Spoiling my mistress and swallowing my dowry? After my rebirth, I changed my marriage to a powerful

Only after leaving Nancheng did Wang Fugui dare to call him Prince.

"Sir, your marriage has been decided. It's to the second young lady of the Xie family."

"What? Second Miss?" Gu Chengyan almost fell off the carriage.

"Yes, it's Miss Xie."

How could it be the second lady?

Gu Chengyan was filled with confusion and went home to look for his father immediately. However, he found that his father was not there. He asked the housekeeper, who said that the master had not returned home since yesterday.

He went to Tu's yard again. His mother was sorting out the accounts. It seemed that the accounts didn't match, and she was so angry that she was cursing.

When the people in the courtyard saw him coming back, they all smiled respectfully and said, "My Lord."

"Yeah." He nodded gently, without stopping.

Tu put down the accounts in her hand and signaled her personal nanny Wan to send everyone out first.

No one was around. Gu Chengyan suppressed his anger and asked coldly, "Mother arranged for me to be the second young lady of the Xie family?"

Tu: “Yes.”

"Didn't we agree on that, young lady?"

"Living Buddha Yuanji is here and said that if you and Miss Xie get married, there will be rivers of blood flowing between the two houses, which will be a disaster."

How could this be?

Gu Chengyan was also stunned. Not wanting to say more, he stood up and went to find his grandmother.

Madam Hou's courtyard was called Ci'en Courtyard. When the head maid Taxue saw him coming, she hurriedly reported: "Madam, the prince is here."

The old lady's face immediately turned ugly when she saw Gu Chengyan coming in, followed by Tu.

"Where have you been these days? You're engaged, and you're nowhere to be seen!"

"Grandma, wasn't it agreed that the eldest daughter of the Xie family would be chosen? Why is it the second daughter? The one my grandson loves is the eldest daughter of the Xie family."

The old lady said, "Didn't your mother tell you the reason?"

Of course I said it! Gu Chengyan held his breath and asked, "Is it too late to replace it?"

The old lady frowned: "Do you think this is where you buy vegetables from the market? You definitely can't change it."

The marriage between the second daughter of the Xie family and Yan'er was arranged yesterday. I don't know how the third daughter got the news, but she sent someone to send a letter to her, asking her to help arrange the marriage for the eldest daughter.

It just so happened that Xu also had this idea. She said that there should be order of seniority and the marriage should not skip the eldest daughter. Lord Gu was a young talent and she didn't want to miss the opportunity.

Both parties were strongly in favor, so there was no reason for the old lady to object.

"Grandmother, you have been telling me since I was young to marry the eldest daughter of the Xie family to me!"

"The Living Buddha said that you and the eldest daughter of the Xie family are not a good match."

"No," Gu Chengyan was so angry that he yelled, "I don't want Second Miss Xie!"

"Gu Chengyan, who gave you the courage to yell at your grandmother and mother? Second Miss Xie was originally going to marry into Prince Jing's mansion. Do you think they want to marry you?"

Tu was furious, "They are willing to marry you, you should go and burn incense to thank them!"

Gu Chengyan was so angry that he blurted out: "What does Living Buddha Yuanji know? He is just a lunatic! How can you take his crazy words seriously? Even if he is a big villain, what's the big deal? At most, I will marry the eldest daughter home and I won't consummate the marriage with her. I don't want to be equal to her, do you really think I will have children with her?"

"You bastard, how dare you disobey the Living Buddha's words?" Tu cursed.

Gu Chengyan was so angry that he was speechless. Yingying had said that fortune-telling and living Buddhas were all feudal superstitions.

Even Your Majesty is a mortal. The so-called Son of Heaven and the real dragon are all used to fool the people and make them believe in them blindly.

"The eldest daughter is the legitimate daughter of Xie Anfeng and his first wife. She is Xie Yu's biological sister and Xu Taifu's biological niece. What's wrong with the second daughter? Her biological mother is just a concubine of the Xu family. Xie Anfeng married her as his second wife because he thought that as an aunt, she would be kind to the two children."

"Yan'er, I tell you, there's no point in arguing with me. The eldest daughter of the Xie family has already been betrothed to your third uncle." Tu said angrily, "This kind of person is a jinx. He makes trouble for the family before he even enters the house."

"What? You've arranged for her to be with Uncle San? You're confused!"

Gu Chengyan angrily grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it to pieces, blurting out, "You ruined my plan!"

The old lady could no longer bear it and shouted at the door: "Bring the Marquis back immediately! Please use the family law. I will teach this unfilial descendant who disrespects the gods and his parents a lesson."

Gu Chengyan's mind turned cold instantly. He knelt down, lowered his head, and said, "Grandma, I was wrong."

"Oh, wrong? It's fine if you say these words in my courtyard, but if they get to the ears of the people in the Xie Mansion, not to mention you, the prince of the Marquisate, the entire Marquisate could disappear from Kyoto without a sound!"

"I didn't know you had such great ambitions that you could go beyond the will of heaven and force someone to marry you!"

"You married a wife not for the purpose of living in harmony with her or having children, then what did you marry for? To exploit her? To embezzle her dowry? Or for something else?"

"You said that your grand plan was ruined. What grand plan is it? Tell me about it, so that I can see it. Is it so grand that it can overturn the sky?"

Seeing that the old lady was very angry, Gu Chengyan immediately admitted his mistake: "Grandma, I was wrong. I just didn't get engaged to Miss Xie by accident, and I was so angry that I said something I didn't think should be said."

The old lady insisted on applying family rules.

Pointing at Tu, he said, "Go to the Buddhist temple and kneel down. Come out when you realize you are wrong."

Marquis Gu Boyu had been hanging out in the casino for two or three days and had lost more than a hundred taels of silver. He was trying hard to make up for his losses when he heard his old mother calling him to return home, and he reluctantly went to Ci'enyuan.

The old lady was so angry that she scolded him without saying a word and told him to follow the family rules immediately.

Gu Boyu did not dare to disobey, and immediately took the iron whip and whipped Gu Chengyan five times. Gu Chengyan took it.

The old lady said sadly, "I have been smart all my life, but my mistake was finding you a short-sighted wife. Now you have raised a grandson who doesn't know his place. The Marquis's mansion is going to be ruined by him. How can I face your father?"

Gu Boyu immediately apologized: "It's all because of my unfilial son. I didn't manage the family well, and made my mother worry about it at such an old age."

The old lady told Gu Boyu the result of the marriage discussion between the two mansions yesterday, and said, "You should detain Yan'er and stop talking nonsense. Otherwise, let alone the Xie Mansion, if your third brother breaks away from the Marquis Mansion, the Marquis Mansion will no longer have a place to stand."

Although the affairs of Ci'enyuan were handled behind closed doors, the mansion was so large that it was impossible to keep it completely secret.

Gu Shaoyu came back in the evening and greeted the old lady.

The old lady was smart. She was afraid that the uncle and nephew would become estranged because of what happened during the day, so she told them directly.

"Yan'er and you are not young anymore. If you have no objection, propose marriage as soon as possible. There is no end to the affairs of state, and marriage will not delay your service to His Majesty."

Both the uncle and nephew were outstanding, but they were both unmarried at an advanced age. It was rumored throughout the capital that they had hidden illnesses.

"Okay, my son has taken note of it."

The two governments exchanged engagement letters, and originally planned to propose to Xie's family before the end of the month. Suddenly, the court received an urgent report from the south.

A strong spring hurricane hit Yangzhou, and more than a dozen large ships transporting official salt sank, killing all the crew members and helmsmen.