I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 116 Do You Know the Bai Family - Bai Ruonan 25

After the polo match, Gu Tingye continued to study at the Sheng family’s private school. After all, he still had to take part in the imperial examination.

Although what Gu Tingye wanted most was to be a military officer and fight on the battlefield, he was still very talented in studying. In the original plot, he was quite outstanding when he was studying at the Bai Lu Dong Academy, and even Mr. Zhuang praised him.

Even during the imperial examination, he was removed from the top three. If it weren't for the scheming of someone, he could have been the best in that imperial examination, on par with Sheng Changbai.

It can be said that Gu Tingye is a truly talented person with both literary and military talents.

His youngest son, Gu Tingshuo, like his brother, likes to practice martial arts, but the only difference is that when it comes to studying, Gu Tingye can sit still and continue learning.

But Gu Tingshuo was different. He could not sit still and did not like reading. If she and Gu Tingye were not watching over him, he would not read a single book. Despite this, although martial arts practice took up most of his time, with his clever brain, he was forced to read and learned a lot.

Apart from taking care of the two children, Qingyue is busy with her own affairs.

She handed over all the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion to the people below her, and only asked about the situation in the Mansion on time.

She was not worried at all that the people below her would pretend to obey her but actually disobey her. After all, she had been through two worlds and was very good at management, reading the account books, and controlling the servants. Plus, her special abilities made her very clear about the situation in the mansion and nothing could be hidden from her.

With so many people working for her, she had more free time. Sometimes when she was bored, she would take people out for a walk, often to gold and silver shops, clothing stores, and places selling books.

After going there so often, the housekeeper of the gold and silver shop not only knew her, but also would notify her when new jewelry was available. Not to mention, the craftsmanship at that time was still quite good. In addition to wearing the jewelry on a daily basis, she also put some of it into her space.

Although there are quite a few jewelries in her space, she would not mind putting more in.

Her dowry included a clothing shop. The embroiderers there not only regularly sent clothes to her residence, but also made some ready-made clothes to sell outside.

Normally, she would not restrict the embroiderers to make clothes only according to her ideas. They could also be innovative and come up with new ideas. If the clothes they made satisfied her, she would not be stingy with rewards.

Once, an embroiderer came up with an idea and made a piece of clothing, which she brought to her. It was very creative and novel, which made her very satisfied, so she gave her a reward immediately.

Seeing the bulging purse of this embroiderer, the other embroiderers were not to be outdone and also wanted to make a dress that would satisfy their employer.

In this way, these embroiderers had Qingyue's reward in front of them and were stimulated by the reward received by that embroiderer. It's true that they came up with many ideas in a short period of time.

The clothes they make are not only innovative in patterns, designs, and cuts, but also incorporate some other elements.

These newly made clothes enriched Qingyue's wardrobe, and these patterns and designs were also applied to the ready-made clothes in the clothing store.

After a period of time, more and more customers came to the clothing store, and even more wealthy people came here specifically to make custom clothes.

Not to mention the phenomenon of comparison and following the trend in modern society, it also exists at this time. After a party or a banquet, when you see others wearing such beautiful and unique clothes, those who are interested will naturally ask about it. With such spread, Qingyue's clothing store has become busier, and of course it has also reaped a lot of benefits, with more profits than before.

In addition to these, she would go to some places that sold books every once in a while. This was a period of cultural prosperity, and there were many valuable and meaningful books.

She had bought a lot of things over the years, some of which were really precious, so she put them in the space.

Except for the military weakness during this period, other aspects were very prosperous, and a kind of Song aesthetics was born, such as in calligraphy, porcelain, painting and so on.

Qingyue just felt that it was the right decision to come to this world, and she could learn a lot from this world.

She had learned illustration, painting, tea making and other things in other worlds before, but each era has its own unique style, and she didn’t want to limit herself, so she studied more seriously.

Today, the weather is just right, neither cold nor hot.

Qingyue specially invited a perfumer to teach her how to make perfume. She was not short of money and her social class was high enough, so she could naturally hire a top perfumer.

There were many kinds of spices and books about perfume making on the table in front of Qingyue. At this moment, she was learning seriously under the guidance of her master. Suddenly, a maid came in.

The servants in the Marquis' Mansion all knew that she didn't like to be disturbed when she was studying, and no one would disturb her unless it was something really urgent.

Qingyue looked at the maid who came in. She was one of Qingyue's personal maids, named Luzhu. She was usually mature and steady, and acted thoughtfully. She could be said to be a capable maid by Qingyue's side.

It seemed that there was really an emergency, otherwise she would not have seen a hint of panic in Luzhu's eyes.

"Lüzhu, what happened?" Qingyue looked at her and asked.

Luzhu walked up to Qingyue and whispered in her ear, "Madam, someone from the eldest master's courtyard came to report that he is dying."

When Qingyue heard this, her expression did not change at all. She said to the master sitting opposite her, "I'm sorry, I have something to deal with at home today, so I can't learn from you. I'll ask you to come next time."

The perfume master did not seem unhappy about being interrupted during his instruction, and hurriedly said that the matters of the Marquis' Mansion were more important and that he would learn perfume making the same next time.

Qingyue left the room and brought people to Gu Tingyu's yard.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, she felt that the atmosphere here was different from other places. Other places in the mansion were very lively with people coming and going, but here was very quiet, with only the sound of two maids boiling medicine not far away.

They arrived at Gu Tingyu's room, where there were two maids serving Gu Tingyu, who were wiping his sweat. The court doctor was also there, packing his medicine box.

"How is he doing?" Qingyue asked.

The court doctor sighed, shook his head and said, "Madam, the eldest master will die today. There is not much time left."

Hearing her say this, Qingyue glanced at the person lying on the bed. He was now unconscious, with sweat constantly coming out of his forehead. He was still mumbling to himself, but no one knew what he was saying.

Gu Tingyu has been in poor health in recent years. He can be said to be a well-known sickly person. People were afraid that he would die suddenly and make his daughter a widow early. Therefore, in the past few years, when he reached the age to get married, there were almost no families with similar family backgrounds willing to discuss marriage with him. There were some minor officials who were willing to marry their daughters to him and take the opportunity to establish a relationship with the Marquis's Mansion, but Gu Tingyu himself looked down on them, so he is still alone today.