Chapter 140： Substitute (one more)

Chapter 140 Stand-in (one more)

Gu Yanfei looked up at the colorful sky outside the window and asked, "Do you know how big sister suddenly changed her mind?"

"The slaves don't know either." Juan Bi shook his head blankly, "The slaves only heard that the third wife also went to the Cihetang, and together with Mrs. Tai, they advised the eldest girl not to be impulsive, and 'Chongxi' is not for the two families. It's all good. But the eldest girl is determined, and she didn't say a word."

"Mrs. Tai was so angry that she even reprimanded the third wife for not being strict with her goddaughter." Juan Bi sighed.

Gu Yanfei casually played with the compass, noncommittal.

"Second girl," at this moment, the little maid's announcement came from outside the door curtain, "Mother Li is here, saying that she is 'speaking' to Mrs. Tai."

"No." Gu Yanfei said lightly, leaning lazily on the back of the chair, too lazy to move.

Kuanbi immediately understood, and obediently went out to pass on the words of her own girl.

Less than half a cup of tea time, Juan Bi came back again, looking a little angry and a little embarrassed, and said quietly: "Miss, Li mama is here to 'lecture' on behalf of Mrs. Tai."

Under Gu Yanfei's eyes, Juan Bi continued to say: "Mrs. Tai said that the girl went out a few days ago and didn't come back all night, it's not proper."

"Say, the girl instigated her cousin to disobey her elders in order to disturb the family."

"I also said... I also said that this small temple in Hou's Mansion could not afford the girl's big Buddha, so she asked her to live in Cijing Nunnery after the new year, and study the rules and precepts with the masters."

Juan Bi looked at Gu Yanfei cautiously, unable to hide her indignation.

Mrs. Tai is clearly expressing her anger!

There is one more thing, in fact, Juan Bi has never dared to report it. Three days ago, when her own girl was brought back from Zhuangzi unconscious, Madam Tai was very displeased and once asked Mammy Li to come to Yuheng Garden. , not only reprimanded the girl for not going home at night, but also scolded the eldest young master several times.

Kuanbi was very unconvinced at the time, obviously she had sent a message from Zhuangzi to Beijing, and it was obvious that the house did not send a carriage to pick up the girl!

"That's all?" Gu Yanfei raised his eyebrows, very calm, a sneering look flashed across his eyes.

In the last life, she did not understand, felt inferior and self-pity, and felt sorry for herself. She always felt that there was something wrong with herself, so her own grandmother would rather like Gu Yunxiang than herself.

This became a knot in her heart, and finally turned into a demon, which was difficult to let go of for a long time.

Even after she was reborn in this life, she was already used to her partiality towards Mrs. Tai, but the inner demons engraved in the depths of her soul were still hard to eradicate.

But now, when she discovered that there were other possibilities, she felt relieved, as if she suddenly saw a ray of light after the endless long dark night.

If his father, Gu Cezhen, was not born by Mrs. Tai, then she would not be the granddaughter of Mrs. Tai.

For Mrs. Tai, she and Gu Yunxiang have no blood connection with her, so she would prefer Gu Yunxiang who was raised by her since childhood, which seems to be a matter of course.

Gu Yanfei covered her chest subconsciously, and the inner demon that had been entangled in her heart loosened a little.

"Yes..." Juan Bi swallowed her saliva, her eyes wandered, and she finished her sentence in one breath, "Mother Li also said that Mrs. Tai asked you to kneel at the ancestral hall until tomorrow to worship your ancestors. Still waiting outside..."

Kuanbi's voice became lighter and lighter.

"I won't go." Gu Yanfei said without thinking, and said casually, "Go and tell Li Mammy, I'm going to do it overnight today to pray for the Houfu, so I won't go..."

and many more! Gu Yanfei was talking, closed his mouth, and suddenly thought of the ancestral hall.

If Mrs. Tai is not her father's biological mother, then her grandmother should be someone else... There is no trace of the Gu family's genealogy and ancestral hall.

Juanbi had already turned around and was about to go out to find Li Mama to answer, but heard Gu Yanfei behind him change his tune, "Then I'll go."

ah? ! Juan Bi was dumbfounded when she heard the words, and her jaw almost dropped.

Before she could react, she saw that Gu Yanfei had walked beside her and left the small study.

Not only was Juan Bi stupid, but Li Ma, who was waiting under the eaves, was also stupid, staring at Gu Yanfei blankly.

She thought that the second girl would be the same as usual and dismissed her casually, but did not expect that the second girl would really go to kneel at the ancestral hall? !

Li Mammy almost pinched herself, wanting to see if this wasn't a dream, but she managed to keep the smile on her face, and smiled and stretched out her hand to make a petition: "Second girl, please."

Gu Yanfei didn't stop and walked straight forward.

This way, Li Mama felt a little unreal, so she walked silently all the way to the Gu Family Ancestral Hall on the west side of the Hou Mansion.

Compared with other seasons, the ancestral hall in winter is both solemn and cold.

Looking from a distance, you can see rows of long or short icicles hanging from the eaves. The icicles glisten in the evening sun, like an ice sword hanging upside down on the eaves, loyally guarding the Gu family’s columns. ancestors.

The old woman guarding the ancestral hall immediately opened the door for Gu Yanfei.

The inside of the door was pitch-dark, and only the sunlight that shone in at the moment when the door opened gave it a ray of light.

The old woman only thought that Gu Yanfei was here to be punished, and said in a tone with a bit of cowardice: "Second girl, go inside and kneel, and reflect and reflect in front of your ancestors. Madam Tai is kind, as long as the second girl sincerely repents, she will definitely do it. Forgive the second girl."

"The big girl is already kneeling inside."

Big sister is there too? ! Gu Yanfei was stunned for a moment and walked into the ancestral hall.

The door of the ancestral hall was closed from the rear again, and the room was dark and silent.

The darkness did not affect Gu Yanfei's walking at all. Gu Yanfei walked slowly through the front hall and came to the sacrificial hall at the rear.

In the empty and dead sacrificial hall, only one candle was lit, and the small flame could only illuminate a radius of six or seven feet, and the light was very dim.

The layers of dark red tablets in front of them were obviously a little gloomy in the flickering candlelight.

A familiar figure was kneeling motionless on the futon in front of the tablet.

That slender back is so dignified, so tall and straight, exuding an elegant temperament of an empty orchid.

Gu Yunzhen heard the movement behind him, turned his head, but met Gu Yanfei's smiling apricot eyes.

"Yan Fei!"

Gu Yunzhen was startled when he saw Gu Yanfei.

Followed, she frowned again, and a deep self-blame appeared between her brows.

It was she who implicated her second sister.

Even though she didn't mention the second sister a word, the grandmother still believed that the second sister had instigated her.

"Big sister, you're right again, stop kneeling." Gu Yanfei pulled up the kneeling Gu Yunzhen and motioned her to sit down on the futon.

Gu Yanfei also did not intend to kneel, took a few steps forward, and glanced up at the dense dark red tablet in front of him.

Soon, she found the tablet of her grandfather Gu Xuan in the second row from the bottom up.

There is an empty space next to Gu Xuan's tablet. In the future, this position will be placed on the tablet of Mrs. Gu Tai.

Below   , the two tablets of Gu Ce and Xie's were placed side by side, and the dim candlelight gently stroked the two tablets, as gentle as Gu Yanfei's gaze.

Gu Yanfei stared at his parents' tablet for a while, and then stared at his grandfather Gu Xuan's tablet for a while,

Unfortunately, I didn't see any tricks.

The surroundings were quiet, except for the occasional sound of the burning candle oil.

Gu Yunzhen watched Gu Yanfei looking around, looking around, not asking much, but looking at her tenderly.

Gu Yanfei casually looked around at the other tablets around him, but he didn't gain much.

After a cup of tea, she took another futon and dragged it to Gu Yunzhen's side.

Gu Yunzhen sits with his knees tucked, with a delicate posture; Gu Yanfei sits cross-legged, very leisurely.

Gu Yanfei was about to open his lips and wanted to ask how Gu Yun really figured it out, but when the words reached his lips, he heard a low cat meow from the direction of the front hall.

“Mi woo~”

Muffled cat meow with a happy ending.

"Sunny!" Gu Yunzhen blurted out in surprise.

In the next instant, a long-haired three-colored cat with a snow-white pigeon in his mouth walked in majestic steps, his long-haired tail was straight, and it was almost going to the sky.

A pair of green eyes seemed to glow in the dark.

Gu Yunzhen was instantly bewitched by the cat's charming eyes, and looked at the cat in awe... When she suddenly came back to her senses, Gu Yanfei had already untied a small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's feet, and took out the inside. fold two long strips of silk paper.

's tall, straight and graceful, strong-boned italics came into her eyes, and the handwriting was so beautiful that it made people feel refreshed.

Gu Yanfei raised his eyebrows, his eyes fixed on the word "liu" in the first row, and he muttered to himself in surprise, "So fast."

After she returned from Murong's house at noon, she sent a letter to Chu Yi, and it had only been two hours.

It is stated in the letter that Miss Liu's boudoir name is Muyu, and her father is Liu Wencheng. Liu Wencheng was beheaded when he was the first emperor because of his ineffective disaster relief. The male family members were exiled for 3,000 miles, and all the female dependents were not enrolled in the Jiaofang Division.

In the letter, at Gu Yanfei's request, Liu Muyu's birthday was written.

The female relatives of the Liu family are all in the Jiaofang Division, their names are recorded in the Ministry of Rites, and there are files for their birth dates.

Gu Yanfei stared at Liu Muyu's birthday for a long time, then whispered, "Sure enough!"

Gu Yunzhen, who had come to his senses, just heard it, and asked smoothly, "What really happened?"

"Guiwei, Yimao, Jiazi, Jisi." Gu Yanfei read the words clearly as he looked at the silk paper, his clear eyes sparkling with interest.

Gu Yunzhen blinked and blurted out in surprise, "My character?"

Gu Yanfei smiled mysteriously, and said again: "It's also Miss Liu's character."

"Miss Liu's character is exactly the same as that of the eldest sister."

What? ! Gu Yunzhen's eyes widened slightly, his face full of surprise.

Two people with the same character can be said to be one in a thousand, she doesn't believe it is a coincidence.

Since it is not a coincidence, it is a certain degree of necessity!

(end of this chapter)