I just got divorced, and this cold, ruthless, and powerful minister is begging for a third child eve

Gu Mingshuang looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention, got into the carriage.

Qin Mo was already tall, so he stood in more than half of the cramped carriage, with only a small space next to him.

Gu Mingshuang hesitated for a moment, then sat down diagonally next to Qin Mo, creating some distance between them.

Seeing that she was avoiding him, Qin Mo's eyes darkened slightly.

On such a summer day, the two of them were crammed into this crowded carriage. Gu Mingshuang frowned slightly and took out a stick of incense from a hidden compartment.

"Would the Duke like some incense?"

Seeing that Qin Mo remained silent with a stern face, Gu Mingshuang spoke up:

"I know that the Duke doesn't use incense from ordinary shops. This incense isn't bought from outside; I made it myself."

The coldness in Qin Mo's eyes softened slightly, and he responded softly.

Gu Mingshuang lit the incense with deft movements, and soon, a very faint, cool fragrance slowly wafted out.

A faint, cool scent of winter cedar wafts into my nostrils.

Gu Mingshuang breathed a sigh of relief before asking:

"Where is the Duke going?"

Qin Mo closed his eyes slightly and said:

"The Duke's Mansion."

Gu Mingshuang nodded. Qin Mo had just helped her out of a tight spot, so it was only right that she take him home.

However, when the carriage arrived at the gate of the Duke of Anguo's mansion, Gu Mingshuang was about to take her leave when Qin Mo stopped her.

"Come in with me."

Gu Mingshuang's face felt a little hot.

"Oh? The Duke is already at his doorstep, so I don't need to escort him inside, do I?"

Qin Mo didn't wait for her any longer. With a wave of his hand, he pulled her inside.

"Who said it was just one delivery? Don't forget, you promised to serve me for three days, and you still have one day left."

Gu Mingshuang bit her lip, thinking she could get away with it today, but she didn't expect him to be so particular!

She had no choice but to hurry inside.

At that moment, not far from the doorway, a figure stood dejectedly in a corner.

Song Linyuan followed the carriage all the way to the gate of the Duke of Anguo's mansion.

I watched helplessly as Qin Mo and Gu Mingshuang walked in side by side.

He couldn't hear what they were saying from a distance, but he saw the two of them enter the room very intimately, touching each other!

In the past, when he brought Mingshuang in and out of the Marquis's mansion, he always kept a distance of one step, adhering to the rules. It was impossible for them to be this close!

Thinking of all this, Song Linyuan's eyes turned red.

This is his wife!

He clenched his fists and was about to rush forward.

But just then, a strange gust of wind suddenly came from behind.

A black cloth was instantly put over his head.

Song Linyuan was both shocked and furious.

"Who are you people! I am the heir of the Marquis's mansion! How dare you... Ah!"

A barrage of punches and kicks came, and Song Linyuan lost consciousness as everything went black.

At this moment, inside the Duke of Anguo's mansion.

Gu Mingshuang watched Qin Mo walk towards the small courtyard from before.

She immediately recalled the scene from that day: Qin Mo, shirtless, forging iron!

The image flashed into her mind, instantly making her cheeks burn.

The next moment, Qin Mo and the guard beside him spoke:

"ignition."

The guard immediately understood.

Gu Mingshuang was taken aback, then quickly stepped forward and hurriedly asked:

"Is the Duke going to buy something today?"

Qin Mo's eyes flickered slightly.

"What? Don't want to serve me?"

Curiosity flickered in Gu Mingshuang's eyes, and she quickly said:

"Of course I'm willing to serve you."

She noticed it the last time she saw Qin Mo forging blacksmith; his skills were superb!

But just as Gu Mingshuang was waiting for Qin Mo to start work, she saw Qin Mo take off his shirt by the stove!

Gu Mingshuang blushed and turned her face away.

Why is Qin Mo being so informal?

No wonder he said he loves collecting beautiful women! It must be a habit!

But with Qin Mo's icy face on their faces, it's hard to say whether those beautiful women would be interested.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the lines on Qin Mo's chest and abdomen. Her eyes flickered again. If you didn't look at his face, he should be quite pleasing to the eye.

Gu Mingshuang couldn't help but slap her forehead; what nonsense was she thinking?

Just then, a cold, sharp voice came from the side.

"What are you standing there for? Water!"

Gu Mingshuang then realized that Qin Mo needed clean water.

She quickly shook off the distracting thoughts in her mind and hurried over to hand over the water.

As she got closer, she hesitated to look up, since the man's upper body was right next to her.

Although she used to see shirtless men in the blacksmith's shop, she never felt embarrassed.

For some reason, she didn't dare to look at Qin Mo's muscular upper body for more than a second.

Could it be... just because Qin Mo has an exceptionally good figure and physique?

She glanced at him furtively. Indeed, none of the artisans and military households of the past, even those around Qin Mo's age, possessed such fine features as Qin Mo.

As she watched the sweat trickle down Qin Mo's collarbone, her breath caught in her throat, and she dared not look any longer.

Gu Mingshuang hurriedly lowered her head and hastily grabbed a handkerchief and handed it over.

"Please, Your Excellency!"

Qin Mo immediately saw a slender, fair hand offering him a handkerchief.

Her sleeve slipped down, revealing a small portion of her slender forearm.

As white as mutton fat jade.

His Adam's apple bobbed slightly.

That night, that little hand did countless mischievous things on his body.

He remembered the feel and temperature of those little hands very clearly.

Seeing that Qin Mo did not take the handkerchief, Gu Mingshuang looked up in surprise and met Qin Mo's dark eyes.

"My lord?"

Qin Mo said coldly:

"Do you think Qin still has any hands left to catch it?"

Gu Mingshuang was stunned for a moment, her mind went blank, and looking at the beads of sweat dripping down her face, she suddenly reached out and pressed her hand on his chest.

With a clang.

The hammer was tilted by half an inch.

Sword Shadow, standing to the side, was also dumbfounded.

He hurriedly tried to step forward and take away the "troublemaker" Gu Mingshuang, knowing that no one dared to disturb their master when he was forging!

They would be extremely careful when delivering something; how could they dare to touch their master?

But the Crown Princess, instead, pressed herself directly onto her master!

The hammer was tilted by half an inch!

He was afraid that his master would get angry and kill him!

But a gust of wind came, and the sword shadow stopped in its tracks.

His face paled, realizing he couldn't smooth things over.

He could only secretly pray in his heart that the Crown Princess would be lucky and not actually be killed by her master!

Gu Mingshuang was indeed frozen in fear at this moment.

She was feeling very uneasy.

Had she disturbed him? Gu Mingshuang suddenly remembered what the craftsman had said before: if he was disturbed during forging, he would feel like killing someone!

Gu Mingshuang was so frightened that she tried to pull her hand back, but was stopped by someone.

"You're leaving after wiping halfway? Is this how you show your service?"

Gu Mingshuang was stunned for a moment, and then the man's clear voice continued to reach her ears.

"And the left side too."

Her face flushed, and she subconsciously obeyed his words, reaching out to press the handkerchief and moving it to the left.

Not daring to look any longer, Gu Mingshuang closed her eyes and rubbed her hands haphazardly on his chest a few times before immediately withdrawing her hand.

"It's all wiped clean..."

Seeing that she had lost her usual imposing manner and was cowering to the side like a quail, Qin Mo's lips curled up slightly.

Sword Shadow, standing to the side, was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

He almost thought he was hallucinating!

Is this really his master, with such a good temper?!

Once upon a time in the northern frontier, an official's daughter took advantage of her master's forging to get close to him. As a result, she was beaten twenty times and was crippled!

Then look at the Crown Princess standing right next to her, she's perfectly fine, nothing happened to her!

Sword Shadow was completely bewildered.

Why is that?

Why is the master so lenient towards the Crown Princess?

You know, even when Prince Song came, the master didn't give him a second glance!

At this moment, Gu Ming's gaze was finally drawn to the iron block being continuously tempered on the creation platform.

The more she looked, the more amazed she became; her eyes lit up. After staring at it for a long time, she couldn't help but ask:

"Such fine iron? Is it Xuan Iron?"

Sword Shadow, standing to the side, couldn't help but step forward and say:

"Princess Consort, this is even better Crimson Gold Iron than Black Iron! It's a spoil of war that the Prince seized in the Northern Frontier. There's only one piece, making it especially rare!"

"Master has been forging for many days and has only just produced a rough blank. I'm afraid it will take at least another month to complete."

Gu Mingshuang stared in astonishment at the crimson iron in front of Qin Mo and couldn't help but ask:

"What are they going to fight?"

Qin Mo didn't speak. Jian Ying glanced at him and guessed:

"Princess Consort, this should be a sword, but the size is slightly different."

As he looked at it, Jianying frowned. It was so small; it wasn't the size his master usually used.

Seeing that Qin Mo did not explain, Gu Mingshuang did not press the matter.

As his movements became more and more skillful, he sometimes knew what Qin Mo needed without him having to say a word.

Sword Shadow felt somewhat ashamed of his own inferiority and simply stood aside to guard, no longer daring to step forward.

Just then, a guard announced from the doorway.

"My lord, Minister Fang sent someone to report that General Li has already taken up the post of guarding the palace gates."

Gu Mingshuang immediately raised her eyes upon hearing the name of General Li.

"Li Zheng?"

When Gu Mingshuang heard that he had gone to guard the palace gates, her eyes widened.

"Should we send a general like him to guard the palace gates?"

Qin Mo stopped what he was doing, turned to look at Gu Mingshuang, and spoke softly.

"Satisfied?"

Gu Mingshuang then realized that this was all Qin Mo's doing!

And then they asked her if she was satisfied? Doesn't that clearly mean they were standing up for her?

A warm feeling welled up in Gu Mingshuang's heart.

She pursed her lips and said:

"I am naturally satisfied with the Duke's wisdom."

Qin Mo's lips curled slightly.

"You're not angry with me anymore?"

Gu Mingshuang smiled awkwardly and handed over a cup of cooled tea.

"I have always admired the Duke; how could I possibly hold a grudge against him?"

Qin Mo took the tea and drank a sip, his gaze slowly falling on Gu Mingshuang's brows.

Clearly, they are satisfied now.

He knew that these little foxes were the most difficult to raise.

She's delicate and cunning; you can't scold her or criticize her, you have to go along with her.

She has a terrible temper.

I don't know how much effort it will take to get her to behave.

Gu Mingshuang stayed at the Duke's mansion until sunset, and ate two meals at Yunxiangju.

Before he could even have dinner, Qin Mo was summoned by the palace.

Gu Mingshuang was very satisfied and ate dinner alone in Qin Mo's seat.

As she left the Duke of Anguo's mansion, Gu Mingshuang couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

In Kyoto, power truly is the best tonic.

The Ningyuan Marquis's family was considered a large family, but their wealth was incomparable to that of the Anguo Duke's family.

The pastries from Yunxiangju are usually hard to buy even if you want to eat them.

At the Duke of Anguo's mansion, Qin Mo's word was enough to have the manager of Yunxiangju personally bring ingredients to serve him.

She had no idea that Yunxiangju offered such services.

Jianying escorted Gu Mingshuang to the entrance of the Marquis's residence before taking his leave.

However, as soon as Gu Mingshuang entered the door, she saw a doctor coming out, and the maid from Shou'an Hall was there to see the doctor off.

Gu Mingshuang slightly raised her eyes.

Is the lady ill again?

Lingxiang understood and went forward to ask a couple of questions, then ran back to Mingshuang in surprise.

"Miss! It's not the madam, it's the young master! The young master has been beaten!"