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

Chapter 372 Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick
Gu Baozhu tilted her neck and grimaced for a long time, but she couldn't help it and retorted, "Mother, you are making a fuss. What's the big deal? I played with the Ninth Princess and played polo with those young ladies. They all knew about this. I was just talking about it at home. Can't I even mention it in front of my third sister-in-law? In the future, my third sister-in-law will have to go out to visit guests. Who can interact with our Dingbei Marquis Mansion without knowing the secrets of the palace?"

Madam Gu said angrily, "I just said one sentence and you said a lot. Who would mention the matters of the late Empress Dowager and Empress Yuan outside? The Empress Dowager and Empress Lin are living in the deep palace now. Besides, there are some things that others can mention, but we can't."

Gu Baozhu’s lips were pouted so tightly that a bottle could be hung on them.

Seeing that she was still unconvinced, Madam Gu slapped her thigh and said, "You are such a worry, you still don't listen to advice. Kang'er and Fu'er are so young, and you can make trouble out of nothing by talking nonsense in front of them. Your sister-in-law wants to go out to meet guests, don't I know how to teach her? In the future, I can only marry you to the enemy of the old Gu family, and go and cause trouble for other families, and I won't have to worry about you every day."

Gu Baozhu was a little annoyed at first, but after hearing what happened next, she felt embarrassed and annoyed.

How would her third sister-in-law look at her if her mother said this to her in front of her?

Gu Baozhu stamped her feet, shook Qin Yuan's hand, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm not that kind of person. I was just talking about that fragrance for you. Why did my mother say that to me? Do you think I feel wronged?"

Qin Yuan, who was quietly drinking tea and eating candied fruit beside him: "..."

What does this have to do with her...

Fortunately, Master Gu Liu came and said as soon as he entered the door: "Sister, what are you arguing about again? I heard your voice from a long distance away. Didn't you say these days that you wanted to learn from the young ladies of scholar families? Then you should learn more from your third sister-in-law. When have you ever seen your third sister-in-law become so noisy?"

Gu Baozhu: "..."

If she keeps saying this, how can she make her third sister-in-law like her?
If her third sister-in-law looked down on her, could she say good things about her in front of Qin Siyuan?
Why are her family members holding her back like this?
Gu Baozhu lowered her voice and said, "Sixth brother, guess who I met yesterday and what news I heard?"

"Who?"

Mr. Gu Liu forced himself to ask.

Gu Baozhu said: "I met the cousin of my third sister-in-law, your good brother - Mr. Qin."

Everyone looked at her strangely.

Gu Baozhu's voice was a little hoarse.

Gu Liuye suspiciously asked everyone's question: "How did you see him?"

Gu Baozhu laughed dryly and said, "Why can't I see him? I thought he was going to attend Cheng Ge'er's family recognition banquet yesterday, but I didn't expect that sister-in-law didn't invite him. I even told him to see him at the family recognition banquet."

Qin Yuan glanced at Gu Baozhu with a smile.

Mr. Gu Liu was a little anxious.

"It's normal for your third sister-in-law not to invite Brother Siyuan. Cheng'er and Yu'er have never interacted with the Xu family and the Qin family, and they only have face for your third sister-in-law. Why would your third sister-in-law invite him to the family recognition banquet? In my opinion, nothing is more important than his imperial examination."

He almost said directly that coming to the family reunion party was a waste of time.

Gu Baozhu said: "Sixth brother is right."

Old Madam Gu took one look at the pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix and didn't know what to say.

One said that Qin Yuan did not invite the Qin family to the twins' recognition party, and the other said directly that Qin Yuan only had a face relationship with the twins.

They are truly brother and sister: neither can speak, and both make people speechless.

Mr. Gu Liu was still questioning his sister.

"You ran out again yesterday? I told you that you couldn't sit still at home. Where did you meet Brother Siyuan? What has he been busy with these days?"

Questions came one after another. Gu Baozhu said, "Kang Ge'er and Fu Ge'er still have to take care of Sixth Sister-in-law, and I can't always ask them to play. Besides, I haven't been out for more than three months, and I haven't seen many friends. Of course, I have to go out more often."

Madam Gu asked, "What did you do when you went out?"

Gu Baozhu said, "I went to the tile house and watched a variety show for a while, then went to the teahouse and met Meifeng and the others. I told them that my sixth brother had published a collection of poems, and then I took them to the Imperial Academy to watch the boxing match."

It sounds like a pretty tight schedule.

Qin Yuan was thoughtful. If he let Gu Baozhu go out for a few more days, all the affairs of the Xu and Gu families would probably be revealed.

Then Master Gu Liu asked, "Did you bother Brother Siyuan?"

Gu Baozhu said casually, "We are all relatives, so shouldn't we bother you? Since we can't get into the Imperial College, we naturally need to find someone to take us in, and I thought of Mr. Qin."

Master Gu Liu breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly glanced at Qin Yuan's expression before asking, "I didn't delay Brother Siyuan for too long, did I? How was the competition?"

Shen Changle was in charge of all this matter. Master Gu Liu was just the one who paid the bill, and even the money was taken by Lord Gu. After Master Gu Liu memorized the "Complete Tang Poems" as required by Mr. Songshan, he rewrote a few more poems and sent them over.

If it weren’t for the Xu family’s matter, Mr. Gu Liu would also want to visit the Imperial College.

I don’t know whether my own poems have been criticized, let alone others’.

Gu Baozhu nodded and then shook her head.

"Mr. Qin said that it was a literary competition, not a martial arts competition. It was a large screen placed in a large courtyard with a shed built on top and lots of paper pasted on it to make a paper wall. Anyone who had a good poem could write it on it and leave their name."

Gu Liuye said, "Of course. Do you think this is a martial arts arena where people take turns to fight with swords and guns?"

Gu Baozhu was annoyed: "Sixth brother, do you still want to listen?"

Mr. Gu Liu stopped talking.

Gu Baozhu added: "Many students from the Imperial College gathered there to watch. There were people guarding under the shed, helping to grind ink and copy. The paper wall had several layers, and it was covered with poems."

Master Gu Liu hurriedly asked, "Did Brother Siyuan tell you whose poem is being defended now?"

Gu Baozhu said, "Now you don't mind me bothering your brother Siyuan anymore?"

Madam Gu said, "Stop keeping me in suspense. You have disturbed me. If you don't tell me now, I will beat you up."

Gu Baozhu snorted and said, "Right now, the poems of Mr. Songshan and Mr. Nantang are still the best. They are posted on the wooden board separately. Many people go to read them, and many people leave comments below. I don't quite understand them either. Mr. Qin said that they are all praises, all good words. As for Sixth Brother..."

Master Gu Liu opened his mouth and asked, "...what?"

Gu Baozhu said: "It has been pushed down."

Gu Liuye was a little disappointed, but not too disappointed, so he asked, "It's not the last one, right?"

"Of course not," Gu Baozhu shook her head.

Mr. Gu Liu became happy.

Gu Baozhu then said, "After all, there are many students in the Imperial College who are not very good at writing poems but are here to compete. If Kang Ge'er and the other two hadn't been called back, they might have joined in the fun. I saw many children who were only as tall as the table gathered there and chattered about various things."