The solid and warm embrace made Gu Sui feel an unusual yearning in his heart.

To him, she was clearly just a stranger he had met not long ago, but she felt more like a mother than Gu Shi ever did.

Perhaps it was because he was occupying Gu Suizhi’s body.

Gu Sui thought to himself.

How could he tell this mother that he wasn’t Gu Suizhi, that her son hadn’t forgotten his past, but had his body taken over by someone else?

“Actually…”

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Gu Sui felt a wave of bitterness in his mouth.

The rest of the words turned on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn’t spit them out.

“Suizhi, you’ve never called me Mother in all these years. Can you fulfill a wish for Mother today?”

Gu Tingsong released Gu Sui from her embrace, speaking with expectation.

Gu Sui’s expression still carried a bit of hesitation, making Gu Tingsong feel a little disappointed.

“Mother.”

The clean and clear voice escaped from his lips and teeth, sounding like heavenly music to Gu Tingsong’s ears.

She was overjoyed, unable to suppress the curve of her mouth. Her originally stern face became much more amiable due to the smile lines at the corners of her eyes.

Gu Sui let out a long sigh of relief and, under Gu Tingsong’s gaze, embraced her back, speaking softly.

“You are a good mother.”

Although shameful, let him feel this stolen maternal love, just for a moment.

“Good, good, good, my good Suizhi. Come, let’s go to the Jade Dew Tower. If you like someone, tell Mother.

If she dares to treat you poorly in the future, Mother will take 200,000 troops and demolish her!”

Gu Sui tugged at the corners of his mouth, “…Mother, can I… not marry?”

Faced with Gu Tingsong’s protectiveness, although he was very touched, he hadn’t even figured out what this place was like, so how could he get married?

It was too difficult!

Gu Tingsong’s face turned solemn, “This is not something to be messed with.”

“My son, there are only three or four months left after the New Year before you turn twenty-five. If you don’t get married before then, there will be a bloody disaster within five years. That Wan Qi Xingyin’s prediction is quite accurate, I dare not gamble on it.”

Gu Sui felt it was very frustrating, what kind of ultimate move was this to push for marriage!

Gu Tingsong tidied up Gu Sui’s collar, then took a black cloak with a fur trim from the rack beside her and put it on him, carefully tying the straps.

“It’s cold outside, you must wear more. Come on, we won’t ride horses today, we’ll take the carriage.”

Gu Sui: “……”

*

Jade Dew Tower, the only unique brothel in the capital.

It was different from ordinary pleasure houses, it was truly a refined place where literati and elegant guests gathered. On weekdays, when dignitaries held banquets and such, it was either at their homes or at the Jade Dew Tower.

The news that Young Master Gu was holding a bride selection event at the Jade Dew Tower at the end of November had spread a month ago, and today, the Jade Dew Tower was especially lively.

Gu Suizhi could be said to be a legend in the capital.

As a man, he followed his mother to lead the troops and established countless military merits, big and small. He was the only male general in the current dynasty, holding a rank 3 official position.

Most men in the Mu Dynasty married after the age of fifteen. The reason Gu Suizhi hadn’t married even though he was almost twenty-five was also due to this.

Gu Suizhi’s temperament was well-known to everyone in the capital, extremely cold and ruthless.

Three years ago, Gu Suizhi’s massacre of a city in the Western Regions was still criticized by people to this day.

Moreover, he had been at the frontier before and only returned to the capital half a year ago, so his marriage was put on hold.

However, just because Gu Suizhi hadn’t married didn’t mean he couldn’t marry.

Gu Tingsong was the top general of the current dynasty, holding the military power of 200,000 troops. As the only son of the Gu family, whoever married Gu Suizhi would be marrying those 200,000 troops.

Therefore, even though they knew Gu Suizhi had an eccentric temperament, there were still many people who came to the Jade Dew Tower today to join in the excitement.

The third miss of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, the fifth miss of the Minister’s Mansion, last year’s top scholar…

Almost all the unmarried women of marriageable age in the capital had come, and there were even several princesses, as well as martial arts experts who had heard the news and came from the jianghu.

The Jade Dew Tower was an open-air, square-shaped structure. At this moment, those women were all gathered in the elegant seats on the first or second floor.

Gu Sui was currently standing in a room prepared in advance inside the Jade Dew Tower. He only glanced down slightly and hurriedly retreated from the window.

How could there be so many people!

It was just Gu Suizhi holding a bride selection event, these people were giving him too much face!