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

Chapter 355 Come Again
Hongye and Cuiming had almost finished their meal, so they stood up to clear the cups, bowls and dishes to avoid being seen by Gu Baozhu.

Just as we finished cleaning up here, Gu Baozhu's voice was heard over there.

"Sister-in-law, has your sister-in-law had her meal yet?"

Hongye couldn't help but whispered: "How can there be such a sister-in-law?"

Cui Ming said softly, "Don't talk nonsense. If people hear it, they will say that Miss and Miss Seven are not getting along."

Hongye said nothing, lowered her head, hurriedly picked up the tray and walked out.

Qin Yuan responded from inside, "I just finished using it. Why did you think of looking for me now?"

Gu Baozhu immediately said, "Third sister-in-law, I went to the upper room to pay my respects to mother as soon as I got up. Mother stayed for dinner, otherwise I would have come to talk to you a long time ago."

After he finished speaking, the man lifted the curtain and came in, seeing Qin Yuan sitting on the bed, leaning against the small kang table and drinking tea slowly.

"What kind of tea did you have, sister-in-law?"

Gu Baozhu came over familiarly.

Qin Yuan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Cloud Tea, do you want to try it?"

Gu Baozhu asked: "What are the benefits of this tea?"

Qin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "This is the cloud tea from Tiantai Mountain. Wen Tingyun once praised it as giving birth to wings. Tea lovers love to drink it. It is known as the rain from the Buddha's heaven and the fairy juice from the imperial garden."

He pointed to the tea leaves in the cup and showed them to Gu Baozhu, "It has a compact and fine shape, a green and fragrant color, a mellow taste and a beautiful shape. It can be regarded as the king of teas. It is very rare."

Gu Baozhu listened carefully and kept it in mind.

Qin Yuan was a little surprised and asked with a smile: "When did Seventh Sister become interested in the tea ceremony?"

He also told Mo Zhu to make a cup of tea for Gu Baozhu.

Gu Baozhu smiled and said, "I see that my sister-in-law is very elegant and is very good at all these things that scholars and scholars know, so I want to learn a few things from her. If my sister-in-law can learn to ride a horse, can't I learn to taste tea from her?"

Qin Yuan could only nod and say, "Yes."

Gu Baozhu took the tea in her hand and sipped it carefully with Qin Yuan.

She didn't say what was going on, she just sat there chatting for about half an hour before she asked, "Third sister-in-law, do all scholars like these?"

Qin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe. Some people don't care about these things, but most people love tea. Yesterday, I heard your third brother talk about how people in the northern part of the border drink tea. Their tea drinking habits are far different from ours in the Central Plains, but they also love to drink it. It shows that tea is a good thing and most people like it."

Gu Baozhu kept asking questions for a long time before saying goodbye.

Hongye had already brought Brother Qi back from Mr. Songshan's place, and seeing this, she asked, "Why did Miss Qi make such a trip?"

Qin Yuan shook her head, "I don't know. If she's just sitting there doing nothing, that's fine. But if she doesn't have to tell me what she wants next time, just let her be."

Hongye said, "When I saw Miss Seven, I just remembered something. The girl who hit the high rope from the Wuqiao circus troupe wanted to come and thank you for the reward, but then she saw that the mansion was busy, so she didn't come near Miss Seven."

Qin Yuan nodded, "This kid loves to watch it. Let's invite them over to play during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Kang Ge'er and Fu Ge'er should also be on vacation and celebrating the festival at home."

Hongye said happily, "Okay, I like to watch it too." Qin Yuan couldn't help laughing for a while when she thought of Gu Baozhu's recklessness. She had her hair done and took a nap. Just after she got up and changed her clothes, she heard that Gu Baozhu was here again.

Qin Yuan: “!”

Why are you here again?
Hongye was waiting outside looking at the account book. When she heard the noise, she came in to serve and whispered, "Seventh Miss is here again. I don't know what she is doing. She was bored so she asked me some things about my time at the Qin family."

Qin Yuan's heart moved, so he asked: "What did you ask?"

Hongye thought for a moment and said, "It was just some topics like how the Qin family teaches their children to read, and they also asked what books the young lady had read, how long she had been reading, and so on."

Qin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, could it be that you want to study too, just like Master Liu?"

Hongye suddenly laughed and said, "Mr. Songshan stays in the mansion, so it shouldn't be too much trouble to teach Miss Seven."

Qin Yuan moved the hairpin beside her ear, looked at the mirror, and said, "Why do you think so? Mr. Songshan is unwilling to accept even the Sixth Master. If you ask him to teach the Seventh Miss, I'm afraid he won't be able to stay."

Hongye stuck out her tongue. "Mr. Songshan has such a bad temper?"

Qin Yuan said solemnly, "I tell you, Mr. Songshan is a man of great talent. Others cannot invite him even if they want to. It is because of the great fortune of the Marquis that he got such a great deal. It is our blessing that Mr. Songshan is willing to stay in the mansion for a long time."

Hongye immediately said, "Miss, rest assured. I will take good care of Mr. Songshan. If there is anything wrong, I will inform you and the Marquis immediately."

Qin Yuan nodded, "I am very confident in your work, but I am afraid that you don't know how powerful he is and underestimate him. Scholars care most about etiquette. You have been in the Qin family for so long, you should know this."

Hongye said, "Of course I know. My Lord often says that scholars are noble and pay attention to etiquette. They should be careful and proper in everything they do."

Qin Yuan said nothing more. After he had packed up, he asked someone to invite Gu Baozhu in.

Gu Baozhu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law wanted to take a nap. I am sorry for disturbing her."

Qin Yuan asked her to sit down and asked, "Why did you come back again? Is there anything important you want to ask me?"

Gu Baozhu said, "Can't I come if there's nothing important? Didn't we agree that we'd spend the next two days together? I've got nothing to do in the mansion, so I wanted to come and talk to my sister-in-law."

Qin Yuan had no choice but to chat with her.

Gu Baozhu finished her tea and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you want to go riding with me?"

Qin Yuan shook her head.

"I don't want to ride today. I need to write some letters. You must be tired from helping me entertain guests these days. It's good to relax. But don't forget to practice embroidery. The Qiqiao Festival will be held in a few days. Your third brother has been reading it for a long time."

When this was mentioned, Gu Baozhu was no longer so calm and composed. She complained with a bitter face: "Third sister-in-law, you also know that although I am very talented, I started too late. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to go to the Qiqiao Conference like this? Can you talk to Third Brother and ask him to save me from going out to embarrass myself?"

Qin Yuan couldn't help but smile.

"Seventh sister, do you think I didn't try to persuade him? No one can persuade your third brother to change his mind. Besides, you said that day that you would not embroider the fan cover for your third brother. He was very angry. How dare I beg for mercy?"

Gu Baozhu sighed, "I know that Third Sister-in-law and I are the best, and she would never bear to see me embarrassed. Oh, Third Brother, Third Brother, you are so narrow-minded... He is so much older than me, he can be my father, but he still argues with me. It's really shameless."

Qin Yuan took great effort to suppress her smile, and changed the subject, asking, "Have you visited your sixth sister-in-law?"

Qin Yuan hadn't visited him in the past few days. After Sixth Master decided to sue the Xu family, she didn't know what to say, so she kept putting it off.