Gu Shiliu was somewhat surprised.
He had only been gone a short while, rushing here as fast as he could. Who cut in line and displeased the Marquis?
Gu Jingjun stretched and said, "I didn't hear it very clearly either. It was something about apologizing, but I guess it's still because of those two little troublemakers."
After visiting his two sickly daughters, Master Gu's paternal instincts were rekindled, and he wished he could immediately kick Cheng Ge'er and Yu Jie'er out of the house, and he couldn't find a kind word to say about them.
Gu Shiliu hurriedly found a guard to help him go to the main room to find out information, while he waited in the outer courtyard with the package.
A short while later, a guard returned with a message saying that the Marquis was reprimanding the twins in the main room.
Gu Shiliu thought for a moment, then picked up the package and chased after them.
Upon entering the main room, one sees Old Madam Gu sitting on the daybed with a furrowed brow and an unpleasant expression, while Gu Jinghui sits upright in a grand chair with a cold and stern face, with two children clinging to his legs and wailing as if they have suffered a great injustice.
Gu Shiliu had never seen such a situation before.
Lord Gu has always doted on his two children.
Cheng Ge'er's face was flushed from crying, with tears and sweat streaming down his face. He looked quite pitiful. He kept saying, "My godfather told me to apologize to a lowly servant. The servants in the manor already mocked me for not having parents, gave us attitude, and talked about us behind our backs. Now we have no dignity left as masters."
Lord Gu patiently reasoned with them: "Lu Wenxia and Gu Jinghui, they did something wrong, so they should apologize. They also served outside the military camp. Officers and soldiers treat each other equally. Anyone who makes a mistake will be punished with a beating. They beat someone so badly that they are bedridden. Should they apologize?"
Madam Gu's brows relaxed a little.
Brother Cheng: "..."
Yu Jie'er just kept sobbing.
He seemed to have become more estranged from the old lady and Qin Yuan.
Madam Gu said, "Hurry up, the main kitchen has plenty of snacks and fruits. Let us pack two food boxes for this child to eat and play with while he is recovering."
Lu Wenxia sighed, "That's bad too."
Lord Gu shook his head like a rattle drum, "I'm going, I'm going! I stopped you so you could go to the inner courtyard and see what was going on. I even said I was going to tie you up. Am I supposed to get beaten up? I'm not bullying you and your sister because I look down on you. You're a woman, how could you endure such humiliation?"
"In terms of numbers, have fewer people from my family who have served the Marquis's family for generations died than his family? He went to apologize, and Qin Yuan is going to make those outside the manor sad. People have served your Marquis's family for generations, how can you let them feel disheartened?"
Cheng Ge'er hurriedly said, "Madam, could you have the two children take the gifts to apologize to Yu Jie'er? We're making a scene over there, could you please have them help persuade her?"
Xiao Hong stood to the side, feeling both anxious and angry, but unable to get a word in edgewise.
The Marquis chuckled inwardly.
The Marquis entered with two maids. As soon as he stepped back, he frowned and asked, "What happened this time? Why are you crying like that?"
Madam Gu laughed and said, "That little monkey of his is teasing us again. You're getting old, and you really can keep us in check."
Madam Gu's face also darkened.
At that moment, the curtain was lifted, and the voice of Rong Mama, who was guarding the inner room, came out: "Madam has arrived."
Lu Wen glanced at Hongye, and Hongye immediately understood. She pulled Da Hong aside, and the two spoke quietly.
Upon hearing this, Brother Cheng became very proud, glared at the two children, and felt that we had done us a great job.
The Marquis continued, "The fault lies with the father. The two children are willing to go, so let you and Qin Yuan go and apologize."
“Few people saw it with their own eyes. His father saved Qin Yuan, and Qin Yuan raised them in the Marquis’s mansion as her own sons. Yet they were able to bully Lu Wenxia because of that favor.”
"Who is born of parents? Does he think he is inferior to others? When Lu Wenda did good deeds, he still had to kneel in the ancestral hall, be whipped, and apologize to others. Even Yu Jie'er, who respected him, fought back. If he were a woman, he should have fought back fairly."
"I was beaten and injured. Is it enough to pay me compensation? A scholar can be killed but humiliated. You went to apologize, but you didn't even have the face to stay outside the mansion before. These servants and old women were still mocking and slandering you. Whether you and your sister were punished or not, how did your adoptive father treat you in the northern frontier?"
Although Lord Gu and Gu Jinghui won the argument through crying and arguing, they felt more frustrated than anything else.
The Marquis said calmly, "We are still older, and if we are willing to apologize, we will go. Yu-jie should be resting and recovering in peace. If we go to apologize willingly, it will only cause trouble and make her worry that she will be beaten again if we encounter her in the past. No matter how old we are, we are still the masters. Yu-jie dares to fight back. If we make enemies, she will be beaten even more severely the other day."
Cheng Ge'er was embarrassed and said, "...You, you were going anyway, you just wanted to take us to apologize...it would be worse."
Gu Shiba hurriedly said from inside, "Qin Yuan, please go back and fetch the silver and medicine."
Lu Wenxia was crying pitifully on the side, her eyes were red and swollen.
Brother Qi wanted to make amends to the two children, but unfortunately, the two children felt they had suffered a great injustice and could not see through our godfather's good intentions.
Qi Xiaoge's eyes were full of pleading as he looked at the Marquis.
Brother Qi walked up the steps and said, "Madam, wouldn't it be bad if you went to see Lu Wenxia?"
The Marquis glanced at the blushing face and said, "We've been spoiled since we were children, how can we change our temperaments in just a few days? Qin Yuan wants to visit this child, so you should go now, or it will be bad if you wait any longer."
The Marquis said, "Even your mother advised against it, how can you go against her advice?"
Seeing that Brother Qi was enjoying the entanglement, Old Madam Gu cleared her throat and said, "Your Dingbei Marquis family has hereditary titles. Even when there is no war, the people outside the manor have to follow their masters into the battlefield with real swords and spears. The girl he beat up, Yu'er, my ancestor once saved Qin Yuan's great-grandfather and made a small contribution. My father, uncles, and brothers all died fighting alongside Old Qin Yuan and Qin Yuan's brothers. I am the only woman left in the family. You brought me into the manor to take care of me, but it was to let me be abused by him."
The Marquis laughed and said, "Mother, you two are thinking the same thing. You prepared some candied fruit, thinking that the child needs to drink more medicine to nourish his body. Older children are afraid of bitterness, so eating something sweet would be bad for them."
The two children's cries grew louder.
Hongye glanced at Lord Gu with disdain.
Brother Cheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Jinghui also cried so hard he could barely breathe.
Cheng Ge'er's face showed a mixture of shame and disappointment, with a hint of melancholy that he couldn't quite put his finger on.
Lord Gu was usually quite talkative, but back then he spoke eloquently and persuasively.
Old Madam Gu frowned as she spoke, only looking at the disheveled Lu Wenxia.
Lord Gu burst into tears, so loudly the roof seemed to fall off.
I pushed the two children apart and said calmly, "They should behave themselves in the lower room and not cause any more trouble."
Cui Ming pouted.
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