Female Master: Why doesn’t my wife love me yet?

Chapter 152 Grapes

"My Lord, the Seventh Prince and Young Master Gu are here!"

Only a palace servant's somewhat happy voice was heard, and soon a man in luxurious clothes walked out of the room.

He is Wen Shubai's biological father, Liang Guijun.

He has a gentle temperament and is deeply loved by the Queen.

Gu Qingyuan brought Wen Shubai into Liang Guijun's palace and bowed to him.

"Greetings, sir."

"You're welcome. What brought you two here today?"

Ever since Gu Qingyuan was about to marry Qi Ziyao and Wen Shubai came to the palace to complain, Liang Guijun has never seen her son again.

"Today is your Majesty's birthday, so I thought I'd visit you first."

Liang Guijun smiled and glanced outside.

"It's hot, let's go inside and talk."

He noticed that when entering the house, Gu Qingyuan supported Wen Shubai and reminded him to pay attention to the stairs, and he already had an idea in his mind.

It seems that my son must have listened to what I said to him.

This man can only survive better in the mansion if he wins the favor of his wife.

After entering the house, Gu Qingyuan took out a gift prepared for him, which was a fat-gel cream bought from outside the palace. It was said to be able to resist skin aging and reduce wrinkles.

Liang Guijun is almost forty years old this year, and when he smiles, there are faint wrinkles around his eyes.

"It's just a little gift, please accept it, my lord. I've been busy with family matters and haven't been able to bring Abai to see you."

When Wen Shubai heard her affectionately call him "Abai", his heart began to beat fast.

He knew that she said this on purpose in front of her father, but he couldn't help feeling happy.

"Yes, Father. We will come to visit you often in the future."

After receiving it, Liang Guijun couldn't wait to open it and apply it on the back of her hand. After no abnormality appeared on her hand, she asked the palace maid to bring a bronze mirror and apply it on the skin around her eyes.

The areas where the cream was applied were brighter than other parts of his face, and it also covered some of the wrinkles under his eyes, making him look much younger.

Liang Guijun asked in surprise, "Where did you buy this cream?"

Later, he would also ask someone to buy some from outside the palace.

"I bought it at the gouache shop in the east part of town, but it seems to be sold out now. The shop owner is trying to get someone to make it."

"That's it."

Liang Guijun was a little disappointed, but he became happy again when he saw that the things Gu Qingyuan sent could be used for at least more than a month.

He reluctantly gave up half of it, intending to send it back to Queen Feng.

"Have you two eaten before you came?"

"have eaten."

It was not yet noon and the palace banquet had not yet begun, so Gu Qingyuan and Wen Shubai sat down and chatted with Liang Guijun for a while.

"By the way, I heard that you have moved out."

"Yes, it's not good to stay at home all the time."

"As parents, we always want our children to spend more time with us. Does General Gu agree with you moving out?"

"My mother agrees, but I will go back and stay for two days every month."

Liang Guijun nodded, then said to the palace servant standing beside him, "Go wash the grapes that His Majesty sent, and give them to the Seventh Prince and Young Master Gu to taste."

Grapes are still a rarity in this world. They can only be eaten in the imperial palace and are tribute from other countries.

The palace maid responded and then walked out.

After the palace maid left, Liang Guijun took Wen Shubai's hand and asked bluntly, "You two have been married for so long, have you consummated your marriage?"

His sharp eyes fell on Wen Shubai's belly, where there was no sign of bulging.

He was so straightforward that Wen Shubai felt shy for a moment. He looked at Gu Qingyuan and said, "It's...it's already been consummated."

Gu Qingyuan wanted to bring Ye Wu into the mansion, and the condition she set was that she could not touch anyone else until she got pregnant.

Liang Guijun's expression softened a little, and he added, "When I was your age, I already had you."

"This...it's hard to force things concerning children."

Wen Shubai was afraid that he would blame Gu Qingyuan, so he spoke quickly.

Liang Guijun took a sip of tea and looked at Gu Qingyuan again.

"As far as I know, Young Master Gu has two concubines besides Shubai, the principal husband, right?"

"Yes."

Lu Rui's status is low, she can't even be considered a servant of the emperor, she can only be considered a concubine.

He was allowed to live there because there was vacant yard at home.

"I understand that it's normal for you women to have three husbands and four concubines, but I still hope you can treat Shubai better. This child was weak when he was young. He will get better when he grows up."

Gu Qingyuan quickly assured: "I will definitely treat Abai well."

Is this what it feels like to meet your mother-in-law? She was even worried for herself.

Mingming Liang Guijun seemed to be easy to talk to just now, but as soon as the palace maid left, people couldn't help but become nervous.

"My wife treats me very well."

Wen Shubai pulled his hand out of Liang Guijun's and sat closer to Gu Qingyuan.

"My wife, don't you agree?"

He winked at Gu Qingyuan, motioning her to answer.

“…Yes, that’s right.”

"That's good."

Liang Guijun returned to the way she was when the two of them first came in, and then a palace maid came in carrying a plate of green grapes.

After Liang Guijun took it, he put the grapes on the table and let them eat.

After seeing the green grapes, Gu Qingyuan felt a tingling in his teeth.

"Try it quickly."

The plate was pushed further in their direction.

Gu Qingyuan picked up one first, and the moment he took a bite, he swallowed it expressionlessly in order to maintain his image.

Wen Shubai asked her, "Wife, is it sweet?"

"You'll know after you taste it."

Wen Shubai also picked one up and put it in his mouth, but he couldn't help but spit it out as soon as it entered his mouth.

"very sour."

Only a few of these grapes in the middle are a little purple, the rest are green.

After taking a bite, Wen Shubai was almost sent away.

Even so, the wife could still eat it with a straight face and didn't tell him that it was sour.

Wen Shubai drank a whole glass of water before he felt the sour taste in his mouth was diluted a little.

He looked at Gu Qingyuan sadly, and Gu Qingyuan smiled and blinked at him innocently.

Are you kidding? The gentleman was kind enough to treat them to a meal, how could she just spoil the fun like that?

More importantly, she wanted Wen Shubai to taste the flavor himself.

"Is it sour?"

Liang Guijun picked one and put it in his mouth, "I really like the taste of this."

Gu Qingyuan laughed dryly, she really didn't have the stomach to eat these sour grapes.

Wen Shubai refused to eat the second one.

On the other hand, Liang Guijun finished off quite a few grapes.

Gu Qingyuan suddenly thought that these grapes were so precious. If she could find someone to cultivate them, wouldn’t she still be able to eat grapes?

She looked at Liang Guijun and asked tentatively, "I wonder if you could give me the seeds of these grapes?"