Gu Lin's smile was stiff: "Then... let's make a horoscope first?"
After seeing off Mrs. Yao Yuan, Mrs. Gu Lin suddenly changed her face and asked the concierge: "Is the young master gone?"
The concierge said: "Go back to Madam, I haven't seen the young master go out."
Gu Lin went straight to her son's study with a sullen face.
Sure enough, Gu Zhou stopped writing in the study.
Mrs. Gu Lin asked the servants to step aside and sat on a chair nearby. She said gloomily: "You are already twenty-three in the new year. When other people are your age, their children will be able to make soy sauce... You have to investigate the Shangguan family's case. , Mom has no objection, but what does this have to do with your getting married? Doesn’t it mean that you can’t investigate the case after getting married? "
"Growing up, has mother ever asked you for anything? Just this one thing, quickly marry me a wife and give birth to a child. In the future, when I go underground and meet your father and your grandfather, I can have an explanation. .”
"You've also seen the girl from the Yao family. She has to be very good at everything. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her temperament is also very docile. The Yao family has a clean family background. Mom has been looking after you for a long time. It is difficult to choose someone better than the Yao family. The girl is a more suitable person.”
Gu Zhou paused his writing, walked up to his mother, and bowed his hands: "Mom, there is someone in my heart. Please don't embarrass me again."
Gu Lin was furious: "But the person in your heart is no longer there, do you want to be alone for the rest of your life for a dead person?"
Although Zhou Ting never mentioned who he liked, she knew that a child was like a mother, and she had already seen Zhou Ting's feelings for Nan Zhi.
She also likes Nan Zhi, but so what? Nan Zhi just came back from Wujun Mountain and was accused of getting married. She became the unmarried daughter-in-law of the royal family. How to fight?
Later, Nan Zhi died in the battle in Gubei. When the news came, Zhou Ting locked himself in his room for three days and three nights without any water.
When the coffins of the five members of the Shangguan family returned to Beijing, he even ignored the eyes of others and walked ten miles away wearing linen and mourning.
She never said anything about this. Zhou Ting was a child who valued affection and justice, so if his wish was fulfilled, he would feel better.
She thought that if she thought about it for a long time, he would think about it and take it lightly.
Therefore, she gave him three years to choose from thousands of choices before settling on Yao Ying.
As a result, he was still thinking about Nan Zhi.
It has always been difficult for the Gu family to produce heirs, with only four generations passed down. Is it possible that the family will be extinct now that Zhouding is here?
The more Gu Lin thought about it, the sadder she became, and she couldn't help crying.
Gu Zhouting felt very sorry when he saw his mother like this.
"Mom, don't worry, the child will get married, but the child has to choose for himself, so let the Yao family forget it! Don't harm Miss Yao."
"Don't use these words to deal with me. You will get married. When do you plan to get married? After I die?"
"Next year." Gu Zhou stopped.
Gu Lin immediately stopped crying and looked at her son in surprise, seeing that his son's serious expression did not seem to be perfunctory.
"you sure?"
"Um!"
"What will happen if you don't get married by next year?"
"Then it's up to mother to make the decision. She has no say in who she wants her child to marry."
Mrs. Gu Lin breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily: "You can't prove it by words, but you can prove it in writing."
Gu Zhouting: Uh...
"Mom, please don't do this kind of thing!" If you say it, it will make people laugh.
"No, a written record must be established, and I must place the written record in front of your father's tablet."
I hope that the old man and the old man know better. It's not that she, the mother, doesn't care about her son's marriage, but that you, the descendants of the Gu family, have too big ideas. If Zhou stops breaking his promise in the future, then it will be you, the descendants of the Gu family, who break their promise.
Gu Zhouting sighed: "I will write, but the child has a request."
"you say."
"Mom, don't object to the person your child likes, otherwise it won't be regarded as your child breaking your promise."
Gu Lin snorted coldly: "I don't care who you fancy, I just want a wife, and I want to have grandchildren."
Zhou Ting has a very high vision, and the girl he likes must be good. Gu Lin still believes this.
Gu Zhou stopped to write the documents.
"Put your fingerprints on it." Gu Lin said seriously.
Gu Zhou stopped in defeat under his mother's insistent gaze and pressed his fingerprints honestly.
Mrs. Gu Lin got the certificate and put it away, feeling a big stone falling in her heart. However, she still refused to give up: "Then girl from the Yao family, do you really not like her? Do you want to try to get in touch with her?"
Gu Zhouting shook his head decisively: "I don't like it."
Gu Lin glared fiercely: "I want to see what kind of wife you find for me."
A graceful figure appeared in Gu Zhouting's mind, and the corners of his lips raised slightly, his eyes gentle: "Of course she is a wonderful girl."
On the carriage, Yao Ying was in a low mood. Mr. Gu didn't even look at her just now, his expression was as indifferent as if she didn't exist at all.
Does he look down on her? Maybe you heard some bad rumors?
After all, Sun Guifei had intended to let her enter the East Palace to be the prince's concubine. Crown Princess Qin Siyue said everywhere that she was a playboy, trying to seduce the prince and ruin her reputation.
This incident made her feel very low self-esteem and terrified, and she did not dare to go out for more than a year.
Until Aunt Gu fell in love with her, Aunt Gu said that she knew she was a good child and no matter what others said, anyone with a discerning eye would know the Crown Princess's intentions.
This allowed her to regain her confidence.
She really likes Aunt Gu, she is reasonable, and she also likes Master Gu.
In the past, she could not say that she fell in love at first sight. How could a person secretly fall in love with someone whom he had only met once and knew nothing about?
Now she finally realized what it means to fall in love at first sight.
"A Ying, what's wrong? Are you downcast?" Yao Yuan asked with concern.
"Mom, I don't think Mr. Gu likes me." Yao Ying said weakly.
Yao Yuanshi smiled, held her daughter's hand lovingly, and patted the back of her hand: "Silly boy, Mr. Gu is originally so cold and reserved, seemingly unkind, otherwise why would so many people in the court be afraid of him? Call him Cold-faced Shura?"
"But you don't have to be afraid. Your father said that he is in a high position at a young age. If he doesn't have some powerful methods, who will obey him? But his character is definitely not bad. The Gu family has a pure family tradition and cannot be taught. Out of evil, sycophantic and cunning people.”
"Besides, this is the first time you have met, and you are strangers to each other. Indifference is a natural reaction. As long as your Aunt Gu likes you and likes you, feelings can be cultivated slowly after marriage."
"But what if he doesn't want to marry and have children?"
"Silly boy, it's not him who has the final say on important matters such as marriage, parents' orders, and the matchmaker's words." Yao Yuan said this, but she was unsure in her heart.
The only solution for now is to keep putting pressure on Mrs. Gu. After all, it was the Gu family who proposed the marriage. Mrs. Gu couldn't slap herself in the face!
After being enlightened by her mother, Yao Ying's mood gradually improved. Maybe she thought too much.
"A Ying, I just want to ask you, have you fallen in love with Mr. Gu?"
Yao Ying blushed and nodded.
Mrs. Yao Yuan smiled and said, "In that case, you can just wait peacefully to become the daughter-in-law of the Gu family. Leave everything to your mother."
