The scumbag ran away from marriage, I remarried on the spot

After the shift was over, the officials left the Dali Temple one after another.

Lord Zhang approached Qi Yunwen and asked in a low voice: "Lord Qi, what do you think happened to Lord Temple Minister today? He usually dresses himself up so well and his appearance has never been sloppy."

Qi Yunwen thought thoughtfully: "I guess you guys really guessed it right."

Suddenly, Gu Jingxi's voice suddenly rang out from behind him: "Guess what?"

Qi Yunwen slowly turned his head to look at him and said with a smile: "Yao Ling, you don't have to waste yourself like this. Not every girl will be interested in you."

Gu Jingxi frowned, looked at him as if he was a fool, and sneered: "I think you are bored, so you are imagining nonsense, but it doesn't matter, you will not have time to think nonsense soon."

Qi Yunwen: "...?"

Gu Jingxi didn't look at him again, just walked out.

Lord Zhang asked in a low voice: "Lord Qi, what does Lord Temple Minister mean by this?"

Qi Yunwen replied: "Maybe he got it right because of what we said, so he got anxious."

Lord Zhang said, "Lord Temple Minister's face really looks young. If no one mentioned it, who would have thought that he is thirty-two years old if they were not familiar with him? This face is popular with young girls, so it is normal for the Seventh Princess of Anguo to like him."

Qi Yunwen laughed and said, "You still mention the Seventh Princess? Be careful that he will get angry with you."

Lord Zhang immediately fell silent.

-

Changxing Hou Mansion.

After Gu Jingxi returned home, he first went to Shou'an Hall to pay his respects to Old Madam Gu, and then returned to Weiruixuan.

As soon as he entered the room and looked around, he saw A Yao lying on the couch by the window, leaning against the soft pillow, with her eyes closed, as if she was asleep. Gu Jingxi slowed down his pace, walked over slowly, sat on the couch, and carefully looked at the face he had been thinking about day and night. Seeing that she seemed to have lost some weight, he knew that her appetite had not been very good recently.

Meng Jinyao seemed to feel someone was looking at her, and she slowly opened her eyes. When she saw the person in front of her, she was so shocked that her eyes suddenly widened, and all her sleepiness disappeared in an instant: "Husband, you...how did you get yourself like this?"

Gu Jingxi asked with a smile: "Didn't A Yao tell me to listen to my mother and grow a beard in the future?"

In fact, it was not that he did so on purpose. He was just very busy in the past half month and had no time to tidy himself up, nor did he think about tidying himself up. Before leaving home, he told A Yao that he would be back in ten days or half a month. Today was exactly half a month, and he kept his promise.

Meng Jinyao stared at his unshaven face and couldn't help shaking her head: "My husband, I still think there are some things that we don't have to listen to our mother." She said, thought for a moment, and added, "I'm not saying that you don't look good now. You look pretty rough now, but you are a civil official, not a military general. You don't need to be like this."

Gu Jingxi nodded with a smile: "Yes, I will listen to A Yao."

Meng Jinyao looked at him carefully, and seeing the fatigue between his brows, she asked distressedly, "Does my husband still need to be busy now?"

"No need, I'm done, the emperor even gave me three days off." Gu Jingxi stretched out his hand and hugged her into his arms, whispering in her ear, "Ayao, it's been exactly half a month, your husband has kept his promise."

Meng Jinyao was stunned for a moment, then she realized belatedly that it had been exactly half a month since her husband left home.

Gu Jingxi said again: "Ayao, I miss you."

Meng Jinyao curled her lips: "Wanwan misses you too."

Gu Jingxi asked: "Wanwan's mother didn't think about it?"

“I thought so too.”

As Meng Jinyao spoke, she kissed him on the face. It would have been fine if she hadn't kissed him, but after the kiss, she couldn't help but frown. The reason was simple: his beard pricked her.

Seeing this, Gu Jingxi asked again: "What's wrong?"

Meng Jinyao shook her head: "Nothing, do you want to go see Wanwan? You've been away from home for half a month, and children are forgetful. I don't know if they still remember you."

Gu Jingxi responded, then raised his voice and called the maid in, asking her to ask the wet nurse to bring the child over.

Soon, the wet nurse came over carrying Wanwan.

Gu Jingxi missed his son very much after not seeing him for half a month. He took the delicate little boy from the wet nurse, looked at his son's chubby little face, and suddenly his fatherly love overflowed, and he couldn't help but bend down to kiss him.

Meng Jinyao was about to stop him when she saw this, but it was too late. Her husband had already kissed her twice in a row. Then, she heard her son crying.

Gu Jingxi was stunned for a moment. In the past, when he held his son, his son would interact with him with a smile, but now he would cry when he saw him. He looked at his young wife with a depressed face: "I haven't seen him for only half a month, and this kid has forgotten me."

Meng Jinyao couldn't say it was his beard that pricked her. Children have delicate skin, so being pricked would hurt more. She just said, "Husband, I guess it's because you have a beard that Wanwan couldn't recognize you."

Gu Jingxi was silent, handed the crying son to her, and said, "I'm going to the clean room first and take a bath."

After he left, the nurse said, "Madam, the young master still recognized the Marquis. When the Marquis held him, he was still smiling. He only cried when the Marquis kissed him. I guess he was hurt by the Marquis' beard."

Meng Jinyao smiled and coaxed the child while replying, "I know. I didn't tell him the truth because I was afraid that he would feel bad and guilty. He should just go and shave his beard."

The wet nurse understood after hearing this.

Half an hour later, Gu Jingxi came out of the purification room.

Meng Jinyao looked at him who had shaved his beard and regained his handsome appearance. She felt that he was very pleasing to the eyes and said, "Husband, this is still the best for you."

Gu Jingxi smiled and said, "It's not that I didn't shave my beard on purpose."

Meng Jinyao nodded repeatedly: "I know, you are listening to your mother's advice."

Gu Jingxi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head gently. Never mind. If he said that he was too busy to take care of himself, A Yao would probably feel distressed.

Thinking of this, he changed the subject: "It's time for dinner, are you hungry, Ayao?"

Meng Jinyao nodded slightly: "A little. My husband must be hungry too. I'll go ask someone to serve the meal." After she said that, she turned around and went out to tell the maid.

While eating, Gu Jingxi saw that the table was full of his favorite dishes. He knew that this was what A Yao had specially instructed the kitchen to prepare after she learned that he had returned in the afternoon. He felt warm in his heart, and the busyness of these days was comforted, and his physical fatigue seemed to have been reduced a lot.

He picked up a piece of fish for Meng Jinyao and asked softly, "Has Yao had a poor appetite recently?"

Meng Jinyao shook her head: "No, everything is fine."

"You little liar, you can't fool me." Gu Jingxi looked at her face, "You've lost weight."

Meng Jinyao paused while eating. Her appetite was indeed not very good recently, but she didn't notice that she had lost weight.

Gu Jingxi was thoughtful. He could guess why A Yao had a poor appetite. It was because of him. Maybe she didn't know what he was going to do when he suddenly left Beijing. She was worried about him and said softly, "Now that I'm back in Beijing, I will watch you eat and gain back the weight you lost."

Meng Jinyao smiled and said, "Okay, then my husband must keep a close eye on me."