sbdcsierra Chapter 267: Are you interested?
Chapter 267: Are you interested?
After being busy and chattering all day, An Qiao finally sat down on a bench. The garden party outside was gradually closing as the night fell.
An Qiao prepared a small stack of copper coins for each child and invited everyone to eat.
"I'm so exhausted today." Guyu had already started pounding his shoulders. An Qiao couldn't help but laugh when she remembered that this man had started pounding his shoulders in the morning.
The lobby was empty because whenever there was a banquet, the late-night snack stall would not be open.
Everyone sat together and talked about their feelings today, such as Miss Li from the east family, Miss Zhang from the west family, which girl stepped on which girl's dress in the garden today, which young man fell in love with which girl...
No one can resist gossip, including princesses and dukes.
"How about the ladies I met today?" As soon as Gu Qingyun stepped into the door with his left foot, he was stopped by a gossipy voice.
Gu Qingyun pretended not to see it and wanted to leave, but he heard the old marquis' voice again, "I'm asking you a question, why are you leaving without even answering?"
"Oh, grandpa and grandma... If you ask me, how can I answer? Ask my brother, he is too skilled and can do it with ease." Gu Qingyun had no choice but to stop and respond with a grin.
"Your brother is a jerk. He's so old but still doesn't know how to find a young lady to marry." The old marquis frowned and sighed, his face full of sorrow.
The two boys in my family are unwilling to get married. They both say that marriage is a matter of parents' decisions and matchmaker's words.
The eldest grandson was clearly engaged at the age of 16, but when he was 20, the lady broke off the engagement, saying that he had never wanted to get married and had postponed the date every time he came to see her, delaying the lady's marriage. The Gu family could not take responsibility.
They even tried to force Gu Qing Pei to come to the wedding banquet, but he ran away overnight and came back ten days or half a month later, looking shabby and dusty.
There aren't many people in my family to begin with, so how can I say anything bad?
Later, when he was 21 years old and wanted to get engaged, many young ladies came to him for consideration. He picked and chose but couldn't find any one that satisfied him.
Delayed again.
Later, he was transferred to the emperor's side. Every day he said that he was busy with official duties and had no time to think about these things. So no matter how many girls were pushed to him, he rejected them all.
Besides, the youngest son was originally engaged when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, but it’s not his fault. The girl followed her father and brother to the frontier when she was fourteen years old. Now she is a famous female general. How could she be willing to come back to get married? The marriage has been canceled for a long time.
No matter how many introductions were made later, Gu Qingyun refused them all.
It actually delayed my age.
Gu Qingpei followed Gu Qingyun into the house, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw his grandparents starting today's "interrogation."
But he was in no hurry to speak first, and waited until the old marquis could no longer hold back.
"What do you think of the girl you saw today, you bastard? Why don't you tell me?"
"I've been waiting for you to ask. Miss Bai is elegant and dignified, very generous. Her family background doesn't seem to match her. She seems to be well-bred and neither humble nor overbearing. Miss Li is very pretty, but she smiles very coquettishly, and she is probably not suitable for marriage. Miss Zhang is a bit dull. You can only reply to one of your ten sentences. She is really out of her way, so we can only change her. Miss Ma is also very dignified. Her family is rich and she wears gold and silver. But it seems that she has not read much since she was a child. She is innocent and suitable to be a sister. There is another one, Miss Yang who came last. You can tell from her crazy look that she likes Gu Qingyun, but your little grandson doesn't pay much attention to her."
Gu Qingpei was very skilled in reporting the content of his work to the emperor. Not only was he very familiar with it, but he also described the characteristics of each lady very accurately.
The old marquis' eyelids twitched, and he recalled what Gu Qing Pei said, "You mean you are quite satisfied with that Miss Bai."
"That's not the case. There's really no need to harm her. She's so much younger than me, almost 10 years older. Grandparents, please don't harm the girl." Gu Qing Pei looked sincere, as if he was really thinking about Miss Bai.
Gu Qingyun silently gave a thumbs up in his heart. He must be used to it, otherwise he couldn't come up with these words even if he racked his brains.
"You choose the girl, but the girl has to choose you." The old marquis said unhappily. This matter requires mutual affection, but you can't just not end the marriage forever just because there is no mutual affection.
“What about you? Your brother has already said it, shouldn’t you say something too?” The old marquis put Gu Qing Pei aside and planned to ask his little grandson first.
"Me? I don't say much in a day. I don't like those young ladies. They are all pretentious and look like ladies from wealthy families." Gu Qingyun glanced at the ceiling and pretended to speak out his true feelings casually.
It would have been better if she hadn't said this, because once she did, the old marquis and the princess were so angry.
"A lady from a noble family is not good enough. A fairy from heaven is better. Why don't you marry the fairy from heaven?" The old marquis was so angry that he almost blew his beard and glared.
"Fairy in the sky, how are you? I haven't met one either." Gu Qingyun once again said the most irritating thing in a calm tone.
The old marquis didn’t want to look at these two evil creatures anymore. He didn’t even have to think about it. Today’s matchmaking had failed.
I don't know when I will be able to hold my great-grandson. Other guys in their twenties already have two or three children, but these two evil boys in their family are twenty-four or twenty-five years old and they can't even say a few words to a girl.
When Gu Qingyun heard that he could leave, he immediately put on the grease and was about to leave. However, Gu Qingpei was thoughtful and said that he was still willing to accept such a situation, but it was not suitable this time.
Gu Qingyun cursed inwardly, what an old fox.
Gu Qingpei is really a loach-like character. You can neither catch his head nor his tail.
He does things flawlessly, but he always manages to annoy people.
Seeing that Gu Qingyun was still standing there in a daze, Gu Qingpei couldn't help but laugh and said, "You still have many years to practice."
In the restaurant, people were gossiping about the brothers Gu Qingyun and Gu Qingpei.
"Today, the two Mr. Gu are here to meet other girls, right?" Someone took the lead and started talking about what happened today.
Today, there were many young ladies coming in and out of Gu Qingyun's table, making it hard not to be noticed.
"That should be the case. Otherwise, with so many young ladies chatting with them, their popularity must be a little too great." Qiufen thought for a moment and said. She was busy serving dishes today. The table wanted sugar soup, sweets, and some vegetarian dishes.
It couldn't be that they ate it, right?