Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 117 Evolution
The nuns quickly found out about the recent situation of Concubine Dou's natal family.Sure enough, as Li Lijun expected, the current situation of their family is indeed not very good.

Concubine Dou has only one brother alive, and her health is not very good. Although she held an official position in the past, she was sick early and went home to recuperate.Although this Uncle Dou's physical condition has improved in recent years, and he intends to return to officialdom, he has not yet settled down.He himself has several sons and daughters, one of which is the most outstanding son, who is currently studying in Simen School.

For the forest farm in Saga Mountain, the current contract should have been sent to Uncle Dou, but it is not sure whether he will accept it.If it was really just a free gift, it would be fine, but given the current financial situation of his family, even if they wanted to replant the forest farm with trees, they would probably be powerless.

Uncle Dou has been idle at home for a long time, and he has nothing else to do except to manage the farm in Fufeng and his wife's dowry property.The income that these several properties can bring to them is just to maintain the basic dignity of the Dou family's official family, and they can't save much money every year.Uncle Dou and his wife struggled to cope with New Year's gift giving between relatives and friends, congratulations on weddings and weddings, and occasional hosting of banquets.When it is absolutely necessary, it is not without pawning ancestral calligraphy, painting and antiques.

Concubine Dou occasionally helps her natal brothers, but the money she can give is very limited.Although she is the respected prince and concubine, she has only been in charge of the Sui Palace for a few years after entering the door.Ever since Dayang, the original spouse of the heir king Li Dai, entered the door, Concubine Dou had to retreat behind the scenes, and she regained the housekeeping right after Chen's death.Her natal family was not very rich, and the dowry was limited. After losing the power of middle class for many years, how much floating wealth could she have at her disposal?

She also has to be on guard against the schemes of her stepson Li Dai and Xiao Yang at all times, and then take care of her son in the officialdom, buy new jewelry and clothes for her daughter and granddaughter, and prepare a dowry for her daughter... It is impossible for her to spend all her private property on her natal family body.

After Mrs. Chen came in, her financial pressure eased a lot.Many of the daily expenses of the three-bedroom father and daughter and the head of Pingdu County, Li Wanzhi, were covered by Chen's usually quietly, and Princess Dou did not have to pay for it herself, so she had a good impression of this daughter-in-law.If it wasn't for Li Dai's love for trouble, Concubine Dou would be really happy to be a harmonious mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with Chen.

Now that the Chen family has passed away, Li Dai's succession is still undecided, and Concubine Dou is in charge of the middle power of the Sui Palace again.But without Chen's subsidy, the Sui Palace has a lot of money in its account, and Li Dai is always watching her, trying to find her fault, and take back the power of Zhongfei... Princess Dou wants to take care of her natal brothers and nephews Worried about his future, he resumed busying himself with the internal affairs of the palace, under great pressure, and his temper was much worse than before.Sometimes she couldn't help it, and she would even lose her temper in front of King Sui, as if she didn't care about her image at all.

Now, King Sui's attitude towards the princess has softened a lot. Even if Princess Dou got angry at him, he was not very angry.

For his wife's troubles, he actually knows it well.It's just that when he was young, he saw that his stepmother was smart and capable, and had given birth to a son. He was worried that she would be unfavorable to the eldest son, so he deliberately suppressed her and refused to help her natal brother find an official position.When the eldest son's status is stable, the step-wife has never done anything wrong, and the youngest son he has brought up is also smart and general. powerless.

In order not to arouse the embarrassment of the emperor's brother, he didn't dare to interfere in the government affairs at all, so naturally he didn't dare to seek an official for his brother-in-law.Worried that he would be said to be wooing scholars, when Concubine Dou asked him to help send his nephew to the Taixue, he did not say a word. In the end, Concubine Dou relied on her connections to send her nephew to Simenxue.King Sui knew he was wrong, so he turned a blind eye to Concubine Dou's subsidy to her natal family.Even if the eldest son asked him to complain, he didn't say anything.

Because of this, Li Dai also felt that his father was biased, worried that sooner or later his father would hand over the throne to his third younger brother Li Lang, and became more enthusiastic about pursuing power.

Li Lijun declined to comment on her father's thoughts.She just felt that Concubine Dou was a sensible person, and she should be very clear in her heart. Don't look at the fact that the other party is currently holding the middle power, her private house has increased, and she has a good relationship with King Sui, but all of this is temporary.When Li Dai continued, he would still ask for the gift to be handed over to his new wife, so as to avoid his stepmother from running the house.King Sui can acquiesce in trivial matters, but he will definitely stand by the eldest son when it comes to the ownership of the power of the palace.At that time, Concubine Dou will lose her authority again.Is she willing?

She is a decent person, she can't do anything harmful, but she can't sacrifice the interests that she and her flesh and blood deserve.Li Lang needs to continue marrying a virtuous wife, and his official position can go up a bit; Li Wanzhi is about to marry, and the husband-in-law has not yet been found; in a few years, even his granddaughter Li Huijun will also start Prepare dowry.With no money and no power, how can Concubine Dou plan for her dear ones?
Li Lijun believes that as long as she puts forward enough attractive conditions, this smart step-grandmother has no reason to refuse her olive branch.

Since returning to Chang'an, although she honestly stayed in her yard to rest on the first night and did not go out, she still went to pay her respects to her grandparents the next day.

But she went a little late, King Sui was very happy to see her, and said something to make her take care of her health, and then gently let her go back.Concubine Dou was not there, she left the palace early in the morning, it is said that she had something urgent to go back to her mother's house.

Of course Li Lijun knew that Concubine Dou had returned to her natal family, this was the letter Shi Qing got from the porter early in the morning.If not, she would not have missed the time to pay her respects to her grandparents.Concubine Dou is not here at this time, when she comes back and realizes that she went to ask for safety in vain, she will probably send someone to call her to talk, and then she will be able to speak.

Li Lijun even went to visit his elder brother Li Jianrang who was sick, and chatted with him for a while.Although the elder sister Li Chujun didn't give her any good looks, at least she didn't scold her loudly.At that time, Yang Liuniang was also there, and Li Lijun took the opportunity to observe her behavior, and made sure that he had not misunderstood the girl, so he felt more confident.

Afterwards, she went to see her cousin Li Huijun again.Li Huijun was in a bad mood, and was sulking with his nurse, Mrs. Gan. When she saw her coming, her face looked better. After she was pulled into the room to talk, everyone else was kicked out. Even Mrs. Gan brought tea. Shut out by her.

Without the presence of outsiders, Li Huijun also lost a lot of taboos when speaking, and complained directly to Li Lijun: "Now that we have grown up, the wet nurse is taking care of more and more. She always persuades me to be more dignified and elegant, and I can't be like When I was a child, I was so fond of saying whatever I wanted to say, and I didn’t have the style of a golden branch and jade leaf—I don’t know when the golden branch and jade leaf would be afraid of this and that. Even my grandma never said anything about me, but she can control it width!"

Li Lijun blinked: "Why would Mrs. Gan say that? The second sister has never been rude. Even if she is outspoken, she only does so in front of her own family. Among us sisters, the second sister is the most gentle. Be dignified, Miss Gan will feel wronged for you by saying this!"

Li Huijun heard this, and was immediately shoved: "I knew it, the fourth sister is a sensible person." She lowered her voice and told Li Lijun, "You don't know, I heard something very annoying in my grandmother's room yesterday. Something! Duke Bi’s mansion is going to make a deal with my Uncle Dou’s family, exchange their family’s cleared forest farm for a high-quality farm under my uncle’s name, and say that it’s going to be returned to Zhao, but you said that Minute?!"

Yo, has this ugly eating pattern evolved again?

(End of this chapter)