Yuan Gu took Yuan Zhao's matter to heart, and these past few days he has returned to the mansion every night and gone to talk to Yuan Zhao every day.

He casually brought up Zhou Lin.

After that spring outing, he thought the matter was over, but Zhou Lin asked him about Zhao Zhao's situation several times, which showed that he really cared.

He had a good impression of Zhou Lin, but Zhao Zhao also needed to like him.

Therefore, he mentioned Zhou Lin quite often these past two days.

Yuan Zhao already knew his plan and couldn't help but say:

"Brother, I don't want to think about these personal matters for now."

She wanted to say directly that she would never marry again in her life, but she was afraid that her elder brother would worry, so she could only say it tactfully.

"I'm not asking you to get married right away. You can get to know each other and see how things go."

"Let's take our time and find someone good."

Yuan Zhao: "..."

She didn't expect her older brother to still not give up. Even though Rong Ruo had tripped him up because of what happened last time, he was back again.

She wasn't worried about herself, but she was worried that her older brother would be retaliated against by Rong Ruo, who was petty and capable of anything.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but say:

"Big brother, have you forgotten what happened last time?"

It would have been better if Yuan Zhao hadn't brought this up, but as soon as he did, Yuan Gu's expression changed.

"Then let him come. I want to see what other tricks he has up his sleeve."

Last time, he was caught off guard, but this time he is prepared. If he is still outmaneuvered, then he would be a fool.

Seeing that his elder brother had inexplicably started arguing with Rong Ruo, Yuan Zhao became somewhat anxious:

"Big brother, all I want is for my family to be safe and sound."

This is her greatest wish in her second chance at life.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

"Even he, Rong Ruo, cannot truly control everything."

Yuan Gu was not a reckless person. He dared to do this because he knew that Rong Ruo would not dare to make a big fuss.

Seeing that Yuan Zhao was frowning, Yuan Gu changed the subject:

"By the way, I heard from your sister-in-law that the top scorer in this year's imperial examination is someone you know?"

"...Yes, his name is Gu Qingchen."

Yuan Zhao briefly recounted how the two met. Yuan Gu had been paying close attention to Yuan Zhao's expression, and just as his wife had said, Zhao Zhao's eyes were full of admiration when she mentioned this person.

It seems he needs to thoroughly investigate this person named Gu Qingchen.

If he has no problems, then we can really let him become a live-in son-in-law, so we don't have to worry about our younger sister being bullied.

Yuan Zhao was unaware that her brother was already plotting something else. Seeing that he no longer mentioned Zhou Lin, she was very happy and talked more about Gu Qingchen.

Little did she know that the more she spoke, the more Yuan Gu thought about it.

At this moment, Rong Ruo was also talking to Qing Zhu and the others.

"How can I make that woman come to my side legitimately?"

He asked the question.

Upon hearing this, the large study suddenly fell silent, and even Qingzhu, who was usually quite talkative, didn't know how to respond.

He felt that his master was really too daring to think.

That's General Yuan's precious daughter. Everyone in the world knows that General Yuan dotes on his beloved daughter. It's one thing for his master to secretly visit her, but now he actually wants to do it openly.

If this news gets out, the Yuan family father and son will be able to storm the Imperial Guard Commander's Mansion with knives in hand tomorrow.

If he was so shocked, then Wusong and the others were even more stunned, not knowing how to respond.

Seeing that they all seemed to be half-silent, Rong Ruo raised an eyebrow impatiently:

"say."

Sensing his displeasure, Qingzhu quickly came to her senses and said:

"Master, the only legitimate way is through marriage."

"But……"

He didn't know what to say.

Although the Grand Eunuch held a high position and wielded great power, it's unlikely that any family would marry their daughter to a eunuch, let alone a Grand General like Yuan.

If they dared to propose marriage, General Yuan might actually kill them.

Rong Ruo, however, could not understand Qingzhu's worries. He only heard the first sentence Qingzhu had said and muttered it to himself:

"marriage?"