Chapter 799: My cousin is reborn and wants to snatch my marriage (8)
"Who else do you want to marry if not him? Your marriage has been arranged for many years, can you still regret it?" Zhou frowned and said, "Although the son of Marquis Qiyang likes to play a little, he is a man of measure. He only makes small troubles and has never caused a big mess. If you marry him, as long as nothing big happens in the Marquis Qiyang's mansion in the future, your life of wealth and glory will be settled. What else are you dissatisfied with?"
When Gu Shiyao heard Zhou's words, she was very disapproving in her heart. She also thought so in her previous life. She felt that she was a good match for Mingxun, the son of Marquis Qiyang. Although Mingxun did not have much ability, he could inherit the title of Marquis Qiyang and would be able to maintain his status and position in the future.
But unexpectedly, after the death of Marquis Qiyang, Mingxun inherited the title, but because there was no one in the court, he gradually became a marginal figure in the circle of princes and nobles, and the mansion gradually declined. When the children of Gu Shiyao grew up, they could not find a powerful family willing to marry into their family!
Gu Shiyao had experienced the gap in status from being high and mighty and admired to being despised and looked down upon. She had been bothered by it for her whole life in her previous life, and there was no way she could experience it again in this life.
Therefore, no matter how Zhou praised this marriage as a good match, Gu Shiyao was determined to cancel the marriage, but she could not think of a proper solution at the moment, so she had to endure it temporarily.
But she could make some noise to let her mother know her dissatisfaction, so she pouted and said:
"Mother, the Qiyang Marquis's Mansion has its current status because of the support of Qiyang Marquis. Once Qiyang Marquis is gone, how can Mingxun inherit the Mansion? How can it maintain such dignity? He and his brother are not the ones who can support the Mansion. The Qiyang Marquis' Mansion is doomed to have no successor. Mingxun is just an empty title. Won't it fall in the end? Does mother want to see her daughter follow him and become the wife of Qiyang Marquis, who has only the title but no substance? There are so many powerful people in the capital, anyone can step on them..."
Gu Shiyao's eyes became red as she spoke. Wasn't the second half of her previous life like this? She had already experienced such sadness once and never wanted to experience it again.
When Zhou heard her words, she hesitated, but she was not a far-sighted person, so she quickly found a reason to convince herself and her daughter:
"You are worrying too much. The Qiyang Marquis's Mansion has existed for more than a hundred years since the founding of the country. It has a rich heritage. Even if Qiyang Marquis is gone, the connections and inheritance left behind are enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your lives.
Moreover, Marquis Qiyang is still in his prime and is far from dying. After you get married, you should have a few sons and let Marquis Qiyang teach them well. By then, even if Marquis Qiyang is gone, your children will have grown up. Even if the prince can't support the Marquis's mansion, you will have the next generation. What do you have to worry about?"
Gu Shiyao was stunned. Hearing Zhou's words, she remembered her previous life. After she married Mingxun, she did give birth to a child soon. However, she was a doting child. She did not give the child to Marquis Qi Yang for education. Instead, she raised the child herself and indulged the child in everything. As a result, she raised a replica of her husband - her son only inherited Mingxun's dandy and incompetent side and became a prodigal son. Naturally, it was impossible for him to support and revive the Marquis's Mansion.
If she had been willing to give her son to her shrewd and strict father-in-law in her previous life, would there be a different result? Gu Shiyao couldn't help but think so, and the more she thought about it, the more regret she felt in her heart.
Did he really do something wrong? Gu Shiyao looked dazed.
No, no! His son has poor talent and inherited Mingxun's incompetent and frivolous nature. Even Marquis Qiyang can't teach him well. Isn't Mingxun like this? Mingxun is Marquis Qiyang's biological son. Marquis Qiyang can't even educate his own son well? How can he teach his grandson well?
Gu Shiyao found an excuse to dispel the regret in her heart. Anyway, she couldn't go through what happened in her previous life again. Moreover, she had a good start in this life. She saved the future prime minister. She could completely replace Gu Shichu and become the glorious prime minister's wife. With such a bright future waiting for her, she didn't want to have anything to do with the Qi Yang Marquis' Mansion at all. She must cancel this marriage!
"Mom, is the Qi Yang Marquis's Mansion going to hold a birthday banquet for the Marquis's wife soon?" Gu Shiyao suddenly remembered this and asked Zhou hurriedly.
Although Zhou didn't understand why her daughter, who clearly rejected the Marquis of Qiyang Mansion, was now concerned about the Marquis's wife, she just thought her daughter changed her mind quickly and didn't pay much attention to it. She replied, "We have invited you to our mansion on the third of next month. You must go then. Mother will ask the embroiderer in the mansion to make you beautiful clothes. You will definitely be the most dazzling one."
"Will Gu Shichu go?" Gu Shiyao didn't want to be the dazzling one in Qiyanghou Mansion. She only cared whether Gu Shichu would go, because she thought that if Gu Shichu hooked up with Qiyanghou's son, wouldn't she be able to get away with it without worrying about the fault of breaking off the engagement? And at the same time, she could let Gu Shichu, who was proud in her previous life, taste the sadness and pain of her previous life.
When Gu Shiyao thought about this, she felt that this was a good idea. By bringing Gu Shichu and Ming Xun together, she could kill two birds with one stone. Not only would she cut off the possibility of Gu Shichu and Tang Buqing being together, but she would also find a reason to break off the engagement with Ming Xun.
Zhou didn't know what she was thinking. When she heard her question, she said unhappily, "That little bitch just made me lose face in front of the master. I won't let her have the chance to go out. She can forget about going to the Marquis Qiyang's mansion."
"Mother! How can you not let her go? She must go!" Gu Shiyao blurted out in a hurry. Seeing the unhappy expression on Zhou's face, she hurriedly explained, "Mother, think about it, if she doesn't go, won't outsiders think you are deliberately treating her harshly? And she just complained to my father about you. If you deliberately find an excuse to prevent her from going out to visit guests, and she goes to my father to cry, won't my father misunderstand you even more? If you have a grudge against my father because of this, won't it be more than you gain?"
Gu Shiyao's mind was working fast at this moment, and her words just hit the nail on the head for Zhou. She really hesitated: "Yao'er, you have some truth in what you said... It would be bad if your father became even more dissatisfied with me because of a little hoof. Humph, that little bitch got the advantage!"
Zhou was very unhappy, but Gu Shiyao was relieved when she was sure that Gu Shichu would go to Qi Yanghou Mansion.
If Gu Shichu didn't go to Qiyanghou Mansion, wouldn't her plan be useless? Then how could she let Gu Shichu and Mingxun hook up together? If the two of them didn't hook up, wouldn't her marriage be unable to be cancelled?
Therefore, Gu Shiyao had to make sure that Gu Shichu would attend the birthday banquet of the wife of Marquis Qi Yang no matter what.
(End of this chapter)
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