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

Chapter 327 Guessing
Qin Yuan comforted him, "Mr. Songshan is a great scholar with a different temperament from ordinary people. It is a pleasant surprise that he agreed to teach my sixth brother how to write poetry. My father must be very envious of him."

Gu Liuye became happy again and said, "I think so too. Mr. Songshan doesn't seem to be as sycophantic as the people nowadays. He would rather tell stories than be an official in the court, and he has no respect for officials. He was able to teach me to write poetry because of my third sister-in-law. I should be content."

Qin Yuan suggested: "Sixth brother, you can also take the painting to Mr. Songshan to have a look and learn from him. It doesn't necessarily require the status of master and apprentice."

These few words made Mr. Gu Liu suddenly enlightened.

All of a sudden, I wasn't sleepy anymore.

Gu Jinghui was too lazy to look at him, so he said, “Alright, go back and rest.”

Mr. Gu Liu was driven away, and Gu Baozhu came again.

As soon as he came in, he asked, "Third sister-in-law, have all your family members left?"

Gu Jinghui was a little annoyed, frowned and asked: "What? Didn't you play enough yesterday? How is your embroidery practice going? The Qiqiao Fair is about to start, I want to see how you will perform then."

Gu Baozhu said, "I'm concerned about my sister-in-law. Third brother is like a man in a rage. Does my father know that you, as his brother, bully me so much?"

Gu Jinghui stopped talking.

Seeing Lord Gu being humiliated, Qin Yuan held back her laughter and asked, "Thank you, Sister Baozhu, for your concern. How did you find the front yard?"

Gu Baozhu said, "I went to Wutong Garden to look for my sister-in-law. The maids said you were in the front yard, so I came to take a look."

Qin Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, the Marquis had breakfast with me and my family. They have already gone back. You took Heng Ge'er and the others out to play yesterday. I thought it was quite fun. It was hard for you to catch so many fireflies."

"Everyone was just competing for fun and didn't notice that we caught so many. We couldn't use them all to make lanterns, so I thought I'd give them to you to have some fun," Gu Baozhu said after a few pleasantries. She rolled her eyes and said, "Then I'll go back to embroider."

"Go ahead," Gu Jinghui waved his hand impatiently.

Gu Baozhu curled her lips quietly and didn't stay any longer. On the way back, she complained to the maid, "Third brother is like a different person now. He keeps a close eye on third sister-in-law, as if she would run away with me if I said a word. If he had been like this earlier, I would have thought he wanted to take that Zhao girl as a concubine? I don't know who would not stay with his new bride on their wedding night."

The little maid hurriedly said, "Miss, be careful with your words. You have to stay away from some people. If you make the Marquis angry again, it will be troublesome."

"Who's afraid of him?" Gu Baozhu said firmly, but she changed the subject: "Come to think of it, we didn't let the twins come out yesterday."

The little maidservant whispered, "Miss, I heard that they wanted to break out to see the princess when she came to visit, but they were stopped by Madam at the second gate. They also beat up a gatekeeper, and he was sick for a month. The Marquis knew that all the male members of the servant's family died in the battlefield, and only his blind mother was left at home, so he brought his blind mother into the mansion to treat her. We all knew that we didn't scold the twins and thought of the Marquis' kindness."

Gu Baozhu was surprised and said, "There is such a thing!"

"That's right. We have been locked up in the yard these days and don't know a lot of things. I heard this from the woman who was stoking the fire in the kitchen when Ping'er was fetching water last night."

Gu Baozhu frowned and asked, "Why did they break out? Can they see the princess?"

The little maid said, "That's right. Even if Master Kang and Master Fu were at home, they would never come out to meet guests without being told to, let alone come out to meet the princess."

Gu Baozhu paused and said, "You're right. We were in the yard and Cheng Ge'er couldn't see us at that time, but Yu Jie'er often came to learn needlework. She never said a word of these things and always looked pitiful, as if others were mistreating her." The little maid curled her lips.

"Mrs. Zhao looks delicate, but she did something that we clumsy people can't do. I don't know how Zihe offended her. She worked hard to serve her, but she didn't get a good result. If she hadn't been discovered quickly, we don't know what the situation in our house is now. It's no wonder that everyone in the house hates them. If they didn't live in the upper room and were protected by the old lady and the marquis, they wouldn't be able to live so comfortably."

Gu Baozhu's handsome eyebrows were tightly knitted.

"Well, I'm not as cunning as a child. A few days ago, she cried miserably in front of me, saying that the servants and old women in the mansion didn't treat them well and looked down on them. If I wasn't worried that my third brother would punish me, I would have stood up for her."

The little maid smiled.

Gu Baozhu became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. She kicked pebbles back to the yard and saw Zihe standing on the porch talking to the old woman.

Seeing her come in, Zihe hurriedly bowed and greeted her.

"Miss Seven is back. I am here with Miss Yu to learn needlework."

Gu Baozhu nodded and said, "You guys learn first. I'm tired from playing last night, so I'm going to take a rest."

He walked inside. Sister Yu heard him through the window and said crisply, "Aunt is back. I just sewed a bag, just right for her to put fireflies in."

Gu Baozhu said "hmm" perfunctorily and walked straight into the inner room, ordering that no one was allowed to come in without her permission.

Yu Jie'er felt bored, so she went back after studying for a while. Before leaving, she came to say goodbye, but was stopped outside by the maids, who just said that Miss Seven was resting and let her play by herself.

Yu Jie'er became more and more unhappy. She took Zihe back to the upper room and said to Cheng Ge'er, "I don't know why Aunt Baozhu was so cold to me today."

After listening to her complaints, Cheng Ge'er said, "We will move out from now on. This mansion will no longer be our home. Although the old lady said that we will still interact with each other as before, it will definitely be different from before."

Yu Jie'er's mouth was pouted and she was about to cry.

Cheng Ge'er said, "Nurse is right. Children without mothers are worth less than grass. Look how good our foster father was to us before. He became even colder to us after he married his wife. Now we can't even live in a mansion. We are crying here and no one will feel sorry for us. Who knows, someone might scold us for not knowing what's good for us. Crying will upset the old lady."

After a while, Xiaohong came in and saw that Sister Yu's eyes were red, so she asked, "Miss Yu, what's wrong with you?"

Sister Yu said, "I'm a little scared thinking about living with my adoptive parents."

Xiao Hong said, "I heard that this is a good family specially selected by the Marquis, and they will definitely not treat you unfairly. If you cry now, the old lady and others will think you despise them. Stop crying."

Cheng Ge'er winked at Yu Jie'er, as if to say, see, I got it right.

Yu Jie'er pouted and looked at Xiao Hong with an unfriendly look.

Cheng Ge'er asked playfully, "Sister Xiaohong, are you really willing to follow us to live with our foster parents?"