Chapter 714 Qin Xin Exceeds Expectations in Completing the Mission
Gu Qianhan looked at her, who was almost crying with sadness, but felt no emotion at all.
He wasn't close to anyone in his family. If he hadn't been reborn, he wouldn't even be close to his own sister, Gu Qianning.
Needless to say, Meng Yunlan, the eldest sister-in-law, is also a close relative.
But he always thought that Meng Yunlan was a gentle, kind-hearted young lady from a respectable family.
Because in her past life, and the life before that, she never showed the slightest impropriety. She was filial to her elders, loved her younger siblings, managed the household affairs well, and was dignified and virtuous.
It wasn't until he got married in this lifetime, giving the Duke's mansion a second young mistress, that Meng Yunlan felt a sense of crisis and began to show unusual behavior.
It had started raining outside sometime earlier. Gu Qianhan lost her patience and said indifferently, "I'll take this bowl of bird's nest soup as a gesture of reconciliation from my sister-in-law. Let bygones be bygones. With my brother here, I don't want things to be too awkward for everyone."
"Qianhan, you..."
“If you have nothing else, please go back. You don’t need to come to the study anymore. It’s not appropriate for you and your brother to meet here alone. If you really have something important, have your brother come to me. It’s much more convenient for us brothers to talk to each other than to you.”
"There's one more thing I need to tell you!"
"What's up?"
"It's about Liu Nanshi!"
Gu Qianhan frowned almost imperceptibly: "Why did you tell me about Liu Nanshi? What connection do I have with her?"
"No, that's not what I meant. Liu Nanshi sent someone to specifically ask you to go to Qingyun Tower. He said it's a matter of life and death for the Duke's Mansion that he has to tell you. If you don't go, you'll regret it."
Gu Qianhan's tone was laced with sarcasm: "Concerning the life and death of the Duke's mansion? Is it that serious?"
But he always spoke with barbs and sarcasm, and it was common for him to make sarcastic remarks. Meng Yunlan didn't take it seriously. She lowered her head slightly and said in a very low voice, "I think this matter is indeed quite serious, and it's not just your problem. It would be best to go and see Liu Nanshi."
"Originally, I didn't want to tell you this, but the little maid who brought the news told my sister-in-law about such an important matter, and she immediately refused on your behalf without even discussing it with you. That's why I had no choice but to come here."
Gu Qianhan was taken aback: "A-Tang already knows? She's already refused?"
Meng Yunlan could tell that his emotions had finally begun to fluctuate, and she felt much better.
She said earnestly and gently, "Qianhan, please don't blame your sister-in-law. She's young and impetuous, and you're newly married. It's normal for her to be jealous and unwilling to let you see Liu Nanshi. Please don't argue with her over this, otherwise it will be my fault."
"Oh, and also, if you're going to see Liu Nanshi, you don't need to tell your sister-in-law, so she won't be unhappy if she finds out."
“Sometimes, for her own good and for the sake of your relationship, you don’t need to tell her about these little things; you can handle them yourself.”
Gu Qianhan's face was extremely ugly: "So, sister-in-law also knows that Atang and I are husband and wife?!"
"Qianhan, what's wrong with you?"
"Is it not enough for the eldest sister-in-law to meddle in the eldest brother's room? Now she's even meddling in the younger brother's room?"
"No, I didn't, I just..."
“A woman outside asked to meet me, and my wife refused for me. Now you, as my sister-in-law, are asking me to meet her? Are you sick? What right do you have to relay messages between my wife and me? Do you think my wife and I are living too well?”
Gu Qianhan was furious, not only because he had figured out that Meng Yunlan had come to cause trouble, but also because he felt that with Shen Wantang's abilities, she must have already known that Meng Yunlan had come to see him, and she must have even anticipated what Meng Yunlan would say to him!
Oh no, he's not afraid of offending anyone, but he's afraid of offending Shen Wantang, whom he went through so much trouble to marry!
He couldn't care less about Meng Yunlan anymore and hurriedly walked out, asking Jixiang as he went, "Has A-Tang been here?"
Jixiang followed them out with a blank expression: "I don't know, young master. I've been inside the whole time and didn't notice anything outside. I guess... no one came, right? If they did, they would have come in!"
Meng Yunlan followed them out of the study, accompanied by her maids and nannies.
As soon as I stepped out of the front gate, I ran into Qin Xin.
As Qin Xin watched Gu Qianhan and Meng Yunlan come out one after the other, she could no longer suppress the anger in her heart.
She held up her umbrella and rolled her eyes at them both: "Oh my, so you two finally decided to come out!"
“Our poor young mistress has been waiting outside in the rain for half a day, but she still hasn’t seen her husband! I don’t know what you two are busy with inside, and you have to avoid our young mistress, refusing to let her in no matter what.”
"This is truly an eye-opener! In this prestigious Duke's mansion, there are such strange things. I've been in the palace and the Ning Prince's mansion for over ten years, and I've never encountered anything like this before!"
Gu Qianhan froze: "What did you say? A-Tang is waiting for me outside?"
Meng Yunlan's face turned ugly; she had never been humiliated like this by a maid before!
"You maid, what nonsense are you spouting? You have no manners at all! How dare you interfere in your master's affairs? Granny Ping, slap her!"
Qin Xin threw down her umbrella and knelt down with a thud. She cried out, "Young Madam, please spare me! I will never dare to do it again. From now on, when you and the Second Young Master meet, I will pretend I didn't see them! Please, Young Madam, forgive me! You have stolen our Young Madam's husband and beaten and scolded her maid. Why is this? Has our Young Madam offended you?"
She shouted so loudly that Madam Gu and Gu Qianning, who were standing some distance away, could hear her clearly.
Madam Gu walked over with a cold face: "What are you all making a scene here?! Yunlan, what's going on? Why are you even beating and scolding the second son's wife's dowry maid?"
Gu Qianning looked at Gu Qianhan with an incredulous expression: "Second brother, you and sister-in-law...you two..."
Before Meng Yunlan and Gu Qianhan could utter a single word, Qin Xin burst into tears: "Please, Madam and Eldest Miss, do justice for our Young Madam! The Young Madam originally came to see the Second Young Master, but she watched helplessly as the Eldest Young Madam entered the Second Young Master's study. We don't know what the two of them were saying inside, but the Second Young Master's men stubbornly blocked our Young Madam from entering!"
"Now, the young mistress is going to beat me. I really don't know how I offended her!"
As Qin Xin cried, she thought to herself, "Now I guess I've finally completed the task that the young mistress assigned to me?"
The young mistress told her to spread the word, and now everyone should know about it, right?
Gu Qianhan and Meng Yunlan both looked increasingly grim.
Gu Qianhan never expected that his men would dare to stop Shen Wantang!
Meng Yunlan never expected that Shen Wantang's maid would so rudely spread the news, even steer it in a very bad direction! She has absolutely no sense of manners and no sense of propriety whatsoever!
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