frightfiction Chapter 514 The Gloomy Boy and the Crybaby Miss 17
Chapter 514 The Gloomy Boy and the Crybaby Miss 17
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Yun Wu didn't step out of the door of her mansion the entire day today because the neighbors were all staring at her.
If she left the house today, she would be surrounded by people inside and outside and questioned about her and Gu Xingran.
The sky gradually darkened, and Yun's father was still arguing about the rumors in the capital today. He came back from a trip outside and was labeled a bad guy who ruined people's marriages. How could he accept this?
During dinner, Yun Wu turned her grief and anger into motivation to eat pig's trotters, while her father sat beside her and sighed.
"I just don't understand Gu Xingran anymore. He's successful now. Does he still want to be my son-in-law?"
"Dad, please stop talking."
Yun Wu said this while gnawing on a pig's trotter, and she sighed as if she had accepted the reality.
"He is now a major general, and our family is a business. Even if he wants me to pack my bags and move to his general's mansion tomorrow, I have no choice but to obey..."
Yun Wu took another big bite of the pig's trotter and her voice became a little unclear.
She has completely given up now. Eating is the most important thing in the world, so she should just take it one step at a time.
When Father Yun saw that Yun Wu had finished the plate of pig's trotters on the table, he couldn't help but crow like a rooster again.
"My daughter, these pig's trotters are now sold for thirty-five cents per pound. We can't let the people in the kitchen buy them during this period..."
Yun Wu's eyes suddenly turned red, and her fair and pretty face drooped as if she was about to cry.
"Don't cry, don't cry! Buy it! Dad will definitely ask the people in the kitchen to buy it!"
Yun's father slammed the table and changed his mind. Yun Wu then burst into laughter and continued to gnaw on the last half of the pig's trotter in her hand.
Father Yun sat alone and thought about life.
At this moment, Caiwei suddenly ran in hurriedly, saying that someone from the palace had come to read the imperial edict.
Not long after, a crowd of people knelt in the lobby of the Yun Mansion. Kneeling at the front were naturally Yun's father and Yun Wu.
The eunuch with a kind face read out the imperial edict in his hand with a smile on his face.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that Major General Gu is a brave warrior with noble character, so I decree that he should be married to Yun Wu, the daughter of the Yun family. I think she is a perfect match for me. The marriage is pending discussion and will be held on a chosen date."
Yun Wu, who was kneeling on the ground obediently, stared at the eunuch's shoes in shock, then blinked twice dully.
What? The emperor granted her and Gu Xingran a marriage?
Wait a minute—it was Gu Xingran who was to be married to her, instead of her being to Gu Xingran...
"Sir Yun, the emperor has specially ordered that General Gu be married to Miss Yun. This way, General Gu will also be considered as marrying into the family."
The eunuch smiled particularly happily, holding the imperial edict in his hand and asking Yun's father to take it.
Father Yun was completely stunned. He wanted to stand up to receive the order, but suddenly his legs went weak and he fell to his knees on the ground again.
He suddenly became the father-in-law of the major general! He also met the most capable eunuch around the emperor!
Yun Wu, who was kneeling beside Father Yun, sighed helplessly at the sight, then lowered her voice and said:
"Dad...you are so useless. Let me do it..."
As Yun Wu was about to stand up to receive the order, she lifted her skirt and heard the eunuch smiling and saying to her:
"Miss Yun, please prepare well these few days. I will take you and General Gu to the palace to thank the emperor in a few days. His Majesty has said that he wants to meet you, Miss."
With a "thump", Yun Wu's legs went limp and she was unable to stand up.
The highest-ranking official she had ever seen was Lin Jingyun’s father, a ninth-rank official. Now, the highest-ranking official she had ever seen was Gu Xingran.
This, this, this... She is going to see the emperor later?
Yun Wu felt that she had no future and her legs went weak just by listening to it.
Suddenly, a slender and beautiful hand grasped her arm and lifted her up from the ground.
Yun Wu looked up in a daze and found that Gu Xingran had appeared in front of her at some point.
"Please trouble Eunuch Cao to go out of the palace and deliver the order."
Gu Xingran nodded slightly to the eunuch, then reached out to take the imperial edict.
The eunuch left quickly, and the servant came forward to help Yun's father up from the ground.
He looked at Gu Xingran over there and couldn't help but snorted coldly, then muttered:
"You were so busy helping my daughter that you didn't even come to help me..."
Gu Xingran then saw Father Yun, and then raised his hand calmly and bowed:
"Father-in-law."
Such a young and promising major general respectfully called him "Father-in-law", which made Father Yun very happy.
"Oh my, this, this, this... How can I bear this? This arranged marriage is too sudden..."
Father Yun coughed twice and said this, but he couldn't stop smiling between his brows.
He didn't expect that the son-in-law he had set his eyes on would actually come to his house after all the twists and turns.
Yun Wu was in a daze and didn't know what her father Yun and Gu Xingran had said.
I only remember that Gu Xingran said he would send the reward gold, and Yun's father seemed quite happy. No, not seem, he was so happy that he wanted to set off firecrackers.
then……
In the courtyard, Yun Wu stopped when she was about to reach her boudoir and found that Gu Xingran was still following her not far behind.
He was wearing a white wide robe, his hair tied up in a high crown, his features were handsome and he was tall. In his casual clothes he did not look like a military general, but his aura seemed a little more fierce.
"Why are you still following me?"
Yun Wu stood in the corridor with her hands on her hips, looking at Gu Xingran angrily.
"Now that the marriage has been granted, you should be relieved, right? You won't cry, make a fuss, or even hang yourself, right?"
She thought carefully about the storybook she had just read yesterday, in which someone cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to hang himself when his marriage was forced to fail.
In the deep courtyard under the moonlight, Gu Xingran had a calm expression, and his pair of dark eyes looked at Yun Wu lonely.
"I just want to talk to you more and see you more. After all... I haven't seen you for a year."
Yun Wu's cheeks turned red, and then she whispered to Caiwei beside her to leave first.
There were only two of them left in this quiet courtyard. Yun Wu walked down two steps awkwardly and walked towards Gu Xingran.
"You granted me the marriage so suddenly today without informing me in advance. You are just taking advantage of others..."
She muttered to herself, and quickly covered her mouth at the end, fearing that she would offend the emperor.
The moonlight was like a waterfall. The delicate young lady in lotus pink winter clothes covered her mouth and blinked her almond-shaped eyes at Gu Xingran.
Gu Xingran's Adam's apple rolled a few times, but he finally couldn't help but went forward and hugged her.
He was tall and leaned over to hug Yun Wu, rubbing his chin against her neck.
"I have handed the rope of my body to you. You must hold it well and never abandon me again. If I write to you again in the future, you must reply to my letter."
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