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

Chapter 12 Complaint
Gu Ming'an didn't leave any room for his words, the faces of the three Gu Yunxiao brothers were as deep as water, and the other people at the table were watching their noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, brothers to speak words, did not dare to speak rashly.

After a long while, Gu Yunji calmed down, tried his best to force a smile, stood up and asked, "Cousin Ming An, I don't know what fame you have, that you don't even look down on others?"

Gu Ming'an's expression froze. He only had a reputation as a scholar, so the reason why he was so domineering was not because of his status as a descendant and borrowing the power of his father and brother.But he didn't want to lose his momentum, so he pretended to be calm and said: "You, you don't care about me! My father is a Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture, and he is the fifth rank! My brother was elected at the age of 17 and Jinshi at the age of 20. He is a peerless genius! What fame do you have!"

Gu Yunji was neither humble nor overbearing: "I'm not talented, I don't have any fame yet, I'm just a child."

Hearing these words, Gu Mingan relaxed again. He shook the fan in his hand: "Little Tongsheng, a country bumpkin, do you have the nerve to act presumptuously in front of me?"

Gu Yunji was not annoyed, and said quietly: "It's rare to come to Fucheng once, but my cousin bullied my brothers like this, it's really chilling, it seems that we can't stay any longer."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the other party's reaction, he got up and left the table and knelt down in front of Gu Kaili: "Uncle, we originally wanted to take advantage of the Dragon Boat Festival to reunite with the elders, but we didn't want cousin Ming An to look down on us so much and mock us We are country bumpkins with little knowledge. My nephew can’t eat anymore, so I’m leaving, and I won’t dare to visit the house again.”

Gu Yunji looked heartbroken, and was about to go outside as he spoke.Gu Kaili and the others heard some of the quarrel at their table just now, but they just thought that it was just a few words between the juniors, and it was the festive season, it was not good for the elders to interfere and spoil the atmosphere, so they planned to turn a blind eye Pretend not to hear.Unexpectedly, Gu Yunji knelt down in front of him with a full face of grievance, and even sued Gu Mingan, so he couldn't continue to pretend that he didn't see it.

Gu Kaili couldn't really let Gu Yunji go, so he quickly grabbed him: "Nephew! Don't panic, nephew, there must be a misunderstanding." As he spoke, he glared at Gu Mingan, who was averting his eyes, "Gu Mingan! Come here!"

Gu Ming'an tremblingly ran over and knelt in front of Gu Kaili, his eyes still filled with unwillingness.He originally expected that the other party would not dare to make a big fuss in such an occasion where the elders were present, so he spoke without any scruples. Who knew that Gu Yunji didn't play cards according to the routine, and came here.

Gu Kaili kicked his son resentfully, and reprimanded: "Your cousin's family finally came here once, and that's how you talk? Where do you remember the respect and filial piety I taught your brothers and friends on weekdays? Today If you dare to insult your own brother like this, wouldn't you be disrespecting your father tomorrow?"

The old man and Gu Kaizhen were watching from the sidelines, Gu Kaili didn't dare to show favoritism in the slightest, and he said things seriously, no matter what the facts were, since Gu Yunji asked him to come, he had to put on a show.

"Go, kneel in the study for me, don't get up without my order!"

After finishing speaking, Gu Kaili seemed to change his face, turned around and said to Gu Yunji kindly: "Oh, nephew, don't take what your cousin said. I am your uncle, and the person sitting next to you is your grandfather. Dare to treat you as an outsider? Don't say anything about whether you can leave or not, this is your home! Come on, come on, sit down and eat, the food will be cold in a while."

The goal was achieved, Gu Yunji didn't bother anymore, and went down the steps given by Gu Kaili. He pretended to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and continued to sit on the table to eat.

Gu Kaili returned to the table and said with an apologetic smile: "Brother Yu's family education is not strict, second brother don't take it to heart."

Gu Kaizhen also said politely: "Where are the children bickering, so it is worthy of such severe punishment by the elder brother."

The fourth brother Gu Kaiqi took everything into his eyes, stared at Gu Yunji's figure and smiled meaningfully, and said in a self-conscious voice: "What a funny boy, second brother really got a son."

During the whole process, Old Master Gu didn't say a word. He watched the eldest son handle everything with a cold face, and then said: "Okay, let's close this matter and continue eating."

After meals, Gu Zhengde had the habit of taking a nap, while Gu Kaili and others took a walk in the garden to digest food.

Gu Kaili glanced at the tall and tall Gu Yunxiao, and suddenly said, "Yunxiao is not young anymore, are you engaged?"

Gu Yunxiao blushed, glanced at his father, and said, "Not yet."

Gu Kaili's eyes lit up, and he became a matchmaker enthusiastically: "Really? Your aunt has a niece, surnamed Zheng, and her maiden name is Xiuyun. She is seventeen this year. She is really gentle, virtuous, and beautiful. Her father is from Yangzhou Prefecture. Judge Zheng Haifeng, and our family can be regarded as a good match. When your grandfather celebrates his birthday this year, their family should come, see you then."

Gu Yunxiao couldn't stand it for a while, and stammered: "Nephew, my nephew is so focused on the imperial examination that I haven't considered this matter yet. What's more, the important matter of marriage, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, the nephew dare not be self-reliant."

Gu Huaishhao, the youngest son of Gu Yuanzhao, the eldest son of the Second Household, came forward, grabbed his shoulders and teased, "Cousin Yunxiao faltered, he must have someone in his heart! What excuse is there to focus on the imperial examination!"

Gu Kaili said: "Even for the imperial examination, you can't delay your lifelong affairs." Speaking of children's affairs, he turned around and chatted with Gu Kaizhen again, "Children today, I really don't understand what they are thinking. Just say My eldest is 23! Every time we talk about proposing to him, he just excuses that the Imperial Academy is busy and can’t come back.”

"Isn't this prevarication? It's not that I haven't stayed in the Hanlin Academy before. Where can I be busy! I think it was too late for us to get married back then. I got married at seventeen and gave birth to an eldest son at eighteen. Isn't that good? Well, where is there any delay..." Gu Mingxuan's marriage has now become his heart disease, and he complained endlessly when he caught Gu Kaizhen.

"Cough, cough, cough—" Gu Kaiqi coughed again, perhaps because he couldn't stand it after walking for a long time.

Gu Kaizhen said with concern: "Is the fourth brother okay? Sit down and rest for a while. I told you to stay in the room so that you can give birth, but you just refused."

Gu Kaiqi's face was pale: "Old problem, it's nothing serious." As he said, he waved his hand, "In the past, I was bored in the room all day, and at most I just talked to my wife. I was very lonely. Today there are so many people, I just want to Have fun with the big guys."

Gu Kaili sighed, and said: "You are in poor health and have no heirs. It's time to discuss about adopting a child for you from the clan. Anyway, there are people who serve you before you, so it's good to relieve your boredom on weekdays."

Gu Kaiqi waved his hand: "Children are too young to raise, and when they grow up, they don't get close. How easy is adoption? Let's talk about it."

They sent someone to send Gu Kaiqi back to his room, and everyone stopped wandering around, just chatting in the garden.

After a while, Gu Kaizhen got up and said goodbye: "It's not early, my brother Yu and his family have to rush back to Huating County before sunset, so I'm going to leave now."

Gu Kaili held his hand tightly, with a very reluctant look: "The time flies so fast, you said that you didn't bring your nieces to have a look this time, and you haven't sat here for long, why don't you have dinner? I'll pass on the meal right away, in time."

Gu Kaizhen declined and said: "Don't bother elder brother. After my father's [-]th birthday this year, I will bring the whole family here to let elder brother have a good look at it. I won't stay any longer today."

Gu Kaili saw that he was determined to go, so he didn't say any more: "Well, when it's father's birthday, the second brother will come early!" Then he turned to Gu Yunxiao and said, "Yunxiao, you are coming to Beijing this time. Hurry up for the exam, if there is anything you don’t understand, just go to your big cousin!”

Gu Yunxiao thanked with a smile.Afterwards, they went back to the main hall and said goodbye to Gu Zhengde and others one by one. Gu Kaizhen left Fucheng with his wife and children and went back to Huating County.

(End of this chapter)