She Doesn’t Want the Face-Blind Husband

Cheng Shicheng had nightmares for five or six nights.

Moreover, the dreams seem to be continuous, gradually strung together, implying that he may have another life.

In his dream, he heard that his adopted son Cheng Jia had found a wife for him, the Gu family whose parents were not obvious, at least his grandfather was a prime minister.

He was devastated due to the wounds of the battlefield and has been depressed for many years, feeling that the world is boring. After knowing that he was going to be a father-in-law, his emotions were not too turbulent, but he felt that he needed to follow the steps to help the adopted son take care of it and marry his wife back.

In the dream, on the sixth day of the first month of the third year of Yongsheng, the woman arrived as promised, and a group of people came to talk about things, including the girl's parents, the third uncle, the third aunt, the first cousin, and the first sister-in-law. Even two or three cousins.

Cheng Shicheng observed himself in the dream like looking at flowers in a fog, twisted his thick eyebrows, just lowered his head to drink tea, showing his impatience to the fullest, only Gu Ningran, a seventh-rank Imperial Academy editor, was the only one who filled the Flower Hall of Bofu He is an official, but including this person, a group of Gu family members, either looking around with vicious eyes, or fearful and silent, none of them can stand on the stage.

Cheng Shicheng tossed and turned on the bed, vaguely feeling that the dream was not right. He clearly saw a woman who stirred him up and dreamed of him that day. Who was it? Why didn't she appear?

In the dream, he sat on the head as if weary of the world, as if he was about to leave in a flash, but the greetings among the female relatives who were originally background sound became inexplicably indistinguishable:

"His second aunt, you have found the right person for asking us to come forward to help Ning Niang. Alas... we are all of the same family. We will not be like Brother Xi and his wife, pushing three and four." This is a high-pitched female voice. , Cheng Shicheng was sure that he had never heard of it, how could he dream of it?

"Please trouble his third aunt, Brother Xi and the others. There is a reason for this. I heard that on the day before the seal was about to be sealed, the Minister of Rites took most of his subordinates out for a drink. The emperor suddenly wanted to find a few ancient books for comparison, and summoned them to the Ministry of Rites. , only our honest boss, brother Xi, stayed behind in the Yasi, so he went to answer before the emperor. The emperor was happy to hear that, so...he handed over the burden of sorting out ancient books to him."

"Bah, is Gu Ningxi the only one capable? My husband, Gu Ningran, just missed a chance."

"Yes, yes, how can the descendants of the Gu family be so bad? It's just that the emperor is in a hurry, and the rest of the Ministry of Rituals sit on dry land and don't help Brother Xi. He and He Niang stay at home and are busy every day. They haven't had a good year. When I went to their house, I saw that He Niang was working hard with Brother Xi, and both of them had dark circles under their eyes, so they didn't mention Ning Niang's matter. Otherwise, with He Niang's warm heart, today's occasion will definitely be able to Invite her to come with me."

This somewhat familiar middle-aged female voice made him breathe a little more smoothly on the bed, and most importantly, the word "Han Niang" comforted Cheng Shicheng like a good medicine.

Only this one night, when looking back at the dream, Cheng Shicheng didn't take it seriously, but he just woke up and laughed dumbly, thinking that if it wasn't for the marriage of his adopted son, Gu Runing's mother entrusted the right person, he might not have seen Tao Xinhe.

He was really lucky to meet Atao, which proved the word fate.

Feeling his fate, Cheng Shicheng sent some bright fabrics to the Tao Mansion during the day, but they were returned as expected.

For the sake of my uncle who has become a servant of a brother with a different surname with the concierge of the Tao Mansion, he casually reported that Gu Sicheng has been sending all kinds of spices to the Tao Mansion these days. Xin, the concierges were all talking about it, betting on the day when Tao Jushi would accept him, or when Gu Sicheng would give up and stop.

Cheng Shicheng also acted as if he was listening to a joke, so he let it go, and continued to arrange various affairs for a large group of people to visit the villa in ten days, trying to get along with Atao more during this trip, and impress her as hard and tight as a stone. closed heart.

But later, he dreamed about something.

Cheng Shicheng dreamed that all the members of the Gu family flattered him in front of him, but behind his back, they were thinking of sending the concubine sister of Gu Runing's third uncle's family to Uncle Ji Chang's bed, without any concern about what the Cheng and Gu families would think if it happened. Seniority of relatives.

I don't know how the Gu family understood the rumors, but they just found an opportunity to give Cheng Shicheng a heavy love/drug.

What hurts the man the most is that his mind is so clear, his body is so loud that he is about to explode, and the tender jade and fragrant girl from the Gu family is naked, curled up in the corner of the bed and watched him, with a gesture of resignation, he still does everything not!

Cheng Shicheng ordered the guards to drive the girl out of the house, and before he could reprimand his subordinates for being sloppy, he let him know, he just roared and blasted away all the followers who were in the open and in the dark.

He was alone in a room, and with a sharp dagger, he drew one after another on his limbs, bleeding continuously, in order to relieve him.

In the end, he accidentally cut the knife, or he had the will to die, and he cut the blood that gushed out a lot of blood. Before he died, he said bitterly: "Whoever hurts me, if he lives again, he will not be lightly forgiven! "The voice fell, and he died out of breath.

Cheng Shicheng opened his eyes in a hurry, unable to distinguish objects in the dark night, but the residual pain was too clear, as if he had really experienced such a bleak and embarrassing death, he couldn't help touching his hands and feet carefully, without a knife Printed, intact.

A hero in the battlefield, he was executed because of the insensitivity/drugs that could not be relieved. Cheng Shicheng beat the bed several times, bored and frightened by the weird and unexplainable dreams.

Calm down, and go back to the origin of the dream, it seems that he heard a little girl say that he should die of illness? I dreamed of the beginning that night until now.

Cheng Shicheng couldn't sleep anymore, so he had an idea.

**

Since February, Gu Ningxi's mood has been fairly stable.

On the night of the first day of the new year, he rushed to the second uncle's house, and the second aunt was as affectionate to him as usual, but Ning Niang still ignored him.

To be honest, during this reconciliation, Gu Ningxi allocated a lot of property in the mansion to Tao Xinhe. The housekeeper complained to him two or three times. The land rent can only be collected after autumn, and the good shops that make money like a cornucopia are all given to her. Ma'am, the biggest turnover income is actually Gu Ningxi's salary, which is really rare for people like them, and it's embarrassingly stretched right now.

Gu Ningxi recently spent a lot of money on Mo Qi's funeral, restaurant rental, and the purchase of aloes. This night, when she came to visit her cousin, she realized that she was so absorbed in Mo's family affairs that she ignored her relatives. There are many exquisite objects with auspicious patterns, which can be regarded as adding makeup to Gu Runing.

He chatted for a few words with his second uncle, second aunt, and cousin Ning Lie, and listened to them describe the progress of Gu Runing's marriage, and gave some suggestions from the perspective of Confucian rituals, some of which were criticized by his cousin as bookworms and unrealistic, and some The second aunt euphemistically pointed out that He Niang had reminded her a long time ago, Gu Ningxi felt that her face was hot, na na was beyond words, he was really useless.

The second aunt saw that he was preoccupied, so she talked to him alone, apologized for her daughter, thanked him for the gift, and then quietly asked him about his future plans, especially saying that if he took a concubine, he must know nothing about etiquette. handle.

Gu Ningxi shook her head, said that there is no need to mention the matter of taking concubines, and she has other plans for the girl, so she took the opportunity to inquire about Ji Changbo's situation.

If the second aunt felt it, she hesitated for a while before telling Gu Ningxi about Uncle Ji Chang's hidden illness.

In fact, she witnessed Ji Changbo's oppressive pursuit of Tao Xinhe, and she had some doubts about this point. However, one more thing is worse than one less thing. He Niang didn't say anything to her, so the second aunt pretended not to know.

After all, He Niang and Gu Ningxi have reconciled, so what position does Second Aunt Gu have to ask about the situation between Ji Changbo and Tao Xinhe?

Second Aunt Gu just wanted to remind Gu Ningxi that if Tao Xinhe should not marry someone else, no matter who he was, he had to be mentally prepared, when he saw his nephew's eyes were bright and he sighed again and again, not wanting Ji Changbo to suffer such misfortune, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth was different from that of her. Words don't match.

Gu Ningxi was tense when she came, and stretched when she left, all because of a piece of news provided by her second aunt.

In the next few days, he ordered the housekeeper to dig through the invitations that he had ignored in the past to find those who asked for paintings and books. Gu Ningxi picked and picked up a few, filling up his spare time, earning pens and silver with pens and inks, The housekeeper couldn't stop praising his master for being wise.

However, he didn't forget the last time he smelled the fragrance change on the lady's body.

During the day, she was busy at the Ministry of Rituals, and at night, she was busy with work and painting in the mansion. She couldn't get out, so Gu Ningxi sent a letter to the spice shop, roughly delineated the range of spices based on her own judgment, and asked the shop assistant to send several kinds of spices to her every day. In Tao Mansion, you can always find the one your wife likes.

It's a pity that they were always rejected and returned to Gu's mansion, and the housekeeper and other servants shared them according to the master's order. All of a sudden, the servants of Gu's mansion were full of aromas, each with their own differences, as if the spring came early, and a hundred flowers were placed in Gu's mansion, and they were also talked about behind their backs by gossiping people.

**

On the ninth day of February, the day before the holiday, the weather became significantly warmer.

At this time, Gu Ningxi was in the office of the Ministry of Rites. In the morning, she finished reading a document transferred from the cabinet to the tribute department, and criticized their lack of talent selection procedures. Looking at it from the beginning, the content is well-organized, the logic is clear and clear, and the words are precise and plain. It can be regarded as a hand, so I handed it over to my immediate boss, Qin Sizheng, Gong Jusi, before noon.

After casually eating some meals in the kitchen of the Ministry of Rites, Gu Ningxi was naturally alone.

But in the afternoon, it was rare to have nothing to do, so he sat in the hut in the department, watching the sun gild the brushes on the pen stand with golden edging, and he followed the subordinates in the same room to the value room of the Ministry of Rites, holding tea Zhan listened to colleagues around him talking about what to do for leisure tomorrow, and silently thought about his own thoughts.

Some people said they were going on an outing, some said they would visit relatives and friends, some said they would lie down in their room and sleep soundly all day long, and one of them asked Mr. Yulang who was sitting quietly in a corner with a relaxed posture: "Gu Sicheng, what are you going to do tomorrow?"

Gu Ningxi was familiar with the voice of the person who was asking the question, but she still didn't dare to call her by name directly, for fear of making a mistake and being embarrassed, she smiled shyly.

In the past few days, he has paid extra attention to his colleagues in the Ministry of Rites, and tried his best to observe their characteristics other than their appearance, such as height, physique, voice tone, etc., and compared them secretly with the information Mo Qiqi told him, and found no suspicious person, so he There are more actions of gathering crowds, such as this afternoon, in order to find out or eliminate enemies.

As for tomorrow, he finally finished a meticulous painting of a phoenix Qiwu last night. He thought that while he was resting and relaxing, he would bring it to the market for mounting and then hand it over to a wealthy businessman in the capital who wanted to paint.

Also, I have been traveling quite a lot in the past few days, and I reported that I found a suitable courtyard the day before yesterday, which is suitable for housing Mo Qiqi, so I ask my master to go and see it tomorrow.

In addition, Gu Ningxi also wanted to go to the Tao Mansion to ask her to see her, and asked her, if she doesn't like spices, what do she like? He wanted to get to know, know, and get acquainted with the lady again from now on. How would it be different to imitate Feng Qiuhuang?

Gu Ningxi just chose one and replied: "Please ask me, I may go to the market tomorrow."

A well-informed official, who didn't know whether it was out of good intentions or what, teased: "Gu Sicheng's daughter bought incense for her own collection, and wrapped a hundred kinds of spices to give to the old people. These are all fresh romantic stories, which I admire."

Gu Ningxi didn't know who this person was, she frowned, and whispered, "What does it have to do with you." The scene suddenly condensed.

At this moment, a small official came over and asked Gu Ningxi to go to Qin Sizheng's office. Gu Ningxi stood up as she said, bowed to the room full of superiors, colleagues, and subordinates, and left gracefully, with an indescribably chic and beautiful figure. He had to go out, and the person who spoke just now mumbled, "What's the air?" People around interrupted him.

Qin Sizheng has always been polite to Gu Ningxi, often boasting that he is Zhang Shangshu's favorite latecomer, the emperor also has his name in his heart, and he will surely skyrocket in the future, so don't forget him as a Sizheng in the future.

Although Gu Ningxi couldn't see the boss's smiling face clearly, he understood the other party's words and softness, so he reciprocated, worked hard, and treated him with an open mind.

Entering Sizheng's single room on duty, Gu Ningxi gave the ceremony of dismissing an official, and asked softly to the back of the familiar figure she had seen this morning: "Qin Sizheng, are you looking for me?"

"Crack!" Qin Sizheng threw a letter of paper to Gu Ningxi's feet, and snapped: "Gu Ningxi! Do you still remember your identity? If you don't do anything in your position, are you worthy of the court and the Ministry of Rites?"