Qin Yuan blushed involuntarily, turned around, hurriedly tied her sash, and then asked, "Was it the Marquis practicing martial arts outside just now?"

Gu Jinghui walked up to her, his body radiating heat, which made her feel hot as well.

Qin Yuan couldn't help but take a half step back, turn her face to the side, and frown, saying, "I wonder where Hongye and Cuiming went."

Gu Jinghui stared intently at her flushed face, watching with great satisfaction as she grew redder and redder. He then raised his handsome eyebrows and said, "Hongye, find me some clean clothes. Cuiming, go to the kitchen."

"To the kitchen?"

"Okay, we'll have breakfast together this morning, so we won't go to the upper room."

Qin Yuan had no choice but to agree.

Gu Jinghui added, "My injury seems to have healed. It's too hot, so I just stretched my muscles and broke out in a lot of sweat. I need to take a bath before I can change my clothes."

Qin Yuan was stunned for a moment before she understood what he meant.

"Then shall I instruct the maid to fetch hot water for the Marquis to bathe?"

"Okay, then we'll put it in the clean room."

Qin Yuan: "..."

Lord Gu's intentions are becoming increasingly clear.

After instructing the maid to fetch hot water from the kitchen for the Marquis to bathe, Qin Yuan turned around to go to the washroom to clean herself.

Gu Jinghui suddenly said, "Lady Zhao fainted last night."

Qin Yuan: "...Oh..."

Gu Jinghui added, "Fortunately, I listened to you yesterday."

"What?" Qin Yuan became interested and decided not to go to the clean room anymore. She took a few steps, sat on the bench by the bed, and asked, "Did you tell the old women to carry her away?"

Gu Jinghui looked down at her pair of fair, unstockinged feet and said, "Last night I listened to what you said, and just in case, I went to the main room through the side door first and asked Granny Rong to send someone to take care of Zhao Niangzi and her child."

Qin Yuan: "..."

Lord Gu is being a little too cautious.

However, without doing so, one would not be an ever-victorious general.

“Granny Rong used the old lady’s sedan chair to carry the mother and son to Fengxuan Pavilion. Mother and Granny Rong also went to Fengxuan Pavilion to check on the illness. I also went to fetch the doctor. We were busy for nearly two hours. Mother said that she would not let you go to pay your respects this morning. She wants to rest well.”

Qin Yuan asked in surprise, "Mother has been keeping watch for two hours?"

Gu Jinghui said, "It wasn't that long. After an hour, Mother took the two children back to the main room to rest."

Qin Yuan nodded.

She realized that not allowing them to pay their respects was simply a way of preventing them from meeting.

That's fine too.

"It's just that I'm sorry to have troubled my mother."

Qin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "If something like this happens again, let me take care of it. Mother is getting old, and it's not good to trouble her all the time."

Gu Jinghui smiled and said, "No wonder Mother always thinks of you. You are so good, you deserve it."

He paused, then added, "You shouldn't go either."

Qin Yuan asked, "Then who will go?"

Gu Jinghui winked and said mischievously, "Let Sixth Sister-in-law go. She's on good terms with Zhao Niangzi and manages the household. It would be more appropriate for her to handle this matter."

Qin Yuan: "..."

Hongye had just entered carrying Lord Gu's clothes and accessories when she heard this and burst out laughing.

If we were to name the people Hongye dislikes the most, the Sixth Madam and Lady Zhao would be tied for first place.

Hearing that the Marquis had made such an arrangement, how could she bear it?

Qin Yuan glanced at Hongye, who quickly stopped smiling, respectfully put down the tray containing clothes and accessories, and said, "Madam, you're awake."

"Hmm, I called you all earlier, but none of you were here."

Hongye said, "Perhaps the Marquis was practicing martial arts just now, and the maids couldn't help but go to watch, so they didn't hear the Madam's summons."

Gu Jinghui said, "Alright, alright. Now that Sixteen isn't here, I'll tell them to get to work. I don't usually practice martial arts in the courtyard, but I've been injured these past few days and have been a bit lazy, so I'm just stretching my muscles a bit."

Qin Yuan said, "I didn't say anything. Hongye, please have someone come in to help me wash up."

Hongye quickly replied, "Do we need to call someone else? I'm used to serving you, it would be troublesome to change people."

Seeing how the mistress and servant got along, Gu Jinghui knew even more that this girl was favored. They spoke to each other in a familiar, intimate way, but Qin Yuan didn't mind.

A short while later, the maids brought in hot water. Gu Jinghui washed himself briefly and then came out.

Qin Yuan was already sitting in front of the dressing table, and Cui Ming had returned to help her comb her hair.

Gu Jinghui didn't change his clothes, but just sat on the couch, watching Qin Yuan get ready.

Qin Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "Is the Marquis going to the main camp tomorrow?"

Gu Jinghui responded.

Qin Yuan said, "Then, Lord Marquis, please rest well today. Do you need to apply medicine to your wound?"

Gu Jinghui said, "It's much better now. It doesn't matter whether you go or not. The ointment from Dr. Li of Renhetang is very effective, even better than the wound medicine in the army."

Qin Yuan gave a soft "hmm".

The remedy passed down from her maternal grandparents' family doesn't seem to work.

It seems Lord Gu has good taste.

Gu Jinghui then asked, "What are you going to do today?"

Qin Yuan said, "Today I need to review the accounts of the sewing shop, and the managers of the dowry shops should also be sending their account books and messages."

Gu Jinghui said with some regret, "We've only been married a few days and haven't gone out to play together yet. Now that it's getting hotter and hotter, we can go boating on the lake together and listen to the music to cool off."

Qin Yuan was somewhat stunned.

A few days ago, she recalled the pleasure of boating on the Qinhuai River with her best friend Dong Xinrui when she was young, watching the lanterns together in the evening and listening to the music on the painted boats. She wrote half of a poem, but the second half has not yet been completed.

How could Lord Gu have brought it up so conveniently, and with such elegant words, as if he were a completely different person?

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