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Chapter 61 Nameless Dining Hall (11)

Du Mumei was the direct daughter of the Du Family's major chamber, and also the daughter of the Gu Mingyuan's First Uncle. She had just turned thirteen this year, and was exactly at an extremely annoying age. She was so annoyed that Gu Mingyuan didn't even want her to look at the little girl in pink dress from a distance. He didn't even care if she was Du Mumei as he turned around and started to hide.

In the past, the two houses were far away from each other. Other than the few months when his aunt brought her cousins to live in the capital, Gu Mingyuan's ears could still hear some peace and quiet. This year, because she was going back to the old ancestor's house to celebrate the new year with him, and because the Gu family was working at the Indian Book Bureau, they were dragged around on Du Jia Village. Since they did not have time to return to the capital, Du Mumei would frequently come to the Gu family home to play with Gu Mingyuan. After all, Gu Mingyuan was the most talented out of the Gu family's younger generation.

At that time, Gu Chengye had not revealed his intention to have his two legitimate sons marry into the Imperial Family yet. Even if Madam Gu did not like his, who was a little unruly, as his niece, and obstructed their relationship, it would be difficult to stop them from marrying each other. As for Gu Mingyuan, he was a person who couldn't bear to lose face for girls, so when he was entangled with Du Mumei, he would just kindly accompany his and let his demand from him.

Thus, even though she knew that her aunt did not like her, Du Mumei was still extremely fond of his cousin Gu Mingyuan. This might not be without Gu Mingyuan's fault, it was his tacit approval of his gentleness that caused the other girl to think that their cousin was a mutual love.

After that, the Gu family had already made it clear that they were going to get married with the Prince Yi's Mansion, and Du Mumei had even thought that Gu Mingyuan still liked his, it was just that he couldn't disobey his parents' orders. She was young and ambitious, he was also mesmerized by the popular books of talented girls in the market, and at the bottom of her heart, he was still looking down on the direct daughter of the Prince Yi's Mansion. Even if her cousin were to marry her in the future, he would only be like Little Uncle's aunt, becoming a pair of resentful husband and wife.

Du Mumei had not seen it before, and had not even heard of the appearance of the direct daughter of the Prince Yi's Mansion. And, he also felt that his cousin Gu Mingyuan was pitiful. He would waste his entire life on such a boring princess who wasn't worth accompanying for his entire life.

She felt that she was the true companion of her cousin and made up her mind. In the future, if Gu Mingyuan marries the young prefecture lord of Prince Yi's Mansion as his wife, then he would be a little wronged. As her cousin's wife, at most, he would be the princess' equal wife in the capital. Du Mumei's thoughts were very far away. In the future, her cousin's business would only grow bigger and bigger. It was also inevitable for him to run around at both ends. When the time came, she and the princess would have to face off against each other. As long as her cousin was with his, he would be free to take care of him. In the eyes of the merchants, this had already become a practice. As a man, it was impossible for him to not get involved with a woman outside for a few months. It was not a rare occurrence for him to have two grown women.

Du Mumei made up his mind and impatiently told his mother. When the Mrs. Du heard that, he felt that she was not bad. He had pampered her a million times, and even if she wanted to marry him, he couldn't wait to call for someone to pick her a daughter immediately.

Mrs. Du was not as naive as her daughter. The royal family had declined, but it was not down to the point that a merchant would step on their head to humiliate them. Not to mention the fact that the Prince Yi's Mansion was the first to disagree, even the Gu family was not that stupid. They were willing to take such a risk to offend the royal family that they had gone through quite a bit of trouble for. Mrs. Du was really afraid that his daughter would become stupid and shout out that she wouldn't be able to be her wife and become her concubine.

Seeing that his daughter still had a bland and childish look on her face, Mrs. Du couldn't help but to hate the Gu family. He hated that his sister-in-law, Madam Gu, wasn't willing to link the two families together due to kinship, and also hated that Young Master Gu Chengye wanted to climb up the mountain and make a living, but what he hated the most was still the Gu family's brat.

In order to prevent his daughter from doing something shameful, the Mrs. Du hardened his heart and said those words in front of Du Mumei. As long as he lived a day, he would not allow the Du Family's daughter to lower herself to be a lowly concubine!

With Du Mumei's age and disposition, she was naturally not someone her parents could scare off a few harsh words. After causing a ruckus at home, the two major chamber s of the Du Family had no other choice but to lock her up in the pavilion to prevent her from leaving. She didn't expect Du Mumei to be so stubborn that she would be able to restrict her cultivation. She simply gave herself more punishment, even forbidding her to eat. She didn't eat any rice for three days straight.

At first, Mrs. Du thought that her daughter would definitely not be able to hold on until the end, but she hardened her heart and let Du Mumei control the situation. But on the fourth day, the servants came to report that the second young miss was not willing to eat and had already passed out from hunger. How could the Mrs. Du still sit there?

From then on, Mrs. Du also understood that his daughter's heart was really tied to that kid from the Gu family. She probably could not stop her, and would not know how to create a ruckus in the future. But even if she knew, what could she do? He couldn't just sit by and watch his daughter die, right?

When Du Liyu returned home, he found out that his wife had released his daughter, so he could only say that his mother was a broken child. However, he didn't seem to be able to harden his heart, so he decided to lock his daughter back into the embroidery building.

At night, the couple was worried about the candles. The Mrs. Du sighed, "Maybe the child is still young and is confused for a while. When he grows up a little more, he will know that this is ridiculous. "Children of this age are full of rebellious bones. They might even say that they want to fight you instead …"

Du Liyu gritted her teeth. "Let's hope so. If it really isn't enough, then when Ming Yuan gets married, she still clamored to be a little kid. How about we find a temple for her and shave her hair so she can cultivate and pretend we never had this daughter …"

Mrs. Du and her husband looked at each other as these words were casually said. They didn't think that Yue Yang would be able to be so ruthless when the time came.

As for Du Mumei, who won against her parents, she wasn't feeling too good right now either.

Since she was young, she had gotten used to it. Her family was doting on her, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they doted on her like a princess. This time, she showed her daughter's intentions to her mother out of goodwill. She didn't want her mother to not support her wholeheartedly, but she still mercilessly locked herself in the embroidery building and didn't allow her to step out of the house! Du Mumei had never suffered so much. He felt more and more that this friendship between him and his cousin was so heavy that it almost transcended life and death. How could he possibly let go of such a small punishment?

So she held on to her neck and learned from the book that the beauty refused to eat or protest, forcing her parents to give in.

The first day was not too bad. At most, he could only grumble a little in his stomach, but he could still endure it. By the next day, Du Mumei was so hungry and dizzy that her hands and feet were weak. Even her mother didn't have the strength to open her eyes when she went upstairs to see her.

Mrs. Du thought that she was still playing with him, so she scolded her daughter again. Du Mumei had originally planned to secretly eat a few mouthfuls of food when the dinner was served again, but was completely enraged by Mrs. Du's provocation. She had been lying on the bed without moving for two days, not eating or even drinking any water.

She still felt wronged. She just wanted to marry her cousin. If her parents still doted on her, she should go tell her aunt that the marriage between the two families had been set long ago. If her parents refused to help her with such a small matter, then there was no point in living like this. If she starved to death, then so be it. No one would pity her anyway.

On the fourth day after being grounded, the hungry Du Mumei finally fainted. She also successfully alarmed the Mrs. Du, bringing freedom for herself. While Du Mumei was lying on her bed and eating the porridge, a sense of pride welled up from the bottom of her heart. Look, her parents still loved her so much. They couldn't bear to see her die just like that. When the time came for him to get married to his cousin, as long as he caused a ruckus, his aunt wouldn't be able to force him to his death, and he had to compromise.

However, what Du Mumei did not expect was that in the end, her body was completely wrecked. Throughout the entire February, she had to get sick once or twice from time to time. It dragged on until March, but it was no longer the same. As a result, he had missed out on many opportunities to play with his cousin in the Gu family.

Gu Mingyuan knew nothing about this. When he had nothing to do, he was secretly glad that Du Mumei had found something new, or something more worth spending time on. In short, as long as they didn't bother him, he would definitely not go and provoke her.

No wonder he hadn't heard anything. After such an incident, the Du Family's major chamber could only keep it a secret. To the outside world, they only said that it was time for Du Mumei to practice her red daughter's skills and invite the embroidery masters of Jiangnan to carefully teach her, so she did not have the time to follow the lord as a guest. The second and third branch families knew about the internal affairs, but in the end it was not a good thing. After all, it had tarnished her reputation as a girl, so even the Gu family, who had the closest relationship with her, did not know that Du Mumei had already created a huge commotion just to marry Gu Mingyuan.

Plus, April was the season for kite playing. In the past, his cousin often stayed in the capital, so he did not have the chance to get his cousin to accompany him to fly a kite. This was the most difficult period for him to achieve, and since his cousin still lived in his old house, Du Mumei would naturally not let this opportunity slip by. Thus, he meticulously dressed up early in the morning and brought seven or eight maidservants to the Gu Clan to find someone.

How could Du Mumei be willing? It was difficult for her to make a trip out, so she naturally wanted to keep an eye on her cousin. Being able to get along for a while was one thing. Having been sick at home for the past two months, she had been bored and had read quite a number of books. She knew that the pressure from women was too great and that men might not like it, but they had learned some roundabout methods. Even though Gu Mingyuan had used every excuse he could think of to say something dry, he could only say in a sweet voice, "Cousin brother, I know you're busy. You can relax, I am really bored at home, I finally found you to relax, you are not free. "Don't chase me away, I'm just following you around for a bit today. It's also good to be able to see my cousin a bit more."

Gu Mingyuan's entire body was covered with goosebumps from his own cousin's obnoxious tone, what else could he do? He could not muster up his courage and force his to return home, right?

Thus, he could only bitterly carry such an extremely sensitive little tail to the restaurant owner to discuss some matters. Then, with a suspicious look in his eyes, he asked about the price of the food and the business in the shop.

Gu Mingyuan wanted to use this opportunity to send Du Mumei home. Coincidentally, just now, the rice shop owner mentioned the matter of him purchasing goods from their restaurant at the shallow water pier. In fact, Zhao Cai and Luo Hua City Mistress had already informed him about it earlier, since there were still some roads at the underwater base, and they were both places that the barbarians would work hard to eat. Therefore, he confidently told Du Mumei that he had to go up to the newly opened shop on the pier and advise her to go home early in case she got hungry or was hit by a servant.

Who knew that Du Mumei was so stubborn today that she couldn't even persuade him to leave. Therefore, Gu Mingyuan brought this group of people to Li Yannian's store again, and as a result, the scene at the beginning appeared.

"Cousin, how are you?" The female voice in the sedan became impatient. Then, the curtain of the sedan moved slightly. A pair of fair and tender hands were placed on it hesitantly. However, they were quickly retracted.