Chapter 810 My cousin is reborn and wants to snatch my marriage (19)
Gu Shichu and Mingxun ate until they were full before leaving. Mingxun was still not satisfied and asked her to go somewhere else next time.
"You really are worthy of being the well-known playboy. You are always there wherever there is delicious food." Gu Shichu said with emotion.
Mingxun was very pleased with himself: "Of course! When it comes to eating, drinking and having fun, no one in the capital can compare to me."
"Haha, do you think this is something to be proud of?" Gu Shichu raised his eyebrows and asked, "If others knew about this, they would definitely think you are a loser."
"What do others know? Isn't life just about eating and drinking? I was born with wealth and glory. I don't need to fight for it like others. If I don't make myself enjoy it more happily, wouldn't I be wasting my family's wealth and status? What fun is there in life?" Ming Xun said confidently.
Gu Shichu gave him a thumbs up and said, "You are right. If some people are striving to make progress, then we should also allow others to be content with the status quo. As long as they don't do anything that harms the world, that's fine."
She was not trying to flatter Mingxun, but she really thought so. After all, if there was no external force forcing her, she would probably choose to be a lazy person and just eat, drink and have fun. So she understood Mingxun's choice to be a playboy.
When Mingxun heard her words, his eyes lit up, and he felt that he had found a soulmate in life: "You really understand me. Even my father and mother didn't understand my ideals and forced me to make progress. Fortunately, I was smart and made them give up."
"Then you should be thankful that you have parents who love you. If they valued the family honor and interests of the Marquis Qi Yang's Mansion more than you, you would not have lived such a happy life. But now you have successfully become a carefree playboy, which means that your parents have allowed you to not strive for progress." Gu Shichu said calmly.
"What?" Ming Xun listened, but seemed to be thinking about something. His expression suddenly became complicated. All kinds of feelings surged into his heart. His heart was soft and sour. It turned out that his parents gave up cultivating him because they were reluctant to force him?
"Okay, stop sighing. Your roasted lamb will get cold later and the taste will deteriorate. Go back home quickly." Gu Shichu said to Ming Xun, then jumped into his carriage without looking back.
When Gu Gu first returned to the mansion and passed by the courtyard where the wife of Duke Anguo lived in the east, he suddenly heard a noisy sound.
"Mom! I don't want to marry those lowly men! How can those men be worthy of me? Mom, don't force me..." a sharp young female voice shouted.
Gu Shichu recognized it immediately. It was Gu Shiyao's voice. She immediately slowed down her pace and pricked up her ears.
"Yao'er, it's not that mother doesn't want to find a match for you, but... last time something like that happened to you in the Marquis of Qiyang's Mansion, those families with equal status to ours and with sons, when they heard that mother mentioned your marriage, either avoided the question or refused without hesitation, and even mocked and humiliated mother. They thought that you were dissolute and unruly, and had already lost your virginity, and anyone who dared to marry you would be asking for humiliation..." The first lady Zhou said to Gu Shiyao with an extremely ugly expression.
Gu Shichu's face turned pale instantly. She knew that she would be ruined after being caught having an affair with someone in the Marquis Qi Yang's Mansion last time, so she never went out again and did not inquire about her reputation outside. She thought that this way she would not have to face the slander against herself accidentally. However, she did not expect that the candidate for husband that her mother brought to her today for her to choose would make her feel what a "prodigal dog" was.
Even if she had no intention of marrying another noble family, it did not mean that she was willing to see the men of the same age who had tried to please her in the past give up on her. Did they look down on her? ! Gu Shiyao realized this and felt angry and terrified, especially when she saw the list of husband candidates that Zhou showed her. The highest-ranking candidate was actually a fifth-rank military commander, and the lowest-ranking one even included the son of a wealthy businessman!
How could Gu Shiyao, who always thought she was a favored daughter of heaven, bear this? It was one thing for her to look down on others, but if others looked down on her, she couldn't stand it. But she couldn't do anything about what Zhou said.
Seeing her daughter's look of great shock, Zhou couldn't help but sigh, "If you don't marry these people, then you can only marry the man you were with that day. But that man was beaten up by the son of Qiyanghou and his men and sent to the government that day. In order to clean up the mess for you, your father gave him... to that man, so you can't marry him."
"Mom! I never wanted to marry that man!" Gu Shiyao felt sick in her heart when she thought of the man that day, and said to Zhou.
"You don't want to marry this one, and you don't want to marry that one. Who do you want to marry? Don't you know that your father wants to send you back to your hometown? I tried my best to plead with him to let you stay in the capital, but those people in the clan think that you are a disgrace to the family and should be drowned in a pond to protect their reputation. If your father didn't still have some feelings for you, you would have lost your life now! But those elders in the clan haven't given up yet and are still staring at you. The only way now is to get you married off as soon as possible... As long as you get married, those old men will not have the right to control you, so don't be willful. Mother is doing this for your own good..." Zhou choked up as she spoke.
After Gu Shiyao got into that scandal, she was under a lot of pressure. Not only did she have to endure the ridicule and humiliation from people outside, but she also had to do her best to face the pressure from family members to protect her daughter. She felt that she was almost exhausted, but her daughter still didn't understand her, so she couldn't help but feel wronged.
Gu Shiyao saw that Zhou's eyes were red, and she didn't dare to quarrel anymore. She hugged Zhou quickly, her nose sour, and said, "Mom, I know that you are the best to me..."
"It's good to know. Don't make me worry so much!" Zhou cursed angrily.
Gu Shichu, who heard the conversation between the mother and daughter outside, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Zhou was indeed an excellent mother. She devoted all her energy to her children. Even when Gu Shiyao did something shameful, she tried her best to protect her daughter. She was reluctant to let her suffer any rumors from the outside world. She also racked her brains to find a husband for her who would not mind her past and was willing to marry her.
Gu Shiyao was deeply touched by her mother's love for her. She originally didn't want to tell her mother that she already had someone she loved, but when she saw her mother was so worried about her marriage, she could no longer hide it.
So she whispered to Zhou: "Mom, I don't want to marry any of the people you find..." Seeing that Zhou was about to glare at her and scold her again, she quickly added, "I'm not angry, I'm serious, I have a better candidate!"
(End of this chapter)
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