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

Chapter 272 Preparation
Lord Gu disagreed with his opinion.

"The incident with the late Empress Dowager changed the situation of the Imperial Hospital. The original director of the Imperial Hospital was implicated and sentenced to exile. This incident involved many people in the imperial court and the harem. Many doctors were purged, some had their entire families confiscated, and some had their entire clans exterminated. Now these... may have escaped by chance, or they may have other reasons to rely on. It is hard to say how advanced their medical skills are. Otherwise, why has the prince's illness not improved for so many years? I have heard many people talking about it from far away in the northern frontier, saying that the doctors in the Imperial Hospital are getting worse and worse than before."

Master Gu Liu was stunned for a long while before he said, "I don't know about that... Then... If Doctor Li's prescription is better than Dean Pang's, then we can ask Doctor Li to take a look."

Lord Gu concealed his thoughts and said, "Let's talk about it later."

I’m afraid Doctor Li is not willing to treat me.

Always think of the worst. If my sixth brother's wife's condition relapses and the Xu family comes to cause trouble, I wonder if I can still hold on?

Although it was not fair, Lord Gu had to think about it. If something really happened, he would not want to bear this reputation.

Lord Gu said, "The mansion is about to be opened. The Xu family will come to ask for an explanation in the next two days. How do you plan to deal with it?"

Gu Liuye didn't have any ideas. "Let them confront Xu face to face. Now that the flowers are gone, they should dare to enter the inner courtyard."

"Sixth brother's wife is so ill, I'm afraid she won't make it."

"What can we do? Xu Zhen is still missing, and the Xu family is a poor family. Only the Xu family and their aunt and nephew know what happened. We have been kept in the dark. If we want to blame someone, we should blame her for causing so much trouble."

Lord Gu said, "There is something I need to tell you first. During the time when my sixth brother's wife was the housekeeper, she made a lot of money. If we calculate it based on this, I'm afraid it would be enough for me to divorce my wife long ago."

Upon learning the number, Mr. Gu Liu was so scared that he stuck out his tongue.

"My goodness, Xu is really brave."

Lord Gu said, "These are not all in her hands. Some of them will slip through her fingers and be given to others. But it is all put on her head."

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and it's what you deserve." Mr. Gu Liu's face turned pale.

"Although your sixth sister-in-law didn't observe mourning for your father, she also gave birth to several children for you and spent a lot of time managing the household for so many years. I'm not saying this to ask you to divorce her, but to give you a clue so that you can use it to intimidate the Xu family. Of course, if you can persuade your sixth sister-in-law to tell the truth in front of the Xu family and distance herself from the matter, that would be the best. Just keep this matter to yourself and pretend it never happened. Let her recover from her illness."

Master Gu Liu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go sit in her yard later."

"Sixth brother's wife's illness is caused by worrying too much. You must be careful with your words, or the children will blame you in the future."

Gu Jinghui was worried and reminded him several times.

Wutong Court.

Qin Yuan changed out of her overcoat for going out. Cui Ming and the little maid came forward to help her remove the hairpins and rings on her head. She then combed her hair into a bun and changed into the purple gauze dress she usually wore at home.

The maid brought some fruit tea and said, "Madam has been sitting outside for a long time. Have some fruit tea to cool down."

Qin Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, you are thoughtful. Go and do something else first. Leave Cui Ming to serve you."

She looked through the items that Hongye had copied for a while, made up her mind, and ordered someone to invite Gu Shiliu over.

Cui Ming asked, "Why didn't Miss give this to the Marquis?"

Qin Yuan took a sip of tea and said, "I just want Sixteen to check it out. This is a serious matter involving the marriages of the two families. It would be bad to let the Marquis speculate before we find out the truth."

Cui Ming smiled, "If Gu Shiliu knows, then that means the Marquis knows too."

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "We can't let the Marquis know nothing about it. After all, husband and wife are one body, and that can't be said casually." As he spoke, Gu Shiliu came and greeted through the beaded curtain.

Qin Yuan asked Cui Ming to pass the paper to Gu Shiliu and said, "I heard that the Xu family has some people who do usury, and some who work as brokers and lend money at high interest rates. Lord Xu is the last generation of the Xu family to inherit the title, so the Xu family is inevitably less cautious. I have been checking the accounts these days, so I asked Hongye to sort out the accounts. I always feel that something is wrong, and I am very worried that the Marquis' Mansion is also involved."

Gu Shiliu heard her serious words and asked hurriedly, "But what did Hongye find out when checking the accounts? I have long said that there is something wrong with Accountant Sun."

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "All in all, the Marquis's Mansion didn't suffer any financial losses, but if he was caught, the Marquis's reputation would be ruined. If it was more serious, he might even be killed."

Gu Shiliu's heart went up and down as she spoke.

I felt relieved to learn that the Marquis' Mansion didn't suffer any financial losses, but when I heard what happened next, I became worried again.

He quickly flipped through the paper in his hand, which listed the dates on which large sums of money had arrived and been deposited over the past few years, with the days in between marked out.

I don’t quite understand the other things, but the monthly examples specifically marked out are absolutely clear.

It takes quite a while from the time the money is transferred from the external account to the internal account to the time it is distributed to the people in each courtyard. The shortest time is more than twenty days and the longest time is more than two months.

Qin Yuan said: "This is only for the inner courtyard. There are still a few items in the outer courtyard that have not been sorted out yet. You can just take a look."

Gu Shiliu asked: "Madam, do you want me to check it out?
Qin Yuan looked a bit embarrassed and said, "I have noticed some clues, but if these are placed under other people's noses, they will not recognize them. If you want to know the truth, you have to rely on your own abilities."

Gu Shiliu said, "I think it's better to let Shiba do it. It just so happens that he has been investigating the Xu family these days. With so much money, no matter how secretive it is, there will be some evidence left behind."

Qin Yuan nodded with satisfaction and asked Cui Ming to send Gu Shiliu out.

Gu Shiliu said with a smile, "Miss Cui Ming, why should you be so polite? I don't know how many times I come here every day."

Cui Ming sighed, "This is what Madam means by this. We never leave the house and don't come into contact with these things on a daily basis. We don't know the tricks here. You have to figure it out for yourself."

Gu Shiliu smiled and nodded, and as soon as he left Wutong Garden, he went straight to find Gu Shiba to chat.

This time there was no need to talk through the small window. Gu Shiliu whistled from inside the wall, and Gu Shiba jumped into the yard. The two of them squatted at the foot of the wall and talked.

"Madam actually thought of this," Gu Shiba was quite shocked after hearing the reason, "How could a young lady from an ordinary family know such a thing?"

Gu Shiliu said: "Madam is very smart. It's not surprising that she can think of something that others can do."

Gu Shiba said: "Listen to what you are saying."

"What?"

Gu Shiba said: "You are too protective of your wife."

"Madam, you are working so hard for the Marquis and the Marquis' Mansion."

"That's true."

"How have you been investigating these days? The mansion will be opened tomorrow, and the Xu family will definitely come to cause trouble."

Gu Shiba said, "I have investigated almost everything about his family, but it is hard to find out whether he took money from the Marquis' Mansion to lend out. This kind of thing needs proof. Whether he lent money at high interest or at high interest, he had bills with those people as proof. But I don't know what the agreement was for the money transactions with the Marquis' Mansion."