Chapter 180 Gu Tingye's Urgency to Seek Progress
inside the house.

Sheng Hong was still chatting with Qi Heng about calligraphy.

Gu Tingye tiptoed back to his seat and sat down. At this time, Changbai leaned over and asked in a low voice:
"Where's Feng? Didn't he ask you to go out just now? Why did you come back alone now?"

Gu Tingye chuckled and replied:

"Your third brother went to a poetry reading and just wanted to drag me along, but who am I? Of course I won't go!"

Gu Tingye was not afraid of Changbai's suspicious expression and continued:
"By the way, he asked me to tell you that he might not be able to make it in time for the meal at home, so we don't need to wait for him."

"But there are so many people at home today..."

Changbai spoke anxiously, but then paused.

Chang Feng has already left, can I still go out and bring him back?
If I go there, I'm afraid I won't be able to remember where to go.

Changbai had no choice but to swallow his words and complained to the complacent Gu Tingye:

"Since you're not going yourself, why don't you help me pull him?"

"I can't hold it back!"

Chang Feng is not Chang Bai. If the two were switched, Gu Tingye would certainly stop them. But Gu Tingye is not willing to lend a hand and ask for trouble for Chang Feng, a drinking buddy who is bent on getting into the circle of nobles.

"Anyway, I've already told you what to say. It's up to you how you tell your family!"

Gu Tingye said that and then ignored it.

Leaving Changbai alone to think about how to explain to Sheng Hong later, Gu Tingye quietly moved to Yang Wenyuan's side again.

"What?" Yang Wenyuan glanced at Gu Tingye who suddenly approached him.

Yang Wenyuan doesn't know much about calligraphy.

Most of the time I practiced calligraphy when Master Zhuang was assigning assignments, so I naturally didn't practice specifically in my spare time.

After all, for him, as long as his handwriting is not ugly and reaches a normal level, there is no need to spend time practicing.

Yang Wenyuan knew little about calligraphy and had never practiced Wang Youjun's Ping'an Tie. Naturally, he could not interrupt the conversation between Sheng Hong and Qi Heng. He only occasionally interjected a few words to show that he was not completely ignorant.

It can be said that he is well versed in the art of stopping!
"Go down and ask your sister-in-law what the arrangements are for the afternoon?" Gu Tingye asked Yang Wenyuan in a low voice with a shy face.

Gu Tingye didn’t even want to do charity work for the leaders of his group, so he was naturally not satisfied with the “trial run” just now.

If we all go our separate ways after the meal, wouldn’t that be a waste of this great opportunity?

"Why do you ask?"

Yang Wenyuan said, turning his head and looking thoughtfully at Minglan and Yu Yanran in the corridor not far away, and immediately reacted:

"You want my wife to set you up again, right?"

"hey-hey!"

Gu Tingye smiled and did not refute, he just said:
"Go and help me put in a good word so that we can have a reason to stay for the afternoon. If we do this a few more times, the rumors outside will naturally be dispelled, and the eldest daughter of the Yu family will be able to see through my superficiality and my inner qualities."

"How many more times?"

Yang Wenyuan glanced at Qi Heng who was chatting animatedly with Sheng Hong not far away, and said:

"Aren't you afraid that if someone doesn't like you, you'll end up feeling depressed and lose interest in studying?"

Speaking of this, Yang Wenyuan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

I remembered the ending of Gu Tingye in the original timeline.

He had already passed the imperial examination and ranked third, but because he said in his youth, "The government was too harsh on Yang Wuduan," this sentence was heard by the government, so he was deprived of his fame and honor, forbidden to take the imperial examination, and forced to follow the example of Yang Wuduan, whom he defended, and take the imperial examination again after he was fifty years old.

These words were spoken by Gu Tingye to his elder brother Gu Tingyu in the study room at home when he was a teenager. They were just casual remarks, but when the imperial examination was approaching, they were a fatal blow to Gu Tingye.

As the son of a noble family who has served the country for a long time, how could you actually sympathize with a sour scholar who has failed the exams time and time again?
Not only did you plot behind the back against a compassionate emperor like me, but now you're also coming to take the imperial examination?
Regardless of whether Gu Tingyu had said this to Xiao Qinshi before and Xiao Qinshi had released it now, or whether it was Gu Tingyu himself who released it, in any case, it was a foregone conclusion that this word had reached the ears of the emperor.

With all these factors combined, Gu Tingye's path to the imperial examination in this life seems to have reached a dead end.

It’s okay if I don’t pass the exam.

Gu Tingye is still young. He can wait for a few years to get rid of the emperor, and then he can take the exam again.

And if you pass the exam.

If your name is discovered by the emperor when he is writing in red, you will not be able to escape the fate of being banned from taking the exam.

Yang Wenyuan had no way to deal with this matter.

Although he and Gu Tingye have a good relationship, he can't let Gu Tingye not take the imperial examination with just one sentence when Gu Tingye has worked hard for so long and the dawn of fame and fortune is just around the corner, right?

Before something actually happens, everyone will be optimistic.

It's just a small matter that happens on the lips. The censors are talking about it every day. If it were my turn, I wouldn't be so unlucky, right?
Even if there is a punishment, it won't be such a fuss, right?

The only thing that could help is probably the dream from Gu Tingye’s biological mother, Bai…

Asking the government for help is even more impossible.

If I tell this, I'm afraid the government will think I'm being rude and I'll be in trouble.

Thinking of this, Yang Wenyuan's face darkened slightly, and he thought to himself:
'I just don't know where this news came from.

If he were to go the route of a noblewoman, Hualan would probably be able to hear some rumors by then. If she did, all she could do would be to inform Gu Tingye.'

There is almost no solution to this problem.

Yang Wenyuan could only do his best and leave the rest to fate.

"What? Do you think I'm as naive as Qi Heng?"

Gu Tingye saw Yang Wenyuan looking at Qi Heng without saying anything, thinking that Yang Wenyuan was worried about him, so he just smiled and said:

"Don't worry, I've been through everything since I was a child, and I'm not looking for someone special. I'm just looking for a good girl to live with. Even if the eldest daughter of the Yu family doesn't want to, can't I find someone else?"

Yang Wenyuan laughed immediately when he heard this.

Gu Tingye is quite easy-going about this.

That’s right. There was no such thing as free love at that time. Most people just wanted to marry a girl who was pleasing to their eyes, from a suitable family background, and who could make a living.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that the same is true in later generations...

Damn, it turns out that society and life are a closed loop!
Since Gu Tingye has little hope of passing the imperial examination, Yang Wenyuan hopes that he can find a good girl and start a family.

Yu Yanran is very good.

Her family background is acceptable and her temperament is also suitable for Gu Tingye. If the complicated environment of the Gu family's inner courtyard is not taken into consideration, the two of them are really a very compatible couple.

Now that Man Niang is no longer interfering, can Gu Tingye and Yu Yanran be together?

Yang Wenyuan was quite curious about this.

"Row!"

Yang Wenyuan, who had figured it out, immediately agreed and said:

"Shall I go and ask?"

"Okay, okay! Go quickly, go quickly!"

Gu Tingye was naturally overjoyed. He didn't expect Yang Wenyuan to be so encouraging.

With such execution ability, he is worthy of being a role model of a prodigal son in Bianjing!
Yang Wenyuan took the task.

But it would be inappropriate to go directly through the screen to the women to pull someone away, as that would be too undignified.

After thinking about it, he turned his attention to Minglan who was outside the house.

With Gu Tingye's hopeful expectation, Yang Wenyuan slowly walked out of the house and found Minglan and Yu Yanran who were talking in low voices.

"Sixth sister, Sister Yanran!"

"Brother-in-law!"

Minglan was quite accepting of Yang Wenyuan as her brother-in-law, and was far less defensive than she had been towards Gu Tingye. She looked up at his bright face and sweetly called him brother-in-law. Yu Yanran also recognized Yang Wenyuan.

She still remembers the time when Yang Wenyuan helped her resolve a problem that her younger sister Yu Yanhong was trying to solve at the polo field.

But she was not as close as Minglan, she just called softly:

"Young Marquis is well!"

Yang Wenyuan nodded in agreement.

But she didn't say much, just asked Minglan to go into the house and call Hualan.

Minglan nodded obediently.

Then he quietly came to the door and looked around for a while. Seeing that everyone in the room was paying attention to his grandmother, he quickly slipped in.

Came behind Hualan.

Minglan stretched out her white index finger and tapped her shoulder, waiting for Hualan to turn around with a look of surprise.

Minglan immediately leaned forward and whispered:
"Big sister, your brother-in-law is looking for you outside."

As he spoke, he tilted his finger and pointed at Yang Wenyuan who was looking up outside the house.

outside the house.

"Is there a problem?"

In response to Hualan's inquiry, Yang Wenyuan pulled her to a place farther away from Minglan and Yu Yanran, and said softly:

"Zhong Huai asked what your plans are for the afternoon?"

"afternoon?"

Seeing the doubt flashing in Hua Lan's beautiful eyes, Yang Wenyuan turned his head to glance at Yu Yanran in the distance and said:

"What else could it be? He just fell in love with Yu Yanran and wanted to take this opportunity to show off in front of her."

"No wonder..."

When Hua Lan heard what Yang Wenyuan said, it immediately made sense.

Gu Tingye had previously taken a liking to the girl from the Yu family, and had asked him to bring the women from the Yu family to the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion for a gathering.

Such a long time has passed from the beginning to now, it seems that Gu Tingye has not been waiting in the meantime and has already chosen his favorite candidate.

Hualan secretly glanced at Yu Yanran in the distance and nodded secretly in her heart.

With a good family background, good looks and good personalities, it's no wonder that Gu Tingye fell in love with her.

"Okay, then I'll find a chance to ask later."

Hua Lan seemed to remember something as she spoke, and said to Yang Wenyuan solemnly:

"It's fine for me to help bring them together, but you have to make Gu Tingye take care of himself. He has a reputation for frequenting brothels! If his family agrees but Gu Tingye doesn't change, then we'll be harming him."

"Don't worry, I know Zhong Huai well!"

Yang Wenyuan knew his wife's concerns, and immediately helped Gu Tingye and assured him:
"As long as he can arrange a marriage with Yu Yanran, he will definitely not have any entanglement with Wei Xingtou in the future!"

Yang Wenyuan is still very reassured about Gu Tingye's character, whether it is the original story line or the years of getting along with him.

In Gu Tingye's heart, a warm and stable home is more important than any slutty woman out there.

Even Wei Xingshu, whom he regarded as a close friend, could not compare to him.

"I hope he can do as you said!"

Although Hualan said this, Yang Wenyuan could still see that she was a little unconvinced.

Even Hualan is like this, which shows how other people in Beijing view Gu Tingye.

From this we can also see that Xiao Qinshi's unremitting efforts to destroy Gu Tingye's reputation over the years have obviously been effective.

"This is all I can do for you, you still have to go through the process of seeking marriage on your own!"

inside the house.

"Hey, where are my father-in-law and Yuan Ruo?" Yang Wenyuan walked into the house, but found that Sheng Hong and Qi Heng were gone.

"What else can you do?"

Gu Tingye's words were quite teasing, and he only said:

"Yuan Ruo was so happy with the flattery of Lord Sheng that he immediately went to the study to spit ink."

Changbai saw that he was talking so frivolously and immediately scolded him:

"Zhong Huai!"

Gu Tingye knew Changbai's temper, so he immediately waved his hand to indicate that he was wrong, then turned to look at Yang Wenyuan expectantly and asked:
"How is it? Have you agreed? What are you going to do this afternoon?"

Yang Wenyuan sat down and replied softly:

"Madam agreed, but this matter is not hers to decide on her own. We need to ask the elders for their opinions."

"That's it!"

Gu Tingye clapped his hands excitedly and said:
"Since Sister Hua asked, if there was nothing really going on, Madam Sheng and Madam Yu would definitely not refuse."

"What's done? Do you have something to do in the afternoon? How about I ask the kitchen to prepare the table earlier?" Changbai didn't know the situation yet, so he just asked.

Yang Wenyuan looked helpless and immediately told Gu Tingye's plan.

Changbai heard this and pointed at Gu Tingye, saying helplessly:
"It's only the second year of junior high school! You're planning to come to my house so early."

Gu Tingye still did not feel ashamed, but said complacently:

"It's called the early bird catches the worm, and you don't understand that with your dull mind."

As he spoke, Gu Tingye's words began to become incoherent again.

"Why, if you are interested, Changbai, my previous proposal still stands. I think Yanran's sister should also be interested in you."

Yang Wenyuan, who was standing by, was startled when he heard this.

You are so good, Gu Tingye, you repay kindness with enmity, right?
Throwing your unwanted hat on other people's heads?

Changbai naturally agreed and said:
"My parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, my marriage will be arranged by my father and mother, so I won't bother you, Master Gu."

Changbai has been with Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan for a long time, and his temperament is not as dull as before. When he is with others, he can also say a few sarcastic words.

"With the relationship between you and me, what's the problem?"

Gu Tingye spoke with a smile on his face, but he felt a little sad in his heart.

If my parents can help me plan my marriage, why should I do it myself and ask Yang Wenyuan for help?
At my father's side of the house.

Gu Yankai has never been involved in any affairs and has been leading troops outside all year round. Xiao Qinshi is in charge of all family affairs.

Naturally, matters such as the marriage of children were also planned with the help of Madam Xiao Qin.

The question is, does Gu Tingye dare to ask Xiao Qinshi to help him choose the right person?
Ever since he saw Xiao Qin's true face with the help of Yang Wenyuan, Gu Tingye has been avoiding her.

As for such an important event in life as marriage, Gu Tingye had nothing better to do than to ask Xiao Qinshi to help him plan it.

This is also the reason why he is in a hurry to find a wife for himself.

If it was too late, he was afraid that Xiao Qin would take over the matter again and find a "carefully selected" good girl for him to marry into, and his family would be in turmoil from then on.

Moreover, if Xiao Qin really found someone, it would be difficult for Gu Tingye to refuse. Otherwise, he would be labeled as unfilial, which would be a fatal blow to Gu Tingye's official career. It would even affect his elder brother Gu Tingyu's inheritance of the title when he became ill.

That's why Gu Tingye is so enthusiastic about Yu Yanran and wants to get married soon.

It was not only because the example of the harmonious couple Yang Wenyuan and Hualan was right in front of them, but also because it aroused Gu Tingye's desire for a harmonious life after marriage because he had lacked love since childhood.

And Xiao Qin was pressing hard behind the scenes.

No matter how bad my choice is, it’s still worse than Xiao Qin’s selection!
(End of this chapter)