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

Chapter 106: Reluctant to leave the child but unable to ensnare the wolf

Aunt Zhao asked in surprise, "Did you buy all of them? That's more than four hu."

Madam Gu Liu also felt a little pained and asked, "What else can we do?"

Zhao Ma said, "Why not get the Third Madam to join us, and we can share the profits. If we make a profit, it's fine. If we lose, there will be someone to share the burden, right?"

Mrs. Gu Liu said nothing.

Madam Zhao said again, "Madam, don't you still want Miss Zhen to get married to Madam San's cousin? Why not take this opportunity to do something good?"

Madam Gu Liu chuckled and said, "Engagement is engagement. How can she, a married woman, be the master of her cousin? I want to keep this fortune for myself. You saw how happy she made the old lady in the upper room just now. Do you know what she took out? It was medicinal incense. She said she made it herself. I don't know where she got it from to offer it to the old lady. If she makes enough money, she will be even more powerful."

Nanny Zhao also had some knowledge. She said, "When our family was still prosperous, the eldest master got a medicinal incense. I heard it was very rare. If the third lady knew how to make this when she was at her parents' home, she would have been famous in the capital long ago. Neither the Qin family nor the Cui family has ever heard of anyone who is good at making this. I don't know where she got the chance from."

"What other fate could there be? It's just because of our Marquis. Alas, it's all because the man I married is useless. He's neither good at literature nor martial arts. He only thinks about taking concubines all day long. It's caused me to lose face in front of the old lady."

"Last time, the old lady said to me that Sixth Master is a man after all, and it's not good to dig his face. He is too embarrassed to go out and meet guests. But the old lady doesn't know how much Sixth Master hates people."

"Our Marquis protects her so closely, and he has no shortage of money to spend. The Marquis came back yesterday, and she prepared some medicine this morning to offer to the old lady to please her. Just think about it, how could she be so lucky."

Madam Gu Liu lamented.

Aunt Zhao brought the topic back and said, "It's still too risky."

"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. My sister-in-law is always thinking about the household expenses. I can't let her take all the good things."

Nanny Zhao knew that she could no longer persuade her, so she did as Madam Gu Liu said.

Qin Yuan returned to Wutong Garden and dealt with matters in the mansion first as usual.

Now the mothers in charge try their best to understand her thoughts and do things for fear of making mistakes, so they handle things very quickly.

Qin Yuan sent the people away in an incense stick of time. Just as she returned to her room to drink tea, Qiuju and Xiaohong came. Qiuju smiled and said, "Madam, the old lady asked me to bring some things."

Qin Yuan was surprised and asked, "Mother gave me something again?"

Xiao Hong smiled and said, "That's right. The old lady said that the incense pills sent by the lady were very good. She was so happy that she said she wanted to give some of her own good things to the lady. This is called give and take."

Qiu Ju also said: "Xiao Hong said exactly what she said, not a single word was missing."

Qin Yuan smiled and stroked Xiao Hong's pigtails, saying, "You are so awesome, let your sister Hongye bring you some candy."

Xiaohong grinned, revealing her missing teeth.

Qin Yuan said: "You are in the process of changing your teeth, so forget it, let Hongye find you something else to eat."

Xiao Hong said, "Madam, don't worry about it. Just give the sugar to Xiao Hong. Master Cheng and Miss Yu can share it and it will be gone. It won't matter if they eat less."

It seems that this kid knows how to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha.

Qin Yuan thought to herself that a child like Xiaohong could find a job anywhere and the adults wouldn't have to worry about her.

Hongye smiled and walked forward to pull Xiaohong away.

Qiu Ju then said, "Madam, please open it and take a look. See if you like it. I will report to the old lady when I return."

Qin Yuan opened it and saw that it was a box of thumb-sized pearls, emitting a faint and lustrous glow that seemed to brighten the room.

"So many? So valuable?" Qin Yuan exclaimed.

Qiu Ju said, "The old lady said that your filial piety is precious. These things are useless to the old lady. It's better for the lady to use them to make her hair or to apply powder to her face. Even if they fall on the upper of shoes, they will have a place to go and won't turn yellow in vain."

Qin Yuan thought about it and said, "Then I'll accept it. Mother is so kind to me. I must be more filial to her in the future."

Qiuju just laughed.

Qin Yuan added: "It's not easy for me to give it to you as a reward from the old lady. I only have some ordinary things here, so please don't despise them."

Qiu Ju immediately said, "I only made this trip, how dare I ask for a reward from Madam."

Qin Yuan thought for a moment, took a flower hairpin from the dressing table and pinned it on Qiuju's bun, smiling and saying, "This is what I often wear at my mother's house, don't dislike it."

Qiu Ju smiled and said, "Madam has used it. I am so happy, but I also have an idea. It would be great if Madam could give me a bag of the perfume pills that she gave to Rong Madam."

"So you wanted this?"

Qin Yuan quickly asked the maid to get a bag.

"I ordered some extra a few days ago, so I just happened to have some ready-made."

Qiu Ju said, "This thing is good. Aunt Rong praised it many times and said she wanted to give some to some of her old sisters when she went home on vacation. I'm afraid my mother would like it too."

The little maid brought them and Qin Yuan gave them all to Qiu Ju.

Qiu Ju put the precious thing in her sleeve pocket.

Qin Yuan suddenly had an idea and asked Qiu Ju, "If these incense pills were put on sale in the West Market, would anyone like them?"

Qiu Ju said, "In the past, only noble families were particular about this. I heard that because the concubines in the palace like it, more and more families use incense. When I was serving the old lady, I heard Shopkeeper Leng say that now even women from small families like to use incense."

That's true.

Ten years later, there was no war and the people became more prosperous. Many of the things that were originally popular among the nobles began to spread among the people, and quite a few people began to use incense.

Qin Yuan said that she wanted to keep Xiaohong to play for a while, so Qiuju went back to the upper room to serve her.

As expected, Xiaohong came over and had something to say. She described in vivid detail how Cheng Ge'er and Yu Jie'er had behaved in the upper room these days, how Rong Mama and Old Madam Gu had taught them, and how she had been encouraging them on the side.

The more Qin Yuan and Hong Ye listened, the more frightened they became.

It turned out that Cheng Ge'er and Yu Jie'er only played with a few old women brought from the northern frontier every day, and didn't interact much with the children of other commanders. The children of the Sixth Master disliked them for being vulgar and tough, and after fighting with them several times, they didn't even talk to each other in private.

Madam Zhao taught them that all they had to do was please the Marquis. As long as the Marquis liked the thing, they would have everything they wanted in the future and wouldn't have to worry about anything.

Recently, she has been saying in front of the two children that the marquis is unfaithful and wants to abandon them and their children.

Old Madam Gu knew that she was holding a grudge, but she could only keep it to herself and wait for someone from Zhao Niangzi's husband's family to come so that she could send the person away.

Rong Mama and Xiaohong have talked a lot about the ways of the world these days, so that they can realize their own situation.

Cheng Ge'er had a plan in mind. He made up his mind yesterday to go to school and this morning pestered Rong Mama to teach him a few more words. Yu Jie'er was still confused and just followed Cheng Ge'er to learn. She did whatever Cheng Ge'er did.

　Thank you Xiaochen for your busy year and Jiu._CA's monthly tickets. Thank you very much.

　　The holiday is coming to an end, friends (^ω^)
　　
　
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