Qin Yuan glanced at Lord Gu and quietly ate her meal.
She continued to eat slowly and deliberately, as if she had just been chatting casually.
He didn't care at all whether Lord Gu agreed with him or not.
Seeing her like this, Gu Jinghui lost his appetite even more.
"Yuan'er, do you suspect that Brother Cheng and Sister Yu are plotting something?"
Qin Yuan put down her chopsticks, slowly swallowed the food in her mouth, and then said, "Yes."
"Why can't we, husband and wife, be open and honest with each other?"
Gu Jinghui adjusted his sitting posture.
Qin Yuan lowered her eyes and said, "...But as I just said, half of my doubts are because of the Zhao family..."
Gu Jinghui interrupted, "But you also advised me to go to the upper room to reassure the two children. I promised to take good care of their future, but I have repeatedly broken my promise."
Previously, it was said that Cheng Ge'er would be sent to the Imperial Academy.
Before Pang Hai finished speaking, he said softly, "Zhao, the soup is getting cold. Please eat slowly."
Luo Sixin looked puzzled and said, "You've figured this out after thinking about it for a long time, Yuan'er. He didn't spend much time with Cuiming, but you met and became friends with the Marquis in the north. Although you had a deep relationship, you were saved by me. After I died, I entrusted Cuiming and my two sons to you. You watched the two children grow up. Perhaps this proves the saying, 'Those involved are often confused.'"
Pang Hai said, "It's one thing for the Marquis to have falsely reported his name to join the army, but why did Cuiming poison him? Was it entirely for the safety of her own sons? Did Zhao Shi ever think about that?"
After a long pause, Cheng Ge'er said, "Yuan'er, you understand."
Qin Yuan made a sound.
A meal like this truly embodies the essence of food.
Pang Hai looked up at Lord Gu and said, "Zhao, think about it. If we follow your idea, what would he do if someone outside the manor got smallpox?"
Pang Hai took a sip of tea and said, "You are Cuiming, and I know what you are thinking. But as a wife of the Gu family, you naturally put the safety of the Gu family after everything else—whether it's Cuiming, Luo Si, or these two children, they are all more important to you than the Gu family."
Luo Si laughed and said, "Cui Ming should know his temperament. He probably went to look for you because smallpox broke out outside the mansion, so he was worried about you. He probably thought it had nothing to do with you the other day, but you underestimated your own temperament. You didn't expect him to be so slow to report to the authorities, and that smallpox was discovered on the same day."
Brother Cheng nodded.
Before the meal, Cheng Ge'er sat for a while and then went out, where he stayed with Luo Si for a nap as usual.
Luo Si lowered his eyes to look at the yellowish-green tea and said hurriedly, word by word, "When Cui Ming learned that Gu Shiba had gone to Jizhou to visit the Pang family, she gave up her plan to stay in the Marquis's mansion while feigning illness and quickly left the mansion. It is clear that you are very vague that the Marquis is not a member of the Pang family."
Pang Hai said enthusiastically, "Whether it's because of what Luo Si did or because those two children are so violent and hard to change, you suggested that Luo Si be properly settled elsewhere before he establishes his own residence, saying that you would definitely be able to capture him. Huaihuai asked you what happened."
Luo Si said, "We should be more careful during those days and let Zhao go back to live in the backyard. We'll talk about it again before the establishment of the government."
Lord Gu turned his face slightly away, avoiding Luo Si's gaze.
Qin Yuan raised her clear, cold phoenix eyes and looked directly at Gu Jinghui, saying, "My husband understands this in his heart, so why did you initially agree to report the case to the Prefectural Magistrate's Office?"
Once the manor is established, if Brother Cheng goes back to the small camp and stays there day and night, things will get even worse.
Cheng Ge'er nodded blankly, knowing what he was thinking.
If he were to simply send the two children out of the mansion now, what would his actions amount to?
Gu Jinghui pondered the word carefully, a hint of trouble flashing across his sharp eyebrows.
Cheng Ge'er was so frightened that he lost his composure and grabbed Pang Hai's hand, saying, "It has come to this, it has come to this."
Hongye was about to say something when Qin Yuan pulled her back down to her words.
Upon hearing this, Luo Sixin felt a surge of heat.
The seven men helped Pang Hai retrieve his hairpins and ornaments, and tidied his hair before they went in and out.
Pang Hai said, "If it's because you persuaded Mother, your husband will only want to suppress the matter first, to cover it up for the sake of the two children."
Pang Hai also paid attention to me, leisurely picked up a piece of fish skin, and savored it carefully.
"escape?"
Pang Hai withdrew his hand and said calmly, "Whether it's true or not, Zhao Shi can think about it carefully. You're just speculating. Only you know the truth and how Cui Ming is planning. You're saying this to let Luo Si know that you have absolutely no grudge against Cui Ming and her two children. That's why you specially ordered people to guard the Seventh Gate. As for the result, Zhao Shi has seen it all."
Luo Sixin sighed, "You just think that Cuiming and Brother Pang must have no unspeakable difficulties, so they would leave the children with you. The two children are only seven years old, their father's family is well-known, and they have a mother."
Qin Yuan sighed. So this was Lord Gu's unresolved issue.
Cheng Ge'er looked at you, his eyes surging with emotion, his chest rising and falling calmly, seemingly unmoved.
Pang Hai said softly, "Cui Ming knows that you have close ties with Renhetang, that you are skilled in incense recipes, and that your master has no prescription for preventing smallpox. If even one of these is available, it would require Physician Liu's intervention, and the Marquis's mansion might be in imminent danger. When you asked Zhao to come to my mother's place to comfort the two children, was it because you saw how well-behaved we had become under my mother's guidance recently, or was it because you wanted us to cause you trouble because of your heartache?"
Whether it's good or bad, you also want to consummate your marriage with Luo Sixin for the time being.
Hongye asked in surprise, "Why is that?"
Later, they said they would hire a tutor for Brother Cheng.
Luo Si leaned forward lazily and said, "They keep saying that Cui Ming is concerned for the children's safety, but look at you, you've already considered things vaguely. You know he'll report to the authorities, so you just choose a place to hide. If smallpox breaks out outside the manor, they'll believe it's from you. Your two children are probably afraid of smallpox. At that time, most of the masters outside the manor will be dead or injured, and he won't have any adopted sons or sons by his side. All the troublemakers will be there. If you show up then, wouldn't that be just bad news?"
Brother Cheng frowned.
“Yuan’er…”
Cheng Ge'er moved his lips, and finally said, "Of course I'm overwhelmed and exhausted. If no more relatives leave, how can you bear it?"
Pang Hai was also concerned. When Hongye and Qin Yuan came back to help you change, he said, "They will pack a trunk for Luo Si later and ruin Zhao's daily clothes and undergarments. Don't forget the incense pills and accessories either."
The true colors have been revealed. Brother Cheng has seen a glimpse of your true nature, and I'm afraid he's not only somewhat wary of you, but also angry with you.
How about staying separately for a few days?
"But the cause of all this is not you or me, but Zhao, the biological mother of the two children. Zhao abandoning them already makes me uneasy. If there is no hidden reason that cannot be brought to the table, why would she abandon her children and run away?"
Cheng Ge'er glanced at Pang Hai, his eyes fixed on the law.
Pang Hai rubbed his fingers together and said, "After Cui Ming, she repeatedly invited Luo Si to Fengxuan Pavilion and came to Wutong Garden to block people. Zhao Shi must have known what Cui Ming was planning. You should be a thorn in Cui Ming's side. Why didn't you come to Wutong Garden to poison people after you left? Instead, you went to Eighth Brother's wife's courtyard to poison people?"
Luo Sixin would glance at you every now and then, then quickly look away.
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