My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 214 Let me take a look
"Xiaojiu, why are you joining in the fun?"

Seeing that the soup brought out by the Ninth Princess was still steaming, the Emperor's expression softened a lot, but he still did not agree to her request.

The Ninth Princess put down her soup bowl, came closer, and said coquettishly, "Father, at least Marquis Dingbei escorted us to the Jokhang Temple. Now that Seventh Sister has gone, I want to go too. Otherwise, Marquis Dingbei will think that only Seventh Sister is worried about him."

"As a subject, it is his duty to escort you to the Jokhang Temple. Do you think you should be grateful to him? That's ridiculous."

The emperor was unhappy.

The Ninth Princess said, "Father, Marquis Dingbei is no ordinary minister. He defeated the Yelu clan and was worshipped as a god of war by the people. My Seventh Sister admires him very much. I saw her being very close to Marquis Dingbei at the Jokhang Temple, and I often heard my Seventh Sister talk about how powerful and good at fighting he was. Now Marquis Dingbei has asked for a mansion for the safety of the capital, so of course I want to go with my Seventh Sister to comfort him."

The emperor's expression became even uglier, and he asked, "Why, Marquis Dingbei is very close to your seventh sister?"

The Ninth Princess smiled and said, "It should be said that Seventh Sister is very close to Dingbei Hou. Seventh Sister said that Dingbei Hou saved her life when he was a companion in the palace."

"Why?" The emperor asked coldly, "Doesn't the Marquis of Dingbei appreciate your seventh sister's kindness?"

The Ninth Princess sighed and said, "Marquis Dingbei hangs out with the imperial guards all day long and rarely shows up in front of us. I want to ask him about interesting things in Saibei, but I can't find a chance. I heard from my Seventh Sister that Marquis Dingbei's wife is a young official lady who keeps a close eye on Marquis Dingbei, and Marquis Dingbei always likes to say that his wife is very clingy."

"Oh, you know all this." The emperor couldn't help but smile knowingly, coughed to cover it up, and said, "He got married when he was almost thirty years old, so it's inevitable that he is a little... well, a little different from ordinary people."

Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, the eunuch beside him interrupted and said with a smile: "It's no wonder that the wife of Dingbei Marquis is much younger than him."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh? How much younger? I only heard that she was the daughter of Qin Jijiu's family."

The chief eunuch stretched out his fingers to count, frowned, and said, as if he was not sure, "About ten years old."

Upon hearing this, the emperor laughed and said, "Then you should raise her as a daughter?"

The chief eunuch lowered his eyebrows and smiled, "That's right. I heard that Marquis Dingbei dotes on this little wife very much."

There was a rather strange look on the Ninth Princess's face.

The emperor just kept asking: "Old King, tell me, what do you know?"

The chief eunuch glanced at the Ninth Princess, as if it was difficult to say.

The emperor said, "Well, she will have to deal with the wife of Marquis Dingbei in the future, so it would be good for her to know more."

The chief eunuch said, "I heard earlier that Marquis Dingbei brought back a woman and two children from the northern frontier. There are many rumors in the capital that this woman is Marquis Dingbei's concubine and the two children are twins, a boy and a girl, who are deeply loved by the old lady. There are not many women of marriageable age in the capital who have a family background similar to Marquis Dingbei. After hearing the news, none of them wanted to get married."

"Haha," the emperor couldn't help laughing, "Lord Gu was handsome when he was young, and many women were attracted to him. I didn't expect that he would be unwanted because he didn't want to get married."

The Ninth Princess also chuckled a few times and asked, "What happened next?" The head eunuch said, "Later, Madam Gu said that she wanted to choose a daughter from a civil official family for Lord Gu, so that the child would follow the path of a civil official. After searching around, the Qin Jijiu family was the most suitable."

"Qin Jijiu's family has two daughters. The eldest daughter is born to a concubine and has been engaged. Lord Gu is engaged to the second daughter. Her mother's family is a branch of the Qinghe Cui family, so it's not bad."

"Old Madam Gu said that Lord Gu was getting old and was anxious to get married, so she urged them to set the wedding date, which happened to be the same day as that of the eldest daughter."

The eunuch's description was very vivid. The emperor had been reading memorials all day and was feeling bored. Now all his fatigue disappeared. He stroked his short beard and asked, "What about the second daughter?"

The chief eunuch paused and said, "Your Majesty, I haven't finished speaking yet. Who knew that Lord Gu's marriage had changed, and he ended up marrying the eldest daughter of the Qin family."

"Oh?" The emperor was shocked and asked, "How could Lord Gu marry the concubine daughter of Qin Jijiu?"

The Dingbei Marquis have been guarding the northern frontier for generations, and their title has been inherited without interruption. What a noble status!

Gu Jinghui guarded the northern frontier for ten years and defeated the Yelu clan. No one in the court could match his achievements. So how could he marry a concubine's daughter from Qin Jijiu's family?
It's really unbelievable.

The chief eunuch said, "Well, at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Qin Jijiu's second daughter fell into the water and was saved by his original son-in-law. Therefore, Qin Jijiu had to marry his second daughter to his son-in-law. The son-in-law was a minor scholar, so he would definitely agree to marry the daughter of Master Jijiu."

"In order to appease his eldest daughter, Qin Jijiu registered her under the name of his mother, and she also became his legitimate daughter. The Gu family did not cancel the engagement and actually agreed. Madam Gu wanted to find a daughter of a civil official. If not, she could only look for someone lower down, but I'm afraid she wouldn't find a good one."

The emperor sighed and said, "If Lord Gu was willing to marry a noble, he would not have married the concubine's daughter of a fifth-rank official. However, since she is registered under the name of her legal mother and her biological mother is a good concubine, it is... acceptable."

The Ninth Princess had a half-smile on her face.

The chief eunuch continued, "The Qin family girl is really lucky. I heard that not long after Dingbei Hou married her, he spread the word that the woman he brought back from Saibei was the widow of his lifesaver. He also said that after the widow had completed her mourning, if she was willing, he would give her a generous dowry so that she could find another good man."

"Hmm..." The emperor pondered for a moment and kept this matter in mind.

The chief eunuch was beaming with joy: "Many families in the capital regretted their decision after hearing about this, especially after Lord Gu returned to the capital, he had a big beard and looked unrecognizable. After the marriage, Lord Gu shaved his beard. With that appearance and family background, who wouldn't say that Qin Jijiu was lucky to have found a good marriage? Lord Gu thought highly of the Yue family, and I heard that he went to the Yue family several times to ask for advice. The Qin family and Dingbei Marquis's residence are in frequent contact, and even Lord Gu Liu of Dingbei Marquis's residence is hanging out with Qin Jijiu's second son-in-law and nephew."

The emperor frowned and asked after a while, "Isn't it that Gu Laoliu is in poor health and always hangs out with those scholars?"

The chief eunuch immediately leaned forward and lowered his voice, saying, "Your Majesty doesn't know that Master Gu Liu is good friends with the nephew of Qin Jijiu and is about to publish a collection of poems. I heard a while ago that Master Jijiu even helped persuade the Minister of Rites to write a preface for their collection. Ahem, Master Gu Liu also wrote a few poems."

The emperor was very interested and said, "What can he write? Old Prince, wait for them to print the collection of poems and bring it to me for me to see."

The eunuch smiled and said, "As you command."

The Ninth Princess frowned, not understanding why her father was so interested in the bastard of Marquis Dingbei. But she didn't bother to think too much at the moment, and pouted her lips and said coquettishly, "Father, Marquis Gu's wife will be here tomorrow, can I go take a look?"

Friends, there was a power outage at home today, so I only wrote one chapter until now. I will try harder tomorrow. Good night.