When Ji Yu returned to the living room from Qingqing's room, Ji Shuyao and Gu's father had almost finished their conversation.
Today was supposed to be a marriage proposal, so I just continued to visit and say hello.
After both parties have matched their horoscopes, they will move on to the next step of proposal, where the two families will have a meal together and choose an auspicious day.
The man will then discuss the betrothal gift, and this is the time to pay the betrothal gift. The final step is to pay the betrothal gift and the marriage process.
Because Ji Yu was anxious to get married before the end of the month, both parties agreed to get it done today and wait for a good day to send the betrothal gifts.
The horoscopes have been matched and an auspicious date has been chosen, which is the 28th of this month.
"Sister, please go out first. I want to talk to Uncle Gu for a few more words." Ji Yu said to Ji Shuyao.
"Okay, I'll wait for you at the door." After hearing Ji Yu's words, Ji Shuyao went out.
"Father-in-law." Ji Yu bowed respectfully.
Seeing this, Father Gu quickly reached out to support him and politely replied, "We are all family, why do we need such a big gift?"
When Ji Yu heard him say that, he smiled triumphantly, "My son-in-law wants to ask my father-in-law for a favor?"
Father Gu coughed lightly, and suddenly felt that he was being tricked, but he could only say, "Please tell me, dear son-in-law. If I can help, I will do my best."
Ji Yu thought for a moment and said, "I will come here to propose marriage when I am fifteen. At that time, I will need my father-in-law to invite a few scholars to come, and then send a few people to fan the flames, saying that the girl from the Gu family is not worthy of me..."
When Gu's father heard what Ji Yu said, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him. Before he could finish, he interrupted him angrily, "What do you mean? If you don't want to get married, why bother with this? Isn't our Gu family's reputation bad enough!!!"
Ji Yu calmed him down and explained, "I want to restore the Gu family's reputation in front of everyone in Lin'an City. Father-in-law, you just need to do as I say, and the prefect won't dare to embarrass the Gu family anymore, and the rumors from the past few days will also be broken."
After hearing Ji Yu's words, Father Gu was still somewhat suspicious. He suddenly became afraid that Ji Yu was sent by Zhao Xiuyong to harm him.
"Don't worry, father-in-law. I swear on my future that I will never harm Qingqing. And I promise that after this incident, no one in Lin'an City will say a word against Qingqing." Ji Yu's words were particularly sincere.
Father Gu seemed to know how important reputation and fame were to a scholar. Ji Yu would never give up his bright future because of his family's affairs.
But he was still suspicious and asked, "Is there any woman in this world who has not been wronged? These are just rumors."
When Ji Yu heard this, he felt sad. Why did Qingqing suffer such a great injustice while others thought these were trivial matters not worth mentioning?
Ji Yu became more determined, because because of what he had just said, his tone was no longer so respectful towards Gu's father.
"You also know that after I pass the exam this time, my ranking in the palace examination will not change much. But after becoming an official, I will most likely stay in the capital. Through this incident, you can tie me to the Gu family. If I really return to the capital to become an official in the future, no one in Lin'an will dare to bully the Gu family at will."
After hearing Ji Yu's official words, Father Gu came back to his senses. If he really had a son-in-law who was an official in the capital, it would be easier to do business locally. I don't know whether others believe that this son-in-law is close to his family. It's another matter! !
After thinking it through, Father Gu immediately nodded and agreed.
Ji Yu explained the details of the incident in detail and then walked out the door.
"Xiao Yu, are you done talking?" Ji Shuyao asked after she called him out of the door.
"Well, let's go back!" Ji Yu seemed to remember something and said, "Send me back to the academy! I will go home and live there when the old house is repaired."
"What's wrong! Don't care about Mr. and Mrs. Lu's attitude. Wherever your sister is, that's your home." Ji Shuyao explained. He was afraid that his younger brother would feel burdened.
Ji Yu also felt that if she continued to live in the Lu family, she would be afraid that her sister would be embarrassed, so she explained, "Sister, I just turned 15 last month, and I am not a child anymore. I am old enough to tie my hair, and the Lu family still has an unmarried girl, so it is not appropriate for us to live together."
After hearing this, Ji Shuyao nodded and said, "Then I will have someone renovate the old house as soon as possible, add some things to it, and then you can move back in." She was also worried that Ji Yu would suffer living alone in the school.
Ji Yu nodded and reminded, "If the Lu family's parents ask, you can say that I want to prepare for the palace examination in June. It is convenient to review in the academy. Anyway, I used the same reason last year. I never lived in the Lu family. They should believe it."
After sending Ji Yu to school, Ji Shuyao also returned to the Ji family.
At this time, Father and Mother Lu were waiting at the door, along with Ji Shuyao. They also figured it out, after all, Ji Shuyao was at the top of the list, and he might even be able to get the top spot in the palace examination.
Lu Chengruo would not suffer any loss by being a concubine. If possible, Ji Yu might even make her a co-wife for Ji Shuyao's sake!
The more they thought about it, the more beautiful it became.
Fortunately, Ji Yu hid back in the academy, otherwise, knowing that Ji's father and the others had not given up, they would definitely be too tired to deal with them.
Seeing that only Ji Shuyao got off the carriage, after asking around, Ji Shuyao said that Ji Yu had gone back to the academy to review his lessons. The two of them were so angry that they stormed out.
On the other side, when Ji Yu arrived at the academy, Wang Shanchuan was also waiting for him there.
With Wang Shanchuan's help, he was more confident in the quarrel a few days later. After all, Wang Shanchuan had a very loud voice.
Ji Yu started to write poems when he thought of this. Because he was poor, the betrothal gift he could offer was pitifully small.
How can I avoid losing face for my beloved?
Ji Yu suddenly had an idea! ! Write a poem!
There was a rule in Lin'an Prefecture that a poem by a candidate was worth 100 taels of silver. If he wrote 20 poems, it would be considered a large sum of money as a betrothal gift! !
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