The Duke Protector's mansion was very large, and the servants in the mansion were very well-behaved. When they saw Su Rong, they all saluted and called her "Miss Su Qi." Even if it was Su Rong's first visit, they had obviously recognized her.
Zhou Gu strode in front, with anger running down his hair, without looking back, and walked very fast, as if he didn't even think about whether Su Rong could keep up with him.
Su Rong was naturally able to keep up, and her steps were also very fast. She had learned the rules from Aunt Zhao for a long time, so even if she walked fast, the steps on her head did not even move much, because she was not used to wearing jewelry.
, so there is no jingling of rings like Duanhua’s when walking.
Zhou Gu walked directly to the old Protector's study. Today he didn't even care about etiquette. He just called "grandfather" from outside and pushed the door open.
Just as the old Protector was about to reprimand him for his lack of discipline, he saw Su Rong outside the door. As soon as the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. Before he could smile, he saw his good grandson snapping the marriage certificate.
There was a slap on his table, and his voice was as cold as ice, "Grandfather, this is the engagement you made for me since I was a child. I have been your fiancé for more than ten years in vain, but now someone has come to your door to return it.
Ask yourself if you have done anything wrong. I will not withdraw from this marriage. You forced me to hold my head and asked me to marry you, and I accepted it. Now I don’t want to withdraw. If you force my head to ask me to withdraw again, then
, I came out of the Duke Protector’s Mansion, and from now on I am no longer a descendant of the Duke Protector’s Mansion.”
The old Protector's eyes suddenly widened.
Su Rong stood at the door, her scalp numb for a moment.
Inside and outside the study, there was silence after Zhou Gu finished speaking.
The old Protector looked at the marriage certificate slapped on the table by Zhou Gu and said nothing for a long time. After Zhou Gu expressed his attitude, he turned around with a stern face and looked at Su Rong coldly.
Su Rong had made countless assumptions. No matter which time, she thought that Zhou Gu might be angry, unhappy, really want to beat her up, be extremely sad, or ask her why, but she never imagined that
, when things really happened, he turned out to be like this. Not only did he not agree to break off the engagement, but he even said that he would no longer be a descendant of the Protector's Palace since he left the Protector's Palace, and used it to pressure the old Protector.
.
This was something she didn't expect.
She stood there blankly, her brain buzzing for a while, and she was so confused. After Zhou Gu took the lead, she couldn't even say a word for a while.
The old Protector knew his grandson, so he was the first to react and shouted angrily, "Nonsense!"
Zhou Gu didn't react to this sound, but it hit Su Rong on the head outside the door.
Su Rong quickly recovered and stood outside the door to greet him, "Junior Su Rong, pay your respects to the old Duke."
The old Protector stood up and walked to the door. He put away the scowl on his face for a moment, smiled gently and lovingly, and said, "Little girl, you are finally here. Come in quickly!"
Su Rong felt more and more difficult to deal with the kind attitude of the old Protector of the Kingdom who went out to greet her a few steps away, but she still managed to calm down and said with a smile: "I'm late for coming here, please forgive me."
She also didn't explain the reason for her late arrival. Smart people all know that not coming for so long was a signal from her to the Protector's Mansion, so that the Protector's Mansion would be prepared. She was planning to break off the engagement, so it wouldn't be a bad idea.
She was caught off guard.
But she really didn't expect that Zhou Gu was waiting for her at the gate, taking the lead and knocking her out with his harsh words.
She regretted a little. According to what Zhou Gu said, he originally didn't want to marry her. It was the old Duke who forced him to go to Jiangning County. Now he wanted to marry, but she came to cancel the engagement. If she had known, she would have
I shouldn't have listened to the eldest lady and be too positive.
"It's not too late, not too late." The old Protector of the Kingdom motioned Su Rong into the study to talk. He smiled and invited her to sit down, as if the harsh words Zhou Gu had just said hadn't happened. He didn't even look at the divorce letter on the table and chatted with her about domestic matters.
"I heard that you entered Beijing alone?"
"We also brought guards."
The old Protector nodded, "On the first day you came to Beijing, you were invited to the Princess Mansion by that little girl Duanhua?"
"Um."
The old Protector smiled and said: "Is it okay to stay in the Princess Mansion for a few days?"
Su Rong also smiled and replied, "It's good. Princess Duanhua's temperament is different from the rumors. She is very easy to coax, the princess is also very kind, and the consort is even kinder. Most of the food and accommodation are in the princess's hiding place."
Jiaoge, together with the princess, the kitchen is cooking in all kinds of ways, and I have never been shortchanged."
The old protector stroked his beard and said, "It's rare. You must know that the most difficult thing in this capital is the three people in Princess Qingping's mansion. Qingping has a hot temper and bullies others to some extent, and is not easy to get along with. They are not the amiable people you call them.
Although the prince-in-law seems to be a mild-tempered person, he is not really gentle, and he has a lot of plans. As for Duanhua, that little girl has inherited Qingping's temperament, and she can't stop her when she acts crazy.
.It is indeed rare for you to have these three people warmly entertain you at the Princess Mansion."
Su Rong was embarrassed, "This is my first time in Beijing. I have heard some rumors about Princess Qingping's Mansion before. I really didn't expect that she would be so favored by Princess Qingping's Mansion."
The old Protector smiled and said: "The people in Princess Qingping's Mansion cannot be coaxed with just a few words. You must have done something or said something, right?"
The topic just came back.
In this moment, Su Rong had calmed down and relaxed, thinking that he was indeed the old Protector of the Country, he was really awesome.
She nodded and said truthfully: "When the princess stopped me that day, I said that I came to Beijing to break off the engagement. She didn't believe it at first, but she believed me when I said it sincerely. I didn't plan to live in the Princess Mansion, but I
My bodyguard and I, who were greedy for the hibiscus cakes from the Princess's Mansion, invited themselves to stay at the Princess's Mansion. It was really an accident."
When she said this, Zhou Gu, who was sitting next to him, turned even more grim.
The old Protector nodded, but there was no change in his face. He smiled and said, "You have lived in the Princess Mansion for so many days, but that little girl Qingping and Duanhua still want you to break off their engagement?"
Su Rong thought in her heart that every question the old Duke asked was directly to the point. She shook her head truthfully, "Princess Qingping has vaguely expressed that even if she does not break off the engagement, she will not embarrass me. Princess Duanhua is dragging me down."
Let me think about it carefully for several days, otherwise I should have come to the door on the second day after the scientific examination."
Zhou Gu's eyes became even colder when he heard this.
The old protector looked at the marriage certificate and said, "Girl, so you have thought about it?"
Su Rong nodded.
"It has nothing to do with the Princess Mansion?"
"It doesn't matter."
"What about now?" The old Protector looked at her kindly, and then glanced at his grandson's cold face, "You just heard what my unfulfilled grandson said, can you think about it again?
,changed your mind?”
Su Rong was silent.
The old Protector took his time and said, "At first, when he wanted to join the military camp, I forced him to do so by pressing his head. This is one of the reasons. He did not agree to the engagement with your mother, but he refused.
I forcibly pressed his head and ordered him to marry you, so he went to Jiangning County to cultivate a relationship with you. This is the second one. As the saying goes, there is no reason to say more than once. Now that you have come to break off the engagement, if I continue to forcefully ignore him
If you put your head on his head and make him agree to your divorce, then he will resist me and leave the house."
After the old protector finished speaking, he sighed, "However, none of this is your business. Although there is no reason to say anything more than once to me. But, girl, if you really want to break off the engagement, I will naturally do it.
Agree. I still have to comply with your wishes in everything. As for my grandson, I can live without him as my grandson, and the Protector’s Palace can live without him as a person in the future."
Su Rong choked and was unable to get off the tiger.
Her whole body was numb from head to toe. She was prepared for everything, but she didn't expect that she was caught off guard. Zhou Gu didn't say anything else. With just those words, he caught her, and the old protector of the country caught her.
, saying that he would follow her wishes. What did she want? She broke off the engagement, and Zhou Gu kicked himself out of the house!
She raised her eyes to look at Zhou Gu.
Zhou Gu met her eyes with a cold face, and did not say another word. He just looked at her, waiting for her to make a decision.
Su Rong thought to herself that Zhou Gu was a man who kept his word, and the old Protector of the Country was naturally a man of his word. She broke off the engagement because she didn't want to implicate Zhou Gu or the Duke Protector's office, but Zhou Gu had to take care of himself.
With the family already established, wouldn't it be in vain that the old Lord Protector had made him study literature since he was a child and had chosen his future path?
You can hear a needle drop in the study.
After being quiet for a while, Su Rong slowly spoke: "Old Duke, you..."
"You can call me Grandpa Zhou." The old protector corrected her title with a smile.
Su Rong changed his words calmly and said, "Grandpa Zhou, please let him go out and let's talk."
The old Protector looked at Zhou Gu and said, "Get out."
Zhou Gu sat still and sneered at Su Rong, "What do you want to talk to my grandfather? My words are here, no matter what you say, it won't work. It's okay to make a marriage without my consent, but now I
If you don't agree, don't even think about retreating. If my grandfather agrees to retreat, I will leave the Protector's Palace, and then I will kidnap you and let you taste the feeling of being married off by someone else."
The implication is that if you dare to retreat, I will dare to expel myself from the Protectorate Palace. Then no one will control me. If I want to rob you, I will rob you.
