Chapter 139： Do not marry (two more)

Chapter 139 Unmarried (two more)

The kang-burning room was as warm as spring, with incense curling in the air, but Gu Yunzhen felt cold in his hands and feet, his fingertips were slightly numb, and the tip of his nose lingered with the dull, depressing smell he had smelled in Mrs. Murong's house today. foul smell.

lingers in this spacious and bright room.

"Grandmother," Gu Yunzhen met Madam Gu Tai's majestic eyes and said calmly, "Granddaughter listens to grandmother's arrangement."

is just marriage, every woman has to experience this kind of life, she can live well.

That is, there will be no love between the two in the book.

This is not the whole of life, mother can, grandmother can, of course she can.

Although she made a decision, she couldn't help feeling a little bit of sadness in her heart, and the smell on the tip of her nose became stronger, and she sighed: It's just that she wants to let her sister worry about her again.

Hearing Gu Yunzhen's response, Mrs. Gu Tai's face suddenly turned from cloudy to sunny, and a kind smile appeared on her graceful face.

The atmosphere in the room became brighter instantly.

Mrs. Gu Tai told Li Ma with satisfaction: "Quick, let someone go and invite the third wife."

Li Mama hurriedly responded to the order and quickly went out to send someone a message.

Mrs. Gu also called the eldest maid, Bai Lu, and in front of Gu Yunzhen, asked Bai Lu to open the storeroom and fetch a box of jewelry from her private storehouse; she also ordered another maid to go and buy the jewelry from the old aunt's marriage. Bring the dowry list.

If the marriage is set a few years ago, it means that the dowry will be given tomorrow.

Cihetang became busy all of a sudden, and those mothers and wives came and went in a hurry.

After Gu Yunzhen finished saying those words, he became silent again, as if his soul had been pulled out of his body.

Mrs. Gu Tai was in a good mood and kept talking non-stop: "True sister, the family will not wrong you, and your dowry will also be handled by the second aunt to help your mother, so it must be done properly."

"Grandma will add more makeup to you. In addition to this box of jewelry, I will give you 10,000 taels of silver and land."

"Grandma still has a lot of good materials here, just in time to make you a wedding dress, just let the sewing room work day and night."

“…”

Gu Yunzhen pursed his lips and was silent for a long time, the whole person was free.

Mrs. Gu Tai's voice was clearly in her ears, but it seemed so far away, as if it came from thousands of miles away.

However, in the eyes of Mrs. Gu Tai, Gu Yun's true silence became obedient.

Everyone is in good spirits when it comes to happy events. Mrs. Gu's smile turned into a flower from the corners of her lips and eyes, and she discussed some details of the wedding with Mrs. Wang in high spirits.

Mrs Wang calmly gave her steward a wink and motioned her to find someone to inform Hou Ye of the good news.

Wang Shi smiled and joked: "Mother, the eldest aunt is only under 20 years old, and he is already a top five thousand households in the Shenji camp, and the future is good. If you don't need to keep filial piety, you will be able to rise to the sky in a few years and put on a fourth-grade scarlet. robe."

In the Dajing Chaotang, the fifth rank and below wear the green robe and the green robe, and the fourth rank and above wear the red robe.

This red robe is in full swing, which is itself a symbol of status and future.

Mrs. Gu Tai agrees, nodding her head again and again, and brows with joy.

The words "Shenji Yingzheng 5th Grade Thousand Households" were like several sharp needles pierced into Gu Yunzhen's ear.

For the first time, her originally stagnant expression had a slight ups and downs, and Crow Qing's long eyelashes trembled twice.

She slowly turned to Mrs. Gu Tai, her eyes were like a cold black pool, and she asked word by word, "Shenji Ying is a five-tier thousand households?"

"Yes." Mrs. Gu Tai smiled and said, "There is a hurdle between the fifth rank and the fourth rank. After this hurdle, the future of the eldest uncle will be promising..."

Mrs. Gu Tai wanted to have a good talk with Gu Yunzhen, but was interrupted by Gu Yunzhen: "Grandmother, Shenji Yingzheng is of the fifth grade and thousands of households, isn't this eldest brother's job?"

The news that Gu Yuan was transferred to the Shenji Ying and raised to a thousand households after being transferred by the Ministry of War was known to the whole family, and of course Gu Yunzhen also knew.

But this is the errand of the eldest brother, why did he become Murong Yong? !

What about big brother?

Big brother has worked hard for so many years to follow in the footsteps of his eldest uncle, gradually gaining a firm foothold in the army at the cost of blood and sweat, and finally got to where he is today...

The relaxed and cheerful atmosphere of    just now became stagnant and became a little embarrassing.

Mrs. Gu Tai and Mrs. Wang looked at each other with a stiff face, realizing the problem.

During these days, Gu Yunzhen went to his grandfather's house with the Yan family, and he returned yesterday, I am afraid that Murong Yong finally got the job of Shenjiying Qianhu.

Gu Yunzhen's dark eyes were bottomless, and they stared at Mrs. Gu Tai's old and graceful face for a moment, as if trying to penetrate the false shell to capture the subtle changes in her face in an instant.

As if a bucket of cold water was pouring down his head, Gu Yunzhen felt a chill from head to toe, soaking into his bones.

Gu Yunzhen's always gentle eyes now flashed with an almost sharp light, cold and clear, and slowly said: "He... robbed the eldest brother of the errand?"

She is asking, but her expression is very determined, as if she already has a clear answer in her heart.

She thought they were both surnamed Gu, and the family wanted to support each other, and the grandmother and second uncle would definitely help the elder brother Gu Yuan.

It turned out that she was too naive.

Her hope is nothing but a self-righteous extravagance, like the gorgeous soap bubbles in the sun, the bubbles burst when the wind blows gently.

In the East Room, the scene froze and the atmosphere was even colder.

Mrs. Gu Tai frowned in displeasure and said softly, "How can this be called 'robbing'?"

The big girl really did not learn from Gu Yanfei, she couldn't even speak!

Mrs. Gu Tai said plausibly, "Brother Yuan was transferred to Luan Yiwei. The position of the thousand households in the Shenji Camp was voluntarily given up by Brother Yuan."

How can this be called a robbery!

In the end, without Gu Yuan, no matter how much money the Hou Mansion spent, it would not be possible to conjure up an errand for Murong Yong out of thin air.

The more Mrs. Gu thought about it, the more assertive she became, and she said, "Sister, the Murong family will not treat you badly. Your elder brother asked for the errand, and you are happy for his old lady, and the Murong family owes you from now on. I will look at you high, in this life, your position is stable, and no one can surpass you."

"Grandmother and your second uncle did everything for you."

Wang nodded frequently. The biggest beneficiary of this incident is Gu Yunzhen.

"It's for Gu Yunchang!" Gu Yunzhen pierced Mrs. Gu Tai's mind to the point, and a feeling of suffocation filled her heart.

"What eldest brother wants is to fight on the battlefield, just like the eldest uncle, not to live peacefully in Beijing."

"And for the sake of Gu Yunchang, you helped Murong Yong grab the eldest brother's errand, and did not hesitate to cut off the eldest brother's future!"

Gu Yunzhen couldn't hide his disappointment and grief in his voice, his cherry lips were pale, and his pupils were as deep as night.

There seems to be a string in my heart tightening little by little, and then tightening again.

She can accept that her grandmother arranges a marriage for her for the benefit of the family, and abandons the pursuit of the two loves that Emperor Taizu preached;

She can be happy for her future husband's family;

She can be like all women who are like mothers, filial piety to her parents-in-law, serving her husband-in-law, managing housework, managing concubines, and raising children.

However, she also has a bottom line.

"Zheng!"

Gu Yunzhen faintly heard the sound of the string breaking, and his heart trembled.

She stood up without warning, and this abrupt action caused Mrs. Gu Tai and Mrs. Wang to frown.

To the shocked or dissatisfied eyes of the previous room, Gu Yun's voice could no longer be heard of the usual gentleness, and he firmly spit out three words:

"I won't marry!"

The three words    are neither light nor heavy, but they sound like thunder.

Everyone was stunned, unable to believe their ears.

The room was silent.

…

"Girl, this servant just heard that the eldest girl will not marry."

At dusk, the reason for Gu Yunzhen's rejection of marriage came to Gu Yanfei's ears.

Gu Yanfei gently dialed the pointer on the compass, and the pointer was turning slowly...

The pointer is fast first and then slow, and then stops gradually.

The west slanted sunlight came in through the window and sprinkled on the small compass. The surface of the needle and the compass glowed with a pearl-like streamer.

Kuanbi knew that the girl was doing fortune-telling, and stared at the compass with bated breath... Until the pointer stopped, she took a breath and asked curiously, "Girl, are you ready?"

"The hexagram has changed." Gu Yanfei looked at the hexagram displayed on the compass, and the end of his eyes happily picked up.

and then? Juan Bi stared at Gu Yanfei, waiting for her to continue speaking.

Gu Yanfei rested his cheeks in one hand, looked down at the compass, and tapped the knuckles of his right hand on the table, thoughtfully.

Before today, she had made several hexagrams about Gu Yunzhen's marriage.

The result of the    hexagram has always shown that "the predestined relationship is irreversible".

Therefore, Gu Yanfei didn't dare to interfere violently. She herself is a person abandoned by heaven. If she forcibly intervenes in the cause and effect of the "destined fate", she will actually harm Gu Yunzhen.

But now this hexagram, the hexagram shows a turning point——

"Broken the cocoon into a butterfly." Gu Yanfei muttered to himself.

Juanbi didn't know what Gu Yanfei meant by this, but he probably could guess the result of the hexagram from the words "break the cocoon into a butterfly".

"Girl," Juan Bi was happy at first, then worried, and said, "Will Mrs. Madam embarrass the eldest girl? And will the Murong family..."

No one in the house knows Mrs. Tai's temperament. Mrs. Tai has always been high above and will not tolerate anyone in the house to question her decision. Probably only Hou Ye and Gu Yunchang were the only ones who could talk in front of Mrs. Tai.

And the Murong family is Gu Yunzhen's future husband's family, Gu Yunzhen refuses to be happy, it means to offend the Murong family, so will the Murong family give up? !

Compared to Juan Bi's worry, Gu Yanfei seemed casual.

Breaking the cocoon into a butterfly, this "cocoon" is self-binding.

If the cocoon is broken by external force, the result will only be destruction. Gu Yunzhen must shred the things bound on her body, in order to break out of the cocoon and have the beauty of the moment of turning into a butterfly.

From this hexagram—

A crack appeared in the "cocoon" on Gu Yunzhen's body, and her fate was no longer "irreversible".

(end of this chapter)