He looked at Su Rong with a serious look on his face, "Now there is only a marriage contract, and there are countless engagements. When will the Duke Protector's Office send someone to come to your door in person to propose marriage, exchange invitations, and make you completely engaged. Both parties will go through six rituals, and you and I will be married."
He then develops feelings."
Su Rong objected, "Brother, isn't this too formal? If you don't cultivate feelings in advance, what's the same as a blind marriage?"
"He has been living in the prefect's residence. You will still meet each other. You will have time to talk every day. It is enough. It will not be unruly if you accompany him every day. As the saying goes, marry a daughter with your head up and a wife with your head down. The lintel of our prefect's house is originally
It's lower than the Protector's Mansion, and if you don't have the slightest bit of restraint, and if word reaches the Protector's Mansion in the capital, what will Princess Sheng'an and the Duke's wife think of you? They are said to be very disciplined people." Su Xingze made the final decision.
, "Since you think Zhou Gu is good, then don't handle this marriage too casually. After all, you are not only marrying him, but also marrying into the Duke Protector's Palace."
Su Rong struggled again and again, "But let us cultivate our feelings. Isn't this what the old prince asked us to do?"
"What did the old Lord Protector say? The gate of the Lord Protector's Mansion is so illustrious that we, the Prefect's Mansion and you, are going to rush to it? The Lord Protector's Mansion has been indifferent all these years, but now my mother has written to ask about it, so I came here.
Why should you be too cooperative when things like this happen?" Su Xingze raised his eyebrows, "Besides, sir, I can't escape and will come back a few days later. When I left Yunshan Academy, I told me to talk about your marriage and wait.
He will talk about it when he comes back, so it is only in line with etiquette for Zhou Gu to be accompanied by me."
"Okay." When Su Rong heard the word sir, he immediately lost his temper.
Seeing that she was still obedient, Su Xingze's face softened and he said, "I will arrange for you to be educated by a nanny. While you are learning to be a master, you will also learn the rules."
Su Rong showed a grimace, "Don't be in a hurry to learn this, right?"
She felt that if she didn't have a year, she would probably not be able to get married. After all, she and Zhou Gu were not very old yet. Even if it happened successfully, her sisters would have to make arrangements to get married first, right? With so many sisters,
Shouldn't she wait in line?
"Your rules have been so bad over the years, and you are almost old now. If you don't learn it, when do you want to learn it?" Su Xingze didn't allow her to refute, and reached out to pat her head, "Go and wash away the smell of alcohol from you.
Go back and rest, leave Zhou Gu to me."
Su Rong stood up and glanced at Su Xingze sadly, "Brother, go to bed earlier."
After saying that, he walked away wilfully.
Su Xingze was a little angry and a little funny. After Su Rong left, he stood up, opened the window, stood quietly for a moment facing the cool night, closed the window, and left the study.
On the way back to the living room, Zhou Gu glanced at Ziye. Ziye didn't understand and blinked at Zhou Gu. Zhou Gu glared at him and said nothing.
It wasn't until he returned to the living room, entered the room, and closed the door that Zhou Gu lowered his voice and said, "I want you to go and see how Su Xingze lectured Su Rong. Why are you so stupid? You can't understand what I mean."
mean?"
"Ah?" Ziye hesitated, "Sir, it's not good to listen to someone in a corner, isn't it? Especially the corner where Miss Su Qi is being scolded."
"Go if you are told, be careful, don't let anyone find out." Zhou Gu believed in Ziye's skills. If Su Rong hadn't followed Ziye when she sneaked out to buy wine, she would have been unable to hide from Ziye's eyes and ears.
Ziye had no choice but to become a gentleman.
He touched Su Xingze's study at midnight and was shocked that there were many guards guarding Su Xingze's study. He didn't know the depth and couldn't rush in. When he was hesitating, he saw Su Rong coming out of Su Xingze's study.
, he thought to himself, okay, no need to be embarrassed.
Midnight returned to Zhou Gu's yard and entered the room. Zhou Gu was surprised, "Why are you back so soon?"
Midnight scratched her head, "The study room of Mr. Su is guarded by many guards. My subordinates did not dare to break in. When I was thinking of a way out, Miss Su Qi came out of Mr. Su's study. I had no choice but to come back."
Zhou Gu was even more surprised, "How many guards are there?"
"There must be twenty or thirty people!"
Zhou Gu was surprised, "My grandfather's study is only guarded by a hundred and eighty people. He is a young master from the prefecture, so why are there so many people guarding him outside the study?"
Ziye shook his head, "I don't know."
Zhou Gudao: "Calculating the time, it hasn't been long. Didn't Su Rong receive any training?"
"When Miss Su Qi came out of Mr. Su's study, her face was not very good and she looked unhappy." Even though it was dark, she could still see clearly in the middle of the night. She guessed, "She must have been punished."
As for what was being taught, I don’t know if I haven’t heard it.
Zhou Gu nodded. Since he didn't hear anything, he had no choice but to forget it. He waved to Ziye, "Okay, you can go down!"
Midnight retreated.
Zhou Gu poured a cup of tea and thought about Su Xingze's expression when he saw him today. He didn't seem to like him very much. It was very different from the attitudes of Su Taishou, Mrs. Su and Su Rong. It seemed that he didn't agree with the marriage in his heart.
?
He clicked his tongue, but he didn't expect that he had disliked Su Rong's identity and didn't want to marry her, and now it was others' turn to dislike him.
Su Rong returned to her yard and saw Su Taishou and First Lady waiting in her room. She was speechless, "It's so late, why haven't your father and mother gone to bed yet?"
Su Taishou sighed, "Isn't it that your elder brother is back? It's not like you don't know him. He lost his temper with us and talked to your mother and me. We also think what he said makes sense. Regarding
You really didn’t consider the matter of developing a relationship with Zhou Gu."
The eldest lady nodded, "Exactly, I didn't think so much earlier. I thought it would be a good thing for the Protector's Palace to recognize this marriage, so I forced Zhou Gu to live in the palace for you to cultivate your relationship, but now your eldest brother
Having said that, I also feel that we seem to be in a bit of a hurry."
Su Rong pressed her fingers between her eyebrows, and she knew that as long as Su Xingze was around, the whole family would be convinced by his reasoning. She nodded, "Eldest brother also lectured me. I think it makes sense."
Grand Administrator Su and Madam Su thought that Su Rong would be dissatisfied, so they both waited in her room to express their feelings to her, but they did not expect that she would agree.
The two looked at each other and stood up together, "Since you also think it makes sense, it's okay. You should rest earlier and we will go back."
The two of them left immediately without asking how she and Zhou Gu were getting along these past two days. They bypassed Su Rong and left the room.
Su Rong: "..."
The eldest lady walked outside the door, turned back, and confirmed with her again, "You will continue to learn from me tomorrow? Zhou Gu asked your elder brother to accompany you, right?"
Su Rong nodded.
The eldest lady smiled kindly at her and said, "Then you should rest early so that you can be energetic tomorrow."
