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

Chapter 162 The Most Difficult Person
Mother Lin stumbled back and sat at the door crying, saying that if Qin Wan went back to her parents' home like this, she would hang herself at the door.

Qin Wan: “…”

The barking dog never bites. The woman who is more difficult to deal with than Madam Zhao and Madam Gu Liu is actually this old lady Lin who cries all day long.

Qin Wan suddenly understood and became more and more annoyed the more she thought about it.

Ten households in the eastern suburbs form a Jia, and ten Jias form a Bao. The quarrel between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Lin family was so intense that the Jia head and Bao head were alerted and came to mediate.

When Qin Wan saw Lin's mother crying, she also started crying, which gave the captain and the head of the village a headache.

After all, this is Mr. Lin’s family, which is always different from ordinary families.

One is a widowed mother who can raise a successful candidate in the imperial examination, and the other is a strong-willed daughter-in-law from her own family.

When they get together, no one gives in to anyone else, which makes things difficult for them.

Finally, it was the captain who asked someone to take a message to the Qin Mansion to ask Cui to come.

Cui was born in the Qinghe Cui family. Although it was a branch, it was also a prominent family. If it were not for her daughter Qin Wan, she would never have set foot in such a place in her life.

She frowned and sighed, "My dear, Wan'er is not even sixteen yet. If she did anything wrong, you can just teach her a lesson. Why did she cry to such an extent and let outsiders laugh at her? Even if Wan'er is stubborn and refuses to listen to advice, you can tell Mr. Lin and tell us. Wan'er is Mr. Lin's legal wife. If she doesn't have a good reputation, how can Mr. Lin have a good reputation? Since ancient times, a man has governed his country and the world by managing his family. If a man can't even manage his family well, how can he be an official and help the monarch govern the world?"

When it comes to Lin Ziqi's future, that's what Lin's mother cares about most.

Mother Lin immediately stopped crying, took Qin Wan's hand and said, "My dear daughter-in-law, I was too old and lost my mind before, so don't blame me. Ziqi was sick yesterday, and the doctor said that he worked so hard for the imperial examination. We, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, should stop quarreling and making him uncomfortable. Nothing in the world is more important than Ziqi studying for the exam, don't you think?"

Lin Ziqi's future is equally important in Qin Wan's eyes.

In his previous life, Lin Ziqi ranked seventh in the second class of the imperial examination in the spring of the following year. Later, with the recommendation of a nobleman, he passed the examination and entered the Hanlin Academy.

Qin Wan also gave up the idea of ​​making a scene and said to Cui with a smile, "Mother, it's all my fault for being unfilial and disturbing you."

Cui knew this would be the result. Looking at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were obsessed with power, she could only sigh and say, "Of course I also hope that Ziqi can pass the exam. A harmonious family brings prosperity. Let's all give in a little."

This matter finally passed with much ado about nothing.

But Qin Wan became more cautious from then on and wrote down the destinations of the dowry one by one. If Lin's mother wanted to take the money, she had to sign and seal it.

When Lin Ziqi went home for the holidays, his mother complained and Qin Wan cried; when Qin Wan complained, her mother cried.

This made Lin Ziqi very confused.

Qin Wan wanted to be intimate with Lin Ziqi at night, but Lin's mother found a way to ruin it. She didn't say it directly, but just threw things in the house and made indirect accusations, saying that the young wife was cheap and seduced her son who had just recovered from an illness and was only concerned with that little thing and didn't even care about her health.

Lin Ziqi and Qin Wan lost all interest.

Lin Ziqi simply lit a lamp and read in the main room. Only then did Lin's mother calm down and took her needle and thread and sat under the lamp to accompany him in reading.

It seemed as if life had returned to the time before Qin Wan got married. The mother and son got along very well, but Qin Wan was excluded and had to stay alone in the empty room.

Qin Wan was thinking about Lin Ziqi's performance in Yuyuantan, and finally found an opportunity to ask him indirectly: "Did my husband meet a noble person when he visited Yuyuantan?"

Lin Ziqi kept this matter a secret, and asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

Qin Wan smiled and said, "My heart is full of my husband, how could I not know? That night I had a dream that my husband went to Yuyuantan and met two nobles. These two nobles were impressed by your poetry and praised you and appreciated you very much in the future."

Lin Ziqi remembered the poem Qin Wan dreamed about, so he asked, "Is the poem I dreamed about the one you mentioned?"

Qin Wan nodded heavily and looked at Lin Ziqi expectantly.

Lin Ziqi frowned and thought hard for a while, then asked, "Have you ever dreamed of your cousin?" Qin Wan nodded and then shook her head.

"What does this mean?" Lin Ziqi asked anxiously.

Qin Wan said, "I did dream about my cousin, but I never dreamed of him writing poetry."

My cousin's poetry talent is not good, and this is something that everyone in the Qin family knows.

In his previous life, because of this, my cousin almost fell into the third class and was granted the same Jinshi status. After seeing the list, he exclaimed repeatedly that it was a close call. My cousin and Lin Ziqi were at the end and the front of the second class, respectively, and they were far apart.

But Qin Wan had no way of telling Lin Ziqi about this. Anyway, it wouldn't make any difference whether she told Lin Ziqi or not.

Who would have known that Lin Ziqi would be upset for several days because of Qin Siyuan's poem that day, always feeling that all his hard work would end up serving Qin Siyuan's benefit.

Lin Ziqi said, "That day at Yuyuantan, the poem your cousin wrote was also deeply appreciated by the two nobles."

In the end, he still didn't say that Qin Siyuan's poems were better than his.

Qin Wan immediately shook her head and said, "How is this possible?"

Lin Ziqi said: "I also think it's impossible, but your cousin suddenly wrote several poems, far exceeding his previous level."

Qin Wan pondered for a while and said, "Cousin, did you prepare the poem in advance?"

Lin Ziqi's heart was moved when he heard this.

He remembered that Qin Siyuan had frequently visited the Marquis' Mansion before that, so he asked, "Is it possible that he asked someone to help him write a poem?"

Qin Wan said nothing.

Lin Ziqi didn't say anything either.

At the end of the holiday, Lin Ziqi left home and returned to the Imperial College much earlier than usual.

……

Since the establishment of the mansion, Qin Yuan has managed Dingbei Hou Mansion like an iron barrel.

The activity areas for each group and each person are clearly marked.

People in each yard are not allowed to run around at will.

In order to prevent people from disobeying the order, she also asked Gu Jinghui for some guards to patrol the area, and if anyone was found running around, they would be registered.

After a few visits, I discovered that Doctor Liu was different.

Doctor Liu was placed in the courtyard closest to the patients, and his daily duties only required him to check on the patients' conditions.

The patients were confined in the yard and were not allowed to go in or out, but Doctor Liu was able to move around, and his range of movement was larger than that of most people.

Because of his casual movement, there were several more patients in the mansion these days.

These patients came from different courtyards and were very well-behaved and obedient. They never wandered around and wore bibs, burned incense, and drank medicinal tea as required. Yet they still got sick. Everyone was confused and not as determined to carry out Qin Yuan's requirements.

Qin Yuan was puzzled at first, until Xiaohong had someone bring her a note saying that Imperial Doctor Liu had been to the upper room and asked to see Old Madam Gu to check her pulse, and also said that he could also take a look at the Marquis's two adopted sons.

But it was rejected by Mrs. Gu.

(End of this chapter)