Chapter 16 He is embarrassed for his master

“She’s quite good at…”

Before he finished speaking, Gu Jinghui turned around and strode out of the courtyard.

Gu Shiliu hurriedly followed, calling out breathlessly, “My Lord, you…”

Didn’t the Marquis want to ask about the matter I asked him to find out this morning? Why is he suddenly going out again?

Gu Jinghui took a few quick steps, then paused. He turned his head and asked Gu Shiliu, “In Madam’s eyes, am I a traitor?”

Gu Shiliu: “…”

How could he say this?

It is also true that the Marquis only revolves around Madam Zhao and her son, leaving his wife aside.

His parents both said that the Marquis was confused.

Gu Shiliu didn’t understand what the Marquis was thinking, so he asked hesitantly, “What did the Marquis promise Madam?”

Gu Jinghui was stunned for a moment, then said, “Go back and have dinner with Madam.”

Gu Shiliu just followed Gu Jinghui and ran around in circles.

“My Lord, aren’t you going to ask about this morning…”

Gu Jinghui strode into the yard to look for Qin Yuan. He didn’t have the patience to listen to him finish his words. He waved his hand angrily and said, “Alright, alright. We’ll talk next time.”

Gu Shiliu was also tired, so he found a place outside the porch to rest.

Not long after Gu Jinghui entered, Qiu Ju came over with a gift list.

“Sister Qiuju, are you here to look for my wife?”

Qiu Ju asked with a smile: “Why did the Marquis bear to come back?”

Gu Shiliu snorted awkwardly. Even Sister Qiuju, who was beside the old lady, knew about what the master had done. “Did the lady file a complaint?”

Qiu Ju shook her head. “Madam has just entered the mansion, why would she go to complain to the old lady? The old lady likes Madam, and she asked Rong Mama to find out.”

Gu Shiliu felt a little embarrassed for his master.

Qiu Ju said, “I won’t say much to you. The old lady asked me to bring back the list of gifts for the Marquis and Madam to review.”

“The Marquis just went in. Why don’t you stay outside for a while?”

Qiu Ju ignored him and walked straight to the front of the courtyard, saying softly, “The old lady ordered me to return the list of gifts. Please inform her for me.”

The maid guarding outside hurried in. After half a cup of tea, Hongye came out and said, “Madam, please invite Miss Qiuju in.”

As soon as she entered the inner room, Qiu Ju saw the lady helping the marquis change his clothes.

The marquis, who always did things by himself and never needed maids to serve him, opened his arms and let his lady do whatever she wanted.

He also said, “Why didn’t you wait for me to come back to arrange the affairs of Wutong Garden?”

Qiuju felt that the tone of the voice suggested that a storm was about to come.

The Marquis’s wife tidied the Marquis’s clothes while speaking softly, “I had nothing to do and didn’t know when the Marquis would be back, so I went to my mother’s place to talk to her. She gave me a lot of things and sent Rong Mama to help me tidy up Wutong Garden. She said that I had just arrived and didn’t know the situation in the mansion, so the fence should be tightened to prevent any cats or dogs from barging in.”

Qiuju’s heart skipped a beat.

She came at a really bad time.

The room had grown dark. Lord Gu’s face was half sunken in shadow, his eyes were half-open, and his long eyelashes cast deep shadows, making him seem somewhat unpredictable.

The Marquis’s wife ignored him and calmly ordered Hongye and Cuiming, “Light the lamp quickly.”

The lights in the house were lit one by one.

Seeing the Marquis’s wife looking at her, Qiu Ju quickly bowed and said, “Madam, this is the list of return gifts that the old lady asked me to bring. She asked the Marquis and his wife to take a look and see if there is anything missing.”

Qin Yuan did not ask the maid to get it. She took it herself and looked at it, smiling and said, “Mother is so kind. I don’t think there is a need to add any more. This is enough. My Lord, what do you think?” Then she handed the gift list to Gu Jinghui who was still standing there.

Gu Jinghui frowned, glanced casually at Qin Yuan’s hand, and said, “As long as Madam thinks it’s good.”

Qin Yuan handed the gift list back to her and said with a smile, “Qiu Ju, go back and tell the old lady that I think everything on the gift list that mother compiled is good, and there is no need to add anything else.”

Qiuju agreed with a smile.

When they were leaving, Gu Shiliu stretched his neck and winked at her, asking, “What’s up?”

Qiuju didn’t know what to say.

The atmosphere in the room was a bit strange. The Marquis was holding back his temper and seemed to want to be coaxed, but the Lady didn’t provoke him, nor did she ignore him, nor did she take him seriously.

“It’s OK.”

Qiuju hurried back to report.

Inside the house, Gu Jinghui stared into Qin Yuan’s eyes and said, “In such a short time, you’ve already called me so affectionately, even calling me mother.”

“My mother protects me, so of course I am close to her.” Qin Yuan seemed not to hear the thorn in Gu Jinghui’s words, nor did she find anything wrong with him. She asked, “My Lord, are you going to have dinner here? I just ordered someone to go to the kitchen and order a table. I wanted to comfort Rong Mama, but Rong Mama didn’t want to eat, so it’s a good deal for the two of us.”

Hearing the word “we”, Gu Jinghui’s awkwardness inexplicably disappeared a lot. He tilted his head and snorted, “Of course you have to eat. If I don’t eat with you, what if you get angry and go to complain to mom?”

Hongye, who was standing aside, couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

Qin Yuan smiled and said, “Mother is really good to me. I am so blessed to have such a good mother-in-law after eight hundred years of cultivation.”

Gu Jinghui, who was stabbed, frowned and smiled at the same time, and asked through gritted teeth: “Is your husband not good to you?”

Qin Yuan looked at him with a smile but said nothing.

That look seemed to be saying, what do you think?
If he were to ask himself honestly, Gu Jinghui wouldn’t have the nerve to say a good word.

Qin Yuan took a long time to speak slowly: “My husband is naturally a good person. He knows how to repay kindness and takes good care of Madam Zhao’s family.”

The tableware was served at this time. Hongye and Cuiming set it on the nanmu table by the window and invited them to eat. Qin Yuan said, “You guys stay and serve the dishes. I’m tired after a busy day, so I won’t serve you, my Lord.”

Gu Jinghui’s originally bright face darkened again.

Qin Yuan smiled and made way for the food, then started eating. She ate with great relish, as if there was nothing more important in the world than eating.

Seeing how happy she was eating, Gu Jinghui, who originally didn’t want to pick up his chopsticks, also started eating.

After dinner, the two of them leaned back in their chairs and sipped their cups of fragrant tea.

Qin Yuan sighed in her heart with satisfaction that life in the Marquis’ Mansion was truly comfortable. All the tea was Huangshan fog tea which cost 1,000 taels per pound.

It would be stupid not to enjoy yourself and make yourself angry.

The fool Gu Jinghui suddenly asked her: “Did you mean what you said just now?”

“what?”

Qin Yuan pulled back her thoughts and thought again and again, not knowing what Gu Jinghui was asking.

“You said I was fine…”

Gu Jinghui was a little embarrassed.

Qin Yuan said: “It’s the truth.”

Gu Jinghui was somewhat happy.

“only……”

Gu Jinghui’s appetite was whetted, and he quickly asked, “Just what?”

Qin Yuan looked at him with an ambiguous expression, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. Then he smiled and said, “Just what? Let’s talk about it when we return home tomorrow.”

(End of this chapter)