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

Chapter 75 The Qin Family Seems Dissatisfied with You
The King of Qi smiled gently, as if the cold gaze of Marquis Gu had no effect on him at all.

"I heard you asking the storyteller outside. How hard is that to guess?"

Gu Jinghui didn’t believe it.

"I just asked him to tell you about Guan Yun reading the Spring and Autumn Annals all night long, and you knew it?

The King of Qi raised his chin and said with a smile, "Of course there is a reason for this. Do you want to know? If you want to know, why not buy me a couple of drinks and I will slowly tell you."

Lord Gu looked at the King of Qi warily and asked coldly, "What evil plan do you have?"

The chief official of the palace who was following the King of Qi said unhappily, "How can Lord Gu speak like this? Our Lord has good intentions."

Lord Gu chuckled and ignored him.

The palace chief secretary's face was gloomy.

The King of Qi pretended not to notice the embarrassment of the Chief Clerk and snorted, "Gu Jinghui, what's wrong? After not seeing you for so many years, you don't even dare to talk to me?"

“Would I still be afraid of you?” Gu Jinghui retorted, “You black-hearted sesame dumpling, even if you have eight hundred tricks, I’m not afraid of you. I’m not the same person I used to be.”

The King of Qi said, "That's good. I didn't bring any money with me when I went out, so I have money for the meal and wine now."

He waved his hand, and the chief secretary quickly called the waiter.

"A pot of queshe tea, lotus flower pancakes, eight-treasure duck..."

In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen dishes were ordered.

Gu Jinghui said unhappily: "Why are you eating so much?"

Why don't you go back to the Prince Qi's mansion to show off, but show off in the Theater? What's the idea?

"You are too extravagant. I only had two dishes for a meal in the northern frontier. When I returned to the capital, I gave the leftovers to the maids and servants."

The reward given to his young wife is equal to the reward given by him, there is nothing wrong with it.

"If I can't finish the food, I'll give it to the beggars outside. See, the one standing outside the store and looking in?"

As he spoke, King Qi pointed vaguely toward the building downstairs outside the window.

Gu Jinghui kept silent with a dark face.

The King of Qi said casually, "Why do you feel bad for eating this little bit of yours? Our relationship is not that bad. You also know that what happened to Qingyun back then cannot be blamed on me..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Jinghui threw a silver ingot on the table and stood up to leave.

The King of Qi was not in a hurry. He played with the jade pendant on his waist and said, "Guan Yu was reading the Spring and Autumn Annals at night because Cao Cao wanted to test Guan Yu's loyalty to Liu Bei. Do you know why?"

Gu Jinghui paused.

The King of Qi nodded his chin and said, "How can a storyteller be as good as me at guessing people's intentions? Let me guess, you are not at home with your newly married wife, but come to the theater to listen to storytelling. Did someone hint at something to you? Qin Jijiu is the Jijiu of the Imperial Academy. There is no need to go into details about how much real talent and knowledge he has, but he is known as a pillar of the literary world. You met the Yue family, how could you know the deep meaning behind their words?"

Gu Jinghui sat down and said in a muffled voice: "The Qin family is very good, don't talk like that."

The King of Qi's eyes flickered slightly, and a smile appeared on his face. He asked, "Don't you mind if the Qin family exchanges a concubine for a legitimate wife?"

Gu Jinghui stood up again and said, “If you want to talk about your sister-in-law like this, then don’t say it. And don’t talk to me about these irrelevant things in the future. I don’t like to hear them.”

The King of Qi quickly stood up, grabbed his arm and said, "Since you are still willing to recognize me as your brother, why don't you talk to me properly?"

"What else do we have to say?"

The King of Qi looked straight at his eyebrows and saw that his sharp and handsome face was already tinged with impatience, so he patiently said, "Third brother, at least I used to call you Third Brother when I was a child. I am only saying this because I feel sorry for you. I am not happy to see the Qin family do such a thing."

Gu Jinghui sighed and said, “Things are different now, don’t interfere in my affairs, my wife…”

He paused, pulled his hand back and said, "I am very satisfied. If it were the original one, I would not like it."

King Qi was stunned for a moment, and seeing that he was about to leave again, he immediately said, "But I didn't lie to scare Third Brother just now. The Qin family seems to be dissatisfied with you, otherwise why would they tell this story?" Gu Jinghui was stunned.

The King of Qi pursed his lips and chuckled triumphantly, saying, "Third brother, sit down and listen to me."

……

Wutong Court.

Hongye said, "Didn't the young lady let me supervise the tea room? The maids in the tea room know so many things. I'm afraid there is nothing that can be hidden from them in this mansion. I talked to them a few days ago, but they were hiding it. Now that I've seen how powerful the young lady is, I'll go out and have news from every maid I meet."

Cui Ming couldn't help but chuckle.

Qin Yuan also laughed.

Hongye asked in confusion: "What are you laughing at?"

Cui Ming smiled and said, "You just acted like a shrewd person."

Hongye was both angry and amused, so she went to tear Cuiming's mouth.

Qin Yuan suppressed her laughter and changed the subject, saying casually, "Don't mention it, Sixth Master is quite sentimental. It has only been a few months since he bought Concubine Zheng, and he has already set his eyes on someone else. Concubine Zheng must be worth a lot, and Sixth Master can't afford her with his monthly allowance."

Mr. Gu Liu has no job, and the monthly allowance from the Marquis's Mansion is probably not enough for him to go out and recite poetry and drink.

In his previous life, Lin Ziqi wanted to make friends through poetry, but the cost of joining a society was too high, so he could only join occasionally. It was not until he married her that he began to join societies regularly with others.

The scholars in the poetry society are a mixed bunch.

There are people like Gu Liuye who like to talk about romance and show off their elegance, there are also people with real talent and eloquence, and there are also people who act as brokers...

Of course, there are also people who win the favor of noble people with their talents, thus saving many twists and turns on the road to fame and success.

Counting the days, the time has come for Lin Ziqi to meet his benefactor from his previous life.

In this life, he doesn’t know what to do without her to write for him.

Qin Yuan turned the round fan in her hand boredly and glanced at the golden cicada embroidered on the fan. The contrast between the dark and light silk threads of the same color and the few strokes brought out the feeling of the thin and translucent cicada's wings.

Qin Yuan suddenly thought of this phrase: "My achievements are as weak as a cicada's wing."

What she did for Lin Ziqi in her previous life was probably so frivolous and insignificant in Lin Ziqi's eyes, or it was not worth mentioning.

now……

Qin Yuan smiled slightly, came back to her senses, and listened carefully to what Hongye said.

"With Sixth Madam making money, how can Sixth Master worry about not having money to spend?" Hongye said proudly, "Those old women said that every time Sixth Master wanted to take a concubine, he would argue with Sixth Madam, and in the end Sixth Madam would compromise. Will Sixth Madam use her own dowry to ask Sixth Master for a concubine?"

Cui Ming was stunned.

Qin Yuan said: "Even the sewing room with little profit has been tampered with, so you can think of it."

The Sixth Lady had no old grudge against her, and she had been trying to trip her up only to get food.

If there is no benefit to be gained from the gifts, why should Sixth Lady do this?

Being an official for thousands of miles is just for money.

The Sixth Lady was busy doing nothing but making money.

"Sixth Madam is busy making money, while Sixth Master is busy spending it. This couple is really..." Cui Ming stopped talking.

As a slave, it is always taboo to comment on your master.

Hongye didn't have so many scruples, and continued, "This time, the Sixth Master was trying his best to quarrel with the Sixth Madam. I don't know what they quarreled about, but the Sixth Madam scratched the Sixth Master's face and left many bloody marks."

(End of this chapter)