he also arranged for monks to patrol day and night to solve her safety problems.
Abbot Wuwen simply didn't know what to say, because he knew so many old ladies, and no one would care about A Du's things.
Logically speaking, shouldn't these wealthy families pay attention to the cool breeze, bright moon, sunny spring and white snow?
He thought that as long as he kept his posture low enough, apologized, and sent a century-old ginseng root as a gift, the matter would be over. If that didn't work, he would take the monk out and let the old lady vent his anger.
But in fact, they took the century-old ginseng and shamelessly asked for the "incense money" back, plus free "food and accommodation" for three months.
Abbot Wuwen: "..."
Chen Ma, the eldest maid Chun Chun, snickered on the side: That was before, after my old lady almost died, she took up a new hobby - stingy.
If I followed the old lady to the "bargaining scene" a few more times to discuss the supply of goods, it wouldn't be so strange.
After settling the rent issue, Gu Qingling's mood instantly improved a lot.
What's more, the abbot generously gave her a century-old ginseng root, which should be able to be sold for a lot of money, right?
Gu Qingling asked the maid to put them away in the spring for emergencies.
"Yes, old lady." The eldest maid Chun Qian held this box of century-old ginseng and did not dare to neglect it.
No way, who asked her to take charge of the old lady's warehouse? Because she was in charge, she understood better how poor her old lady was - who could imagine that a century-old ginseng was a rare item in the old lady of Earl's Mansion?
Already?
If this is spread out, I'm afraid no one will believe it.
Gu Qingling said: What does it matter? As long as she has the space to smell the fragrance, she is still worried that she will not be able to make a lot of money in the future and be popular and drink spicy food?
Just wait, when the signboard for her rouge shop is ready, more people will come to her shop to buy things.
It took Gu Qingling a lot of effort to get out of the Yao family, but now it's not easy to go back.
She did think about using the excuse that she missed her grandchildren, but when she went back like this, she always felt like a loser and dejected.
When she left, she put down her harsh words: "Okay, I'm leaving. From now on, I'll make you kneel down and beg me to come back. Then you'll have to see if I'm happy or not."
How long has it been since?
Three months later, the result was a slap in the face.
"Oh... I have a headache!"
Sitting on the porch, slowly sipping a cup of jasmine tea, the artistic conception is quite beautiful, even though this troublesome thing is quite annoying.
The only thing she is happy about now is that fortunately the man who originally owned her is dead and no one cares about her. She can just rely on the word "countess" to wander outside. It doesn't matter if she doesn't go back for the time being.
However, even a fool knows that it's okay if she doesn't go back for the time being, but if she doesn't go back, won't others become suspicious?
Once it is suspected that she has nothing to do with her son, even if she is a countess, without her son as a backer, she will be nothing more than a "paper tiger". By then, the word "countess" will not be as effective as it is now, so it will not work.
knew.
Rumble——
A sound of thunder startled Gu Qingling. She looked up and realized that dark clouds had reached the horizon.
"It's going to rain! No wonder it feels a bit muggy," Gu Qingling murmured to herself and called Chen's mother to remind everyone that it was going to rain.
"Yes, old lady."
The rain fell as soon as it was told, and in just a short while, a heavy downpour came suddenly.
Crash--
Crash--
A servant hurried through the corridor and ran into a certain courtyard.
"Sister Xia Tao, is the eldest lady here? I want to see the eldest lady..."
