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

Chapter 427 Muddle through
Gu Baozhu was surprised and asked, "What do you mean?"

Qin Yuan said: "I'll tell you in detail when I get back."

Master Gu Liu said from outside: "You are just busy talking to your third sister-in-law. You might as well think about how to beg for mercy from your mother when you go back."

Only then did Gu Baozhu calm down.

When they returned to the mansion, the main gate was opened and the servants hurried to lower the threshold. Butler Han, who was guarding the gate, didn't care about anything else and asked first, "How is Miss Seven?"

Gu Baozhu quickly poked her head out and said with a smile, "It's safe, it's safe."

Butler Han looked at him carefully and said, "With the protection of the Marquis and his men, I think nothing will happen."

Then he whispered, "The old lady knows about this and is extremely anxious. If it weren't for me, it would be unacceptable for you not to be punished for causing such a big trouble on such a day."

Gu Baozhu sighed and said sadly, "I'm afraid I can't escape this beating, but my third brother and I have both received rewards from the emperor, and my sixth brother has also shown his face in front of the emperor. If my mother knew about this, would she punish me less severely?"

Butler Han squinted his eyes and whispered, "That... maybe... but wasn't it Rong Mama who was in charge of beating you?"

Seeing that the threshold had been removed, Butler Han made way.

The carriage drove straight in.

Gu Baozhu first went back to her own yard to take a bath and drink ginger soup.

The Gu brothers and Qin Yuan went to the upper room.

As soon as they entered the yard, Qiu Ju came up to them. After greeting them, she hurriedly said, "The old lady is very worried. Please come over quickly!"

Qin Yuan rarely saw Qiu Ju like this, so she nodded and asked, "Has the old lady had dinner yet?"

"It has been used, but not much. It is still OK for the young masters to use it."

Master Gu Liu said, "The three of them are being taken care of very well by mother."

Qiu Ju hasn't answered yet.

Lord Gu said, "Mother has raised so many children, and Rong Mama is also an old lady, not to mention that Xiuniang in the small kitchen is also very good at cooking, so you can just rest assured."

As soon as the three of them walked into the upper room, several children rushed over.

Kang Ge'er ran over first, hugged Gu Liuye's legs, looked up and asked, "Dad, is Auntie okay?"

Gu Liuye picked him up, then quickly put him down, frowning and saying, "It's okay. Are you okay today?"

Kangger was put down, and Fuger came over again, also asking for a hug.

Gu Liuye complained, "I almost sprained my waist when I was holding him just now. Now you are too heavy."

Fu Ge felt a little disappointed.

Qin Yuan said from the side: "Sixth brother, just squat down and hold the children and talk to them. They just want to be close to their father."

Gu Liuye looked down at Fu Ge'er, thought for a moment, squatted down, hugged Fu Ge'er and asked, "Why are you so clingy to father today?"

Fu Ge'er buried his head in his father's arms and whispered, "Because I knew there were bad guys coming today, I was a little worried about Daddy and Auntie."

Lan Jie'er was very weak, and she slowly turned over at this time. Before she could open her mouth, Master Gu Liu hugged her in his arms.

The three children surrounded Master Gu Liu and spoke softly, which made Master Gu feel a little sad. He couldn't help but glance at Qin Yuan. Qin Yuan didn't have time to pay attention to him. She was busy talking to Madam Gu about what happened today.

Seeing her son and daughter-in-law walk in with smiles on their faces, Mrs. Gu felt relieved. After listening to her daughter-in-law's general account of the whole story, she felt even more relieved.

“It’s a blessing in disguise.”

Then, smiling, he asked Gu Jinghui to show him the dragon robe and jade belt given by the emperor. Hearing that the emperor encouraged Master Gu Liu to write poems well, he said happily, "Master Gu Liu is so motivated now. In the future, Kang Ge'er and Fu Ge'er will also work hard to do well. Who knows, you can also pass the imperial examination and bring honor to the family."

Gu Liuye smiled and said, "It would be best if they can pass the imperial examination. I won't be upset if they can't. Who knows, maybe Lan Jie'er can find me a son-in-law who is an imperial scholar in the future."

As soon as these words were spoken, Mr. Gu Liu felt that something was wrong.

As expected, Madam Gu's face darkened and she said, "Madam Rong, please ask the family law to teach this girl a lesson."

Madam Rong glanced at Old Madam Gu's expression and left without saying anything more.

Lord Gu also said: "It is indeed time to teach her a lesson. She is too ignorant. If someone hadn't come to inform her, I don't know what would have happened to her. Our mansion would have been implicated as well."

Madam Gu slammed the table and said, "That's right! I just doted on her too much. She has become so arrogant that she thinks she is something extraordinary. She can play polo and do some fancy moves, but she wants to imitate the knights in the storybooks and fight for justice everywhere. Even so, she wants to marry a scholar. It's really funny. I have lived to this age, and I have only heard of scholars marrying well-educated wives, but I have never heard of a scholar marrying a chivalrous woman who fights for justice everywhere."

Qin Yuan had her eyelids drooping originally, but when she heard this, her eyelids couldn't help but move.

This means that Old Madam Gu has also noticed that something is wrong with Gu Baozhu and is helping to cover it up.

Just as he was about to say something, Gu Baozhu's voice came from outside: "Is my mother still angry? Didn't my brother and sister-in-law coax her well?"

Madam Gu angrily scolded, "You bastard, why don't you hurry up and come in? Are you still thinking about how to get away with it? Do you think that the things you have done can be covered up with a few sweet words?"

Gu Baozhu was outside grunting for a long time and didn't want to come in, but Rong Mama said, "Seventh Miss, please go in quickly. You can't escape anyway, so you might as well be obedient and get less beatings."

Gu Baozhu just came in, her little face flushed, her wet hair wrapped in a towel, and her clothes changed.

Seeing this, Madam Gu asked, "Have you taken a bath? Have you drunk ginger soup?"

"……Um……"

Seeing her mother asking like this, Gu Baozhu's nose suddenly felt sore, and she choked up and answered, then burst into tears, "Wuwuwu... Mother! If it weren't for Third Brother, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to see me."

Qin Yuan was startled by her.

Others were not surprised at all. Madam Gu asked with a dark face, "What's wrong? What wronged you? Yelu Guzha actually dared to provoke you. I think he doesn't want to leave the capital alive."

Qin Yuan: “…”

Gu Baozhu threw herself into the arms of Old Madam Gu, sobbing and complaining: "He is like a mad dog, very vicious, deliberately asking people to provoke me, saying that the poems written by Sixth Brother are almost the same as those written when he was three years old, that Mr. Qin's poems are not even worthy of polishing his shoes, and that the poems of Lord Jijiu are not worth mentioning, and also said..."

"This bastard! He knows nothing!"

Madam Gu was furious when she heard this. She slammed the table and asked angrily, "Old Third, did you teach that bastard a lesson?"

Gu Jinghui said calmly: "What advantage can he get from me? He is just a defeated general."

Seeing that Madam Gu's expression had eased a little, Qin Yuan praised: "Sister Baozhu was so amazing today. I was so excited watching her that my heart was about to jump out of my chest."

Gu Baozhu stopped crying, poked her head out from her mother's arms, and asked, "Really?"

Gu Liuye said, "Of course it's true. Your third sister-in-law and I were so worried that we begged our third brother to find a way to stop you from fighting. Guess what our third brother said. He said he wanted to see how long you could hold out. Your performance today really brought honor to our Gu family. Our third brother even praised you."