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

Chapter 391 Why did you provoke him?
Qin Yuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "I knew that Master could handle it."

"Don't flatter me. Where did that thing you used come from?"

The medicine Qin Yuan prescribed seemed to be a slight modification of the Li family's prescription.

Li Lang was suspicious.

Where did the apprentice learn this from?

Or is there a similar prescription in the medical book left by the Chen family?

Qin Yuan stopped smiling and said seriously, "Master, isn't it strange? I learned the Chen family's incense recipe in one go. I don't want to lie to you, but it's not convenient to tell you. I can only say that I have my own luck."

Doctor Li was stunned for a moment, as if he remembered something, and stopped asking questions. Instead, he said, "It can be seen that there is a destined master-disciple relationship between you and me."

Seeing him like this, Qin Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile: "Indeed, once a teacher, you are always a father. In this life, Xiaodong and I will definitely respect you well and take care of you until the end of your life."

Doctor Li was puzzled: "It sounds like several lifetimes."

"It takes a hundred years of cultivation to be able to cross the river together. Without cultivation in the previous life, how can we cross the river together? The fact that we can become master and disciple must be a fate that we have had for many lifetimes."

Qin Yuan laughed it off half-seriously.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this," Doctor Li scratched his temples and said, "With the Marquis' Mansion here, I'm not worried that no one will see me off to the grave. Just tell me about this..."

He smiled and pointed with his fingers, his eyes crinkling with laughter: "How much silver should I ask for, Lord? For a man, this is a big symptom. One thousand taels of silver is not too much, right?"

Qin Yuan chuckled and said, "That's what he should give to his master. It's not much."

"That's fine," Doctor Li was satisfied.

The apprentices were biased towards him and rushed to give him money to spend.

"Then let's discuss how to prescribe the medicine. Speaking of which, the director of the Imperial Hospital..."

Doctor Li shook his head disdainfully.

Qin Yuan cleared his throat and said, "Why not prescribe some medicinal baths for the Marquis? He has been in the northern frontier for many years, and his body is more or less damaged. He is at a strong age now, so he can't feel it very well. When he gets older, he will feel uncomfortable, so there is no need for nourishing food."

Doctor Li was very easy to talk to: "Okay."

The two of them discussed and prepared a prescription for medicine in the house.

Gu Jinghui was pacing around the room anxiously. The King of Qi came again. Since his family was in the process of attending a funeral, he couldn't refuse and said, "You're welcome."

When the King of Qi came in, he saw the mess on the table. He looked at Lord Gu and asked, "Why are you so angry, Third Brother?"

Gu Jinghui said with a dark face: "Come on, are you here to see me laugh or to pay respect to my sister-in-law?"

The King of Qi said, "Of course I heard something from someone and came to talk to my third brother by burning incense."

"I'm very busy. Please do as you please. If you have nothing to do, you can sit down and leave."

The King of Qi said aggrievedly, "Third brother is really being distant with me. That woman from the Chang family... is full of filth. How about I help Third brother vent his anger?"

Gu Jinghui waved his hands uncomfortably.

"Can you believe what's being spread out there? I know my own business."

King Qi relaxed his brows, chuckled a few times, and said, "It seems that the third brother is really fine."

“Well,” Gu Jinghui sat down with great confidence, “It’s not entirely true to say that I’m fine. Doctor Li said that I’ve been in the northern frontier for many years and was exposed to some cold evil energy during the marches and battles. I need to recuperate before I can have a son.”

The King of Qi asked, "But is it the doctor who treated smallpox in your house?"

"Yes, if Sixth Brother's wife was willing to listen to him, she wouldn't have lost her life. But she refused to seek treatment and insisted on asking the imperial physician to come and see her..."

The King of Qi sighed, "Back then, the Imperial Hospital was in turmoil because of the late Queen Mother's incident. The Director was just an insignificant imperial physician at the time, but he gained important positions by currying favor with Eunuch Gao and the Queen Mother. Now he has made the Imperial Hospital a mess, and famous doctors all over the world are unwilling to work there. It's nothing that he misdiagnosed you. If he had the ability, my brother wouldn't have died, and that cripple wouldn't have been hanging on to his life."

Gu Jinghui didn't pick up the topic, but just said: "Doctor Li is a skilled doctor. The smallpox in my house is under control largely thanks to him. Are you here for the incense recipe?" "Did sister-in-law find a solution?"

The King of Qi involuntarily tugged at the sash around his chin.

Gu Jinghui pretended that he didn’t care and said, “I don’t know either. It’s just that I’ve been accompanying Lao Liu these days, and she’s been busy taking care of Lao Liu’s wife. My mother and my sister can’t help, so we all rely on her.”

The King of Qi placed his hands on his knees and said softly, "In that case, it's just as well to wait until Third Sister-in-law is free to talk about it. If you can solve it, that would be great. If you can't..."

After a pause, he added: "That is also my destiny."

The tone is desolate and slightly sad.

Gu Jinghui quickly comforted her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely ask her to do her best to solve it.”

When the King of Qi was about to thank him, Gu Jinghui had already called the servant to clean up the study and led him to the outer hall to sit down.

Just as they sat down, someone came to report that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had brought the Ninth Princess to offer condolences, and specifically wanted to see Marquis Gu.

Gu Jinghui asked: "Shall we go out together to greet them?"

King Qi nodded.

The two men walked down the corridor and were greeted by the pale and sickly looking Crown Prince.

The ninth princess followed behind.

"I didn't expect to run into the King of Qi by chance."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled kindly, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Gu Jinghui said, “The palace is really bright and beautiful today. The Prince of Jin just left, and now the Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi are here. Oh, and the Ninth Princess as well. I wonder if the Prince of Qishan and the Prince of Qin will also be here by chance.”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took Gu Jinghui's hand and walked inside to show intimacy.

"Marquis Dingbei is the pillar of the country, how can we not come?"

The King of Qi said nothing and just followed silently by his side.

The Ninth Princess asked coquettishly, "Has the Seventh Sister been here?"

Gu Jinghui said, “She has never come with His Royal Highness Prince Qi. If she came alone, I think my wife would have entertained her.”

The Ninth Princess remained silent.

A smile flashed in the King of Qi's eyes.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Ninth Princess sat for a while and then left. The King of Qi did not want to stay any longer, so he followed them out of the mansion.

The Ninth Princess asked the King of Qi at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion: "Seventh Sister hasn't come yet, but is she busy preparing the dowry?"

Empress Lin had just chosen a marriage for Princess Fuyun, the man who was from a poor family and had once won the top spot in the imperial examination, Wu Hanlin.

Wu Hanlin came from a poor family and had no support, so he did some trivial work in the Hanlin Academy.

The Ninth Princess really looked down on him.

The King of Qi taunted her and said, "Fuyun's dowry has been prepared since she was a child. She is not a small family with no foundation, so she doesn't need to prepare everything now."

The Qi prince's mother's family was once a powerful and arrogant family. Gold was like dirt, and rare treasures were common. However, Empress Lin was born in a humble family. She was selected from the folks to be a palace maid. She was assigned to sweep the Cining Palace. Later, she was favored by the emperor and was protected all the way to the throne.

In terms of dowry alone, Princess Fuyun is comparable to dozens of ninth princesses.

Without waiting for her to speak, the King of Qi bowed slightly to the Crown Prince, then climbed onto his horse in a dashing manner and rode away with his guards.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince coughed a few times and said to the Ninth Princess, whose face was crooked with anger, "Get in the car. Why did you provoke him?"