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

The autumn breeze is blowing gently and the weather is cool.

Gu Jingxi held a book in his hand and sat in front of Wanwan's small bed, reading slowly and steadily. The more he read, the more energetic and excited he became. Wanwan on the bed was already drowsy, and she yawned, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

As soon as Meng Jinyao came in, she saw this scene and couldn't help but said, "Husband, stop reciting. Your son has fallen asleep. If you continue reciting, he will be woken up by you."

Hearing this, Gu Jingxi stopped reading, glanced at his son who was lying on the small bed with his eyes closed and already asleep, and frowned: "This brat will take the imperial examination in a dozen years, how can he sleep?"

Meng Jinyao was stunned, her eyes suddenly widened, and she said in disbelief: "Gu Jingxi, don't tell me that you read to your son on purpose so that he can learn."

"What's the problem?" Gu Jingxi said nonchalantly, "Learning must start from childhood. Only by being influenced by what you see and hear from a young age will you love learning when you grow up. Now he falls asleep listening to poetry. Listening more can help him develop a sense of language."

Meng Jinyao glanced at her son who was sleeping soundly and fell silent. How could a baby who couldn't even speak develop a sense of language?

The wet nurse standing by silently felt sorry for the little prince, and once again felt that it was not easy to be a child of a wealthy family. The little prince was only a few months old and could not even speak, but the Marquis asked him to study. It is conceivable how high the Marquis's requirements would be when the little prince reached the age of enlightenment. But think about it, the Marquis has been outstanding since he was a child, and he must hope that the little prince will surpass him.

Meng Jinyao smiled and said, "Husband, do you think too highly of Wanwan? He is still so young, even if he listens, he won't understand what you are saying."

Gu Jingxi shook his head gently: "It doesn't matter whether he can understand it or not. What matters is that he will be influenced by it after listening to it many times. My mother said that when I was a child, my father did the same thing, studying beside me."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyao was stunned again, and then asked, "Does it really work?" As she spoke, she asked herself and answered, "It should work. My husband won the first place in the imperial examination when he was a teenager."

Gu Jingxi replied: "Actually, I don't know if it will work or not. Anyway, studying is not a difficult thing for me."

Meng Jinyao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Just say it has something to do with the brain."

Gu Jingxi smiled and said, "It has something to do with the brain, but what's more important is that you are willing to learn. If you don't want to learn, no matter how smart you are, it's useless. Isn't Xiuwen from my sister-in-law's family like this? Xiuwen used to be lazy and didn't want to learn. When I tested him on his knowledge, he often couldn't answer. Now he is willing to learn, and he has made great progress."

Meng Jinyao did not object to his approach and only said, "Okay, I don't care about you and your son. If you want to read to him, you can read to him in your free time and educate him well. Whether it is effective or not, you will be able to see it in a few years when he is enlightened."

Gu Jingxi nodded slightly and continued, "Speaking of enlightenment, we have to carefully select the right teacher to invite during these few years. The teacher for enlightenment does not have to be famous, but he must be suitable for Wanwan. If you invite the right teacher, you will get twice the result with half the effort."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyao laughed helplessly: "Husband, you are thinking too far ahead. It will be a few years before we can ask a teacher to enlighten us. We can only enlighten Wanwan when she is four years old. We can talk about the future later. Now that Wanwan is asleep, come and play two games of chess with me."

Gu Jingxi responded: "Okay."

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At the court meeting that day, Emperor Jingwen issued an imperial decree to grant a marriage between the third prince and the seventh princess of Anguo, and to choose an date for the wedding.

After the court meeting ended, everyone congratulated the third prince on winning the beauty.

The third prince was surrounded by the crowd. Regardless of whether they were sincere or not, he thanked them with a smile, exchanged some pleasantries with them, and then left.

Seeing this, the Second Prince followed his steps and said with a smile: "The Seventh Princess of Anguo is stunningly beautiful, a rare beauty. Congratulations, Third Brother."

The third prince replied: "Thank you, second brother."

The second prince continued, "Father said earlier that you, my third sister, and my fourth brother were accompanying the third prince and the seventh princess on a trip. My two younger brothers are so outstanding, so I thought that maybe one of you would be favored by the seventh princess, and I guessed it right."

At this time, the Fourth Prince also followed.

The Second Prince saw him coming and said half seriously and half jokingly: "Seventh Princess is such a good girl. Fourth brother was not feeling well and was unable to accompany Seventh Princess to play. I wonder if you regret it and missed the opportunity of fair competition."

He said this skillfully, telling the Third Prince in a roundabout way that the Fourth Prince did not want to marry Princess Anguo, and deliberately pretended to be sick and did not accompany the Seventh Princess on the outing, so that he would be the scapegoat and marry the Seventh Princess.

The Third Prince was called to the Imperial Study together with the Fourth Prince. Before accompanying the Seventh Princess on an outing, it had already been decided that the Third Prince would marry the Seventh Princess. The Second Prince's words failed to sow discord.

The fourth prince said in a gentle voice: "Second brother, I said before that I had no intention of getting married, so how could I regret it? With my body, it is hard to say whether I can live to the age of twenty, so I won't delay the girl."

Hearing this, the Second Prince's expression paused. Looking at the sickly appearance of the prince, he was frail and sickly, taking medicine as meals. When the autumn wind blew, the smell of medicine on his body came to his nose. However, he had been taking medicine since he was a child and could not stop. He had been sick so many times, but he could not die. He was still very strong.

The second prince said, "Fourth brother, don't say such nonsense again. You will live a long life."

The fourth prince covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice, then sighed, "My life is only being kept alive by expensive medicines. Fortunately, I was born in an imperial family. If I were an ordinary family, how could they afford my medicines? I'm afraid I would have died at the age of two or three."

The second prince comforted him, "Fourth brother, don't think too much, and don't be too pessimistic. Follow the doctor's advice, and your body will slowly get better."

"It's been so many years. If it could be cured, it would have been cured long ago." The fourth prince said, and then sighed, "Forget it, let's not talk about it. Third brother is engaged, and I haven't congratulated him yet. I congratulate him now."

The third prince smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, fourth brother."

Over there, Qi Yunwen saw several princes not far away and whispered to his friend, "Yao Ling, you shaved your beard again, is it because you heard that the Seventh Princess and the Third Prince are about to get married?"

Gu Jingxi glared at him: "Mo Bai, are you bored because you've had enough? You're just thinking about these nonsense. Why don't you solve a few more cases with this time?"

Qi Yunwen shrugged disapprovingly and said with a smile: "Of course I have to take care of the case, but after dinner, I have to find some gossip to kill time. I am quite interested in your gossip, but I may not be interested in other people's gossip."

Gu Jingxi paused, and said with a fake smile: "It doesn't matter, I will soon make sure you don't have time to gossip."

Qi Yunwen was choked by these words, and then said: "Gu Yaoling, I warn you, don't take revenge on personal gain."

"How could that be?" Gu Jingxi smiled even more deeply. "The more capable, the more work. Qi Shaoqing has outstanding abilities, so he should work harder. What do you think?"

Qi Yunwen's face froze. He looked at Gu Jingxi's quickly leaving figure, slapped his mouth lightly, and regretted it deeply. He shouldn't have said so much. Now, he had to be busy again.