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

Chapter 345: Couple Smell the Fragrance
Qin Yuan stood up and went to greet him, asking, "What's wrong with my husband?"

Gu Jinghui's face was gloomy, and there was a barely suppressed annoyance between his unruly eyebrows, but when he saw Qin Yuan's smile, his irritability dissipated, and his tone became much softer. He said, "What else could it be? First I was taught a lesson by Mr. Songshan, and then I had to entertain Prince Jin. Alas, the adult princes who came to the palace will be missing Prince Qishan. I might as well open a table and invite them all. They keep saying the same thing. The emperor still hasn't said whether he will give me the person I want or not. You can't let me do this alone."

Qin Yuan asked with a smile: "Do you want to change your clothes now?"

After a long grumble, Gu Jinghui's expression softened completely and he grinned, "Yes, what shall we have for dinner?"

Qin Yuan glanced at Lord Gu and said angrily, "I thought you wanted to invite Prince Jin to dinner, so I didn't prepare anything for you."

Lord Gu immediately said pitifully: "Hey, don't you think about how I can eat in front of the face of the King of Jin?"

Qin Yuan burst out laughing and said, "What do you mean?"

Although the Prince of Jin is not as good-looking as the Prince of Qi, he is also a handsome man and not to the point of being hideous.

Seeing her smile, Lord Gu also smiled and said, "He is not a beauty, who has the patience to look at him, you really didn't prepare my meal? Then let's go to mother's place and eat in the small kitchen."

Qin Yuan said: "Forget it, my mother will not be able to eat after seeing us now."

Lord Gu glared: "This is not okay, that is not okay, are you going to let your husband starve?"

Qin Yuan said, "Cui Ming asked the kitchen to make eight-treasure pumpkin glutinous rice, which will be sent to Renhetang. I will add some money and ask them to make you a bowl of noodles with a few of your favorite dishes."

Lord Gu was curious and asked, "Have the rules in the mansion changed now? Why do I have to pay more?"

Qin Yuan said, "Cui Ming said that managing the kitchen this way would save some money and not be too wasteful. The basic dishes are written on the list and people can tick them before making them. If they want to add more, they can pay extra. I think it's not bad, so let them try it first and see how much money our yard can save in a month."

Lord Gu sighed, "The mansion has never been so meticulous before. We have few people but no shortage of money, and it has always been like this. It is different now that you are here. It is good this way, so that everyone does not have to rack their brains to think about how to get the benefits. Those who cannot get a good position complain, and the rest do not work attentively. It is better to manage it meticulously and give all the benefits openly."

"Your Excellency is the one who understands my painstaking efforts. I was worried that you would think I was not generous enough."

"How could that be? There are quite a few veterans and descendants counted this time. It will cost a lot of money to settle them properly. In the future, we will have to pay them silver and rice every year, which is another expense. It's good that you are so careful in calculation. Now the population is small, and there will always be new children in the family in the future. It will be a mess."

Although Lord Gu was not in charge of the accounts, he knew it very well in his heart.

Even though there will be fewer wars to fight in the future, the family generals and soldiers still need to be maintained, and the expenses will accumulate over time and become quite high.

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "With the Marquis' words, I feel more at ease."

"Just do it boldly. If you make a mistake, correct it. Who doesn't make mistakes? I'll be there to protect you."

Lord Gu was changing his clothes while talking to his young wife with a smile on his face.

He likes to discuss things with people around him.

Mo Zhu served tea and said, "Madam, the glutinous rice has been prepared in the kitchen, and the cakes are out of the oven. I will arrange for someone to send them to Renhetang right away."

Qin Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, the Marquis will have dinner here. Ask them to add some of the Marquis' favorite seasonal vegetables, and some staple food. Also, ask for the lotus root soup. It's almost autumn now, and the Marquis has a hot temper, so he needs to be treated."

Lord Gu sat beside the table and drank his tea leisurely.

Qin Yuan's careful instructions were ringing in his ears. Every word was for him. He felt so comforted.

After Qin Yuan finished giving the order, he walked over and sat down, then asked, "Where are the incense pills that the King of Qi sent?"

Lord Gu pursed his lips at Mo Zhu and said, "That's the box I just asked her to keep."

Mo Zhu quickly took it out and placed it on the table. Qin Yuan looked at the exquisite workmanship of this thing and couldn't put it down to play with it for a while, saying, "It's amazing that such a small box has such a complicated peony engraved on it."

Gu Jinghui immediately said: “If you like, I have a lot of these things in my private library, just pick up the ones you like and use them.”

Qin Yuan was a little surprised and asked, "Who is in charge of these?"

Gu Jinghui said: “Gu Sixteen.”

Qin Yuan asked, "Is Gu Shiliu in charge of all your private accounts?"

Gu Jinghui said: “Yes, he is in charge of collecting rent and keeping track of accounts. He is very rough in his management. As long as there are not too many things, it’s fine.”

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "Then I'll go take a look when I have time to see what good things you have. Can I use anything I like?"

Seeing her charming smile, Lord Gu said in a daze, "Of course, whatever you like is what you get."

Qin Yuan opened the jade box with a smile, and Lord Gu also came over to see what the precious incense pill looked like. Inside was a wax pill the size of an egg, with an embroidered cushion underneath and some soft silk surrounding it, showing that it was made with great care.

Lord Gu took out the wax ball, turned it around, looked at it, and sighed, "Is this it?"

Qin Yuan said, "Be careful, wash your hands, put a white handkerchief on it before opening it, don't let the flavor fade away."

Lord Gu quickly put it down.

Qin Yuan asked Mo Zhu to bring over the items he often used to make perfume. After washing his hands again, he carefully placed the perfume ball on the Su Pa with tweezers, knocked it, listened to the sound, and said, "Bring some hot water."

After getting the hot water, Qin Yuan placed the incense ball in the incense cup to melt the wax with the hot water. Gu Jinghui asked, "Why not just break the wax into pieces?"

Qin Yuan said: "This is because we are afraid that the wax scraps will get into the incense pills and affect the taste."

Gu Jinghui asked, “Could it be that the wax is directly sealed on the incense ball?”

Qin Yuan shook her head. "How could it be so rough? It's only because King Qi said to be careful that I dare not be rash."

Gu Jinghui said: "I'll help you, no need to be so troublesome."

Seeing that he was eager to try, Qin Yuan agreed with him and said, "Then you can try it. My husband is an excellent martial artist. I think he will be able to do it with ease."

Gu Jinghui cleaned his hands, held the wax ball in his hand and squeezed it gently, then said slowly, "Alright."

As he spoke, he loosened his hand, and the wax blocks and wax crumbs fell down. In his palm, a fragrant ball tightly wrapped in oil paper appeared, which was slightly larger than a pigeon egg.

The oil paper was spotlessly clean, without a speck of wax on it.

Qin Yuan said: "Not bad."

Lord Gu showed a little satisfaction on his face and said with a smile: "This is faster."

Then he said with disdain: "Why use so much wax? It looks big, but there is only this much inside."

Qin Yuan slowly peeled the incense ball out of the oil paper, and a refreshing fragrance slowly filled the whole room.

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