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

Chapter 48 I have never heard of such a tragic thing

“How can this be possible?” Gu Jinghui said, “Yuan’er doesn’t like them in the first place. If she knew about this, I’m afraid she would look down on the two children in the future. I’m making things difficult for them just for their sake.”

He didn't live in the mansion before, and when he came back he would go to spend time with his two children whenever he had time. He had no idea that the news had spread like this in the mansion, and no one dared to talk to him about what was happening outside.

He treated them almost the same as he did in the northern frontier. Occasionally he felt something was strange. Madam Zhao said that the customs in the capital were not as open as those in the northern frontier, and those girls in the boudoir who liked to read and recite poetry would inevitably look down on her, but since a person of integrity is not guilty, he did not take it seriously.

A clear conscience is cleared.

Now there is no way to be innocent.

Gu Jinghui sighed.

Madam Gu asked: "What did Yuan'er say in front of you?"

Speaking of this, Gu Jinghui couldn't help but sigh again and said, "She said she wasn't a jealous woman and wouldn't stop me from taking a concubine, but that's not the case with Madam Zhao. She would only cause chaos in the harem. Yuan'er also told me a story about a man named Qin who wiped out the entire family of a man named Cui. I roughly understand it."

"The Qin man wiped out the Cui man's entire family?"

Madam Gu narrowed her eyes and thought carefully, but she couldn't remember having heard such a terrible thing in all these years.

And why did Yuan'er tell such a story?
"Oh?"

Old Madam Gu suddenly remembered that Qin Yuan’s father’s surname was Qin and her stepmother’s surname was Cui.

"No, no," Madam Gu shook her head.

"You don't think so either?"

Gu Jinghui breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I think Yuan’er is exaggerating.”

Madam Gu said, "Can you tell me more about this story? I have never heard of this before."

Gu Jinghui choked and said, “I don’t remember this story very clearly. I just vaguely remember reading it. I don’t know which book it was written in.”

Madam Gu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's what I told you. No, you mean it's written in a book? Yuan'er is different. Her father is the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, the most learned person in the entire Imperial College. When Yuan'er speaks, she speaks in a very literary way and can even tell stories from books."

This topic has gone a long way.

Gu Jinghui asked: "Then what can mother do?"

He had heard Qin Yuan call her mother several times, so he started calling her out naturally.

Madam Gu was startled, looked at him for a long while and said, "You are so anxious now. Didn't you say before that we should just take her back, give her a name, stop the rumors from outsiders, let her and her son live in the mansion permanently, and just raise them as your own children?"

Gu Jinghui blushed and said, “Mom, didn’t you beat your son? Why are you still bringing it up?”

It is simply ironic to mention all the things that happened in the past now.

It's a satire on how stupid and ignorant he is.

Madam Gu was too lazy to pay attention to him and asked, "What did Yuan'er tell you? Tell me in detail."

Gu Jinghui had no choice but to repeat it patiently.

Madam Gu said, "What exactly is this story about? Find a way to find out for me. Yuan'er is a steady, prudent, intelligent and tolerant child. She must have thought about it for a long time before she told you this. If you can't figure it out, how can you talk to her in the future?"

Gu Jinghui was stunned.

At that time, he thought that he was not as good at reciting poems and telling history as Lin Ziqi in front of Qin Yuan, and he was already inferior to Qin Yuan. If he said that he didn't know, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Anyway, he already understood what Qin Yuan meant, which was similar to what he thought, that is, to let Madam Zhao take the child out of the house. He didn't expect what I said.

“These scholars just can’t speak properly,” Gu Jinghui couldn’t help but complain.

Although he could read and write, he only had a rough understanding of the subject.

He was born to go to the battlefield. It was enough for him to be able to read military books and write memorials.

There is no need to bother with these literati who have to quote from classics before they can speak.

I'm afraid that in his family, only his sixth brother can explain it clearly to Qin Yuan.

Or, go find Sixth Brother?

He was daydreaming, and Madam Gu had already spoken to Madam Rong: "We have been taking care of Fengxuan Pavilion personally. When the Marquis brought them back, he was afraid that they would be wronged by others, so he didn't let the Sixth Wife intervene. Now that Madam Zhao is sick, no one has reported it. What's going on?"

Rong Madam said, "Since Madam Zhao has made up her mind, I'm afraid she has already promised a lot of benefits to these maids. Why don't I find an excuse to call Bai Que over and ask what's going on with this hoof? Is she having an affair?"

Madam Gu nodded.

After a while, Bai Que arrived and said with a smile outside, "What kind of tea did Rong Mama call me to get?"

"Come with me and have a look. This is the Marquis's new acquisition. The old lady asked you to choose for Madam Zhao."

Bai Que said happily: "The old lady always thinks about Fengxuan Pavilion. It is really a blessing for Fengxuan Pavilion."

As she said this, she followed Aunt Rong in and met Gu Jinghui's eyes as deep as a pool. She couldn't help but blush and her heart began to beat violently.

Seeing her like this, there is nothing that Rong Mama doesn't understand.

Bai Que was a second-class maid in the old lady's room. She was assigned to serve Madam Zhao. Unexpectedly, she also fell in love with the Marquis.

Just by taking a quick look, Rong Mama had guessed a lot of things.

Bai Que saluted to Madam Gu and Gu Jinghui gracefully, and said shyly, "Greetings to the Madam and the Marquis."

Gu Jinghui responded vaguely in his throat.

Madam Gu frowned and said sternly, "Bai Que, you were serving Madam Zhao in Fengxuan Pavilion, why didn't you come to report such a serious matter as Madam Zhao's illness?"

Bai Que realized that the truth had been revealed. She fell to her knees with a plop and cried, "Please spare my life, Madam. I didn't hide it on purpose. It's just that Madam Zhao begged me to say that she didn't dare to mobilize a large army to invite a doctor to see her. She was originally ill in the northern frontier and would be well in a few days. I was confused for a moment and didn't come to bother you, Madam."

As he spoke, he secretly looked at Gu Jinghui's expression.

Gu Jinghui's face turned pale. As Madam Zhao said, he was still thinking about her.

Bai Que felt relieved.

"You, a servant, actually made the decision for your master," Rong Mama scolded angrily, "Now in front of the old lady and the marquis, you should tell me the truth, how did Lady Zhao get sick, how long has she been ill, and why you were not allowed to call a doctor."

Bai Que felt something was wrong when she heard this, but she also thought that Rong Madam was blaming her for not serving her well, so she said, "I don't know what's wrong with Madam Zhao. These past few days, she has been sighing at the moon and sitting in front of the window in the breeze. I don't know what's on her mind."

"It's useless for me to try to comfort her with words. Madam Zhao may have caught a cold because of the wind at night. She begged me not to ask the doctor to see her again, for fear that the lady would be unhappy and the Marquis would be upset if he knew about it. I felt sorry for her and was confused for a moment..."

After saying this, he kowtowed to Gu Jinghui and said, “The two young masters have been unhappy all day long because of Madam Zhao’s health. If the Marquis has time, it would be great if he could go to Fengxuan Pavilion to take a look.”

　Thank you Mo Qinqing, Xie Bobo, Qianxiao Xinrou, Aiwei for your monthly tickets, (づ￣ 3￣)づ, Thanks(ω)

　　
　
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