After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

Prime Minister's House.

Zhengxiaotang.

Gu Mingzhe knelt on the ground with an upright posture, his eyes clear.

Gu Xiang sat behind the desk with a book in his hand, flipping through the scroll as if nothing had happened.

Before receiving the news, he always regarded his eldest son as his pride.

He has good knowledge, good character and first-class appearance.

Speaking of him being the number one young master in the capital, Prime Minister Gu did not feel guilty at all.

On the contrary, I admire my eldest son for having such a reputation at such a young age.

But today, he actually went to Princess Zhaohua's mansion.

When he first heard the news from the servants, he was still not sure until the servants in the mansion brought gifts to the princess's mansion. This brat actually stayed in the princess's mansion for more than half an hour.

What does he want to do?

Could it be that he wants to be a royal consort?

The imperial court had a regulation that anyone who married a princess could not serve as an official in the court. In order to prevent the power of external relatives to interfere in politics, even close relatives were not allowed to take the imperial examinations.

This son was the eldest son he had personally raised and was the heir to the family business. He had devoted half his life's efforts and energy to him.

But now, he wanted Princess Shang.

Scholars can bear it, what can't bear it.

Gu Xiang's face was calm, but his heart was already boiling with anger. His good upbringing and years of self-control as a superior allowed him to maintain his current rationality.

"Do you know that you almost made a big mistake today?" Gu Xiang said in a cold voice.

Gu Mingzhe had no expression on his face and replied mechanically, "I don't know. Please enlighten me, father!"

The desk was slammed hard, making a dull clang.

But Minister Gu slammed the scroll upside down on the desk, then stood up angrily, walked up to Gu Mingzhe, and shouted, "What did you do at Princess Zhaohua's mansion today? Tell me the truth!"

"The princess is injured, and her son is going to visit her!"

"She's injured. What does her injury have to do with you?" Gu Xiang was really disappointed with her.

"My son loves Princess Zhaohua, so I went there in person!"

"You, you are so outrageous! You can choose any noble lady in the capital, but you can't choose Princess Zhaohua!"

"My son only wants her!"

"You... do you know that if you marry the princess, your career prospects will be ruined!" Gu Xiang said earnestly, hoping that his eldest son would wake up in time. "You are old enough, and it is time to arrange a marriage for you."

"Father," Gu Mingzhe was a little excited when he heard this. "Father, His Majesty has already issued a special decree, allowing the prince consort that Princess Zhaohua marries to enter the court as an official. My son, my son has not... I can still fulfill your wish..."

"Silly child, even if His Majesty asks, how will the people of the world view you? They will say that you, Gu Mingzhe, relied on women to enter the court. No matter what you do in the future, you will be labeled Princess Zhaohua!"

"I don't care what others think of me. I only ask for your permission to find a marriage for my cousin, or to send her back home instead of letting her stay in the Gu Mansion any longer."

When Gu Mingzhe said this, he lowered his head.

Seeing this, Prime Minister Gu frowned even more. "That's inappropriate. How can I expel my cousin just for your sake? Gu Mingzhe, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Father...I have been deeply influenced by you since I was little. I have always been strict with myself and never dare to relax. Do you know what I really like?"

Gu Mingzhe raised his eyes and looked directly at his father, whom he had looked up to since childhood. His nose felt sore and tears seemed to flow in it:

"My son doesn't like to read those books. He only likes to read poetry and storybooks."

"My son doesn't like being praised all the time. He just wants to be alone and not know anyone."

"My son doesn't want to be an official in the court, to fight and struggle. He just wants to live in seclusion in the mountains and enjoy the scenery."

"My son has been studying for so many years. He is always nervous, has insomnia and nightmares, and has trouble eating. He is already exhausted."

"Every day of my life, my son feels nothing but extreme pain."

"If I can't be with the one I love, what's the point of living the rest of my life?"

At this point, Gu Mingzhe was already in tears.

He said it, he actually said it.

The anger in my heart was released at this moment, but I also received the wrath of my father.

This is his good son!

For a woman, he openly rebelled against me!

Gu Xiang felt that his authority as a father was being challenged, so his men were extremely ruthless and slapped the man directly in the face who had astonished the world.

With a loud slap, Gu Mingzhe's right cheek instantly became red and swollen.

This was the first time he was beaten since he grew up.

The last time was ten years ago.

That day, he played with his cousin for an entire afternoon, and in the evening, he was slapped and reprimanded by his father.

From then on, he never dared to indulge himself again.

Today, the slap appeared again.

Gu Mingzhe closed his eyes in pain.

"Someone, send the young master back to his room and put him under house arrest for a month!" Gu Xiang shouted sternly. He felt a little regretful after slapping him.

At this moment, he was a little afraid to face his son.

But now that things have come to this, he can't regret it.

Gu Mingzhe let the two servants carry him up and help him back to his room. From afar, he heard his father seemed to be ordering someone to call the family doctor, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

You've already fought, why are you acting like this now?

But, I wonder if Zhaohua is still waiting for me to resolve the issue with my cousin? But now I can't even leave the house, what should I do?

...

The eldest young master of the mansion was actually put in solitary confinement by the prime minister.

It is said that he angered the Prime Minister and was slapped in the face.

The news quickly spread throughout the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister's wife, Mrs. Du, rushed directly into Wenxuan Pavilion to check on her son.

I don’t know what the two of them talked about in the room. After a long while, Mrs. Du came out with red eyes.

After coming out, the first thing he did was to order people to compile a list of the eligible teenagers in Kyoto that had been collected recently.

He hurried to Ci'an Hall where the old lady was.

They said they were arranging a marriage for my cousin, and the list of candidates had been released. They asked the old lady to choose one and arrange a meeting between the two if there was a suitable one.

The old lady was so angry that she smashed two sets of tea bowls, hugged her cousin Yang Ruoyun and cried breathlessly, and said: Since the Prime Minister's Mansion cannot accommodate the two of them, they will set off to return to their hometown in Changzhou and not stay here to bother you.

The old lady's action frightened all the masters in the Prime Minister's Mansion so much that they all knelt in Ci'an Hall to apologize.

The Prime Minister looked extremely unhappy. At such an old age, he had to kneel down in public just to ask his mother to stay.

Mrs. Du gritted her teeth in hatred, knowing exactly why the old lady did this. She said that she brought the cousin here to find a good marriage for her in Kyoto, but then she turned around and looked down on the noble son from Kyoto whom she had carefully chosen.