Chapter 1829 Big Move
In a blink of an eye, it was the day for Gu Sheng to propose marriage. Gu Sheng was waiting at home very nervously. Even though the marriage had been arranged, he still felt uneasy until the matchmaker came back.
Wu Shangheng was very friendly and said, "Last time I asked you if you were nervous, do you remember how you answered?"
Gu Sheng certainly remembered that he said he was not nervous, but he insisted, "I'm not nervous."
"Are you not nervous? Why are you staring at the door?"
Gu Sheng was venting his anger and this time he didn't say anything stubborn. "I'm afraid of accidents."
Wu Shangheng smiled and consoled, "Marquis Zhou's Mansion always keeps its word, and the Mansion has never regretted the marriage it has agreed to."
Gu Sheng pursed his lips and said, "Do you think my fate and the county lord's fate are compatible?"
Wu Shangheng, "."
The matchmaker hasn't even come back yet and he's already thinking about the horoscope!
At the Zhouhou Mansion, Gu Sheng tried his best to invite the old lady from the family of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Zhulan was quite surprised. She had been prepared for the matchmaker to be of a low status, but she didn't expect that Gu Sheng actually found a good matchmaker.
The old lady introduced herself in a few words, and Zhulan realized how good the relationship between the future prince consort and Gu Sheng was. The old lady was the future prince consort's cousin!
If she didn't help Gu Sheng find a marriage today, Zhu Lan estimated that not many people would know about this relationship.
The smile on Su Xuan's face deepened. She didn't care how hard Gu Sheng worked behind the scenes. She only looked at the results. The more Gu Sheng valued Yu Wen, the more he valued her.
The old lady is old, and there is nothing to make difficult about the marriage that has already been agreed upon. . .
Gu Sheng's marriage proposal went smoothly, and the horoscopes he worked out were also good. When they were sent back to Zhou Hou Mansion, Zhu Lan looked at them carefully and handed them to Su Xuan.
Su Xuan smiled happily, "The horoscopes are quite compatible."
Yu Wen didn't care about the horoscope. "The two of us live together, and whether we will have a good future doesn't depend on the horoscope. In the capital, most people who get married with good horoscopes have good lives, but how many of them can really live a good life?"
Treating each other with respect is good, but there are not many who can live in harmony with each other.
Su Xuan glared, "A good omen, understand?"
Yuwen: "I understand, I understand."
Su Xuan put away the fortune-telling and said, "I heard from my younger brother that Gu Sheng bought a house for nearly ten thousand taels, and there is a small garden inside the house."
Zhu Lan continued, "There are many people who have made a fortune thanks to Chang Zhong."
Yuwen was happy, "Uncle brings fortune."
Su Xuan thought that the house that Gu Sheng lived in now was too small, so she spent more than 20,000 taels to prepare a house for her daughter as a dowry. Now that Gu Sheng bought the house himself, it was enough for the young couple to live in.
Zhulan looked at Yuwen. The twins were born in April of the eighteenth year of Yongzhi. All the other children in the family were grown up. She also thought about Changzhong who was born in the sixteenth year of Yongzhi. She began to calculate in her mind when Changzhong would get married.
Yuwen's engagement process went smoothly, and Gu Sheng's betrothal gift was so beautiful that the excited onlookers were all speechless.
Not to mention the gold and silver in the betrothal gifts, just look at the antique calligraphy and paintings in the betrothal gifts, which are really eye-opening.
After Gu Sheng gave the betrothal gift, the family was left with only the newly purchased house and some land. Fortunately, the Zhou Marquis's family did not want Anhe County Lady to marry off early, so Gu Sheng could save more money for his future life.
In the Hanlin Academy, Chang Zhi was in a very good mood the past two days. People had been saying behind his back that Gu Sheng was a gigolo and that he had not helped at all with the betrothal gift. Gu Sheng cleared his name and slapped him hard in the face.
Lord Qi was very curious, "How could he have saved so much money in three years?"
Changzhi snorted, "He's not afraid of being investigated."
He knew that some people wanted to do him harm. In the eyes of some people, Gu Sheng was too lucky, so lucky that they wanted to destroy him.
Mr. Qi, "I didn't say his money came from illegal sources."
"I know, I'm saying some people think that."
Master Qi smiled and said, "My wife said that Gu Shengsheng is a man of wealth and that you are a blessed daughter."
There are so many noblemen from poor families who are not good at managing their households. Too many of them rely on their in-laws, and some rely on their wives' dowries to make a living. There are not many people like Gu Sheng who have built their own businesses. He was stunned for a long time when he looked at the betrothal gift that Gu Sheng took out. It was almost the same as the betrothal gift given by his son-in-law!
Changzhi smiled, "I have good taste."
In fact, the lady had good taste, but we cannot say that she chose him first. Now everyone thinks that he has a good eye for people.
Lord Qi thought about the dowry, "Now everyone is curious about how much the dowry of County Lord Anhe is."
The master of Anhe County is the famous golden baby in the capital!
Changzhi fell silent when he thought of the thick dowry list of his daughter-in-law. Fortunately, the daughter-in-law was a county lady, otherwise the dowry would have been exposed.
Gu Sheng has been floating in the clouds for two days, and today he returned to reality. "I want to save money to live."
Wu Shangheng spit out the tea in his mouth. "I can see that you are destined to worry."
Gu Sheng said, "I do."
He felt very accomplished. He always thought that if he didn't know how to make a living, County Lord Anhe wouldn't have taken a fancy to him!
Wu Shangheng snorted, "Now that you have entered my circle, it will be easy for you to make money."
Gu Sheng smiled. It was good now as there were fewer restrictions on him and he did not have to worry too much. He was confident that he could save a good fortune before Yu Wen got married.
At the Ministry of Revenue, Zhang Jinghong came back holding a large box. "We have already counted everything."
Zhou Shuren gestured to open the box, which contained banknotes and a thick account book. "Thank you for your hard work these past two days."
Zhang Jinghong said: "It's not hard."
Zhou Shuren did not ask about the process because there was no need to ask. He gestured to Zhang Jinghong to go back and rest while he looked through the account book carefully.
The emperor gave three days, and a lot of things were confessed voluntarily. These banknotes and account books are the property that was voluntarily handed over. There are not many banknotes, and the account books record the amount of cash. This shows that they did not dare to exchange them for banknotes and only accepted cash.
He offered to pay 90% of his property, and the emperor let him go once and for all.
Zhou Shuren was very calm, as he had expected the amount of embezzlement to be huge. This time, the financial payment did not include antique furniture, which made Zhou Shuren feel much better. He had handled too many things in the past two years, and the antiques in Beijing have not increased in price, and are even showing a downward trend.
What made Zhou Shuren happiest were the house deeds and land deeds. Especially since houses in Beijing were in great demand, he dealt with as much land as possible.
After leaving the government office, Changzhi and Changzhong came back together in a carriage. As soon as the two brothers got off the carriage, Wang, the butler who was guarding the door, said, "Fourth Master, the Qian family in Chuanzhou sent a letter today."
Changzhong asked, "Qian family?"
Chang Zhi nodded and said, "He helped me a lot in Chuanzhou. He was supposed to go to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination this year, but my old lady passed away suddenly, so I can only wait until the next imperial examination."
Changzhong blinked and said, "What bad luck."
Changzhi thought of the reform of the imperial examination and smiled, "It's really bad luck."
Changzhong asked, "Why would you send me a letter when I shouldn't be at home observing mourning?"
Chang Zhi was also very curious. He took the invitation from Steward Wang and said with a smile, "The steward of the Qian family came to Beijing to buy a house, so he naturally came to visit us."
Chang Zhong added: "I am really surprised that Yang Xiu would become the grandson-in-law of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works."
Chang Zhi was also quite surprised, "It shows that he is very optimistic about Yang Xiu."
There was a lot of discussion about Yang Xiu's marriage in the Hanlin Academy. Chang Zhi thought of the Yong'an Duke's Mansion. Zhuo Guyu was still in the Hanlin Academy. The Yong'an Duke's Mansion now hated the southern families. They hadn't fought back for so long, so they must have a big move in mind.
It was indeed a big move. On the next morning, Zhou Shuren and a group of ministers were particularly energetic. The Duke of Yongan attended the court today!
(End of this chapter)