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

Chapter 333 Eavesdropping
Seeing Qin Yuan's frown, Hongye and Cuiming also frowned.

No one can answer the question of where Xu Zhen went.

Everyone walked in silence for a while, and Qin Yuan suddenly said, "Hongye, after you come back from the upper room, go find Gu Shiliu and ask him to find a way to find out if the Xu family's loan was involved in any case, where the case was handled, who was involved, and who helped behind the scenes."

If the Xu family just wanted to scare the Marquis's Mansion, she would not kill them all.

But if the Xu family really did as Butler Cao said, and used the disappearance of Xu Zhen to endlessly control the Marquis' Mansion, then she would never let this hidden danger remain in the world.

Hongye said: "Yes."

Qin Yuan added: "Urge them to find Xu Zhen's whereabouts."

Hongye said: "Yes."

Qin Yuan added: "It looks like we need to find a way to urge the brother and sister to move out as soon as possible."

Cui Ming nodded.

Hongye sighed, "I'm afraid Xiaohong will pester me again."

Cui Ming said with a smile: "Xiao Hong is the most clever and naughty. She is also very good at teasing people. That child is really pitiful."

Qin Yuan also laughed.

Xiaohong and Hongye exchange information frequently, and their relationship is getting better and better. Xiaohong is going to move to the next yard with the twins, and I'm afraid she will talk about it for a long time in front of Hongye.

After everyone chatted and laughed for a while, Qin Yuan had calmed down and walked into the upper room with a relaxed look on his face, as if he had no worries at all.

As soon as I walked to the porch, I heard Madam Gu's laughter.

The maid opened the curtain and whispered, "Seventh Miss is here."

Qin Yuan nodded and walked in, only to see Gu Baozhu, who had changed into a half-worn crimson palace dress that she wore at home, leaning against Old Madam Gu and chatting.

"Mom, I can hear you laughing happily from a distance."

Qin Yuan bowed as she spoke, and Gu Baozhu quickly stood up and greeted her.

Madam Gu smiled and said, "Your sister is up to something new again. She pestered me and said that there will be a polo match on the Mid-Autumn Festival and she can't be without me. She asked me to talk to Hui'er and ask him not to put her in solitary confinement even if she can't pass the Qiqiao Fair."

Qin Yuan was a little surprised.

"Sister is going to play polo?"

Gu Baozhu raised her chin, said with a proud "hmm", and said, "Third sister-in-law probably rarely beats me and rarely watches me. We, the daughters of military generals, are not as pampered as you, sitting in the boudoir all day reciting poems, painting, embroidering and playing the piano. I learned to ride a horse since I was a child, and boys may not be as good as me."

Qin Yuan was very supportive and said, "Sister is so amazing."

Madam Gu said angrily, "How do you talk to your third sister-in-law? You can ride horses and play polo, and your third sister-in-law can recite poems, paint, embroider, and play the piano. Don't they each have their own strengths? Why do you sound as if being able to ride horses is more important than being able to recite poems and paint? When people take the imperial examination, there are two top scholars: the civil scholar and the martial scholar."

Gu Baozhu sniffed, wrinkling her nose, and said reluctantly, "Mother, that's not what I meant, and Third Sister-in-law wouldn't think wrongly. I just wanted to say that I'm not that squeamish, and I ride a horse better than others."

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "What's wrong with that? Speaking of riding a horse, I think it's easy to learn. When I have nothing to do, I often ride Li Nu for a few laps."

"Li Nu?"

Old Madam Gu pronounced the name somewhat unfamiliarly.

Gu Baozhu said, "My third brother found a horse specifically for my third sister-in-law so that she could learn how to ride a horse."

"Oh," Madam Gu couldn't help laughing a few times and said, "I never thought your third brother was so good at making your third sister-in-law happy." Gu Baozhu said sourly, "That's right, since your third brother married your third sister-in-law, he has put me, his younger sister, behind."

Everyone knew that she was holding a grudge against Lord Gu for putting her in solitary confinement and making her learn embroidery.

Qin Yuan said: "I may have learned how to ride a horse and play polo, but you haven't even learned how to embroider, let alone recite poems and paint."

"How is that possible?"

Gu Baozhu became very competitive.

Qin Yuan provoked: "Why don't we compete?"

Gu Baozhu raised her two handsome eyebrows and said with a smile: "Third sister-in-law, are you serious?"

"Of course it's true," Qin Yuan provoked again: "Don't you dare to compete with me?"

Gu Baozhu said proudly, "What a joke. I think Third Sister-in-law will suffer a loss if she competes with me. You also know that Feng Niang from Jinxiu Pavilion said that I have some talent in learning embroidery, but I just started late. Otherwise, I would have won face for the Marquis' Mansion at this year's Qiqiao Conference. But Third Sister-in-law is learning to play polo, which is hard to say. If I really compete with Third Sister-in-law, wouldn't it be an unfair victory?"

Cui Ming and Hong Ye couldn't help but smile.

Hearing that Gu Baozhu was so confident in her embroidery skills, Qin Yuan smiled and said, "I'm not afraid. I also think I have a talent for riding horses and playing polo."

Madam Gu hurriedly stopped them, saying, "What are you two sisters-in-law doing? Yuan'er, be obedient and don't compare. She is young and naive, and you are too old to argue with her. She has been riding horses since she was a child and has been playing polo for several years. You have to be really crazy to compare with her. Besides, polo takes time to learn, and it is easy to get hurt on the field. It is not a sport for a refined person like you."

It was so hard to find such a lovely daughter-in-law to be by her side. If something happened to her and ruined her face, Madam Gu didn’t know whether the third son could bear it, but she definitely couldn’t bear it.

Gu Baozhu said: "Third sister-in-law, look, it's because mother doesn't agree, not because I don't dare to compete with you."

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, it's not that you don't dare to compete with me, but that you can't compete with me."

"Yes!" Gu Baozhu said, "If Third Sister-in-law and I compete in poetry and painting, I will definitely not be as good as you. Let's just forget it, so as not to hurt the relationship."

Qin Yuan looked at Gu Baozhu with some surprise.

Gu Baozhu smiled at Qin Yuan and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Third sister-in-law, why doesn't Third Brother come to eat with Mother?"

"He has a guest. His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi is coming."

Madam Gu's forehead twitched when she heard this.

Gu Baozhu was surprised: "Why did the Crown Prince come yesterday and the Prince of Qi come today? It looked like they were fighting in a duel."

It is no secret in the capital that the King of Qi is dissatisfied with the Crown Prince.

Just as Qiu Ju and the others had already prepared the meal, Old Madam Gu interrupted Gu Baozhu and said, "It's not surprising that your third brother has contact with them. Before, when your third brother was not at home, it was not easy for them to have contact with him."

Gu Baozhu wisely stopped talking. After finishing the meal, she asked Qin Yuan, "Third sister-in-law, shall we go together?"

Qin Yuan was a little surprised again, and said with a smile: "Sister, go back first, I still have something to tell mother."

Gu Baozhu rolled her eyes and said, "Third sister-in-law, do you have anything to say to mother alone? Can I listen?"

Qin Yuan said: "It's nothing, it's just that there is something going on with the Xu family, I need to talk to mother about it in detail."

The implication is that it is not appropriate for Gu Baozhu to listen here.

After Gu Baozhu went out, she walked a few steps, then quietly came back, told the maids not to make any noise, and stood under the window to eavesdrop.