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

Chapter 101 Why are they all burned?

As soon as Hongye finished speaking, she felt inexplicably chilly.

Cui Ming smiled disapprovingly and said, "My Lord, I'm afraid you still don't know about the price hike at Prince Qi's Mansion. Didn't Gu Shiqi ask around? But now I haven't seen him reply. I don't know where he went to ask."

Qin Yuan nodded, waved her round fan, looked at Hong Ye and smiled, "My Lord probably doesn't have the time to take care of these little things, you're probably overthinking it. I think Gu Shiqi must have gone to the nearby states to inquire."

Hongye hummed twice and stopped arguing.

Qin Yuan lowered his head and drank tea silently. After a while, he said, "Since the Qi Palace will not intervene in the pepper business, but has raised the price, there is something we can do here. Maybe we can buy it at a lower price."

Hongye hurriedly asked, "Miss, what's your plan?"

Qin Yuan said, "People who have a lot of pepper in their hands will naturally put a downward pressure on the price when they hear that the big merchants are going out to sea to look for it. With the intervention of Prince Qi's Palace, they are reluctant to sell, but they are still a little nervous."

"Correct."

"If they later learned that the Prince of Qi's Palace no longer wanted pepper and the wealthy merchants had found pepper, they would..."

“Then there will be a crazy sell-off.”

Hongye first cried out in excitement, then asked in panic: "But Miss, if we buy a lot of pepper at that time, won't we also lose money?"

Qin Yuan smiled but said nothing.

Cui Ming didn't say anything either.

Hongye was stunned for a moment, then stammered, "I will listen to you, young lady."

At this time, there was a commotion outside. Hongye was about to ask when the little girl rushed in and said, "The Marquis is back."

Before he could finish his words, the maid guarding the door had already opened the curtain and announced, "My Lord, my Lady, the Lord has returned home."

Hongye shrank her neck for some reason.

Qin Yuan glanced at her, pursed her lips, stood up and walked towards her.

Lord Gu had also strode in. His handsome face showed no emotion. His narrow and sharp eyes looked towards Hong Ye, then quickly retracted their gazes and asked Qin Yuan, "Is Madam okay?"

Qin Yuan slightly bent her knees, bowed, and stood up and said with a smile: "I am naturally fine at home, and my mother is taking care of me. You are interrupting me. Yuan'er was just about to ask if my husband is okay, but what happened that made you rush back?"

As he spoke, he stepped forward, stood on tiptoe, and gently straightened Gu Jinghui's collar.

Gu Jinghui's expression softened instantly. He held Qin Yuan's hand and said, "The Seventh Princess and the Ninth Princess are going to the Jokhang Temple to pray. The Emperor suddenly sent me to lead the imperial guards to escort them early tomorrow morning. I brought a few of my personal followers back. It will be more convenient to go to the palace from here tomorrow morning."

Qin Yuan asked softly, "My husband, have you eaten yet?"

Gu Jinghui smiled, "I just ate some of it randomly. I'm a little hungry."

Qin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "The small kitchen can only cook some noodles right now. It's not impossible to disturb the big kitchen to cook, but it will take some time. My husband has been traveling all the way and has to get up early tomorrow, so it's better to eat early and rest."

Gu Jinghui said: "Everything is up to Madam's arrangement."

Qin Yuan said, "Then I'll go to the small kitchen and take a look. They'll bring some water later. You can take a shower and change your clothes first. By then, the food should be ready."

Gu Jinghui asked in surprise: "Is Madam going to cook for us herself?"

Qin Yuan said: "Cooking is not my forte, but I have learned it at home. My husband, please try my cooking skills."

Gu Jinghui responded with a smile.

Hongye felt uneasy when she saw Gu Jinghui when he came in. She didn't dare to stay in the room to serve him closely. She hurriedly huddled around the wall to the door and followed Qin Yuan to the small kitchen.

Gu Jinghui glanced at her again.

Cui Ming hurried out to call the maid to fetch some water, and then went into the house to get Lord Gu's spare clothes.

Lord Gu asked, "Has Madam moved all my clothes here?" Cui Ming said quickly, "My Lord, Madam moved them here as soon as she heard what you said, and reorganized them. She picked up some of your clothes and accessories and made a book. I'm afraid you'll need to buy more clothes this year. Madam said she'll wait until you're on vacation to measure the size and choose the pattern."

Cui Ming said this, and Lord Gu nodded and listened.

Lord Gu sighed softly, "Madam is so thoughtful."

Cui Ming said hurriedly: "Madam is thinking about the Marquis wholeheartedly, so she is naturally considerate."

Lord Gu said with satisfaction: "You are still good at talking."

Cui Ming: “…”

Lord Gu asked again, "Where do you keep the poems your young lady writes every day?"

Cui Ming was shocked.

She thought the matter was over, why was the Marquis asking again?

"...Miss...Most of the poems that Madam wrote on a daily basis were burned."

Qin Yuan has always been cautious in doing things and is not willing to be in the spotlight or compete for the title of talented woman.

Lord Gu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why are they all burned?"

Cui Ming: “…”

Why do you keep asking her this question?
"…Madam doesn't like to be in the spotlight…"

Lord Gu said with some regret: "I once heard from my sixth brother that he heard that Madam is very talented, especially good at writing poetry, and she is very spiritual."

Cui Ming was shocked.

The young master has always been steady and would never mention his sisters in other people's eyes.

The young master thinks that he is the legitimate son, and he will not brag about the young lady in public, so as not to outshine the second young lady.

The only one who could reach Mr. Gu Liu's ears was Lin Ziqi.

Cui Ming secretly hated it in her heart. No wonder Lord Gu kept asking questions. She considered carefully and said, "I don't really understand it. Madam rarely shows off in front of others. I once heard the young master praise her, saying that Madam is very intelligent and has a quick talent for poetry. The young master is still young and rarely writes poetry. He rarely talks about poetry with Madam."

Lord Gu responded softly.

Fortunately, the maids quickly brought the hot water, and Lord Gu stopped asking questions and went to the bathroom to take a bath.

Cui Ming hurried to the small kitchen. Qin Yuan was rolling up her sleeves and directing the cook to stretch noodles. Hong Ye was cutting the beef that had been marinated during the day. She was holding a handful of coriander in her hand, not knowing whether to put it in.

"Miss, the Marquis is asking again..."

After hearing Cui Ming's words, Qin Yuan was not anxious at all, and smiled and said: "I thought it was nothing, but some people were just praising me. The poems I wrote are really mediocre and do not deserve praise."

But in his heart, he had already decided to let Lin Ziqi do a somersault.

Cui Ming also felt that she had gone too far, and hurriedly said to the cook, "I see that the Marquis is exhausted from the journey, and I'm afraid he will be hungry at night. It would be better to add more oil and sauce."

Hongye said, "Then put more beef in it."

After a while, a whole bowl of beef noodles was placed on the plate, and some flavoring condiments were placed on the small plates on the four sides.

Gu Jinghui changed his clothes and came out. Seeing such a big bowl of beef noodles, he was surprised and said, “How can I eat this?”

Qin Yuan said, "Just eat whatever you want. Cuiming was worried that you would be hungry after rushing from the camp, so Hongye cut some more braised beef. I don't know whether I should put coriander, onion, and garlic in them, so I just put them on the plate. You have to escort the princesses to the Jokhang Temple to pray tomorrow, so do you have to fast?"

If you are fasting, you cannot eat these flavorful foods.

(End of this chapter)