Chapter 111: House Fight

Chapter 111: House Fight

A mother-in-law who loves to give concubines, an ambitious concubine, a father-in-law who is old-fashioned and conservative, and a nerdy husband who is indifferent to everything.

This was the original owner’s living environment for the rest of his life.

In her previous life, the original owner married into the prime minister's mansion and observed the code of conduct for women, but still didn't get anything good in return.

My mother-in-law, Ms. Gao, was born into a commoner family. She was able to get such a good marriage because her ancestors had done favors for the Gu family. She lives a good life herself, and she should also be grateful to her natal family and support them.

So, Gao brought all her nieces to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and then asked her son Gu Huai to take them as concubines. If one was not enough, she took two, and took all her nieces from her mother's family into Gu Huai's backyard.

Prime Minister Gu didn't care. In his mind, women were harmless little girls who posed no threat and would not hinder his promotion and salary increase, although if he got promoted any further he would have to compete with the emperor for the throne.

Prime Minister Gu has three daughters and one son. The eldest daughter was born to his first wife and is now the emperor's concubine. The second daughter is a concubine's daughter born to a concubine and married to his disciple. The third daughter was born to his second wife, Gao, and is now unmarried.

The first son is naturally Gu Huai, a bookworm, simple-minded, not greedy for women, and devoted to ancient books, calligraphy and paintings. He rarely sees even his wife, let alone the concubine who was forced upon him?

The concubines were all ambitious. With Gao as an example, they all wanted to dethrone the original owner and take her place.

As a result, the original owner was framed by concubines time and time again, and she had no children. Her mother-in-law, Gao, kept finding fault and making trouble, and she was exhausted.

"Since you can't have children and Huai'er doesn't like you, why don't you abdicate and let others give birth to children for Huai'er and have more children. The Prime Minister will only have Huai'er as a son. Do you want the Gu family to be extinct?"

Gu Huai stayed in the study room all day. It turned out that he had a child. Would they dare to recognize him?

The original owner's idea was simple: to give birth to a son, to help him gain a foothold in the prime minister's mansion, and not to affect the reputation of his mother's family.

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"Young Madam, the Madam has invited all the young ladies from her family to stay with her for a while, and asked you to arrange accommodation for them."

Gao was born into a commoner family and did not have much dowry, but she had many relatives. The entire family worked together to raise the dowry for her. This was a huge favor.

Therefore, regardless of Gao's own idea or the Gao family's intention, these cousins ​​had to live in the prime minister's residence.

The Prime Minister no longer cared about the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the household supplies had long been handed over to the original owner. Although Gao was unhappy, she could do nothing about it. After all, when she was in charge of the family, many scandals occurred, and she was the one who helped the poor relatives.

"The eldest young master is concentrating on his studies and must not be disturbed. He will be arranged to stay in Haitang Courtyard or Qiuju Courtyard."

These two courtyards belonged to the prime minister's previous concubines. When the original wife died, these two were buried with her. Now they have been empty and it is time for people to move in.

"That's the Prime Minister's backyard. Isn't this... not good?"

"It doesn't matter whether it's good or not, as long as my wife is satisfied, it's good."

Mother Liu agreed and took people to clean up the two adjacent courtyards. The two courtyards were large enough for the cousins ​​to settle down.

Zhang Shan did not put down the account book in her hand. Gao had been in charge of the family for five years and had taken a lot of things. When the prime minister found out, he directly took away her right to be the head of the family and gave it to his wet nurse. He did not return the account book until the original owner got married.

Although the account book is rough, Nanny Li has done her best to manage the household.

It took Zhang Shan several days to sort out the account books. The Gu family had accumulated a lot of wealth over the years and they did not bother to treat Gao's nieces harshly.

Just raise it, it doesn’t cost much money.

Zhang Shan is also willing to train them.

Gao Huimin and Gao Huiru are the oldest of the Gao sisters. They are nineteen years old, in their prime. They don’t want to be the principal wife and prefer to be someone else’s mistress.

Zhang Shan was also happy to help them.

"Qiuyue, after the Gao family's cousins ​​settle down, please hire a few maids to teach them etiquette. This is not the countryside, so don't let them lose face for the prime minister's mansion."

The most important thing is to teach them the rules of being a concubine.

Qiuyue was Zhang Shan's favorite. The original owner didn't like Qiuyue's unorthodox ideas and left her aside.

When Zhang Shan came over, she found that this little girl was very much to her liking, so she promoted her to be by her side. The previous head maids had all been arranged to get married, and now there were two head maids, one named Qiuyue and the other named Chunhua.

Chunhua was her real name. Her family was poor, but she ate too much and her family could not afford to support her, so she was sold to the Gao Mansion and became a third-class maid as part of the original owner's dowry.

Chunhua eats a lot and has a lot of strength, so she is very suitable to be a thug.

With her around, Zhang Shan feels safe.

The nanny Qiuyue invited was the mother of Yihongyuan. Although Mama Yang didn't understand why a wealthy family would invite such a lowly person like her to teach the girls rules, she didn't say much and patiently taught the girls how to please men.

The Gao sisters were taught so much that their faces turned red, but they still didn't study seriously.

"Miss Gao, you can't go there!"

The little maid stopped Gao Huimin and Gao Huiru.

"Why can't we go over there? Who lives over there?" the two asked hypocritically. They had already inquired before coming and knew that that was Cousin Gu's study.

It's not that they didn't think about running into Cousin Gu by chance, but Cousin Gu seemed to have made his home in the study and usually wouldn't come out, so they had no choice but to look for him on their own initiative.

"That's the young master's study room. The eldest young master doesn't like people to go in there. Previously, a maid didn't listen to his advice and disturbed him while he was reading. He gave her a stick."

"It's just a spanking. My cousin is just too kind."

"I took off my outer pants and beat him."

"…We are our cousin's sisters. He wouldn't treat us like this, right?"

The little maid smiled politely, "The young master has a problem, that is, he can't remember people's faces. He can't guess whether you two are cousins."

The two thought about it but still did not take a step. They had never met Gu Huai and did not know his character, but they did not dare to gamble with their reputation.

Their reputations were ruined, and with their status, they were not even qualified to be Gu Huai’s concubines.

The two left reluctantly.

On the way, I sat down to rest next to the rockery and heard the voice of the maid in the front yard.

"Although the Prime Minister is fifty years old, he is still gentle and elegant, much better than the young master. If I were to choose, I would definitely choose the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has power and money, much better than the young master who has accomplished nothing."

"If I had to choose, I would choose the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has only one son, Young Master. If you can give birth to a son for the Prime Minister, you will enjoy endless wealth and glory in the future..."

The voices were getting farther and farther away, but the two Gao sisters kept them in their hearts.

It is better to divide the prime minister's property than to divide my cousin's property.

Without the middlemen making a profit from the price difference, they can get more money.

The two returned to the courtyard with light in their eyes.

"Miss Huimin, Miss Huiru, the madam invites you."

The two looked at each other and lowered their heads, so as not to let others see the little thoughts in their eyes.

"aunt!"

In the past few days, Zhang Shan hired an aunt to teach them etiquette and basic qualities of serving others. Gao knew this, but she didn't expect her nieces to be so talented. After only a few days of learning, their temperament immediately improved and they looked no different from young ladies from wealthy families.

"Come to me, everyone. In the blink of an eye, Huimin and Huiru are already 19 years old. They are grown-up girls now. Do you have lovers?"

Her little eyes were full of ill intentions. Her purpose in bringing her nieces to her house was obvious.

At that time, she was the second wife. There were favorite concubines in the mansion, and a maid left by the previous wife, who had been promoted to a concubine. Her mother-in-law did not sympathize with her difficulties in the rear house, and stuffed several beautiful maids into the hands of the prime minister, which made her so angry that she almost had a miscarriage.

She finally got rid of her mother-in-law's troubles and was able to manage the household. But when a small problem occurred, she was deprived of the power to manage the household. Who can understand her grievance?

Now that she has become a mother-in-law, she lets out the resentment from the first half of her life and gets to experience the thrill of being a mother-in-law.

How can one live a comfortable life as someone's daughter-in-law?

She is not comfortable, so why should others be comfortable?

"Min'er, please follow your aunt's arrangements."

"Ruer, please follow your aunt's arrangements."

It is impossible to listen to this. Who would be willing to send a woman to his husband to compete for his favor, give birth to children for his husband, and compete for the inheritance of the legitimate son?

Don’t underestimate the two of them because they were born into commoner families. Even women who were trained in the original owner’s family would have a hard time fighting them.

In summary, both of them are not easy to deal with. They are ambitious, resourceful, and ruthless.

"Have you met Huai'er?" Her son is handsome, well-educated and knowledgeable. They should be happy to have such a perfect husband.

If you want to be liked by your son, you have to please your mother-in-law.

If she learned from Zhang, she could bring more women into the family for Huai'er.

"Never seen it before."

The two of them answered obediently.

In the evening, Gao asked someone to call Gu Huai for dinner. However, when the food had gotten cold, Gu Huai still hadn't shown up, and the smile on her face was gone.

This made Gao Huimin and her sister realize deeply that Gu Huai was unreliable.

How filial can a person be if he doesn’t even come when his mother summons him?

At this time, Prime Minister Gu came back exhausted, having accomplished a big thing, tricking his rival. He was in a particularly good mood, looking energetic and not old at all. Gao Huimin and her sister looked at each other, their eyes full of determination to win.

Gao didn't realize that she had invited an ungrateful person to her house, and she kept introducing them to Prime Minister Gu: "This is Min'er, and this is Ru'er. They are both my nieces from my mother's family. They are staying at your house for a few days."

"Well, I remember there were more than two people from your mother's house? Where are the others? Aren't they hungry?"

The oldest, Gao Huimin, bowed to Prime Minister Gu and said in a sweet and gentle voice, "My sisters are too young and don't know much. We are afraid of offending you, Prime Minister. Once we learn the etiquette, we will come to greet you."

Gao Huimin's posture was particularly beautiful and charming, which made people unable to take their eyes off her. The prime minister looked at her for a few more seconds and then looked away.

There is no man in the world who doesn't love beautiful women.

Especially when a beauty is presented to you, it would be a waste not to eat her.

Gao felt a little strange and regretted calling the two sisters to Qinghuiyuan.

The Prime Minister was in a good mood tonight and drank a few more glasses. His eyes were blurry and he didn't know who was in front of him. He was pulled into a nearby yard by Gao Huimin and her sister.

Gao's maid had just settled Gao down and when she came out she didn't find Prime Minister Gu. She thought he had left on his own and didn't think much about it.

Zhang Shan was responsible for sending away Mr. Gu's servants and providing convenience for Gao Huimin and her sister. She only went back to her room to sleep after the two of them had accomplished their task.

The woman was supported by Prime Minister Gu's money, so he should enjoy her. It's a waste to give her to Gu Huai, a fool.

I just don’t know whether Gao can handle this blow.

The next day, Lord Gu woke up from the land of beauties and started stretching without even looking at the people around him.

"Prime Minister, spare my life~"

The soft and tender voice made Lord Gu straighten his back.

After getting out of bed, I found that the people lying on the bed were Gao Huimin and her sister.

"How come you are here?"

The two of them didn't explain anything and just hugged each other and cried. Seeing that Prime Minister Gu was about to leave, Gao Huimin bumped her head against the cabinet beside the bed.

"Ah! Help! My sister committed suicide!"

Lord Gu paused.

He kicked the servant beside him and asked, "Where did you go last night?"