Gu Shiliu didn't have time to talk to Hongye in detail and hurriedly went into the side room.
As soon as he entered, Gu Jinghui asked with a dark face, "What have you been busy with these past two days?"
Having served him for a long time, Gu Shiliu knew that this was just a prelude and he didn't need to answer.
Sure enough, Gu Jinghui then asked, "How's the investigation you were asked to do the other day coming along?"
Gu Shiliu felt a little wronged.
He was all alone, and he had to serve the Marquis, protect the Marquis's wife, investigate rumors, and occasionally be ordered to do other things.
I simply can't be in two places at once.
I've said it several times, I want to call Seventeenth to serve as well, but the Marquis insists that it's unnecessary.
He's not the Monkey King, Sun Wukong.
"I've investigated a bit, but I'm too busy to handle it all. There are too many people in the manor saying these things."
There was too much talk, but Gu Shiliu felt that apart from the people brought by the Lady Hou, everyone else was talking.
This requires checking each one individually, which is quite troublesome.
But he had already done some research and vaguely knew where the source was.
"Then tell me, what exactly did you investigate?"
At this moment, Gu Jinghui was like an interrogator in the central command tent, questioning scouts about enemy military intelligence; his sharp eyebrows were frosty.
"I know roughly that these things are being spread by people over there."
But there's no way to go any further.
"Hmm, tell me about it."
Gu Jinghui replied casually.
"There are people from the Sixth Madam's side, the Seventh Miss, and..."
He said that Gu Jinghui's face would freeze over if he were alone.
"besides?"
The Dingbei Marquis's residence only has these few masters, who else is there?
It couldn't be his mother, could it?
Gu Shiliu glanced at Gu Jinghui and said, "And Zhao Niangzi."
"What?"
Gu Jinghui waved his hand in shock, and the jade pillow was pushed to the side of the bed, then fell to the ground along the smooth bamboo mat with a crisp sound.
Gu Shiliu felt a pang of regret.
But Gu Jinghui had no time to worry about any of that.
"You mean Zhao Niangzi was saying outside about me... about me?"
These people didn't all say the same thing.
The people of the Sixth Madam kept saying that the Marquis doted on Lady Zhao and her two children, always wanting them to have the best of everything and eat the best of everything, and not allowing them to suffer the slightest grievance. They were the people the Marquis held dear, the future masters, and that everyone in the mansion should be more careful and watch their step.
The Seventh Miss would frequently mention, during gatherings outside, the importance of Madam Zhao and her two children in the Marquis's heart, using it as a topic of conversation.
As for Zhao Niangzi...
She observed mourning and lived in the mansion. Apart from showing off her status as the mother of the Marquis's children, she also associated with the wives and children of the Marquis's subordinates.
She always said that the Marquis was the father of the children, and that she was a woman who could only rely on the Marquis's mansion. Fortunately, the Marquis was very kind to them, so she could rely on him for the rest of her life.
All these factors combined led everyone in the mansion to believe that Lady Zhao would enter the mansion as the Marquis's concubine once her mourning period was over.
Everyone in the manor thought this way, let alone outsiders.
Rumors are circulating that Lady Zhao is a woman the Marquis brought back from the battlefield. She is deeply favored by the Marquis and has even given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Perhaps she will inherit the Marquis's mansion in the future.
“Absurd, absurd.”
Gu Jinghui frowned in disgust at his dark eyebrows.
"you say……"
Gu Shiliu strained his ears to listen.
Gu Jinghui swallowed it back.
What's the point of saying all this now?
After a long pause, Gu Jinghui sighed, "No wonder Madam said those things."
What about dignity, what about how to arrange things for Zhao Niangzi and her son?
What can be separated without a heart?
Gu Shiliu hesitated for a moment before saying, "I've heard..."
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Jinghui asked, "What did you hear?"
"I heard that Madam Zhao is ill, and moreover, she won't allow anyone to see a doctor, I'm afraid..."
Gu Shiliu hesitated, as if he wanted to speak.
Gu Jinghui's brows were furrowed, his face was cold, and his eyes were filled with anger.
He was clearly very angry.
What exactly is she trying to do?
Gu Shiliu said, "Can't you see, my lord, that this is Zhao Niangzi's self-inflicted injury ruse?"
He, an unmarried man, still had to think about these things for the Marquis.
Lord Gu was stunned.
Gu Shiliu: "..."
The master really didn't notice.
Gu Shiliu had no choice but to speak frankly, saying, "My lord, Zhao Niangzi had those kinds of thoughts, which caused you to be punished by the old lady. Zhao Niangzi couldn't find any other way to come to you. If she tried to kill herself, you could naturally ignore it, but she's slowly getting sick like this. Can you just watch her like that? Sooner or later, the two young masters will come begging to you. What will you do then?"
Gu Jinghui got up irritably and paced back and forth like a headless fly.
After a long pause, he said, "I'll be returning to the main camp tomorrow. Have someone tell Cheng-ge'er and Yu-jie'er that I've gone to the main camp, and that they've reached the age to enter the Imperial Academy's primary school. They can no longer stay with their mother for upbringing. Let Cheng-ge'er live in the outer courtyard and find a teacher to instruct him. As for Yu-jie'er..."
Gu Jinghui paused.
In the end, both Brother Cheng and Sister Yu are Zhao Niangzi's children.
Although he was the godfather, he could not act unilaterally and had to discuss things with Zhao Niangzi.
But right now, he doesn't want to see this woman at all.
There was a knock on the door.
Gu Jinghui then came to his senses and asked, "Who?"
Qin Yuan said softly from outside, "Husband, it's me."
Gu Jinghui was originally angry with Qin Yuan, but now he inexplicably felt guilty and dared not see her again.
"May I come inside?"
Gu Jinghui said, "Come in."
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