Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 11 Embarrassment
Soon, the city gate of Fucheng was in sight.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, there are a lot of people visiting relatives and friends. People come and go at the gate of the city, and the carriages and horses are separated. The members of the Gu family lined up for a long time before entering the city.

As soon as they entered Songjiang Fucheng, the Gu family went straight to Dongcheng District.The poor live on the left, and the rich live on the right. Songjiang Gu's mansion is located in the most prosperous street in Dongcheng District.

Outside the side door of Gu's mansion, Gu Kaizhen and others parked their chariots and horses here, then walked to the main gate, and handed the greeting card and gift slip to the concierge, and then they just walked in.

The concierge flipped through the greetings, then turned around and trotted loudly: "The second master of the big house in Huating County is here to congratulate the Dragon Boat Festival!"

The gate of vermilion lacquer is magnificent, and the layout of the mansion is regular and orderly.Entering the gate, you can see carved beams and painted buildings everywhere, cornices and bucket arches, pavilions and pavilions in the distance can be seen faintly, exotic flowers and plants and trees beside the path are deep, a stream meanders through the depths of flowers and trees, and merges into the pool with rockery next to it , the sound of gurgling water came out.

Along the way, Gu Yunji felt that the prosperity of Songjiang Prefecture was not comparable to that of Huating County. Seeing the magnificence of Gu's mansion at this time, it made the Gu family's shabby situation in Huating County even more contrasted.

A well-dressed, slightly fat middle-aged man greeted him with a smile: "Oh my second, I haven't seen you for several years, and I don't want to walk around more. Father misses you very much."

Gu Kaizhen smiled and cupped his hands: "Brother is well. Didn't Brother Yu bring his wife and children to visit you?" Then he turned to Gu Yunji and said to the three of them, "Quick, come and see your uncle."

The three of them went up to meet Li, and then Gu Kaili seemed to see Gu Yunji and the brothers, and looked at them one by one, and said affectionately: "Hey, these are my nephews, they have grown so big! They are all talented people!"

"Uncle heard, Yunxiao, you passed the exam! You passed the exam once, and you are only 19 years old. It's not easy! In the future, you must work harder, get a Jinshi exam as soon as possible, and honor my Gu family!"

"Look at Yunlin, he has beautiful eyebrows and well-proportioned figure, what a handsome young man, he is exactly the same as your father when he was young!"

"And Yun...Yun Ji, yes! They are so old! When you were a child, your uncle even hugged you!" For this nephew who had no memory, Gu Kaili could hardly remember his name, and he would utter a few words in a short while. Can't think of any decent compliments.But he didn't seem to care at all, he patted Gu Yunji's shoulder with a particularly affectionate look.

The corners of Gu Yunji's eyes twitched, a standard smirk hung on his face, and he answered a few words perfunctorily.He felt that Gu Kaili was overly enthusiastic, and he said that his nephew, whom he hadn't met a few times, was so close to him.I heard earlier that this uncle who is a fellow acquaintance is exquisite in appearance, it is very natural to welcome and send him off in the officialdom, and seeing him today really lives up to his reputation.

Several people talked and laughed, and walked to the main hall.

In the main hall, a hale and grey-haired old man sat on the head. This is Gu Zhengde, the patriarch of the Gu clan.

After receiving the gift from Gu Kaizhen's family, Gu Zhengde nodded with a smile, and his eyes fell on Gu Yunxiao: "I heard that Xiao'er passed the Enke Township test this time, how did you rank in the test? Are you going to Beijing for this year's general test?"

Gu Yunxiao stepped forward and said respectfully: "If you go back to your grandfather, your grandson has passed the No. 30 exam and is preparing to go to Beijing for the national exam."

Gu Zhengde stroked his beard and stroked his beard. No. 37 is not high, but he won an exam, and he is still young. He has good talent and has great potential in the future.Thinking of this, he said again: "Is there any article you wrote? Show it to the old man."

Gu Zhengde was an official before he became an official, he had presided over several scientific examinations, and he had been immersed in the officialdom all his life.

Gu Yunxiao handed in the article he had prepared a long time ago. Gu Zhengde read it carefully from beginning to end, and said bluntly: "Well, the knowledge is good, but the writing skills are still a little immature. There is no problem in taking the provincial exam. If you can take the exam... the chance Not big."

Gu Yunxiao said: "Grandson also knows how much I am, but I just think that the test will be held in the capital. At the feet of the emperor, it is always different. After the test, it will be considered as an increase in knowledge. nothing."

Gu Zhengde nodded: "Well, it is also good to accumulate more experience." Speaking of this, he remembered something again, "I remember that the person who presided over the test this year was Zhao Zhixiong, the servant of the household department, and he was the general judge in Guangping Mansion At that time, the old man was still his superior, so it was considered a bit of friendship. How about this, after a while, the old man will write you a post, and you can visit him after you arrive in the capital, and find out the examiner's temper and preferences, which will be very helpful in the imperial examination .”

Hearing this, Gu Yunxiao was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed: "Grandson thanked grandfather."

Gu Zhengde was very willing to support the progressive juniors, he waved his hand and said, "You are a child of my Gu family, that's okay. Well, it's almost time, let's start the banquet."

Men and women sit separately, and everyone sits in order of seniority and youth.The Gu Kaizhen brothers accompanied Gu Zhengde and the second-bedroom old man Gu Zhenglu at the table, while Gu Yunji sat at the table with the juniors in the corner.

At the table, when Gu Yunji wanted to pick up food several times, he was picked up by a young man in blue who blocked his chopsticks. He endured several times and the other party still didn't restrain himself. He was about to explode when Gu Yunxiao tugged at his sleeve under the table , whispered: "This is uncle's second son, Gu Ming'an. My aunt has always favored him, and his temper is a bit domineering. Bear with it and don't cause trouble."

Gu Yunji cast a sideways glance at the young man in blue, swallowed his breath and prepared to continue eating.

Seeing this, Gu Mingan snorted lightly, and pointedly said to the people next to him: "Look at this carp, it's so thin and small. After swimming through a few stone crevices, it feels like it's a big hit, so it runs to Those relatives who crossed the dragon gate showed off in front of their relatives, but they didn't know that they fell into the fisherman's net and were born to be other people's dinner."

These words were clearly alluding to Gu Yunxiao. Gu Yunxiao didn't want the other party to disrespect him so much, and his face turned blue with anger.Gu Yunlin next to him couldn't bear it even more after hearing this, put down his chopsticks, stood up and slammed the table, and shouted: "Gu Ming'an! Who are you talking about!"

Gu Mingan was not in a hurry, and said leisurely, "Speak to whoever answers."

Gu Yunxiao suppressed the anger in his heart, pulled Gu Yunlin's clothes and sat down on him, and said kindly: "Cousin Ming'an, I'm afraid you have misunderstood something, our family is here today to spend the Dragon Boat Festival with grandfather and uncle. , I don't mean to show off. We are all a family, so there is no need to say that, right?"

Gu Mingan leaned back in disdain, and said with disdain: "Who is with your family, you have such a big face. We haven't seen each other for a few years, but one of them rushed over to seek relatives. No wonder he is a concubine with short knowledge."

"You should learn from my third uncle, who is also a concubine. He knows how to stay in his own Fengxian County, so that he will not come to others to make people feel bad. He is like you, licking his face at others Sticking on the body. It’s just raising people, what’s there to be happy about, and I don’t take a pee to take care of myself.”

He spoke harshly, and the scene was awkward for a while, and he didn't know how to end it.

(End of this chapter)