Chapter 69 Life Mentor Gu Badai "Master, please go back." Qi Buchen...

"Please go back, sir." Qi Buchen stood up again to see the guest off.

This situation is so familiar.

After being treated like this by Qi Buchen one after another, Yinzhen began to feel a little resentful.

I have always been considerate of you, why can't you be more honest?

Yinzhen sat and looked at her for a long time, but Qi Buchen didn't move. He stood up and sighed, "I remember you said that we should be honest with each other."

Qi Buchen still maintained his unmoved posture.

Yinzhen let out a long sigh. "I understand. You're in a bad mood right now and don't want to talk about it. Can you tell me after a few days when you're calmer?"

Qi Buchen did not respond, but stood there with his head down, like a sculpture.

"As for the matter of giving the person away..." Yinzhen paused and said, "This matter is not urgent." After saying that, he left.

After returning to the front yard, he called Lin Changqing over and asked, "Here are the results of the investigation."

When he left in the morning, he told Lin Changqing to find out why Fu Jin was angry.

Lin Changqing felt bitter. There was no need to investigate this matter at all. He knew why the concubine was in such a bad mood as soon as he heard it. But his master seemed to have no idea why the concubine was in such a bad mood. He thought that someone else had made the concubine angry and asked him to investigate.

How could he say that? Lin Changqing stole a glance at Su Peisheng, who was sitting at the top. Su Peisheng was oblivious to his opponent's call for help.

What a joke! I was trying to avoid it myself, and how could I save you?

Traitor! Bah!

Lin Changqing mentally spat at Su Peisheng, noticing Yinzhen's edgy expression, and could no longer drag things out. He stammered, "Your servant...your servant hasn't found anything else...Fu Jin was in a bad mood when she returned from the palace that day. Nothing much happened before and after."

"Hmm? Explain clearly." Yinzhen was very dissatisfied with his vague report.

Lin Changqing closed his eyes and thought to himself, "Let me die, then die!" "I think Fu Jin might have encountered something in the palace." He still didn't explain it clearly, but everyone should have understood.

But Yinzhen didn't understand. What he thought was, yes, I forgot about my mother. Maybe my mother blamed my wife for something when she came to the palace that day, so even if my wife was angry, she couldn't say anything. After all, you can't criticize your elders.

What should he do? Yinzhen felt that this matter was very tricky. On one side was his mother, and on the other was his wife. No matter what he did, it would be wrong.

Oh, it’s difficult.

Another night was spent in sighing.

After school the next day, Yinzhen suddenly didn't want to go home. He already knew that his wife was going to visit a temple outside the city again today, so there would be no one waiting for him at home.

Yinzhen walked aimlessly on the street, but the bustling atmosphere in the neighborhood made him feel even lonelier. Others were in groups of three or four, bustling about, but he was alone.

Oh, right, you haven't taken your wife out for a walk yet? Yinzhen suddenly thought of this question, and thinking carefully, it was indeed true. He had never gone out for a walk with his wife. The main reason was that he was too busy and had too much schoolwork. He didn't even have enough time to rest on weekdays, so how could he have time to go out for a walk.

How about taking his wife out for a stroll during this year's Qiqiao Festival? Yinzhen pondered this possibility.

Su Peisheng, who was following behind him, suddenly reminded in a low voice: "Master, it seems that those are Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu over there."

"Hmm?" Yinzhen looked in the direction Su Peisheng pointed in confusion, and found that it was not Gu Badai and his wife.

The old couple didn't bring anyone with them. They sat happily at the wonton stall on the street, waiting for the store to serve their food.

Yinzhen stepped forward and greeted her: "Greetings, teacher, madam."

"Oh, it's Si..." Gu Badai stumbled and stood up to greet him. "...Sir, are you here for wontons too? Come and sit down. Let me tell you, this restaurant's wontons are amazing. I love eating there the most."

Madam Gu was old enough to be Yinzhen's grandmother, so there was no need to be shy about anything. Yinzhen had nowhere to go anyway, so he just sat down and Su Peisheng went to order.

Madam Gu was naturally cheerful, and she was not shy with the Fourth Prince, who was a frequent visitor to her family. She asked with a smile, "I remember you've already married a concubine? Why don't you bring your concubine with you? I can talk to her, too. She's a good girl."

Yinzhen happened to be thinking about this just now, so he said, "She had something to do today and went out of the city. She hasn't come back yet."

"Oh, he hasn't come back yet at this time?" Gu Badai said disapprovingly, "Then why don't you go to pick him up? It's not that safe outside the city." As he said this, he looked at Mrs. Gu, as if asking for praise.

Yinzhen was a little confused. He really hadn't thought about going to pick up the concubine. The main reason was that he didn't know when Qi Buchen would come back, and he didn't know where Qi Buchen would come back from.

The capital city has more than one gate.

He said a little embarrassedly: "I don't know when she will be back."

Mrs. Gu was an experienced person, and she understood the situation immediately. She pursed her lips and said jokingly, "Are the young couple having a quarrel?"

Yinzhen was a little embarrassed: "No...no..."

But thinking of his current troubles, and the presence of the wise old lady, Mrs. Gu, he thought, maybe Mrs. Gu could give him some advice? He could also restore his past relationship with his wife sooner.

"It's just...well, she's just in a bad mood and doesn't want to tell me the reason..." Yinzhen said hesitantly, looking at Madam Gu expectantly.

Gu Badai looked at him with some disdain. He had never expected that even after teaching him all those secrets last time, he still hadn't gotten rid of him. He was simply hopeless! What a waste!

Mrs. Gu was a warm-hearted old lady who hated to see a young couple quarreling. "Oh, that might be too much. Can you guess who it's related to?"

"Well...she is..." Yinzhen was a little embarrassed to say it out loud, "after she came back from paying her respects..."

Everyone present knew his identity. Who else could the Fourth Lady pay her respects to? It could only be someone in the palace, and the most likely one was Concubine De.

Oh~ conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Madam Gu glanced at Gu Badai, who was pretending to drink tea. Looking at his current appearance, one could tell that when he was young, he had suffered a lot from being caught between his wife and his mother.

Mrs. Gu was also a little difficult to persuade. After all, this matter involved the Empress in the palace and was someone else's family affair. It was really difficult to persuade her without understanding the inside story.

"She didn't say anything else after she came back?" Mrs. Gu tried to start from another aspect.

Yinzhen frowned and thought for a moment, then finally told the story of the gift: "I did say one thing, Mother said she would give me a gift."

As soon as these words came out, the tea in Gu Badai's mouth sprayed out immediately.

Mrs. Gu was also surprised at first, but he made her laugh and cry: "You should pay attention to your image! Have you forgotten why you were dismissed from office?"

"I was wrong, I was wrong. I will pay more attention next time." Gu Badai admitted his mistake reflexively.

Yinzhen looked at this and thought that his teacher's family really didn't take his dismissal from office seriously, and now they were even making a joke of it.

Gu Badai and his wife looked at Yinzhen at the same time, their eyes were a little strange.

Yinzhen was confused, not understanding why they were looking at him like that. He hesitantly reached out and touched his face: "I...is there something on my face?"

Gu Badai couldn't help but ask: "You really don't know why your wife is angry?"

Yinzhen looked at him innocently, really having no idea.

Gu Badai immediately trembled, and said to Madam Gu with considerable pride, "Madam, look, you said there was no one more stupid than me in the world, but here's a ready-made one!"

Yinzhen's face turned dark instantly. Even if he was a teacher, he couldn't curse someone in front of him like that!

Madam Gu glared at Gu Badai in anger and said, "Shut up!" Then she looked at Yinzhen, but he was no longer as friendly as before. She muttered in dissatisfaction, "Sure enough, they are all bad guys."

Gu Badai had sharp ears and immediately disagreed: "Madam, if you say so, forget it, but how can you take me with you? After all these years, haven't I performed well enough?"

"Hmph!" Mrs. Gu snorted coldly and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Yinzhen watched the couple interact and started eating, leaving him aside and completely forgetting about him.

He was a little anxious. These two people obviously guessed why Fu Jin was angry, but they didn't tell him. He wanted to ask, but because the wontons came, he had to give up for the time being.

There weren't many wontons, and they tasted delicious, but Yinzhen didn't appreciate them. He kept watching to see if the two had finished. As soon as they put down their chopsticks, he followed suit and said, "Teacher and Madam, please teach me."

Mrs. Gu stood up and said, "I'm going to go to the rouge shop over there, you talk to him." She didn't even want to pay attention to Yinzhen.

Yinzhen looked at Gu Badai eagerly. Gu Badai shook his head and sighed, then stood up and said, "Let's go. We can talk while we walk."

Yinzhen followed obediently.

Gu Badai put his hands behind his back, put away the smile on his face, and looked serious, with some of the majesty of the former Minister of Rites.

"Do you know that I have only had my wife for these decades?" Gu Badai started with himself.

Yinzhen nodded. This matter was known to everyone in the capital, so the eighth generation of the Gu family had a reputation for being henpecked.

Gu Badai continued, "You don't know that before I got married, I also had several concubines in my room. This is very normal. If you look around the men in the capital, you will find that everyone has several concubines in their room, right?"

Yinzhen nodded again.

"I thought so too. So after we got engaged, someone from my wife's family came and told me to dismiss the people in the room, but I didn't take it seriously." Gu Badai said with a look of nostalgia, "Until the day of the wedding, I lifted my wife's veil and was met with a pair of round almond-shaped eyes, which slipped into my heart."

Yinzhen also remembered the day of his wedding, when his wife looked at him after lifting the veil. Her eyes were wide open, filled with panic and helplessness.

"I thought life was just like this, but who knew..." Gu Badai laughed out loud, but didn't say anything else. Instead, he asked, "You know people always say I'm henpecked, right? They say my wife is a tigress?"

Yinzhen nodded hesitantly and said, "That's because outsiders don't know the inside story..."

Gu Badai waved his hand to interrupt him, sighing, "Actually, they're not wrong. My wife was a master whip dancer back then. Can you imagine she even had a whip wrapped around her waist on her wedding day? That whip was specifically used to punish me! After everyone left, before I could even say anything, she whipped out the whip, pointed at me, and asked, 'Have you dismissed everyone in your room?' I was startled and instinctively replied, 'No.'"

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Author's words: Yinzhen: Teacher, my wife is angry again, please save me! [Holding Thighs.jpg]

Gu Badai: Rotten wood cannot be carved! I can't teach you, I can't teach you, let me go! [Crazy leg swing.gif]