The scumbag ran away from marriage, I remarried on the spot

In the evening, Gu Jingxi and Meng Jinyao returned from a trip to Taihu Lake. As soon as they returned to Qinyaxuan, Butler Liu came over and presented an invitation. He said respectfully: "Master Marquis, this is an invitation sent by someone from the prefect of Huzhou."

Huzhou prefect?

Gu Jingxi frowned slightly, reached out to take the invitation, and glanced at the content on it. The invitation simply said that the day after tomorrow was the fifty-sixth birthday of the mother of the governor of Huzhou. A birthday banquet was held in the mansion and the couple was invited to the birthday banquet.

The prefect of Huzhou is a fourth-grade official, and he is a third-grade official. It stands to reason that he is so much higher than the official of the prefect of Huzhou. The prefect of Huzhou will not invite them to celebrate the birthday of his mother.

But the brother-in-law of the prefect of Huzhou is the governor of Zhejiang. He is a veritable official in the border areas. His official position is from the second rank and his rank is higher than him. He has to salute when he sees him. With such a backer, it is normal for the prefect of Huzhou to invite him. After all, it is the day of the birthday banquet. , the governor of Zhejiang, as the old lady’s son-in-law, would also come to celebrate her birthday.

The governor has all gone, and if he doesn't go, he will show his lack of face.

Butler Liu saw his Lord Marquis frowning and felt uneasy: "Master Marquis, what's wrong?" After he said that, he looked at his wife and seemed to realize something, and quickly lowered his head.

Gu Jingxi said softly: "It's nothing, please step back first."

Butler Liu responded and stepped back: "Yes, Lord Marquis."

Meng Jinyao took the invitation from her husband, read the content on it, and then asked: "Husband, does the prefect of Huzhou have anything to do with our family?"

Gu Jingxi shook his head: "There is no intersection."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyao nodded slightly: "Then let's prepare a birthday gift and send someone to deliver it the day after tomorrow? Although his official position is lower than yours, he is still in the officialdom. Maybe he will be promoted in the future. If he is on an equal footing with you, how much will he still have to pay? What do you think, husband?"

"Our Ayao is thoughtful." Gu Jingxi approved her idea, and then changed the topic, "But for the birthday banquet the day after tomorrow, we will both send birthday gifts and attend the birthday banquet."

Meng Jinyao was stunned after hearing this, but she didn't think much about it and just said: "Then I will ask Butler Liu to prepare birthday gifts tomorrow. We will attend the birthday banquet the day after tomorrow. I also want to see what the birthday banquet is like here in Huzhou."

Gu Jingxi asked: "Ayao, do you know the background of the Huzhou magistrate? Who is his wife?"

Meng Jinyao shook her head. She didn't know much about officialdom. How could she know the background of the Huzhou magistrate? She didn't even know her background, let alone who her wife was. Even if she knew something, it was from the capital circle. She knew nothing about local officials.

Gu Jingxi said calmly: "The Huzhou magistrate's surname is Wei. He was originally from the capital. He married a girl from the Mei family. After becoming a Jinshi, he was sent to a local official as an official. After his father and brother died of illness one after another, he took his mother to care for him. He has an eldest sister, who is the wife of Master Han, the governor of Zhejiang."

After hearing this, Meng Jinyao nodded in understanding and replied: "It turns out that his brother-in-law is the governor. No wonder my husband will attend the birthday banquet. He doesn't have to give it to him, but he must give it to the governor. After all, the old lady is the governor's mother-in-law." .”

Seeing that his young wife hadn't realized what was wrong, Gu Jingxi reminded her: "Ayao, do you still remember whose daughter my ex-fiancée is?"

Meng Jinyao answered without thinking: "Mei family, what's wrong?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly realized that her husband's ex-fiancée was a daughter of the Mei family, and the wife of Mr. Wei, the prefect of Huzhou, was also a daughter of the Mei family. Are these the same person, or are they sisters?

Seeing this, Gu Jingxi knew that she had reacted and said, "Mrs. Wei is my ex-fiancée."

Even though she had already guessed it, Meng Jinyao still felt an uproar in her heart after hearing his words. She did not expect that by such a coincidence, Mrs. Wei turned out to be her husband's ex-fiancée.

In an instant, countless scenes flashed through Meng Jinyao's mind, such as old lovers meeting each other, and comparisons between old love and new love. She couldn't help but guess whether her husband was still in love with her and wanted to see her old lover when she arrived in Huzhou. lover.

She lowered her eyes slightly and asked softly: "Then, what does that husband mean?"

Gu Jingxi replied: "What I mean is that I should tell you this kind of thing in advance, so as not to be embarrassed if you are the last one to know at the banquet."

Meng Jinyao clenched her fists, suddenly raised her head to look at Gu Jingxi, and mustered up the courage to ask her doubts: "Did your husband go to the birthday banquet to see her?"

She was uneasy and her tone was a little unsteady when she asked this question.

When Gu Jingxi heard this, he was stunned for a moment. The next moment, he held the person on his lap and sat down. He said gently: "Silly girl, what are you thinking about? I told you last year that she and I have nothing. She just had an engagement, and now she and I are married. This birthday banquet has nothing to do with her. Even if Mrs. Wei is not her, I will go to this birthday banquet. "

Meng Jinyao asked again: "She was fine after she got married, but what about before she got married? You even ordered a set of plum blossom-style hair and face for her, but you didn't give it away. We will meet her again the day after tomorrow. What do you think now? "

Hearing this, Gu Jingxi was slightly stunned, and then explained in a warm voice: "At that time, we were planning to agree on a wedding date. My mother said that I was like a piece of wood and would not please the girl's family. She asked me to give her a gift on her birthday and told me She liked plum blossoms and asked me to give her some gifts that she liked to enhance our relationship, so I came up with this set of headscarves. Later, I got injured, so I didn’t give this set of headscarves."

Meng Jinyao saw that he didn't seem to be talking, and her uneasy heart had slowly calmed down, but she still had questions, so she asked again: "But the Mei family has taken the initiative to break off the engagement, why do you still keep this mask?"

Gu Jingxi replied truthfully: "After I was injured, I learned about the injury from the imperial doctor, so I thought about breaking off the engagement. I didn't want to delay the girl's life. I also threw the mask in the warehouse, but before I took the initiative to cancel it, I The Mei family came to break off the engagement. I also forgot about the mask in the warehouse. It was only after you found it that I remembered that it happened. "

Meng Jinyao was stunned, she didn't expect it to be such a reason. No wonder when she found the hood, it was in an inconspicuous corner and had been covered in dust for a long time. It turned out that her husband didn't remember it after he passed away.

Gu Jingxi said warmly: "Ayao, I have never had any romantic feelings for her. The original engagement was the intention of the elders of both parties. I also think that the girl from the Mei family is dignified, elegant and a good girl, so I did not refuse."

Meng Jinyao believed his words and said with shame, "Husband, am I being unreasonable?"

Gu Jingxi shook his head gently: "How can this be unreasonable? If you have questions in your mind, just ask them directly. There is no problem. I'm afraid that you didn't ask anything and just made random guesses in your mind."

After he finished speaking, he reached out to hold his little wife's face, looked into her eyes, and said softly: "Ayao, don't think nonsense in the future. Your husband has only liked you as a girl for so long."