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

Chapter 383: Sixth Master is too sad?

Qin Siyuan was already feeling emotional after returning from Mr. Songshan's visit. When he saw Lin Ziqi like this, he couldn't help but think of Mr. Songshan's evaluation of scholars, and felt even more ashamed.

He sighed and patiently explained, "Mr. Songshan was invited into the mansion by the Marquis. I have met him several times because of the Sixth Master. The Marquis's mansion hosted a banquet that day, and my uncle's family and I stayed overnight. We all wrote a few poems on a whim. The Sixth Master set up a competition in the Imperial College, and he also wanted to collect more good poems for a collection. If Brother Ziqi is interested, why not write a few more poems, it will be the same."

Seeing that he was so clean after just a few words, Lin Ziqi suppressed his anger and asked, "Since you were there that day, do you know who Nan Tang Gongzi is? I have seen that Nan Tang Gongzi's poems are profound and his words are vivid, and I admire him very much. Can you help introduce him to me?"

Qin Siyuan was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "I also admire the poems of Miss Nantang very much, but she doesn't want to show it off in front of others, so I can't say much. I can only tell you that she is someone Mr. Songshan values, and Brother Ziqi will definitely meet her when the opportunity arises."

After being rejected several times, Lin Ziqi was furious and said, "You and I are relatives by marriage and classmates, why are you unwilling to introduce me to the nobles? We are all studying books of sages, how can you be so narrow-minded? When I learned that the two adults were going to visit Yuyuantan, I eagerly invited you to go with us. Otherwise, how would you have the opportunity to become famous? Now that you have some fame, do you look down on your old friends from the humble days?"

Qin Siyuan opened his mouth to argue, but Lin Ziqi had already slammed the door and left angrily.

The hidden rift was thus exposed to the surface.

In the evening, Qin Yuan had no appetite as she looked at the table full of food.

Hongye and Cuiming were so busy that they had no time to eat. Qin Yuan simply divided some of the food for them and ate it slowly by himself.

Dinner was not meant to be a long meal, so after a quick meal, he ordered the table to be cleared. Mo Zhu helped him rinse his mouth, and then he picked up the teacup. Then he saw Gu Shiliu delivering a letter: "The Marquis will accompany the Sixth Master, and will not be back to rest for a few days. If there is anything difficult to do, just send someone to find him."

Qin Yuan concealed her unhappiness and asked, "But Sixth Master is too sad?"

This is a very interesting question.

Everyone knows that Mr. Gu Liu is not that sad.

There is really no need for Lord Gu to stay in the outer courtyard to accompany Lord Gu Liu.

Gu Shiliu smiled awkwardly and said, "No, that's not the case. I saw with a cold eye that the Marquis seemed to be troubled by something and was in a bad mood. Perhaps he wanted to stay in the outer courtyard and chat with Master Liu to relieve his stress."

Qin Yuan nodded and ordered Hongmian to collect a few sets of clothes and accessories for Gu Shiliu to take back.

"This is Cui Ming and his men who drove them out. Just wear it to entertain guests for the next few days, and we will drive more later."

Gu Shiliu nodded repeatedly and made a considerate suggestion.

"Madam, don't worry. If you are not able to make it in time, the Marquis has a lot of old clothes stored in his old trunk. You can take them out and iron them to wear."

Qin Yuan said, "Isn't it? I actually forgot that there is a lion on the old shirt of the Marquis. It is even more elaborate."

Hearing her bad tone, Gu Shiliu didn't dare to say anything. He hurriedly took the rattan box filled with red cotton and said goodbye and left.

When he returned to the brightly lit outer courtyard, he saw Lord Gu walking in the corridor with his hands behind his back, wearing wooden clogs. When he saw him coming, he stopped moving.

Gu Shiliu hurriedly went to greet him and said, "I reported back to Madam, and she said she knew. She also packed some clothes for me to bring back, saying that they would be used for entertaining guests in the next few days. Cui Ming brought them out from the needlework room."

Gu Jinghui responded and asked again: "What else did Madam say?"

Gu Shiliu frowned and said, "Madam knows that the Marquis has not returned to Wutong Garden to rest in the past few days, so she asked me if the Sixth Master is too sad."

Gu Jinghui's eyebrows twitched slightly, "Well, how did you respond?"

Gu Shiliu simply imitated Qin Yuan and repeated what the two said.

Gu Jinghui remained silent and stood for a long time before he asked in panic, "Madam, are you angry again?" Gu Shiliu lowered his head and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

The Marquis suddenly avoided the Madam, so the Madam was naturally unhappy. Wasn't the Marquis asking this question even though he knew the answer?

She was still hesitating whether to say it or not when she heard Gu Jinghui hurriedly say, “Wait a moment.”

Then he was swept into the study like a gust of wind.

Gu Shiliu stood in the corridor and waited for a while. Lord Gu finally came out with a roll of paper in his hand. He handed it to him and said, "Go and give this to the lady and tell her that we will have to trouble her in the future."

Gu Shiliu: “…”

Although he didn't understand why, Gu Shiliu still took it. Then he heard Lord Gu sigh, "What can I do if my wife treats me like this?"

The sigh contained such a deep sadness that Gu Shiliu couldn't help but shiver.

Gu Shiliu didn't know how to respond, so he could only hold the drawing paper tightly in his hand and run towards Wutong Garden. On the path outside the courtyard gate, he ran into Hongye who was about to go back to rest.

Hongye was so hungry that she didn't have the energy to scold him. She could only ask weakly, "What are you busying about? Have you caught Zhao?"

Gu Shiliu was surprised and asked, "Why do you ask that?"

Hongye said, "Now that everything has been prepared, what else is there besides this? We are busy preparing for the funeral here, so the neighbors must be slacking off. Isn't this a good opportunity for them to make a move? Did you get some news and come here to inform the young lady?"

Gu Shiliu shook his head.

"You are right, but I am here to deliver something to Madam on the orders of the Marquis."

Hongye perked up a little and asked, "Have you found out why the Marquis is so depressed?"

Gu Shiliu shook his head in frustration.

"I don't know. The Marquis seems to be very worried. I think he looks a lot more depressed than before. When we were in the northern frontier, even if the enemy attacked the city and the city gates could not be defended, we never saw the Marquis like this. But these days, apart from the Sixth Madam's matter, there is nothing else important."

Hongye had nothing to say.

Gu Shiliu took Hongye's words to heart. After following Hongye into Wutong Garden and returning to Qin Yuan, he hurried out to look for Gu Shiba and others, determined to set up a dragnet to capture Zhao.

If Zhao gets out of hand, the Marquis will be in even greater trouble. He must not make any mistakes.

When Cuiming returned to Wutong Garden, it was time to go to bed.

After a tiring day, her eyes were sunken and a layer of dry skin appeared on her lips. Seeing Qin Yuan staring at a piece of paper under the lamp, she asked in a low voice: "Miss, why aren't you sleeping yet? The monks and Taoists will all come to the mansion tomorrow, and there is still a lot to do."

Qin Yuan came to his senses and said, "Yes, it's time to go to bed. There are things to do tomorrow."

He stood up and ordered Mo Zhu to come in and help him go to bed.

Hongye took the lampshade and asked Cuiming while picking out the wick: "Why are you so busy?"

Cui Ming said, "Sixth Master donated his official title, so the banners and curtains hanging outside had to be changed, so it took some time."

Then he glanced at the paper Qin Yuan had thrown on the table and asked, "What is this?"