Receiving the birthday gift from Gu Yunji, Xu Shuhua was happy, but he couldn't help but have some doubts.

Gu Yunji has always paid attention to proportions in her interactions, even after confirming each other's intentions, they have never acted out of the norm, and it can be said that they are a little old-fashioned.

But today, he changed his previous subtlety and introverted, first accepted her veil in public, and then gave her a slightly ambiguous jewelry bracelet, and when he talked to her, he spoke bluntly, without hiding his affection at all, much bolder than before.

Although Xu Shuhua was not disgusted by this, and even used it a little, she was still very curious about the reason for Gu Yunji's change of attitude.

As if seeing through Xu Shuhua's inner thoughts, Gu Yunji smiled slightly and said: "Actually, I have saved a lot of jewelry gifts in the past two years, and the reason why I didn't give them to you directly is because I am worried that the time is not ripe, and I am afraid that I will be frivolous and prodigal in rashly giving them, and I am afraid of scaring you." ”

"Actually, even now, it's not a good time, after all, you and I are not engaged yet. It's just—"

Gu Yunji paused, sighed softly, his tone was like nostalgia and melancholy, and floated into Xu Shuhua's heart like a feather: "I can't wait, Shuhua." ”

Xu Shuhua's mind was shocked, and he slowly raised his head with the trembling of his fingertips, and saw the young man's blazing and sincere eyes: "I promised the teacher that when I was admitted to the Jinshi one day, I would propose to you, and now I have done it." As early as after the release of the test list, I went to the letter home to explain to my father and mother what was going on between us, and they should have been on their way to the capital at this moment. ”

"I've restrained myself for nearly three years, endured for nearly three years, and now I finally have the qualifications to marry you." Gu Yunji looked at her steadily, and his tone was sad, as if pleading, "During the period before my parents arrived in the capital and officially proposed to your family, they tolerated my transgressive behavior, okay?" ”

In the past, Gu Yunji thought that the relationship between himself and Xu Shuhua was like one person running hard while the other person was waiting in front, as long as he ran to the finish line smoothly, he could get everything he wanted. But then he found out that this was not the case.

He Gu Yunji is indeed famous and has extraordinary strength; But Xu Shuhua is also talented and beautiful, showing off her wisdom, she is a famous noble girl in the Beijing circle, whether it is family background or personal charm, she is not inferior to him, there is never a shortage of suitors and admirers, Qian Xun is the best example.

He knows only Qian Xun, so what does he not know, and how many more? Objectively speaking, among the many men who can be matched with Xu Shuhua, Gu Yunji is not the most brilliant one, if it weren't for his early affection for Xu Shuhua, she would not have been able to wait for him for so long.

Xu Shuhua is about to be eighteen years old, and according to the standards of this era, it is already a relatively late age for marriage. Gu Yunji originally thought that he was quite patient, and planned to wait for the title of the gold list and then slowly discuss the marriage with her, but he didn't expect that Xu Shuhua could wait in the end, but he couldn't wait.

The moment Qian Xun confessed to Xu Shuhua in public, he was anxious and angry, and he couldn't wait to immediately announce that Xu Shuhua was his Gu Yunji's destined wife, and it was impossible to marry someone else, but he finally held back and didn't say anything.

But it was also from that day that the sense of urgency in his heart arose, and he couldn't wait any longer.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Yunji calmed down his emotions and said, "According to our current relationship, the bracelet I gave you, the words I just said to you, including my behavior of standing here at the moment, are strictly speaking, all out of courtesy. But I'm so scared that you've been robbed, so I'm in a hurry, can you accept it? ”

Seeing Gu Yunji's eyes full of nervousness, Xu Shuhua lightly hooked the corners of his lips, and his heart was amused and moved: "Fool, what is this?" I don't have enough. Don't say that you give me a bracelet here, even in front of my father, he won't say anything. ”

Although men and women are on guard, in fact, they are not so shy in their daily lives, except for the old-fashioned ones who admit death, few people will always keep an eye on whether their behavior is polite or not. However, Gu Yunji still abides by the rules and behaves like something, he confined himself to the rules and regulations of etiquette, and he refuses to take a single step.

In fact, Gu Yunji is not an old-fashioned person, he cherishes Xu Shuhua too much, so he is always cautious everywhere.

In this era, he is familiar with only one non-related woman of the same age, Xu Shuhua, and the relationship between the two is quite special, which makes him often worry about not getting along with each other, for fear that one carelessness will have a bad impact on Xu Shuhua's reputation. I thought that instead of weighing and tangling, it was better to stay in the box honestly and not test the boundaries.

If it weren't for Qian Xun's stimulation, he would probably keep this rule until the moment before entering the cave room.

But fortunately, Xu Shuhua did not show disgust at his transgression, which could also reduce his psychological burden.

Speaking of Xu Chengyu, Gu Yunji smiled helplessly: "The teacher naturally won't say anything when he knows, maybe he will think that I am too slow, in fact, if it weren't for the teacher, I wouldn't be so anxious." ”

Xu Shuhua didn't know why: "Huh? Why? ”

Gu Yunji said: "When the Qian family came to ask for relatives that day, the teacher could have pushed it away directly and didn't let you come out to meet the guests. But he not only let you out, but also asked you to greet Qian Xun in front of me. It's clear that the father and son of the borrowed family are urging me to bring my parents to your family earlier. ”

Before Xu Shuhua came out that day, Xu Chengyu glanced at him with his eyes from time to time, and he was about to put "You see that the tribute in the family brought the parents to propose marriage on the second day, you look at you again, I don't know if I am in a hurry" on his face, if he doesn't show an attitude, it will really be a bad thing.

It was the first time Xu Shuhua knew that there was such a story behind it, and he was surprised, but he also felt that this was indeed something Xu Chengyu had done, so he couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "Actually, Daddy is not worried about you going back on his word, he just doesn't want things to be delayed for too long and easy to change." ”

Gu Yunji smiled and said, "Well, I understand. So as soon as I went back that day, I wrote a letter to my parents, asking them to come to Beijing to arrange my marriage. Counting the days, it should be in mid to early May, and there is still about a month to go. ”

Gu Yunji looked at Xu Shuhua's eyes seriously and said, "As soon as my father and mother arrive, I will immediately bring them to the door to propose marriage, and I won't let you wait for a long time." ”

Xu Shuhua's pretty face flew with a touch of red, and she replied softly with shame: "Okay, I'll wait for you." ”

After chatting for a while, Gu Yunji said goodbye to Xu Shuhua and went back to the hall directly.

As Gu Yunji expected, after returning home, he was greeted by a noisy celebration scene of gongs and drums, as well as a wave of guests who came to congratulate him, and he was so busy that he didn't get out of his body all afternoon.

As the sun set and the night was getting darker, just when Gu Yunji and the others packed up everything and were about to go back to their rooms to rest, the Imperial Examination Hall welcomed another guest.

"May I ask if Childe Gu Yunji and Childe Cheng Yan live here?"