After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

Rong Yingluo and Gu Ce returned to Yinliu Courtyard. Both of them had been busy all day and were quite tired, so they washed up early and went to bed.

Gu Ce turned to the side, his eyes fixed on Rong Yingluo, whose face was flushed.

Her lips were rosy and glossy, and her eyes blinked, displaying the unique liveliness of a young girl.

This face is truly beautiful, and it radiates health, completely unlike those delicate young women who seem like they could be blown away by a gust of wind.

There is no weakness, no fragility.

She never showed her vulnerable side to him.

Whether facing bandits or the crown prince, she remained calm and composed.

Such a woman does not meet the preferences of most men.

However, after two months of dating, he became increasingly attentive to her.

He didn't know when it started, but he wanted to keep her by his side, and this desire grew stronger and stronger.

He had never been attracted to any woman. As for Rong Shi, he couldn't say whether he was attracted to her or not. He didn't know what it felt like to be attracted to someone. He just felt that he wanted to keep her by his side forever.

When he married his first wife, he had intended to treat her with respect and give her the respect due to a legal wife.

But after the deaths of four wives in succession, he no longer had any thoughts about women.

He knew it was the Su family who did it, and those four were no match for them.

Through these experiences, he realized how terrifying women's methods could be.

At this moment, he really wanted to ask her if she would be his wife forever.

But as a grown man, he couldn't bring himself to ask.

My colleagues all say that every woman loves her husband.

They are their heaven and earth; if a woman can't serve the men in her family well, then she's not a woman at all.

Rong served him very well in daily life, but he knew it was all an act. It wasn't from the heart.

He didn't know how other couples got along.

Take the emperor for example, which of the concubines in the harem doesn't try their best to please him?

The emperor only needs to show a little favor, and the concubines will be happy for days, even showing off to other concubines.

Rong never asked him to dote on her, nor did she try to curry favor with him. Everything was done naturally between them, and they had no conflicts or arguments.

Were they a loving couple? Gu Ce had no answer in his heart.

The two of them got along so well for two months.

"Husband, will you continue to live in the Duke's mansion or move to the Prime Minister's mansion that the Emperor bestowed upon you?" Rong Yingluo needed to clarify this matter.

"What's your opinion?" Gu Ce asked gently.

"Of course I want to live in the Duke's mansion," Rong Yingluo said without hesitation.

"Wouldn't it be much less troublesome for the two of us to live alone?" Gu Ce thought that Su Shi was still waiting to scheme against them. If they left the Gu residence, these problems would no longer exist.

"There are many people in the mansion, and the old lady is very good to me. I'm still waiting for my mother-in-law to come and beg me. Didn't you want me to take over the management of the household? How can I take it if I leave?" Rong Yingluo also turned to the side.

Eyes facing each other.

Gu Ce's eyes were deep and unfathomable, while Rong Yingluo's eyes were clear and bright.

"You don't even know how to manage your own shop, and you need your brother-in-law to manage it for you. How are you going to manage it once you get the power to manage the business?" Gu Ce wanted to hear if she had the ability.

At first, he thought that she, coming from a business background, would be in charge of these things, since business people know best how to run a business. But in the end, he found that she seemed to have never been exposed to this kind of thing before and had to be taught by her grandmother.

"What do you mean? You don't want me to have the housekeeping power anymore?" Rong Yingluo sat up abruptly in surprise. "You haven't changed your mind, have you?"

"What do you mean by 'change your fortune'?" Gu Ce didn't understand what she meant at first.

"We had an agreement: if I fulfilled a few of the terms in our signed agreement, you would petition the Emperor for a divorce. For the past two months, I've been working hard every day to meet the four demands you made. Now you want to change your mind? No way!" Rong Yingluo accused angrily.

Gu Ce was stunned.

It turns out he had been indulging in wishful thinking all along, and that she had no feelings for him whatsoever.

We've been cooperating so well with him these days, just to fulfill the terms of the agreement.

They shared a bed every night, yet she still thought about leaving him.

Gu Ce's face instantly darkened.

"You...you really want to leave the Gu family mansion that badly?" Gu Ce gritted his teeth in anger.

"Of course, my master is already sixty-five years old. If I don't pay my respects to him now, I'm afraid I won't have the chance again," Rong Yingluo said matter-of-factly.

People who live as long as Prime Minister Luo are few and far between. She doesn't know how long her master will live. The only priority is to leave the Gu family as soon as possible and stay by his side.

"You only want to show respect to your master?" Gu Ce's raging anger subsided instantly; it turned out he was worried about her master.

"You can bring him to the capital so you can visit him anytime," Gu Ce suggested.

"Master doesn't like coming to the capital." Rong Yingluo was telling the truth.

Master looks so much like the late emperor, no wonder he rarely comes to the capital of Southern Xia and often wears a mask.

If someone were to discover this by accident, that would be terrible.

"Where is your master? I can go with you to see him." Gu Ce offered as a second choice.

"No need, you're the Prime Minister now, with so many affairs to attend to every day, you don't have the time. I can go by myself." Rong Yingluo missed her master more and more as she spoke.

It's been more than two months since I last saw my master, and I don't know if my older sister has taken good care of him.

"Wait for me for a while. After I officially take over the position of Prime Minister, I will find time to accompany you to visit your master." Gu Ce was worried about letting her go alone.

In case of danger, he would be too far away to help.

Knowing that she just wanted to see her master, Gu Ce's earlier annoyance vanished, and he immediately lay down, closed his eyes, and went to sleep.

He will officially assume the position of Prime Minister tomorrow.

The handover process has been ongoing for the past three days.

He planned to make good use of the outer courtyard of the Gu residence, as he intended to spend most of his time working inside the residence.

This way, I can return to the inner courtyard every day at noon to have lunch with my wife.

Rong Yingluo felt confused. She had clearly sensed that he was angry just now, but suddenly he calmed down.

The next day.

Rong Yingluo went to pay her respects to the old lady as usual.

What she didn't expect was that Aunt Feng had arrived even earlier than her.

What puzzled her even more was that yesterday she looked deathly pale, but this morning she looked fine.

Did she see it wrong yesterday?

"Greetings to Grandmother." Rong Yingluo glanced at Aunt Feng and gave a proper bow.

"Liuli is here. Have you had breakfast?" The old lady was very happy to see Rong Yingluo.

"Not yet, but I'll come to my grandmother's every day for breakfast from now on."

"The food here is made in the small kitchen, and it tastes better than what's made in the main kitchen." Rong Yingluo and the old lady had similar tastes; neither of them liked greasy or meaty food.

"You greedy girl. I don't know how you grew up in your parents' house, that you like to eat the same things as an old woman like me." The old lady was very happy to have a young girl to dine with.

"Madam, I would also like to dine with you," Aunt Feng requested somewhat shyly.

"If you want to stay, then stay." The old lady was neither warm nor cold to Aunt Feng, but she gave her some face, after all, she was a respectable concubine. She was also the younger sister of a general under the Duke. Although she did not come from a high social class, she was still a woman from a good family.

"Thank you, Madam."

After breakfast, Rong Yingluo wanted to stay and listen to the old lady talk about how to manage the household affairs.

Aunt Feng also found an excuse to stay and watch Rong Yingluo do the accounting, and she could even offer some pointers, especially on the prices of the various items recorded in the account book.

"Young Madam, chickens usually cost twelve coins a pound, but it says fifteen coins here. This means the maid who bought them might have pocketed some, but she wasn't too greedy; she just raised the price a little bit," Aunt Feng said, pointing to a spot.

"Oh, I see. Grandmother, should we arrest the maid who did the shopping and give her a beating?" Rong Yingluo asked, not understanding.