Chapter 125 Asking for an imperial decree for marriage
Su family.
This banquet was very grand, and everyone from top to bottom paid great attention to it. This was a rare occasion for the Su family to be so grand, so naturally everything was done carelessly.
As Su Zixuan was the protagonist of the banquet, of course he still had to ask for his opinion on some matters. Su Heng specially called him to the study today.
"Dad, what's the matter?"
When Su Heng saw Su Zixuan coming, he immediately pointed to the seat next to him, "Let's sit down and talk."
After sitting down, Su Heng got straight to the point, "In addition to your own efforts in this martial arts competition, the biggest contributor is your cousin. I was wondering if I should also invite her to this banquet?"
"It's just that your cousin is in the Gu family now. If I want to invite her, I'm afraid I have to go through the Gu family. If I let her come to the Su family's banquet, I'm afraid it will cause criticism."
"But in the end, the protagonist of this banquet is you. It depends on you whether you want to invite her or not."
Su Zixuan was silent for a moment and said: "She must be alone in the Gu family after this incident. We invited her to the banquet to give her something to rely on."
Last time Gu Changan rejected his proposal to go to the Su family, he was always worried about her life in the Gu family, but there was never any news from the Gu family.
This kind of calm situation, but not getting up or down, made him feel even worse.
It was not easy for him to visit directly, so he might as well take the opportunity of the banquet to ask her personally how she was doing at the Gu family.
Su Heng raised his eyebrows. Didn't this young man notice that his expression was wrong when he said this?
It was written all over his face that he wanted to meet "Gu Changan".
"Since you said so, I will post it."
Su Zixuan said: "As for other things, I'll leave first?"
"Wait, don't be so anxious. I happen to have other things I want to discuss with you."
Su Zixuan looked at Su Heng and asked puzzledly: "Is there anything else about the banquet?"
"You know that a lot of matchmakers have come to propose marriages recently, right?" Su Heng casually took out a stack of scrolls, stood up from his seat, and came to Su Zixuan.
"I know, don't they all have to be sent away?" Su Zixuan said with a strange expression.
He had no intention of marrying some women he had never met before, so as soon as the matchmaker came to his door, he had people kick them out without giving them a chance.
Su Heng pushed a stack of scrolls into his hand, "I also helped you look for them. Take a look. These are the daughters of the Qingliu House in the capital. You can pick one who is close to your eyes and you can see them then."
"What?"
Su Zixuan looked at the scroll that was inexplicably stuffed in his hand.
He didn't even have the interest to look through it, so he just threw it aside. He suddenly stood up and said to Su Heng: "Dad! Didn't I tell you that I don't care about the love between my children now? I won't see these people!"
"Are you careless, or do you have a purpose?" Su Heng stared into Su Zixuan's eyes and said with a smile.
Su Zixuan's face suddenly turned red, "Dad, what are you talking about? I don't have any intention to belong to you!"
Su Heng shook his head: "You are my son. I don't know what kind of virtue you have. How dare you say that you don't have it? When we were talking about your cousin just now, your eyes were straight."
"I……"
Su Zixuan wanted to refute, but was unable to come up with a few words. Instead, he lowered his head in shame.
Was he really acting that obvious?
Su Heng said: "You have been sending people to investigate the Gu family's affairs these days. Do you really think you can hide it from me? I see it all. You care so much about others, isn't it just because you are in love?"
"father!"
Su Zixuan was extremely annoyed, "Stop talking!"
Seeing his son's uncontrollable teasing, Su Heng snorted, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. If you really care about her, this marriage is not impossible."
"Really?" Su Zixuan looked up in surprise.
He didn't know who he looked like with this hopeless look. Su Heng said a little helplessly: "Liu Weiqing's future is ruined. Gu Yuan's fantasy of dominating Fengyunqi is basically shattered. Breaking off the engagement is already a certainty."
Su Zixuan said: "But he won't let go so easily, right?"
"It's definitely not possible to take the ordinary way of getting engaged, but have you forgotten that you are now the top scholar in martial arts. When the time comes, I will go and propose marriage to His Majesty for you. Once His Majesty's imperial edict of marriage comes, will it be possible for Gu Yuan to resist the edict?
Respect?"
Su Heng was very confident.
This is indeed a good idea. Su Zixuan nodded and said, "Even if he is not happy, there is nothing he can do about the marriage."
But for a moment Su Zixuan noticed something was wrong. Su Heng's method didn't look like he had thought of it right away, but it felt like he had been thinking about it for a long time.
Su Zixuan's face became even angrier. Su Heng had clearly wanted to marry Gu Changan into the Su family for a long time!
You were just trying to tease him!
"Dad, you have clearly thought of everything, and you are using these scrolls to trick me!" Su Zixuan suddenly said to Su Heng angrily.
Su Heng smiled, not feeling that he had made any mistakes at all, "How can I get you to tell the truth without forcing you? I don't want to make any mistakes, right?"
"I have good intentions for her." Hearing what Su Heng said, he hesitated a little, "But I don't know what she thinks of me."
Somehow, he remembered the scene of Gu Changan and Yun Heng being together when they left the palace.
He felt a little weird.
Su Heng said: "Isn't there just an opportunity right in front of me? Just ask him face to face."
Su Zixuan immediately stiffened his face and said, "How can I ask this?"
He was asked to ask Gu Changan directly if she was interested in him. Thinking about the scene at that time, it was extremely embarrassing. If Gu Changan said that she didn't mean anything, he might not dare to see her again.
"Okay, okay, I'll go ask for you." Su Heng said angrily, "Look at how cowardly you are. You were so polite to others before, but now you're afraid?"
Su Zixuan couldn't refute.
After holding it in for a long time, he said: "I'm not afraid!"
But obviously, none of them are convincing.
Su Heng laughed at Su Zixuan for a long time, but he still didn't forget what he had to do. He still handed the banquet post to the Gu family, but what they didn't expect was that Gu Changan was not at the Gu family at all now.
Su Heng had no choice but to immediately send someone to investigate Gu Changan's whereabouts. Only then did he learn that Gu Changan had been brought back to the Imperial Master's Mansion from the Gu family by Yun Heng as early as the day of the celebration.
The more he investigated, the more Su Heng found out what Gu Yuan had been trying so hard to cover up these past few days.
That day when Gu Changan returned, Gu Yuan, a beast who could kill a thousand swords, actually attacked Gu Changan. According to the spies, blood was flowing all over the ground at that time, and Gu Changan was taken away by Yun Heng after being covered in blood.
The next day, Su Zixuan in the study heard the news and said angrily: "How could he do this?"
Su Heng also looked furious. When he heard what happened to Gu Changan, he wanted to rush to Gu's house and kill Gu Yuan immediately.