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His expression was extremely ugly, and with a thought, he suddenly asked, "What's your monthly number?"

Gu Jinzhu lowered her head slightly. She hesitated for a moment before saying softly, "Two liang."

"Two taels?" Gu Qingyuan's expression immediately darkened.

What a great Mrs. Yao! He had repeatedly reminded her to treat Gu Jinzhu well, but she had actually ignored his words and openly criticized her!

He clenched his fingers tightly and angrily said to Gu Jinzhu, "I will tell your mother about this!" He then hurriedly left the room.

Gu Jinzhu raised her head as she watched her father leave. Her face no longer had that delicate expression of before. Her eyes were filled with coldness.

Since Mrs. Yao had already fallen out with him, there was no need for her to pretend to be a good daughter. She was willing to be a traitor!

Within the Jin Wu Courtyard.

Mrs. Yao was talking to her daughter with an angry expression on her face.

"I didn't expect that idiot Jin to snatch that box of rouge. Now, all my efforts have been in vain!"

Gu Bitong's face was also gloomy. It was a pity that her box of good rouge was still there.

However, things had already gotten to this point, there was no use in scolding her anymore, so she could only advise Mrs. Yao, "Mother, perhaps it was her luck again, but Daddy has already determined that she was the one who did it. With such rage, when we go to Green Bamboo Garden, he will definitely scold her loudly, and maybe even punish her. More importantly, Father knows how vicious she is and will definitely no longer hold her in high regard. Only then will we be able to make a move on her in the future. "

Mrs. Yao let out a long sigh, "Hopefully, your father won't be bewitched by that slut this time. It's best if you lock her in the courtyard so that she won't be able to attend Zhu Family's chrysanthemum viewing feast!"

However, before she finished, Gu Qingyuan walked in with large strides.

With a gloomy face, he looked at Gu Bitong, who no longer had her usual affection for him, and frowned. "Why are you still here?" Hurry up and go back to your courtyard to sleep! "

Gu Bitong jumped in fright. Seeing her father's expression darken, her intuition told her, "Then mother and father should rest early. Daughter will be taking her leave now."

Before she could walk out of the room, she heard the sound of a teacup being smashed onto the ground. Gu Qingyuan's angry voice came out, "Good thing you did!"

Gu Bitong's heart skipped a beat. Her first reaction was that the matter of rouge had been exposed. A trace of panic flashed past her heart.

Gu Qingyuan was obviously angry, afraid that his father would scold her. She couldn't help but quicken her pace, and quickly left the Jinwu House realm.

Inside the house, Mrs. Yao's face was also pale. She looked at Gu Qingyuan's face and forced herself to remain calm, asking, "Master, what's wrong? Who pissed you off so much? "

She was also worried about the incident with the rouge, and her body couldn't help but tremble from the fear.

Gu Qingyuan pointed at her and scolded, "You need me to say that? Don't you think about what you've done! Zhu's monthly quotidian was only two taels? Is the eldest miss of my Gu Mansion a beggar? As the manager's mother, you are so stingy that you even deducted the monthly allowance from the maidservant! Stupid to the extreme! If these words were to spread out, what face would you have left in this family! "

Mrs. Yao was stunned. After a long while, she asked carefully, "Is this the Master's reason?"

"Otherwise? What else do you want? Zhu's monthly allowance is off and she doesn't have an ice bucket. Do you think that you have reduced your other uses by a lot? What do you think Zhu is? "A maidservant?" Gu Qingyuan was livid.

Mrs. Yao heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat on her forehead. She regained her senses, and her eyes reddened as she said, "Master, you have wronged me. Zhu is not the only one who is in charge of this Residence." Third girl, fourth girl, you're not my biological son, but I treat them the same. I treat them like pearls and like treasures, I'm not much worse than Tong, why would I target Zhu alone?

It was because the residence spent so much money this month. Which one of these people didn't care about their favors and relationships? I have already taken Tong and the Third and Fourth Sisters. As a member of this family, I have been worrying about how I could reduce the expenses and give you less trouble. How did I end up like this? "

As Mrs. Yao spoke, she sat on the bed and sobbed while holding the handkerchief.

Gu Qingyuan said doubtfully, "Really? The mansion's shortage is this great? "

Mrs. Yao cried out, "You don't know how expensive firewood and rice is until you become the boss. The harvest of those mansions and fields are not good all these years, and they can't receive much money. I've even pretty much applied my body's dowry, but my heart is only for the old master. I never thought that I'd end up like this … "

The more Mrs. Yao said, the more wronged she became. She just threw herself onto the bed and wailed.

Gu Qingyuan felt a little awkward. He never cared about the expenses at home as they were all controlled by Mrs. Yao.

Seeing how wronged she was crying, he only thought he had wronged her. Feeling guilty, he came over and patted Mrs. Yao's shoulder. "I was wrong about you. The family has been under your care all these years. Madam, you've worked hard …"

Mrs. Yao raised her head, her eyes red from crying. She sobbed, "As an old master, I don't dare to say 'hard work'. However, I can't bear the old master's suspicion …"

She cried as she snuggled into Gu Qingyuan's arms and rubbed it again and again.

Gu Qingyuan was made to go soft by her, and tried to coax her, "Alright Madam, your husband is blaming you. Your husband will apologize to you."

For some reason, the two of them rolled around together. After a long time, Mrs. Yao laid on top of him and said coquettishly, "Old master, you can't suspect me anymore."

Gu Qingyuan was extremely enchanted by her caress. He touched her smooth skin and promised, "Okay, okay, your husband will never suspect the Madam again."

Only then did Mrs. Yao's tears turned into a smile.

Gu Qingyuan was distracted by the round of Cloud Rain, but he didn't notice the trace of fierceness that flashed in Mrs. Yao's eyes.

What a good little girl. She actually had the backing to put ointment on her eyes as well!

Early the next morning, Mrs. Yao got up to comb her makeup. Thinking of how she spent so much effort to coax Gu Qingyuan yesterday, she felt extremely resentful.

Gu Bitong lifted the curtain and entered the room. She hadn't slept well all night, and a faint bruise could be seen on her skin as she said worriedly, "Mom, dad …" Are you alright? "

Mrs. Yao said bitterly, "What can it be?" "Didn't you listen to that little hoof's provocation and come back to cause trouble for me?"

She told him what had happened yesterday.

Gu Bitong heaved a sigh of relief when she heard it wasn't about the rouge.

Mrs. Yao was still angry, so she scolded, "That slut actually learned to report behind his back and told your father to come back and scold me. Luckily, I managed to hide it from you."

Gu Bitong exclaimed, "Daddy didn't cause trouble for her last night? "Third Sister's face is already like that."

Mrs. Yao threw the comb on the ground. Every time she thought of it, she would grit her teeth in hatred.