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

Chapter 429 Coaxing

After expressing his gratitude, Dai Sheng ordered the eunuchs to present the gifts.

Everyone accepted the reward, expressed their gratitude, and asked Dai Sheng to convey their gratitude to the Queen Mother.

Dai Sheng said, "Lord Gu, Madam Gu, and Guard Gu, I have conveyed the Queen's oral instructions and will return to the palace soon."

Lord Gu said quickly: "I'll take you there."

Dai Sheng said, "How dare I trouble you, my Lord, to see me off."

Lord Gu said, "What are you talking about? You always sent us food every time we were punished..."

Dai Sheng's eyes were slightly red, his voice was a little hoarse, and he smiled and said, "It's rare that the Marquis still remembers it."

Lord Gu glanced at him and said nothing, but just made a gesture of invitation.

Master Gu Liu and Qin Yuan followed them and stopped when they reached the gate of the outer courtyard.

Qin Yuan asked: "Sixth brother, are the Marquis and Eunuch Dai very familiar with each other?"

Master Gu Liu smiled and said, "Eunuch Dai used to serve the late crown prince. I was young and timid back then, so I followed my brothers and didn't talk much. I haven't seen him much in all these years. I'm afraid he doesn't remember me much."

The two returned to the front hall and looked through the gifts together.

Gu Liuye said with a smile, "Baozhu will be furious if she knows that we got another reward but she didn't get any."

Qin Yuan said: "I saw her acting like a spoiled brat and my mother was also happy, so I thought I could get away with it, but I didn't expect my mother to really do it."

Mr. Gu Liu did not answer, but just focused on looking at the calligraphy bestowed by the emperor.

On a four-foot-long banner was written the emperor's message to him in seal script: A good horse cannot jump ten steps at one leap; a slow horse can travel ten miles in ten days if it keeps going.

Master Gu Liu pondered for a while before saying, "Baozhu is straightforward and a little eccentric. She has not yet settled down. Her so-called love is mostly spur of the moment. Mother knows all about it. In the future, her marriage will not be without the help of sister-in-law."

Qin Yuan couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed after hearing what Gu Liuye hinted at Qin Siyuan. She forced a smile and said, "When I go out with my mother for social events in the future, I will help her choose the right person, but my mother has better eyesight."

As they were talking, Gu Jinghui came back, looking a little lonely, and it was unclear what he said to Dai Sheng.

Qin Yuan asked: "Do you want to take it to mother to see, and take a look at the pearl?"

Gu Jinghui shook his head: “Don’t worry about her.”

Gu Liuye also said: "Mother knows what's going on. Besides, Baozhu has been naughty since she was young. She will be fine after a few days of beating."

The implication is that the person will be able to get up on the day of the funeral and will not bring shame to the Marquis's Mansion.

Gu Jinghui said: "It's so late, let's go back to Wutong Garden."

Master Gu Liu immediately said, "Third brother, I want to go too."

"Why is this?" Lord Gu was a little unhappy.

Master Gu Liu blinked his eyes and said, "I'm hungry. I wanted to stay in the upper room to eat something, but now, I can only get some food from my third brother and his wife."

It would be too troublesome to go to the main kitchen alone to order food at this time. If I ask the servant to go to the small kitchen in the upper room to ask for it, I'm afraid it will disturb Old Madam Gu.

Lord Gu had no choice but to agree.

Along the way, Mr. Gu Liu remained silent, like a mute.

He only answered when Lord Gu asked him.

When they returned to Wutong Garden, Hongye came to greet them from afar with a lantern. As soon as they met, she complained, "Why did you come back so late? The food is still hot in the kitchen."

Master Gu Liu smiled and said, "Is there anything left for me to eat?"

Hongye said, "No matter what, will Sixth Master be left without a bite to eat? I'm just worried that it won't suit Sixth Master's taste."

When the food was served, it was all southern style, even the noodles were pickled mustard greens, bamboo shoots, shredded pork noodles. Gu Jinghui was not picky, and Master Gu Liu was used to fine clothes and delicious food, so he asked, "Why is it so plain?"

Qin Yuan said, "Eat a simpler meal at night to nourish your spleen and stomach. Don't just follow your own preferences when eating out. I have sent the monthly meal list to Renhe Hall for Doctor Li to review. The side dishes in the kitchen are also prepared according to the season."

Master Gu Liu took it to heart and said, "I won't be picky when the kitchen sends me food in the future."

Gu Jinghui was quite dissatisfied: “Why didn’t you listen to what I said, but you listened to what your third sister-in-law said. I told you a long time ago not to be so pampered, not to be picky about food, and to cherish your blessings, but you just wouldn’t listen and insisted on saying that you can never tire of fine food and delicate meat.”

Master Gu Liu asked, "Can this be the same?"

"Why is it different?"

Master Gu Liu thought for a moment and said, "I told you long ago that it was inappropriate for Zhao's mother and son to stay in the mansion, but you didn't listen. Why did you listen to others later?"

"Puchi," Qin Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Gu Jinghui's face darkened, and he was speechless.

Mr. Gu Liu knew when to stop and stood up to say goodbye after finishing his meal.

"My third brother will lead the six ministries in the capital tomorrow, so I won't be here for long. My third sister-in-law won't have to accompany the women tomorrow, so you can take a rest for now. I'll have to trouble you with the rest of the things."

Gu Jinghui waited for him to leave and then said, “Really…”

Qin Yuan leaned forward and kissed him, then she put her arms around his neck and whispered, "My dear husband, the Queen Mother has given you three shoulders with dragon patterns, why don't you put them on together with the python robe and jade belt so that I can see them?"

Gu Jinghui immediately stopped the complaint that was about to come out, his eyebrows lit up with joy, he embraced her with his backhand, and chuckled, "Do you really want to see it?"

"Of course," Qin Yuan said immediately, "I think my husband looks good in the dragon robe. Now the Queen has given him three more shoulders. He will look noble and majestic when he wears them all."

Lord Gu couldn't stand Qin Yuan's coaxing, and immediately said softly: "Well, I will wear it for you to see."

Qin Yuan immediately stood up and asked someone to come in to clean up the cups and plates, and then asked the maid to go to the kitchen to get hot water so that Lord Gu could take a bath.

"Play a game of ball, then wash up."

Seeing Lord Gu staring at her, Qin Yuan spoke up to explain.

Lord Gu followed her into the inner room and sighed as he undressed, "With a wife like this, every day is like living in heaven. If I had known earlier..."

Qin Yuan put her hands on her hips and asked, "If you had known earlier, you would have married earlier and married someone else, right?"

Lord Gu: "..."

I really didn't expect that a casual sigh like this would cause such a big fuss among my wife.

Lord Gu sought justice for himself amidst the chaos.

"... No, you... what do you think? I mean, how... why do you think that?... I mean, I didn't think that, but why did you think that?"

Qin Yuan just stood with her hands on her hips and glared at him.

Lord Gu said again: "Okay. Okay, I really don't think so. I can swear to heaven that I never had such an idea."

Hongmian came in and said, "Madam, the little girl next to Miss Seven is here to ask for medicine."

Qin Yuan asked: "What medicine? Ask her to come in and talk."

Hongmian said, "It's medicine for ulcers."

When she saw Qin Yuan glance at her, she immediately came to her senses, turned around and called the maid in.

Lord Gu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Qin Yuan was too busy to ask him any more questions.

At this moment, he finally understood what Admiral Jin meant by his inner fear of his wife.