The Legitimate Miss Returns With Honor - C39

The horse carriage entered from the side door and arrived in front of a falling flower gate.

Yun Xiang and Bi Meng got out of the car first, then turned around to help Gu Jinzhu.

Gu Jinzhu could only see that the side of the gate was filled with vines, and all kinds of flowers were falling down, making it look very delicate and beautiful. On both sides of the gate stood a few young servants, who had just left their hair and were neatly dressed in their clothes.

Someone came and went, but they were all curiously staring at her. There were even a few bold girls who were constantly patrolling Gu Jinzhu’s body.

Even though she didn’t show any contempt, she was already annoyed. How could a strict and proper house allow a servant to be so presumptuous as to look at her master in the eye? She could not help but glare at him angrily.

At the door, a woman with a group of maidservants was waiting for them. When they saw them rushing over, they smiled and greeted them, “Yo, this is the lady, right? “The old servant’s eyes were blurry and he almost couldn’t recognize her. She really is a goddess …”

That woman was in her 50s to 60s. She had a round face with sharp eyes and eyebrows. Before she opened her mouth, she was already smiling and looking at the peaceful atmosphere. Gu Jinzhu had already remembered when she left the clan. She recognized that it was her stepmother, Mrs. Yao’s wet nurse, Senior Servant Ping. She was the most caring person in the clan, so she was the most dignified in the clan.

Senior Servant Ping made a gesture of respect, but Gu Jinzhu quickly stopped her with a smile, “I don’t dare to be Senior Servant’s present. After so many years, this Senior Servant is still as energetic as ever.”

“It’s all thanks to young lady.” Madam Ping smiled and narrowed her eyes, getting up from her seat. “Young lady, please go in quickly. Madam has been waiting for you all day and has been waiting for you to come back.”

Everyone walked inside with Gu Jinzhu in their arms. Once they entered the Dazzling Flower Gate, they would enter a corridor with hand shafts on both sides.

He walked through the hall and down the stairs. After he turned past a shadow wall, he arrived at Yao Family’s courtyard.

There were three main rooms facing south and north. There were one ear room on each side and three side rooms on both sides of the main house on both sides. Both of them had red walls and were decorated with green tiles.

At this moment, it was the evening. The yard was covered by strange flowers and trees. A breeze blew by and the fragrance of flowers wafted in the air. There were about a dozen little girls at the door of the room and under the porch. They were all wearing beautiful dresses and looked pretty. The bamboo curtain on the door had already been removed, leaving only the pearl curtain. Within the bead curtain, faint sounds of laughter could be heard.

The little girl lifted up the curtain and stopped talking and turned her gaze towards the door.

Gu Jinzhu raised her head to look. The interior was luxuriously decorated, a drop of water was carved from heavy fragrant wood furniture, and the carving technique was complex and magnificent. The woman sitting on the warm and warm bed in the middle was dressed in a lotus color satin coat, and wore a golden phoenix head step on her head.

A few women and two girls were sitting next to Lady Yao. Gu Jinzhu took a few hurried steps forward and greeted them, “Mother.”

Even if she wasn’t willing, Yao Fei still carried the title of the legitimate mother, so she had to show the proper etiquette.

After Gu Jinzhu knelt down and kowtowed, Lady Yao feebly reached out her hand to get her to stand. She pulled Gu Jinlong close to her and carefully sized her up, “You can be considered to be back. Have you been involved in this all along?”

Gu Jinzhu half-lowered her head and said, “It’s alright, I’ll have to trouble mother to keep this in mind.”

“I remember that when you left home that year, you were only this tall. It must have been hard on you all these years, as your father and I had always been worried about you, but the road was not easy to walk on, and it wasn’t easy to communicate with you. Now that you’ve returned safely, your father doesn’t know how happy he must be.”

As Lady Yao spoke, she used a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes. The woman beside her immediately laughed crisply, “Eldest sister-in-law, you should be happy that Zhu’er is back. Your appearance really makes Zhu’er restrained.”

Mrs Yao’s hand that was holding the handkerchief froze, then a smile appeared on her face. “Sister-in-law is right. Look at how happy I am. Zhu Er, quickly come and see your second aunt and a few other girls.”

Lady Yao introduced the people beside her one by one. The one who spoke was Gu Jinzhu’s second uncle’s wife, Lady Li. She wore blue brocade weasels and a blue horse mask dress.

Gu Jinzhu came forward to pay her respects, but before she could bend over, Madame Li pulled her over and said affectionately, “That year, she was just a little girl, but now she’s this big in the blink of an eye. Look at her appearance, she’s even better than our Bi Tong, don’t you think so, Sister-in-law?”

As she spoke, she smiled and looked at Lady Yao. Lady Yao’s eyes flashed, but on her face was a look of love. She smiled and said, “That’s right. Tong’er is still a child. How can she be compared to her elder sister …”

Before she finished speaking, Madame Li said, “People always say that our Duke Gu’s estate has a beautiful peony, but they’ve never seen Zhu’er before. From what I’ve said, with Zhu’er’s appearance, she really deserves to be called a peony …”

Madame Li smiled, and took down a golden silk floating lotus flower bracelet from her arm, directly putting it on Gu Jinzhu’s wrist, “Zhu’er, Second Aunt doesn’t have anything good for you, so I’ll give this bracelet to you as a present. It’s not something good, so don’t mind it.”

Gu Jinzhu looked at the bright yellow gold bracelet on her wrist and was speechless. This was not a good thing at all …

She had long seen that Lady Li and Lady Yao were at loggerheads. Two of her sentences were aimed at the Yao family. The moment they met, she even took out such a heavy gold bracelet, clearly showing that she wanted to suppress the Yao family.

As expected, Lady Yao’s expression turned unsightly. As a direct mother, she had yet to give anything to the Second Branch, but it was Second Wife who snatched it away first.

He almost couldn’t maintain the love he put on his face as he forced a smile and said, “Her second aunt, Zhu’er’s little family isn’t to be praised. Moreover, her young daughter is quite old in wearing this gold. I just prepared a pair of good white jade bracelets for her, so you should keep this for yourself.”

As she said this, she waved her hand and called for the little girl to bring over a jewelry box. Inside was indeed a pair of pure white jade bracelets. Yao Shi personally put them on Gu Jinzhu and indicated for her to return the gold bracelet to Madame Li.

Lady Li covered her mouth and laughed, “Since you’ve already given it away, how can it be taken back? It’s also good to leave this bracelet to Zhu’er.”

There was no way for Lady Yao to do so, so she could only let Gu Jinzhu put it away.

Next to Madame Li was a woman wearing a turmeric jacket. Her face was a goose egg-shaped, and her figure was plump. Although she wasn’t as dignified as Lady Yao, she had the charm of a mature woman. Without waiting for Gu Jinzhu to speak, she smiled and greeted her.

However, it turned out to be Gu Qingyuan’s concubine. Her status couldn’t compare with Gu Jinzhu’s, so she naturally came to greet him.

Lady Yao and Lady Li both gave their gifts, so it wasn’t good for her to be empty-handed. She pulled out an embroidered, silver lotus hairpin from her head and said, “I don’t have anything good to give Eldest Miss. Just keep this hairpin to reward her.”

Gu Jinlong ordered Yun Xiang to put the items away before thanking the crowd one by one.