After this brief confrontation, Mrs. Xu knew that Mrs. Wu was not a light-saving lamp.

No matter how unwilling she is, with her current ability, she simply cannot compete with Mrs. Wu. Especially since she is still a newcomer in the circle of official wives, it is not appropriate to be at odds with Mrs. Wu at this time.

"This is Sanliupu's Songhua Cake, everyone has a try!"

Mrs. Guo is a person who is very good at adjusting the atmosphere. Seeing the servants serving cakes, she took the opportunity to shift her focus.

After a while, the flower hall was in a harmonious atmosphere, and everyone was chatting and laughing about various gossips in the capital. Maybe it was boredom, or maybe it was "the same thing", but a few people were chatting with gusto.

Wu Qiuyu was eating songhua cake quietly on the side. She had never been a gossip, but she still tried hard to act as a qualified listener.

The story started when a certain official took in another concubine, and soon it was mentioned that Lord Paine, the imperial censor of the left capital, was going to retire and return to his hometown.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was rare for a father to be a high-ranking official and a son to win the imperial examination. The sons of high-ranking officials such as Yan Song and Xu Jie basically took the path of becoming an official, but it was difficult for them to win the imperial examination.

Get a Jinshi seat.

However, Pan Yunduan, the son of Pan En, the censor of Zuodu, won a place as a tribute scholar in this year's general examination, which caused the phenomenon that father and son were about to become officials in the same court.

At that moment, news came out that in order to avoid suspicion, this powerful feudal lord actually chose to resign from his official position as the censor of Zuodu, thereby providing an opportunity for his son to stay in the capital.

"You only know one thing but not the other. There is another mystery behind this matter!" Mrs. Xu took a sip of tea and said inscrutably.

As soon as this statement came out, it attracted everyone's attention.

Mrs. Xu said with some pride: "Paine is over sixty years old this year, and his son has only passed the top three Jinshi exams. According to the regulations, he has to go abroad or wait for a job. But now he chooses to retire and return home, but he can help his son

I got a spot as the director of the Sixth Department, this is a good deal!"

Wu Qiuyu listened on the side and frowned slightly. Although she felt that this inference was wrong and she should not speculate on Mr. Pan so maliciously, she could not refute it.

As we spoke, it was already noon.

Mrs. Guo didn't want everyone to stay in the flower hall all the time, so she took the initiative to invite: "The spring chrysanthemums in my backyard have already bloomed. How about we go to the backyard and have a look?"

"Very good!" Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Xu replied immediately.

Mrs. Wu had an idea and suddenly suggested: "Mrs. Guo, I won't bother you to lead the way. I'll just take the two of them around the yard! Qiu Yu, just stay here and chat with Mrs. Guo!"

Hearing what Mrs. Wu said, Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Xu looked at each other and immediately guessed something, and then looked at Mrs. Guo calmly.

Mrs. Guo hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said: "Then I'll help you, Mrs. Wu!"

Mrs. Wu took Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Xu away, and before leaving, she cast an encouraging look at the woman. After all, she could not shelter her daughter forever, and she also needed her daughter to be able to face things independently.

Wu Qiuyu understood and cast a grateful look at her mother.

But none of them seemed to notice that Mrs. Xu gave her personal maid a wink before leaving. However, the personal maid did not follow her, but quietly hid in the side hall next to her.

After the three attendants left, they were the only two left in the flower hall, finally having a chance to be alone.

When Wu Qiuyu came, her mother told her that Guo Pu and his wife had a very good relationship, so even if Mrs. Guo didn't know who the new Shuntian governor was, she could still get the answer from Guo Pu.

When she was about to speak, Mrs. Guo seemed to have known what was going on and raised her hand to stop her.

Mrs. Guo glanced at her personal maid, then looked at Wu Qiuyu and asked, "You came here with your mother. Do you want me to help you with something?"

"Yes!" Wu Qiuyu nodded seriously. She knew that today was so abrupt and her mother deliberately created a chance for them to be alone. This matter would definitely be seen through at a glance.

Mrs. Guo picked up the tea cup and said calmly: "Your husband-in-law asked you to come, right?"

"That's right!" Wu Qiuyu hesitated for a moment, but did not explain, but replied vaguely. Although it was her suggestion, now that the husband and wife are connected, it doesn't matter whether her husband asked her to come over.

Mrs. Guo took a sip of tea, put the tea cup on the table next to her, raised her face and said seriously: "I can do you a favor for your mother's sake, but you have to pour it for your husband."

Tea, please admit your mistake!"

"Why is this?" Wu Qiuyu was happy at first, but then asked slightly angrily.

Mrs. Guo snorted coldly and immediately explained the reason: "You still ask me why? Have you forgotten the impeachment of your husband so quickly?" Lin Haoran's impeachment of Guo Pu has already spread throughout the capital.

The rumor spread in the media and had a great impact on Guo Pu. In particular, "he neglected his duty to the country and was unworthy of his responsibilities. He begged for advice in order to clear his official career", which caused Guo Pu's reputation to drop a lot.

Mrs. Guo and Guo Pu were a couple who had "the same spirit". Facing Lin Haoran's past memorial and the "evil deeds" Lin Haoran committed, she was already holding back a breath of bad breath.

Now that Wu Qiuyu came to her door and still wanted something from her, she naturally wanted to settle this old debt and clear up her bad breath.

"Guangdong is my husband-in-law's hard work and the result of his hard work over the past few years. Mr. Guo wants to help the Yan family, ignores the situation in Guangdong, and ignores my husband-in-law at all. My husband-in-law went to court for impeachment. He is not at fault.

!" Wu Qiuyu didn't expect that she would settle this old score, but she responded confidently.

She naturally knew that her husband's appointment had a very negative impact on Guo Pu, but she was also paying attention to this matter. She knew that Guo Pu shut her husband out and did not even see her husband.

Guo Pu chose to collude with the Yan family and his son, and wanted to arrange Yan Party personnel to take important positions in Guangdong, so as to completely control Guangdong, without caring about her husband's feelings at all.

It was also her husband-in-law who had the courage to bring the matter to the attention of the Holy Emperor, which turned things around. If her husband-in-law hadn't made such a fuss, Guangdong would have been handed over to the Yan Mansion by Guo Pu.

But at the moment, Mrs. Guo still had the nerve to mention this matter and put all the blame on her husband. No wonder Huniu said that the people in the Guo family were not good people.

Mrs. Guo had her own position, and naturally had her own attitude towards the waiter incident, so she always thought that Lin Haoran was in the wrong. Facing Wu Qiuyu's response, she immediately lowered her face and asked: "Do you think you are not wrong?"

"Yes!" Wu Qiuyu felt a surge of courage in his heart and answered firmly as he looked at her.

Mrs. Guo narrowed her eyes, pointed to the tea cup brought by the maid, and asked seriously: "Then you don't want to honor your husband with this cup of accomplice tea?"

"No respect!" Wu Qiuyu glanced at the cup of tea and replied decisively.
Chapter completed!