Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

Gu Tingye knelt down in front of Gu Yankai, kowtowed three times, and said, "Father, father! It is my son who is unfilial. It is my son who made you angry, sad and hurt your body. Please hit me! Don't make yourself hurt by being angry!" As he said that, he stretched out his arm to grab Gu Yankai's hand.

Gu Yankai slapped him away and cursed, "How are you unfilial? You are the most filial, you wish I could die sooner!"

Gu Tingye: "My son was in a hurry and said something offensive to his father. It's my fault. I deserve to die. I deserve to die!" As he said that, he slapped himself again.

He really regretted saying those words in a hurry just now. When he saw Gu Yankai with a pale face and covering his chest, he wanted to stab himself to death with a knife. The slap he gave was quick and heavy.

Gu Yankai saw that his cheeks were already swollen, and his heart moved slightly, but his mouth was still spitting: "You don't have to act so pitiful in front of me, don't you just want to say that it was your elder brother who harmed you? Don't you want to say that he blamed you and your son for Da Qin's death? I tell you, even if you die in front of me, I will not believe your instigation! Don't think I don't know, you just saw that you have no hope of passing the imperial examination, so you want to go back and fight with your elder brother for the title! Give up, Gu Tingye! With your character and behavior, I will never give you the title no matter what!"

Gu Tingye finally understood the crux of the matter. He kowtowed again and said, "Father, you are right. With my character and behavior, I am definitely not qualified for the position of marquis. So I am not here for the title. I only ask for mercy from you, father, to help me beg the emperor to show some leniency and give me a chance to plead with the emperor."

Gu Yankai said: "What are you daydreaming about? You have offended the government to this extent, and you still want to turn things around?"

Gu Tingye: "Father, everything depends on human effort. The emperor is angry with me. First, I am angry that I talk nonsense, which discourages his good intentions of recruiting talents. Second, I am angry that I am inconsistent. I wrote one thing in the essay, but said another. But if the emperor knew from the beginning that it was what I said when I was eight years old, he would not be so angry. I don't ask for anything to save this failure. I just hope that father can help me beg the emperor to give me another chance, so that I can return to the examination hall as soon as possible. I will use my essay and actions to prove to the emperor that I have repented!"

Gu Yankai didn't answer him anymore. He slumped against the carriage and kept cursing, "Evil creature!"

Gu Tingye did not resist and let his old father's saliva spray all over his face.

He felt both disappointed and relieved. He felt disappointed that his father still didn't believe him and only believed his elder brother, but he was also relieved that he didn't force his father to vomit blood and die as Minglan worried. As for the imperial examination, after listening to the chief examiner's comments, he had put down the heavy stone in his heart - he was originally in the top three! As long as the article is recognized, there will be a chance for him to succeed in the future!

The coachman listened to the entire quarrel between father and son, and returned to the Gu Mansion to inform Gu Tingyu and his wife.

After hearing this, Shao stamped his feet in anger: "Erlang failed the imperial examination, but he blames you. How shameless!"

Gu Tingyu also clicked his tongue and shook his head, but this was not what he was worried about.

He rewarded the coachman with a whole bag of silver, and then said to Shao, "He is a man of great literary talent, and now he has learned to keep a low profile. If he and I were born of the same mother, I would be at ease leaving all the affairs in the Marquis' Mansion to him." He slowly turned around and walked back into the house. "What a pity, his fate is bad. He has to be the son of the bitch who killed my mother..." As he spoke, he began to cough violently.

Shao patted him on the back and said, "Don't be sad, sir. I have found a good girl for you. I will pick a date..."

Gu Tingyu interrupted her, "Forget it... Since we have already rejected the adoption proposed by our father, let's not bother about it anymore. Don't forget that there is an aunt who is eyeing us covetously. Besides, my body is like a reed in the wind, so I won't cause any more trouble for others." He held Shao's hand, "I feel ashamed to marry you. I am already a burden to you... I only hope that I can take good care of you and Sister Xian, so that I will have no regrets."

Shao wiped away the tears from her eyes and said, "I have no regrets in my life for marrying you. Since you say so, I will obey you."

Gu Tingyu exhaled: "He said these words today, and father neither drove him away nor beat him, but just scolded him a few times, which is definitely not a good thing for us."

Shaw: "Why? He has accused father to his face. Doesn't that make father even more unhappy?"

Gu Tingyu: "You don't understand. Although he speaks fast, he has pointed out a mistake that the head of the family should never make. The reason why I have been invincible for so many years is precisely because my father favors me and no one in the family dares to mention it. If it is not exposed, everyone can play dumb together. Now that he has exposed it, and it involves his future in the imperial examination, my father will definitely not be vague anymore."

Shaw: “Then what should we do?”

Gu Tingyu took a deep breath and said, "Eat well, sleep well, and keep yourself alert. I guess we still have to fight this good brother for another ten or twenty years."

Shaw: "I'll go tell the kitchen to add two more dishes."

She turned around and walked out of the yard. When she passed the warehouse, she happened to meet Xiao Qin coming out.

In order to regain Gu Yankai's trust, Xiao Qinshi has been more cautious these days and has been doing everything herself. Shao Shi was not surprised to see her here and asked, "Mother, are you going to check the warehouse yourself?"

Xiao Qinshi's face was not very good. She did not answer her question and asked calmly, "Why don't you stay with Brother Yu and come to the kitchen by yourself?"

Shaw: "Da Lang's appetite has improved today, so I want to add two more dishes."

Xiao Qin sneered in her heart: [Knowing that Gu Tingye failed the exam, wouldn’t your appetite be greatly improved? ]

She said, "It's rare for Dalang to eat more. Go and ask the kitchen to add some angelica to the mutton that was just delivered today to make a stew, so that it can nourish Dalang."

Shaw thanked him with a smile and continued to go to the kitchen.

Xiang waited until her mother was far away before approaching Xiao Qinshi and said, "Didn't the doctor say yesterday that Brother Yu has a strong internal heat and shouldn't eat mutton in the near future?"

Xiao Qin glanced at her and said, "Which doctor said that? Did you hear it?"

She looked at her mother and suddenly understood, and said with a smile: "It's my fault. I remembered it wrong. The doctor said that mutton is nutritious, and we should let Dalang use more."

Xiao Qinshi smiled and said, "That's right. The best thing about my daughter-in-law is that she's stupid. If I replaced her with someone smarter, I really wouldn't be able to do anything."

Since she married into the Gu family, Shao had believed Xiao Qinshi's lies and had been hiding her true condition from Gu Tingyu for more than a decade. She would not let the doctor finish his words in front of Gu Tingyu and would only take him somewhere else to discuss with Xiao Qinshi. Even though Gu Tingyu had told her the true face of Xiao Qinshi, she had only skipped the step of calling Xiao Qinshi and still had not told Gu Tingyu the true situation.