Chapter 813 My cousin is reborn and wants to snatch my marriage (22)
The New Year passed quickly, and it was the spring imperial examination that students cared about the most. Tang Buqing was indeed knowledgeable and talented, and he really passed the examination and became a Jinshi. Although he was not among the top three, his ranking was still very high.
After Tang Buqing had achieved his wish and celebrated with the other newly-appointed scholars, he brought a matchmaker and solemnly went to the door of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion to propose marriage to Miss Gu.
Because they had already understood it tacitly, the Duke of Anguo did not think of making things difficult for him and agreed immediately. Then they began the various procedures for getting married. After all, Gu Shiyao was not young anymore, and her bad reputation affected the marriage proposals of other young ladies in the family, so she needed to be married off quickly. Of course, this was also what Gu Shiyao wanted, she hoped to get married early so that she would be the future prime minister's wife for sure.
The marriage of the eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo's mansion was proceeding in an orderly manner. The wife of the Marquis of Qiyang, who had heard some rumors, could not sit still and called Mingxun over to scold him: "Look, that shameless eldest daughter of the Gu family has found someone to marry, but your marriage is still not settled. I am almost dying of worry for you! I asked you to go to see a matchmaker but you refused. When are you willing to get married?"
"Mom, I'm not unwilling to get married. Have you forgotten that I will not marry anyone but Miss Gu San?" Ming Xun said with a smile. He had gotten to know Gu Shichu a lot better in the past six months. They often went out to eat, drink and have fun together in private and had a lot of common topics. He felt that he had found his soulmate in life and was once again certain that if he had to get married, he would definitely look for Gu Shichu who shared the same ideals as him.
When Madam Qiyanghou heard this, she felt the veins in her temples throbbing. She glared at her son, who was handsome but acted so carefree, and shouted, "You haven't given up yet? I've already said that the girls in the Anguo Mansion are restless. I won't take anyone from their mansion as my daughter-in-law..."
"That's fine too. The worst that can happen is that I won't get married for the rest of my life. Fortunately, you, dad, and my second brother are your son, otherwise there would be no one to carry on the family line..." Ming Xun said with a smile that was so infuriating that it made him want to die.
Madam Qiyang was so angry that she was shaking all over: "You, you evil creature! You want to piss me off to death, right?"
"Mom, I don't have it. I'm being filial. Look, this is a little gadget I brought you from outside. I heard it was something from the outer sea." Ming Xun said as he took out a small round box with a unique shape. He didn't know where he pressed the button, but it suddenly opened with a "pop". A little man as big as an adult's little finger inside began to turn slowly, and then a pleasant sound of music from an unknown instrument rang out.
This was indeed a very new thing. Madam Qiyang had forgotten about being angry with her son. She looked at the little mannequin that could spin with the music in amazement and asked, "What is this?"
"People overseas call it a 'music box'. When you open it, music will come out. It's quite interesting." Ming Xun explained proudly.
This little thing was actually given to him by Gu Shichu as a reward for taking Gu Shichu to taste many delicious foods in the capital.
Gu Shichu knew that Mingxun liked rare and new gadgets, so he took great pains to find such a music box for him. Mingxun liked it as soon as he saw it, and he has been playing with it for the past few days. If it were not for appeasing his mother, he would not be willing to take it out.
The wife of Marquis Qi Yang carefully picked up the music box and observed it, listening to the pleasant and fresh music, her mind completely focused on guessing how this thing was made. She didn't realize that she had completely forgotten about urging Ming Xun to get married - Ming Xun's goal had been achieved.
The wife of Marquis Qi Yang was indeed worthy of being the one who gave birth to a son like Ming Xun, who was obsessed with material things and had no ambition. She herself was also very fond of new things and wanted to take the music box apart to understand clearly how such a thing was made.
Ming Xun took the opportunity to escape and secretly went to find Gu Shichu. He gave the music box to the wife of Marquis Qi Yang and felt very distressed. He wanted to ask Gu Shichu which merchant he bought it from, as he also wanted to buy one.
Gu Shichu looked at Ming Xun, who had come to climb the wall of the Duke of Anguo's mansion because of a music box, speechlessly and said, "You should be thankful that my yard has always been remote and not many people come here, otherwise you would have been shot into a hedgehog by the guards of the mansion."
"No, although my martial arts are not as strong as yours, it is more than enough to deal with the guards in your mansion." Ming Xun said shamelessly, and no one knew where his confidence came from.
"I bought the music box from a Western merchant. The merchant had a beard, blue eyes, and was tall and strong. He looked different from our people. But he said that he would return to his country after selling the goods in the capital this time, so you probably won't be able to find him now." Gu Shichu said calmly.
In fact, this music box was a stock in her companion space. She didn’t know which world it was collected from. She wanted to find a small gift for Ming Xun as a reward for him taking her out to play, and then she found this music box.
There were many blond-haired and blue-eyed Western merchants at the coastal ports of this dynasty. They brought new and exotic goods from their own countries that were completely different from those of their own dynasty, including the initial version of clocks, kaleidoscopes, small mirrors and the like. Therefore, Gu Shichu had no worries at all that he would be suspected if he took out a music box.
After hearing what she said, Mingxun was very disappointed, but he still didn't give up: "Did he say when he would come again?"
"No." Gu Shichu shook his head, "But I will keep an eye on him for you. If he comes again, buy him another music box."
"That's great! Please buy it for me no matter how much it costs." Ming Xun immediately became happy.
When Gu Shi first saw that he liked the music box so much, he thought of waiting a few months and finding an excuse to take one out of the space and give it to him so that he wouldn't have to keep thinking about it.
"If you're fine, get out of here." Gu Shichu kicked him and said, "Don't always come to my place. Although I don't care about those worldly rules and red tape, I don't want you to wander around my yard like you're wandering around the back garden."
"Hey, don't I treat you as my own?" Ming Xun said with a thick skin as thick as a city wall, "By the way, why don't you just marry me, so that we can continue to eat, drink and have fun together in the future. If you marry someone else, you won't be as free as you are now."
Gu Shichu looked at him in surprise when he heard this: "Are you serious? Are you kidding?"
"Of course, to be honest, I have mentioned to my mother several times that I want to marry you. Unfortunately, my mother is too dissatisfied with your cousin. She thinks that the girl in your family has character problems and she doesn't agree with me having any more involvement with your family." Ming Xun said unhappily with a frown.
(End of this chapter)
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