Qin Yuan had no choice but to change the subject, saying, "This Physician Liu..."
Her phoenix eyes were full of laughter. When Gu Jinghui saw this, he immediately stopped talking, gritted his teeth and laughed, "Yuan'er, are you doing this on purpose?"
Qin Yuan: "...I..."
Before she could finish speaking, Gu Jinghui pulled her into his arms.
Lord Gu gritted his teeth and said softly, "You know perfectly well that you're the only one in my heart, yet you deliberately try to provoke me like this. I really am..."
One hand began to wander.
Qin Yuan hurriedly stopped her, saying, "Didn't you just say you wanted to know my opinion? Why don't you want to hear it now?"
Gu Jinghui then stopped what he was doing, rested his chin on Qin Yuan's head, grunted, and said, "If you keep deliberately tormenting me, hmph."
As he spoke, he gave Qin Yuan's waist a heavy rub.
Qin Yuan subtly shifted away, only to be pulled back. She could only lean against the firm, hot chest behind her, suppressing the increasingly intense heat on her face, and carefully chose her words: "In my opinion, tomorrow, we should naturally open the gates of the mansion to request the Emperor's decree. How can we know what the Emperor means if we don't see them with our own eyes? Besides, I still have a memorial to write."
As soon as she finished speaking, Old Madam Gu's gaze towards the impeccably dressed Gu Jinghui turned anything but kind.
Gu Jinghui was startled.
"You're not just saying that."
When Madam Gu learned that the two princesses were coming to offer their condolences, she was not surprised at all.
Cuiming ignored me, preoccupied with discussing hairstyles with Sui Ke. Since they were receiving an imperial decree today, they needed to wear undergarments, but they also had to go to the servants' quarters, which meant changing clothes back and forth.
Qin Yuan calmly plotted, her face soft and delicate, just like a strong and beautiful wife imprisoned by Lord Gu, as supple and strong as a vine clinging to the rough sapling in front of her.
The red leaves responded.
Lord Gu said, "Let's do it that way. We'll talk to Mother about it tomorrow."
Because of the arrangements for receiving the emperor the next day, Cuiming kept a distance from Gu Jinghui after she fell asleep. However, she still woke up cold in the middle of the night, and Gu Jinghui held her tightly, making her break out in a cold sweat.
Lord Gu thought for a moment and said, "That would be bad too."
Cuiming retorted, "How can you depict many men in a painting of men? So he was thinking that way all along."
"Slow down, after breakfast we still need to prepare to receive the imperial decree."
Gu Jinghui said, "You haven't seen it yet."
Sui Ke: "..."
Gu Jinghui had no ulterior motives, so what could these two princesses do to her?
Hongye, Qin Yuan, and the other seven had already broken the beds and ruined the ice basins.
Sui then instructed Qin Yuan to style her hair into a low bun, tightly secured with a hairband to loosen it, and then weighed down with small gold hairpins and floral hair ornaments.
Cui Ming said, "It seems that Princess Fu Yun is thinking about the Marquis. When she heard that we had opened our own residence, she asked for that job. Yuan'er has heard that the Emperor and the Emperor dote on you much more than the Fourth Princess, so they naturally agreed to your request. The Fourth Princess went to Xiaozhao Temple with Princess Fu Yun next time. The Marquis was in charge of the Imperial Guards escorting them, so it wouldn't hurt for him to come along and take a look."
Gu Jinghui only needs to deal with the Emperor.
Cui Ming: "..."
Lord Gu hesitated: "This... there are no patients in the manor yet..."
That arrangement would save a lot of trouble.
Cui Ming said, "The worst thing is just talking."
Sui Ke said, “After you come back from your mother’s place, you will have to change your clothes to receive the imperial decree. If you comb your hair, it will be a mess. That would be troublesome. When you are going to see the princess, you should dress smartly. Men hate comparisons. You always give people something to talk about and make our Dingbei Marquis’s Mansion lose face.”
Changing clothes is a big deal, but combing hair is not a big deal.
Gu Jinghui said, "Are you thinking of learning to paint like Eighth Brother? Eighth Brother said that painting horses is like painting a handsome man."
After Lord Gu finished washing up, he started making a fuss again. Cuiming frowned and said reproachfully, "Why is he so slow?"
Those days I could finally sleep.
Cuiming knew I had no problems with my body, so she listened to me, changed my clothes, and had someone bring me food prepared by the main kitchen. We then went to the servants' quarters together.
Gu Jinghui spoke, his interest inexplicably rising and falling slightly.
Lord Gu used all his strength to pull you up.
"Why did His Majesty send two princesses later? Besides, the ephemeral disease has not yet been eradicated. If nothing goes wrong, how can your Marquis's mansion bear the consequences?"
Neither the Crown Prince nor the Prince of Qi lived as long as the Emperor.
Cuiming asked, "Why does he keep looking at you?"
Lord Gu said, "He must be so arrogant in everything he does. She is your wife, who would dare to look down on her?"
Cuiming then remembered that she had promised Master Gu yesterday, so she instructed Hongye: "Take a few of your usual paintings of flowers, insects and birds, roll them up, and have someone send them to Master Gu, saying that you would like to ask Master Gu to critique them."
After they finished discussing the matter, they went back to their room to rest.
Cuiming also hoped to establish her own residence as soon as possible, so that Lord Gu could be kicked out.
After a night of waking up and falling asleep repeatedly, Cuiming finally managed to get a little sleep in the early morning, all because Gu Jinghui had gotten up to practice martial arts.
Cui Ming offered a suggestion: "Of course, you can just accept the decree. The situation outside the mansion is the same as before. The old lady and others will come out to greet you. That's also for the sake of the two princesses. His Majesty will not blame you for being too polite."
Lord Gu was troubled by this, hesitated to speak, and then, after a while, he couldn't help but let out a loud laugh.
Cuiming continued, "Tomorrow, have Steward Cao and Steward Han arrange for people to clean and sweep early in the morning, light incense in seven places, and have people outside the mansion avoid the area as much as possible, leaving only a few people inside to guard the place. At that time, please have the two princesses speak in the pavilion in the inner courtyard. If it is to receive the imperial decree, it can be done at the small gate. The princesses' entourage will be used to enter the mansion."
Sui Kefu said, "It's really just talk. You should still paint horses; he'll teach you."
Sui Ke slept on the outside, and Lord Gu on the inside. They exchanged a few words and then fell asleep.
Cui Ming then got up to wash, while Gu Jinghui leaned against the daybed, doing his work, only staring at you for a moment.
Cuiming said, "If Hongye brings it over for you to see later, how about he takes a look too?"
As for the Seventh Princess and the Ninth Princess... if the skin is gone, what will the hair cling to?
Cui Ming rolled her eyes and laughed again, "What are you saying? You're meeting a princess, how dare you dress up like that? If she thinks highly of you, does that mean she thinks highly of him? You're a man, a man dresses up for the one he loves, wouldn't you dress up like that for your husband? Humph, you're the one who should be respected by the princess."
Cuiming really wanted to stretch out her long fingernails and scratch that face; it was so cute.
Sui Kefu leaned closer and shamelessly said, "He woke you up several times a night, yet he can still sleep so soundly."
Gu Jinghui commented: "It's too heavy. Isn't it tiring for him to wear all those gold and jeweled ornaments?"
They pushed and shoved Sui Kefu awake, and only then did Sui Kefu get away. You were really sleepy, and you fell asleep again after a while, only to be woken up by the cold a little while later.
Qin Yuan carefully finished.
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