Lord Gu frowned upon hearing this.
Qin Yuan smiled and said, "It's quite a coincidence. You and your third brother like to eat almost the same things, but it's a bit different from your sixth brother's. Is it because you two both practice martial arts?"
Gu Baozhu thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, perhaps it's because of what Third Sister-in-law said."
Lord Gu's brows relaxed, and he smiled, "Yuan'er really understands my preferences. I've been hungry for two days, so you should have a good meal."
Qin Yuan hurriedly had someone serve the rice.
Lord Gu took the food and started eating, while Gu Baozhu was also quite hungry.
The brother and sister remained silent and devoured the food on the table in a whirlwind.
Qin Yuan, who had only picked up a few bites of food, said, "...Tell the kitchen to bring up some more dishes."
Gu Baozhu said, "Third Sister-in-law, bring some more of those meat rolls. I can eat three or four more."
Lord Gu looked over.
Gu Baozhu glared at her: "I've only eaten a few meals from you, and you're already so reluctant to part with me?"
Lord Gu said, "I also want those meat rolls, give me ten."
Gu Baozhu snorted and said nothing more.
Looking at the two siblings, Qin Yuan felt a headache coming on.
Later, when Gu Baozhu wanted to drink another bowl of soup, Lord Gu took the bowl and drank it all.
Gu Baozhu retorted angrily, "Will drinking soup bankrupt Third Brother or something?"
Lord Gu said, "I just don't want to give you a drink. You're never home and you're always out fooling around. Don't think I don't know what you've been up to while I'm out. Why did you dress up as a boy and go out today?"
Gu Baozhu said, "I'm doing this all for my third sister-in-law."
Qin Yuan found it somewhat amusing, "Why for me?"
Gu Baozhu argued vehemently, "The Xu family has bullied us so openly that I have to stand up for my third sister-in-law. Besides, Heng-ge is my third sister-in-law's younger brother. He went deep into the lion's den to protect Qin Juren, so I can't just stand by and watch. I'm just lending a hand."
Gu Jinghui said, "It's none of your business. I had people watching the Qin family, and they didn't show themselves when they saw you step forward."
Gu Baozhu pleaded, "Anyway, I'm leaving soon. Besides, they don't know who I am. I'm out in the world as Young Master Qi Gu. People think I'm just a rich merchant's pampered youngest son who doesn't do anything productive and only likes playing football. Just let me play for a while."
Qin Yuan asked, "You said you promised Heng-ge'er you'd play football during the Mid-Autumn Festival, is that the identity you used?"
Gu Baozhu nodded: "That's right, with me here, what grievances can Heng-ge'er suffer? Besides, I really want to meet that Xu Tang. Didn't Xiao Dong say last time that his tricks are very insidious, and that his shoes even had iron plates on them, which injured someone's Achilles tendon? I plan to teach him a lesson."
To teach Xu Tang a lesson?!
Gu Jinghui thought it wasn't a bad idea and immediately changed his mind, saying, "Your martial arts are better than before, but you still need to be careful. You must not be careless and lose Jingzhou."
Gu Baozhu said, "I know. They couldn't beat me today and are planning to fight again tomorrow. I think we should go and invite Xu Tang. Then, I'll let Xu Tang see what I'm capable of."
Lord Gu relented: "You decide what to do."
Seeing that her third brother no longer rejected her, Gu Baozhu was very happy. She talked for a while longer before going to tell her sixth brother the good news.
No sooner had she left than Lord Gu said, "She's finally gone."
Qin Yuan chuckled and said, "You seem so troubled right now, but once she goes to Baihe Academy, she'll probably start missing you again."
"Ha, who would miss her? It's much quieter without her."
Lord Gu disagreed.
Qin Yuan then asked, "Why would you suddenly send her to Baihe Academy?"
Lord Gu beamed, "You're also worried about those scholars at Baihe Academy, aren't you?"
Qin Yuan chuckled: "How can you act like that as someone's older brother? How can you talk about your own sister like that?"
“I’m being lenient with what I’m saying. She won’t suffer any loss. Otherwise, I would never feel comfortable letting her go,” Gu Jinghui said. “That’s what Mother thought too, which is why she agreed.”
When trouble arises, someone always has to clean up the mess.
Qin Yuan said, "Although Baozhu is impulsive, she's not without her own ideas. Maybe if she spends two years outside, she'll broaden her horizons and her personality will change a bit. She said that you and Mother must have something to do to rush her out to study."
Lord Gu sighed and said, "I didn't expect her to have any brains."
Qin Yuan frowned, both amused and annoyed, and said, "Don't always look down on people. Pride comes before a fall, you know?"
These words struck a chord with Lord Gu, who paused for a long while before saying, "What you say is quite true. At the time, I thought Zhao was a young and helpless widow..."
Qin Yuan hurriedly asked, "Have you discovered any trace of the Zhao family?"
Lord Gu slowly shook his head.
Qin Yuan frowned, hesitating before speaking, when Marquis Gu continued, "Just now I suddenly thought of the Crown Prince. Before, I only thought he was sickly and it would be good if he could live to the throne. We just kept to ourselves. Who would have thought that Empress Lin and the Crown Prince would cause so much trouble?"
Qin Yuan remained silent.
Lord Gu continued, "Back then, Empress Lin was never taken seriously by the late Crown Prince and others... The ancients were right: pride comes before a fall. I must constantly remind myself never to underestimate anyone."
Qin Yuan asked cautiously, "Was Baozhu sent to study because of the Crown Prince?"
Lord Gu nodded and said, "We received news from Prince Qi that the selection of a consort for the Crown Prince is making no progress. Empress Lin betrothed Princess Fuyun to Zhang Hanlin, originally to suppress Prince Qi, but unexpectedly, Prince Qi took this opportunity to get along well with the people of Jiangxi. Therefore, Empress Lin set her sights on Baozhu."
Qin Yuan sighed, "Even a centipede with a hundred legs doesn't fall down when it's dead. His Highness Prince Qi still has capable people in the palace."
Lord Gu nodded and whispered, "Old Wang, Dai Sheng, and the others are all His Highness Prince Qi's men."
Seeing his confident words, Qin Yuan knew that the King of Qi and Lord Gu had laid their hands on each other, and Lord Gu would no longer deliberately distance himself from the King of Qi, but instead form an alliance.
After pondering for a moment, Qin Yuan also felt that this was the best solution at present, and said, "If my husband can keep this in mind at all times, our chances of winning against the enemy will be much higher in the future."
Lord Gu got up and stretched, his voice full of weariness: "Yuan'er, I have been busy for two days without closing my eyes. Now that I have eaten and drunk my fill, I am sleepy and need to sleep well. I will not talk to you anymore."
Qin Yuan smiled and said, "Go to sleep now, I've already had Mo Zhu make up the bed."
Lord Gu lowered his head and gently stroked Qin Yuan's delicate nose, saying, "I know you have many questions to ask, but we'll talk about them slowly when I wake up."
Qin Yuan quickly nudged him and said, "Go and rest."
Lord Gu remained unmoved and asked again, "When do you go to sleep?"
Qin Yuan blushed and said, "Of course I'll sleep at whatever time I want. You go to sleep first, I'll come when I'm done."
Lord Gu then went to bed, and soon after lying down, soft snoring could be heard from inside the tent.
Qin Yuan was in a daze for a while, and just as she was about to call for someone, she heard a soft sobbing sound coming from outside the window.
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