"Mother!" Li Muyan was still secretly pleased, thinking that his maternal grandmother was too good, but when he heard Madam Li stop him, he was instantly unhappy.
Madam Li glared at Li Muyan: "Although marriage is a matter of parental arrangement and matchmaker's agreement, I have already experienced the consequences of parental consent. I don't want other girls to go through the same thing, even if the other party is my son. I will not propose marriage until Niannian agrees herself."
Cai Xiaolian nodded: "Lord Duke, Madam, to be honest, although most people in our village get married through their parents' matchmaking, our Gu family's daughters always marry the people they choose. If our daughter doesn't agree, her father and I won't discuss it outside."
Li Shan understood, sneered inwardly, and then opened her innocent eyes and said, "Second Aunt, Aunt Lian, I really like Sister Niannian! My brother likes her too, and I think Sister Niannian is quite good to my brother!"
Li Shan had little contact with Gu Nian in either her past or present life, so she didn't notice anything different about Gu Nian.
In her opinion, the fact that Gu Nian was able to become Xue Qianyu's concubine in her previous life, and even flaunt her power in the Xue family's inner quarters as a concubine, meant that Gu Nian was a woman who coveted wealth and knew how to win over men.
Li Muyan's identity was revealed so early because of her rebirth. Many things have changed. Why not bring the two of them together and then use Gu Nian's influence to harm Li Muyan?
In Li Shan's opinion, Gu Nian's methods of winning over men are probably just her looks and her skills at bedchamber; she would probably be completely fooled by her.
She also noticed that the Duke of Rongguo frowned noticeably when he heard Cai's words, probably because he didn't like the Gu family's pretentious attitude. If she couldn't bring them together, she had an even better plan: to make Li Muyan fall madly in love with Gu Nian, but in the end, he couldn't be with Gu Nian and would become depressed. The Duke and Duchess of Rongguo would be disappointed in Li Muyan, and this plan would be even better.
Li Shan suddenly felt that killing people wasn't fun at all; wouldn't it be better to watch them suffer unbearable pain?
Therefore, from now on, she has two things to do: first, to bring Li Muyan and Gu Nian together; second, to completely win over the hearts of the Duke and Duchess of Rongguo and Luo Yusheng.
Then next year, I will successfully follow them to Beijing.
She is too young to participate in the selection of imperial concubines, but she can participate when she turns thirteen the year after next. Even if the Third Prince marries a principal wife in the next two years, as long as she has enough status to enter the Third Prince's residence, she is confident that she can make the principal wife die early and take that position for herself.
Not only did Li Shan see the fleeting expression of impatience on Rongguo Gong's face, but Gu Shouxin also noticed it. He sneered inwardly, "I was already not very satisfied with Li Muyan, and now this old geezer is interfering. Heh heh..."
Seeing that Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian remained silent, creating an awkward atmosphere, Madam Li quickly changed the subject: "By the way, Xiaolian, Gu Er, when are you going back to the village? How about waiting until after Muyan's birthday? Muyan has already written to Niannian, asking her and her sisters to come over for dinner in a couple of days. You can all come home together then!"
Gu Shouxin looked at Cai Xiaolian, who nodded: "Okay. Let's stay for two more days. I guess the child's third aunt won't want us to leave either."
Duke Rong lowered his head and drank his tea. He looked down on Gu Shouxin, thinking that it was a disgrace to men that a grown man would have to consult a woman about such trivial matters.
If it weren't for the fact that Niannian is such a good girl and that her grandson likes her so much, even if Gu Shouxin had become the top scholar in the imperial examination, he still wouldn't have looked down on their family.
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