Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 715 Qiao Zhiyu

Mrs. Gu's expression was even uglier than both of theirs.

She has always been partial to the eldest son and Meng Yunlan, but she didn't expect that Meng Yunlan would disappoint her again and again after Shen Wantang came into the family!

In such a situation, she, as a sister-in-law, didn't know how to avoid suspicion with her brother-in-law? She even entered Gu Qianhan's study in front of Shen Wantang, giving people an excuse to talk about her!

Gu Qianhan made her even more angry. He actually asked his sister-in-law to go into the study but not his wife!

What was he planning to do? If he couldn't steal his elder brother's title, he was going to steal his elder brother's woman?!

Mrs. Gu's temples were throbbing with anger, but the most important thing at the moment was not to teach them a lesson, but to quickly call Shen Wantang over and let her tell everyone that all this was a misunderstanding and to smooth over this mess as soon as possible!

She looked at Qin Xin: "Where is your master? Call them over quickly. There must be a misunderstanding. While everyone is here, explain everything clearly. Don't ruin the relationship between the whole family!"

Qin Xin was soaked to the skin. She knelt in the rain and cried, "Our young mistress was sad for a while and went out. She is not in the mansion now."

Mrs. Gu’s eyes went dark. Why did she go out in such heavy rain?

Where did you go? Did you go out to talk to someone? Don't talk nonsense and ruin Meng Yunlan's reputation!

She pointed at Gu Qianhan and said, "What are you still standing there for? Go out and find your wife!"

Gu Qianhan looked at Qin Xin: "Where is Atang?"

Qin Xinren knelt on the ground, looking at Gu Qianhan with full momentum. She said stiffly: "I don't know!!"

Gu Qianhan's face looked very ugly. Qin Xin was Shen Wantang's most trusted confidant. How could she really know nothing about Shen Wantang's whereabouts?

Obviously, she had some grievances with him, so she refused to even tell him where Shen Wantang had gone.

But even so, he couldn't scold Qin Xin because the one in trouble was his.

Not only could he not scold Qin Xin, he also had to protect her when Shen Wantang was not around. He couldn't let anyone bully Shen Wantang's people, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain himself when she came back.

He said with a cold face: "Get up, what are you kneeling for? You are a member of Qionghua Court. Not to mention that you have not made any mistakes, even if you did, it should be Atang who will deal with it. It is not the turn of others to beat or scold you!"

When Qin Xin heard this, she stood up immediately.

Seeing Gu Qianhan waving her away, she turned around and left without hesitation, so as to avoid staying and being dealt with by Meng Yunlan under some excuse.

Seeing her leave, Gu Qianhan glanced at the guard standing at the door not far away and said lightly: "Jixiang, tell him to kneel outside the yard. He doesn't need to get up until the young lady comes back."

"Yes, son."

"And you, go kneel down too. You have eyes that are so white that you can't even see the young lady coming and being stopped at the door. What use do I have for you?"

Jixiang lowered his head with a pale face: "Yes, sir, I know I was wrong."

He has followed Gu Qianhan for so long and understands his temper. Although his master looks calm at the moment, he is actually suppressing his anger. He has to go find Shen Wantang first, and when he finds the person and finds out the situation, he will come back to deal with his subordinates.

In full view of everyone, Jixiang and the guards knelt in the rain.

The guard's expression finally changed at this moment, realizing that he had violated his master's taboo and caused a big disaster.

When Madam Gu saw that Gu Qianhan had even made his personal servant kneel, she knew that he was doing this for everyone in the mansion to see. Anyone who dared to disrespect Shen Wantang would suffer the same fate.

"Yunlan, come with me."

Madam Gu didn't care how her son punished his subordinates. She only cared about her eldest son's face. What Meng Yunlan did today showed that he didn't take his eldest son seriously at all!

She wanted to know clearly what Meng Yunlan, as a sister-in-law, was doing running into her brother-in-law's study!

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Yongquan Lane.

Qiao Mansion.

Shen Wantang handed the brand new royal blue skirt to Qiao Zhiyu.

Qiao Zhiyu looked at the exquisite and luxurious clothes in the box, hesitated for a long time and did not speak.

She recognized the material of the dress. It was the kind of gold brocade that only noble ladies in the capital wore. Gold threads were woven into the brocade, and it emitted a light golden glow when she walked, which was very luxurious.

Because gold thread is noble, it is often used in more stable colors, such as royal blue, dark purple, dark green, etc., so as not to appear tacky.

The person who most often wears royal blue brocade is her cousin, Meng Yunlan.

Qiao Zhiyu had always wanted such a dress, but unfortunately, she was too poor. Not only could she not afford a gold brocade dress, she couldn't even afford a handkerchief.

Because gold brocade is very expensive, the cheapest one costs one hundred taels of silver. This kind of brocade usually has simple patterns and uses very little gold thread. The one with complex and exquisite patterns and a large amount of gold thread requires thousands of taels of silver.

The one Shen Wantang gave her was obviously top-grade gold brocade. The irises embroidered on it were lifelike, and the butterflies shone with golden light. Even the collar and cuffs were decorated with a large amount of gold thread, making it look extremely noble.

Qiao Zhiyu wanted it very much, but didn't want to show the greed and desire deep in his heart.

"cough."

Qiao Zhiyu cleared her throat and spoke softly, "Second Miss Shen, oh, no, you're now the second young master's wife of the Gu family. Although we've met once before, we weren't close friends. How come you suddenly remembered me? And even sent me a gift?"

Shen Wantang smiled faintly, "I really couldn't remember it at first, but I've been seeing my sister-in-law more often these past few days, and you and my sister-in-law look a bit alike, so it immediately reminded me of you, Miss Qiao."

Qiao Zhiyu subconsciously touched her face and whispered, "Do you think so too? Those who have seen us sisters say we look alike! It's a pity that I have the same looks as my cousin, but I don't have her same good fortune."

Her voice was soft and pleasant, but the sadness and melancholy in her tone could not be concealed.

Shen Wantang was not surprised because she had seen Qiao Zhiyu once two years ago and she looked like this then.

At that time, she was twenty years old and had just finished mourning.

Three years ago, her father Qiao Xingjian died of depression due to repeated demotions. As soon as Qiao Xingjian passed away, the Zhu family, who had originally engaged him, came to cancel the engagement.

Qiao Zhiyu's marriage was ruined just like that.

Three years later, her mourning period ended and she was already twenty years old. Although she was beautiful, she had no father to rely on and no decent dowry. Her mother tried everywhere to find a satisfactory marriage for her but failed.

Those from high-class families look down on Qiao Zhiyu, and those from low-class families are also looked down upon by Qiao Zhiyu and she refuses to marry them.

Now two years have passed, she is twenty-two years old, and the range of choices she has is smaller.

Shen Wantang was reborn, so she naturally knew that the person Qiao Zhiyu had always liked was her brother-in-law, Gu Qianling.