Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1 - Detention
Chapter 2 - Concubine Yun
Chapter 3 - Encountering Joy Is The Norm Of Happiness
Chapter 4 - Fire
Chapter 5 - The Bath
Chapter 6 - The Bean-Like Plum Flower
Chapter 7 - Dealing With Anger
Chapter 8 - The Scheme
Chapter 9 - Fine Time, Beautiful Scenery
Chapter 10 - Paying Respect
Chapter 11 - The Punishment Of Protracted Kneeling
Chapter 12 - Mischievous Young Master
Chapter 13 - Tease
Chapter 14 - Unexpected Pleading
Chapter 15 - Sunbathing In A Hot Summer Day
Chapter 16 - The Illness Examination
Chapter 17 - Eavesdropping Inadvertently
Chapter 18 - Intimacy
Chapter 19 - Hostility
Chapter 20 - Unfamiliar Father And Mother
Chapter 21 - The Reason Of The Visit
Chapter 22 - Who Is The Little Fat Sheep?
Chapter 23 - The Ins And Outs Of The Matter
Chapter 24 - Losing When Taking It Seriously
Chapter 25 - The Fragrance Of Agarwood
Chapter 26 - The Wonderful Redwood Of Yingge
Chapter 27 - The Carved Rabbit
Chapter 28 - The Sachet
Chapter 29 - To Sympathize
Chapter 30 - The Summoning
Chapter 31 - Opposing Each Other With Equal Harshness
Chapter 32 - Condemning
Chapter 33 - Nothing To Discuss Regarding Kissing You
Chapter 34 - The Birthday
Chapter 35 - Going Out
Chapter 36 - Jingtian City
Chapter 37 - Pay The Money
Chapter 38 - The Idle Man On The Street
Chapter 39 - The Ecstasy Of The Purple Lilac
Chapter 40 - The Man Who Forced A Man
Chapter 41 - Eight Naked Men
Chapter 42 - Can’T Provoke A Black Belly
Chapter 43 - The Pendant
Chapter 44 - The House Of Danqing
Chapter 45 - The Interrogation
Chapter 46 - The Hidden Mind
Chapter 47 - The Warning
Chapter 48 - The Incident At The Restaurant
Chapter 49 - The Discussion
Chapter 50 - Fighting To The End
Chapter 51 - Borrowing A Sword To Hurt People
Chapter 52 - Away On The Summer Holidays
Chapter 53 - The Resort At Mountain
Chapter 54 - The Heavily Scented Building
Chapter 55 - The Scream Of The Small Lotus
Chapter 56 - The Misunderstanding
Chapter 57 - Blackmail
Chapter 58 - Test The Waters
Chapter 59 - The Meaning Of Executing With The Firing Squad
Chapter 60 - Each Person Has His Own Aspiration
Chapter 61 - The Heavy Bundle Wrapped In Cloth
Chapter 62 - The Joy In The Forest
Chapter 63 - The Cliff
Chapter 64 - Little Fourth Flipped Out
Chapter 65 - Ashamed
Chapter 66 - Keep Watch At Night
Chapter 67 - The Mysterious Voice
Chapter 68 - The Starved Girl
Chapter 69 - Inadvertently Peeping At A Bath
Chapter 70 - The Overbearing Maid
Chapter 71 - Hopelessly Entangled
Chapter 72 - The Perfect Coordination
Chapter 73 - Seeking Justice
Chapter 74 - Stealing A Kiss
Chapter 75 - Doesn’T Remember Anything
Chapter 76 - The Resentment
Chapter 77 - Skillfully Deflected
Chapter 78 - The Hidden Meaning Behind The Words
Chapter 79 - A Bag Of Gold
Chapter 80 - Carefree
Chapter 81 - Obsessed
Chapter 82 - Discussing In Private
Chapter 83 - Bewildered
Chapter 84 - The Flowery Bright Moon Was Covered In The Dark Fog
Chapter 85 - Every Night Holding A Handsome Man While Sleeping
Chapter 86 - The Mental Disparity
Chapter 87 - Enemies On A Narrow Road
Chapter 88 - Ream On
Chapter 89 - Identity
Chapter 90 - The Silence
Chapter 91 - The Emotional Outburst
Chapter 92 - The Search
Chapter 93 - The Truth
Chapter 94 - Wife, Don’T Be Angry
Chapter 95 - Concealing The Original Motive
Chapter 96 - Retain
Chapter 97 - The Night Of Gentleness
Chapter 98 - Don’T Want To See
Chapter 99 - I Am Your Mother
Chapter 100 - I Don’T Even Have A Copper Coin
Chapter 101 - Shang Xin
Chapter 102 - The Unspeakable Career
Chapter 103 - The Emerge Of The Feeling
Chapter 104 - Inquiring
Chapter 105 - The Ulterior Motive
Chapter 106 - The Slave Contract
Chapter 107 - Counting One’S Chickens Before They Are Hatched
Chapter 108 - Price Competition
Chapter 109 - Please Sir, Get Into The Boiling Pot
Chapter 110 - Get Out
Chapter 111 - Using Violence Is The Right Way Of The King
Chapter 112 - Mooncake
Chapter 113 - The Banquet Of The Mid-Autumn Festival
Chapter 114 - Ill-Timed Person
Chapter 115 - Little Cousin Sister, Please Conduct Yourself With Dignity
Chapter 116 - The Beggar At The Lantern Market
Chapter 117 - The Strong Love
Chapter 118 - Half-Cooked Rice
Chapter 119 - Bringing Trouble To Oneself
Chapter 120 - Thousand Five Hundred Liang
Chapter 121 - Very Stupid, Very Naive
Chapter 122 - The Sudden Grievous News
Chapter 123 - The Past
Chapter 124 - Absolutely Not
Chapter 125 - Grief
Chapter 126 - A Very Strange Thing
Chapter 127 - Searching For Clues
Chapter 128 - Pregnant
Chapter 129 - Candy
Chapter 130 - Who Is The Real Culprit?
Chapter 131 - Old Madam Is Furious
Chapter 132 - Prefer To Die Than To Admit
Chapter 133 - Why Torture Me By Hellish Means?
Chapter 134 - I Hated Him For A Long Time
Chapter 135 - Old Accumulated Grievances
Chapter 136 - Punishment
Chapter 137 - One Word Sentenced For Life
Chapter 138 - Risking One’S Life To Protect
Chapter 139 - Get Poisoned
Chapter 140 - Miscarriage
Chapter 141 - Old Madam, Save Her
Chapter 142 - Where Did The White Arsenic Come From?
Chapter 143 - Innocence
Chapter 144 - The Method Of Poisoning
Chapter 145 - The Miserable Past
Chapter 146 - Not To Stop Until Death
Chapter 147 - Not Believing At All
Chapter 148 - The Hidden Ugliness
Chapter 149 - Ironclad Evidence
Chapter 150 - Shifting The Misfortune To Someone Else
Chapter 151 - I Will Stay With You Forever
Chapter 152 - Rumor
Chapter 153 - The Sky Was About To Change
Chapter 154 - The Letter Of Announcing Divorce
Chapter 155 - No One Owed The Other
Chapter 156 - Goodbye
Chapter 157 - Shameless
Chapter 158 - Extort
Chapter 159 - Selling Herself To Save Her Mother
Chapter 160 - No Choice But To Suffer In Silence
Chapter 161 - Freeing Herself
Chapter 162 - New Home
Chapter 163 - The Life Outside Of The Residence
Chapter 164 - Tailoring
Chapter 165 - On A Windy Night With A Dark Moon
Chapter 166 - Catching A Thief
Chapter 167 - The Date Of Returning Is Distant
Chapter 168 - False Alarm
Chapter 169 - With One’S Heart Set On Speeding Home
Chapter 170 - Something Is Going To Happen
Chapter 171 - Question Intensely About Her Whereabouts
Chapter 172 - The Break Off Of The Relation
Chapter 173 - Facing An Imminent Catastrophe
Chapter 174 - Fleeing For One’S Life
Chapter 175 - Struggle In The Rain
Chapter 176 - The Reunion
Chapter 177 - An Old Friend That One Doesn’T Want To See
Chapter 178 - Rushing Back To Jingtian City
Chapter 179 - The Desolation In Aftermath Of A Disaster Was Everywhere
Chapter 180 - The Ban
Chapter 181 - Meeting But Doesn’T Know Each Other Yet
Chapter 182 - Locked Up In The Dungeon
Chapter 183 - Visit The Prisoner
Chapter 184 - Provoking Intentionally
Chapter 185 - Mess Less With Him
Chapter 186 - Unreconciled
Chapter 187 - Clear The City To Search For Someone
Chapter 188 - Clues
Chapter 189 - Five Silver Liang
Chapter 190 - Sorry, I’M Late
Chapter 191 - Embracing Indifferently
Chapter 192 - What Kind Of Weirdo?
Chapter 193 - The Most Incurable Poison
Chapter 194 - The Odor
Chapter 195 - Mean And Despicable
Chapter 196 - Revert The Incident By Taking Liberties With A Woman
Chapter 197 - The Marriage
Chapter 198 - Throw Out
Chapter 199 - The Deep Feeling
Chapter 200 - Obituary Notice
Chapter 201 - Backfire
Chapter 202 - The Taboo Feelings
Chapter 203 - Eavesdrop
Chapter 204 - Affectionate Couple
Chapter 205 - The Back Garden In The Middle Of The Night
Chapter 206 - Escape
Chapter 207 - The Discovery Of The Incident
Chapter 208 - Taunting Sarcastically
Chapter 209 - Stealing A Kiss
Chapter 210 - Wait For Me To Deal With A Matter
Chapter 211 - Dressing And Grooming Oneself
Chapter 212 - The Wedding
Chapter 213 - The Dejection Of The Wedding Night
Chapter 214 - The Jade Pendant
Chapter 215 - The Past Fate
Chapter 216 - Decreed By Fate
Chapter 217 - Why Care About Who Wants To Cross The Single-Log Bridge?
Chapter 218 - Do Your Best And Listen To The Mandate Of Heaven
Chapter 219 - Could Die In Peace
Chapter 220 - Arranged Properly
Chapter 221 - Giving You The Cold-Shoulder
Chapter 222 - To Bully Intolerably
Chapter 223 - You Are Something!
Chapter 224 - New Rules
Chapter 225 - Wife, Your Medicine
Chapter 226 - Ten Fingers Intertwined
Chapter 227 - Don’T Turn Your Back On The Good Period Of Time
Chapter 228 - The Happiness Of A Dragon And A Phoenix (Twins)
Chapter 229 - Little Fourth’S Marriage
Chapter 230 - Perish That Thought
Chapter 231 - Loosen The Reins Only To Grasp Them Better
Chapter 232 - Begging Earnestly
Chapter 233 - Ending Part 1 The Happy Occasion Filled The House
Chapter 234 - Ending Part 2 The Happy Occasion Filled The House
Categories Genre: All, Historical, Josei, Ongoing, Romance Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Gazing Huan, Seeking Affection, 顾盼生欢, ______
Total Chapters in book: 235
Estimated words: 424262 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2121(@200wpm)___ 1697(@250wpm)___ 1414(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 424262 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2121(@200wpm)___ 1697(@250wpm)___ 1414(@300wpm)
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Chapter 52 Away on the summer holidays
The moment concubine Yun left, the room became lively again. Because Shu Huan never put on the air of the mistress of a household, Ranmo and Diyan weren’t too restrictive. They laughed and talked non-stop.
After listening to the tragic fate of that fat man, although Shu Huan laughed, she still didn’t dare to believe it, “Did you fabricate it?”
“Who fabricated it? Who fabricated it?” Gu Xihe was dissatisfied. “I inquired about it.”
Ranmo quickly bootlicked, “That’s right. Fourth young master is very smart. He gave me two silver
liang
to go bribe that servant of the county magistrate. He told me everything.”
Truly
money will make the devil turn millstones
.
Money will make the devil turn millstones: with money you can do anything you like
While talking, Meijing came in with a basket of grapes. She said smilingly, “Second young mistress, I have sent that bracelet to eldest young mistress. Eldest young mistress likes it very much and said that she’d troubled you. Just at that moment, the household management sent newly picked grapes. She let me bring some back. Eldest young mistress also said that the grapes of this year were picked early. They are very sweet. It was just that the first batch wasn’t much. She said for you to not dislike them and try some while they are fresh.”
She just finished when Gu Xihe already took the basket from her like a hungry tiger preying a sheep. He put a grape in his mouth.
Meijing was stunned, “Fourth young master, I haven’t washed them yet…”
Gu Xihe gestured with his hand and was about to say that it didn’t matter, when Shu Huan reached over and pointed at the grapes. He looked at it. there was a big and chubby worm that sucked the grape juice. He suddenly felt nausea and almost vomited.
He wasn’t afraid of worms, but this didn’t mean that he wouldn’t feel anything when he almost ate a worm.
Gu Xihe had lost appetite when he looked at the grapes. He walked out, “I will go look at old madam’s to see if there are some delicious things to eat.”
He just raised the curtain when Gu Xiran walked in and said to him, “Thank you.”
“I…,” Gu Xihe was dejected. It was obviously a coincidence. Now that he (GXR) thanked him, he (GXH) became a servant who specially raise the curtain for people. He stomped his feet, “Second big brother is truly mean.”
Gu Xiran praised, “Thank you for the compliment.”
His was too thick-skinned. Gu Xihe had no way. He turned to leave.
Gu Xiran sat down, tidied his sleeves and said, “Little fourth, wait.”
“What?”
“Go to old madam’s and inquire whether she would go to the resort to spend the summer.”
This was her usual practice. Every year, when the housekeeper of the resort come to bring things during the summer days, old madam would tell the housekeeper to clean up the resort and she would pick a good day to move to the resort for a summer break. After all, even if the residence of Gu household was very big and there were many trees and flowers, but it wasn’t as cooling as the resort outside the city that faced the mountain.
Gu Xihe scratched his head and said a bit annoyed, “Is there need to ask? A few days ago, she said that her body wasn’t feeling as well as previous years. If she goes to the resort, it would be easy for her to catch a cold. I originally wanted to go with her. Now, there is no chance anymore.”
“You want to go?”
“I want.”
Gu Xiran smiled slightly, “Then go beg old madam for you to go?”
“Begging is also useless. Eldest big brother is busy. Second big brother is ill. I hate to see that cold face of third big brother. There is no one to go with me. How could old madam be willing to let me go alone…,” Gu Xihe only talked half-way when enlightenment suddenly dawned on him. “Second big brother, you want to go. That is why you let me go beg old madam, right?”
Gu Xiran slowly nodded and said, “Clever.”
“You…I…,” Gu Xihe was very dejected that he was being calculated. “Can you not go beg yourself?”
Gu Xiran put his index finger in front of Gu Xihe and shook it. “First, I don’t beg people. Second, even if I beg old madam, she may not agree. As for you, no matter if you rolled about and make a scene or disturb her constantly, you can always pester till she agrees.”
“…”
Gu Xihe wanted to refuse, but when he remembered that he doesn’t have freedom since master was at the residence and that he could play crazily at the resort because there was no one to restrict him there, so, after he thought for a while, he couldn’t resist the temptation and still complied.
After he left, Shu Huan didn’t say anything, stood up and wanted to go back to the inner room.
Gu Xiran asked smilingly, “Why do you want to hide when you see me?”
After getting accustomed to his teasing, Shu Huan’s ability to adapt was much stronger than before. She opened her mouth and said, “How would I dare? I was going to pack the things master need to bring to the resort lest to not forget something when I wake up.”
There was no need to think about it. if Gu Xihe go beg, old madam would probably agree. To speak the truth, she was very excited. After all, she wanted to see the outside world after having suffocated for so long in Gu residence. This kind of feeling wasn’t strong at first, but ever since she came back that day after the stroll in the streets, she began to long for freedom very much. She became even more not accustomed to spend the whole days inside without going out.
Gu Xihe reply was quite fast. In the evening, he sent Ranmo over to report that old madam had agreed. She let Gu Xiran go nourish his body and also keep watch of Gu Xihe. However, she wasn’t at ease. Hence, aside from Gu Xihe’s wet nurse Xiao
shi
, she also ordered four old maids, four maids who know martial arts, four young married women (probably the wives of the servants) and a cook to go with them. Finally, she remembered that concubine Yun was a stable person. So, she let her follow.
The old maids were already elders of Gu family. The common saying was that servants who had served for a long time would become masters. They naturally had to bring some young maids to serve them. But those young maids only cared for them. They had to also bring a few maids for the heavy and crude chores, right? Aside form Gu Xihe’s two study companions, concubine Yun’s personal maid Xiangqian also needed to go…
In this way, it was a large group of people. Plus, the personal belongings of these people, it didn’t look like going for a summer vacation. It looked like they were moving out.
Not to mention that Shu Huan was shocked, Gu Xiran was also very surprised, “Why are there so many people?”
Ranmo said happily, “It’s only about thirty people. It’s not much. If it was old madam who went for a summer vacation, more than half of the people in the household would follow.”
“…”
She originally thought that she could get freedom at the resort. With so many people going, how could she get freedom? However, changing the environment was always better than being bored at Gu residence. Shu Huan could only comfort herself like that.
Gu Xiran was obviously not someone who liked to comfort himself. He said frowningly, “Yun Yan doesn’t have to go. Stay and keep watch at Plum Flower Pavilion.”
Concubine was stunned for a moment. She hasn’t said anything when Ranmo shook her head, “Fourth young master already said this to old madam. Old madam said…”
“Said what?”
Ranmo looked once apological at Shu Huan and said, “She said that the cook only cooks three meals. Concubine Yun is good at cooking. If two young masters get hungry at night, it would be convenient. Moreover, second young master needs people to boil medication for you. As for second young mistress…it was already not bad if she could make some salted vegetables. It was better for her to just go play.”
These words of old madam were really hurtful.
Shu Huan thought and thought. She hasn’t gone paid her respect these days. So, she felt that she didn’t offend this old madam. However, after she thought about the meaning of those words, she suddenly understood. Could it be that old madam thought that it was her idea to go to the resort?
When she thought about it, it seemed reasonable. Old madam was also someone clever. After old madam thought about it, how could she not see that someone instigated Gu Xihe to suddenly come pester her to go to the resort? And, when they were packing things, concubine Yun said that second young master had never been to the resort. She didn’t know what to bring. It could be seen that Gu Xiran was a well-behaved person who didn’t set foot outside. Then, who else could the initiator be other than her, the daughter of a poor family who used to be accustomed to showing her face in public and who couldn’t stay well-behaved?
Since it was her idea and old madam couldn’t bear to let Gu Xihe leave her side. So, she naturally put all the blame on her (SH). Only deriding her with a few words was already very generous of old madam.
While Shu Huan thought about it, she couldn’t help bit laugh bitterly. Of course, she didn’t laugh bitterly because she became the scapegoat for Gu Xiran. It was because old madam truly thought too highly of her to think that she could make some salted vegetables. In fact, she also had been spoiled since little. Aside from making instant noodles, she hasn’t even touched a spatula before.
Total Chapters in book: 235
Estimated words: 424262 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2121(@200wpm)___ 1697(@250wpm)___ 1414(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 424262 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2121(@200wpm)___ 1697(@250wpm)___ 1414(@300wpm)
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