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

Seeing Gu Yunji's pitiful look, Xu Shuhua burst into laughter, couldn't help but touch his face, and said in a brisk tone, "Mr. Gu, who is so prestigious outside, can actually ask for help."

"I beg my wife not to be embarrassed." Gu Yunji let her touch his face with hope in his eyes, "So you agreed?"

Xu Shuhua said with a smile: "I didn't say no, you already believe me so much, why should I not believe in myself? But you have to think carefully, after all, I am your wife. Meeting people may lead to criticism, do you really not mind?"

Xu Shuhua is not an old-fashioned person, but she is feared by people. The last time she forced Xu Shuchang out of the ancestral hall with a sword, while winning praise from the people, it also attracted a lot of negative comments.If she continues to work as a translator for the government, this phenomenon may become more serious.

What's even worse is that people's desire for curiosity is quite strong, and they can connect unrelated things together and create a big drama in their minds without anyone else telling them.

After having a daughter, she and Gu Yunji had not had any more children for many years. If she appeared frequently at this time, Xu Shuhua could imagine how unpalatable the rumors would be.

Gu Yunji said calmly: "Of course I don't mind, not to mention that I am here to beg you this time. The key is that you have very good language skills, and you can obviously play a greater role in the outside world and do things that are beneficial to the people and the court. If I detain you in the back house because of some old-fashioned ideas, that would be too narrow-minded."

However, his wife's worries were not completely unreasonable. Gu Yunji thought for a while and said, "Of course, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I think we can hide our relationship from the outside world."

Xu Shuhua was startled: "...why?"

Is she hiding the relationship between her husband and wife because she is afraid that outsiders will think that she is "unruly" and have a bad influence on Gu Yunji?

Gu Yunji saw Xu Shuhua's expression was different and was afraid that she would think too much, so he quickly added: "I don't mean anything else. I was just thinking that although many people in the Shaoxing Mansion have heard of your title as the eldest daughter of Xu's family, it doesn't mean anything at all." People have seen you, and we can maintain this sense of mystery, which is a kind of protection for you."

"In the future, outsiders may know that there is a famous and outstanding female translator in the government, and that I, the wife of the prefect of Shaoxing, is a famous and strange woman, but they don't know that the two are actually the same person. It's all you. They don't know much about you. Naturally, there will be fewer people gossiping."

On the other hand, if Xu Shuhua serves as the translator as Gu Yunji's wife, in this era of widespread discrimination against women, it will inevitably cause the other party to subconsciously look down on Xu Shuhua and feel that she is using her husband's back door.

Once prejudice arises, it will be very detrimental to the transaction negotiations between both parties.

In feudal society, men regarded their wives as their own possessions and were eager to give her their own brand, so as not to attract the covetousness of other men.In this case, if a man is not keen on declaring sovereignty, it may very well represent his abandonment of "possessions".

Gu Yunji knew that his words would easily make people think too much, and he looked at Xu Shuhua with some anxiety: "You know that I am different from others. I am very happy to marry you as my wife. I just put forward such an idea. If you don't want to If you want to hide our relationship, I will naturally support your decision."

The truth behind Gu Yunji's words was easy to understand. Xu Shuhua understood that he had misunderstood and smiled at him: "I know you are thinking about the overall situation and me. In this case, there is no need for me to insist."

"It's just that everyone knows that you are marrying the eldest daughter of Xu's family. If I am not your wife, in what capacity should I attend?" Seeing that Xu Shuhua was not entangled, Gu Yunji felt relieved and said with a smile: "Even if It is to conceal the relationship, and it is not necessary to create a new identity. You are still you, and you are still the young lady of the Xu family. When asked by outsiders, I asked my wife to ask my mother-in-law's "sister" to be the translator. It makes sense, right? Miss Xu ?”

After being married for several years, Xu Shuhua was a little unfamiliar with this title, especially when it came from Gu Yunji's mouth, it was like a feather fluttering over her heart, bringing back the memories of her youth and making her feel dazed for a moment.

Xu Shuhua's face softened unconsciously, and he smiled: "I am already 25 years old. In two years, I am afraid that I will be regarded as a middle-aged woman. How can I be called a young lady like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl?" ?”

Gu Yunji put his arm around her waist from behind and took his wife into his arms: "25 is still very young. It's because we got married too early that you think 25 is not young... You are doing the best in whatever you do right now. At his age, he is neither young nor old, but sensible and mature."

Perhaps because she has not endured the pain of childbirth too much, Xu Shuhua looks much younger than women of the same age. If her temperament were not calm and dignified enough and could not be cultivated by the head of the house, I am afraid that many people would regard her as a pre-eminent woman. Miss.

Xu Shuhua closed his eyes and felt his tenderness: "But you have to say hello to Su Qi and the others in advance to avoid getting into trouble later."

Gu Yunji said warmly: "Don't worry, I know all this."

The matter was settled in this way, and a few days later, Gu Yunji and his group met with people from Fo Langji's caravan in a restaurant in Shaoxing Prefecture.

Not many people came from both sides this time. In addition to Mei Feng, Su Qi and Yu Jingming, Gu Yunji was also accompanied by Shen Baiyi.There were only four people on the other side, two Francois with high noses and blue eyes, and two who looked like Chinese people.

When they saw Gu Yunji and his party, they were very enthusiastic. One of the Chinese faces introduced him: "My name is Wang Jianyue, and the person next to me is called Cao Xiong. We are all people of Daxia. In the early years, we came to the Westerners who came to do business in our country." He worked as a guide and later joined the Folangji caravan."

"The two here are both royal ministers of Franji. The adults can call them Aiberg and Joseph respectively."

After Wang Jianyue finished speaking, the two Folangji men performed Western etiquette in this direction, and Gu Yunji and others also returned the courtesy.

After a brief acquaintance, Wang Jianyue smiled and said: "Mr. Joseph thought that the adults could not understand the language with them, so he ordered me and Cao Xiong to serve as translators. Later, Cao Xiong would translate Mr. Joseph and Mr. Eberg for the adults. He speaks French very well, so you don’t have to worry about poor communication.”

Mei Feng put a polite smile on his face and said politely: "I don't think you two are so considerate. They even prepared a translator for us. We just happened to find a translator. It is always easier for three people to do things than two people." , why don’t we get to know each other together.”

With that said, Mei Feng told the attendant: "Go and ask Mrs. Xu to come over."