Chapter 427: Marriage Arrangement
According to Tong Dajiao's memories from her previous life, Gu Jingzhe was the top scorer in this provincial examination.
There was a variable, Gu Ruinian.
However, Gu Ruinian was obviously a cannon fodder in this exam, so there would be no possibility of any accident and the first place would still fall on her son Gu Jingzhe.
Since my son is the top scorer, it will be such a great honor on the day the results are announced.
So she wanted to tailor-make a set of clothes for Gu Jingzhe that would bring out her top-notch temperament.
Tong Huaqiong asked Tailor Zhao, the most famous tailor in town, to come to her house to make custom clothes for Gu Jingzhe.
"Shopkeeper Tong, I made this dress overnight and I guarantee that the young scholar will be satisfied with it." Tailor Zhao said after taking Gu Jingzhe's measurements.
Before the results were announced, Tailor Zhao called Gu Jingzhe "scholar young master", which made Gu Jingzhe feel uncomfortable and his face turned red.
My mother is too high-profile. What will happen if I fail?
Seeing how I have been doing these past two days, I was certain that he would pass the imperial examination, so I immediately asked a tailor to come to my house to make me clothes for the exam.
Although he himself was confident, he would not dare to brag until the results were released...
Gu Jingzhe smiled and stuffed some silver into Tailor Zhao's pocket, saying, "Excuse me, have a cup of tea."
Tailor Zhao held the silver in his hand and smiled from ear to ear. He put away two feet of silver and said, "I won't drink the tea. I still have to go to your second room to make clothes for his second son."
Tong Huaqiong said, "Then I won't keep you. It's more important to give the second son of my second wife a reward for tailoring clothes. He did better than my Jingzhe in the exam and is said to have secured the first place in the case."
Tong Huaqiong didn't mind putting Gu Ruinian on a high place.
The higher the stand, the harder the fall.
Now the people in the old house, the clan members, the villagers... all know that Gu Ruinian is going to get the first place in the case. As for why Gu Ruinian can get the first place, they don’t know either. Anyway, they all say that he has the qualifications to get the first place, so he will definitely be the first place.
Now the second house is already getting nervous, saying that a matchmaker has come to propose marriage to Gu Ruinian.
Tong Huaqiong couldn't wait to announce the results and see Gu Ruinian get slapped in the face.
Tong Huaqiong sent Tailor Zhao out, and Matchmaker Wang happened to pass by Tong Huaqiong's house.
Matchmaker Wang lifted the curtain and sneered at Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong asked rudely, "Whose girl are you trying to bully?"
Matchmaker Wang raised her neck high and said, "Anyway, it's not your family that's in trouble. The Lian family in Pingchuan County has taken a fancy to the second son of your second son's family and wants to marry the second daughter to our second son's scholar."
Tong Huaqiong's mouth twitched.
The Lian family looks so familiar, isn’t it the family that Huang Jingshan broke off the engagement with?
Judging from the fact that the Lian family corrupted Huang Jingshan, they are not a good family either.
Tong Huaqiong said, "Has our Ruinian's fame spread to Pingchuan County?"
Matchmaker Wang said, "Of course. The Lian family is very happy."
After saying that, he closed the carriage curtain.
Today, Manager Tong is the richest man in Qinghe Bay, whom she cannot reach. She cannot afford to offend him, so she will strongly support the second wife of her family.
What's the use of having money and shops? No one has proposed marriage to my daughter at home. My youngest son was originally a good student, but now he has been overshadowed by the second wife.
Live it!
Matchmaker Wang and Tailor Zhao went to the old house one after another.
The people in the old house were surprised to see Matchmaker Wang come in. You know, Matchmaker Wang has always been snobbish.
When Mr. Gu just came back, he met matchmaker Wang who wanted to ask her to arrange a marriage for Gu Honglian, but she was not happy at all.
But now he’s here.
Originally, Mr. and Mrs. Gu wanted to make a fool of themselves, but Matchmaker Wang directly said that it was the Lian family who had entrusted her to marry their second daughter to Gu Ruinian.
The entire Gu family’s old house was in an uproar.
Especially Gu Youtian was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
The Lian family is a wealthy and powerful family in Pingchuan County. If he could marry into such a family, Gu Youtian would be able to turn his life around within a year.
You know what, my youngest son is really capable. There are already marriage proposals coming to him before the results are announced.
Then if he really wins the first prize in the case, wouldn't there be more people proposing marriages and the families they propose marriages to be from are higher?
Not only Gu Youtian had this idea, but Old Lady Gu and Jia also had the same idea.
Especially Jia, whose own son was even worthy of the princess.
"......Mrs. Wang, the second daughter of the Lian family is actually a concubine's daughter? Why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had known that she was a concubine's daughter, you would never have been able to enter our house." When Mrs. Gu learned that the second daughter of the Lian family was promised to Gu Ruinian as a concubine's daughter, she almost turned hostile on the spot and said some very unpleasant things.
Mr. Gu also looked unhappy.
When Gu Ruinian was a student, several illegitimate daughters from wealthy families in the south wanted to arrange marriages for him.
At that time, Gu Youtian was still doing business. Considering that the other party was born out of wedlock and there were better options waiting for him in the future, the Gu family rejected him.
Now his grandson is about to pass the imperial examination and he is planning to marry a concubine to him. This is really bullying.
Matchmaker Wang had never been confronted by anyone except Tong Huaqiong last time, so she felt a little embarrassed and said, "Old lady, this is not a formal marriage. We can only discuss it after your grandson passes the imperial examination. I came here today to have a talk with you and see what you think. If he fails, we will just pretend that nothing happened."
Jia felt that this was a huge insult, and said with a gloomy face: "It is impossible for my Rui Nian to fail to pass the imperial examination."
Gu Youtian said, "Although families like ours don't care about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, it's still a bit unfair for my Ruinian to marry a concubine's child. How about this, I'll ask Ruinian what he thinks on the day the results are announced. If Ruinian wants to discuss marriage, then we'll continue the discussion."
Gu Youtian also didn't want his son to find a second daughter born out of wedlock.
But he also didn't want to offend the Lian family, so he first stabilized the Lian family and waited until the results were announced before picking out the good ones to tell Ruinian.
He had heard that the Lian family had a third legitimate daughter. Maybe when Ruinian won the first place in the case, the Lian family would change their minds and marry the third daughter to Ruinian.
In his room, Gu Ruinian stretched out his arms and waist to measure the size according to the instructions of Tailor Zhao.
When he just came back from the provincial capital, he felt that he had messed up everything. But these days, after being praised by everyone in the village, he felt that he had done it again.
Although he didn't finish the last question, his solution ideas before that were different from those of the people here. Based on his unique answer, he would have been admitted as a scholar unless the examiner was blind.
It is said that the prefect Yao was an angry young man at the beginning, and it was his sharp and bold writing style that won the favor of the chief examiner. At the beginning, his test paper was controversial, and the chief examiner did not dare to make a decision. He presented it to the emperor for review and finally gave him the second place, which was higher than the number one and the handsome third place combined.
If his test paper was seen by Prefect Yao, even if he didn't top the list, he would become famous in Ningcheng because of the controversy.
Gu Ruinian listened to the discussion about his marriage in the room and looked down on the Lian family. They thought they would regret fooling him with a concubine's daughter one day.
"Congratulations to the young scholar first." Tailor Zhao couldn't help but say, "I went to Pingchuan County to help the young master and young lady of the Lian family to cut clothes, and I met the second young lady of the Lian family. Although the second young lady is a concubine's daughter, she is beautiful, and all the legitimate young ladies in Pingchuan County can't compare to her. Her aunt is the most favored aunt in front of the master of the Lian family. If the original wife didn't have three sons, she would have been squeezed out by her. Her aunt only has her as a daughter. The old man Lian loves her the most. If she gets married, I'm afraid her dowry will be more than that of the legitimate young lady."
Gu Ruinian's heart moved.
I began to fantasize about the beautiful second daughter of the Lian family that Tailor Zhao had mentioned.
Since she is such a beautiful woman and has a large dowry, it is not impossible for him to accept her reluctantly.
When you become rich in the future, you will divorce your wife who has shared the hardships of life with you.