Chapter 36: Unrequited Love

In Yanbong, both civil and military officials have their own official positions, and although official positions can be hereditary (after examination), there is no such thing as a knighthood. Only a few families that have made outstanding contributions to the country for more than three generations will have another hereditary title.

The civil official is called the prime minister, and the military attache is called so-and-so.

This prime minister is not the same as the prime minister of Zhao Hongxing's previous life, because Yanfeng does not have a department such as Zhongshu Province, so the person who can be named prime minister must be a person at the level of Shangshu, but if he can become a person at the level of Shangshu, he may not be able to be named prime minister.

Gu Detong, the secretary of the ministry, has more talents who have been scholars in the upper five generations, so when Gu Shangshu's grandfather was in his generation, he was given the title of prime minister by the Yanfeng royal family.

Although this title has no real power except for giving more money every year, after all, it is recognized by the royal family by the efforts of the ancestors, so the Gu family is simply a model of loyalty, and each generation can jump out of two or three talents to do their best for Yan Feng.

It's no wonder that their family has the largest area in the capital, and they all get it by their ability.

Being able to be a scholar and a prime minister is already at the end of his official position, and if he wants the family to go further, he can only become a relative of the royal family and become a part of the royal family.

And if you want to do this, there is only one way to marry the royal family.

In fact, the Gu family didn't have this idea at first, but Gu Nan fell in love with Zhao Hongming, the eldest prince of Yanfeng.

The encounter between Gu Nan and Zhao Hongming is really a coincidence.

When Zhao Hongming was about ten years old, he had already beaten the gangsters all over the capital, and he developed the habit of wandering around the city at night.

One day, Gu Nan, who was only nine years old, followed her two brothers to play in the business district in the south of the capital. She is a little girl, she must have no money on her, after these two gangsters picked off the only two jewelry on Xiao Gu Nan's body, they still felt that it was not enough, and they were very greedy and insisted that Gu Nan take off the coat outside, which was well-made.

Coincidentally, a prince of Yanfeng passed by, and happened to see the scene of these two thugs forcing Xiao Gu Nan to undress. Zhao Hongming looked at this scene at the time, and thought that it was the two Wang Balambs who had a lust for a little girl, so angry that he almost beat these two guys to death on the spot, if it weren't for these two gangsters who were still clever, they begged for mercy and explained that they just wanted this dress as two money, otherwise they might really die on the spot.

Afterwards, Zhao Hongming comforted Gu Nan, who was in a hurry, and took her to the east of the capital. Gu Nan looked like a girl raised by a big family, and when she took it to the east, it was where the eunuchs lived, and she might be able to meet someone who knew her.

On the way, in order to comfort Gu Nan, who was crying very miserably, Zhao Hongming also bought a lot of food and small toys at various stalls on the roadside to make her happy.

Sure enough, before Zhao Hongming took Gu Nan to the east, he ran into Gu Detong, the official of the Ministry who personally brought his family and the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion to find someone.

Gu Shangshu knew Zhao Hongming, and when he saw that his daughter who was led by the eldest prince was not only unscathed, but also had a lot of things in his hand, he almost knelt down with excitement and gratitude.

From that day on, Gu Nan remembered this brother who appeared like a hero, not only defeated the villain, but also was very gentle to her and bought her a lot of gadgets.

Maybe this experience is very special for Gu Nan, but for Zhao Hongming, it is almost a daily routine every night, but he has never saved the children of such a big official family.

Although they are getting older, Gu Nan's ignorant feelings for Zhao Hongming have become more and more profound, and the scene where Zhao Hongming stepped forward to save her that night has been beautified countless times in her mind, especially the scene where Zhao Hongming violently beat the two hooligans, and added a layer of beauty and courage to Gu Nan's memories.

One thing to say, Zhao Hongming is indeed a very good boy. I can play and calculate, and my appearance is also very outstanding. Over the years, as long as there is an occasion for Zhao Hongming to appear, Gu Nan will appear in front of him intentionally or unintentionally, dressed up elegantly, and also worked hard to design a dialogue with him, so that Zhao Hongming can leave a deep impression on her as much as possible.

Zhao Hongxing remembered that there was a saying in his previous life, called "Women chase men, interlayer yarn", like Gu Nan, a girl with outstanding appearance, dignified conduct, and prominent family background, and who is so dedicated to pursuing her sweetheart, if he meets him, he can show a smirk in his dreams.

He can really only giggle in his dreams, this kind of thing is impossible for him, a "straight man of steel".

But Zhao Hongming was like a lump of wood, ignoring Gu Nan's hints.

As the only daughter of the Gu family, Gu Nan is also very face-saving, and her various secret expressions of love did not get a response from Zhao Hongming, which made her very anxious, but she was embarrassed to find out.

Gu Nan felt that maybe he didn't hint enough, so he stepped up his efforts, not only became good friends with Zhao Zhongling, but also "unintentionally" Zhao Zhongling "cleverly" "recognized" the fact that she had a crush on her eldest brother, and successfully "rebelled" against Zhao Zhongling as his comrade-in-arms, and asked her to signal to Zhao Hongming with all kinds of help, "Our sister Gu" is interesting to you.

has hinted at this part, even a fool can guess that someone likes him, but Zhao Hongming just continued to pretend to be stupid.

Finally, when Zhao Hongxing was eight years old, Gu Nan, who couldn't hold back and couldn't think of new hints, confessed to his father that he liked Zhao Hongming.

In fact, Gu Shangshu had already seen it - the Gu family was another one, as long as he was not blind, he could see it - but he saw that his girl was working so hard to get it, so he was secretly cheering for his daughter. Unexpectedly, several years have passed, Gu Nan is still in vain, and finally asks for himself.

For the happiness of his daughter, Gu Shangshu pondered at home for two days, and finally licked his face and went to the emperor to propose marriage.

Gu Shangshu carefully told Zhao Zongyang about the situation, and in his words, he mainly highlighted that his daughter was really fond of the eldest prince, but the eldest prince was indifferent, hoping that His Majesty could come forward to make the decision and fulfill his daughter's heart.

Zhao Zongyang was also very embarrassed after hearing this, in fact, Gu Nan could also see that Zhao Hongming was interesting, after all, as long as Zhao Hongming was on the occasion, Gu Nan would definitely talk and laugh with him, if a girl's family was bored with this young man and rushed to chat with someone, then Zhao Zongyang would definitely not believe it.

But he really can't call the shots about this matter, if he starts this today, tomorrow a minister will come to him to say that his girl has taken a fancy to his prince and let him be the master of the media, what can he do?

After thinking about it, Zhao Zongyang told Gu Shangshu that tomorrow was a good day, and he wanted to take the eldest prince to visit the Gu Mansion to thank the Gu family for their dedication to Yan Feng over the years.

Gu Shangshu understood, this was planning to let Zhao Hongming have a showdown with Gu Nan. After thanking Xie Longen, Gu Shangshu hurried home and told Gu Nan the news.

The next day, Zhao Zongyang not only brought Zhao Hongming to Gu's mansion, but even Zhao Zhongling and Xiao Biqiao, who supported Gu Nan, also followed.

Thanking the kindness for these things on the scene, he just went through the motions, and then at the banquet arranged by Gu Shangshu, Gu Nan came forward.

When I met with Zhao Hongming this time, Gu Nan didn't say much, but just made a poem that everyone could hear that it was written for.

Unintentionally planting a branch,

No one knows how to bloom year after year.

The injustice was made into the bottom of the kettle,

Ask the woodcutter if he knows.

These four sentences, Gu Nan looked straight at Zhao Hongming with tears in his eyes, and said them word by word.

Seeing that he might be beaten up if he pretended to be stupid again-Xiao Biqiao and Zhao Zhongling's eyes staring at him were about to breathe fire-in desperation, after he clapped his hands and praised, he also continued to cheer up and replied to Gu Nan's four poems.

There are arbors in other lands,

How can the road be high.

Though born in the jungle,

Look at the distance alone.

After Zhao Hongming finished speaking, the tears in Gu Nan's eyes did not fall, but his eyes never fell on Zhao Hongming's body again.

Zhao Zhongling, who was sitting behind Zhao Hongming, silently twisted his back three times.

In fact, Xiao Biqiao also wanted to screw him, but because it was not Yanfeng's bloodline, she couldn't twist the skin on Zhao Hongming's body with Ben......

After this meal, Zhao Hongxing had already personally expressed his thoughts about Gu Nan. Although Gu Nan had tears in his eyes, he was strong and did not cry.

But the faces of Gu Shangshu and Gu Nan's two elder brothers were quite bad.

Gu Shangshu was mainly embarrassed, and there was nothing more embarrassing than watching his daughter being rejected in person. And Gu Nan's two elder brothers are obviously very angry, if they really can't beat Zhao Hongming, the two of them probably want to pinch him twice to get angry.

Zhao Hongming rejected Gu Nan, in order to dissipate the Gu family's anger, Zhao Zongyang promoted Gu Nan's two elder brothers to Yulu the next day, and increased by half a rank.

Originally, this was the end of the matter.

Gu Nan thought that this matter was over, after all, after Zhao Hongming rejected her, he took Zhao Hongzhe out to practice, and he left for several years. After not seeing each other again for so many years, Gu Nan really thought that she had forgotten about Zhao Hongming.

It's a pity, how can it be so easy to forget a person, when Gu Nan learned through some channels that Zhao Hongming was going to get married in Beijing this year, Gu Nan instantly remembered the bits and pieces when he got along with Zhao Hongming before.

Oh, she's so sad.

Today, I took great pains to call Zhao Hongxing out, also to confirm the accuracy of this news. She didn't know what good it would do her to determine the truth of the news, but she was desperate to determine the truth of the news.

Gu Nan thought about it, if the news was fake, she would kill the person who spread the news when she went back.

But what if it's true?

Gu Nan looked at Zhao Hongxing, both scared and expectant, waiting for him to give the answer.

It is indeed true that Zhao Hongming wants to get married, but the date has not yet been determined and all kinds of trivial matters have been dealt with. It hasn't been announced now, just to prevent trouble from coming up, and when the time comes, someone will make trouble behind it, and the wedding ceremony will not be able to be held well, which will sweep the face of the royal family.

But paper can't contain the fire after all, as long as you start to prepare, then the news will inevitably spread from various channels.

Looking at Gu Nan's complicated eyes looking at him, Zhao Hongxing couldn't smile bitterly in his heart.

What is this called, should this be the truth? Zhao Hongxing is also very entangled.

Don't tell the truth, that is to lie to Gu Nan, and when the day the news is really announced after a while, she will still know.

But if she told the truth, Zhao Hongxing was afraid that Gu Nan would cry in front of her.

After all, in Zhao Hongxing's previous life, he had seen those girls make a fuss one by one when they learned that their favorite celebrities announced their relationships, and he was really not sure how the eldest lady in front of him would react when she heard the truth.

After thinking about it for a second, Zhao Hongxing felt that this question was too much for him, so he mustered up his courage and decided to tell the truth.

"Hey, Sister Gu is indeed very well-informed, this letter will be released in the future, I didn't expect Sister Gu to already know. ”

Maybe Zhao Hongxing's tone of voice was too deliberately stupid, and Le Aya stabbed him in the back behind him.

After stabbing Le Aya, she regretted it, Zhao Hongxing was rough and thick-skinned, and it was okay to be poked, but her fingers hurt.

"Oh, yes. There was no hysteria as Zhao Hongxing imagined, and there was no sprinkling and rolling and crying, Gu Nan just responded calmly.

"Today, there is the sixth son of Lao, and it is getting late, so I will not delay the return journey of the sixth son. With a light salute, Gu Nan said goodbye to Zhao Hongxing, and then turned back.

Zhao Hongxing was stunned for a long time.

Huh? Is that the end of it?