Chapter 222: You and I know each other well, so why not choose me?
"Although this marriage is a fake one, it is essentially the same as a real one. Anyway, I will not marry anyone else in the future. When the time is right, I will divorce this husband."
Gu Siqing held her chin up. It was all Chi Hongyuan's fault. If it weren't for him, she wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. Not only would she have to sacrifice her lifelong event, but she also had to be careful that her future husband wouldn't turn against her.
With every word she spoke, Bai Ziyu's heart sank a little.
Even the breeze blowing in from the window could not dispel his inner depression in the slightest.
Bai Ziyu's eyes reflected the flickering candlelight. He didn't dare to look up at Gu Siqing. He lowered his eyes and asked in a muffled voice: "Have you chosen the right person?"
On the way back to Yue State, he did not ask anyone to pay attention to Gu Siqing's every move, so Bai Ziyu really didn't know how she was doing these days.
However, he was not unaware that Gu Siqing had been looking for a suitable husband.
In just less than half a month, she had actually prepared everything? She rushed to Yue State at full speed, but she was still a step behind.
The right person. This question stumped Gu Siqing. What kind of person is considered right?
Oh, what a trouble, it was all Chi Hongyuan’s fault. Gu Siqing was extremely upset and secretly cursed Chi Hongyuan countless times.
"A-choo! A-choo!" Chi Hongyuan yawned twice in succession and raised his hand to press the strings of the guqin.
"It's getting late, Ninth Brother, why don't you go back and rest? It's okay to come to my Royal Brother tomorrow."
Chi Hongrui sat on the couch with his legs hanging over the edge. After injuring his leg, he couldn't kneel for a long time.
"I'm fine. I just felt like sneezing for no reason. I'll finish playing this song for you, brother." Chi Hongyuan restrained his expression and continued to pluck the strings of the zither to play for him.
Chi Hongrui looked at his brother trying his best to comfort him and sighed secretly. In fact, he had already let it go a long time ago.
When his mother advised him, he had already figured it out. He was not cut out to be a crown prince. Apart from anything else, just the piles of memorials gave him a headache and he had no way of handling them.
The sound of the piano was calm and simple, and Chi Hongrui listened attentively. When the last note stopped, the two brothers came back to their senses at the same time.
"Ninth brother's piano playing is getting better and better." Chi Hongrui praised Chi Hongyuan's piano skills.
"Brother, you were the one who taught me how to play the piano." Chi Hongyuan looked at Chi Hongrui helplessly.
Chi Hongrui had no talent in government affairs, but he was an excellent zither player with the demeanor of a master.
Chi Hongrui yawned: "Isn't this the result of starving the master to death by teaching the apprentice? My piano playing is not as spiritual as yours. You, go back to the mansion and have a rest, and stop disturbing me."
The eldest prince waved his hand with disdain, urging Chi Hongyuan to leave quickly.
Chi Hongyuan glanced at him with a complicated expression: "I will come back in two days."
Chi Hongyuan left the eldest prince's mansion and passed by the prime minister's mansion on his way back. He lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the gate of the prime minister's mansion from a distance, and then lowered the curtain. The servant saw his master's actions and asked hesitantly, "Your Highness, do you want to go to the prime minister's mansion for a visit?"
"What will it look like in the eyes of others if you visit the Prime Minister's residence so late at night? The Second Prince and the Fourth Prince are worried that they can't find any evidence against me right now. Let's go back home." Chi Hongyuan's voice was cold and no emotion could be heard.
If he knew that Bai Ziyu was talking with Gu Siqing in the study at the Xiangfu, he would not care about the Second Prince or the Fourth Prince. Even if he was just passing by the Xiangfu and was thirsty, he could come up with an excuse to ask for a drink of water.
"Are you thinking about him?" Bai Ziyu saw that Gu Siqing was silent, and he knew what she was thinking from her expression.
Gu Siqing glanced at Bai Ziyu and did not answer. Instead, he said casually, "I have carefully selected for more than a few months, but no young man particularly satisfied me."
Thinking of those young masters from aristocratic families, many of them had concubines, and Gu Siqing didn't want to fight with those concubines.
As for those who were willing to marry into the wife's family, most of them had impure motives. After selecting them, Gu Siqing felt that none of them were to her liking.
"I plan to find someone who is easy to deal with first and get married first. Otherwise, when Chi Hongyuan gets married, I won't be able to decide who to choose." Gu Siqing smiled bitterly.
Even if you are not satisfied with the husband you have chosen now, at least you can still choose it yourself.
She was picky and missed the best opportunity. When Chi Hongyuan ascended the throne and issued an edict ordering her to enter the palace, disobeying the order would be a capital crime and would also implicate the prime minister's residence. She didn't want to be used as a tool.
Bai Ziyu's eyes flickered, and a spark ignited in his heart, sweeping through his heart with the force of a prairie fire.
"Miss?" Guihua's voice came from outside the corridor.
Gu Siqing's body froze, and he immediately pushed Bai Ziyu behind the screen to hide him, then quickly walked out of the study.
"I remembered that I haven't read a book I bought not long ago, so I went to the study to look for it. I'm not sleepy yet, so you can take a rest. I'll go back to my room to rest when I'm tired of reading."
Gu Siqing glanced back and made sure that she had not revealed any flaws before she breathed a sigh of relief. If someone found out that she had hidden a man in the house in the middle of the night, she would not be able to explain herself even if she opened her mouth a hundred times.
Fortunately, she often got interested in reading and would read alone until late at night. Guihua was very sleepy, so she rubbed her eyes and asked Gu Siqing to be careful not to catch a cold and go back to rest.
After watching Guihua walk away, Gu Siqing breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to the study.
The door of the study was about to be opened, and the tall figure of Bai Ziyu came into view. Gu Siqing's face changed drastically, and he immediately went into the room and closed the door: "What are you crazy about?"
He stood behind the door. If it was Guihua who pushed the door open and came in, Gu Siqing didn't dare to imagine what the scene would be like.
"You said that you haven't chosen a suitable marriage partner yet, is that true or not?" Bai Ziyu looked at her with burning eyes.
"Yes, what can I advise you?" Gu Siqing was a little annoyed by his pestering and was thinking about how to get rid of him.
Gu Siqing sat down in front of the low table, picked up a walnut, cracked it open, picked out the walnut meat and started eating.
"Since you haven't chosen the right person yet, you and I know each other well, so how about choosing me... choosing me?"
Bai Ziyu looked at Gu Siqing with sincere and earnest eyes, hoping that she would know that his intentions were sincere.
Bai Ziyu's gaze was too scorching, and Gu Siqing had never thought that he would say such a thing, so she sat in front of the table in a daze.
"Consider you?" Gu Siqing had never thought about marrying Bai Ziyu. He was never within her consideration.
Bai Ziyu has an extraordinary appearance, like a banished immortal, and is revered by the world as the Divine Doctor Bai.
Gu Siqing has never been a person who belittles herself, but in her opinion, the only woman who can catch Bai Ziyu's eye should be a fairy-like woman, and she is obviously not one of them.
The same sentence can have two completely different meanings when heard by two different people.
Just as Gu Siqing was wondering how Bai Ziyu could have such an idea, Bai Ziyu understood that Gu Siqing was asking what merits he had to be worthy of her and become her husband.
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