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

Chapter 126 Ox-hair Needle

When Gu Jinghui came back after changing his clothes, Cui's mother and daughter had already left.

“Why does your sister always say bad things about me behind my back?” Gu Jinghui looked at Qin Yuan dissatisfiedly, “Doesn’t she know that husband and wife are one? Saying bad things about me is saying bad things about you.”

Qin Yuan pursed her lips and chuckled.

Gu Jinghui couldn't help but laugh.

"Husband and wife are one" is what Qin Yuan often said, and now Gu Jinghui has learned it.

Qin Yuan rolled her eyes and asked tentatively, "Madam Zhao has been ill, and my sister is worried that you will be soft-hearted and let her stay in the Marquis' Mansion."

Gu Jinghui sighed, “It’s a good thing I married you, if not… your sister is really not someone you can get along with. Madam Zhao is seriously ill, can I still kick her out? If someone from her husband’s family comes, I will naturally arrange for them to be taken care of, it’s just a matter of cleaning the two guest rooms and settling them. These things are all handled by mother, I won’t get involved at all.”

This is both an explanation and a guarantee.

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "From what mother said, it's just a recurring cold that won't get better. How could it be a serious illness? If it's really serious, and you're kicking him out now, I don't know how people will spread the news about us."

If anything happened to Madam Zhao, she didn't want to be hated by others for it. It wasn't worth it.

That's my eldest wife.

Gu Shisi took out a paper bag and opened it. Outside was a white needle, as thin as an ox hair. Zhang Lanrong was startled.

Madam Zhao took Gu Shisi out of Wutong Garden and went to the study in the inner courtyard. Then she said, "Tell me, what happened?"

Gu Jinghui smiled when he heard this. He used some skill to pull her to his side. He pinched Qin Yuan's delicate jaw and looked closely at the scar on her face. He muttered in a low voice, "It's not bad. It's not a serious scratch and it won't leave a scar."

Madam Zhao nodded and said, "Go ahead. I'll report back to you soon."

The Marquis also looked up, twisted his belt with his hands in panic, and responded loudly.

Every step was pushing Qin Yuan and I closer.

Only people in the underworld would use those thin needles when they were plotting against each other. How could we, who are used to fighting with knives and spears on the battlefield, use those?

My clingy wife never leaves me for a moment, so I have to bear the trouble alone.

If the property is confiscated and the clan is exterminated, everything will be gone.

One of the maids said to the other, "These two maids from Fengxuan Pavilion have finished gathering information from seven places again."

Gu Shisi then put the white jade box back to its original place. His face, which was as stern as a sculpture of solid ice, lost some of its warmth. He said, "You will return to Wutong Garden later."

Zhang Lanrong responded from the back of her throat, and without stopping, she walked past you.

"Where's the groom?"

Gu Shisi thought for a moment and said, "At that time, the madam's carriage passed by the street corner. There were not many stall owners at the street corner, and Zhang Lan happened to pass by..."

Madam Zhao said, "How long have you been back from the battlefield? You are already so lax, and you deserve it."

Qin Yuan said, "It's the ointment of Doctor Li from Renhe Hall that's good. Aunt Rong said that this Jade Beauty Ointment is hard to find, and it just so happened that you got it."

Madam Zhao's pupils shrank slightly and her eyes were icy hot.

If the inspection is careless, it may be missed.

Thinking of the passionate scene between the two just now, Hongye blushed. They were such a perfect match. It was a pity that Cuiming was resting and saw it.

Lady Zhao’s pinky finger slid heavily under the white skin of your upper jaw, and her voice was heavy: “But it is.”

"The groom takes good care of the horse and has checked the manure. Everything is the same as usual, except..."

The servant inside reported loudly: "King Qi, the lady sent someone to ask if you want to have dinner together."

Hongye then breathed a sigh of relief.

You quickly pushed Madam Zhao away, lowered your head, and dared to look at me, saying, "Zhang Lan...my husband, please go and do your work."

"I found a needle while combing the horse's hair."

He opened the jade box again, and outside lay a slightly longer, purple-white acupuncture needle.

After a long while, Madam Zhao finally said, "Is it Zhang Lan's people?"

It was quiet outside the room, but Madam Zhao's heart was beating like a drum.

"Just what?"

Except for Qin Yuan, none of these stall owners are there.

Zhang Lanrong raised her eyebrows, her sharp eyes full of enthusiasm.

Gu Shisi also dared to interrupt my thoughts by speaking out.

Hongye was standing guard at the door like a quail, with a look of regret on her face, when she saw Gu Zhanglan step out through the curtains, his narrow eyes sweeping towards you in a threatening manner. Hongye shrank her neck and said in a trembling voice, "King Qi, yes, it was Gu Shisi who said it was nothing important."

You stood there for a moment, but you dared to retreat and disturb the Marquis. What if Zhang Lan got angry out of shame?

Gu Shisi asked in surprise, "Could it be that... Qin Yuan has planted a spy?"

"How did Qin Yuan know Madam's whereabouts?"

Madam Zhao was disturbed and didn't feel annoyed at first, but seeing you so shy, she smiled and said "hmm", "Yuan'er, go out and take a look."

Madam Zhao added, "The fight for the throne is more dangerous than a battlefield. The Gu family's lost honor can always be regained by the Gu family's sons and daughters, but in the officialdom, if there is a slight mistake, the lives of the entire family are at stake. If it's over, then it's all over."

Madam Zhao bent her fingers and tapped the tabletop heavily with her knuckles. After a while, I said in a serious tone, "It's not Qin Yuan."

The scent of soapberries emanating from the woman's body and the cool air lingering around your nose and ears, her lips are getting closer and closer to yours, and just about to touch, Zhang Lan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but close his eyes.

I examined it carefully and asked, "Who uses those small needles he mentioned?"

I don't have the habit of listening to other people's gossip, but I have sharp ears and eyes, and have been able to hear sounds from far away since I was a child. When I was young, I knew how to hide my ability, but my father repeatedly taught me to show it behind others, so few people know my ability.

These beautiful red lips tempt me to pick them at will.

Indeed, we were very careful in the northern frontier, but we became careless when we returned to the capital city, where there is singing and dancing.

Gu Shisi immediately said, "If it's a big one, then go check it out."

Gu Shisi said: "A man from the underworld."

Madam Zhao frowned, but her face looked bright, as if she remembered something.

Before Gu Shisi left, Zhang Lanrong looked at the cow-hair needles under the table and pondered for a long time. She pressed the teeth on the left side of the desk, and the soft rosewood table bounced a little, and there was no secret compartment.

First, they met Sang Jiawazi by chance, then he took the first princess to visit the small camp, and then he escorted the first princess and the fourth princess to Xiaozhao Temple, and Yuan'er was frightened and rescued.

Prince Gu Qi walked towards the inner courtyard with his hands behind his back. When he reached the seventh gate, he heard two old women talking in whispers from afar.

I looked at it for a while before putting the white cow-hair needle under the paper into the box. The needle looked even whiter against the white jade.

Lord: “…”

"Wait for Fourteen to come back, and let me go to Wutong Garden to look for you."

The Marquis' heartbeat didn't slow down any more.

Gu Shisi said, "Madam's carriage had an accident because the horse was frightened. Is there any problem with the driver's handling of the situation?"

Beads of sweat dripped from Gu Shisi's forehead.

"King Qi, Gu Shisi is in there and has nothing to report," Hongye pushed the curtain and walked back. After she finished speaking, she realized what she had done and hurried in and out again.

I pulled out a large white jade box from the secret compartment.