Chapter 110 Self-Destruction
Seeing that he remained silent, Qi Yunwen continued, "Yaoling, why aren't you saying anything?"
Gu Jingxi glanced at her friend, feeling utterly bewildered, and asked, "Why do I need her to bring me food? It's not like I can't walk. If I want to eat home-cooked meals, I can just go home myself."
After hearing this, Qi Yunwen looked at him in astonishment and silently gave him a thumbs up: "This is the first time I've ever heard someone coax me like this."
Gu Jingxi ignored him and continued eating. It has to be said that the Qi family's chefs were quite skilled, a world apart from the chefs in the Dali Temple kitchen.
He didn't speak, but Qi Yunwen continued to chatter on and on.
Gu Jingxi interrupted him, saying calmly, "What does it matter whether or not meals are delivered? Madam Liu delivers meals to Lord Liu every day, but that doesn't stop the couple from fighting. Didn't you see the bruise on Lord Liu's left eye today? He was fine yesterday, but he's like this today. Who do you think hit him?"
Qi Yunwen was speechless. Madam Liu came from a military family, and it was said that daughters of generals were like tigers. Madam Liu also knew martial arts. Lord Liu, a weak scholar who couldn't even kill a chicken, could only be beaten one-sidedly and had no power to fight back.
Gu Jingxi added, "Although my wife never brings me food, she has never hit me or argued with me."
Upon hearing this, Qi Yunwen couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.
Are you getting all proud of yourself?
After a moment of silence, Qi Yunwen retorted, "Your sister-in-law is such a delicate young girl, she can't lift a finger or carry anything. Even if she wanted to hit you, she couldn't beat you. Do you think she's stupid for taking the initiative to fight you?"
Gu Jingxi replied indifferently, "Of course she wouldn't hit me like Madam Liu hit Lord Liu. I'm just stating the facts. No matter how good things are on the surface, it doesn't prevent us from arguing and fighting in private."
Qi Yunwen: "..."
At first glance, it seems to make some sense.
After a moment, Qi Yunwen glanced at him and said, "Although we fought last night, Madam Liu brought Lord Liu food again today, which proves that there's not much of a problem." He paused, then asked curiously, "No man dislikes a virtuous wife who is gentle and considerate. Are you an exception?"
Gu Jingxi found him very noisy, unable to eat in peace. He was getting more and more long-winded as he got older. She said calmly, "That might be true. I am quite virtuous and like to be gentle and considerate to my wife."
Qi Yunwen: "?"
After finishing the last bite of rice, Gu Jingxi slowly put down his chopsticks and said, "I'm full. Enjoy your meal."
Qi Yunwen glanced at the empty bowl in front of him, then at the barely touched rice in front of her, and looked up at him with an expression that seemed to say: How long have you been hungry? Why are you eating so fast?
Gu Jingxi glanced at him indifferently: "If you keep talking nonsense, it'll get dark soon, and you can eat it for dinner."
Qi Yunwen: "..."
However, he didn't waste any more words. He finished his lunch as quickly as possible, cleaned up the dishes, and then discussed the case with Gu Jingxi.
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In the afternoon, Shen Zheng finished his shift.
These days it's not too busy, and the adults all leave work on time.
As Gu Jingxi stepped out of the Dali Temple government office and was about to descend the steps, he saw a familiar figure. The young girl, dressed in a bright red dress, stood quietly beside the stone lion on the left side of the Dali Temple government office. The early summer breeze blew by, making her dress flutter and attracting attention. She was accompanied by two maids.
Seeing this, Gu Jingxi was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to his senses, stepped down the stairs, walked up to her, and asked gently, "Madam, what brings you here?"
Meng Jinyao replied, "I have something to discuss with my husband. If he is busy with other matters, then I will not disturb him any longer."
Gu Jingxi was taken aback again, then said, "It's not convenient to talk here, let's go over there."
At this moment, several adults who came out from behind saw Gu Jingxi talking to a beautiful young woman and felt curious. When had their Minister Gu ever been so intimate with a woman?
An official stepped forward and asked, "Lord Gu, who is this?" He then looked at Meng Jinyao, a look of amazement flashing in his eyes. He quickly realized that his gaze had been abrupt and hurriedly looked away.
Gu Jingxi replied, "This is my wife." Then he said to Meng Jinyao, "Madam, this is Lord Zhang."
The official was surprised and quickly bowed, saying, "So you are Madam Gu. My apologies for not recognizing you."
Meng Jinyao nodded with a smile: "Lord Zhang."
Gu Jingxi said, "Lord Zhang, my wife and I have other matters to attend to, so we'll take our leave now."
The official Zhang hurriedly said, "Alright, Lord Gu, Madam Gu, please take care."
Gu Jingxi nodded slightly, then pulled the little girl toward the parked carriage, with her two maids, Qingqiu and Ningdong, following behind.
Seeing this, Lord Zhang and the other officials behind him were both surprised and astonished.
They had previously whispered among themselves that Lord Gu and Madam Gu might have a troubled relationship, and that Lord Gu might be dissatisfied with Madam Gu, since Lord Gu was forced to marry the fiancée who should have been his son, which was a huge loss of face for him.
As a result, today Madam Gu came to see Minister Gu, and Minister Gu even pulled Madam Gu away in front of them. They didn't seem to have a bad relationship. If they didn't have a good relationship, they wouldn't even hold hands, let alone look at each other.
The official Zhang took a few steps back and whispered to Qi Yunwen, "Lord Qi, we believe you now. Lord Gu and Madam Gu have a very good relationship."
Qi Yunwen paused for a moment, then chuckled, "Would I lie to you about something like this? You actually doubt my words?"
Lord Zhang said with a forced smile, "No, no, we didn't suspect Lord Qi, we just found it unbelievable."
"Stop thinking about things that are unfounded and based on rumors."
Qi Yunwen glanced at them, thinking of what his friend had said at noon. He felt that he couldn't be the only one who heard such words, so he continued, "Our Lord Gu is a virtuous and good man. He likes to be gentle and considerate to his wife, but he can't bear to let her do anything. He is afraid that his wife will be tired from running around when he delivers her food. He also said that he has legs and can go back to eat at home if he wants to eat at home."
The officials were dumbfounded: ???
They could understand that they couldn't bear to see their wives working so hard, but did their ruthless and decisive boss, Lord Gu, have anything to do with the word "virtuous"?
Qi Yunwen didn't want to say more, so he waved his hand and said helplessly, "Alright, everyone can go home now. A bunch of grown men, why are you acting like women, gossiping about this kind of thing? I'm embarrassed for you."
The adults quickly responded with smiles.
Today, the rumors of discord between Lord Gu and Madam Gu have been dispelled, and no one in the Dali Temple is saying that Lord Gu and Madam Gu are not getting along.
The two are an older man and a younger woman, and the wife is so beautiful. Lord Gu clearly cherishes her very much, so how could he possibly dislike Madam Gu?
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