marriage contract

Because of Gu Chengzhi's nonsense, Chu Junyi's visit to Mrs. Xiao had to be postponed for two days.

Mrs. Xiao was also very happy to see Chu Junyi bringing Brother Qi to see her, and she did not let go of her holding Brother Qi. As for why her nephew was two days late, Mrs. Xiao wisely did not ask.

Seeing that Mrs. Xiao didn't intend to ask, Chu Junyi was also relieved.

Mrs. Xiao returned to Beijing mainly for two things. One was to see Chu Junyi and to know how he was doing. The other was for her son's marriage.

Uncle Xiao is 16 years old this year, and he has reached the age where he can get married. Because Mr. Xiao will return to Beijing next year, the matter of picking a wife for Uncle Xiao is also on the agenda.

Mrs. Xiao hoped that her son would marry a wife and have children soon, and she also wanted to go back to Beijing to see Chu Junyi, so she decided to do the two things together.

There are also relatives and friends of the Tang family and the Xiao family in Beijing. Mrs. Xiao has visited them all these days. By the way, she also asked the female relatives of the relatives and friends to help find out which family has a girl who has not yet been engaged and has a good character. After all, Their family has been away from Beijing for many years, and they certainly don't know as much as the female family members staying in Beijing when it comes to this kind of news.

While asking for help, Mrs. Xiao asked her servants to go out to inquire. In just a few days, she made a long list.

Holding those pieces of paper, Chu Junyi sighed in his heart, his aunt really hasn't changed much, and she still does things so straightforwardly.

"Brother Yi, help me take a look too." Mrs. Xiao said with a smile.

Those lists were written clearly and clearly, listing the house and the number of rooms, the rank of the girls, whether the parents were alive or not, how many brothers they had, and so on.

However, Chu Junyi lowered his head and glanced a few times, a little confused: "I've never seen those girls..."

"I know you haven't seen those girls." Mrs. Xiao kept laughing while hugging Brother Qi, and said with a smile, "It's not good if you can see those girls, right?" After speaking, she touched her Brother Qi's head.

"Yes." The little guy replied crisply.

"That's good." Mrs. Xiao kissed the little guy on the forehead with a "paw". Brother Qi's face was blushing, and he started to slip into Mrs. Xiao's arms without even looking at his father.

Chu Junyi: "..."

Mrs. Xiao especially likes children to act like a baby to her. When she hugged Brother Qi, she screamed "heart" and "baby" for a while, which made Chu Junyi almost unable to sit still, even though it was not calling him.

At the end, Mrs. Xiao raised her head and said to Chu Junyi: "I don't want you to help me look after the girl, but I want you to help me see which family has a better family style and whether my father and brother have misbehavior. I don't want my daughter-in-law's family to have more power. Gao, as long as the girl has good conduct and is not such a difficult person to get along with. But I don't want to choose an in-law with a bad family style, if my father and brother behave badly, no matter how good the girl is, I don't want it."

Getting married is the best way to get married with two surnames. The in-laws are reliable or not, but there are many things wrong. I haven't seen many families who are dragged down by the in-laws and can't hold their heads up.

Mrs. Xiao didn't intend to find a noble daughter. Anyway, the Xiao family didn't have such a high family status. She just wanted to find a family with a good family style, reliable in-laws, and a virtuous girl to marry.

It is the girl who asks relatives and friends to help, and it is the family tradition and the man who asks Chu Junyi to help. The inquiries from the female relatives are not comprehensive enough, and many things need to be looked at by men.

After hearing Mrs. Xiao's words, Chu Junyi nodded to express his understanding. He has the information network left by the third master of Chu. It is not only about Prince Yu, but he knows about all the people with a background in Beijing.

The girl brought the Four Treasures of the Study, and Chu Junyi started the first round of selection with a pen.

Those whose family style was not very decent were all crossed out, and the father and brother were crossed out with lust and brutality. At the end of the crossing, Chu Junyi thought about it, and crossed out all the princelings, royalists and neutral parties.

Mrs. Xiao watched Chu Junyi write quickly, and knew that he had not been abandoned in Beijing these years, but when she saw a few houses crossed out, she couldn't help asking: "Brother Yi, these houses should be good, right?" ?” These are the ones that are highly recommended, and she has not heard of any bad reputation in private inquiries.

"En, it's not bad." Chu Junyi's subordinates didn't stop moving, and drew a circle in front of several houses, and said in a flat tone: "But they belong to several princes."

"What?!" Mrs. Xiao was stunned. She didn't find out about this, but Chu Junyi would not lie to her, so she gradually calmed down, "Forget it, our family will not participate in this."

Chu Junyi nodded, then sketched, and finally handed the list back, saying: "I crossed out all the people with problems, the ones circled in front are the people of the prince, and the ones drawn in the triangle are family traditions, fathers and brothers. Yes, but there are a few rogues among the relatives, and the rest are the emperor's people."

Mrs. Xiao stabilized her mind, took the list and read it.

There are only a dozen or so companies listed on these lists, half of which are directly crossed out, and of the remaining half, three are circled, four are triangles, and six are left without drawing anything. Home.

Mrs. Xiao didn't ask how Chu Junyi knew this, she put away the list and asked about other things.

Chu Junyi was also happy to change the subject, but judging by Mrs. Xiao's appearance, the daughter-in-law probably had to choose among the remaining six families.

I talked to Gu Chengzhi about it at night, and Gu Chengzhi also thought it was good, there was no risk of standing in line, and it was safe.

After reading Mrs. Xiao's list, Chu Junyi thought of Zhu Ning again, because the name of the Qi family was also on the list, but it was written about the girl from the big house.

Chu Junyi thought that he hadn't seen Zhu Ning for a while, so he sent a message to Zhu's family that day, and got a reply soon.

The next day, when Gu Chengzhi went to the Imperial Academy, Chu Junyi took Brother Qi to Zhu's house.

Mrs. Zhu also gave birth to a son in her second birth. Now the eldest wife of the Zhu family has two sons, and the second wife has only one son. However, Zhu Ningfei has to observe the filial piety for 27 months, and the two wives are no longer pregnant.

Zhu Ning has been living in the study in the front yard, so Chu Junyi naturally went to the study when he came to find him, and asked the girl to take Brother Qi to the backyard to play with his younger brothers. Zhu Ning took Chu Junyi and asked him to drink with him.

Chu Junyi's alcohol capacity is not good, he put it down after drinking two cups, but Zhu Ning didn't care, and drank on his own, no, maybe it should be said to be drunk.

"What happened?" Chu Junyi asked with a frown.

"Nothing happened." Zhu Ning lowered his eyes and drank the wine in his glass.

Chu Junyi held down his hand that was going to get the wine, and his voice was stern, "It's okay, you pour yourself like this?!"

Zhu Ning looked up at him, threw the wine glass on the table, and said listlessly, "I'm just annoying."

"What happened?" Chu Junyi asked again.

Zhu Ning twitched the corners of his mouth, leaned forward, and said in a low voice, "Brother Yi, do you know? My daughter-in-law...is really not ordinary virtuous."

Chu Junyi listened quietly but didn't intend to answer.

Zhu Ning couldn't hold back when he opened his mouth, and the words came out of his mouth, "They said they would lift up my aunt after I got rid of my filial piety, it just depends on what I like. Hire me outside, look, how virtuous, I didn't even say I want to take a concubine, so I can't wait to push me outside..."

Chu Junyi lowered his eyes slightly and listened quietly.

Zhu Ning didn't know what he wanted to say, he just wanted to find someone to talk to. When Mrs. Zhu said these words, his heart felt like it was on fire. You are wrong, the eldest son is born, it is normal to take a concubine, who doesn't take a concubine... But he just doesn't want to take a concubine...

"I know that both of them don't like to get close to me, even if they didn't say it, but I'm not stupid, they, they...they are very repulsive to me..." Zhu Ning's expression was a little dazed, " Brother Yi, why do you say? I am their husband, am I not?"

"Probably..." Chu Junyi sighed, "You picked a very small part."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Ning was really at a loss.

Chu Junyi thought for a while before saying: "There are a small number of people in the world who only like women, and a small number of people who only like men. The rest of the people are just men and women. Those two in your family..."

"It's the small group of people who only like women?" Zhu Ning only thought it was funny, but after thinking about it, it made sense.

"Are they showing resistance?" Chu Junyi asked.

Zhu Ning shook his head, "I can't see it at all, but I have this feeling after sharing the same bed for so long."

Chu Junyi: "..."

Zhu Ning lowered his head in thought, and suddenly said: "Actually, you and Gu Sanye are quite good, I'm serious, you both have identified each other, and..."

"None of us will have children." Chu Junyi interrupted Zhu Ning with a calm tone, "Neither he nor I will have children who inherit our blood."

This time, Zhu Ning really had nothing to say.

But who is to blame for this?

Congratulations to the old lady?Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu?Or, Zhu Ning?

The old lady Zhu is really for the sake of the Zhu family, even Chu Junyi can't fault the matter of concubine, Zhu Ning enjoys everything the Zhu family has given, so she should contribute to the Zhu family.

The two wives of Zhu's family are probably pure homosexuals, but the upbringing of Qi's family will never let them really reject their husbands. Even Zhu Ning said that it just feels like they are not close to him.

In fact, if Zhu Ningneng was a little more careless, he would probably be fine, but he has a delicate mind and wants to get a perfect love...

If the two wives were not the same, maybe the old lady Zhu would not let Zhu Ning have sex at all. After all, the risk of sex is too great, if the family is in trouble, it is better not to have sex.

But it was such a coincidence that the old lady Zhu found the most suitable candidate for sex. The two wives had nothing to criticize in other aspects, but just that point became a thorn in Zhu Ning's heart.

I wish the old lady a thousand calculations, but the calculation missed Zhu Ning's heart.

Of course, there is also the reason of being pampered for many years. The Zhu family has no male elders who can teach Zhu Ning. Zhu Ning is really good at the hands of a woman, even if this woman is a top-notch figure in the Women's Army.

"Is it time to get rid of filial piety in a few months?" Chu Junyi asked.

Zhu Ning nodded in a daze.

"You call me elder brother, and I also treat you as a younger brother, but I won't say these words a second time, do you understand?" It's hard for an honest official to break up housework, even if it's the biological parents, it's best not to intervene, the next words Chu Junyi will only say this once.

Zhu Ning froze for a moment, then nodded again.

"After you get rid of filial piety, you can go to work." Chu Junyi said directly.

"Ah?" Zhu Ning was stunned again.

"Whether it's good to donate to an official or get a good job, don't stay in the backyard after you get rid of filial piety." Chu Junyi sighed, "When you are on a job and have something to do, you can also distract yourself. Put your eyes in the inner courtyard, you know it's uncomfortable, and you still stare at the sky, aren't you sincerely making yourself uncomfortable? Can you make your daughter-in-law change her mind or put them all away? ?Since you can’t do it, don’t rush to look for abuse. There is not only love in this world. You should be for your children, set an example for them, and find a job for yourself. It's not difficult, didn't you say before that if you want to be an extremely human minister and make your father proud of you, now is your chance."

"Grandmother, she has always disagreed..." Zhu Ning muttered.

"This time is not that time. At that time, you were young, you hadn't married a wife and had children, and you were easily injured whether you were practicing martial arts or working as an errand. How could the old lady agree." Chu Junyi paused and said: "But it's different now, you Already have a son, there is nothing wrong with being an errand, the old lady has spent her whole life to wish her family and you, so why would the old lady be unhappy when you are promising?"

Zhu Ning bowed his head and remained silent.

Speaking of this, Chu Junyi also felt that enough was enough, and the next step was to see if Zhu Ning could figure it out.

"Are you still drinking?" Chu Junyi asked.

Zhu Ning looked up at him and nodded, but his mind was obviously not on the wine.

Two people were sitting in the yard drinking wine, and there was a young woman standing quietly outside the yard.

"Big..." The girl next to the woman wanted to remind her, but she lost her voice when she gave her a slight glance.

Mrs. Zhu stood outside the courtyard with an unusually calm expression. She looked up at the courtyard wall, as if she could see the people inside through the courtyard wall.

The girl behind her looked nervous. They had been standing here for a long time, and they had heard everything they should and should not have heard, so they couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Mrs. Zhu stood for a while, and then turned to leave. When the maids saw that the master was gone, they hurriedly followed.

After entering the third gate, Mrs. Zhu stopped in her tracks, and said to the girl next to her, "In a quarter of an hour, you will bring the hangover soup."

"Yes, this servant knows." The girl lowered her head and replied, not even a drop of the hangover soup in her hand spilled.

Mrs. Zhu nodded, her eyes drooping slightly, and she walked slowly back to the courtyard.

Chu Junyi drank with Zhu Ning until the evening, and when Gu Chengzhi came to pick him up, the drinking meeting ended.

"Why do you drink so much?" Gu Chengzhi asked with a frown.

Chu Junyi leaned in his arms, no matter how much he asked, he didn't answer.

Gu Chengzhi looked at his son, but Brother Qi shook his head again and again, he really didn't know...

"Don't drink so much next time." Gu Chengzhi was full of helplessness.

Chu Junyi suddenly raised his head, looked at him and smiled.

"Why..." Gu Chengzhi was about to ask him, but was blocked by Chu Junyi.

This kiss was not intense, but it carried some inexplicable emotions, Gu Chengzhi gently comforted him, and did not rush to push him away.

When the kiss was over, Chu Junyi tilted his head and said, "That's great."

Gu Chengzhi waited for his next words.

"It's great to meet you." Chu Junyi finished speaking.

Gu Chengzhi smiled, hugged him in his arms, and patted his head.

Chu Junyi's eyes closed slightly, leaning against Gu Chengzhi's body, a little drowsy.

Gu Chengzhi wanted to say something, but when he looked up, he saw Brother Qi sitting next to him.

Gu Chengzhi: "..."

The little guy covered his face with his two small hands, but his eyes were looking out from between the gaps between his fingers, his eyes were staring at his father without blinking, his eyes were full of curiosity.

Gu Chengzhi: "..."