The room with the kang burning was as warm as spring, and the incense was wafting in, but Gu Yunzhen felt his hands and feet were cold, his fingertips were slightly numb from the cold, and the tip of his nose lingered the dull, oppressive smell that he had smelled in Mrs. Murong's room today. foul smell.

Lingering in this spacious and bright house.

"Grandmother," Gu Yunzhen met Mrs. Gu's majestic eyes, and said calmly, "Granddaughter obeys grandmother's arrangement."

It's just marriage, every woman has to go through this kind of life, she can live well.

That is to say, there will be no love between the two in the storybook.

This is not all of life, mother can, grandma can, of course she can too.

Although she made a decision, she couldn't help feeling a little bit sad in her heart, and the smell at the tip of her nose became stronger, and she sighed secretly: It's just that she wants to make her sister worry about her again.

Hearing Gu Yunzhen's response, Mrs. Gu's face suddenly turned from cloudy to sunny, and there was a kind smile on her graceful face.

The atmosphere in the room instantly became clear.

Mrs. Gu told Nanny Li with satisfaction: "Quickly, let someone go and invite the third wife."

Nanny Li responded quickly and went out quickly to spread the word.

Mrs. Gu called Bai Lu in again, and in front of Gu Yunzhen, asked Bai Lu to open the storeroom and fetch a box of jewelry from her private storehouse; Bring the dowry list.

If the marriage is set before the year, it means that the dowry will be given tomorrow.

The Cihe Hall became busy all of a sudden, and those nuns and women came and went in a hurry.

After Gu Yunzhen finished saying that sentence, he became silent again, as if his soul had been pulled out of his body.

Mrs. Gu was in a good mood, and she kept talking non-stop: "Sister Zhen, the family will not wrong you, and your dowry will also be handled by your second aunt to help your mother, so it must be done properly."

"Grandmother will add makeup to you, besides this box of jewelry, I will add another ten thousand taels of silver and land for you."

"Grandmother still has a lot of good materials here, just in time to make your wedding dress, and let the sewing room work day and night."

"..."

Gu Yunzhen pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time, wandering away.

Mrs. Gu's voice was clearly in my ear, but it seemed so far away, as if it came from thousands of miles away.

However, in Mrs. Gu's eyes, Gu Yunzhen's silence has become obedient.

When people are in good spirits on happy occasions, Mrs. Gu's wrinkled lips and eyes turned into a flower with a smile, discussing some details of the wedding with Mrs. Wang energetically.

Wang Shi calmly winked at her nurse in charge, signaling her to find someone to inform Lord Hou of the good news.

Mrs. Wang joked with a smile: "Mother, the elder uncle is only less than twenty, and he is already a five-rank thousand household in the Shenji Camp. The future is just right. If you don't keep your filial piety, you will be able to rise to the top in a few years and wear a fourth-rank crimson. robe."

In Dajing Chaotang, those who are ranked fifth and below wear green robes and green robes, and those who are ranked fourth and above wear scarlet robes.

This scarlet robe is in full swing, itself a symbol of status and future.

Mrs. Gu thought so deeply, she nodded repeatedly, her brows beaming with joy.

The words "Shenji Yingzheng five ranks and thousands of households" seemed to have pierced Gu Yunzhen's ears with several sharp needles.

For the first time, her stagnant expression fluctuated slightly, and her crow-green eyelashes trembled twice.

She slowly turned to Mrs. Gu, her eyes were like a pool of cold black pools, and she asked word by word: "Shenji Camp is a five-rank thousand household?"

"Yes." Mrs. Gu said with a smile, "There is a hurdle between the fifth rank and the fourth rank. After passing this hurdle, the eldest uncle will have a bright future..."

Mrs. Gu originally wanted to have a good talk with Gu Yunzhen, but Gu Yunzhen interrupted: "Grandmother, Shenji Yingzheng is five ranks of thousands of households, isn't this the elder brother's errand?"

The news that Gu Yuan was transferred to the Shenji Battalion and promoted to Qianhu after receiving the order from the Ministry of War was known to everyone in the whole family, and Gu Yunzhen of course knew it too.

But this is the eldest brother's errand, why did it become Murong Yong's? !

What about big brother?

In order to follow in the footsteps of my uncle, my eldest brother has worked so hard for so many years, gradually gaining a firm foothold in the army at the cost of blood and sweat, and finally came to where he is today...

The relaxed and cheerful atmosphere just now froze and became slightly awkward.

Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Wang looked at each other face to face, her complexion was slightly stiff, and she realized the problem.

During this period of time, Gu Yunzhen went to his grandfather's house with the Yan family, and he returned yesterday, probably because he didn't know that Murong Yong got the job of Shenjiying Qianhu in the end.

Gu Yunzhen's black eyes were bottomless, and he stared at Mrs. Gu's old and graceful face without blinking, as if he wanted to penetrate the hypocritical shell and capture the subtle changes in her face for a moment.

As if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head, Gu Yunzhen felt a bone-chilling chill from head to toe, soaking right down to the bone marrow.

Gu Yunzhen's always gentle eyes were shining with an almost sharp light at this moment, coldly and clearly, he said slowly: "He... stole the elder brother's errand?"

She was asking, but her expression was very determined, as if she already had a clear answer in her heart.

She thought they were all surnamed Gu, and the family wanted to support each other, and the grandmother and second uncle would definitely help the elder brother Gu Yuan.

It turned out that she was too naive.

Her hope is just a self-righteous extravagant hope, just like the seemingly gorgeous soap bubbles in the sun, the bubbles will burst when the wind blows gently.

In the Dongci room, the scene froze and the atmosphere became even colder.

Mrs. Gu frowned unhappily, and said in a low voice, "How can this be called 'robbing'?"

The big girl really learned from Gu Yanfei badly, she can't even speak!

Mrs. Gu said eloquently: "Brother Yuan was transferred to Luan Yiwei, and this position of one thousand households in Shenji Camp was given up by Brother Yuan on his own initiative."

How can this be called robbery!

In the final analysis, without Gu Yuan, no matter how much money the Hou Fu spends, it is impossible to conjure up an errand for Murong Yong out of thin air.

The more Mrs. Gu thought about it, the more confident she became, and she said: "Sister Zhen, the Murong family will not treat you badly. Your elder brother gave you the job, and you are happy for his old lady. The Murong family owes you from now on. They will all look at you high, in this life, your position is stable, and no one can surpass you."

"Grandma and your second uncle did all this for you."

Wang Shi nodded frequently from the side. The biggest beneficiary of this matter is Gu Yunzhen.

"It's for Gu Yunxie!" Gu Yunzhen cut Mrs. Gu's mind straight to the point, and a feeling of suffocation filled her heart.

"What my elder brother wants is to fight on the battlefield, just like my uncle, not to live a peaceful life in Beijing."

"And for the sake of Gu Yunxie, you helped Murong Yong steal the big brother's errand, and you didn't hesitate to cut off the big brother's future!"

Gu Yunzhen couldn't hide the disappointment and sorrow in his voice, his cherry lips were pale, and his pupils were as dark as night.

There seems to be a string in the heart that is tightened little by little, and then tightened again.

She can accept that her grandmother arranges a marriage for her for the benefit of the family, and she can give up pursuing the love between the two advocated by the emperor Taizu;

She can rejoice for her future husband's family;

Like all mothers, she can honor her parents-in-law, serve her husband-in-law, manage the housework, discipline concubines, and raise children.

However, she also has a bottom line.

"Zheng!"

Gu Yunzhen faintly heard the sound of the string breaking, and his heart trembled suddenly.

She stood up without any warning, this abrupt movement caused Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Wang to frown.

Facing the astonished or dissatisfied eyes from the previous room, Gu Yun's voice could no longer hear the usual gentleness, and firmly uttered three words:

"I don't marry!"

These three words are neither light nor heavy, but they sound like thunder.

Everyone was dumbfounded and couldn't believe their ears.

The room was silent.

...

"Girl, I just heard that the eldest girl is not married anymore."

At dusk, the news of Gu Yunzhen's refusal to marry came to Gu Yanfei's ears from Juan Bi's mouth.

Gu Yanfei lightly turned the pointer on the compass, and the pointer turned slowly...

The pointer is fast and then slow, and gradually stops.

The sun slanting from the west came in through the window and sprinkled on the small compass. The pointer and the surface of the compass glowed like a pearl.

Juanbi knew that the girl was doing fortune-telling, so she stared at the compass with bated breath... until the pointer stopped, she took a breath and asked curiously: "Girl, have you done your calculation?"

"The hexagram has changed." Gu Yanfei looked at the hexagram displayed on the compass, and twitched the end of his eyes happily.

Then what? Juan Bi stared at Gu Yanfei, waiting for her to continue.

Gu Yanfei rested her chin on one hand, looked down at the compass, tapped the knuckles of her right hand on the table, thoughtfully.

Before today, she had discussed several times about Gu Yunzhen's marriage.

The results of the hexagrams have always shown that "the destiny is irreversible".

Therefore, Gu Yanfei didn't dare to intervene violently, she herself was a person abandoned by heaven, if she forcibly intervened in the cause and effect of "The Destiny", it would harm Gu Yunzhen instead.

But the current hexagram, the hexagram image shows a turning point——

"Break out of a cocoon and become a butterfly." Gu Yanfei murmured to himself.

Juan Bi didn't know the specific meaning of Gu Yanfei's words, but he could probably guess the hexagram from the four words "break the cocoon into a butterfly", and the result should not be bad.

"Girl," Juan Bi was happy at first, but then worried, "Will Mrs. Tai embarrass the young lady? And will Murong's family..."

No one in the whole family knows about Mrs. Tai's temperament. Mrs. Tai has always been aloof and does not tolerate anyone in the house questioning her decision. Probably only Hou Ye and Gu Yunxie could talk to Mrs. Tai.

And Murong's family is Gu Yunzhen's future husband's family, Gu Yunzhen's refusal to be happy is tantamount to offending Murong's family, so will Murong's family let it go? !

Compared to Juan Bi's worry, Gu Yanfei seemed careless.

Breaking out of a cocoon and becoming a butterfly, this "cocoon" is self-binding.

If the cocoon is broken by external force, the result will only be destruction. Gu Yunzhen must tear up the things that are bound to her body, so that she can break out of the cocoon and have the beauty of the moment when she turned into a butterfly.

Judging from this hexagram——

A crack appeared in the "cocoon" of Gu Yunzhen's body, and her fate was no longer "irreversible".

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