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

Chapter 432 Acid

Qin Wan asked, "Who is it? Why is it that you come to visit at this hour?"

Yanhong wiped away her angry expression and smiled through the window, "It's the young master who came to see the young lady."

Qin Wan poked her head out and saw Qin Heng walking into the yard dressed in a new outfit, followed by several followers and carrying a savings box. She couldn't help but feel tears welling up in her eyes.

This is because her mother is thinking about her, so family members never come empty-handed. Even a child like Qin Heng comes with big and small boxes.

Qin Heng first greeted Lin's mother who was standing in the yard with her hands on her hips.

Mother Lin asked, "Young man, why are you here so early? What's up?"

Qin Heng smiled and said, "My dear old lady, it's nothing. It's just that my eldest brother-in-law won the game of Ju against Yelu Guzha in the Imperial College yesterday, and the emperor was happy. My cousin and I were both fortunate to meet the emperor, and my father was happy. It just so happened that the Imperial College was on holiday these two days, and they planned to hold a banquet at home, so I asked my brother-in-law and second sister to come over and play."

When Mother Lin heard this, she became anxious: "Oh my, what's going on? Your second brother-in-law is sick and didn't go to the Imperial College yesterday. How come he didn't get such a good thing?"

It seemed as if her son would be able to see the emperor if he went there.

Qin Wan sneered in her heart.

At this moment, the sound of cups and plates breaking was heard in the study, interrupting the chat between two people in the yard.

Lin Ziqi's voice came out, "My brother-in-law is here, come in and talk."

Qin Wan also combed her hair in front of the mirror and said to Yanhong, "Pack up. I'm going to go back to my parents' home with Heng Ge'er later."

Yanhong asked: "What should I prepare to bring with me?"

Qin Wan raised her voice and said calmly, "My family members never come empty-handed, but they don't bring much when they go back. Since we are going to have a feast at home, I will take the stinky mandarin fish I pickled a few days ago as an additional dish, so that we don't just bring food back with us."

Stinky mandarin fish is a favorite food of southerners. It needs to be fermented a few days in advance. Qin Wan plans to have a banquet at home and bring this as a souvenir.

After hearing this, Lin's mother looked unhappy, but she didn't say anything.

Madam Yu was a little sour and said, "It's convenient for sister-in-law to go back to her parents' home. I have been here for so long and have never been to her parents' home."

"You've never been to the palace, do you want to go?" Qin Yuan asked with a smile.

Madam Yu's face drooped.

Qin Wan still laughed and ridiculed, "When your cousin passes the imperial examination, I will find you a scholar from a high-ranking family. You may have better luck than me, and one day you will be able to follow your husband into the palace to meet the emperor! When the time comes, don't forget to help me see the world. Don't be like those girls who have never seen anything good. If you become someone's concubine, you will never be able to be a legitimate wife in a wealthy family in your life."

Madam Yu was confused and wanted to say something, but she didn't know where to start, so she said to Mother Lin, "Aunt."

Because Qin Heng was there, Lin's mother couldn't help but give Qin Wan face, so she said, "Why are you talking about this? Ziqi is about to take the imperial examination, so don't disturb his mind with these gossips."

Qin Heng had already entered Lin Ziqi's study at this time.

After Lin Ziqi instructed the maid to clean the study, he shook his head and said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh at me, brother-in-law. Women are like this, always complaining about trivial things."

Qin Heng blinked.

"Brother-in-law, my second sister is not like this at home."

Lin Ziqi was choked, frowned, and changed the subject, asking: "You said that the Marquis played poker with Yelu Guzha in the Imperial College yesterday. What happened? How did you meet the emperor?"

Qin Heng's eyebrows danced with joy when he talked about this. The more Qin Heng talked, the paler Lin Ziqi's face became. He clenched his sleeves tightly with his fingers, feeling mixed emotions.

Qin Siyuan and Gu Liuye were both rewarded by the emperor.

God is so unfair!

Why did he fall ill?
Lin Ziqi was very upset, and his brother-in-law kept talking in his ear: "Father said that the poem written by my cousin last time was good and made him famous. This time, my cousin and my second brother-in-law should continue to work hard and write more good poems. They will definitely benefit a lot in the future."

Then he lowered his voice and said, "The people at Shuhai Pavilion have spent a lot of money to find some great poets to challenge us these days. The emperor has heard about it, which shows how much he values ​​the poetry contest. Second brother-in-law, you must write some amazing poems. My father said that I am not a good student. When you and your cousin pass the imperial examination in the future, you must protect me more."

Qin Heng was talking happily here and didn't notice at all that Lin Ziqi's face was pale and big beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead.

Qin Wan came in to talk to her brother, and asked hurriedly, "Does your husband have a severe headache?"

Lin Ziqi waved his hand to tell her not to worry about it, and said weakly: "It's okay, I'll talk to Brother Heng for a while, and it doesn't seem to hurt so much."

Qin Wan was skeptical.

Qin Heng was a talkative person. He kept talking even when no one asked him anything while he was sitting there. After a while, he was talking about how Qin Yuan was praised by the emperor. He also said that the emperor regretted that if he had seen the talent and beauty of the elder sister earlier, he would have hired her into the Eastern Palace.

Qin Wan snorted lightly, curled her lips, and said, "That's just the emperor saying something nice for the sake of the Marquis and my father."

Qin Heng glanced at his second sister and said nothing tactfully.

Qin Wan asked the emperor in detail how he praised Qin Siyuan and Gu Liuye. When she learned that the emperor praised Qin Siyuan for his great ambitions, she said, "I never thought that my cousin was so restrained in his poems before. My father even said that his poems were too rigid and cramped, without any inspiration. I didn't expect that he would be praised like this by the emperor. He is really lucky."

In his previous life, Qin Siyuan was only ranked last in the second class because of his poor poetry.

I didn't expect that Qin Siyuan would finally come to his senses in this life.

Lin Ziqi said sourly: "It's because he got guidance from an expert. His poems were far worse than mine before, but it's hard to say when he takes the imperial examination."

Qin Wan suddenly realized, "Yes, the imperial examination requires people to compose poems on the spot."

Qin Heng curled his lips quietly.

Apart from anything else, Qin Siyuan's poem for defense was written on the spot, and he was very clear about that.

Just saying it out loud will definitely make my second sister and brother-in-law unhappy.

Qin Wan also asked Mr. Gu Liu how he discussed poetry with the emperor. She would get to the bottom of every word he said and make a few sarcastic remarks after asking.

Qin Heng couldn't bear it anymore, so he said, "Second sister, why bother asking him? He learned to compose poetry from his cousin, and the emperor only asked after reading the poetry collection."

Lin Ziqi listened and said, "Brother Heng is right. The emperor discussed poetry with him only because of the Dingbei Marquisate and was trying to promote him. Why do you care? The reason his poems were included in the poetry collection was because of the money he paid, plus some inexplicable luck, which made him famous. If the emperor didn't talk to him about this, how could he talk about anything else?"

Speaking of Qin Siyuan, although Lin Ziqi was jealous, he had to admit that he was quite knowledgeable.

When it comes to Mr. Gu Liu, Lin Ziqi becomes extremely indignant.

A dandy who only pretends to be cultured has become famous in the capital because of someone's help in planning.

Even the female champion of the Qiqiao Festival said that the collection of poems about the trip to Yuyuantan is worthy of collection by all women in the world.

It was he who initiated the trip to Yuyuantan.