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

Chapter 316 Banquet (Part )

Qin Yuan said: "If you don't want to alarm your sister-in-law and let her recover from her illness, then don't mention this matter again. And have someone tell your sister-in-law that the money has been recovered. While your sister-in-law is here, you should still get along well with the Xu family."

Master Gu Liu stared blankly and said, "Although I am extremely angry, I cannot do anything to piss her off to death for the sake of the child."

Qin Yuan said: "Then Sixth Brother, you can either pay for it yourself or ask the Xu family for it. It all depends on what you think. Only when you think it through, can we help you."

All in all, this account was the Sixth Lady's private money.

Although this private money was most likely plundered from the Marquis' Mansion, the Gu brothers obviously did not want to pursue the matter further.

If we want to make Sixth Madam feel less upset, the deficit must be made up with real money.

But who will pay has to be made clear.

Master Gu Liu's lips trembled slightly as he asked, "Is it the 27,000 taels of silver?"

Qin Yuan nodded.

Mr. Gu Liu took a breath.

Gu Jinghui couldn’t help but say, “Your sister-in-law said that the price of pepper will still go up in the future, but either you get the silver back at a discount, or you get the pepper back. Otherwise, just treat it as the Xu family taking the private money. There must be an explanation, and we can’t just leave it like that.”

Master Gu Liu was about to faint from anger, and hurriedly said in a pitiful voice: "Good Third Brother, please help me up, I am about to faint from anger."

Qin Yuan had no choice but to say, "Pinch your own philtrum with your fingernails first. Otherwise, if your third brother pinches it, it will probably swell and disfigure you."

After hearing this, Mr. Gu Liu forced himself to be strong and pinched his philtrum.

Gu Jinghui supported him with disdain and asked, "What are your plans? The guests are still waiting in front, and your sister-in-law and I can't stay for too long."

Master Gu Liu said, "What else can I do? I can't let the Xu family get away with this debt. The Xu family raised their daughter like this, and now she is not honest after coming to the Marquis' Mansion. Instead, they blame me. Why didn't the Xu family say anything when they got benefits from our Marquis' Mansion? I really can't swallow this anger."

Mr. Gu Liu felt that he was a fool, being manipulated and kneaded like a dough by the Xu family, but he was too cautious to show any anger.

Just one word: frustrating.

Gu Jinghui said, “That woman is still hiding this for Sixth Sister-in-law. How can she win against the Xu family? Tell her clearly that your sister-in-law already knows that Sixth Sister-in-law secretly borrowed from the Xu family to buy pepper. Tell her to speak out if she can. We still have evidence that the Xu family lent money at high interest, and Sixth Sister-in-law is also involved. She is from the Xu family.”

If this were said, it would be equivalent to tearing off the last fig leaf of Madam Gu Liu and the Xu family.

Gu Jinghui added, “After that, let that woman keep this matter to herself. If Sixth Brother’s wife gets into trouble because of this, it will be her fault.”

Qin Yuan said: "And on the Xu family."

Gu Jinghui glanced at Qin Yuan with appreciation and nodded, “Your sister-in-law is right.”

Gu Liuye finally regained some spirits and said, "Okay, Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law, you go and greet the guests first. I'll stay here and slowly deal with them."

Gu Jinghui said: “If you can’t get it down, come find me again.”

Mr. Gu Liu nodded heavily with red eyes.

Gu Jinghui said, “I’m really angry right now. I get annoyed just looking at those three. You go in and deal with them by yourself. I’ll call Sixteen and Butler Han to help you.”

As he said this, he whistled.

After a while, Gu Shiliu and Butler Han arrived. Qin Yuan said, "I'll leave Hongye here. When she's done with her business, I'll ask her to go find me directly in front."

Gu Shiliu said: "It would be better if Madam had a big maid to serve her."

Gu Liuye also said, "Third sister-in-law, I'll ask Aunt Huang to take people to guard Xu's place. No one dares to disturb them. Just take Hongye with you without worry."

Gu Jinghui nodded and said, "This is how you act like a responsible person. Go ahead, we are leaving too."

Qin Yuan followed Lord Gu towards the front yard. They were silent all the way. When they reached a fork in the road, Lord Gu said, "If mother asks you later, just say I had something to ask you and that delayed me for a while."

Qin Yuan responded.

Seeing that Lord Gu looked unhappy, Qin Yuan said, "Don't be angry, my husband. Sixth Master will learn it slowly."

Lord Gu said, "Look at him. I was away from home these years. I don't know how he got along with the Xu family. He suffered so much."

Seeing his expression of resentment towards him, Qin Yuan couldn't help but chuckle, her eyes curved, and said, "Now that you're back, the Xu family only got some silver before, so let's just consider it as a loss to avoid disaster."

Seeing her beautiful smile, Lord Gu suddenly felt relieved and couldn't help but sigh, "I am so lucky to marry a great treasure like you, unlike my sixth brother's wife who always holds me back."

Qin Yuan's face flushed, and he spat, "We were talking nicely, but why did you turn to this? Go to the front and entertain the guests. Your father-in-law is waiting to test you on how to write a poem."

After saying this, he smiled teasingly.

Lord Gu: "..."

The unyielding Lord Gu suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and said slowly: "Don't always use my father-in-law to scare me. I can also bring up Mr. Songshan to deal with it. Who knows, my father-in-law may even join me in calling Mr. Songshan a brother. When that happens, what will you call me?"

Qin Yuan snorted, ignored him, and turned to go to the garden.

Lord Gu, feeling proud again, curled his lips and chuckled, and walked towards the second gate. He had only taken a few steps when he heard Gu Shiba's voice coming from above his head, "Lord, the Crown Prince and the Ninth Princess are here."

As he spoke, Gu Shiba lightly fell from the treetop.

Lord Gu paused, frowned and asked, "What's going on? They were not invited to the banquet today, why did they come uninvited?"

Gu Shiba remained silent.

Lord Gu had no choice but to rush to the front yard to welcome the guests.

Gu Shiba also passed the message to Qin Yuan who was not far away.

Hongye couldn't help but ask, "What are the Crown Prince and the Ninth Princess doing here?"

Qin Yuan frowned and said, "Who knows? He came uninvited. He could say he came on a whim or he could say he wanted to make friends with the Marquis."

Originally, the imperial inspection was an act of venting the emperor's anger for the crown prince. Now the crown prince is doing this again. Does he want people to think that Marquis Gu is tied to the crown prince's boat?
Hongye couldn't help but say, "The Seventh Princess and the Ninth Princess didn't have any good intentions towards you last time. When the Ninth Princess enters the inner courtyard later, you must be careful when dealing with her."

Qin Yuan nodded and said nothing more.

When they arrived at the garden, they happened to meet everyone coming to welcome the emperor. Madam Gu was of high rank and old, so she did not bow, but the other female members of the family all bowed in unison.

Qin Yuan hurriedly mixed in and followed suit, bowing.