Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 12. Aunt and Nephew
Gu Antong seemed to be thinking, "Mom, do you mean that Second Aunt will take action?"

"The Xu family was a poor family. At that time, your grandfather did not agree to marry Xu Yulan into the mansion. It was your grandmother who insisted on her own way and decided it on her own.

At that time, your grandfather was just a landlord with a small fortune, so he and your grandmother were a good match.

It’s just that your grandmother’s family has become increasingly deteriorating in recent years, and only her family is relatively prominent, so naturally they come to them for help when they have any problems.

Ever since he married your second aunt, the aunt and nephew have become more and more excessive.

If your grandmother hadn't helped so much, do you think the stewardship would have fallen into my hands?"

"But the housekeeper position is not that good either," Gu Antong did not think it was a good job. If it were not for her mother's ability, who knows how much she would have to pay for it.

"Why do you think I want the housekeeper position?" Liu Yun touched Gu Antong's head, and said with a hint of complacency, "In this entire mansion, besides me, who else can be the mistress?

We are the eldest branch of the family, and your father is also an official. From now on, the entire Gu Mansion will belong to our branch.

Although being a housekeeper is difficult, there are always some benefits. Mother's dowry is not like your third aunt's. It requires long-term planning to get more benefits for you and your brother.

Besides, I don’t manage the household, so how can I teach you how to manage the household? This is a good opportunity to practice.

Your mother was born in a low position. Although I was born in a marquis's mansion, I was a concubine's daughter after all. I could only get some tips by pleasing my elder sister.

My daughter will definitely be the sect’s mistress in the future, so these are indispensable.

Now the entire Upper Capital knows that the granddaughter of the Gu family is already helping to manage the entire Gu family at such a young age. If there is a suitable young talent in the family, everyone will consider you as the first choice. "

"Mother..." When talking about her marriage, Gu Antong lowered her head shyly and called out in a low voice unwillingly.

"We can't ruin the reputation we've built for so long because of this little thing.

Whether your third aunt is really sick or just running away, this matter ends here.

Since there's no matching headpiece for this dress, let's choose the moonlight dress. It's simple, elegant, and will please the old ladies."

If it doesn't appeal to her at first glance, then she'll have to take another route. Liu Yun has already helped her daughter make the choice.

Gu Antong thought about it calmly, and finally decided to change into the moonlight dress as Liu Yun suggested.

"But isn't it too plain and elegant?" I always feel that wearing this outfit is not very auspicious. Will those old ladies really like it?

"It's a tacit understanding throughout Upper Kyoto that this banquet at the Princess's Mansion was specially prepared for the princes to see each other. The young ladies from each mansion will definitely compete with each other for beauty, and this way, you will stand out among them."

Liu Yun looked at Gu Antong's delicate and fair face and said, "You look like your grandmother..."

Speaking of her own mother, Liu Yun sighed inwardly. With her aunt's face, if she hadn't committed a crime, she wouldn't have ended up being a concubine in a marquis's mansion. She might even have had a chance to compete for a place in the palace.

However, she did not notice that when Gu Antong heard her say this, a flash of displeasure appeared in her eyes. If she, the eldest granddaughter of a second-rank official, was compared with a concubine, what future would she have if this word got out?
……

Xu Yulan went back to her parents' home and immediately came to the main courtyard when she returned home, "Aunt, you have to make the decision for me." "What's the matter? Didn't you go home?" Seeing her niece's appearance, Xu Huizhen hurriedly pulled her over to sit down.

"I went back and told them to build the ancestral hall and let them figure it out on their own, but Dabogong scolded me."

"Why would my father scold you?" The old lady looked at Xu Yulan with suspicion, "But how were you disrespectful?"

"It's so unfair! How could I dare to do that?" Xu Yulan wiped her non-existent tears with a handkerchief. "This time, the two families divided some of the prey we brought back. Then Great Uncle Gong asked about repairing the ancestral hall. I repeated what you said, but he pointed at my nose and scolded me, saying that I was the one behind it and that I was unfilial.

Aunt, I am truly wronged. How could I not know that the Liang family is our support? I always think of them first when I have something good to offer, yet I am being charged with this crime for nothing."

After Xu Yulan finished speaking, she looked up at Xu Huizhen. She had warded off disaster for this old woman, but instead of being warmly received, she was scolded. It was such a disgrace. How could she show off her authority as an older sister in front of her younger brothers and sisters in the future?
It's not that the mansion couldn't come up with the money to repair the ancestral hall, but they made her the bad guy. It was also because she trusted her aunt too much, so she was taking the blame for her.

The old lady sighed, "I am also powerless now. The money I saved with great difficulty before has almost been taken back to the Xu family in the past two years. Don't forget that your dowry was prepared by me privately.

If my family is really in a hurry, and you have some, why don’t you take them back first?”

"How can I have any money?" Xu Yulan no longer dared to play the victim. She raised her head and said with wide eyes, "Aunt, have you forgotten?
The betrothal gift you gave me at that time and the dowry you gave me privately were all used to pay off a gambling debt owed by my cousin.

What remains in my hands now is just some pretty things that are useless, and even my only set of head ornaments is gilded."

The cousin she was talking about was the old lady's younger brother. If it weren't for the fact that she wanted to marry into the Gu family, Xu Yulan wouldn't be so generous.

I thought that after I entered the Gu Mansion, my aunt would at least give me some financial support. Who would have thought that so much time has passed, and not only have I not seen any good things, but now I have to use her last dowry to supplement it.

Besides, doesn't my aunt have a bottom line in her heart? If the Xu family's wish to build an ancestral hall is fulfilled this time, what will she have left?
"Alas," the old lady also thought of this. Yesterday she wanted to find the old man to see if she could regain the power of housekeeper. If not, she could let the second daughter-in-law share it. Who knew that the old guy didn't come back last night.

If you didn't know that he valued his reputation more than anything else, you would have thought he had a mistress outside.

"Then put it aside for now and make amends when there's a chance later."

"But aunt, Great Uncle said that if we don't send her back in the next few days, he will come here in person." Xu Yulan said stiffly. If the Xu family really came to make trouble, it would be the aunt and niece who would be embarrassed.

"..."

"Go and call your sister-in-law."

Xu Yulan was a little reluctant, "Can't we let Madam Zhou and the others go?"

In the mansion, she looked down on the third wife, and of course she also looked down on the petty first wife.

"You need help from others now, so of course you have to be more humble."

Xu Yulan, "..." Why is she the only one who needs help from others?
"Do as I say." The old lady felt a little embarrassed. She couldn't, as a mother-in-law, bow to her daughter-in-law.

"The Xu family is my uncle's family. Now the Xu family is in trouble. As a relative, of course I have to help." The old lady muttered to herself, using this reason to convince Xu Yulan, and also wanted to use it to kidnap Liu Yun.

(End of this chapter)