C239 You don't have to be the housekeeper anymore

You don't have to be the housekeeper

The group left the ancestral hall. It was almost noon, and lunch was already ready. They were about to go to the main hall to talk and eat.

A maid suddenly rushed out and poured water on Gu Xin's body.

Gu La was nimble and easily dodged the attack. He didn't expect that the basin of water would be splashed on the old chief's body.

The crowd burst into an uproar.

The maidservant was trembling in fear.

Xiao Wanyin followed behind and could not see the situation clearly. When she saw the basin of water splashing towards Gu Xin, she momentarily could not be reserved anymore. She immediately walked over and saw that Gu Xin was fine, so she relaxed.

He looked at the old chief and quickly instructed the servants to bring the men in and take care of them.

At such an age, if a basin of water like this were to fall down in such a cold weather, if it were to catch a cold, then it would be terrible to be able to freeze a little bit.

The amount of water in the basin was not much, but it had also wetted a large portion of the clan leader's clothes. In fact, if Gu Xin hadn't dodged it, the water wouldn't have splashed onto the clan leader's body.

However, no matter how dissatisfied the chief's wife was, she could not really blame Gu Xin.

She no longer cared about this Third Young Madam who had an extraordinary background, and immediately followed the Patriarch with trembling little feet.

Gu Han was about to give the order, but when she opened her mouth, she immediately shut it and looked at her. She sensed that she had turned around and was smiling at her husband.

Gu Han had already shifted his gaze away.

Xiao Wanyin bit her lips, concealing the disappointment in her heart.

The butler walked over and shooed the maidservants away.

Only then did Xiao Wanyin have the time to look at the servant.

Her appearance was still considered neat and tidy, but her eyebrows revealed a bit of restlessness. When the butler drove her away, not only was she not happy to leave, she even took out a pair of eyes to look at Gu Xin.

When he faced her, he did not conceal his gaze well enough, which allowed Xiao Wanyin to quickly capture that hint of jealousy and hostility.

Xiao Wanyin remained calm and collected, and only looked at Gu Xin, who was looking at her. Seeing that she was looking at him, she turned around and left.

There was an old nanny standing beside him in front of the main hall.

Xiao Wanyin knew that they had already put this matter at heart, and did not pay any more attention to it.

Xiao Wanyin lowered her head and followed behind.

The maidservant was scolded by the butler before being chased away.

After entering the room, the butler hurriedly apologized to the masters.

Gu Xin lightly said: "Gu Baifu, you old thing, you're really getting more and more muddled as you get older, you actually release all kinds of people here."

He held the teacup and drank the tea. His words seemed to be very casual, but in reality, they were extremely oppressive.

Gu Baifu forced himself to stay calm and apologize.

Gu Heng waved his hand to indicate he would speak later.

Xiao Wanyin looked at Gu Baifu, who no longer had that kind of experienced and steady attitude anymore.

No matter what he did, he revealed a timid caution.

He couldn't help but to feel shocked in his heart.

As far as she knew, Gu Hai could be considered kind and generous by staying as a servant, and he wasn't too harsh on her.

With such a sentence, Gu Baifu was actually this scared. If it wasn't for the fact that Gu Baifu had been dealt with by Gu Xin just now, it would have been this matter.

Or both!

When Gu Xin was speaking with someone, he let out a light snort, which almost caused Gu Baifu to stumble over the threshold, Xiao Wanyin's heart was at ease.

The crowd dispersed in the afternoon, and after all the work was done, it was already night.

Gu Baifu hastily entered Gu Xin's study room.

Gu Xin was sitting behind the desk, writing something down.

Upon seeing the other party enter, he immediately frowned.

Gu Baifu immediately knelt down and apologized.

Gu Han put down the brush and ink in his hand and said, "I remember, that seems to be your niece. She was kicked out long ago, so why did she come back?"

Gu Han's brow creased even more when he thought of the scene at noon.

Gu Baifu kowtowed and fell to the ground, as he hurriedly apologized: "This time, we were in too much of a hurry to pay our respects to the ancestor, we did not have enough manpower, so I found a few people outside to help out, you know about this."

When he reported this matter, Gu Yan was present as well. The two young masters had made the decision, but it was not easy to find suitable and reliable manpower at this time. It was just that he had his own selfish thoughts this time around.

He already knew what Gu Han was thinking. It was already very forgiving of this old man to be kicked out of the room by him.

He didn't have such crooked thoughts. After Xiu Chi returned home, he didn't even mention anything about why he was rushed back home.

He did not mention that he thought that Xiu Chi had given up. After all, the marriage had already been decided.

It was just that he thought that Xiu Chi would be more tactful this time, being able to show her face in front of her master, be able to do things for the Gu Mansion, and she would be able to slowly promote her.

Furthermore, he had met Xiu Chi's new betrothed, Chen Erniu, that day. Although he was a little stupid, if he was taught well, he would not be so incurable.

Who would have thought that Xiu Chi would not give up and even go and provoke Gu Xin. At that time, when Xiu Chi threw the water towards Gu Xin, Gu Baifu felt that he could no longer breathe.

Even if this unpredictable Master didn't care, you had to think that the one following the Third Young Master was his newly wedded daughter, the proper young miss of the Wang Mansion, Jin Qiuyu. She looked kind and amiable, but ever since she came here, the servants she served were the people he brought back from his residence, and each of them had their own rules and regulations.

How could he be easily provoked by such a person with such a rule?

Gu Xin didn't doubt what he said.

Although Gu Baifu was short-sighted, he was still the butler of the Gu Mansion, so he had some knowledge.

Doing such a thing in this day of offering sacrifices to the ancestors was simply courting death.

However, Gu Yue wouldn't let him off so easily. He had long since been dissatisfied with this guy. The last time he came back to clean things up, he thought this guy had a memory of his own.

"You are the family's old man, so I won't make things difficult for you. After we leave, let's go and take care of the manor. I'll leave some dignity for you."

Gu Baifu felt that this was truly an unexpected calamity, he never thought that not only did he, the main butler, not manage to go to the capital, but he could not even be a butler.

He quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy.

However, Gu Xin came from a military and official family, so how could he easily change what he said?

Even if Gu Baifu were to kick his head towards a flower, he couldn't let Gu Xin change his mind.

Instead, he called Gu Wen, who was outside the door, and pulled on someone to advise him: "Uncle Baifu, please leave some dignity behind."

With this sentence, what was there left for Gu Baifu to not understand?

Instantly, his face turned ashen, and he stood up dejectedly, thanking Gu La.

"Let your niece go home."

Gu Xin really didn't like that kind of frivolous woman. When he saw the servant girl, it immediately made him think of the similarly frivolous Mei Wu.

When she thought of Mei Wu, she thought of the Song Family which had suffered so miserably because of her. When she thought of Mian Niang, her originally bad mood turned even worse.

Gu Baifu replied and left the study room.

When they saw Gu Xing in the courtyard, they greeted him with fear.

He was just about to plead for his life.

Before he could speak, he was already predicted by Gu Xing, he shook his head and said: "Don't tell me, for a matter like this, if it was in the capital, the punishment would be even heavier.

Gu Baifu opened his mouth, but in the end, the only thing that came out of his mouth was one question: "Do you know what kind of punishment I will receive?"

Gu Xing nodded his head: "It's not hard to guess, after all, we have been brothers for more than twenty years."

He had not dealt with them for more than twenty years. After seeing each other for a while, they could be considered to have some understanding of each other.

Gu Baifu had no choice but to withdraw his thoughts of begging for mercy as he walked out with his head hanging low. He still wanted to rush Xiu Chi back home.

When he thought of his niece, who was a burden to him, he immediately felt a strong hatred in his heart. He did not expect that after going to the servant's room, he would not be able to find Xiu Chi.

After asking, he found out that Xiu Chi had actually been taken away, and who it was that took him away, but he couldn't say it clearly, he only said that it was her master.

There were only three masters in this house.

He had just come out from Third Young Master's place and met Second Young Master in the courtyard. It was obvious who would bring Xiu Chi away with them.

Even if he couldn't, that would still be his own niece. Gu Baifu could not ignore his, so he wiped off his cold sweat and went to the courtyard where Gu Xin was staying. He wanted to look for the Third Young Madam for someone else, but he was stopped right outside the courtyard.

How could he let a man go in and out of a woman's house?

Gu Baifu did not dare to barge in, he could only ask others about the situation inside, but was rejected, the people Third Young Madam brought would not be able to pay for it.

Seeing this situation, Gu Baifu became even more worried. This place was indeed not a place he could casually barge into, it was so urgent that he was like an ant on a hot pan, but there was nothing he could do.

The more he was prevented from entering, the worse the situation would be.

Those were the leaves of a golden tree, the crown prince's mansion.

Gu Baifu immediately thought of that son he had seen in the Prince's Mansion.

His heart once again sank as he hurriedly turned around and dashed towards the outer court's study.

Gu Xing came to look for Gu Xin, talking about returning to the capital.

It was almost New Year's, so naturally he had to return early.

Unexpectedly, when this matter was brought up, the originally expressionless Gu Xin immediately lost his expression, and his expression became indifferent as well.

Gu Xing was startled. "You're not willing to go back, right, it's going to be the new year soon, you're the new son-in-law of the Prince Rong's Mansion, and you can't go over to pay respects to your father-in-law. You can't miss any of these occasions, and that blood-related brother-in-law of yours, the two of you are in love with each other."

Hearing him mention Xiao Zongxian, Gu Xin threw the paper town over without thinking.

"Screw your love affair, you two are the same kind of trash."

Gu Xing easily caught the paper, and did not mind, and laughed: "There is nothing bad about this, it is just that the level of scum in Prince Rong is too high, and does not like a bastard like me who only wants to climb up."

Gu Han couldn't reason with him, so he didn't want to. When he thought about returning to the capital tomorrow, he immediately stood up from his chair.

Seeing that he was going out, Gu Xing immediately stopped him and asked where he was going.

He dismissed her with a "None of your business."

Gu Xing muttered: "You really have no conscience. No matter what, I came here to accompany you.

"Do you and I have a brotherly relationship?"

Gu Yue sneered and left the house. He didn't expect that Gu Baifu would stop him just as he arrived in the courtyard.