Cai Xiaolian and Madam Li were talking about Liansheng Street. After they finished talking, Madam Li brought up the matter of the two children.
Cai Xiaolian remembered Gu Nian's feelings and didn't refuse him as she had before.
Madam Li was overjoyed and began to explain her family's plans.
Li Muyan will only turn eighteen in October, but the Duke and Duchess of Rongguo asked the royal family to contact a high-ranking monk to obtain a talisman that will protect Li Muyan for half a month.
So they plan to return to Beijing after the Mid-Autumn Festival. If the Gu family agrees, they will start preparing for the wedding after they return to Beijing.
In Madam Li's opinion, Gu Shouxin was bound to pass; she had never heard of a top scholar in a year failing to pass the imperial examination, unless he hadn't taken the exam.
Originally, the Duke and Duchess Rong had told Madam Li that if the Gu family agreed to the marriage, even if Gu Shouxin's ranking was not good, they would still speak to the Ministry of Personnel to get him an official position in the capital, so that both children would be in the capital.
Madam Li did not say these words to Cai Xiaolian. She felt that these words were somewhat insulting. She regarded Cai Xiaolian as a good sister, so how could she say such a thing to her?
Mrs. Li was genuinely happy about the two children's situation. She also advised her parents that the Gu family wasn't what they thought. Since they had decided to become in-laws, they shouldn't treat the Gu family with such condescension. Even if they couldn't become in-laws, the Gu family would still be her friends. She didn't want her biological parents to treat the Gu family this way.
Cai Xiaolian did not immediately agree, but said she would go back and ask her family and Gu Nian's opinion.
After Cai Xiaolian and the Gu sisters left, the maidservants who served in the room ran to Madam Xie and learned what the two had said about the children's marriage.
Duke Rongguo got angry again: "That silly child Yusheng, she should have told us about getting him an official position. If she had, the Gu family would have agreed immediately!"
Madam Xie also felt that the Gu family was being pretentious. They had only passed the imperial examination at the age of thirty, and even though they were the top scholars, how much of a future could they have?
The Duke of Rong was furious and summoned his attendants to find Gu Shouxin.
At this moment, Gu Shouxin was testing Gu En's studies in the courtyard when he heard a knock on the door. He thought it was his wife and children returning, so he happily went to open the door. But when he opened it, he saw the Duke of Rongguo with a bad expression. He was clearly up to no good!
He raised an eyebrow but didn't let anyone into the house.
I don't owe you any money! Who are you trying to fool with this act?
Seeing that Gu Shouxin remained silent, the Duke of Rong raised his head and gestured with his chin: "Aren't you going to invite me in?"
Gu Shouxin asked expressionlessly, "Who are you?"
Duke Rong was dumbfounded: "Ha, hahaha, who am I?"
Gu Shouxin closed the door directly.
Duke Rongguo stopped his servants from knocking on the door and started banging on it himself without even realizing it. He's been very irritable lately.
Gu Shouxin opened the door again and looked at the Duke of Rongguo, who still had his hands raised.
The Duke of Rong frowned and asked, "How about the assistant ministers of the Six Ministries?"
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Assistant Minister of the Six Ministries was a fifth-rank official.
Gu Shouxin scoffed: "The Duke has gotten into the business of buying and selling official positions?"
The Duke of Rong suppressed his anger: "Let Gu Nian and Mu Yan get engaged. You go to the capital to take the imperial examination. No matter how you do, I will give you a government official position in the capital."
Gu Shouxin laughed. It seems so. In his previous life, before he became the Ninth Prince, the Empress Dowager's brothers were just as arrogant. What did he do to them after he became the Ninth Prince?
He thought for a moment, and realized that someone had been assigned to empty the chamber pots in the capital! Every household was responsible for emptying the chamber pots. If you dare to mess with me, I won't empty your chamber pots, and I'll make sure your house is full of excrement. You're acting like some kind of arrogant duke who thinks he's the emperor!
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