There was an extra cousin in the Hou’s Mansion, but it didn’t change much.

Except for Peng Sheng who took the initiative to come to him for advice, Gu Wenjing didn't have much time to see this cousin on weekdays.

After all, his current boss, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is about to retire and return home. Gu Wenjing has set his sights on this vacancy, so he has been busy with the work of the Ministry of Revenue and has worked hard to achieve results so that his father and father-in-law can help with the promotion.

Although Peng Sheng and him were cousins, they were really not very familiar with each other. They only treated them as ordinary relatives living in the house. Usually, Peng Sheng came to him for any study questions, but he would not hide his own personal information. Similarly, Peng Sheng also had a wink. When there were not many problems accumulated, he would not disturb him casually.

It was not until a few months later that Gu Wenjing's boss stepped down, and he seized the opportunity and was promoted to the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Revenue at a young age.

After Gu Wenjing's appointment came, he took back the new government and was in a good mood.

Cheng Yuhua helped him pack up his official uniform and planned to clean and iron before letting him go up. Seeing that he was in a good mood, she hesitated and said, "Husband, I don't know if I should say something..."

Gu Wenjing smiled and said, "What's the matter?"

Cheng Yuhua said: "It's Sister Yuan. Recently, she often goes to the big garden of the Hou Mansion to enjoy flowers. When the cousin greets her mother, she always passes by the garden when she returns. Although the two are cousins, they always meet by chance, which is not very good."

The smile on Gu Wenjing's face faded. Cheng Yuhua said it implicitly, but he could hear that she wanted to say that Yuan Susu often ran to Peng Sheng's path that he must pass and "meet" Peng Sheng by chance.

Although he was dissatisfied with Yuan Susu and ignored him, and did not regard her as his woman, Yuan Susu's behavior still angered him.

She wanted to change her target of hooking up? If Peng Shengzhen was confused by her, then the Peng family and the Ningyuan Hou Mansion would be afraid that the relationship between the Peng family and the Ningyuan Hou Mansion would be broken. After all, the Peng family's heir was hooked up with the noble concubine of the Hou's heir. If Ningyuan Hou knew about this kind of slap in the face, he would become enemies with the Peng family.

Gu Wenjing didn't want to be cuckolded. After all, no matter how he didn't like Yuan Susu, she was his woman to outsiders. Yuan Susu had hooked up with Peng Sheng. In the eyes of others, it was the two who had cuckolded him, and he could be ridiculed until death.

Cheng Yuhua noticed that Gu Wenjing seemed a little angry and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, husband, I have ordered Sister Yuan to be confined. But these days my husband is busy with official duties, and my mother also said not to distract her husband, so she delayed it until today before telling her husband."

Gu Wenjing glanced at Cheng Yuhua and said nothing to her little thoughts.

Cheng Yuhua's words, "Mother said not to distract your husband" seemed to be talking to Yuan, but in fact, it was to give Yuan an eye drop.

However, even though Gu Wenjing knew Cheng Yuhua's little thoughts, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with Yuan's actions. Yuan asked Cheng Yuhua to hide it from him, probably not to avoid distracting him, but to protect Yuan Susu!

Gu Wenjing closed his eyes and felt a little tired.

Yuan Susu is actually nothing, and her lethality is not that great. She will not roll on the tantrums, spread rumors, and will not poison anyone. She just wants to seduce him and then take office, and seek wealth and glory for life. But as long as Gu Wenjing doesn't accept it, Yuan Susu can do nothing, and the man can control it, the mistress will not have the chance to intervene.

But Yuan Susu is the niece of Yuan, and Yuan is Gu Wenjing's current biological mother. With Yuan intruding, a simple thing has become so complicated. With Yuan's support, Yuan Susu can be pushed down by Gu Wenjing and then resurrected again and continue to make trouble.

Gu Wenjing had ten thousand ways to deal with Yuan Susu, but he had to worry about his mother Yuan and his uncle who died prematurely.

The uncle of the Yuan family died young, and many of the Yuan family's connections were finally left to the Yuan family, which was equivalent to leaving them to Gu Wenjing. In this case, this love alone was destined to Gu Wenjing not to treat Yuan Susu, the only descendant of the Yuan family.

Even though Gu Wenjing still has half of the blood of the Yuan family, his surname is not Yuan, so in the eyes of the world, only Yuan Susu is the descendant of the Yuan family, even if she, a girl, is not qualified to inherit the Yuan family's connections.

All these situations made Gu Wenjing reluctant to deal with the restless Yuan Susu.

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Gu Wenjing opened his eyes and sighed: "Don't worry about this matter, I'll go and explain it clearly to my mother."

Gu Wenjing originally thought that for the sake of his mother Yuan and the Yuan family, let Yuan Susu stay in the Hou Mansion to ensure her wealth throughout her life. But as time went by, Yuan Susu couldn't calm down and had to do something from time to time. He felt that now he was taking this opportunity to show off directly with his mother Yuan.

The next morning, when Gu Wenjing went to pay his respects to Yuan, he happened to meet Peng Sheng, who was also here to pay his respects.

It has been a few days since we met. After the cousins ​​said hello, they started chatting. Gu Wenjing asked him: "I'm going to be able to try it soon. How are you ready?"

Peng Sheng smiled and said, "With my cousin's advice, I think it's much longer than when I first entered Beijing. I just know whether I can pass the exam or not, and I have to pass the exam before I know."

Gu Wenjing nodded: "I was busy a few days ago and didn't have much time. Now I have free time, cousin, you can show me your article."

Of course, Peng Sheng agreed happily.

Peng Sheng admired Gu Wenjing, who was a cousin who was only a few years older than him, but who had won the top scorer early and was promoted to the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Revenue. After all, his father is still a fourth-rank prefect.

Although family background is indispensable, no matter how good the family background is, if you don’t have enough ability, you can’t sit in the third-rank official position at such a young age. None of the officials in the court are old foxes, and the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, if you are a mediocre person who relies on family background, you will never be able to occupy it. After all, although Ningyuan Hou Mansion is a first-class family in the capital, there are other families with more backgrounds. There is also the Duke Mansion above the Hou Mansion!

Gu Wenjing and Peng Sheng entered the main room together and greeted Yuan.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Yuan Susu, who should have been confined to the west courtyard, snuggling beside Yuan's side and wiping her tears.

Seeing Yuan Susu here, Gu Wenjing subconsciously paid attention to Peng Sheng's reaction beside him from the corner of his eyes.

Then he saw Peng Sheng avoiding Yuan Susu with a clear look, and only greeted Yuan: "Please pay tribute to my aunt!"

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After Gu Wenjing bowed to Yuan, he found a place to sit down, while Peng Sheng found a reason to surrender.

From beginning to end, he didn't look at Yuan Susu for a long time, and his eyes were very polite.

But I think so, no matter how charming Yuan Susu is, Peng Sheng, a scholar, would not have contacted his cousin's concubine from the beginning, even if this concubine is his cousin's cousin. Without contact, Yuan Susu's various methods would have no effect on Peng Sheng.

Peng Sheng avoided suspicion, but Yuan Susu deliberately approached Peng Sheng, and no matter what the intention was or whether it was successful or not, it made Gu Wenjing dissatisfied.

So after Peng Sheng left, Gu Wenjing looked at Yuan Susu coldly: "Don't you be confined to your yard? Why did you come out?"

Yuan Susu's tears flowed down again, and Yuan expelled her with distress and said, "It was me who asked Susu to accompany me as an aunt, so don't blame her."

Gu Wenjing did not give Yuan a face this time, and he said calmly: "Mother, why did Yuan Susu be confined? Doesn't your mother know the reason?"

Yuan's face looked a little embarrassed. She thought Gu Wenjing didn't know the inside story, but now Gu Wenjing was talking directly, and she felt ashamed of her niece.

Yuan Susu cried and said, "My cousin misunderstood me. I am just in a bad mood and often go to the garden to enjoy flowers. I have not had much contact with cousin Peng Sheng..."

Yuan also said: "Yes, Wen Jing, Su Su just met Peng Sheng a few times. It was your wife who made a big fuss and ruined Su Su's reputation in vain!"

Gu Wenjing's expression was cold, and he could not believe everything about Yuan and Yuan Susu's words.

Yuan Susu knows the skills of speaking very well and avoids lightness and is heavy. She has not had much contact with Peng Sheng? I’m afraid it’s not that she doesn’t want to develop Peng Sheng into her spare tire, but that Peng Sheng is polite and unwilling to have more contact with her!

Yuan was born to be incompatible with Cheng Yuhua, the daughter-in-law, and had a bad relationship with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She always favored Yuan Susu unconditionally, thinking that Yuan Susu's niece was good everywhere, and if something went wrong, Cheng Yuhua was framed.

So Gu Wenjing directly ignored Yuan Susu and Yuan's defense. He said to Yuan Susu: "I have reached the limit of patience for you. You should stay in the West Courtyard honestly and don't come out!" After that, he didn't look at Yuan Susu's pale face and turned to Yuan, "Mother, don't interfere in the affairs of his son's room. No family has the principle of raising the concubine to suppress his wife. I hope my mother will pay attention to her position!"

Yuan's face was not good-looking. This was the first time she was so tough that Gu Wenjing was so tough. Even though Cheng Yuhua had just married into the Hou Mansion a few years ago, she planned to let Cheng Yuhua accept Yuan Susu as her precious concubine, and Gu Wenjing did not show her mother's face like this.

However, Gu Wenjing's patience with Yuan was almost at its limit. In the past, he was concerned about his mother-son relationship with Yuan, but asked Ning Yuanhou to help him mention it to Yuan, asking Yuan not to support Yuan Susu. But later Yuan was calm for less than a year, and Yuan Susu had only been peaceful for less than a year. Now the two have joined forces again.

Gu Wenjing no longer wanted to remind Yuan through Ningyuanhou, and he directly expressed his attitude to Yuan.

For Yuan, her current stability comes from his son. As long as Gu Wenjing can stand up, she doesn't care even if she angers Ning Yuanhou, because Ning Yuanhou is angry and even if he takes into account Gu Wenjing's son, she will give her face.

But after Gu Wenjing made an unconcealed statement, Yuan did not dare to go against him, worried that he would be disheartened with her. After all, Gu Wenjing was her support for the rest of her life.

Looking at Gu Wenjing's firm and cold expression, Yuan clasped the veil tightly and said slowly: "Wenjing, I will restrain Susu well. You just want to give Susu a way out for the sake of your uncle who died young."

The reason why she helped Yuan Susu like this was not only because she didn't like Cheng Yuhua's daughter-in-law, but also because she was worried about how Yuan Susu would live in the future.

Yuan Susu is just a concubine. Her aunt is old and cannot protect her for the rest of her life. So Yuan wants Yuan Susu to have a child as soon as possible and have a support in the future. After all, Gu Wenjing's disgust towards Yuan Susu will not be able to count on him in the future.

But now Gu Wenjing's attitude is so clear. If Yuan's troubles are no longer, I'm afraid that even her future will be worrying, let alone Yuan Susu.

Seeing that Yuan had compromised, Gu Wenjing relaxed a lot and said softly, "Don't worry, mother, as long as her cousin makes trouble separately, her son will naturally take care of her cousin for the rest of his life and treat her as her own sister."

This means that Yuan Susu will be the lady of the Hou Mansion for the rest of her life and will not treat her badly. Anyway, the huge Hou Mansion does not lack this pair of chopsticks.

Yuan Susu was reluctant to say something, but Yuan held it down. She stared at Yuan Susu and said, "Susu! Have you heard your cousin's promise? You are peaceful and don't make trouble."

Yuan Susu and Yuan looked at each other for a while, then looked at Gu Wenjing's soft-hearted look. He opened his mouth but couldn't say a word. Finally, he nodded in tears.
Chapter completed!