As long as Old Mrs. Zhao is not suspicious, it is enough. She is not too embarrassed, anyway, it is all nonsense.

Afraid that Old Mrs. Zhao was asking questions, Gillian pretended to be embarrassed and ran to the house.

Zhao Yanping put out the bag and just came out of it. When Jiao lifted the curtain, she almost hit his chest. In another case, Jiao must have apologized. Now she was busy hiding from the old lady. Jiao turned her head and picked up the curtain from the other side.

Zhao Yanping thought something was wrong with her.

Cui Niang brought the washbasin over and looked at him with bright eyes: "Official, the young lady said you have solved the case in the city and made great contributions. Can you tell me?"

"What are you talking about? Hurry up and bring the supper!" Old Mrs. Zhao scolded Cui Niang and said, and when Cui Niang left, she also urged her grandson to speak.

Zhao Yanping walked to the backyard with a washbasin: "Let Gillian tell you tomorrow."

Old Mrs. Zhao curled her lips. This stinky grandson, I don’t know if it’s too hot to her for a few days, is still so cold.

It was getting late. After dinner, Jiao Jiao told the old lady Zhao and Cui Niang about the case in the city, and everyone was about to go to bed. Opening a shop is a big deal. Jiao Jiao is going to discuss with the old lady tomorrow.

After cleaning the dishes and chopsticks, Jin came out of the kitchen. He saw his daughter Zhu Shuangshuang leaning absent-mindedly under the wall outside the kitchen, looking up at the sky with one foot, and gently kicking the ground.

"Why haven't Shuangshuang gone to sleep yet?" Jin asked strangely.

Zhu Shuangshuang glanced at the room and pulled her mother to her wing room. The mother and daughter closed the door and whispered.

"Mom, I used to think that Mr. Zhao was cold and fierce, and there was no money at home. My cousin had no hope to be a concubine in the Zhao family, and life would definitely not be satisfactory. But look, Mr. Zhao took her with me when he went to the capital to do things, but I had never been to the capital. Mr. Zhao was so spoiled and had the ability. If Mr. Zhao was really promoted and made a fortune in the future, wouldn't my cousin live a better life than me?"

Zhu Shuangshuang bit her lip, really unwilling to accept it.

My cousin is more beautiful than her, and Zhu Shuangshuang cannot deceive herself. Fortunately, her cousin's reputation is too bad, which makes Zhu Shuangshuang confidently marry better than her cousin. But the matchmaker came to her house several times and introduced people she looked down on, but the cousin next door became more and more successful. Zhu Shuangshuang felt very uncomfortable when she saw it.

Jin was also a little jealous of Gillian's ability to follow Mr. Zhao to the city, but Mr. Jin thought about it for a long time and comforted her daughter: "No, my concubine is a concubine. She is beautiful, and Mr. Zhao has not married her wife. She will definitely spoil her for a while, but don't forget that Mr. Zhao will marry sooner or later, and which official wife can tolerate a beautiful concubine at that time? She has no children to accompany her. Even if Mr. Zhao is successful in the future and has a private wife, she will not want to enjoy her happiness. Maybe she will be able to deal with her in a few years."

Jinshi didn't believe that Gillian could have a good ending.

After listening to her mother's analysis, Zhu Shuangshuang felt a little better, and she was worried about her marriage again: "I will be sixteen next year. If I can't get married again, my cousin will laugh at me. You didn't hear how she cursed me that day, but my father was partial and didn't believe me at all, and treated her as a treasure."

Jin gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry about your father. He is stupid in his studies and can't tell the difference. Don't be anxious. Recently, your brother has been studying hard and has studied so hard. He will definitely be a scholar in the college entrance examination next year. When your brother wins, you won't have to worry about your marriage."

Thinking of his brother who studied hard all day long, Zhu Shuangshuang had a glimmer of hope.

"Go to bed early, my mother is back in the house." Jin touched her daughter's head, went out of the house, walked out of the eaves, and was surprised to find a flash of lightning flashing in the distance. It was gloomy for a day and it was finally raining.

When he got home, Zhao Yanping hung up the bed again. He didn't sleep well every night in the mansion for the three nights. He really wanted to sleep more peacefully and to keep his energy tonight.

Gillian didn't know that she had slept for three nights with the official. Since the official liked to hang the bed, then just hang it.

The bed in Fucheng Guanyi was small and I finally could sleep in a big bed again. Gillian felt comfortable, covered her with a quilt and fell asleep soon.

Zhao Yanping waited for a while and found that the old lady did not come to listen to the corner tonight. Zhao Yanping was actually a little surprised. Could it be that my grandmother believed that he did not have that kind of habit?

It would be better if I didn't come, Zhao Yanping closed his eyes and fell asleep not long after.

The thunder roared in the middle of the night. Zhao Yanping woke up once and was about to fall asleep again. A faint begging suddenly came from the other side of the bed: "Auntie, aunt..."

Zhao Yanping turned his head inward.

She was crying, her voice was not heard in a true way, and she could vaguely distinguish the words "aunt", "no", "leave".

Are you having a nightmare?

Zhao Yanping listened silently until her cry became clear and depressing, and she should have woken up.

"Gillian?" Zhao Yanping whispered.

Gillian just woke up from his dream. When she heard the official's voice, Gillian wiped away her tears in panic and closed her eyes to pretend to be asleep.

Zhao Yanping looked at the bed and said, "I know you're awake."

There was another thunder outside, and Gillian's shoulders shrank, and she couldn't help crying again, and she choked and said, "Official, I have a problem. Every time there is a thunderstorm, it's okay during the day, but at night I always have nightmares. I dreamed that my aunt took me to Huayue Tower when she was a child and left me alone."

At that time, Gillian was really scared. She was only eleven years old and was suddenly taken to a strange place. The madam and the big men were not like good people. That night, someone was crying and whipped. Although Gillian was obedient and did not get beaten, she was always beaten in her dream, which was even more scary than being beaten.

Zhao Yanping frowned and guessed: "It was raining the day you were sold?"

Gillian said "yes".

Zhao Yanping suddenly felt very uncomfortable, and his chest seemed to be pressed into a stone. Gillian was afraid of being sold at the age of 11. When her sister was only six years old, she was taken away by Zhang Kuaizi, how afraid was her sister? What hardships have been suffered over the years? Will Zhang Kuaizi be sold to a brothel? Will she...

I don’t dare to think about it carefully, the more I think about it, the more I feel uncomfortable, but if I don’t think about it, I’m just deceiving myself.

"It's okay, it's all over." Zhao Yanping said quietly, comforting her and comforting himself. He solved so many cases and arrested so many vicious people, which was considered to have made merits. If God opened his eyes, he would definitely bless his sister with peace and safety.

Gillian didn't know what the official was thinking. On this thunderstorm night, she wanted to seek some comfort.

"Official, can I sleep with your hand?" Ah Jiao asked with tears in her eyes facing the bed.

Zhao Yanping was silent for a moment and said, "Yes."

After saying that, Zhao Yanping reached out his left hand.

Gillian burst into tears and laughed, immediately put her right hand over and placed it in his generous palm.

Zhao Yanping's fingers moved, and then he bent his fingers and gently held the cold little hand.

The official's palm was very warm, and Gillian's heart also became warm. She didn't have any nightmares that night.

The next morning, the rain was still falling, and the room outside the window was dark, and the time was not visible from the sky.

Just as Zhao Yanping was about to get up, he suddenly heard a slight footstep, and finally the footsteps stopped in front of the door.

Zhao Yanping sighed helplessly, really not knowing what the old lady was thinking in her head.

Old Mrs. Zhao didn't think about anything. She just felt that her grandson got up late this morning. Old Mrs. Zhao came to the door and heard if there was any speech inside. If the grandson was tired of rushing to sleep in, she had to remind her grandson to get up quickly and not delay going to the yamen to do business.

Zhao Yanping thought about it and woke up Gillian in a low voice.

Gillian replied sleepily.

Zhao Yanping leaned against the bed and said, "The old lady is here again. You pretend to hum and urge me to get up."

Gillian suddenly woke up and swallowed her saliva. Gillian cooperated to act: "Official, please stop making trouble. It's too late if you can't afford it!"

The voice was charming and laziness. Old Mrs. Zhao's old face turned hot and she quickly walked away.

Zhao Yanping breathed a sigh of relief and quickly got up and changed his clothes.

When he finished dressing, Gillian got up too, and his eyes were dry and uncomfortable. Gillian came to the mirror and looked at it, and it was indeed swollen.

"Last night, I made the official laugh last night." Gillian rubbed her eyes and said embarrassedly that such a big person would cry because of a nightmare.

Zhao Yanping looked at her slightly swollen eyes and felt aroused in his heart: "When the old lady asked, she just said that she was bullied and cried by me."

What?

Jiao raised her head in surprise, but only saw the official's back, and she went out to wash her face.

Gillian stood there and thought for a while before she realized what the official’s “bullying” meant. Alas, it wasn’t good to come back. The old lady was staring too tightly and had to find a way to cover it up.

Ajiao blushed and went out.

Old Mrs. Zhao washed up early and sat at the dining table waiting. When her grandson came out to see her grandson, A Jiao came out and Mrs. Zhao took good care of her. When she contacted the charming words in the bed that she had just heard, A Jiao's little red face and slightly swollen eyes had another meaning.

How fierce a grandson wants to be able to bully someone and cry?

Old Mrs. Zhao looked to the backyard. At this point, she really believed that her grandson had nothing to do with the young magistrate and even the other pretty brothers. It was all because of the matchmaker's random guessing and provoking, which made her take a concubine back in vain!

When Gillian was needed, Mrs. Zhao wanted Gillian to become a vixen, which made her grandson fascinated. Now she didn't need Gillian to seduce her grandson anymore, so Mrs. Zhao began to worry that her grandson would fall in love with Gillian's ** soup and marry her real wife in the future. Her grandson was still greedy for Gillian's beauty and neglected her serious daughter-in-law.

What should I do?

Old Mrs. Zhao sat there worried, her mind wandering around.

Send Gillian away shortly after entering the door?

The man left and the betrothal money was gone. Ten taels of silver were like white flowers. It would be better to keep Ah Jiao and let her continue to serve her grandson. Anyway, her grandson would not go to the capital to be an official in two years. With Ah Jiao here, she would save her grandson from being uncomfortable. After all, she was a man of age. If she held it for a long time, she would not be worth the loss. Two years later, before entering Beijing, she would find a way to ask her grandson to give up Ah Jiao.

It was raining, Zhao Yanping scooped water and brought it to the east room, asking Jiao to come in and wash it together.

Just as Gillian was about to follow her, Old Mrs. Zhao suddenly called her and said unhappily: "Officials wash first, you can go in later."

I got hooked up with my grandson in bed early in the morning, and now I will get in and get mixed up with the two of them. What kind of style is it?

Gillian guessed something from the old lady's eyes.

Gillian was a little aggrieved. It was obvious that the official asked her to act, but the old lady actually misunderstood that it was the official whom she hooked up first.

Ah Jiao understood that the old lady just wanted her to hook up with the official at night. If the official delayed his daytime business, the old lady would be angry.

After a while, Zhao Yanping came out.

Gillian turned her back to Old Lady Zhao and looked at him resentfully.

Zhao Yanping was puzzled.

Old Mrs. Zhao suddenly waved to him, and when Zhao Yanping came over, Old Mrs. Zhao said with a serious look: "Why did you get up late this morning? Although you are newlywed, you should be restrained. Don't learn from the foolish monarch in that play. Being addicted to beauty will ruin your business."
Chapter completed!