After leaving Song Yatang, Xiahou Shu walked alone to Xiafeiyuan where Mrs. Guo and his son lived.

Last night, Mrs. Guo did not care about her again due to Zhong Yuqing's timely appearance, but it does not mean that Xia Houling will not be punished after returning. After all, with Mrs. Guo's temper, even if Zhong Yuqing said good things in the past, Xia Houling suffered a lot. She either knelt on the ancestral hall or was punished to copy books, although it did not hurt the flesh, but it hurt people's hearts.

Mrs. Guo’s real name is Guo Lianbi. She is the eldest daughter of the current head of the Guo family in Xunzhou. She has been studying and practicing calligraphy with the female teacher since she was a child. She is a little older and learns to settle accounts with her mother, and she has both talent and beauty.

The Guo family in Xunzhou is a famous scholarly family in the local area. All the children have joined officials in all dynasties, but their rank is not high, and most of them are outspoken, and they are not good at making friends with powerful people. Therefore, they do not know much about the situation of the major families in the capital. Therefore, when the old wife of Yue Duke invited official media to propose marriage, the Guo family did not even know about Xiahou Ze's physical condition. They just heard that Xiahou Ze was both good and good, so they married Mrs. Guo.

In the first two years after Mrs. Guo married into the Duke of Yue’s mansion, she was also married and married Xiahou Ze. She was very loving, like a fairy couple, but she had no children. This made Mrs. Guo feel very guilty. At first she thought it was her own reason, so she quietly looked at many gynecological skills and drank a lot of medicines that helped her pregnancy, but it was useless.

When Xiahou Ze found out, he felt distressed and guilty, so he told Mrs. Guo not to make things difficult for him and drink medicine randomly.

After that, Xiahou Ze spent a lot of money to invite the doctor to the mansion to treat him, and various medicinal and supplements were sent to his yard.

In the third year, Mrs. Guo finally got pregnant as she wished, and I was Xiahou Ling. The couple were so happy, but they did not expect that Xiahou Ling's physique would be his father. She was weak when she was born, and she carefully raised her until she was almost two years old, so she hired a doctor less often.

As the days became clearer, Xiahou Ze was not remedy because of his weakness. He was worried about his son's safety and was overly worried all year round and could not get sick. In just one year, he ended in hatred.

After Xiahou Ze passed away, Mrs. Guo seemed to have become a different person. She was originally gentle, but gradually became cold, suspicious and mean. She also locked herself in Xiafei courtyard all day long and rarely contacted people outside. As long as the affairs of the Duke of Yue’s mansion were not involved in their mother and son, she would never take a look or ask more questions.

Most of the female envoys in Xiafeiyuan were dowed by Mrs. Guo’s mother’s family, Xunzhou Guo. They were all capable, each with a beautiful face, smart and capable person, and no less than the people around Zhong Yuqing.

Sometimes Xiahou Shu would think that if he had not been burdened by Xiahou Ze and Xiahou Ling, his talent and the shrewdness of the people around him might not have been able to be the hostess of the Duke of Yue’s mansion.

Over the years, the servants in Xiafeiyuan have been watching Mrs. Guo take care of Xia Houling very strictly, far beyond the tolerance of a child. They feel unbearable, but they are unable to persuade her. Because every time Mrs. Guo would use Xia Houling without her father as a support, and could only rely on her own reasons to block her back.

Sometimes, in view of Xiahou Shu's favor and kindness to Xiahou Ling, they were willing to reveal the matter about the third wife in private, and asked Xiahou Shu to take care of Xiahou Ling's miserable cousin.

Xiahou Shu felt that he would take care of Xiahou Ling's affairs. In addition to the incitement of the magical power of bloodline, and the pity that he lost his father and lost his support at a young age was the instigation and indulgence of others in Xiafeiyuan except Mrs. Guo.

The gate of Xiafeiyuan is closed all year round and is guarded by a concierge named Guo Shun.

Guo Shun was also the one brought by Mrs. Guo from Xunzhou's mother's house. He only recognized Mrs. Guo and Xiahou Ling in the entire Duke of Yue's Mansion. Without Mrs. Guo's approval, he would never let anyone go to Xiafeiyuan. Even if the person who came was Zhong Yuqing, who presided over the gift from Duke of Yue's Mansion.

However, Zhong Yuqing also knew the rules of Xiafeiyuan, and would not come to the Three Treasures Hall if there was nothing to do, and would not come to the door in person if there were any trivial matters.

As usual, Xiahou Shu failed to enter the gate of Xiafeiyuan, so he simply waited for the people inside to come out at the door.

After finally waiting for Madam Feng, who was beside Mrs. Guo, came out with a basket, she quickly met her. But unexpectedly, Madam Feng, who was always very kind to her, turned out to be normal this time. She saw that she left without blinking, leaving a proud and hard back for her.

Xiahou Shu called her a few more times, but she remained indifferent.

Madam Feng is an old man brought by Mrs. Guo from her parents' home. It is said that Mrs. Guo had already followed her to serve her before she left the house. The relationship between the master and the servant is very deep, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is like a mother and daughter. Therefore, everyone around Mrs. Guo respects her very much.

Madam Feng has been in the Duke of Yue for many years and has always been polite to people outside the Xiafeiyuan. She has neither close friends nor offended her, and she speaks and does things without any leakage. The people in the mansion know that she is not a person who can easily make friends with her, and she will not come to curry favor with her.

In addition, although Madam Feng was in charge of the Duke of Yue’s Mansion, her body was in the hands of Mrs. Guo. According to the tacit understanding of several houses having been with each other for many years, she was not under the entourage of the eldest and second houses. Even Zhong Yuqing, who was the mistress of the Duke of Yue’s Mansion, had to ask Madam Feng in advance to tell Madam Guo. Therefore, even if Xiahou Shu was the master, he could do nothing to do with Madam Feng.

Xiahou Shu thought about the fact that he had been confined and recuperating during this period, he had not even stepped out the gate of Qingfeng Pavilion several times, so he had not done anything out of the ordinary and offended Madam Feng. It was obvious that Madam Feng's attitude changed very strange, but she couldn't figure out what kind of temper Madam Feng had made for a while.

Xiahou Shu was wondering, but turned around and saw Shu Xiu, the eldest maid next to Mrs. Guo, hurried over, stretched out a finger to put it on his lips and made a gesture of silence, and then pulled her to the rockery next to him.

Xiahou Shu didn't understand why, so he let Shu Xiu pull her behind the rockery and waited quietly for the following text.

Shu Xiu stretched his neck mysteriously and looked around. He didn't see anyone else, so he looked at Xiahou Shu and whispered: "I heard Wenzhu and the others say that the third girl is here, so I came out to see it quickly. There were so many abrupt things just now. I hope the third girl should not blame me. I am also afraid that there will be ears in the walls, and it will cause troubles."

Wenzhu is the maid who serves meals in Mrs. Guo’s house. She is about to have breakfast at this time, so she saw her outside the door and quietly told Shu Xiu.

Xiahou Shu, who was originally confused, began to be cautious due to Shu Xiu's influence and lowered his voice and asked, "What happened to Xiafeiyuan? Or what happened to Ling'er? Madam Feng was quite kind to me before, so why didn't she look at me today?"

"Nothing big." Shu Xiu gave her a reassurance first, and then said, "After all, it was because the third girl took the sixth prince out of the house secretly yesterday."

"But yesterday's incident has already been told?" Xiahou Shu murmured, "What's more, I didn't do anything about Ling'er, why did she still hold a grudge against me?"

After saying that, she wanted to knock on her head, but that was not what she said. It was obvious that Mrs. Guo didn't want to have a head-on conflict with her mother, so she just let her go for the sake of her mother. Otherwise, why would she come over to inquire?

I am afraid that this matter will always be recorded in Mrs. Guo’s account book. In the future, Xiahou Shu will be the object of rejection by everyone in Xiafeiyuan.

Shu Xiu looked at her and shook her head and explained, "Madam Feng is an old man next to my wife. She has always been considerate and thoughtful, and is very strict, and has been trusted by her wife. It turns out that when she was in her hometown in Xunzhou, even my old lady looked up to her a few times. On weekdays, we dare not talk nonsense in front of her to avoid offending her. She turned around and was accused of going to the wife. She was just like her, and took the sixth prince very seriously. The wife was unhappy because of yesterday's incident, so Madam Feng naturally became unhappy."

Xiahou Shu was so amused that he said, "Madam Feng really loves Ling'er."

Shu Xiu heard something in Xiahou Shu's words, but still sighed, and said, "To be fair, although Madam Feng couldn't rub the sand in her eyes, she was very good at treating people, especially for us maids and servants who came to dowry. Huamei, who came from Xunzhou with me, used to accidentally put the kite into the yard where the eldest son lived before. She was afraid of being discovered, so she sneaked in to pick it up. She violated the prince's taboo. The lady took her body contract and said she wanted to send her back to Xunzhou. Poor Huamei was in Xunzhou

There was only a pair of fathers and brothers who were addicted to gambling at home. They sold her to the Guo family because they lost all their property. If she went back, her father and brother who were jealous of money would not know where to sell her. In the end, Madam Feng tried his best to persuade her, and the wife agreed to stay. Today, Madam Feng was indeed wrong, but she was just like Madam, who was too nervous about the safety of the Sixth Master. The third girl was smart and could figure it out. So I hope Madam Feng would not bother with Madam Feng.”

That morning, Shu Xiu was the second person to say she was smart.

Because she is smart, she can figure out some bad words without saying them.

Xiahou Shu understood that Shu Xiu was not here to reveal some shocking secrets to her, but to maintain the unity between the people in Xiafeiyuan. Even though most people in Xiafeiyuan felt that Mrs. Guo had problems with Xiahou Ling's way of discipline, everyone was still gathering together and their strength was also towards the same place.

It is her blessing for Mrs. Guo to have such a loyal servant, and it will be Xiahou Ling's blessing in the future.

"You said that Madam Feng is an old man next to Aunt San and treats Ling'er as a treasure. How could I blame her? It's too late for me to thank her." Xiahou Shu waved his hand and said.

"It would be best if the third girl could think so." Shu Xiu smiled happily, then owed her body and continued, "Shu Xiu also thanked the third girl for her care for the sixth son."

"Isn't it okay for my sister to take care of her brother?" Xiahou Shu said as she said, and asked again, "Tell me the truth. After Ling'er returned last night, did Aunt Third did not punish him?"

"Punishment." Shu Xiu said honestly, "After the Sixth Master came back last night, the wife saw him bringing him to the small Buddhist temple and scolded him. She then let the Sixth Master kneel alone in the small Buddhist temple for half an hour, and then asked us to prepare hot water and ginger soup to serve the Sixth Master to sleep."

Xiahou Shu shook his head when he heard this, thinking that Mrs. Guo was really crazy. She felt sorry for her son and asked someone to prepare hot water and ginger soup in advance, but she insisted on letting Xiahou Ling kneel. Don’t she feel conflicted? Moreover, yesterday Xiahou Ling followed her out for a while and had been exhausted. She was punished to kneel for half an hour when she got home. I wonder if she could stand up and walk well today.

Shu Xiu seemed to guess Xiahou Shu's concerns and immediately said: "The Sixth Master is indeed not good at doing this morning, but we all have experience in this matter. Just take a little rest. No need to worry about the third girl."

Experienced?

Xiahou Shu was amazed at his tongue, and his heart felt infinite distress and grief. But she was tactful and didn't ask any more questions. She said goodbye to Shu Xiu before walking back.

She couldn't get involved in the matter of Xia Feiyuan. Since that's the case, it would be better to go to Xiahou Yi to make an appointment. She wanted to see what Xiahou Yi sold in the gourd.

Chapter completed!