The group of rough and crude military men was utterly shocked by their own Marshal's shamelessness and had no other choice but to burst out laughing. Shen Yi said coolly: "Marshal, if you are as beautiful as a flower, how come you also can't find a wife then?"

Gu Yun's grievance was poked in just one sentence. Marshal Gu had to cover his chest, and said: "I'm holding off waiting for the price to go up, all good things must be saved for last. What do you know?"

Speaking of this matter, one truly could not place the blame on Gu Yun.

Back then, the former Emperor's feelings for him were quite contradictory. He loved Gu Yun, yet he was cautious of him at the same time. It was fine when he was a child, but as he grew older, the marriage of the young marquis became a fishbone stuck in the throat of the former emperor.

If choosing someone from a lowly family, he was afraid that people would criticize that he had mistreated the descendant of a loyal subject. The former emperor wouldn't be able to stop the masses from talking no matter what his reasoning might be. But if he chose someone from a highly influential family, he would feel nothing but anxiety.

Both choices were difficult when faced with this dilemma. Perhaps in that year, the former emperor had wished that Gu Yun was only a little eunuch.

The matter of the Marquis of Order's marriage had been dragged on and delayed for a long time, and finally, the emperor chose the daughter of Grand Scholar Guo.

The Guo family had generation after generation of highly educated scholars; they were both influential and pure. Young Lady Guo was said to be as beautiful as an orchid; her talents and knowledge were renowned throughout the capital. That year, together with the crown prince's wife - who was now the current empress - they made up the capital's Pair of Beauties. This choice didn't have any personal benefit involved and also wouldn't disgrace Gu Yun.

But it was really strange, ever since after their engagement, this renowned flower seemed to have been covered in frost. She began to grow ill and became weaker and weaker every day. In the end, without waiting for Gu Yun to come back victoriously from the frontline, Miss Guo had already passed away.

Thinking about it, there were many people whose wives had passed away; it was nothing out of the norm, let alone a betrothed who had not been wedded yet. But as this matter involved the Marquis of Order, it was hard for people not to recall his lonesome grandfather who lost all his wives and children, and the passing of Gu Yun's own parents when he was young.

Just like that, the Marquis' reputation, whose fate countered his own wife, started to spread out throughout the capital.