Chapter 24 Are you going to marry this official?

It will take five days for Pei Ji to leave.

Early this morning, he was discussing matters with several cabinet scholars. Before going to the household department, Li Yi leaned over and handed over a post: "My lord, the Gu family sent an invitation today."

Pei Ji raised his eyebrows, took the post, flipped through it casually, it turned out to be Mrs. Gu Shouchen.

He was about to throw away the invitation, but found that the paper was not right, and a small jade pendant fell out from the interlayer of the invitation.

Pei Ji turned over the jade pendant, only to see a small orchid character engraved on it.

The corner of his mouth mocked, is this a new play?
Li Yi was a little uncertain: "Master, let's go or not."

"Bring me the newly acquired red coral decoration last month, and follow me to Gufu to celebrate my birthday."

……

Yong'an Lane was very lively today, most of the officials from the imperial court came to celebrate the birthday, the Gu family was the No. 1 prominent family in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and coupled with the large number of Gu Taifu's disciples, the officials who came and went naturally included a wide range of officials.

"Master Shoufu is here!"

The boy shouted loudly, and everyone went up to meet him.

"Master Shoufu has indeed come, and it seems that there is a tendency to unite with the Gu family."

"Have you heard that Mrs. Gu is going to choose a son-in-law for Miss Gu today?"

"It's probably going to happen..."

……

There was a lot of discussion.

After the big guy finished celebrating his birthday, not long after, the actors on the stage in the front yard had already babbled and sang "Eight Immortals Blessing Their Birthday", which was very lively.

Gu Xiaolan was a little nervous. She looked at her mother and said worriedly: "Mother, do you think this can really happen?"

Mrs. Gu patted her hand: "Don't worry, your brother put your jade pendant in the invitation that your brother sent him. A shrewd person like Pei Ji naturally understands the meaning of this."

"Since he's here today, he must be ready to make friends with our Gu family. Don't worry, just wait to be the first assistant's wife."

Gu Xiaolan lowered her head and smiled shyly, "Yes."

"By the way, it's better to get in touch with him today to lay the groundwork. If Pei Ji really expresses his position, it's better to decide this matter early."

Gu Xiaolan carefully glanced at the tall and handsome man not far away, just one glance was enough for a deer to bump around.

In the gazebo by the rockery, Pei Ji was talking with Master Gu.

It's not so much a conversation, it's better to say that each of them has their own ghosts and pretends to be a snake.

"Recently, the disaster victims in the south of the Yangtze River have been spending the winter, thanks to Mr. Shoufu's care. I see that it has been very effective. Now that Dazhou is guarded by you, I can rest assured."

Gu Taifu is wearing ordinary clothes today, which has lost his usual sophistication and insight, but has added a bit of kindness.

Pei Ji respectfully cupped his hands: "The teacher praised me absurdly, and the students are also doing what they can."

Gu Xiaolan walked over at this moment, she said softly: "Daddy."

Taifu Gu spoiled with a smile, and after calling Gu Xiaolan to his side, he turned to Pei Ji and said, "Xiaolan is my only daughter, and what I am most worried about now is her marriage."

"Daddy!" Gu Xiaolan heard this, because she was shy, and with the attitude of her youngest daughter, she didn't ask her father to continue talking.

Taifu Gu smiled brightly: "Okay, daddy won't talk about it."

"Well, you young people talk more, I'll go to the theater first."

The meaning was too obvious, and everyone followed Taifu Gu and left with interest.

Pei Ji leaned lazily on the pear tree chair, tapping his fingers in a vague manner, without any intention of opening his mouth.

Gu Xiaolan cleared her throat slightly, and approached him slowly, her slightly round face was abnormally red due to excitement: "Does the Chief Assistant still remember your daughter?"

Only then did Pei Ji raise his eyelids, and nodded expressionlessly.

When Gu Xiaolan realized that he was looking at her, even her neck was smudged with shy blush.

"me……"

Just when she was so nervous that she couldn't speak, the man's voice with difficulty distinguishing between emotions and anger came: "Are you going to marry me?"

Gu Xiaolan's heart froze, she didn't expect that he would ask such a straightforward question, and her face was stained with disbelief.

But after thinking about it, if an ordinary woman encountered such a scene, she might immediately cover her face shyly and run away.

But she, Gu Xiaolan, is not an ordinary woman. In terms of her family, she dared to be number two in Dazhou, and no one dared to be number one. Besides, from the first time she saw this man in front of her, she was completely lost.

She clutched the corner of her clothes tightly with her fingers, and suddenly raised her head: "Yes."

"Then I will invite you to watch a good show first, and then the girl will decide whether to marry me." Pei Ji's eyes were cold, without any warmth.

Three rounds of wine.

Taifu Gu seemed very happy today, probably because he felt that something was really going to happen.

"Thank you, colleagues, for being able to take time out of your busy schedule to attend my birthday banquet. I am here to thank you for your care over the years..."

But before he finished speaking, there was a burst of messy footsteps and some indescribable kicking sounds.

"Go and see what's going on?" Gu Taifu hurriedly ordered the servant.

But at this moment, a large number of officers and soldiers filed in, and Chen Yiding, the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came in front of him.

"I don't know why Mr. Chen came here today, it's such a big battle." Taifu Gu asked with a smile.

Chen Yiding smiled heartily: "The lower official originally wanted to come to celebrate his birthday today, but he is so involved in the case that he has no time to take care of it."

"No, I just took over Mr. Huang's case, and found out that Mr. Huang and Mr. Gu have a very close relationship with you. That's all right, you can cooperate and go with the official."

Chen Yiding had documents in his hand, so there was nothing wrong with coming to fetch someone, but everyone was confused about the situation.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate has always been the territory of Lord Shoufu, Huang Lu was the first to pursue the repayment of the money owed to the treasury, but it has not been completely suppressed.

The reason why the Metropolitan Procuratorate took the person this time was that many of Huanglu's debts were approved by Mrs. Gu himself, and one can imagine the twists and turns.

It turns out that Mr. Shoufu turned his back on the carbine!
Mrs. Gu was directly stunned. First, her husband was arrested, and then she heard the bad news that her brother was ransacked and censored. No one could bear it.

The birthday banquet naturally broke up unhappy.

Gu Yanyi silently looked at his sister who was crying in front of his mother, with a gloomy expression.

Only now did he understand that Pei Ji was really not afraid of anything, even if there was a double-sided attack from the king of Yue and the aristocratic family.

He was taking revenge on himself. Since making peace doesn't work, then just tear up his face completely.

The house outside Pei's mansion.

Wei Yunzhu heard the commotion outside, and hurriedly asked Nian Shuang who had just rushed over: "What happened outside, why are you making such a fuss?"

"Girl, it's not good. Mr. Gu was taken away by people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate at his birthday banquet."

"What?" Wei Yunzhu was a little surprised.

Looking around, in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, there could only be one person who could send the high-ranking Taifu Gu to prison, and that was Pei Ji.

He did it anyway.

(End of this chapter)

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