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

Chapter 605: Run Fast

Madam You sat down again, her steps unsteady. "After all, I'm getting old and not as agile as before. Perhaps I should send Ruhua to inquire."

Ru Hua went out for a while, then returned, pale-faced and filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Empress Lin knew that this maid was always calm and collected, so she quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

After struggling for a while, Ru Hua finally said with a forced smile, "This...this, people outside are saying that Miss Gu caught Prince Jin and the eldest daughter of the manor in adultery."

Catch an adulterer?

Prince Jin and Miss You?
Everyone present looked on with suspicion.

Old Madam You swayed and fell back onto the chair.

"Old lady, old lady..."

Ru Hua was extremely anxious. She rushed over and pinched the old lady's philtrum, shouting, "Quickly, call a doctor!"

The head of the Imperial Medical Academy, who hadn't dared to leave the courtyard, was summoned again to treat the old lady. After a flurry of activity, the head of the academy sighed and said, "The old lady is old, and her anger has affected her heart, causing phlegm to cloud her mind. My medical skills are limited. If there were a highly skilled acupuncturist, perhaps they could cure her. In the future, she should take good care of herself and avoid extreme joy, shock, sorrow, or fear."

Empress Lin scolded, "Ruhua has served you for so many years and is usually very careful. How could she be so careless this time? The old lady was already exhausted after a long day. How could she not be anxious when she heard this? She should have spoken slowly."

Ru Hua lowered his head and remained silent.

The Empress Dowager said, "Alright, since you asked, how could Ruhua dare to hide it? Who would have thought it was like this? Poor child, you've been taking such good care of her. Don't be afraid, just take good care of the old lady in the future, and I will definitely help you find a good acupuncturist."

Old Madam You lay on the hastily prepared small couch, her cloudy eyes lifeless, her mouth crooked as she made incoherent noises. Who would have thought that the old lady of the Duke of Zhenguo had suffered a stroke on the day of her birthday banquet?

The Empress Dowager and the others felt it was an unlucky omen. After calming down the You family, they set off to return to the palace.

The Empress Dowager said to the Crown Prince, "Don't worry, your grandmother will never let you marry Gu Baozhu. It's really terrible. How can there be such a person in the Crown Prince's palace?"

Sun Ziwen is weak and cannot withstand the torment of a rough wife like Gu Baozhu.

Whose daughter is so reckless?

She was shouting that she wanted to find a husband on the spot, and she even forced her way in to catch them in the act of adultery, bringing out two naked people. She was so audacious that it was unbelievable.

Back in the palace, the Empress Dowager said to Empress Lin, "The Crown Prince is sickly, and a girl like Gu Baozhu is not suitable for him."

Empress Lin could only sigh.

Her mother-in-law was unhappy, her son was unwilling, and she had no choice but to accept it.

But how can we win over the Gu family?

……

Qin Yuan and Madam Gu didn't even have time to say goodbye to the other ladies before hurriedly getting into the carriage.

As soon as Granny Pan stepped out of the mansion, she saw the scene from afar and wanted to rush up to say a few words and arrange a time to visit each other, but upon seeing this, she gave up the idea.

When the two ladies of the Marquis of Wuding’s mansion saw this, one of them said, “Every family has its own problems. I thought the Gu family was going to rise up again, but the Marquis of Dingbei can’t have children, Gu Baozhu is a troublemaker, and Gu Laoliu is all talk and no action.”

Another person scoffed, "Who says otherwise? This time, the Marquis of Dingbei's mansion has offended the Crown Prince, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, and the Prince of Jin to the core."

Everyone knows what this incident of catching someone in the act of adultery is all about.

Lady Dingbei had no family background, and the Marquis of Dingbei was incompetent. This was a scheme to trap Lady Dingbei, but unexpectedly, she was the one who got trapped instead.

The courtyard of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion...

Tsk tsk. Lady Shouchun said to the women in her household, "What happened today should not be said; keep it to yourselves."

Everyone agreed.

Only the concubine's wife behind her had a slight smile on her lips.

The carriage of the Marquis of Dingbei's residence sped away, and the ladies, abandoning their desire to gossip, bid each other farewell and were about to leave in order of rank when a fast horse swept past them like the wind.

"This……"

“Gu Baozhu, this is Gu Baozhu.”

Everyone:...

I really don't know what to say about this young lady from the Marquis's mansion.

Grandma Pan murmured, "This family really runs fast."

As the carriage drove out of the alley where the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was located, the Duchess of Anguo said to her daughter-in-law, "This birthday banquet was truly a great success. The Marquis of Dingbei's mansion will now be openly hostile to the Crown Prince and others."

The daughter-in-law laughed and said, "In the end, it's all for nothing. The You family has completely lost face."

Lady Anguo said, "Let them be, we won't get involved."

At this time, the carriage of the Marquis of Dingbei had already passed Hengjie Avenue, and it would be less than two miles north to the Marquis of Dingbei's residence.

Madam Gu looked at Qin Yuan and said, "What trouble has Gu Baozhu gotten into this time that has made you so frightened that you don't even care about manners anymore?"

Qin Yuan said, "Those who accomplish great things do not concern themselves with trivial matters. Now that we are about to break off all pretense, what is there to care about etiquette? From tomorrow onwards, the people the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion will dislike the most will probably be the people from our Marquis of Dingbei's mansion."

That's what I said.

Madam Gu was taken aback.

Her daughter-in-law was always so refined and reserved, how come she's starting to show some of that reckless and unruly side?

Old Madam Gu wanted to ask more, but Qin Yuan quickly said, "Mother, let's talk about it slowly when we get back. There are still many things that your daughter-in-law doesn't know. It's not too late to talk about it when Baozhu and the Marquis return."

Today we have offended the Crown Prince, the You family, and the Prince of Jin. The Marquis will not let this go easily either. If we hadn't left then, staying would have only resulted in further humiliation.

The prince fell into the water, and it had nothing to do with Baozhu. It's only right that we apologize; if we don't, it's not our fault.

Madam Gu swallowed her many questions and instead asked her, "You're riding in the same car with me, where's Baozhu? Where are Hongye and the others?"

Qin Yuan was also worried about Hongye and the others, but the man told her not to worry and to go back and wait.

“Hongye and Cuiming have other plans. They might get back even faster than us.”

Madam Gu didn't ask any more questions and instead started talking about her son: "I don't know what's wrong, we haven't seen him for days. It's your first time going out as a newlywed. Wouldn't it be more reassuring if he were with you?"

Looking at Qin Yuan's expression, he asked again, "Did I scare you today?"

Qin Yuan laughed and said, "I wasn't scared, but I was still shocked. Baozhu's martial arts are so powerful that she even injured Young Master You. I think she's really taking this 'sitting down to find a husband' thing seriously. I don't know how to coax her in the future."

Gu Baozhu's voice came from outside the window: "What are you trying to fool me for?"

Qin Yuan: ……

Lifting the curtain, she saw Gu Baozhu peeking into the carriage with a smug look on her face. She laughed and said, "Third sister-in-law, I went to visit His Highness the Crown Prince just now, but I didn't expect that he didn't need me to apologize at all. He even thought that if I went there, the Crown Prince would have no way to survive. So I'd better leave quickly, lest he blame me for anything."