A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 198 Family Meeting Tong Yujun is back

The next day, without any prior appointment to accompany Miss Shen, Gui'er was about to go out to the Zhenxiufang when suddenly the steward of the Marshal's Mansion came over and said that the Marshal wanted Sha Yanxiao and Gui'er to go to his study.

The two thought something had happened and hurried over. When they arrived at the study, they saw the Madam, Sha Yanyao, the Fourth Concubine, and Sally. Seeing Gui'er coming, the Marshal smiled kindly and said, "Guier, you're here! Did you have fun outing with Miss Shen yesterday?"

Gui Er looked at the people who had accompanied Miss Shen to the park yesterday. Not knowing what had happened, she didn't dare to answer rashly. After thinking for a while, she gave a vague answer: "It's okay."

The lady asked, "When you went out yesterday, did you think she was interested in your eldest brother?"

Gui'er was stunned. Sha Yanxiao interrupted, saying, "Why ask a child about this? Just discuss it directly with Miss Shen's parents."

The lady said in embarrassment: "That is their only daughter. They said they fully respect Miss Shen's wishes."

Then the lady walked up to Gui'er and said to her kindly, "Didn't you two go out together yesterday? What happened?"

Gui Er suddenly noticed that Sha Lili had tear marks on her face. The Fourth Concubine also looked at her with a look of hesitation, and said cautiously, "At first, Miss Shen and Big Brother were not familiar with each other, so they didn't talk much. Later, we went boating on the lake, and Big Brother and Miss Shen were in the same boat. I saw them talking and laughing, and then they went to eat dessert together and had a very pleasant chat."

After hearing this, the lady nodded with satisfaction, then rolled her eyes at the fourth concubine.

The fourth concubine tearfully recounted, "Marshal, Madam, I swear to God, I really didn't interfere. It was Miss Shen who suggested going to the park, and it was Miss Shen who wanted to go to our courtyard. To avoid suspicion, I had Yanwen hide in the inner room all night."

"What do you mean by letting Miss Shen contact your brother in Shanghai? After your daughter came back, she laughed at Yan Yao for being so self-indulgent. Do you dare to say that you didn't?" The lady said coldly.

It was the first time that Gui'er saw the lady get angry, and she was a little scared. Sha Yanxiao patted her on the back to comfort her.

The fourth concubine cried and said, "Director Shen was originally going to Shanghai to take up his post. We are in Shanghai and have no other help. Only my brothers are in Shanghai. It would be good for us to have them visit more often. I am doing this for the sake of our family."

"Bah! Madam Shen is my sworn sister, do you need to worry about this? Your daughter is even talking nonsense, saying that Miss Shen looks down on my son." As she said that, the lady pointed at Sha Lili.

Sha Lili was so scared that she started crying, but she didn't dare cry out loud. Her hands were shaking and she was sobbing softly.

Seeing this, the Fourth Concubine quickly shielded her behind her and said, "That's absolutely impossible. If her eldest brother could marry Miss Shen, it would be good for us. Lily has always been smart and clever, how could she do such a stupid thing? It must be some heartless fool who instigated it behind the scenes. Just tell us who said that? We can confront him face to face."

"Okay, okay, isn't the Shen family still here with us? Let big brother interact more with Miss Shen and try to make a good impression." Sha Yanxiao tried to smooth things over.

The Marshal also nodded, agreeing with him.

Afterwards, everyone went back to their own courtyards. Just as Sha Yanxiao and Gui'er returned to their own courtyard, the Marshal's Housekeeper arrived, right after them. He took out a jewelry box, opened it, and found a gold necklace. He said, "Madam said that Miss Gui'er is old enough and doesn't have much to wear. This necklace is her dowry, so give it to Miss Gui'er to wear."

Gui Er was shocked when she heard this and quickly said, "How could I accept such a valuable gift from my mother?"

The steward smiled and said, "This is a loving gift from the madam, please accept it, young lady."

Sha Yanxiao took the jewelry box and said, "Then please tell mother that Gui'er accepted it and thank her for us."

After the steward left, Gui'er was still a little uneasy. Sha Yanxiao took out the gold necklace from the jewelry box and put it on Gui'er. Only then did Gui'er realize that this gold necklace was too ordinary. It was just an ordinary gold chain with a heart-shaped pendant with four big characters "Kang Le Ji Xiang" on it, and there were some flower patterns carved around it for embellishment.

Guier couldn't help but say, "Is Madam's family not well off? The style of this necklace isn't very good either."

Sha Yanxiao chuckled and said, "Bullshit dowry! Just because you helped his son yesterday, he gave you something as a thank you. It's just a nice name."

Although it was much later, Gui'er still planned to leave for the Zhen Embroidery Workshop. Because she had been busy recently, she told the shopkeeper Zhang in advance that if she didn't come that day, it was likely that something had happened at home, so she didn't send anyone to ask for leave. The shopkeeper was also very easy to say, "It's okay. If you're busy, you can skip a day or two. If it takes longer, it's best to notify us so that we can rest assured."

Guier was very touched. It is really hard to find such a good master, so she should work harder.

She took a big car and rushed to Zhenxiufang. When the car was approaching a fork in the road, it suddenly braked suddenly and Guier almost fell out of her seat. It turned out that a car from the opposite direction suddenly turned and hit their car.

Ji Yiru had just been hit by a car, so Guier was particularly nervous. She observed it vigorously and asked, "Is that your friend?"

Gui'er quickly looked over and saw Tong Yujun getting out of the car across the street, waving desperately at her. Gui'er finally breathed a sigh of relief and got out of the car as well, saying to Tong Yujun, "Are you back from Shanghai?"

Tong Yujun said to Guier, "Yes, as soon as we heard that my aunt was taken away, we rushed back overnight."

Gui'er's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, he came to ask her for help in dealing with the matter of her aunt, the eighth concubine.

Tong Yujun asked, "What's the situation now?"

Although Sha Yanxiao had told Gui'er not to get involved in this matter, Tong Yujun was her good friend after all, so Gui'er told the truth: "I'm not sure. The mansion has been busy receiving guests these days, and I haven't seen the Eighth Concubine." After saying this, Gui'er remembered that she really hadn't seen the Eighth Concubine recently.

Tong Yujun said anxiously, "Then what should we do? My aunt really didn't do anything illicit with anyone. She was just preparing to enroll and found a senior student to learn more about the school. Can you ask your brother for help?"

Gui'er knew that Sha Yanxiao would definitely not want to get involved in this matter, so she said, "Your aunt is the eighth concubine. My brother has no blood relationship with her. If we rashly speak up for her, it will only arouse our father's suspicion. In fact, as long as your aunt insists that she is completely innocent of the boy, that will be enough."