Tang Wan'er was unwilling to marry Gu Mingzhi. Although Gu Mingzhi and Gu Huaizhi were brothers from the same mother, there was a huge difference between the two of them.
Moreover, there is only one title in the Marquis Xuanping Mansion. Unless Gu Huaizhi is gone, it will never be Gu Mingzhi's turn.
Besides, what can Gu Mingzhi do? He was proficient in poetry, books, etiquette, and was also proficient in eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling.
If she married Gu Mingzhi, regardless of her unclear relationship with Gu Huaizhi, would Gu Mingzhi mind?
Just take marrying Gu Mingzhi as an example. Even if you are the legal wife, you will never be able to make a breakthrough.
"Aunt, you should let your niece go back to Jingning." After Tang Wan'er figured it out, she said firmly.
He thought to himself that if he returned to Jingning, even if he couldn't find a promising young man like Gu Huaizhi, it would still be easy to find someone more capable than Gu Mingzhi.
Old Mrs. Tang felt a little uncomfortable when she saw Tang Wan'er was so resistant to marrying her youngest son.
"Madam, this is not appropriate. If a rift arises between the two brothers in the future because of this, it will be harmful rather than beneficial to the Marquis's Mansion." Nanny Qin usually takes advantage of Tang Wan'er. Moreover, she has a relationship with Tang Wan'er's father, Tang Zhengxian. At this time, she naturally has to speak for Tang Wan'er.
Old Mrs. Tang sighed, thought about it, and felt that this was inappropriate. Tang Wan'er had physical contact with her son, and if she let her younger son marry her.
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It is also extremely unfair to the youngest son.
"You get up first." At this moment, old Mrs. Tang obviously lost her previous enthusiasm.
Although she was not thoughtful enough in this matter, she was still somewhat unhappy with Tang Wan'er's rejection of her.
This time, Tang Wan'er didn't dare to make trouble again. After all, she believed that old Mrs. Tang might have really been thinking of marrying her to Gu Mingzhi.
"It's not that I don't want you to marry Huaizhi, but now that the eldest brother is in the limelight, if you want to enter the mansion, you can only enter as a concubine, and your aunt doesn't want to let you down." After all, Mrs. Tang didn't want to make the relationship with her natal family too strained, so she had to break it up and speak clearly to Tang Wan'er.
Tang Wan'er's face turned even paler when she heard this, but she also knew that if she wanted to marry Gu Huaizhi and have a legitimate status, she could probably only be a concubine.
"Aunt, as long as I can stay with my cousin, Wan'er will be content!" Tang Wan'er said obediently.
"In that case, let's choose a day and let Huaizhi take you in." Old Mrs. Tang sighed, thinking that this was the only way to do it.
"Wan'er thanks you, aunt!" Tang Wan'er hurriedly thanked her, still feeling a little uncomfortable. After all, she had lost a child for Gu Huaizhi and could only be a concubine, while Luo Xinyue, who had only slept with Gu Huaizhi for one night, was able to become a concubine.
However, she didn't dare to say this to Old Mrs. Tang.
"I know I have wronged you, but as long as you can give birth to the eldest son of this marquisate to Huaizhi as soon as possible, I will definitely let Huaizhi improve your status at that time." Old Mrs. Tang painted another pie in the sky for Tang Wan'er.
"Wan'er thanks aunt for her care." Tang Wan'er was full of confidence about this.
After all, since she could get pregnant with Gu Huaizhi's first child, she could also get pregnant with his second child.
Luo Xinyue had schemed against her cousin to make this happen. However, her cousin and I grew up together, so the friendship was naturally different.
"You should take good care of yourself now, and then give birth to a child for Huaizhi." Old Mrs. Tang thought that it would be a good time to let Luo Xinyue come in first while Tang Wan'er was recuperating.
Thinking of this, Old Mrs. Tang also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mom, my eldest brother and third brother have gone to the government office."
When Old Mrs. Tang wanted to say something else, Gu Nianshu rushed in anxiously from outside.
"What's going on? Why did you go to the yamen for no reason?" Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Tang stood up in shock, not caring about Tang Wan'er who was standing beside her.
"Mom, people outside said that my third brother was cheating in a gambling house with a fake painting and was beaten. He even came to our house to ask for money. Mom, where did my third brother get the painting?" Gu Nianshu said with a dissatisfied look on her face.
"What? Is Mingzhi seriously injured?" In old Mrs. Tang's mind, all she could remember was her youngest son being beaten.
I don't care whether it is a real painting or a fake one.
"She's lying on a stretcher, and my daughter looks badly injured." Although Gu Nianshu was dissatisfied with the fact that Mr. Tang's focus was different from hers, she still responded to Mr. Tang truthfully.
Tang Wan'er, who was standing aside, felt relieved. Fortunately, she did not agree to marry Gu Mingzhi, the second-generation rich man.
"Why did you get beaten for no reason?" Old Mrs. Tang became anxious when she heard this.
"Mother, from what I heard from that rascal, he wants our family to pay him one hundred thousand taels of gold." Gu Nianshu said with concern.
"Hmph, he beat me up and still wants money?" Old Mrs. Tang said angrily.
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Tang walked out. She wanted to see who was so bold as to hit people from the Marquis Xuanping's Mansion.
Before Old Mrs. Tang walked out of the Marquis Xuanping's Mansion, she saw Gu Huaizhi coming back with a dark face, followed by Tai Jingwan, Jiang Jinyue, and Gu Mingzhi who was carried in.
And several yamen runners.
"My son! Who could have hurt you so badly!" As soon as Mrs. Tang saw Gu Mingzhi lying on the shelf, she rushed over and cried.
"Ouch, mom, it hurts!" Old Mrs. Tang pressed directly on the injured part of Gu Mingzhi, making him scream in pain.
"Ouch, son, where does it hurt? Let me take a look." Old Mrs. Tang was frightened when she heard her son crying so miserably.
"Hurry up and call a doctor!" Old Mrs. Tang looked at the housekeeper Zhongshun who followed her in and quickly criticized him.
"In reply to the old lady, I have already sent someone to invite the doctor over." The housekeeper said quickly.
Zhou Zhongan, who followed him to the gate of Marquis Xuanping's mansion, became uneasy.
Before, wasn’t the person he and Wei Xiuyuan rescued the legitimate wife and the concubine of Marquis Xuanping?
"Damn it! I saved her life, and she stole my jade pendant!" Zhou Zhongan said dissatisfiedly.
"Are you sure?" Wei Xiuyuan didn't think that the girl from the Jiang family would be so short-sighted as to steal such a jade pendant from Zhou Zhongan.
"Otherwise, why would my jade pendant appear on her? That is the jade pendant that symbolizes our status as the leader of Jiange!" Zhou Zhongan angrily wanted to step forward and snatch the jade pendant back.
"Could it be that you dropped the jade pendant and someone picked it up?" Wei Xiuyuan looked at the angry Zhou Zhongan and asked in a good mood.
"Impossible!" Zhou Zhongan said firmly.
"Then go find her and ask her to give it back." I don't know what Wei Xiuyuan was thinking about, but a malicious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Then you come with me!" Zhou Zhongan naturally wanted to find Jiang Jinyue to get his jade pendant back, but he was not familiar with the capital city, so he thought of asking Wei Xiuyuan to go with him.
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