eurekapd Chapter 598 Agree to the Marriage
Chapter 598 Agree to the Marriage
Chen came out of Gu Xiuhong's study with mixed feelings, but still disagreed with her son marrying a widow.
When she returned to her own courtyard, Chen saw her husband leisurely sipping tea and immediately became furious: "Your son is hopeless, yet he insisted on marrying that widow. How can you still have the mind to drink tea?"
Gu Jingsong glanced at her and said helplessly, "You know how stubborn he is. It's impossible to change his mind in a short time."
Chen took a few steps forward, snatched the teacup from her husband's hand, and slammed it on the table, angrily saying, "Do you know what he told me? As long as he can marry that widow, he would be happy to marry someone else as a live-in son-in-law."
Gu Jingsong was slightly stunned, and then said indifferently: "Then let him marry. I won't give him a penny of dowry. Let him marry penniless and live in someone else's house, work like a slave for others, and have to please his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Then I want to see how long their unbreakable relationship can last."
Hearing this, Chen was dumbfounded and said hesitantly, "That's your only son. If he becomes a live-in son-in-law, won't you have no descendants?"
Gu Jingsong said, "Didn't Xuan Ling give birth to a daughter? My son-in-law is the only son in the family, so Xuan Ling must give birth to another son. Let's discuss with our in-laws and bring Xuan Ling's daughter home to raise, change her surname to Gu, and find a son-in-law for her in the future, so that the second branch of the family will not be cut off."
Chen couldn't believe it: "Husband, are you serious?"
"If he dares to be a son-in-law, I will be serious." Gu Jingsong glanced at her.
Chen examined him for a moment, then shook her head slightly and said, "There's something wrong with you."
Gu Jingsong replied: "We are not young anymore. We are already grandparents. As long as you don't make a fuss about having another child, nothing else will matter."
"..."
Chen was speechless. Last time she wanted to have another child, her husband couldn't stand it after a few days. He would hide when he saw her. He was not even forty years old, so why was he unable to do it? It was only two or three times a month. If her husband hadn't slept with her every night, she would have suspected that he had had enough with other women.
Gu Jingsong glanced at her and continued, "Xiuhong is a very stubborn kid. If he can change his mind easily, we have to worry about whether he has been possessed by some dirty creature."
Chen pursed her lips and asked, "What does my husband think about this?"
Gu Jingsong sighed helplessly: "I tried to analyze the pros and cons with him before, but he ignored my words. He didn't even look at a girl as good as Lingyi, and he was obsessed with the widow. He can marry whoever he wants. Anyway, I don't want to care."
After hearing this, Chen was stunned: "Didn't you say before that if he wanted to marry the widow, you would not acknowledge him as your son?"
Gu Jingsong was silent for a while, then said, "I met the young widow's brother today. He is a nice young man. It would be nice for a sister to have such a brother. The only bad thing is that they are not a good match and he has been married before. But my son really likes that girl. We only have one son. Do we really want to have a falling out with him because of a woman?"
Hearing this, Chen turned to look at her husband. Seeing a look of appreciation on his face, she knew that he had no objection. She frowned and said, "My husband, don't forget that their parents are not good people. They married their daughter to a beast who lingered in the flowers and beat women for the sake of profit, and pushed their daughter into the fire pit. Even if her brother is a good person and she is also kind, they have such parents. If we become relatives with such people, we may be implicated by them one day."
Gu Jingsong said in a gentle voice: "Madam, Xiuhong has grown up. We must believe that he has the ability to handle problems. If the wife he marries has any troubles in the future, he will solve them himself."
Chen said with an unhappy look on her face: "I really don't know what kind of magic potion that widow fed him."
Gu Jingsong reached out and held her hand, comforting her: "The girl he married will live with him for the rest of her life, not with us. If you really don't like her, just turn a blind eye to her. Let her take good care of Xiuhong and give us a big fat grandson. Don't hang around in front of you when you have nothing to do."
Chen remained silent.
Gu Jingsong glanced at her and didn't talk about it anymore. He changed the subject: "Didn't you say you wanted to go to burn incense a few days ago? I will go with you in two days when your husband is on vacation."
Chen was worried about her son's marriage and had little interest in going to the temple to burn incense, but her husband was considerate, so she naturally would not refuse his kindness and nodded and said "OK".
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Two days later.
Accompanied by her husband, Chen went to the temple to burn incense. The scenery in the temple was pleasant and she felt relaxed. However, she never expected that when she returned home, her niece's words made her depressed.
Her niece was her ideal candidate for daughter-in-law, but she told her that she fell in love with a young man at first sight when she went out with Xuanyi.
Now, the son has a lover, and the niece also has a lover. There is no hope for these two people at all.
At night, Chen lay in bed tossing and turning, and finally said quietly: "I will never go to the temple to burn incense again. It doesn't work at all."
Gu Jingsong was not asleep yet. He suddenly heard her say this and asked curiously, "When you burned incense, were you making a wish to the Buddha to let Xiuhong and Lingyi become a couple?"
Chen didn't say anything, but the answer was obvious.
Gu Jingsong laughed helplessly: "You usually look at problems more clearly than I do, why are you so stubborn now?"
Chen still didn't speak.
Gu Jingsong said to himself, "Xiuhong has been excellent since he was young. He was praised by his teacher when he was studying. Now he has entered the court as an official. His superiors also admire him very much. We, as parents, are also proud to have such a son. Since Xiuhong reached the age of marriage, the girls you have found for him are all outstanding ladies from aristocratic families. However, the girl Xiuhong likes is very different from the daughter-in-law in your mind. So you can't get over it?"
Chen asked in return, "You were firmly against it before, but you changed your mind just because you met the young widow's brother?"
Gu Jingsong replied, "No, it's because I think that the young widow's parents are not the kind of people who love their daughter. After she returns home, her parents will definitely arrange a marriage for her and let her marry again. At that time, she will be forced by her parents to marry someone else again. Do you think Xiu Hong can bear this blow? Before, Xiu Hong didn't want to get married in order to wait for her. If she gets married again, do you think Xiu Hong, with his stubborn temper, will never marry in this life?"
After these words came out, Chen's face froze. She had already missed the opportunity once, and she dared not think about the consequences if she missed it again. After a long silence, she sighed, "Forget it. I will ask a matchmaker to propose marriage to Xiuhong tomorrow. He insisted on marrying this girl despite his parents' opposition. Even if he doesn't live well in the future, he will have to bear the consequences himself."