Ximen Wuhen sighed: "You are so polite, Lord Marquis. It's not a serious illness, it's just a problem of the muscles and bones. I started taking some herbal medicine sporadically two years ago, but there is no sign of improvement. Whenever the weather is hot, Sometimes, the pain gets worse.”
"Bones and bones?" Qi Ning thought. He only heard that if someone suffers from joint rheumatism and other diseases, the humid and cold weather will intensify the pain. However, Ximen Wuhen's hot weather will intensify the pain, and Ximen Wuhen is Jianghu. An extremely expert, the Shenhou Mansion has countless medicines for various injuries, but why is it that he is troubled by muscle and bone diseases.
Ximen Wuhen seemed to see the doubts in Qining's heart, and said with a smile: "To be honest with you, Lord Hou, I became a martial arts fanatic when I was young, and I didn't know how to control it. Whenever there are some novel kung fu, I always try it. Nowadays, the miscellaneous martial arts are really He knew a lot and could do a few tricks. Later, he worked as an errand in the Shenhou Mansion and traveled all over the country. He visited countless places and experienced countless fights. At that time, he didn't take it seriously. As he got older, the troubles he had accumulated back then began to show up. .”
Ximen Wuhen has great martial arts skills and is knowledgeable in hundreds of schools of thought. Qining thought that it was because of his complicated kung fu training that he became like this.
"Master Marquis, I have learned from the past. When you practice martial arts in the future, you must not be greedy for too much." Ximen Wuhen said: "No matter what kind of martial arts, if you concentrate on it and strive for excellence, you can always achieve something. If you learn too much, not only will you not be able to Reaching the pinnacle will only leave troubles in the future.”
Qi Ning cupped his hands and said, "The God's teachings must be kept in mind."
Ximen Wuhen smiled slightly, said nothing, and walked away slowly. Qi Ning was thoughtful, vaguely feeling whether there was another mystery behind Ximen Wuhen's words.
Back at the Hou Mansion, Manager Han hurried over with a worried look on his face: "Master Hou, the third lady... the third lady is sick. She hasn't eaten anything from yesterday to today."
Qi Ning was startled and frowned.
The night before yesterday, Qi Ning found out that Gu Qinghan had been monitoring his whereabouts on the orders of his wife, and he was naturally unhappy. He spoke coldly that night, and Gu Qinghan left angrily. When he returned to the Hou Mansion yesterday, Qining never saw Gu Qinghan, but he also Didn't ask any more questions.
When I came back today, I heard Manager Han tell me that Gu Qinghan was sick, but I felt a little worried.
He had always admired Gu Qinghan, and if it hadn't been for what happened that night, he would never have been dissatisfied with Gu Qinghan at all.
In fact, he also understood in his heart that although Gu Qinghan was the dignified third lady of the Jinyihou Mansion in front of others, an absolute noble lady of the empire, and almost everyone in the Jinyihou Mansion obeyed her, in the eyes of the Dowager, Gu Qinghan was just a noble lady. Just a chess piece that can be manipulated at will.
Although the old woman stayed in the Buddhist hall without leaving her home, she completely controlled the Jinyi Hou Mansion in her own hands.
Although the Gu family behind Gu Qinghan is also a powerful family, in the eyes of the Jinyi Qi family, it is really nothing. With the power of the Jinyi Qi family, it is really easy to bring down the Gu family.
Qi Ning knew that although Gu Qinghan was already the daughter-in-law of the Qi family, she was born in the Gu family after all, and she still had to consider the future of the Gu family. What's more, now that the Gu family recommended moving to the capital, it was under the noses of the Qi family. If Mrs. Tai really wanted to It is even easier for the Gu family to do tricks.
As one of the four major hereditary families in the empire, the Jinyi Qi family has a distinguished military family. If they say that they have not accumulated deep strength over the years, even Qi Ning himself would not believe it.
Although Qi Jing has passed away and the Qi family seemed to be declining for a time, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Qi Ning never believed that the Jinyi Qi family was really in dire straits. He believed that the Jinyi Qi family still had profound strength in both the government and the public. , the confidence of the Madam’s words that night was enough to prove this point.
If she had no strength in her hands and was a dying old woman, it was hard for Qining to imagine that she would have the confidence to threaten Gu Qinghan.
Although he had inherited the title and knew some of the apparent strength of the Qi family, after that night, Qining became more certain that the Jinyi Qi family still hid a lot from him, at least there were many unknown powers that the old woman did not tell. Own.
"Have you invited a doctor?" Qining asked.
Mr. Han said: "I called for the doctor yesterday, but the third lady only said that there was nothing serious and she didn't see anyone, so I had to ask the doctor to go back. Today I saw that the third lady has not left the yard, so the old slave went to find the doctor again. But the third lady still turned him away. Mr. Hou, over the years, the third lady has taken care of all the affairs in the house. She is a woman, and it is indeed difficult for her. Maybe these days are too long. After hard work, the third lady got sick because of exhaustion. It’s impossible not to look at her when she’s sick, but... But the old slave couldn’t persuade her, so the Marquis had better go over and check on her.”
Qi Ning pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Go and prepare some porridge. I will deliver it to her personally and persuade her to eat some."
Manager Han said hurriedly: "Okay, Lord Marquis, I'll go get ready now." He hurriedly left.
Qi Ning sighed softly, thought for a moment, and finally went to Gu Qinghan's yard.
When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw that the far door was closed. Qining raised his hand and patted the door. Soon, a voice came from inside: "Who is it? The third lady has given orders that no one can come in and disturb."
"Open the door, I'm Qining." Qining said calmly.
"Yes... it's Mr. Hou!" There seemed to be hesitation in the courtyard. After a while, there was a "creak" and the courtyard door opened. Qining saw the face of the girl who had been serving Gu Qinghan showing her face. Seeing Qi Ning, the maid hurriedly He saluted and said: "Master Hou!"
Qi Ning didn't waste any words, and opened the door to go in. The maid bravely stopped her, wondering why: "Master Marquis, the third lady... The third lady said she won't see anyone, so... she won't see him even when he comes."
"May I have your name?"
The maid hurriedly said: "My slave Bingqiao."
"Did the third lady give you the name?"
"yes… !"
"Bingxue is smart, clever and obedient." Qi Ning said coldly: "The third lady gave you this name and didn't explain its meaning to you? Since Bingxue is smart, doesn't she even know who the master of the Hou Mansion is?"
Bingqiao lowered her head, not daring to say anything.
Qining didn't look at her and went straight into the house. Bingqiao opened her mouth, but she didn't dare to say anything after all, and watched Qining enter the house.
When Qi Ning entered the house, he smelled the delicate fragrance floating in the house. In the past, when he smelled this fragrance, Qi Ning would inevitably be distracted, but at this time, he was not in a good mood and had no time to think about it. Walking to the door, he hesitated, then raised his hand and knocked on the door.
There was no sound in the house. Qining frowned, thinking that Gu Qinghan must have heard what she was saying in the yard. She naturally knew that it was her who was knocking on the door, so she deliberately didn't speak.
Qi Ning was not polite and pushed the door. Fortunately, the door was not bolted. Pushing the door open, Qi Ning entered the room. The fragrance was even stronger. He walked slowly into the room and looked into the room. In the past, I only saw the bed curtains put down and covered with gauze, so I couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.
Qi Ning sighed softly and walked slowly to the window. Through the thin gauze curtain, he saw Gu Qinghan's graceful body lying on her side, with undulating curves, so beautiful.
"Sanniang." Qining said softly: "I heard that you haven't eaten anything and you feel uncomfortable. Why don't you see a doctor?"
However, Gu Qinghan seemed to have fallen asleep, her delicate body did not move, and she did not make a sound.
Qining frowned, knowing that Gu Qinghan ignored him simply because he was very cold to her the night before. He couldn't help but think that you had been spying on yourself, and it was you who was at fault first.
"People are like iron, and food is like steel. If you don't eat even one meal, you'll be starving." Qining opened the gauze curtain slightly, and there was a pink interior. Gu Qinghan was lying on her side like a beautiful snake, with a slender waist and short legs. The jade-shirted arms revealed delicate skin like white jade, "If you feel uncomfortable, I will send someone to call the doctor now and let the doctor take a look at you."
Gu Qinghan still didn't move. Qining frowned slightly, knowing that Gu Qinghan obviously didn't intend to talk to him at all. If he just talked to him for a whole day, Gu Qinghan might not pay attention to him. He was already dissatisfied with Gu Qinghan in his heart. , at this time, his temper rose, he reached over, grabbed Gu Qinghan's fair arm, and said: "Why don't you speak?"
When Gu Qinghan grabbed his arm, his delicate body reacted immediately, swung his arm violently, broke away, and suddenly sat up. His pretty face was full of anger, and his charming eyes were staring coldly at this time. Qi Ning is like a tigress trying to eat people.
Her clothes were a little disheveled, perhaps because of the sultry weather. There were beads of sweat on her smooth and white forehead, and the green hair on her cheeks was sticky. If it weren't for the cold look on her face, she would be really charming.
Qi Ning's expression remained unchanged as he looked into Gu Qinghan's eyes.
Gu Qinghan stared at Qining for a moment, snorted coldly, turned around and was about to lie down again, but Qining reached out to her arm. Gu Qinghan raised her hand again and opened Qining's stretched out hand, and finally said coldly: "If you take action again, we will go see the madam immediately."
"Meet Madam?" As soon as Qi Ning heard about the old lady, he felt annoyed and sneered: "What, you think I'm afraid of her?"
"Of course you are not afraid." Gu Qinghan sneered: "You are no better than before. You are a favored minister of the emperor. You can do whatever you want. How can you care about others? You go to see Mrs. Tai just to let Mrs. Tai judge and see. Can you touch me?"
Qi Ning stared into Gu Qinghan's eyes and said calmly: "Comment? It turns out that the Madam has not judged him yet. I just thought you said everything that should be said."
Gu Qinghan's delicate body trembled, and her face changed color slightly, "You... what did you say? What... what should be said and shouldn't be said?"
"The Madam is the head of the family, and I, the Marquis of Jinyi, am just a facade." Qi Ning said calmly: "You take care of all the affairs in the Marquis's house, so naturally you should report every detail to the Madam."
His words were ambiguous, and Gu Qinghan bit her lip before saying, "My wife worships Buddha all day long, so of course... I don't have time to worry about things in the house."
"Really?" Qining said in a strange tone, staring into Gu Qinghan's eyes: "I always thought that Sanniang would report every detail to the Dowager, including my matters."