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

The Anguo envoy has arrived.

The Ministry of Rites became busy and was responsible for receiving the envoys. The second master of the Gu family, Gu Jingsong, was from the Ministry of Rites and was also busy.

The State of Zhao was vast and rich in resources. Its land area was much larger than that of the State of An, and it had more new things. Its capital was much more prosperous than that of the State of An. The third prince and the seventh princess were visiting the State of Zhao for the first time. They felt it was new and had been playing in the city for three consecutive days.

After the brother and sister arrived, they met Emperor Jingwen. However, Emperor Jingwen was busy, so he just received them and ordered the officials of the Ministry of Rites to receive them well.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were all smart people. How could they not understand what Emperor Jingwen meant?

Anguo was a vassal state. Why did Zhao, a great country, need to curry favor with them? Moreover, they were teenagers and girls. The combined age of the brother and sister was less than 35 years old. It was normal for the emperor to be arrogant and leave them alone for two days.

However, the Third Prince and the Seventh Young Master seemed to be completely oblivious to this and were just eating, drinking and having fun.

Three days later, a banquet was held in the palace to welcome the third prince and the seventh princess.

The female members of the Gu family who had imperial decrees had to enter the palace to attend the palace banquet. Only Old Madam Gu and Meng Jinyao had imperial decrees. Neither Zhang from the first wife nor Chen from the second wife had any.

Because an elder was going out, Zhang and Chen both saw her off to the carriage.

After the carriage left, Zhang glanced at her husband beside her. She felt disgusted no matter how she looked at him. Her third brother and his wife were able to attend the palace banquet only because her third brother had earned an imperial edict for his wife. Her second brother's wife did not have an imperial edict and could not go, but her second brother's official rank was just enough to qualify her to attend. Her husband was the most useless, and it was also her fault that she was dazzled by the wealth of the Gu family and fell in love with such a useless guy.

As a son, Gu Xiuyuan saw his mother's expression and understood her feelings. He said gently, "Mother, I will try my best."

Zhang was stunned for a moment, but soon understood and was very pleased. She glanced at her husband with disdain and said, "Xiuyuan has been excellent since he was young. He will definitely be more successful than your father in the future. He will earn a royal title for me and your wife in the future."

Gu Jingsheng's face suddenly darkened: "Zhang, what do you mean by this?"

Zhang choked, "I was wrong? Xiuyuan is indeed better than you."

Gu Jingsheng was very angry: "Isn't it just to attend the palace banquet? Why are you so sarcastic? Didn't my second brother's wife also fail to go? My second brother's wife didn't say anything, but you are so vain that you want to compare with others in everything."

Chen: “???”

Zhang was also furious: "Although my second brother's wife didn't go, my second brother did. Why are you still arguing with me? If you have time to argue with me, why don't you think about how to make further progress? You are old and still have only an idle job. You should learn from your two brothers."

When a couple quarreled, Chen did not intervene but quietly stepped aside to avoid hurting innocent people.

Gu Xuanyi and Gu Xiuyuan were helpless. The relationship between their mother and father was getting worse and worse. Their mother would always find opportunities to ridicule their father. When their father refused to accept, the two would start arguing. The siblings looked at each other and hurriedly tried to stop the fight: "Mother, you are still at the door. If someone passes by and sees you arguing with father, they will laugh at our family."

Gu Xiuyuan also said, "Mother, Yunxin is probably awake now. If he wakes up and doesn't see his grandmother, he will probably make a fuss. Let's go in first."

When Zhang heard the word "grandson", her anger subsided by half and she slowly regained her rationality. If the couple had a big quarrel at the door and her mother-in-law knew about it, she would definitely scold her, which would not be worth it. Now that there were stairs, she walked down them.

The brother and sister coaxed Zhang into the house, one on each side, and Jiang followed closely behind.

Gu Jingsheng watched his wife, children, and daughter-in-law all leave, and no one comforted him. He was very angry. Zhang was his biological mother and he was also his biological father. Why did she treat him so badly? He didn't believe that Zhang had no credit for this.

Chen watched Zhang, her two children and daughter-in-law leave, and then Gu Jingsheng came into the house with a lot of anger. Looking at his posture, she guessed that he was seeking comfort from the concubine in the backyard.

Gu Xiuhong said: "Mother, let's go in too."

Chen nodded and went in with her son. When they returned to their own courtyard, she said to her son, "Xiuhong, you must not learn from your uncle in the future. You see, your uncle loves new things and dislikes old ones. Your aunt has become estranged from him, and your eldest brother and Xuanyi have also become estranged from him. Your third brother also protects your aunt. Now your uncle is like a lonely man."

"Mother, do you think your son is this kind of person?" Gu Xiuhong laughed helplessly and then asked, "Mother, your son came out of your belly, why don't you seem to know him very well?"

Hearing this, Chen was silent, staring at her son for a long while, then said, "Whether you understand or not is another matter. I almost forgot that you don't even have a sweetheart. What I said to you is all nonsense. It's also my fault that I was too strict with you in the past. You don't even have a good-looking maid in your yard. Now you have no interest in girls."

After she finished speaking, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. Her son was no longer interested in girls? Then wouldn't he be interested in men? After all, Xuanyi's ex-husband was interested in men. In order to cover up his infidelity, he married Xuanyi and never touched her after marriage.

Instantly, Chen was horrified and said hesitantly, "Son, you are not a homosexual and you like men, right? This is not okay. Your father and I only have you as our son. If you like men, your father will have no descendants."

Gu Xiuhong had just taken a sip of tea when he heard these words and was choked. He started coughing violently and his face turned red.

Seeing this, Chen felt that he had been hit on the point, and she instantly despaired, but she couldn't scold her son, lest the mother and son become estranged. She said carefully: "Son, you probably haven't tasted the taste of a woman. Mother will arrange a beautiful maid for you tonight. Once you have the comparison, you will know that women are better than men."

Gu Xiuhong hurriedly said, "Mother, what are you thinking about? My son doesn't like men, and it's even more impossible for him to be gay. As for the maidservant, forget it."

Chen was half-believing and half-doubting: "If it's not the case, then why don't you want a maidservant?"

"My son wants to keep his innocence for his future daughter-in-law." As Gu Xiuhong spoke, he looked embarrassed, his cheeks slightly flushed, and even his ears turned red.

Chen was surprised when he heard this. She was even more surprised when she saw that her son didn't seem to be making excuses to her. Why didn't she realize that her son was so innocent before?

After a moment, she said, "You are not young anymore, so you have to put marriage on the agenda."

Gu Xiuhong nodded: "Mother, I know what's going on."

Chen added: "You don't need to set your standards too high. If you set your standards too high, you'll end up being single. That's enough."

Gu Xiuhong glanced at her in surprise, then smiled: "Son, I understand."