When a beauty cries, how can one not feel pity for her? The Duke of Dongchang pouted his big, thick mouth and kissed the beauty's cheek.
She was disgusted in her heart, but her face was full of tenderness. When the Duke of Dongchang agreed to give her a set of jeweled head ornaments, the beauty finally smiled.
Gu Yan drove to the mansion of Marquis Dongchang but did not see him. Instead, he was kept by the wife of Marquis Dongchang.
Gu Yankai naturally showed great respect for his mother-in-law, Lord Taishui, and diligently served food to the wife of the Marquis of Dongchang. The two chatted and laughed, just like they did when the Qin family was still around.
After dinner, while the two of them were drinking tea, the wife of the Marquis of Dongchang spoke up, "Yankai, you've been away from home for a long time. The last time I went to see Yu'er, he was utterly skinny."
Seeing Gu Yankai nod, the wife of the Marquis of Dongchang put down her teacup and continued, "I'm not saying anything bad about Bai behind her back. As the second wife, I must not treat the children of my first wife harshly."
Gu Yankai frowned slightly, thinking about what Gu Tingyu had done. When the words came to his lips, he felt that he still couldn't say them, so he changed the subject and said, "Master Taishui, I wonder when Master Taishan will return?"
"Here I come, here I come." Dongchang Hou said as he walked in.
Gu Yankai stood up and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Master Taishan."
The Duke of Dongchang waved his hand and said, "Let's go and talk somewhere else."
The wife of the Marquis of Dongchang stood up, thinking about something, and the Marquis of Dongchang turned around and pulled Gu Yankai away. Gu Yankai hurriedly bowed and followed the Marquis of Dongchang out of the hall.
This action made the wife of the Marquis of Dongchang so angry that she sat down heavily on the chair and threw the teacup in front of her to the ground.
After a few clicks, a teacup was missing from the entire set of Ru kiln tea sets, and the entire set could no longer be used.
Then, the wife of the Marquis of Dongchang began to twist the old woman's thigh flesh.
The old woman endured it silently, then rolled her eyes and said, "Madam, look at how close the Marquis is to you. I've never seen a son-in-law serve food to his mother-in-law. If you ask me, you have good taste."
After being flattered like this, the wife of the Marquis of Dongchang calmed down.
She let go of the hand that was twisting the meat and said with a smug smile, "Of course not. Not only am I good at choosing a son-in-law, I'm also good at choosing a husband. Look at my two sisters. One married into a family that fell on hard times and now lives on pawning. The other one is even worse. She was exiled to Lingnan. Tsk tsk tsk..."
Marquis Dongchang and Gu Yankai returned to the same tavern as before, and this time they drank in a private room.
During the banquet, Marquis Dongchang learned that the concubine he was looking for was the mother of the woman from yesterday. He happily patted Gu Yankai's shoulder and kept thanking him.
The two also made an appointment to meet the mother and daughter together the next day, and then they would perform the drama of long-parting reunion again.
Life is really like a play, it all depends on acting skills, and everyone is an actor.
However, this play will not last long, and Gu Yan will return to Sichuan and Yunnan in three days.
He had been experiencing a dull pain in his chest recently, and Gu Yankai thought it might be because he drank too much.
After drinking for more than an hour, Gu Yan began to feel dizzy and was sent back to the mansion.
After waking up from the drunken stupor in the middle of the night, Gu Yankai ran to the ancestral hall and cried again. He was truly the most affectionate and infatuated person in the world.
After the recognition process was completed, the woman whose original name was Zhou Fang changed her surname to Qin and became Qin Fang.
Before leaving the capital, Gu Yankai had already made a promise to Qin Fang. He would give her a surprise when he returned victorious. Qin Fang shyly agreed, her hands clutching a purse embroidered with an eagle.
When he took the purse, Gu Yan opened his hand and wrapped it around Qin Fang's, holding hers and saying, "Wait for me to come back."
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