On the other side, the Gu family was filled with worry.
Father Gu invited several colleagues to talk about business today because these two people have been secretly making trouble for Gu's business recently.
"Brother Zhou, Brother Qian, have some tea." Father Gu quickly asked the servants to pour a cup of the best Biluochun for the two of them.
The two drank tea without saying a word, waiting for Father Gu to speak first.
"Brother Zhou, Brother Qian. It seems that the prices set by the two of you cloth shops today are not very reasonable." This was already said by Gu's father in a very tactful way. These two people have been lowering the prices recently, making it impossible for the Gu family to continue their business.
The two pretended not to understand and said in unison, "They are all doing business to make a living."
Father Gu personally poured a cup of tea for the two of them and asked, "Brothers, please give me some advice. I don't know how I have offended you."
"What do you think it could be? Of course it's the prefect's business." The businessman named Zhou answered first.
"Look at you. You have spent a lot of money to support Zhao Xiuyong's studies for so many years. But as soon as he passed the exam, he broke off the engagement with you. You immediately found a new relative and became a rich man." Qian Dacai continued.
"Yes, yes, what you two brothers said is right." At this time, Father Gu could only nod his head.
"Look at you. It's your daughter's luck that the prefect likes her. But you still look down on the prefect. The prefect is at least a fourth-rank official. Although he is not an official in the capital, isn't he also the leader of a place here?" Zhou Dafu continued to persuade.
Qian Dacai also said, "Besides, you married your daughter to the prefect so close to home. What's wrong with knowing each other well? The person who broke off the engagement and came to the prefect for help was the prefect's classmate and your current father-in-law, Zhao Xiuyuan. Your daughter is marrying the prefect, which is much better than Zhao Xiuyuan."
"Then even if Zhao Xiuyuan works for another 10 years, he will never be able to become a fourth-rank official," Zhou Dafu also said.
"Then think about it yourself. Once you have figured it out, give me an answer as soon as possible in the next few days so that we can inform the prefect as well." After Qian Dacai said this, he took Zhou Dafu away.
Father Gu was still behind, thanking me repeatedly.
Gu Qingqing and Gu's mother also came out from behind the screen at this time.
Father Gu persuaded, “Look, I’m not forcing you to get married, but if you don’t marry into our family, it’s over.”
Mother Gu also said, "Qingqing! It's not that your parents force you, but there is nothing you can do about it. The prefect is the local leader after all. If you marry him, it will also help your father's business."
Gu Qingqing lowered her head and was unwilling to speak.
Father Gu was also angry and roared, "Look at you! Now the news is spreading everywhere. You have such a bad reputation, who would dare to marry you? Even if I wanted to marry you earlier, no one would dare to marry you. I told you to get married with Zhao Xiuyuan earlier, but you insisted on delaying. Now you see what's going on! You can't be a good official wife, and you have to be someone else's concubine."
Gu Qingqing bowed to her father and mother and said, "My daughter is a little tired today. I will go back and rest first."
After saying that, she quickly left the living room, and Xiaotao at the door followed the young lady back to the room.
Gu Qingqing sat at the table, looking at her beautiful self in the mirror, and said, "Xiao Tao, do you think it is a blessing or a misfortune for a woman to be beautiful?"
"Xiao Tao, I only know that the young lady is beautiful. Mr. Ji likes her, and Xiao Tao likes her too. I feel happy when I see the young lady." Seeing that Gu Qingqing was unhappy, Xiao Tao hurriedly mentioned Ji Yu. Every time the young lady was unhappy before, she would be happy when she mentioned Mr. Gu.
"Is he in high school?" Gu Qingqing asked.
"Mr. Ji?" Xiao Tao asked.
Seeing the young lady nod, Xiao Tao did not notice the sadness on her young lady's face, and said cheerfully, "Yes! Master Ji not only passed the exam, but also ranked first. There is a long queue of people who went to the Ji Mansion to congratulate him today."
"Top of the list!" Gu Qingqing muttered to herself, her tone full of mockery.
A guy who got top three in the exam looked down on me, so how could I expect a 15-year-old kid to abide by his jokes?
So is it just my wishful thinking in the end? The top of the list! The top of the list, this is the top scholar! There must be countless dignitaries in the capital who want to marry him.
At this moment, he was sleeping in a gentle place, so how could he think of me?
How could I dare to have any expectations!
"Xiao Tao, go to the kitchen and bring me a bowl of pastries! I'm a little hungry!" Gu Qingqing ordered Xiao Tao.
Hearing that her young lady wanted to eat, Xiao Tao hurried out the door in high spirits.
Gu Qingqing stroked the brocade in her hand, but she was thinking, I, Gu Qingqing, would rather die than be a concubine.
She quickly picked up the chair and hung the brocade on the beam.
The moment she stepped off the empty stool, she felt that she had difficulty breathing, and the last thing that flashed through her mind was Ji Yu's appearance. He seemed to be calling her softly in her ear: "Qingqing, my Qingqing."
At this time, Ji Yu was still on his way, and the system in his mind was frantically alerting the police.
[Ding! The mission target is detected to be on the verge of death! ! The mission will be interrupted soon. ]
[What happened to her? ! What happened to Qingqing! ! !] Ji Yu frantically yelled at the system in his mind.
He was extremely anxious now, and the system did not answer his questions.
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On the other side, Xiao Tao was going to the kitchen to get some cakes, but when she was almost there, she remembered that she forgot to ask the lady if she wanted to eat osmanthus cake or peach cake today. The kitchen made two kinds of cakes today.
Xiao Tao quickly ran back to the room, opened the door and saw Gu Qingqing hanging on the beam.
"Hurry up, the young lady has hanged herself!" Xiao Tao shouted outside and ran to the room.
He used his shoulders to support the lady's feet. It took a lot of effort to get the lady down.
At this time, the servants also came over, and Gu's father and mother also rushed over and quickly sent someone to call a doctor.
After examining him, the doctor said, "He is no longer in danger of death. Fortunately, he was rescued in time. If he had been rescued half a quarter of an hour later, he would not have been able to be saved."
He prescribed a few more medicines and told her to rest for a few days. He also reminded her not to irritate the patient during these days.
After the doctor left, Gu's father also left in a rage.
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[Ding! The mission target is out of danger. The mission continues. Please continue to work hard. ]
Ji Yu was standing there with a really confused look on his face! He was very worried about Qingqing, and he was still a little scared.
I heard that the convoy will arrive at the earliest the night after tomorrow.
Ji Yu had no choice but to spend one hundred taels of silver and ask the caravan to lend him a horse and send someone to take him back to Lin'an.
A horse only costs seventy taels. It would only take less than two days to rent a horse and send a bodyguard to lead the way, and you could earn 100 taels.
The escort leader agreed immediately without saying a word.
When Ji Yu was in the previous world, he would accompany Gu Niannian to learn horse riding when he had nothing to do, so he also knew how to ride a horse, but he hadn't ridden a horse for a long time and was a little unfamiliar with it.
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