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"I'm going to Lenghua Tower, will you come with me?"
She had originally planned to go to the meeting alone, but Tao Yan's urge to play games might get the better of her, and she was worried that Qi Guanlan might try to trick her. So, Wen Ruo thought about it and decided to invite him along.
We've been discovered!
Qi Guanlan slowly straightened up, his face showing some surprise and a hint of embarrassment. "My mother-in-law has something she wants me to do, right?"
Hong Shiliu caught Wen Ruo's glance, smiled and waved her hand, "You guys go ahead!"
Alas, he was indeed an outsider son-in-law. Qi Guanlan's wishful thinking had failed, and he sighed, "You did this on purpose!"
Wen Ruo: "You don't want to?"
Qi Guanlan pouted, "You're hiding something!"
“Three days have passed by now,” Qi Guanlan whispered in her ear. “I can’t sleep well until I get to the bottom of the Gu matter.”
A warm breath brushed past her ear. He deliberately lowered his voice, and his magnetic voice inadvertently brushed against her earlobe. Wen Ruo's fingertips suddenly curled into her palm, and she quickly glanced at Tao Yan.
Her master, with keen insight, turned around and busily wiped the door frame, pretending to be busy!
The dice were right under the bowl! After Wen Ruo confiscated them, she pulled Qi Guanlan up, saying, "Come on, I'll put your mind at ease."
"It's daytime now." Qi Guanlan was surprised, but also a little confused. What was she hiding from him?
"Get rid of the nonsense in your head, let's go find Mr. Kakeru!"
"All right!"
Qi Guanlan reluctantly followed. Master Yi was simmering medicine on his stove. Upon seeing the two of them, he couldn't help but let out a strange laugh, "You've come at the right time. I've cooked this for you."
The familiar sour smell made Wen Ruo's expression change slightly, and she consciously extended her wrist. "Actually, I don't need to drink it."
Mr. Yi thought she was just throwing a tantrum. After pressing three fingers on her pulse, his brows furrowed more and more, and he looked at Qi Guanlan with a strange expression. "Give me your hand."
Qi Guanlan immediately tensed up, "What's going on?"
The world is full of wonders!
He clicked his tongue and shook his head. "The Gu in her body has become active. As long as it remains active, she really doesn't need my fertility medicine."
"What a pity, I specially developed it, but no one has tried it."
Wen Ruo shrugged, declining the offer to take the medicine. Qi Guanlan swallowed, "Really?"
"That's definitely possible."
"Don't worry."
Qi Guanlan stood there dumbfounded. Wen Ruo bid farewell to Mr. Yi, grabbed the still dazed Qi Guanlan, and left.
Just as they reached the door, Qi Guanlan abruptly stopped in his tracks. "Old man, how do we maintain this position?"
"Multiple bridal chambers."
Mr. Yi didn't even look up; he was studying his medicine. "The Gu is like a young child; it must be carefully nurtured!"
As always, the gentleman makes startling and unrestrained remarks.
Wen Ruo staggered and almost tripped over the threshold, but Qi Guanlan caught her with a sharp eye. He looked at her with a mischievous glint in his eyes and a wicked smile on his lips.
"I see!"
I was careless!
Qi Guanlan gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Sir, you are truly a peerless physician!"
"Ha," Wen Ru sneered. "Why aren't you calling me 'old man' now?"
On the way to Lenghua Tower, Wen Ruo had a cold face, while Qi Guanlan smiled broadly, his lips never drooping.
Zhao Heng's gaze swept back and forth between the two faces. "You've only been married three days and you're already arguing?"
Qi Guanlan kicked him, then grabbed Wen Ruo's hand and showed it off in front of him, "We're doing great, you can cry with envy."
Wen Ruo let him do whatever he wanted.
Cao Xi put down her teacup, the celadon making a soft sound, and breathed a sigh of relief. "Luckily you didn't get into the sedan chair, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen you two so sweet and loving as newlyweds."
Wen Ruo: "What's wrong?"
Cao Xi: "I don't know how the two of them came up with such a stupid idea. I overheard it by chance. She and Dou Chuan were working together to switch the bridal sedan chair."
"It's also my fault. Xue Rong inquired about your marriage, and I went into too much detail to persuade her to give up. Who knew she would specifically ask for the same sedan chair and wedding dress as you?"
Wen Ruo suddenly raised her eyes and murmured, "So this is how the round fan was destroyed."
"If this really happens, things will probably become a complete mess."
Zhao Heng's expression was complicated. "Even if you have to go through the wedding ceremony again, Miss Sun will still be a proper bride brought into the princess's residence. If she threatens to kill herself, people will probably advise you to enjoy the blessings of having two wives at once."
"Snap!"
The teacup in Qi Guanlan's hand shattered into pieces. His eyes, which had been smiling just moments before, were now dark and terrifying, almost spitting fire. "I think he's looking for death!"
Wen Ruo pressed him down, picked out the fragments bit by bit, and finally held his fingers tightly. "Put him in a sack and beat him up secretly. Don't make me go to jail to bail you out."
Zhao Heng clicked his tongue in amazement. "How can you be so calm?"
Wen Ruo chuckled. "They're all so calm. Do they think they can just go and cause trouble without any justification?"
On the way back, Qi Guanlan was still filled with resentment. Wen Ruo glanced at him and said, "Changing the bridal sedan chair would do more harm than good to Dou Chuan. Why would he agree to it?"
Qi Guanlan's expression changed slightly. Their eyes met, and a cold laugh rolled out from his throat, "Sun Xuerong has something on him!"
Wen Ruo nodded, "Recently, the only problem is cheating in the imperial examinations. They are wary of me, and if they keep a close eye on things, they will eventually find a loophole. So the scholars who took the exams for others have disappeared."
They intended to trap them like turtles in a jar, but the Dou and Cen families went there in person!
The Cen family was more cautious. They had clearly heard the last part, in which His Majesty added words that changed the meaning of the question. Unlike Dou Chuan, they did not try to memorize it by rote and ultimately deviated from the main point.
"If the exchange of sedan chairs doesn't work out, the two can become in-laws, sharing both prosperity and adversity. If it does work out, they'll have leverage over each other, which will be even more interesting. In this way, the Dou family will suffer no loss."
"Perhaps the Sun family used Sun Xuerong to conduct a fortune telling, ostensibly to match the horoscopes, but actually to secretly leak the information. I don't know what method they used, but the information was leaked after changing hands several times."
“Sun Yanfang is experienced in his actions and failed to expose his true colors, but Sun Xuerong may not be so sure.”
Qi Guanlan's eyes flashed even colder.
A month later, the two heads of the Dou and Cen families were dismissed from their posts, and two members of the Dou and Cen families were banned from taking the imperial examinations for life, while their family members were banned from taking the examinations for two terms.
Following a tip-off, more than a dozen newly appointed officials were arrested, and the chief examiner, Sun Yanfang, was executed, his family members were exiled, and his family members were banned from employment for three generations.
On the day Sun Yanfang was beheaded, news spread that the second wife of the Dou family had passed away.
This was not the first time, but it was the harshest punishment ever handed down to a powerful and influential family for embezzlement, causing a sensation throughout the capital.
It was another sunny and breezy day. Wen Ruo finished her shift, and Qi Guanlan was leaning against the door, idly turning the jade ring on his hand. His long, dark brocade robe was covered with a little dust, which landed right on the begonia pattern.
"cough!"
"Lord Wen!" Outside, Qi Guanlan liked to call her that with a drawn-out tone, and you could tell from the tone that their relationship was special.
The words had barely left his mouth when he had already darted to the steps.
Their fingers intertwined, the jade ring making a crisp sound. Wen Ruo's eyes lit up instantly, and she couldn't wait to share with him, "I got promoted!"
Qi Guanlan exclaimed, "Wow, that's amazing!"
Wen Ruo couldn't help but smile, her eyes brimming with joy. "The Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review! From now on, He An will have to bow his head when he sees me!"
With his eyebrows raised high and a smug look on his face, Qi Guanlan felt a little itchy. He couldn't resist and hugged him, spinning him around a few times, excitedly saying, "Let's celebrate!"
"You have a day off tomorrow, so why don't we have a long talk all night?"
"You!" That's all you've got. You're always calculating her days off and you have no self-control.
Wen Ruo punched him, then suddenly smelled blood. "Are you hurt?"
"Other people's."
Qi Guanlan grasped her hand and kissed her on the spot. He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "How about I give you five steps and catch up with you before we get home, adding an extra hour?"
Wen Ruo lowered her eyes and paused for a moment, "Half!"
"Why does Lord Wen lack confidence in himself!"
Wen Ruo instantly didn't want to talk to him anymore. If it weren't for your use of the Gu worm to locate me, I wouldn't have been able to catch up even after a year, you bastard.
The Gu worms within her body became increasingly active, and coupled with Qi Guanlan's open and honest diligence, the lingering effects of her past illnesses had long since been completely eradicated. Tao Yan's lightness skill was impressive, but it couldn't compete with Qi Guanlan's!
She had nowhere to hide from the Gu worms.
"Tsk tsk, he's cursing me in his mind again!"
"Fine, a beating is a sign of affection, scolding is a sign of love, as long as you love me!"
"Could you two please keep your flirting to a safer distance?"
He An covered his mouth and nose and walked past, his expression somewhat numb. "Why are you still like a newlywed couple, picking me up every day? Aren't you tired of it?"
The people at Dali Temple knew each other very well.
He must be really idle. Does he just sit at home all day waiting for his wife to come home?
Qi Guanlan still smiled broadly, "Brother He, it's been a year and you're still all alone, no wonder you're not motivated. Look at Lord Wen, he got promoted in just one year after settling down and starting a family."
"Zhao Heng is already holding hands!"
Yes, Princess Rongjing accidentally let slip at a banquet that Qi Guanlan had only succeeded in proposing marriage by presenting a divorce agreement.
Later, one or two people actually started to follow suit, and the number of people getting married in the capital actually increased significantly. Seeing that it was effective, the palace set up a separate department to handle this matter, to observe its future effects.
The people in charge were Princess Rongjing and Wenruo.
After Cao Xi agreed to stay in the capital, Wen Ruo pulled her into her group!
Zhao Heng was greatly inspired and, through some trickery, got Cao Xi to agree.
The biggest gambling spree in Beijing has come to an end!
A new gamble has quietly begun; when will General Gu finally see the light at the end of the tunnel?
"My husband!"
The courtyard resounded with a clanging sound. Taking advantage of his daze, Wen Ruo leaped up, her right hand reaching behind Qi Guanlan, and jumped onto his back in a flash. "I won."
"Trickery?"
A sly glint flashed in Wen Ruo's eyes as she smiled and said, "All's fair in war!"
"A bet is a bet!"
Qi Guanlan supported her legs, turned around with his back to her, and said, "Let's stop practicing for now."
Just as they were about to enter the house, Wen Ruo grabbed his ear and said, "You're trying to cheat, aren't you?"
"How could that be? Take a rest. The cook has made some new desserts; they're best eaten while they're hot."
Upon entering the room, she immediately noticed the pastries on the table, which were exquisite and beautiful. Wen Ruo instantly gave in, "Put me down."
Qi Guanlan snorted softly, picked up the plate she had immediately taken a liking to, and in the blink of an eye came to the bedside. "Want to play a game?"
Always one to play tricks, Wen Ruo sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, took out dice from under her pillow, and asked, "What are we betting on?"
"The night is long, how can you sleep soundly without sweating it out! Shall I teach you a new trick?"
Just as expected, Wen Ruo coughed lightly, "Did I practice martial arts just to play this game with you?"
"I've ordered new underwear, would you like to wear it?"
"How about I wear it for you to see?"
"You're up there?"
"......."
Wen Ruo: Is this how you're going to be shameless for the rest of your life?
Qi Guanlan: Yes, my wife!
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