Chapter 21 Don’t Be Kept in the Dark
Qin Yuan hasn’t spoken yet.

Cui poked Qin Wan with a finger first.

The ladies all looked at Qin Yuan’s face with their own thoughts. Qin Wan covered her head which was full of gold and silver ornaments, with a puzzled look on her face. She shouted, “Mother, why are you poking me? I am just concerned about my sister. We are all family here. There is nothing that cannot be said. If my sister is really unhappy, she can speak out and everyone can help with ideas. It is better than her thinking blindly on her own.”

Ms. Cui: “…”

Qin Yuan couldn’t help but cover her mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled a few times: “Mother poked you for your own good, dear sister. The Marquis’s Mansion is not a small family. How can they let the new daughter-in-law run the household right after she married into the family? Before the Marquis married, wasn’t it natural for the Sixth Madam to help the Old Madam run the household? You are already married, so it’s not like you’re at your mother’s house.”

Qin Wan, who married into a small family: “…”

Qin Yuan asked her again: “But the Lin family has let you take charge of the household expenses these days?”

Qin Wan’s expression changed, “No.”

“Oh?” Qin Yuan didn’t believe it and responded in a meaningful long tone.

Cui and Qin Wan’s faces turned red.

Before everyone came, Qin Wan had already shown off to Cui. She was the only one who responded to everyone’s calls at home. Everyone would ask her about what to eat and what to use. She felt very comfortable.

Qin Yuan continued, “I don’t know where my sister heard the news from, but it’s true. The Marquis brought back a woman from the battlefield, and a pair of twins.”

Qin Wan was in high spirits again, with a concerned look on her face, and secretly asked happily: “Sister, what are you going to do?”

“What can we do? She can stay in the Marquis’s mansion. Her husband is the Marquis’s benefactor.”

One sentence drew everyone’s praise and admiration.

Qin Wan: “Heh.”

She looked like she was the only one sober while everyone else was drunk, which made Cui very angry. She threatened in a low voice: “Don’t talk nonsense anymore. If you disrupt this banquet today, I can forgive you, but your father won’t forgive you either.”

Qin Wan immediately became obedient.

After all, Lin Ziqi hasn’t passed the imperial examination yet and still needs her father’s guidance.

There is no need to rush to laugh at Qin Yuan.

A journey of a thousand miles tests the strength of a horse.

Qin Yuan was not satisfied yet. She acted like a sister and said to her, “I am not criticizing you. Although the Lin family is small, we still have the mother-in-law. You are a newlywed. Why don’t you stay at home and serve your mother-in-law and husband? Why are you asking for these news?”

Qin Wan couldn’t answer.

Cui smiled and said, “She just overheard it on the way here and she said that because she’s worried about you. Your sister has been spoiled since she was a child, so you, as her elder sister, should take care of her more.”

Seeing the look in her mother’s eyes, Qin Wan could only whisper, “Mom is right.”

Only then did Qin Yuan let her go, and in the envious gazes of everyone, he handed the list of gifts for the return visit from the Marquis’ Mansion to Cui.

“The Marquis’ Mansion is really grand. The gift list for the return visit is so thick.”

“This marriage of my eldest aunt is really excellent. Marquis Dingbei is a hereditary title, which is really a huge wealth.”

Everyone looked at him with envy and kept praising him as if he was free.

Cui was also secretly shocked when she saw the gift list, and asked, “Why is the gift so generous?”

Qin Yuan smiled and said, “Mother, this is the gift list prepared by the old lady herself. She also asked me and the Marquis if we want to add more. Maybe she values ​​the Qin family.”

Cui smiled, with a complicated look in her eyes.

The fact that Qin Yuan was personally arranged by the old lady for the return visit gift shows that she is deeply loved by her mother-in-law.

Even if a woman in this world is not loved by her husband, her status will be secure if she is recognized by her parents-in-law.

“Give birth to a prince sooner, and your life will be stable in the future.” Cui advised Qin Yuan.

Qin Wan felt sad watching from the side.

In her previous life, her mother-in-law disliked her, and her husband quarreled with her. Not only did she not see her husband for a few days after their marriage, but she was also embarrassed everywhere and was laughed at for being petty and unpresentable.

Even the servants in the Marquis’s Mansion looked down on her and bullied her secretly.

Qin Yuan made her look like a joke.

In this life, although the couple lived in harmony, she had to prepare the return gift herself, and she used her own dowry. Although Mother Lin didn’t say anything, everyone could see the unhappiness on her face.

Qin Wan suddenly felt like crying.

At this time, maids and old women came in one after another, set the table, and everyone took their seats. There was toasting and laughter at the table.

Qin Yuan was revered as the Marquis’ wife, so she was naturally the center of attention. However, Qin Wan, who was usually revered as the phoenix of the Qin family, sat aside dejectedly, listening to everyone’s flattery in a depressed manner.

Even Cui, who was flattered to the point of being a little flattered, sighed inwardly.

If he hadn’t been confused, his daughter would be the center of attention.

But what’s the point of saying this now?

After the banquet, everyone felt a little bored sitting in the house, so they got up and wandered around the Qin family’s yard to digest their food.

The Qin Mansion was small, and with the male guests in the front yard, it was not convenient to go there, so they could only chat in the backyard in groups of three or four.

Qin Yuan was talking to her second aunt when Qin Wan came over and said, “Sister, I heard a rumor outside that…”

The second aunt was talking about her son Qin Siyuan’s college entrance examination when she was suddenly interrupted and had to stop talking awkwardly.

Qin Yuan glanced at Qin Wan.

Qin Wan ignored this relative and said to herself, “The woman the Marquis brought back is surnamed Zhao, and we all call her Madam Zhao. She is nominally in mourning for her husband, but in fact she is very much loved by the Marquis. The Marquis is just waiting to give her a status after marriage. The twins may also be the Marquis’ children.”

The second aunt’s face turned red and blue. She felt embarrassed for Qin Yuan, and was angry at Qin Wan for being so rude and for making her sit here and listen to such nonsense, which dirtyed her ears.

Qin Yuan sneered, “Today is a good day to return home. I don’t want to hurt your relationship and upset my mother and father. If you had a brain, you wouldn’t say such nonsense.”

Qin Wan said angrily, “I am doing this for your own good. Why do you have to pretend that the old lady and the Marquis love and respect you? Madam Zhao and the twins are not easy to deal with. I am just reminding you out of kindness. Don’t let the Marquis take them as concubines and you still stay in the dark.”

She drank some wine, and the wind outside and Qin Yuan stimulated her, making her a little drunk.

The Qin family’s backyard is small. Although the women did not go closer, they all looked over here and listened carefully.

They were happy for Qin Yuan that she had found such a good marriage, and they also felt proud to tell others about it, but in their hearts they still secretly hoped that Qin Yuan was not as glamorous as she appeared to be.

The second great-grandmother was caught between the two men, at a loss as to what to do.

Qin Yuan looked around and said solemnly, “The Marquis told me personally that Madam Zhao’s husband had saved the Marquis from disaster in the northern frontier, and the Marquis took care of them to repay his kindness. The Marquis is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty, so how could he do such a dirty thing? The twins are the children of the Marquis’ benefactor, and the Marquis treats them as his own. Madam Zhao has not even paid her respects yet. Whoever spreads such gossip outside and tarnishes the reputation of our Marquisate has ulterior motives.”

Qin Wan’s face flushed and she was speechless.

Qin Yuan added: “Next time, if you hear such gossip again, have someone bring her to the Marquis’s residence, and I will thank you very much.”

Before he finished speaking, a male voice came from the second door, “Yuan’er is right. You and I are of the same mind and have the same thoughts.”

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