Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 145 Chapter 140
In the study, Gu Zhengde took a sip of the tea before the case, and raised his chin towards the chair beside Gu Yunji: "Sit down. The first-class West Lake Longjing has a very clear taste, you can try it."

Gu Yunji sat down as he said, but did not go to take Longjing on the table, just pursed his lips without saying a word, obviously holding his breath in his chest.

Gu Zhengde took his reaction into his eyes, but he didn't care. He drank half a cup of tea and said for no reason: "August is the township examination. How are you preparing? How sure are you that you can pass the exam?"

Gu Yunji cherishes words like gold: "It's okay."

"Fair? It's vague, what kind of answer is that?" Gu Zhengde raised his eyebrows, "If you're sure, you're sure, if you're not sure, you're not sure, so what's fair?"

"I heard from Mr. Chen that your knowledge and writing skills are extraordinary. If there are no accidents, you will definitely win this year. Since even he said so, you should have some confidence in yourself. Blindly modesty is often mistaken as It is everyone's way to shrink back and show your edge properly."

Gu Yunji scoffed lightly when he heard the words, and said sarcastically, "Grandfather talked to me about the way of everyone? Then dare to ask grandfather, what is the way of everyone? Could it be that it is framed and corrupted?"

The air froze for a moment.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Gu Yunji suddenly felt that something was wrong, stood up and bowed his head to admit his mistake: "Grandson made a mistake, I hope grandfather will forgive me."

In this day and age, the word "filial piety" crushes people to death, Gu Zhengde is his grandfather no matter what, and what he said just now was a bit reckless and rude.

After quietly staring at Gu Yunji for a while, Gu Zhengde's aura suddenly withdrew, and his sharp eyes softened again: "That's all, it's nothing, just sit down."

Feeling that the depressing pressure on his body was gone, Gu Yunji heaved a sigh of relief, and sat back on the chair obediently, but he didn't dare to be as loose and reckless as before, sitting upright and upright.

"I know you are angry. I am angry that I failed to deal with it fairly. I am angry that I don't care about right and wrong for the sake of the Gu family's face. I just want to suppress the incident and whitewash the peace." Gu Zhengde flicked the tea foam in his cup without looking up. Look at him, "But you have to know that I am the patriarch of the Gu family, and the interests of the Gu family should be put first in everything. Naturally, different positions have different perspectives on things."

"At the same time, you must also remember that you are a child of my Gu family. No matter how good the relationship with you is, that Cheng Yan is still an outsider, and he is not as close as your own family. You can choose Cheng Yan between Gu Mingan and Cheng Yan, but You can't choose Cheng Yan among the Gu family and Cheng Yan."

Gu Yunji bowed his head in silence, his fingers holding the teacup tightened suddenly, his fingers turned white a little bit, and there was anger in his eyes.

Seemingly seeing that he was dissatisfied, Gu Zhengde's expression did not change, and he continued: "Gu Yunji, your surname is Gu, and you entered the Gu family tree. Before you became famous, others would look up to you because of your origin; After you become famous, others will judge you through your family. Whether others respect or despise you, love or hate you, is not only because of you personally, but also because of the forces behind you."

"Your life has been tightly bound to the family from the very beginning. When you stand out, the family is proud of you; when you are reviled, the family is ashamed of you, and vice versa. Everyone in the world is like this. No matter how unwilling you are, you can’t change this fact.”

Gu Yunji only felt that a certain string in his brain was plucked heavily, and there was a continuous clanging sound, which made his heart tremble.

For a long time, he has no impression of the people of the Gu family in Fucheng, and his feelings are not deep. It seems that he just hangs the name of a relative, but he has no real relatives. He really doesn't have much sense of identity and belonging.

But it is undeniable that he is indeed enjoying the shade of the Gu family all the time.From the admission qualifications of Luxi Academy, to the opportunity to listen to Chen He's teaching again, and every time he introduced himself, the other party's surprise and respect after hearing the words "Songjiang Gu's", the Gu family brought His influence permeated every aspect of life.

This is the Great Xia Dynasty, a feudal society based on clan relations, not the modern society where everyone is an independent individual in the previous life. If Gu Yunji wants to take the imperial examination smoothly and go further in the officialdom, he has to rely on The clan behind it.

Perhaps it was because Gu Yunji had spent most of his time in Luxi Academy, which was almost isolated from the outside world, so he didn't have any personal experience of the impact on the clan.

So much so that when Gu Zhengde said these words at this moment, he felt as if he had just woken up from a dream, and felt how limited his previous cognition was.

What Gu Zhengde said is correct, even though he and Gu Mingan are in the same situation today, when the Gu family is in trouble in the future, he and Gu Mingan will still stand on the same front and join hands to fight the outside world.

It's just that he is not reconciled after all. Family is very important, but it means that family is more important than everything else. Is it so big that he should give up his friends?

Thinking of this, Gu Yunji stroked the teacup in his hand, his eyes darkened deeply.

When his thoughts drifted away, he heard Gu Zhengde's deep and cold voice: "Speaking of which, you are not without fault today."

"I found out in advance that Gu Mingan hid Ruyi in Cheng Yan's room, but put it away privately without telling the elders. This is a mistake; knowing that Gu Mingan deliberately planted Cheng Yan, but he insisted on waiting until the situation was out of control before taking Ruyi out. It was a mistake." Two; on the premise that I have already expressed my desire to calm down the matter, I still hold on to the matter with the intention of damaging the face of the Gu family, this is three mistakes."

Gu Zhengde looked as usual, and while speaking, he gently scratched the rim of the cup, and the clear sounds of the words fell into Gu Yunji's ears one by one, making him suffocate.

As he said, Gu Zhengde raised his head and stared into his eyes quietly: "But I didn't punish you like I punished Gu Mingan, do you know why?"

Gu Yunji's throat rolled, and his voice was somewhat difficult: "...why?"

"Because you are more worthy of cultivation and attention than Gu Mingan." Gu Zhengde narrowed his eyes and turned his eyes back to the tea in the cup, "Being serious and tenacious, I was the first case in the first county examination, and then I was in Luxi County. In the short period of two and a half years in the academy, we have worshiped Xu Shanchang as our teacher and received praise from His Majesty several times, so we have achieved such achievements at such a young age, and our future is boundless."

"In the past few decades that I have been in charge of the family, the last person with such talent was your cousin Gu Mingxuan. It is precisely because you are much better than Gu Mingan that I turned a blind eye and didn't care about you fault."

"If it were you who looked like you three years ago..." Gu Zhengde chuckled, and glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, "I wouldn't care so much, just punish you and Gu Mingan together, no matter what What do you think?"

"Of course I also know that even with the current result, you are still not satisfied. But—"

Gu Zhengde let out a long breath, his eyes were as deep as ink: "If you want to get more, you have to show your strength and prove that you are worthy of me."

(End of this chapter)