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

Chapter 542 Not Bad
Hearing the words "versatile in both civil and military affairs", Gu Jinghui couldn't help but laugh.

Gu Baozhu also buried her head in Old Madam Gu's arms and smiled.

Madam Gu pretended to be displeased and spat at Gu Jinghui, “Your father-in-law hopes that you can become a scholar-general, so why can’t our Baozhu be a good woman who is good at both civil and military affairs? Baozhu, just go to the White Crane Academy to study. After you finish your studies, if you want to get married, your mother will arrange a good marriage for you. If you don’t want to, your third brother asked you to help manage the Gu family army.”

Gu Baozhu was startled and immediately poked her head out to ask, "What if I want to find a husband at home?"

"That's not impossible. It would be better to find a husband. The child will be a descendant of my Gu family."

Madam Gu made the final decision.

Gu Baozhu looked at Gu Jinghui.

Gu Jinghui nodded and said, "Yes, whoever is good at martial arts and strategy will inherit the Marquis' Mansion in the future."

Gu Baozhu laughed and said, "No matter how much you love me, you can't break the rules. I'm not greedy. As long as you keep your word, it's fine. In this case, I will go to Baihe Academy to study, but..."

"Just what?"

Gu Baozhu said, "You have to wait until after the Mid-Autumn Festival before setting off."

"What are you talking about on the road?"

Old Madam Gu knocked her head in an angry tone.

"That's called traveling. You really should study hard. It's all your mother's fault for raising you in the wrong way. Just celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. I think it's better for you to go. Otherwise, your third brother will want you to participate in the embroidery competition at the Qiqiao Fair next year or the year after next."

Speaking of embroidery, Gu Baozhu felt a little guilty as she hadn't touched needle and thread in these days.

"Then the White Crane Academy won't also teach needlework to women, right?"

Gu Baozhu frowned.

"If that's the case, I think Feng Niang taught me well and it suits my temperament. Why should I go to a far place instead of a near one?"

Old Madam Gu knew exactly what she was planning.

"Why would a good academy teach girls the Four Books and needlework? Just be at ease. When you go there, the girls will be the daughters of famous scholars in Jiangnan, and they will be separated from the male students."

Gu Baozhu felt even more proud after hearing this, and said, "Then I'll go."

“You’d be a fool not to go.” Gu Jinghui said, “If it weren’t for Mr. Songshan’s help, I wouldn’t have found this opportunity for you. Just ask your third sister-in-law what the White Crane Academy is and how difficult it is to get in.”

Gu Baozhu sat up and said with a smile: "Then I will go talk to Sixth Brother and Third Sister-in-law."

"Well, let's go."

Perhaps because she was going to study abroad, Gu Jinghui was particularly tolerant of her.

Gu Baozhu left the upper room and said to Gu Shiliu, who was still lazily leaning against the pillar, "Shiliu, I want to go to Baihe Academy to study for two years. Why don't you come with me?"

Gu Shiliu turned his head and looked at her without saying anything.

Gu Baozhu said: "You can follow me to the academy and study. You don't have to suffer with my third brother. When you have nothing to do, we can practice martial arts. Otherwise, when I come back from Baihe Academy, I'm afraid my martial arts will be wasted." A smile appeared in Gu Shiliu's eyes and he nodded.

Gu Baozhu was overjoyed and asked, "Sixteenth brother, do you agree?"

Gu Shiliu nodded again.

Gu Baozhu made a face at the window and said with a smile: "Third brother, don't blame me for poaching your people. It's you, as the master, who is unpopular and can't keep them."

Gu Jinghui sneered: "If he is willing to follow you, then he can follow you."

Gu Baozhu was surprised and asked, "Really? Third brother, you really agreed."

"A man's word is as good as his bond," Gu Jinghui said calmly, "From now on, he will follow you. You can take him with you to the White Crane Academy. In the next few days, he will still stay by my side and work."

"Okay," although Gu Baozhu felt strange, she immediately agreed.

If you don't take advantage of a good opportunity, you're a fool!
After Gu Baozhu left, Madam Gu sighed, "Baozhu has never left her mother since she was a child..."

Gu Jinghui's eyes were dark, but he still pulled himself together and comforted her: "Mother, the situation in the capital is unclear now. If Baozhu stays here, she will be easily targeted. And the prince has been slow to choose a wife. If, as the King of Qi said, he chooses Baozhu to enter the East Palace, it will be troublesome."

Madam Gu spat, "Does the Lin family really think that our Dingbei Marquisate is made of clay and can be manipulated as they please? Even clay figures have their own temperament."

Gu Jinghui said, "The Crown Prince is weak, and none of the three dukes and nine ministers are willing to offer their legitimate daughters to the palace. Empress Lin and the Emperor wanted to win over helpers for the Crown Prince but failed, so they ordered me to preside over the imperial inspection to get back on track. Now, in the eyes of outsiders, I am the Emperor's favorite. The Lin family wants to find a supporter among the military commanders, so they will inevitably target Baozhu. I only have this one sister, how can I bear to let her enter the East Palace and live as a widow."

Who knows how long the prince can live.

Baozhu was young, so naturally she couldn't become the Crown Princess. She was just sent away as a concubine. The Crown Prince might die before the marriage was consummated. Even if a Crown Prince was left behind by then, what would it have to do with the Gu family?

He didn't want to tie the Gu family to the prince's boat and also sacrifice a sister.

Madam Gu closed her eyes and turned the rosary in her hand. After a long while, she sighed and said, "There is no peace in the three hundred and sixty days of the year. It is better to let this monkey be educated, so that she will not cause trouble here. Her martial arts are a little better now. She shouts in the mansion every day that she wants to go out to do chivalrous things. It is difficult to discipline Lan Jie and the others. She really follows suit. It is better for her to leave, so that I don't have to worry about her plotting against Mr. Qin and causing another incident like Xu Zhen. It will be difficult to be relatives."

Gu Jinghui was both angry and amused, and said, “Didn’t she say that she felt uncomfortable marrying into a civil official’s family?”

Madam Gu rolled her eyes at her son and said angrily, "You believe her. She is one way today and another way tomorrow. Whatever she does is right. If one day you think she is being stubborn again, send her far away. Out of sight, out of mind, you won't be thinking about her anymore."

Gu Jinghui sighed and said, “Then my son will have to worry about the scholars of Baihe Academy again.”

Madam Rong couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Madam Gu said angrily, "How can you treat your brother like this? You always exclude your sister."

Gu Jinghui smiled and said, “My son was just expressing his feelings. I hope Baozhu can concentrate on studying at the White Crane Academy. If she can master both literature and martial arts, that would be even better.”

Madam Gu's lips trembled slightly, but she didn't say anything in the end.

Gu Jinghui chatted with his mother for a few more words before returning to Wutong Garden to wash and change clothes. After he left, Madam Gu asked Aunt Rong, “Do you think it’s a good idea for Baozhu to go to the White Crane Academy?”

Rong Mama comforted her, "Maybe she'll get the hang of it after this visit. As the saying goes, a hero's father makes a hero's son. Her father is smart, skilled in archery and horse riding, and well-versed in the art of war. Miss Seven is not bad either."