Episode 3: Gu Yanxi returns home to visit her sister Shaoyao

The third wife, Xia Jin’e, had not stepped out of her role as a wife, and ordered the servants to clean the house. Seeing this, Hua Zhi immediately arranged for her four maids to clean up, and she also started to do it herself. The old lady Lin Wan asked Xia Jin’e to count the things she brought out of the house. Xia Jin’e suggested buying a few more servants, saying that a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

Lin Wan told her that things are different now, and they need to stick together and not bring trouble to their respective families. Finally, Lin Wan left Xia Jin’e alone and asked her to find out what the emperor was thinking. If the heavens were really cruel, she must find a reliable man as soon as possible, and hire him to marry into the family and take care of the women and children.

Shen Qi wanted to ask about the Hua family at the dinner table, but was blocked before she could speak. Shen Qi’s younger brother Shen Huan is loved by his father for being lively and active. Even though he has nothing to do all day long, it does not prevent him from being favored.

Shen Qi asked her father to borrow money, but his father said that he stayed at home all day long, unlike Shen Huan who was wandering around, so he rejected his request. There were no beds in the house, so Huazhi spread clean straw on the ground around the charcoal basin for everyone to rest.

Hua Ling, the third girl of the Hua family, couldn’t stand the embarrassment in front of her and insisted on taking a bath, but unfortunately she fell into the water.

Gu Yanxi reported the results of the house search to Emperor Qing Gu Chengtao. Gu Chengtao sighed while drinking tea and chatting that he was the emperor, and everything he did, whether right or wrong, was beneficial to the world.

After saying that, he did not forget to instruct Gu Yanxi that it was better to kill the wrong person than to let him go. Outside the palace, Gu Yanxi met Prince Xian Gu Yangong, who reminded Gu Yanxi that being with the emperor was like being with a tiger, and not to feel that he was special in the official family and get carried away.

The women and children of the Hua family were crowded in the empty and cold hall and couldn’t sleep. Everyone felt very uncomfortable with the sudden change. At this time, Uncle Zhong, who was originally with the old man, came. He was forced to separate from the old man and the rest of the male servants ran away.

Hua Zhi wanted him to come into the house and be with everyone, but the second wife felt that he was not suitable as a man. While talking in the yard, Hua Zhi found that the inspectors of the Seven Stars Division had been monitoring them nearby.

When Gu Yanxi returned to Prince Ling’s mansion, he saw Prince Ling’s concubine Xiao waiting at the door. He went to see his sister Shaoyao, who was mentally retarded and had been locked up in the room by Prince Ling. Xiao told him that although she was locked up, Prince Ling had been looking for famous doctors, and no one in the mansion dared to neglect her.

Gu Yanxi felt very distressed when he saw Shaoyao, but Shaoyao didn’t recognize him. She usually dealt with medicine, and in her spare time she would make some ointments and pills to play with. When Hua Zhi entered the room, everyone was asleep, so she went to bed too.

In the middle of the night, someone shouted that it was cold, so Mrs. Hua’s distant niece Qin Yi Niang got up and closed the door tightly. The charcoal fire was still burning. Hua Zhi woke up in a daze, and found something wrong, so she quickly opened the door and called Uncle Zhong.

Gu Yanxi looked at the sleeping Shaoyao and thought of her childhood. Shaoyao was still calling for her brother in her sleep. Gu Yanxi held her hand and left the room. The yard was overgrown with weeds. At this time, Prince Ling Gu Yanhuan came. The fire ten years ago caused Gu Yanxi to lose his mother, and his sister also became demented. He could not forgive his father.

But Gu Yanhuan didn’t care. He thought it was all caused by the suspicion of his brother Gu Chengtao. Gu Yanxi entered the palace since she was a child, and Gu Chengtao locked her up by his side every day, which led to their estrangement.

The more heirs there were, the more suspicious Gu Chengtao would be. So for Prince Ling, Xiao took a sterilizing drug to prevent herself from having children, which made Gu Yanhuan very grateful.

Fortunately, Uncle Zhong rescued everyone in time, so that everyone could avoid gas poisoning. Aunt Qin cried out that she was not the one who closed the door, but that she was in Xia Jin’e’s room. In order to protect her, Xia Jin’e and the second lady Qi Huilan had a big quarrel, which caused Lin Wan was very unhappy.

Hua Zhi remembered what Hua Yi was saying to herself when they were on the boat. It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Don’t do things that are beyond your ability. You must know what to do and what not to do.

Think clearly before making a decision. Early the next morning, Shen Qi and two classmates came to visit Lin Wan’s family and brought them clothes, blankets and food.