Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 899: Asking about Marriage

This side of the inn.

After Gu Chan came back, she immediately put the exam out of her mind and asked the waiter to prepare a bucket of hot water. She closed the door, sat in the tub and took a nice hot bath.

The tabby cat and the calico cat sat aside, staring at her quietly.

Gu Chan said unhappily, "Can you guys stop staring at me like that?"

[Master, you have a great figure! I am itching to see you.] The tabby cat said with a smile.

"Get out! You lewd cat, if you keep looking around, I'll dig out your eyeballs and soak them in wine." Gu Chan cursed.

The tabby cat laughed mischievously, jumped onto the bed and fell asleep.

The calico cat said jokingly, "Master, I still like you in women's clothes. It's really unfair for you to dress up as a man."

"There's no other way. I'm now juggling between two identities, so you have to keep it a secret for me. Also, you have to remind that stubborn donkey at all times to keep its mouth shut and not let anyone leak my female identity." Gu Chan ordered.

[Yes, Master.] The calico cat responded respectfully.

Gu Chan leaned back in the bathtub, murmuring in enjoyment.

The calico cat then said, "By the way, Master, how did you do in the scientific examination this time? Are you confident that you can get into the top three?"

"The top three are bullshit. I wrote those things just for fun. How could I expect it to satisfy the Queen?" Gu Chan said with a wry smile.

[Then it shouldn’t be a problem to pass the imperial examination, right?] said the calico cat.

"Don't think about it. I never thought about getting any honor in the exam. I'm just trying to get by. Anyway, I'll have to rely on Feng Hao to get the red spider lily herb later." Gu Chan said frankly.

After hearing this, the calico cat didn't ask any more questions. It ran to the bed obediently, lay in the arms of the tabby cat and fell asleep.

After taking a nice hot bath, Gu Chan changed into a clean set of men's clothes, went downstairs to order a table of good wine and food and started eating.

Just as she was enjoying her meal, Guo Yu suddenly walked in from outside the inn.

Sitting opposite Gu Chan, she said in surprise, "Oh my God! I heard from others that you handed in the paper three days in advance, and I thought it was fake! I didn't expect you to hand in the paper so quickly!"

"That's right. The questions the Queen gave this time are not too difficult. Just write them casually." Gu Chan boasted.

"Wow! You are so awesome! I admire you so much." Guo Yu said with stars in his eyes.

She had liked Gu Chan to begin with, and now that Gu Chan was so awesome, having handed in the paper three days in advance and appearing so confident, she of course admired Gu Chan even more.

Gu Chan laughed and said, "Have you eaten yet? Do you want to eat something?"

"No need. My father asked me to come and see you. He said that if you really handed in the paper early, he would let you go back with me in the evening and he would set up a dinner at home to celebrate for you." Guo Yu said softly.

"No need! I'm not saying I'll definitely pass, there's nothing to celebrate." Gu Chan said awkwardly. She never wrote with the mentality of a high school student, so now she has already prepared for failure. Guo Pinchuan wants to hold a dinner party for her to celebrate, which really makes her feel a little funny.

Guo Yu said nonchalantly, "Whether you pass the exam or not, at least you write faster than all the other students. This is worth celebrating."

"This... is a bit far-fetched!" Gu Chan said with an awkward smile.

"It's okay, go ahead! My father has sent someone to invite Prince Leng, and he will come in the evening." Guo Yu said.

The smile on Gu Chan's face disappeared, replaced by a solemn look.

She really could have chosen not to go to Guo Pinchuan's banquet, but if that old man Prince Leng also wanted to go, he probably had no choice but to go. After all, no matter who passed the exam and ranked in the top three and went to the Jinluan Palace to meet the Empress for the palace examination, he would be the one to give out the red spider lily as a reward.

Therefore, in this situation, it is always a good idea to establish a good relationship with him in advance and let him favor Feng Hao more when rewarding.

Thinking of this, Gu Chan pretended to be reluctant and said, "Alright! Since Prince Leng wants to go, I dare not refuse him and have to go."

"Well! Then you eat quickly, and then we'll go out for a walk. I'll take you to a nice place to play, and when it gets dark, we'll go home for the dinner." Guo Yu said happily.

Gu Chan agreed with a smile, then she quickly filled her stomach and left the inn with Guo Yu.

Half an hour later, the two arrived outside the Wenxian Tower east of Kyoto.

This tower is eighteen stories high and is painted red from top to bottom. There are countless red ropes tied to the top of each floor, which looks unique.

Guo Yu took Gu Chan to the tall incense burner standing in front of the tower and said softly, "Mr. Xu, this tower is called the Immortal Pagoda, also known as the Marriage Pagoda. Young men and women come here to burn incense and ask for a red rope. Then they tie the red rope to the red incense bag and throw it to the top of the tower. If it can get stuck and not fall down, it proves that this pair of young men and women are destined to be together."

"Ms. Guo, you don't want to bring me here to see if we are destined to be together, do you?" Gu Chan said with a dry laugh.

"Of course! I like you so much, I just want to see if we are destined to be together. If our red string sachets don't stay when I throw them up, doesn't that prove that we are not destined to be together? This way I can give up on you!" Guo Yu explained.

Gu Chan didn't want to do this at first, but after hearing what Guo Yu said, she changed her mind.

For so long, she didn't have that kind of feeling towards Guo Yu. Most importantly, she was a girl, and there was definitely no marriage between her and Guo Yu, who was also a woman. It wouldn't be a bad thing to take this opportunity to make her give up.

With this thought in mind, Gu Chan immediately nodded in agreement. Then she and Guo Yu went over there to find someone to pay the money and get the incense. They each burned a stick of incense into the big incense burner.

After offering incense, they each received their own red sachet.

It was then that Gu Chan discovered that there was a thick red rope tied under the scent bag. If a man and a woman stood under the tower and threw it up at the same time, the thick red rope under the scent bag would easily get tangled together. In this way, as long as the two red ropes were entangled, they would easily get caught when they fell on the top of the tower, proving that the two were destined to be together.

On the contrary, if the two people are not destined to be together, the two red strings under the sachet will not be entangled together, and will not be easily hung on the top of the tower.

After understanding the truth, Gu Chan said to Guo Yu, "Miss Guo, when we throw the red sachets up together, please don't blame me if the two red strings can't be entangled together and can't be hung on the top of the tower!"

"Then you have to throw it carefully! You can't throw it randomly, otherwise I will throw it this way and you will throw it that way, and it will be difficult for the two red ropes to get tangled together!" Guo Yu reminded.

Gu Chan nodded affirmatively, and then the two of them stood side by side and threw the red sachets in their hands upwards in the same direction.