Chapter 469 Wedding News
Gu Xixi felt a headache when she saw Mu Nanzhao's nonchalant look.
"So... you were not originally invited, and your status is so... important."
"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to suddenly follow us to visit someone else's house?"
After being away for nearly half a year, Mu Nanzhao suddenly came back this morning.
He appeared in the tea garden and then got on Gu Xixi's carriage as a matter of course.
Mu Nanzhao suddenly opened his eyes, "You went to Jiang Mingyuan's house, so you don't want me to be there?"
Gu Xixi broke out in a cold sweat.
She was merely invited by a good friend and relative to her home to celebrate the festival and the tea harvest.
How could Mu Nanzhao say this? It was as if her trip was not something that could be made public!
It was a great day, and I ended our long-distance correspondence with Mu Nanzhao and reunited after a long separation.
Gu Xixi also showed him a little more patience and tenderness, and explained in a sweet voice:
"What do you mean you want me to go? Didn't I tell you that Brother Zichu invited me and Lu Jing?"
"I don't want you to follow me, but I think there are elders in other people's homes."
"You are the regent king, the highest superior of County Magistrate Jiang. If you suddenly go to his house during a big festival, wouldn't that just add pressure to his whole family?"
Appeal to their emotions and enlighten them with reason.
Mu Nanzhao's tense face finally relaxed a little.
Just when Gu Xixi thought he would agree not to go to Jiang Mingyuan's house.
Mu Nanzhao said, "If the elders are here, then we should go visit them even more."
He turned his head to look at Gu Xixi, whose expression was a little stiff, and smiled, "Your relatives are my relatives."
"Your elders are also my elders."
"It is really rude to pass by the door without entering."
Gu Xixi: “…”
Lu Jing was driving the cart in front, holding the reins with one hand and using the other hand to cover his mouth tightly.
The Regent was still in the car, she couldn't eavesdrop and laugh out loud!
Jiang Mingyuan's home is near East Street in the county town.
An ordinary house located in a quiet alley.
The spring weather is warm today and the dining table is set up in the yard.
Jiang's father and mother looked at Mu Nanzhao, who was calm and composed, and exchanged glances secretly.
Could this be the fiancé that my son once said, the one that Xixi bought for a penny?
That penny is totally worth it!
The two elders did not know that Mu Nanzhao was the regent.
When the guest just walked in, Jiang Mingyuan was briefly surprised and wanted to introduce himself truthfully, but was interrupted by Mu Nanzhao.
There is no need to mention those bad things happening outside in front of your relatives, as it will affect the closeness between everyone.
After everyone exchanged greetings, Mu Nanzhao behaved surprisingly friendly. He was able to talk and laugh in a way that pleased the elders, as if He Jinghui was possessed.
When the food was served, Jiang's mother was a little apologetic, "Today we have dishes with Northwest flavors."
"You should have prepared some southern food if you came."
Mu Nanzhao smiled and said, "It's okay, I love to eat."
"After staying in the Northwest for a long time and becoming a Northwest son-in-law, my tastes have changed unconsciously."
Gu Xixi glanced sideways and couldn't help but complain inwardly, she didn't expect that this person who loved to show off would actually have such a side.
Is he competing with Jiang Mingyuan?
Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard Jiang's father ask with a smile, "It seems that the wedding is coming soon."
"If you two kids have set a wedding date, you must tell us."
Jiang's mother agreed, "Yes, yes, our whole family must have a drink at the wedding!"
Only Jiang Mingyuan's smile was slightly stiff. He picked up the wine glass and lowered his head to sip.
Now that things have come to this, Gu Xixi cannot firmly deny it even for Mu Nanzhao's face.
So he laughed and said, "Yeah, it's almost done."
"Once it's decided, I'll tell my uncle and aunt first."
After saying that, she picked up her chopsticks to pick up some food, and glanced at Mu Nanzhao to see that he was not unhappy, then she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Speaking of their young children's marriages, the two elders of the Jiang family became interested.
Father Jiang said, "In fact, don't underestimate Zichu's insistence on building a career first and then starting a family."
"In fact, he was already engaged when he was one year old!"
Everyone laughed curiously.
Lu Jing said, "Is there such a thing?"
"Why haven't you heard County Magistrate Jiang say that?"
Jiang Mingyuan glanced at Gu Xixi and muttered uncomfortably, "My father was drunk and made an impromptu agreement. How can it count?"
Father Jiang was afraid that no one would believe him, so he stood up and said he would go back to the house to get the token.
Jiang's mother then explained with a smile.
It turned out that Jiang's father went out to buy livestock in his early years and met a man who was also from Qingtian County.
The two hit it off immediately. They camped outdoors that night and drank liquor. As they chatted, they discovered that the Jiang family had a one-year-old son, and the other family had just had a baby daughter, who was still in swaddling clothes.
The two men hit it off immediately, exchanged tokens of love, and decided to marry their children off to each other.
Jiang's mother sighed with a smile, and said with some regret, "What a pity, my useless man only remembers that the other party's surname is Gu, but he doesn't know which Gu, where he lives, or what his name is."
Lu Jing listened with great interest and smiled, "What a coincidence. Xixi's surname is Gu, and County Magistrate Jiang is just one year older than Xixi. And we are both from Qingtian County."
The courtyard suddenly became extremely quiet.
Lu Jing realized that she seemed to have said something wrong and didn't dare to look at other people's expressions, especially Mu Nanzhao.
She lowered her head and ate her food to cover it up.
In the silence, Jiang's father came over with a hearty laugh, holding a silver lock in his hand.
"I made two identical silver locks at that time."
"It just so happens that one is given to my future daughter-in-law, and one is left for Zichu."
The silver lock was placed on the table.
Lu Jing's desire to watch the fun took off again, and he moved closer to take a look at the size, pattern, and words carved on both sides.
It looks familiar no matter how I look at it.
This time she didn't speak rashly, but glanced at Gu Xixi.
Gu Xixi also remembered the silver lock she saw at Aunt Zhang's place when she first entered the book.
On the night of the engagement, my father Gu Baopi was even drunker than his in-laws, so much so that he could not remember the man's name or where he lived.
Gu Baopi only took out a silver lock and said it was a token of trust, and asked his daughter to wait for the man to come and marry her after she reached the age of 15.
Of course, Gu Xixi herself has no memory of what happened at that time.
Only later did I often hear Aunt Zhang talk about how unreliable Gu Baopi was and how he was scolded by the lady.
Since his fiancée was nowhere to be found, Aunt Zhang never took it to heart.
Especially after Gu Xixi exceeded the marriageable age of the court and bought a fiancé to bring home.
Aunt Zhang completely treated this engagement as a joke.
So He Jinglan, Lu Jing, An Qinghe and others have all seen the silver lock in the house.
Of course, Mu Nanzhao, as a directly related person, is no exception.
At this moment, Gu Xixi looked at the silver lock on the table and felt bitter. How could this death happen by such a coincidence!
Otherwise, just pretend you don’t know and continue to muddle along like you have done for the past decade.
Gu Xixi was thinking this when she heard Jiang's father say, "Zichu was concentrating on his studies in the past few years, so I told him to just wait."
"But now he is quite old, and I am relatively free."
"I've thought about it. I'll draw the silver lock and post a missing person notice. If I still can't find him,
"There are only those villages under the jurisdiction of Qingtian County. At worst, I can go to each village with the lock to find and ask."
“Maybe the child and Zichu are still destined to be together!”
Gu Xixi’s head was almost buried in the table.
Jiang Mingyuan glanced at Lu Jing and then at Gu Xixi.
He had long noticed that the two men's reactions were very strange.
It seemed to start from the time his father took out the silver lock.
Jiang Mingyuan asked with concern, "Sister Xixi, what's wrong?"
Jiang's father and mother also looked over and said, "Eat your food, pick up your chopsticks."
Gu Xixi didn't dare to look at Mu Nanzhao's expression, and at the same time she was torn between her conscience and her desires.
She did not have the ancient idea that once an engagement was made, it must be fulfilled.
It's just difficult.
Firstly, Jiang Mingyuan's parents are such good people. If they knew the truth and knew that Jiang's father was so old and still had to go from village to village looking for him with a silver lock, they would still deliberately hide it from them.
Gu Xixi couldn't get over this hurdle in her heart.
Secondly, it would be better to let the two elders make a big fuss and let everyone know about it, and eventually they would find out.
It seems better to admit it in person.
But if he admitted it now, where would Mu Nanzhao be placed?
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