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

Chapter 259 Idiot
Cui also poked her head over to look.

The paper was snow-white, neatly printed, and covered with pictures and small images of people and flowers.

She was inevitably a little surprised and asked, "Is this the collection of poems printed by Gu Liuye?"

Qin Jijiu flipped through the book and said, "Yes, this is a new edition. It contains poems by the Minister of Rites and the Academician, as well as paintings by Master Gu Liu. It looks much more delicate and elegant than the previous one."

Cui was even more surprised, "The two adults' poems are also included?"

Isn’t Mr. Gu Liu a fool?

He could actually publish a collection of poems that included the poems of two adults?
Qin Jijiu nodded and said, "Yes, there are also my nephew and Ziqi. Master Gu Liu went to Yuyuantan with them and wrote poems. He then paid for the printing of the poetry collection."

Cui said happily: "This is a good thing. Ziqi and Siyuan's reputation will also rise with it."

After reading through the collection, Qin Jijiu nodded repeatedly, "The poems of these two adults have indeed added a lot of weight, and I think Siyuan's poems this time are really well done. If this collection of poems is distributed, their talents will surely be known to others, which will also be of some benefit to next year's palace examination."

Cui was overjoyed and said, "Could it be that what my son said is true? Uncle Lin will indeed rise to prominence."

Qin Jijiu's eyes flickered and he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

The letter Qin Yuan sent exposed Lin Ziqi's hateful intentions and made him feel disgusted, but he couldn't say it out loud.

Cui can't control her mouth and will tell Qin Wan.

Qin Wan refused to believe it and didn't know what trouble would arise next.

Qin Jijiu decided to keep it to himself, but he didn't intend to put much effort into his son-in-law's future.

Naturally, one's own connections should be used on one's own family.

Qin Jijiu asked the servant who brought the book, "Did Shen Peifang send this or did the Marquis' wife send it?"

The servant said, "Shen Peifang printed the collection for the Sixth Master. As soon as the new draft was finalized, he sent the collection to the Marquis' Mansion and the homes of several masters."

Qin Jijiu nodded, "Have all the candidates who wrote poems been sent?"

The servant said, "They were also sent today. Mr. Qin and Mr. Lin were both sent to the Imperial College."

Qin Jijiu felt that Shen Peifang was doing a very good job, and said with a smile: "Okay, you go down, and let the long-servant bring you the reward money."

The servant smiled, thanked him and left.

Cui couldn't put down the poetry collection until the food was served. She smiled and said, "Ziqi and Siyuan couldn't get off to a good start."

Qin Jijiu said: "Yes."

Cui said again: "How can we not invite our daughter to such a happy event?"

Qin Jijiu frowned and asked, "Didn't we agree to let our daughter go back to her parents' home less often in the future?"

Cui said, "This time it's different. I have sent someone to invite her."

Qin Jijiu put down the chopsticks in his hand and said helplessly: "In this case, just wait for her. But... going back to her parents' home frequently is not a good thing. Didn't her mother-in-law make a fuss about this? Why can't she learn from Yuan'er?"

If it were Qin Yuan, she would never have made such a fuss with Lin's mother.

It gives me a headache just to mention Qin Jijiu.

Cui was also very unhappy, but she had to admit that Qin Wan was indeed a little inferior to Qin Yuan.

Cui raised the poetry collection in her hand and said, "Wan'er takes the poetry collection back. Will his mother be unhappy?"

Both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were counting on Lin Ziqi to pass the exam and become an official. With this, there would naturally be no more trouble.

Qin Jijiu frowned but said nothing.

After a while, Qin Wan came and smiled as soon as she entered the door: "Dad, Mom, is there any good news?" Qin Jijiu waved and said, "The food is cold. It's hot today and it won't last long. Let's eat it together first."

Qin Wan hurriedly took a seat, looked at the dishes on the table, and said with a smile: "I haven't eaten well for a long time, I have to eat more."

Cui said distressedly, "Why are you losing weight again?"

Qin Jijiu glanced at Qin Wan, who seemed to have lost some weight.

Qin Wan was busy picking up dishes, complaining vaguely: "Oh, don't mention it. Lin Ziqi's mother said that we can only eat meat once every three days at home, and we have to eat porridge in the morning and evening, and the cooking must be according to her taste. I really don't know when Lin Ziqi will be elected as an official so that I can live a good life."

Qin Jijiu: "..."

This day is chosen by myself.

Cui asked: "Didn't you buy some food in private in the past?"

Qin Wan said, "After the last quarrel, Ziqi told me to be patient and not to quarrel with his mother over this. Besides, his mother likes to say bad things about me in front of the neighbors. Everyone is watching. If there is a quarrel again in the future, I will not look good."

Qin Jijiu was unhappy and asked Cui, "She married into the Lin family and became a Lin family member. How could she buy food without telling her mother-in-law? Even if she spent her own dowry, it would not sound good. How did you teach her?"

Cui actually understood this, but she couldn't help but argue, "My daughter has married down. His family's food and drink all depend on my daughter's dowry, but he is still so harsh. Can't my daughter be more comfortable?"

Qin Jijiu sighed and said, "How can you do things this way? Unless Lin Ziqi is unsuccessful. If he is successful..."

Before she finished speaking, Qin Wan put down her chopsticks and said, "Zi Qi said that he will always remember my kindness and will never let me down when he becomes successful in the future."

"Ha," Qin Jijiu sneered.

He felt more and more that his second daughter was a fool, but he didn't want to say it.

Qin Wan almost finished eating before asking, "What exactly did mother want to say?"

Cui hurriedly handed over the collection of poems.

"The collection of poems about the trip of the son-in-law and Siyuan to Yuyuantan has been printed, along with the poems of the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Education. The Minister also wrote a postscript."

Qin Wan happily took it and flipped through it.

"It's beautifully made. I'll take it back to show my mother-in-law."

Cui said, "When your mother-in-law sees this, she will be happy and won't say anything. This collection of poems was printed by Gu Liuye at his expense and is ready for sale."

"Master Gu Liu?"

Qin Wan flipped through it carefully again and said in surprise, "This is actually a poem written by Master Gu Liu?"

Qin Jijiu said: "Yes, although the poem written by Gu Liuye is a bit simple, the logic is coherent, the parallelism is neat, and the rhyme is correct."

Qin Wan said puzzledly: "It is unbelievable that such a fool can write such a poem."

Although she is not good at writing, she can still appreciate the quality of poetry.

The poems written by this brother-in-law in his previous life were absolutely rubbish. I didn't expect that he could write sensible poems in this life.

Qin Wan was extremely surprised.

Cui spat, "Speak politely. What will happen if others hear you? You and Master Gu Liu have never met each other. You are relatives after all. Why are you talking nonsense?"

Qin Jijiu said: "Yes, it is really inappropriate for you to say that. Master Gu Liu not only wrote poems, but also painted pictures."

Qin Wan didn't have time to refute and quickly flipped through the pages. As expected, she saw the words "Gu Jingjun created" marked on the travel pictures, small portraits, and flower pictures in the appendix.

"How can this be?"