When Gu Jinghui returned after changing his clothes, the Cui mother and daughter had already left.
"Why is your sister always talking badly about me behind my back?" Gu Jinghui looked at Qin Yuan with displeasure. "Doesn't she know that husband and wife are one, and that talking badly about me is talking badly about you?"
Qin Yuan smiled slightly, pursing her lips.
Gu Jinghui couldn't help but laugh.
"Husband and wife are one" is a phrase Qin Yuan often uses, and now Gu Jinghui has picked it up.
Qin Yuan rolled her eyes and tentatively said, "Madam Zhao has been ill, and my sister was worried that you might soften your heart and let her stay in the Marquis's mansion."
Gu Jinghui sighed, "It's a good thing I married you. If it were... your sister is really not easy to deal with. Zhao Niangzi is seriously ill. How could I possibly kick her out? Her husband's family has come, and they will naturally arrange for her to be taken care of. It's just a matter of cleaning two guest rooms and settling her in. Mother will handle all these matters. I won't get involved at all."
This statement can be considered both an explanation and a guarantee.
Qin Yuan laughed and said, "What Mother said is just a recurring cold that won't get better. It can't be a serious illness. If it were really serious, and you kicked people out now, who knows what people would say about us."
If something were to happen to Zhao Niangzi, she wouldn't want to be resented for it; it's not worth it.
That was my first wife.
Gu Shisi took out a paper package, opened it, and inside was a white acupuncture needle, as thin as a cow's hair. Zhang Lanrong was startled.
Madam Zhao led Gu Shisi out of Wutong Garden and into the study in the inner courtyard before saying, "Tell me, what happened?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Jinghui smiled and cleverly pulled her to his side. He pinched Qin Yuan's delicate chin, examined the scars on her face closely, and muttered softly, "Fortunately, the cuts aren't severe and won't leave scars."
Madam Zhao nodded and said, "Go. Come back and report to you quickly."
The Marquis also looked up, his hands frantically twisting his sash, and responded loudly.
Every step of the way was pushing me and Qin Yuan closer.
Those who practice martial arts would use those fine needles, as thin as cow hair, to carry out a sneak attack. We who go to the battlefield are used to fighting with knives and spears, so why would we use those?
My clingy wife is so inseparable from me that I have to bear all the trouble myself.
If your family is confiscated and your clan is exterminated, you'll lose everything.
One old woman said to the other, "These two old women from Fengxuan Pavilion have finished gathering information from seven different places."
Gu Shisi then put the white jade box back in its original place. His stern face, which was as hard as ice, lost some of its warmth as he said, "You will return to Wutong Garden later."
Zhang Lanrong responded with a sound that barely escaped her throat, and without pausing, she walked past you.
Where is the coachman?
Gu Shisi thought for a moment and said, "At that time, Madam's carriage passed through the street corner, where there weren't many stalls. Zhang Lan just happened to be passing by..."
Zhao Niangzi said, "You've only been back from the battlefield for a short time, and you're already so lax? You deserve it."
Qin Yuan said, "It's because of the good ointment from Doctor Li of Renhetang. Granny Rong said that this Jade Complexion Ointment is hard to find, and it just so happens that you got it."
Zhao Niangzi's pupils contracted slightly, her eyes burning with intensity.
If the inspection is careless, it may be missed.
Thinking of the passionate scene between the two just now, Hongye blushed. They were such a perfect match. It was a pity that Cuiming was resting and saw it.
Zhao Niangzi slid her little finger heavily under the fair skin of your upper jaw, her voice deep: "But it is."
"The groom has always taken excellent care of the horse, and the manure has been checked; everything is the same as usual, except..."
The servant announced loudly from inside, "King Qi, the Lady has sent someone to ask if you would like to dine together."
Hongye finally breathed a sigh of relief.
You quickly pushed Zhao Niangzi away, lowered your head so you dared not look at me, and said, "Zhang Lan... Husband, go and do your work."
"A fine needle was found while combing the horse's hair."
The jade box was opened with great force, and there lay a slightly longer, white-purple acupuncture needle on the outside.
After a long pause, Zhao Niangzi finally said, "Are they Zhang Lan's men?"
Outside the house, all was quiet, but Zhao Niangzi's heart was pounding like a drum.
"Just what?"
Except for Qin Yuan, who is no longer one of these stall owners.
Zhang Lanrong raised her eyebrows, her sharp eyes filled with fervor.
Gu Shisi dared to interrupt my thoughts.
Hongye stood guard inside the door like a quail, looking dejected. Then she saw Gu Zhanglan lift the curtain and step out, his narrow eyes sweeping over her with a fierce and imposing look. Hongye shrank back and said in a trembling voice, "Prince Qi, it was, it was Gu Shisi who said it was nothing important."
You stood there for a moment, yet you dared to step back and disturb the Marquis. What if Zhang Lan becomes angry and embarrassed?
Gu Shisi exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be... that Qin Yuan has planted a spy?"
"How did Qin Yuan know Madam's whereabouts?"
Madam Zhao was initially annoyed that her plans had been disrupted, but seeing your shy demeanor, she smiled and said, "Yuan'er, go and take a look."
Madam Zhao continued, "The struggle for the throne is more dangerous than the battlefield. The honor that the Gu family has lost can always be regained by the sons of the Gu family. But in the officialdom, if there is even the slightest mishap, the lives of the entire clan will be at stake. It's not just about being finished."
Zhao Niangzi bent her fingers and tapped the table heavily with her knuckles. After a long while, she said firmly, "It's not Qin Yuan."
The scent of soap emanating from beneath the woman, the cool air swirling around your nose and ears, her lips drawing ever closer, almost touching—Zhang Lan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she involuntarily closed her eyes.
I examined it closely and asked, "He said that those small acupuncture needles are used by who?"
I don't have the habit of listening to gossip. It's just that I have sharp ears and eyes, and I can hear sounds from far away since I was a child. I knew how to hide my talents when I was young, but my father repeatedly admonished me that I should keep them hidden. Therefore, only a few people know about my abilities.
Those luscious red lips tempt me to pluck them wantonly.
Indeed, we were carefree in the northern frontier, but became less so when we returned to the capital, surrounded by the splendor of peace and prosperity.
Gu Shisi immediately said, "Then let's go investigate the big one."
Gu Shisi said, "A person from the martial arts world."
Zhao Niangzi frowned, her face bright, as if she had remembered something.
Before Gu Shisi left, Zhang Lanrong looked at the hair-needle under the table, pondered for a long time, and pressed the apron on the left side of the desk. The soft rosewood table sprang open slightly, revealing that there was no hidden compartment.
First, there was a chance encounter at Sangjiawazi, then she took the first princess to visit Xiaoying, and then she escorted the first and fourth princesses to Xiaozhao Temple, where Yuan'er was frightened and rescued.
King Gu Qi walked with his hands behind his back towards the inner courtyard. When he reached the seventh gate, he could hear two old women whispering to each other.
I examined it for a long time before putting the jet-white acupuncture needle from under the paper into the box. The needle looked even whiter against the white jade.
Lord Marquis: "..."
"When you return on the fourteenth, let me go to Wutong Garden to find you."
The Marquis's heartbeat quickened considerably.
Gu Shisi said, "The accident in Madam's carriage was caused by the horse being frightened. The coachman handled it properly, so there was no problem."
Sweat dripped from Gu Shisi's forehead.
“King Qi, Gu Shisi is inside and has nothing to report,” Hongye said, pulling back the curtain abruptly. Only after speaking did she realize what she had done and quickly went back inside.
I pulled out a large white jade box from a hidden compartment.
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