"That's not possible. How can girls from wealthy families live a better life without their mother's care? Besides, that girl has a stepmother! How can she help you?"
Ms. Lu was a little unhappy, and her status was worthy of her little treasure. But she looked down upon having to make a living under her stepmother's hands.
"Mom, I know a lot, but where did you hear it from? That girl is virtuous and kind-hearted. She will definitely be filial to you and your two elders in the future. Besides, her status is not bad. If I wasn't the teacher's disciple, I wouldn't be here.
And me!"
Gu Chengyu was a little surprised by Lu's opposition, and his mother seemed to know Yao Mengxian's basic situation very well.
But he had never mentioned this to his mother before. He only said that the teacher had a granddaughter, a girl from the Duke's mansion.
After all, he was an unrelated person in the past. At most, we only met him occasionally because of his relationship with the teacher.
Besides, he didn't like to gossip about others behind their back, so when his mother asked about the teacher's family situation, she just mentioned it in one word.
"I have been in the capital for so long, so of course I heard what others said." Lu's expression was a little unnatural.
Gu Chengyu frowned, just as Lu understood him, he also understood Lu very well.
There is obviously something going on here. It seems that we need to investigate carefully to see who in this house likes to gossip.
These are nothing, but this person doesn’t know what his purpose is.
"Your teacher's handling of this matter is a bit unethical! Why don't the two families agree to marry each other first? How can I ask you to come back and talk about it on your own? And you agreed to him on the spot, but he forced you?"
Dad Gu also frowned. He always felt that Teacher Xiaobao's behavior was a bit strange.
"Of course not. The teacher also wants to ask me what I mean first. If I don't agree, he won't force it. Besides, it's not like Miss Yao can't get married. We are still at a high level. The teacher also knows that of course he has to tell his parents about this matter.
In total, in these two days, the teacher will come to my house."
Gu Chengyu felt that his mother's attitude was a bit strange. Logically speaking, she used to live in the countryside and had just arrived in the capital. Miss Yao's status was enough to bluff people. How could his mother dislike the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion?
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"Does the girl's family know? I don't know that you will go back to your teacher's place tomorrow, so I just said that I have already made a good impression on you."
Lu suddenly made a surprising statement, and her attitude was a little firm.
"How can this be done? I have already promised the teacher, how can I break my promise? Let's talk about it." Before Gu Chengyu could finish speaking, Mr. Gu caught up with the conversation.
"We have agreed, how can we make Xiaobao break his trust? Besides, how kind is Xiaobao's teacher to Xiaobao? How can we do such ungrateful things?"
Father Gu actually respected Liang Zhirui very much, because he was a scholar and had been an official before, so he was considered highly respected.
His family's life was not very good before, so it was rare for Liang Zhirui to take a liking to Xiaobao as his disciple and devote himself to teaching Xiaobao knowledge.
Just for this, he has to be grateful to others for the rest of his life.
But this marriage is also a life-long event, and one thing is the same.
They, the parents, still have some say in their children's marriage. Teacher Xiaobao didn't discuss it with them and asked Xiaobao to agree on the spot, which made him a little dissatisfied.
Liang Zhirui used to be an official, and he heard that he was quite successful. He didn't believe that this person didn't understand these etiquette.
No matter what, let the baby come back and ask, instead of holding Xiaobao in his hands, the two of them decided directly.
"Father, mother, even if we don't agree with this matter, there is nothing we can do about it. This is what the emperor has nodded to, and there will be an imperial edict conferring marriage soon."
Gu Chengyu gave up convincing his parents and directly carried out the imperial edict. In this dynasty, who else dares to disobey the imperial edict?
"What? How come the emperor still knows about it?" Father Gu was so shocked that he almost threw the cigarette pole out of his hand.
"Indeed, this matter is a bit complicated, and it also involves the court. It's not convenient to say more here. This marriage is the emperor's will, and we can't go back on it. And when the girl comes to our house, we can't be too wronged, otherwise
Just slap the emperor in the face."
Gu Chengyu saw that his mother had a lot of objections to Yao Mengxian, so she quickly nipped the future battle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the cradle.
What a trap! I never thought that something like this would almost happen to me.
"The emperor granted you a marriage? Why is this still happening? So what's going on? If she marries into our family, we still have to treat her as an ancestor?"
Mrs. Lu was very unhappy. She looked sideways at her younger son, thinking that the younger son in front of her might marry a wife and forget her mother.
"That's not the case, just live in harmony. Since it is a gifted marriage, if the girl is wronged and the emperor knows about it, she will definitely not give me good things to eat. But the emperor is not happy at that time, and I still have to be promoted.
Is there any hope?”
Gu Chengyu rubbed his temples with a headache and made the matter more serious. As long as it would affect his career, his mother wouldn't make trouble again, right?
It's not that he wants to say good things for Miss Yao. He thinks that Miss Yao seems to have a reasonable temper, and she shouldn't be making trouble all day long in the future, right?
So as long as he scares his mother, the backyard should be calmer.
Besides, Miss Yao is also a poor woman, and there is no need for her family to bully her.
Of course, if Miss Yao behaves differently and is disrespectful to his parents, he has plenty of ways to deal with her.
Alas! Why did he come to deal with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law so early?
"Then the emperor can still take care of other people's family affairs?" Lu said with a suspicious look on his face.
"Mom, you don't know. Officials must be careful in their words and deeds. Those officials are specially designed to catch the mistakes of officials. They have to submit a copy of everything in front of the emperor. Which official in the capital has several concubines in his backyard?
, those officials know everything about their origins. They had a quarrel last time, which made the emperor very angry!"
Gu Chengyu quickly explained.
Now that he is settled once and for all, he is afraid that his mother will imitate those aristocratic families and take concubines for him.
Not to mention that there would be a fire in the backyard, and he would not be able to bear it.
He didn't know how to face this one being forced to marry.
"I didn't expect that an official would be so free and have to ask about such a matter." Lu's face looked ugly, with a hint of unwillingness.
"Mom originally thought that the princess was a good person, with a noble status and a gentle temperament. Who would have thought that Miss Yao would get in the way. It's a pity to think about it. I think the princess is quite interested in you.
of."
Mrs. Lu was extremely upset. If she had known about this day, she would have gritted her teeth and called the matchmaker to propose marriage to the eldest princess.
She was previously afraid that the matchmaker would be kicked out and Xiaobao's face would be lost, so she had not dared to act.
She also wanted to ask Xiaobao to think of a way to marry the princess back!
When Gu Chengyu heard this, he wondered why his mother hadn't let go of Princess Rongjia yet? His head suddenly became as big as an ox's.