Chapter 17: Any Other Issue?
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The mother and daughter were covering up for each other, plus the other daughters were also helping to debate for Leng Xiangyu and scolded the slaves. Finally, Gu Xietian was slightly relieved and stared at Leng Xiangyu, "Well, although it cannot be entirely blamed on you, it is also your carelessness for not taking care of the family well. Do assign a few maids for Xijiu. It is too ridiculous to see the first precious daughter stay alone in the house!"
"Yes, Mister. I will go and arrange for it immediately and make sure that Xijiu is well taken care of." Leng Xiangyu bowed and answered.
Gu Xijiu watched the drama from the side and her pale lips evoked a touch of ridicule. It was such a lame reason and the General believed it. Was he blind or was it his heart that was blind? Had the many years of official career experience vanished?
Of course, he understood the situation well, however, he needed an excuse to settle the issue in front of everyone. In fact, he did not really care about this daughter, which was the reason why he allowed people to keep bullying her!
However, Xijiu also understood that she could not fight with the daughter and the mother in the short term. It was meaningless and would be a wasted effort if she continued to reveal the truth.
Besides, now that she had no spiritual power and no internal force, she could not leave the house and live on her own just yet. She still needed to get some medicine here for a few years and thus she planned to end the complaining session…
She smiled slightly and said, "It seems like I have misunderstood Aunty for a long time. So are you going to assign maids for me in the future?"
"Of course! Xijiu, don’t worry, I will send four maids and four workers shortly." Leng Xiangyu said. She was quietly feeling relieved.
Xijiu glanced around the courtyard and looked a little bit embarrassed, "However, my courtyard is too small. I’m afraid that it cannot fit so many people…"
Leng Xiangyu secretly bit her lips and said to herself, "This girl seemed to want to change to a bigger yard..."
However, she had to act generous during this time, "Xijiu, please be rest assured. In the past when I arranged this courtyard for you, it was because I wanted the place to be quiet and good for you to rest. I never expected that people would bully you. It’s all my fault. Later, I will ask the servants to prepare a bigger courtyard for you…"
Gu Xijiu bent her body slightly and replied, "Thanks Aunty. However, I have one more issue…"
"What is it? Say them all out together so that I can arrange." Leng Xiangyu’s gentle and loving image was getting spoilt.
Gu Xijiu sighed, "It is good that Aunty assigns me so many maids and servants. Unfortunately, I only receive half a dozen coins a month and I am afraid that I am not able to pay them…"
Leng Xiangyu remained silent but she was clearly pissed off. Her face was burning red again.
Among the noble in the Feixing Kingdom, their rich precious daughters received a good amount of pocket money every month. Even the daughters of a small state officer received at least five dollars a month. General Gu was a major general and also served as the Minister of War. He had a very high authority and thus all his daughters received 20 dollars a month as pocket money. However, since Gu Tianqing was a genius and she was the most loved daughter of General Gu, she received 30 dollars a month…
In this generation, a dozen coins were equivalent to half a dollar. As the first precious daughter of a major general, the fact that she only received half a dozen coins as pocket money was simply a joke if the news spread out!
Gu Xietian felt that his image had been totally spoilt now!
Chapter 18: The Woman With Strong Character
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
He coughed and decided to cut the conversation, "It must have been stolen by the slaves too! Xiangyu, please do not let other people touch the pocket money allocated for Xijiu and give it to her personally in the future. Since she is my first precious daughter and she needs to strengthen her body, the monthly pocket money given to her has to be same as Tianqing, which is 30 dollars."
Although Leng Xiangyu hated Gu Xijiu from the bottom of her heart, she had to make that promise and scolded the few slaves while doing so.
Gu Xijiu looked at her and felt that she was ridiculous. She smiled and slowly said, "Thanks Father and Aunty. So Aunty, do you still require me to chop the firewood and charcoal for you?"
Under the bright sunlight, she opened her little palms that were full of hard cocoon...
Leng Xiangyu never thought that one day the weak Gu Xijiu could become so sharp and revealed everything at such a time. It felt like she had been slapped many times on her face. She could not wait to send this girl to hell but at the same time, she also wanted to find a hole to hide in…
However, at that moment there was no place for her to hide. She barely put a smile on her face while she said, "Xijiu, my intention was to train your body… However, now that I have already seen your condition, it is not good to let a precious daughter do such menial work… You don't have to do it anymore in the future…"
Gu Xijiu's curled her lips and spoke in a moderate tone, "So, I have to thank Aunty again."
Though, she stood in a slouched position, she was surrounded by an unspeakable aura which felt like a sharp sword. Although the sword was still hidden inside its plain scabbard, one could easily tell that it was exceptionally sharp and cold that it made people frightened.
The original Gu Xijiu was a weak and low self-esteemed girl. She was short and skinny. Often when people bullied her, she looked timid and therefore every time when Gu Xietian saw her he felt disgusted...
However, this time, although her appearance was still the same, her temperament had changed completely! It gave people the feeling as though she was a completely different person.
Gu Xietian looked at her with a perplexed mind. He was stunned for a while before he scolded her, "Xijiu, you should call her as Mother, not Aunty..."
Gu Xijiu raised her eyebrows, "Unfortunately in my memory I used to call her Aunty. I thought that my mother was a different person?" Slowly she added one more sentence, "I heard that General Gu had promised my own mother that he would only marry her in his lifetime, which means that she should be the only recognized genuine wife of the general. It seems like General Gu has broken his promise…"
The sentence triggered Gu Xietian’s anger! When he looked at this daughter, he thought that he saw different woman.
His first official wife had abandoned him by jumping off a cliff and until today he was still not able to find her corpse. Luo Xinglan was a woman with a strong character. Although he seldom met Gu Xijiu these past few years, every time when she saw him, she addressed him as daddy.
However, this time, she had been calling him as General Gu from the beginning…
At that moment, Gu Xietian felt fear creeping inside his body as he saw his daughter standing there with an ironic and ridiculous smile on her face.
That smile was somewhat like Luo Xinglan’s! The time when Luo Xinglan decided to break up with him, she smiled like this with 30% of ridicule and 70% of disdain on her face. Even though she was petite, she gave people a condescending feeling...
Saying that you would only be married to one person for a lifetime was only sweet talk during the younger times. Which noble in the Feixing Kingdom did not have many wives?
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