Chapter 656: Your son has a bet with me (posted in the third update)
Author: sunny
Chapter 656: Your son has a bet with me... (Updated in the third update)
"...Husband, did you find out anything today?"
As soon as Taiwei Gao Qiu entered the house, his wife Huang came up to him and looked at him with bright eyes.
On that smooth and flawless face, there seemed to be an eight looming on the left and a hexagram looming on the right.
Gao Qiu weakly forced out a smile and shook his head slowly.
"Husband, I really haven't heard any new news today. It seems that the officials may be worried that their beloved daughter will be wronged in the middle, so they didn't do anything to Wu Shangshu."
"It's just... it's really uncomfortable. I heard that our Lord Wu may have other thoughts..."
"After all, his grandson is almost ten years old now, so maybe..."
"???" Gao Qiu's face suddenly darkened, and he looked at his wife Huang in shock.
"Madam, this, isn't this another piece of gossip from somewhere?"
"Now that is my beloved daughter. When she became a monk, she had cut off the mortal world and had nothing to do with the heavenly family."
"No, no, no, this, how is this possible, that is the official's beloved daughter..."
He quickly rushed to the front hall, and when he entered the front hall, he saw the husband under the candlelight with a frightened expression, and his eyes were particularly dull.
"Now, I finally have a beloved daughter who is both talented and beautiful, and has a gentle and virtuous nature. Therefore, I came here today specifically to say goodbye."
Gao Qiu looked at Wu Shangshu, who had a very serious expression, with a confused look on his face. He always felt that Wu Zhizhong, who was clean and self-sufficient and had an excellent reputation, did not look like he would bet with others.
"Bet? With Wu Shangshu?"
"Husband, these two have always come to look for our eldest husband. Why did you change your temper today?"
This immediately made Taiwei Gao Qiu and his wife Huang look at each other in confusion.
"The emperor made a bet that he would marry Wu Shangshu's daughter, Wu Shangshu's daughter!"
"At that time, after some officials heard about this matter, they asked him back and got an affirmative answer from him."
Captain Gao couldn't tell what his beloved wife was thinking, so he quickly asked her to calm down.
"I can't stand it anymore, I have to slow down..."
"Hmm, I don't have to worry about you, husband, go ahead. If possible, please remember to ask..."
Gao Qiu took a look at Wu Zhizhong, who had a serious expression but didn't let go of a single fart, while Chen Shilang was mumbling in front of him.
While Huang was full of energy and talking, Taiwei Gao Qiu was weak and nodded from time to time to show his approval of Huang's analysis.
Wu Zhizhong glanced at him, and Chen Shilang asked Gao Qiu sternly with understanding.
"And my adoption of her has been approved by the government. If you don't believe it, just read the adoption document..."
"Husband, husband, what's wrong with you..." Mrs. Huang couldn't help but change her face, hurried over, and habitually raised her hand to touch her husband's forehead.
Captain Gao grabbed the hand of his beloved wife Huang, as if he had just come back to his senses at this moment, and asked uncertainly.
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After the three of them exchanged pleasantries, they sat down in the front hall, and Gao Qiu asked directly.
It wasn't until Wu Zhizhong raised his voice that he was awakened.
That is, Wu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Chen Shilang visited.
"When your elder brother returns to court, don't forget your previous promise... Taiwei? Gao Taiwei?"
Huang's voice was so high-pitched that it went up at least two octaves, and she looked at the husband in front of her with a face full of shock that was beyond words.
Fukang hurried towards the study with a strange expression and reported a piece of news.
"Madam, um, why don't you go meet your husband first? These two are here together, so they must have something serious to do."
"Our elder man made a bet in front of the emperor that he would marry Wu Shangshu's daughter."
"It seems that the Taiwei really doesn't know, but it doesn't matter. I am accompanying Mr. Wu here today in order to communicate well with you, the Taiwei.
"Not anymore. Wu Shangshu just showed the adoption procedures handled by the Kaifeng County Government Office. Now her name has been changed to Wu Fujin..."
"!!!"
Sitting on the main seat, Lieutenant Gao was grinning exaggeratedly and his eyes were frozen, as if he had been under a body-fixing spell.
And what kind of bet can my elder brother make with the other party? It can't be money or silk, after all, who is this Wu Zhizhong? If a mouse walks around his house, he will wipe his tears and rub his empty belly with hatred.
leave.
Isn't this self-surrender? No... isn't this... and it's not right? He is here to find a husband, but he is not here to explain to himself his journey of accepting Emperor Maode as his adopted daughter.
However, looking at his wife Huang's bright eyes that were shining with excitement, Gao Qiu could only put himself behind the desk and continue to be a high-quality audience.
Seeing Gao Qiu looking at Wu Zhizhong with a confused look on his face, Chen Shilang concluded that Xiao Gao, the number one scholar, must not have taken it seriously, and naturally it was impossible to inform his biological father Gao Qiu.
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Mrs. Huang was in the study, waiting around, but her husband didn't come back. More than half an hour passed, but he still hadn't come back.
I hope that Xiao Gao, who has always been true to his word and fulfilled his promise, will not break his promise and get fat."
"Fukang, are you sure these two are here to find me?"
"Madam, Wu Zhizhong and Chen Shilang were here just now..."
"Wu Shangshu's daughter, then, isn't that Princess Maode?"
"This is not nonsense. I specifically asked Fukang's wife to go to the neighborhood to inquire about it."
"You two paid a night visit, I don't know what's important."
"Well, since Lieutenant Gao asked me about it, I told you bluntly. That day, in front of the emperor, your eldest son told me that if I have a daughter, he will definitely marry me."
I just want to play ball and calm down, instead of continuing to listen to my wife’s analysis.
"I wonder if you know, Lieutenant Gao, that your elder brother once had a bet with Wu Shangshu."
"Yes, they have been gone for a while. I saw that you were not going to the study, so I came here all the way. What happened to you, husband, to scare you like this?"
"Yes sir, Wu Shangshu indicated that he has something important to discuss with me."
"That Mr. Chen, you'd better tell me first what the bet is about?"
Gao Qiu was very tired when he saw his wife, Huang, who was swearing by her. He had heard a lot of bizarre gossip and gossip from his wife, and he was really tired.
Now I really couldn't sit still, so I sent someone to inquire, and then I found out that Wu Shangshu and Chen Shilang had left.
In the end, Mrs. Huang reluctantly watched her husband walk away quickly. Although she really wanted to inquire, it was really indecent for the majestic wife of the Taiwei to eavesdrop in the corner.
Huang's eyes suddenly lit up. She didn't expect that after she had been inquiring about the gossip for so many days, the real owner of the gossip would actually come to her door today.
Mrs. Huang stared blankly at the husband in front of her, feeling that this gossip was too exciting, and it was actually related to her husband.
"Well, as for Miss Fang, the officials have already given her a royal title."
"... If your husband knows what to do, then he won't be in a daze here."
Gao Qiu slumped directly on the back of the chair without any image, looking like a salted fish that had been sunburned and lifeless.
