My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 10: My chapter is ignored

Chapter 10: I turned a deaf ear to your words

This was Gu Jinghui's voice, dark and filled with an inexplicable sense of depression.

Qin Yuan frowned. Shouldn't she be the one who should be angry?

It was she who was abandoned on the wedding night.

But this cannot be said like this, Qin Yuan raised his hand.

Her hair was only half combed, with a small part of it cascading down over her shoulders. Cui Ming obediently put down the hair in her hands, and she and Hong Ye walked out from the side of Lord Gu, with their hands hanging down, squeezing by.

Gu Jinghui stood in the house, his seven-foot-tall body emitting coldness and displeasure.

Like a big ice cube.

It's also a bit scary.

Qin Yuan stood up, took two steps, and stopped far away. She asked obediently, "What did Yuan'er do wrong to neglect my husband?"

Gu Jinghui stared at her with an ambiguous look.

Qin Yuan added: "If there is anything wrong, Lord, please tell me and I will change it. You and I are husband and wife, and I should do my duty."

She looked obedient and spoke softly, but there was substance in her words.

She always mentioned that husband and wife are one, which was a subtle hint to Gu Jinghui that to humiliate the wife was to humiliate the husband.

She had done her part, but what about Gu Jinghui’s?
She wanted to see what Gu Jinghui had to say.

Gu Jinghui obviously heard it too, and said angrily, “You are very good, and you are very proper in every way. You were so proper that you didn’t care whether your husband came back or not last night.”

Originally, she thought that Madam Zhao had said something to make him angry. After hearing this, Qin Yuan was somewhat surprised. She asked, "Did my husband come back last night?"

Gu Jinghui snorted with a straight face.

His cheeks and jaw were blue, and he had grown a lot of stubble overnight. There was a deep sense of fatigue in his eyes, as if he had not slept all night.

Qin Yuan said: "But the maids don't know when the husband will come back."

But her eyes seemed to be saying, didn't you just come back?
Gu Jinghui chuckled angrily, took a few steps closer, leaned over and lowered his voice, “When I came back, you were sleeping soundly, so I had to go to the study to rest.”

Qin Yuan: “…”

Gu Jinghui pressed on: “Didn’t I tell you that I would be back soon, and you ignored my words, huh?”

The "hmm" sound, with a hot sound, made Qin Yuan's ears itchy.

She couldn't help but shrink her neck and chuckle.

Gu Jinghui was distracted for a moment, then became annoyed again.

Qin Yuan didn't want to provoke him, so she stopped smiling and acted timid, twisting her fingers and said softly: "The woman said it so seriously last night, I think the Marquis will have to stay here all the time. Besides, I just arrived and I'm scared without my husband to accompany me, so I had to let the maids come in to accompany me. Why didn't you wake me up when my husband came back?"

She tactfully expressed her situation.

The coldness in Gu Jinghui's body suddenly disappeared, and he even reached out and held her hand.

His hands were big, with a thin layer of calluses between his fingers, probably from practicing martial arts. They were a bit rough and scratched her hands, making them itchy.

"Last night," he coughed a few times and softened his voice, "I neglected you last night. I forgot that you were still a child."

Qin Yuan lowered her head, letting Gu Jinghui hold her hand, and asked shyly, "When did you come back last night? Are you used to living in the study?"

"I came back after staying for an hour. The study was very quiet," Gu Jinghui's voice became softer.

Qin Yuan blinked.

Then he asked, "How is Madam Zhao's brother? What did the imperial physician say?"

Gu Jinghui said vaguely: “It’s okay.”

After that, she said in a bad tone: "You slept well last night." Qin Yuan smiled and said: "Maybe I was too tired. I got up early yesterday morning to put on makeup and didn't dare to eat much. I was also shaken all the way in the sedan chair before I got to the Marquis' Mansion. The ladies chatted with me, and I didn't know any of them. I was used to remembering their names one by one, so it was inevitable that I was a little tired."

Gu Jinghui sighed and said, “Are all the young ladies from Wenchen families as weak as you?”

This is the second time that she has been described as a weak lady from a civil official's family.

Qin Yuan asked back: "What does the young lady of the Marquis' Mansion look like?"

"You will see her soon," Gu Jinghui said, "My sister is very naughty, and my mother doesn't care about her and lets her do whatever she wants. As her sister-in-law, you must teach her a lesson and control her temper, so that she won't be despised by others when she marries into another family."

Qin Yuan pursed her lips and smiled, but didn't respond.

Is Gu Jinghui complimenting her? Just take it as such.

His sister and Gu Liuye Gu Jingjun were siblings from the same mother. As the old marquis's posthumous child, he naturally sided with Madam Gu Liu.

Judging from Lord Gu's tone, he is also very close to this concubine's sister.

Qin Yuan pulled his hand away and said, "My Lord, hurry up and wash up. We should go and serve tea. If we are late, we will be laughed at."

After Gu Jinghui agreed, Qin Yuan called Cui Ming in to continue combing her hair, and ordered Hong Ye to call the servant to prepare the toiletries for the Marquis.

Seeing that Qin Yuan calmed Lord Gu with just a few words, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

The servant Gu Shiliu has always been following Gu Jinghui. Most of the servants in the Marquis' Mansion are family-born children. When they reach a certain age and come in to serve, they will be given a name by their master.

Gu Jinghui was too lazy to think of a name, so he just used numbers instead.

In the past, Gu Shiliu was in charge of the Marquis's food, clothing and other expenses. Now that the Marquis had married, it was not convenient for him to enter the house to serve him, so he explained in detail the Marquis's habits and where his things were placed.

"My Lord, you always eat and drink with the soldiers in the northern frontier. You are used to doing things yourself. You don't have many things you need for daily use. You have stored them in a few boxes next to the north wall in the west wing. I will leave them to you, young lady, to take care of them from now on."

Hongye went to the west wing and picked out the clothes that the marquis would wear when he served tea. She ironed the creases and selected accessories such as sachets and purses before bringing them into the inner room.

At this time, Qin Yuan's hair had been combed. Cui Ming opened the makeup box, which contained various hair accessories for Qin Yuan to choose from.

Qin Yuan thought that she had worn the flower hairpin yesterday, so it would not be appropriate to wear it again today. When serving tea to her mother-in-law, she had to dress properly and solemnly, but not too much.

"Just use that jade flower comb, and pair it with a gold hairpin."

Qin Yuan looked at Cui Ming putting on her hair accessories in the mirror.

Gu Jinghui put his hands behind his head, leaned back on the couch, and stared at Qin Yuan.

Hongye looked and thought that they looked like a loving couple.

Who knew that these two people didn't even consummate their marriage last night.

Hongye couldn't help but secretly curse that Madam Zhao in her heart.

If it weren't for this bitch, the young lady and her husband would have been so loving.

Hongye held the tray and presented the clothes, "My Lord, this is the clothes I have prepared for you. Would you like to change into them now?"

Gu Jinghui nodded: "Put it aside for now."

After Qin Yuan had put on all her hair accessories and stood up to take another look, Gu Jinghui said, “Madam, help me change my clothes.”

Qin Yuan: “…”

Hongye: "..."