Chapter 110 The Marquis Asks Qiao Niang for Help
Gu Heng had just come over and was talking to the old lady of the Li family.
"This matter still requires the Second Madam to step in and suppress it. The Marquis also told me before he left that Miss Maidong should learn the rules of the Li family."
Old Mrs. Li believes in Buddhism.
Ever since I recovered from my illness three years ago, I haven't taken care of the household anymore.
The affairs of the Ru family were previously handed over to the eldest daughter-in-law.
The second wife lives separately from the first wife, and each of them has their own business. The first wife's daughter-in-law has not been in good health this year, so the old lady decided to hand over all the affairs of the Li family to the wife of the second wife.
Gu Heng is from the Marquis' Mansion. The old lady doesn't like to see guests, but when Gu Heng comes, she will come out to receive him in person.
It's all for the sake of the old lady of the Marquis's Mansion.
"I already know everything Second Master said. I'll tell Second Master's wife tomorrow and ask her to keep a close watch on him."
When Li Yuan came in, he was listening to his grandmother talking to Gu Heng.
"Second brother, this incident cannot be blamed on our Li family. It was Maidong who ran away after Third Cousin left. She is the daughter of a marquis, and we can't force her. But don't worry, I've asked the maid to keep an eye on her."
Gu Heng nodded: "Since you have all made arrangements, there is no need for me to say more."
Gu Heng stood up as he spoke.
Li Yuan chased after him, "Are you leaving now? I just got here?"
"I gave Yun Qiao some raw stones a few days ago. I don't know if she likes them?" Li Yuan was talking to Gu Heng. She was the one doing all the talking, and Gu Heng didn't know if he heard her or not.
Suddenly, Li Yuan stood in front of Gu Heng and stopped him.
"Why don't you talk to me? How did I offend you?"
Gu Heng said softly, "I really have something to do for a while, and the pharmacy is still busy."
"Gu Heng, is your heart made of stone? I've humbled myself so much, but you still treat me like this."
Gu Heng looked at Li Yuan with an extremely serious look.
"What do you want me to do? With my current status, can I possibly marry you? If I can't marry you, I can't continue to have such an ambiguous relationship with you. It's not good for you or me."
"That's bad for you, isn't it? Don't think I don't know that Miss Cao has taken a fancy to you and even threatened to duel with me and snatch you away from me."
"I told you, you can't like her. She wants you to marry into her family."
Li Yuan stood in front of Gu Heng, looking cute and clever.
Gu Heng felt soft-hearted for no reason.
"I, Gu Heng, will not marry into the family."
These words seemed to be a promise to her, and Li Yuan was immediately overjoyed.
"Then marry me."
Gu Heng said softly, "Wait a little longer, and I will go to your parents' house to seek their consent."
"You want to look for my parents? No, don't look for them. Gu Heng, just accept my love for you and let me do the rest. Don't worry about it, okay?"
Gu Heng frowned.
He didn't reject Li Yuan's approach, or rather, he had become accustomed to it.
Besides, he should be getting married at this age.
If Li Yuan is willing to marry him, he is willing to get married.
But will Li’s parents agree?
Gu Heng had no idea about this. He thought about asking the old lady of the Marquis' Mansion to help him with the explanation. Moreover, his letter was already prepared and he planned to send it to the Marquis' Mansion in Kyoto immediately.
But Li Yuan suddenly refused nervously and anxiously, not wanting him to take action, but wanting to do it herself?
Gu Heng was suddenly confused.
Since Li Yuan loves him, he has changed from being passive to active, but she doesn't allow it?
***
Kyoto, the Mansion of Marquis Zhenbei.
Yun Qiao has been thinking about a job that can make money recently. Perhaps she is addicted to making money, so she has not paid attention to the whereabouts of the Marquis. She just came back from outside and saw Chen Jingyan sitting in the rocking chair where she usually lies.
Qiu Chan and Qiu Ye were standing in front of them. When they saw Yun Qiao coming back, they were so excited that they finally felt relieved.
"Auntie is back..."
Yun Qiao hummed and walked towards Chen Jingyan.
[Why did this guy come back so suddenly? He didn't even send anyone to tell me.]
Yun Qiao thought this with disdain in her heart, with a subtle smile on her face.
"My Lord, you're back. Why didn't anyone tell you in advance?"
Chen Jingyan looked up at Yun Qiao. "What were you thinking about just now? Were you cursing me in your mind again?"
"But I dare not."
"What kind of chair is this? It's shaking and giving me a headache."
He said he had a headache. How could Yun Qiao not know what he was thinking? She walked forward, placed her soft white hands on her temples, and began to knead them gently.
"My Lord, have you found your sister?"
"I found him, but he's ill-mannered and has a lot of bad habits. He'll stay at the Li family and learn the proper manners. I'll come back after the New Year and bring him back to show grandma."
Yun Qiao nodded slightly and said softly, "My Lord, you are very thoughtful. The old lady is a little unwell. On the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, you and the Second Master were not back. The old lady was in a bad mood and left early in the middle of the banquet."
"Let the young lady learn some etiquette in the Li family. When she comes back and sees it, the old lady will definitely be happy."
Yun Qiao's hand was held by Chen Jingyan, and he started playing with it.
"I'm afraid she'll look down on you."
"Wait until my little sister comes back, can you help take care of them?"
Yun Qiao asked softly, "Why do you want me to take care of you?"
Chen Jingyan said, "Others may not understand, but they know you are kind-hearted. If you agree, you will protect her a little. As a woman, you can look at things more carefully than I do."
I'm afraid everyone in the backyard will dislike his newly found little sister.
My grandmother never liked my mother. Even now, whenever she talks about my father, she thinks it was my mother's fault that my father died in the accident.
If she saw her little sister who looked so much like her mother, she would probably dislike her even more.
Even my grandmother doesn't like my younger sister, let alone make the people in the eldest wife like her.
Chen Jingyan was not very close to his two cousins from the first wife's family. Before, the first wife wanted to get close to him, and Chen Jingyan thought that the relationship between the family would be eased, but later his cousin invited him to dinner.
What he meant was that the eldest wife had little assets and now had two younger sisters to get married.
No matter what, she is the daughter of the Chen family and the daughter of the Marquis.
Now that she is getting married, the dowry is naturally indispensable. If the dowry for the daughter of the Marquis's family is too little, it will bring shame to the Marquis's family.
The first thing he did was to ask for the dowry farm left by Chen Jingyan's mother.
This is also why Chen Jingyan insisted on finding his younger sister and letting her learn the rules. It is not necessary for her to become the daughter of a marquis, but to prevent others from using those rules to attack and bully her.
I hope she can understand my good intentions.
But in this marquis's mansion, the person he trusted was the person in front of him.
Chen Jingyan believed in Yun Qiao.
That's because he knew everything she was thinking.
Seeing a hint of worry between his brows, Yun Qiao nodded slightly and whispered, "Yes, since the Marquis has said so, I will naturally agree."
"My Lord, since you have returned to the Marquis' Mansion, why not go and take a look at the old lady's courtyard?"
Yun Qiao said softly.
Chen Jingyan hummed, then stood up and said, "I'll go over now and come back later."
I guess he’s going to have dinner with the old lady.
Yunqiao can understand.
It was getting late, and Chen Jingyan walked towards the front yard. Wang Xiaodong, who was in charge of checking Yunqiao, followed him.
"What's up?"
Wang Xiaodong hurried forward and said, "My Lord, have you forgotten? You asked me to investigate the matter between Concubine Qiao and that Daniel Wu. I didn't find anything about Daniel Wu, but I did find something else. I discovered that Princess Hua Chao was investigating Concubine Qiao, and I almost ran into her people."
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