Duke Rong glared at Gu Shouxin: "You're still not satisfied? You're quite the show-off! Let me tell you, if Mu Yan hadn't been so determined to have your daughter, I wouldn't have even looked at her! Even if you became the top scholar, your daughter wouldn't be good enough for my grandson."
Gu Shouxin: "Duke, you don't have a grandson, so that's your grandson by marriage! Do you know why you don't have a grandson? With your arrogant attitude, acting like you own the Great Zhou Dynasty, even Heaven won't allow you to have an heir! If you continue like this, you probably really won't have an heir."
"Insolence!" Duke Rong was so angry that he trembled.
Gu Shouxin curled his lips in disdain: "So what if you're presumptuous? What can you do to me? I advise you to speak obediently. If you don't, I'll make sure that my daughter, who is not good enough for your grandson, doesn't marry him. Then you won't even have a grandson."
Gu Shouxin deliberately emphasized the words "grandson".
Duke Rong pointed at Gu Shouxin.
Gu Shouxin reverted to his expressionless demeanor, gave Rongguo Gong a cold glance, and then closed the door.
The Duke of Rong was furious: "You'll regret this one day!"
Gu En ran over wearing sandbags that had been weighted down to several pounds: "Second Uncle, I don't like Li Muyan. Don't let him be my second sister's husband! If my second sister marries him, with this old man around, her life will definitely be uneasy!"
Gu Shouxin glanced at Gu En, said nothing, and walked back to the main room with his hands behind his back.
Gu En had no choice but to follow; she regretted coming all this way.
Gu Shouxin continued to test Gu En's studies, as if nothing had happened.
Gu En started thinking about how to tell Xiao Erge about this later. This old man came to scold Second Uncle, so Xiao Erge should deal with this old man's people in the capital!
"Focus!" Gu Shouxin glanced at Gu En.
Gu En obediently stopped thinking about it.
...
That evening, Gu Shouxin called Gu Nian into his room alone. His expression seemed a little off. Gu Xin tried to pull Gu Nian away to eavesdrop, but this time Gu Shouxin wouldn't let them listen.
Gu Nian was a little scared of Gu Shouxin like this, and asked timidly, "Dad, what's wrong?"
Gu Shouxin looked at Gu Nian: "The Li family has brought up the marriage proposal with your mother again. I have a few questions for you. First, if Li Muyan's family looks down on you and thinks you're marrying above your station, but Li Muyan is determined to marry you, what would you do?"
Gu Nian frowned: "Dad, why do you ask that? Aunt Luo has been very sincere to our family! She hasn't looked down on me!"
Gu Shouxin: "You only need to answer."
Gu Nian remained silent: "I don't know either."
Gu Shouxin then asked, "Second, if I object to your marriage to Li Muyan, will you still marry him or not?"
Gu Nian looked at Gu Shouxin in surprise.
Li Muyan didn't offend her father, did she? Could it be because of the Lantern Festival?
Gu Shouxin said coldly, "Answer!"
Gu Nian pursed her lips: "Dad, all I can tell you now is that I don't object to marrying him. However, I remember a saying: you can refuse to marry the person your parents want you to marry, but you must not marry the person your parents want you not to marry. If Dad objects, then I will listen to you. But I will be unhappy, and perhaps I will never marry."
Gu Shouxin: "Your mother and I can support you! Li Muyan is not a good match, you can't marry him! Niannian, this place in Dazhou is different from where you and your mother used to live. In Dazhou, marriage is not just a matter between two people, but between two families. Do you know what the Duke and Duchess of Rongguo would do if they didn't approve of you?"
Gu Nian shook her head.
Gu Shouxin: "I've seen many things like this, I'm not trying to scare you. They have no sons and want someone to inherit their title, so Li Muyan will be the heir of the Rongguo Duke's mansion. Even if Li Muyan agrees to let all his sons take the surname Jiang, these two old bastards will still add more women to Li Muyan's family. Can you tolerate concubines and maids?"
Gu Nian opened her mouth as if to say something, but Gu Shouxin interrupted her.
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