The scumbag ran away from marriage, I remarried on the spot

Chapter 601 Xiu Hong Gets Married

Autumn goes and winter comes, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of the year.

Today is the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, an auspicious day. The weather is also good. The heavy snow has just stopped and the warm sun is shining all over the capital.

Today is also the wedding day of Gu Xiuhong, the eldest son of the second branch of the Changxing Marquisate. The mansion is decorated with lights and colorful decorations everywhere, and the house is bustling with people and guests.

Everyone in the mansion was extremely busy. The women were busy entertaining the female guests, and the men were busy entertaining the male guests. Only Gu Xiuheng and Gu Yunxin, uncle and nephew, were young and were played with by their wet nurse and maids, so they did not have to go out to meet the guests.

Gu Xiuhong was born in the Changxing Marquis Mansion. Although he was the child of the second wife, he was handsome, talented, young and promising. He was also the ideal husband of many girls in the boudoir, and many ladies from wealthy families wanted to marry him. Now, seeing him marrying a widow who had been married before, and that widow was not a lady from a noble family, but just an ordinary woman from an ordinary family, who was two years older than him, it was difficult for everyone to understand.

The guests who came to the wedding couldn't help but whisper with other guests, discussing this mismatched marriage.

"Second Master Gu is also a handsome man, born into a noble family, and extremely talented. How could he marry a widow?"

"Who knows? I heard that Madam Gu had found so many noble ladies for him before, but he didn't like any of them."

"Could it be that he has encountered some evil spirit and is possessed by a ghost?"

"If it was a curse, the Gu family would have already called a master to exorcise it. I think that woman is very clever, and she has persuaded the young master of the noble family who has never been married to marry her."

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Chen noticed that the guests were looking at her with strange eyes, and she also saw them whispering to each other. If it weren't for the special circumstances today, she really would have been unable to hold it in. In order not to be laughed at, she could only try her best to maintain a smile on her face and entertain the guests calmly and moderately.

Princess Jingning couldn't help but ask Meng Jinyao, "Ayao, why did Second Young Master Gu marry a widow?"

Song Xinning also looked at Meng Jinyao with curiosity.

Meng Jinyao glanced at her two friends and replied, "I heard from my second sister-in-law that Xiuhong and that girl had known each other for a long time, but because her parents had married her off to someone else, Xiuhong was away from the capital. When he returned to the capital, she was already married, and she married a jerk who beat his wife. Fortunately, the jerk died early. Xiuhong waited for her to return home after three years of mourning, and then asked my second sister-in-law to send a matchmaker to propose marriage."

Princess Jingning understood: "So that's how it is. I loved someone in my youth and couldn't let go for a long time. Now my wish has come true."

Song Xinning asked, "The girl that Second Young Master Gu couldn't forget must be very beautiful, right?"

Meng Jinyao shook her head slightly. "I've never seen that girl, and Xiuhong isn't the type to be attracted to beautiful women. It's definitely not her looks that keep him obsessed with her." She smiled and said, "If you're curious about her, you can come and see her next time I hold a banquet at the mansion."

Princess Jingning and Song Xinning nodded and did not continue the topic.

Meng Jinyao chatted with them for a while, and when she learned that her family members had arrived, she said goodbye to them and went to greet them.

All the people in the Meng family came to the wedding banquet, except Meng Chengxing who was still under house arrest, Meng Chengzhang who was in Lingshan Academy, and Mrs. Meng who was bedridden.

As Meng Dongyuan's second wife and Meng Jinyao's stepmother, many guests were quietly observing Zhao's attitude towards her stepmother, and treated Zhao and her daughter Qiao Yunying based on Meng Jinyao's attitude.

Seeing that Meng Jinyao got along with Zhao in a friendly and natural way, and she treated Qiao Yunying very gently, everyone now knew what attitude they should adopt when they came into contact with Zhao and her daughter later.

Zhao looked at these noble ladies, whom she could hardly see on a normal day, but who were now able to give her some face. She knew that this was entirely because of her stepdaughter Meng Jinyao, but she didn't care. It was good for her that others could give her some face. As long as she managed it well, maybe she could find a good husband for her daughter.

When the auspicious time arrived, the bride and groom had their greetings in the hall and the banquet began. Everyone toasted each other and talked enthusiastically. After three rounds of drinks, the banquet came to an end and many people were already drunk.

After the banquet is over and the guests have been sent away, arrangements have to be made for the guests who want to stay overnight to rest in the guest rooms, and the kitchen has to be instructed to prepare sobering soup. The court doctor also has to be on standby. If any guest who stays overnight drinks too much and feels unwell, he or she must be diagnosed and treated immediately.

By the time I finished all this, it was already late at night.

Everyone in the Gu family was exhausted, and the men were drunk from drinking a lot of wine. The three sisters-in-law had no choice but to take their drunken husbands back to their own courtyards to rest. They had to get up early tomorrow when the new daughter-in-law would serve tea and meet the elders to recognize them.

Seeing that both of her sisters-in-law had helped their husbands leave, Meng Jinyao also stepped forward to help Gu Jingxi, who stood still, looking at her without blinking, and said softly, "Husband, let's go back and rest."

Gu Jingxi replied: "It's okay, I can walk, no need for support."

Meng Jinyao was stunned. She looked at his face, which was flushed from drinking. Then she thought of how he had just stumbled over here, supported by a servant. She hesitated and said, "Husband, are you really able to do this?"

Gu Jingxi took her hand and squeezed it, then said with a smile, "I'm not drunk. I was just lying to everyone. If I hadn't pretended to be drunk, I don't know how much more I would have drunk."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyao's eyes widened in surprise: "Husband, are you still playing tricks on me?"

Gu Jingxi replied: "If I get drunk, you will have to drag your tired body to take care of me tonight."

Meng Jinyao's lips curled up unconsciously when she heard this: "Next time Xiu Wen gets married, if you continue to play tricks on me, I'll be so tired after a busy day of entertaining guests. If I have to take care of you when you're drunk, I'll probably fall asleep while sitting."

Gu Jingxi looked down at her. Today she was dressed up for an important day, with delicate makeup on her face, but she was completely different from when he saw her in the morning. In the morning she was full of energy, smiling as she asked, "Husband, do you look good?" Now she looked exhausted, as if all her energy had been drained.

The next moment, Gu Jingxi squatted down and said softly, "Ayao, come up. Your husband will carry you back."

Meng Jinyao subconsciously shook her head and refused: "Husband, please get up quickly. How can this be so? There are guests in the mansion. If someone saw us, who knows what they would say."

Gu Jingxi said disapprovingly, "So what if they saw me? I'm carrying my own wife, not someone else's. I don't think anyone dares to gossip about me." He turned to look at her and gave her two choices, "Either I carry you back or I hold you in my arms."

Seeing that he insisted, Meng Jinyao finally chose to let him carry her back. She lay on his broad back, buried her head in his neck and listened to him talk. Maybe she was too tired, so she responded at first, but then there was no sound, and she fell asleep on his back.