Chapter 55: Two Marriages

Gu Xiyan and Duan Niang stood in the dusty and cobweb-covered hall on the first floor of Dicui Pavilion and discussed this matter.

"Is there any news from Mama Tian?"

"She didn't seem to hear anything." Duan Niang shook her head and said, "What did Madam say when she asked you to go?" ”

"I didn't say anything, I just met the eldest princess." Gu Xiyan was a little worried, "Why did the Jiang family suddenly send someone to propose marriage?" ”

Duan Niang had another idea: "If it's Jiang Jiu Gongzi, I think it's not bad, it's stronger than Mei Gongzi, after all, the foundation of the family is ......."

"Auntie, you're confused!" Gu Xiyan said in a deep voice: "Don't say anything else, just by virtue of the fact that Marquis Fang is not taboo to marry twelve concubines, you can know what their family's family style is." And when she was in Hongsheng, Jinxin also said that the Jiang family was a frequent visitor to the needlework team, and she didn't do needlework since she entered the Jiang Mansion. I ordered two skirts in Hongshang, and it cost more than forty taels, which is the cost of an ordinary family for two or three years, which can also see the luxury of the Jiang family. Such a family can never be married. ”

Duanniang is also an understanding person, she said with a shy face: "Girl, I, I'll go to Jinxin to inquire......"

Gu Xiyan had a headache and sighed: "Since the Jiang family has invited the eldest princess to protect the media, Jinxin is afraid that he can't ask anything." ”

"What should I do then?" Duan Niang became anxious, "The master will definitely agree to this family business." ”

But why? changed the hexagram overnight, and invited the eldest princess to come forward to protect the media in person......

Gu Xiyan frowned. Very distressed: "Aunt Duan, it's not good for me to take the initiative to ask something." It's better to go to your mother's place and pretend not to know about it, saying that we met Jinxin by chance yesterday. She wants to mention a family business to me, and you think it's ten suitable. Tell her about Mei Gongzi, probe her tone, and see what she says. If she says anything to you about Jiang Gongzi. You just take the opportunity to inquire about whose idea it is for the Jiang family to propose marriage, how she replied to the Jiang family, and what exactly they discussed......

Duan Niang nodded: "That's all there is to it now." 16K, mobile station ap, jade nxuange. I'm going to get back quickly, and the girl is waiting for news here! With that, he got up and walked out the door.

"Wait!" As soon as Duan Niang's feet stepped on the door of Dicui Pavilion, Gu Xiyan stopped her.

Duan Niang put away her feet, turned around and stood at the door, waiting for her orders.

Gu Xiyan lowered his head and pondered, and did not speak for a long time.

Duan Niang shouted "girl" suspiciously.

After a long while, Gu Xiyan said abruptly: "Jinxin, you should go there." Buy something new, and a few aunts are walking around. They have a lot of people there, so they might be able to find out something...... In short, no matter what kind of news it is, the east and west families can sit for more meetings and listen carefully. Bring Mo Ju with her, she is young, and she is not very tight when she wanders around in the inner house, so she can also prick up her ears and listen carefully. Especially the housekeepers and grandmothers in each room......"

Duan Niang replied "yes" and said, "Does the girl have any other instructions?" ”

Gu Xiyan thought for a moment and said, "It is estimated that the affairs of the Liu family are not very clear to Mrs., ask Deacon Ding, he is a clever person......

Duan Niang showed a look of embarrassment.

Gu Xiyan said helplessly: "Auntie, there is a serious matter. We can't get over this hurdle, what grievances and hatreds are we talking about......"

Duan Niang nodded reluctantly, and agreed with Gu Xiyan's statement.

Gu Xiyan asked her to call Xinghong again and said, "I have something to tell her." ”

After Duan Niang left. Gu Xiyan stood quietly in the room alone for a long time.

Xinghong is from Whelan.

Gu Xiyan's brows quickly frowned and she regained her sweet and indifferent expression, she smiled and said: "I was about to Xinghong to find a book on the law of Xizhao, and I was worried that she would not be able to do it, with your help, I can rest easy." ”

Hui Lanqi said: "What does the girl want to do according to the book of the law!" ”

Gu Xiyan said casually: "I have something I want to check, I don't know if there are such books in Aunt Cui's study." If there is. I'll borrow it from you to take a look. ”

Whelan smiled: "Then I'll go and find it with Xinghong." On weekdays, my aunt reads poetry and songs more, but I really didn't pay attention to it. I don't know if there are any such books. ”

"Then I'm sorry for you!" Gu Xiyan said with a smile.

Huilan humbled for a while, and then went to Cui Baogu's original study Qinglianju with Xinghong.

After a while, the two of them each hugged a large stack of books, and packed up a set of old tables and chairs placed on the first floor of Dicui Pavilion and gave them to Gu Xiyan as desks and chairs, and Gu Xiyan spent the past in Dicui Pavilion in the morning.

At midday, Duan Niang returned to Dicui Pavilion with a sad face: "It's still on guard outside, it's inconvenient to go out, I sat at Madame's place for a while, and probed Madame's tone according to your instructions." As Liu Er said, the eldest princess came to protect the ninth prince of the Jiang family, and it was the old marquis Jiang who asked the eldest princess to come forward, and also said that as long as the Gu family agreed to the family affairs, we don't have to worry about the marriage, and the Jiang family is all covered...... Listening to the lady's tone, she was very willing, just waiting for the master to come back and make this marriage. ”

Gu Xiyan, who didn't have much hope of getting married, didn't have any ill feelings towards Mei Qin or Jiang Xinglin, the key was which family would be easier to get out after getting married.

Gu Xiyan felt that he had a terrible headache.

Duanniang looked at her face and cautiously comforted: "Girl, this is not bad...... If the Mei family was sincere, they should have invited someone to propose marriage, but now ......"://

Gu Xiyan didn't know what she was thinking, so she could only smile bitterly: "It's not too early, let's go back to Beyuan for dinner!" ”

Duan Niang saw that although Gu Xiyan looked helpless, her tone was quite peaceful, and a hanging heart finally fell.

She answered. got up and cleaned up the table for Gu Xiyan.

Gu Xiyan said: "Don't accept it, I have to come over to read in the afternoon." ”

Duan Niang stopped as she said, smiled and asked casually, "What is the girl looking at?" ”

"Plan ahead." Gu Xiyan's face was full of helplessness, "Read some books on the law, and see if I leave or be divorced one day." Can the mother's dowry take away ......?"

"Girl......" Duanniang was stunned by Gu Xiyan's words, "How can this be, your marriage has not been decided, this is simply ......"

Gu Xiyan sighed again. Pulled Duan Niang out of the door of Dicui Pavilion: "Isn't this just in case......"

After lunch, Gu Xiyan took a nap, and then went to the Dicui Pavilion to read, Huilan and Mo Ju were waiting on the side, the two of them were fine, they cleaned the first floor of the Dicui Pavilion, and then went to the second floor to clean it again. At that time, Gu Xiyan was dizzy and upset by those dense terms, so he stopped them and said, "That's it, the floor upstairs is covered with wooden planks." Squeak and squeak to death......"

Huilan cleverly pulled Mo Ju to go out, and said, "Girl, let's read a book in the house, Mo Ju and I are waiting outside, what does the girl want to say." ”

Gu Xiyan waved impatiently and let them go.

She read the book for a while, and there were insects and birds chirping in the forest outside the house from time to time, if it was usual, Gu Xiyan would definitely open the window and watch for a while, but today, it made her upset. I thought that I couldn't correctly judge the current situation because of the lack of information. A wave of anger couldn't help but burst out, burning her intestines as if they were dripping with oil, she couldn't help but slap the table fiercely, and scolded: "Damn, hateful, so hateful!" ”

But what's the use of losing your temper?

She fell to the table like a punctured balloon again, looking dejected.

With a helpless sigh, Duan Niang ran in in a panic: "Girl, girl." How can this be? ”

Gu Xiyan's restlessness that had just been suppressed suddenly rose again, she sat up, held back her anger, and whispered: "Don't worry, don't worry, there is a tall man on top of the sky falling." Take your time. ”

Duan Niang gasped. said: "It's okay, that Zuo Xiaoyu actually invited the wife of Lord Shangshulei of the Ministry of War to propose marriage......

Gu Xiyan was completely stunned.

She thought of Zuo Xiaoyu's numbing eyes. A shudder: "No, it can't ......"

"Really, girl, it's true." Duan Niang's anxious tears fell, "Mrs. doesn't know what to do, saying that Zuo Xiaoyu is the emperor's favorite minister, and she also saved the life of the queen mother in the early years...... It was not easy to offend both sides, and I had no idea, so I was invited to discuss......"

Gu Xiyan pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Since both sides are not good to be punished, you can talk to your wife and ask her to send you to the Jiang family to meet Jinxin, so that you can send a message to the Jiang family in private." You also happened to take this opportunity to go to Jiang's house to inquire. As for that Zuo Xiaoyu, I will never marry him no matter what, he is full of murderous energy, and it is too difficult to get along with...... "The actual reason is that Gu Xiyan feels that if he really marries Zuo Xiaoyu, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to reconcile or be divorced at that time, after all, he is a mature man with a lot of experience, and he is not as easy to be moved by some things as Mei Qin or Jiang Xinglin......

Duan Niang also thought that Zuo Xiaoyu was not a good person, and cried: "I knew this was the case, the girl might as well go to participate in the selection of concubines......"

"And now what do you say about those things." Gu Xiyan frowned, "That Zuo Xiaoyu looks like he's in his thirties, he should have married a wife, right......?"

Duan Niang choked up and said: "Yes, Mrs. Nalei said that he had just passed away in the third room, and he had five sons and six daughters, the eldest son was one year older than the girl, and there was a concubine in the second room......"

Gu Xiyan didn't know what to say. She muttered: "Do you see the eight characters when you get married here? ”

"What?" Duan Niang asked puzzled.

"It's just to see if the birthdays of two people are worthy!" Gu Xiyan said a little anxiously.

"Oh," Duan Niang seemed to have just come back to her senses, "It's going to be the right character." ”

"That's good." Gu Xiyan had a gloomy face, "Take the money and smash the mouth of the person who reads the eight characters for me, and say that Zuo Xiaoyu has the life of a wife......"

"Ahh Duan Niang's mouth opened wider, "This, this is not very good......"

Gu Xiyan was really speechless at Duan Niang, and jumped to his feet and said, "I don't care if he is good or not, I have to take care of me now......"

Duan Niang twisted: "But we only have two hundred taels of silver left in our hands......"

"Then take all those jewelry as ......"

"The girl is about to get married, and those jewels are carefully selected and left by the lady, and even if you have money, you can't buy them...... I don't know if the old man will help the girl prepare the dowry, the girl can't really let the Jiang family pay for the dowry, how can I go to my mother-in-law's house to be a man at that time, I heard that Jiang Jiugongzi's generation alone has thirty-five uncle's brothers......"

"Then you go to Tu Niang's place, she has been in charge of the land account for five or six years, and if you don't have 20,000 taels of silver, you should have 10,000 taels of silver, take them all out, and you can't bear the child to trap the wolf."

Duanniang's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "I know!" Then I went. After saying that, he immediately hurried away.

Gu Xiyan's face was so angry that her face turned pale, and as soon as Duanniang walked with her front foot, she lifted the table with her back foot.