A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 228 Noble Fan

Wu Huaiyu originally thought that there would be a storm coming to the Shouyang Hou Mansion.

But when he replaced the uneasy old Wu and talked about this matter with Liu Shi alone, Liu Shi was actually very calm, that was not pretending to be calm.

"You will go to Qujiang with you Aye tomorrow and bring him back,"

"Auntie, are you not angry?"

"You, Aye, are a little confused about this matter. How can you keep it in a foreign house? Let people know. If you are impeached, you may be fined and seized from office. If it's a big deal, you can just take it home."

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Huaiyu thought it was a big deal, but Liu thought it was not worth mentioning.

It is very common for men to take concubines, not to mention that although Lao Wu is 61 now, he is still a seventh-rank official, and his family's conditions are also good now. In the past, his family was poor and had no conditions, so he only took one concubine.Now that the conditions are met, it is normal to accept two young concubines.

Lao Cai, a rural landlord, would think of taking a concubine to buy two maidservants whenever the harvest was good and the fields collected an extra hundred shi of grain, not to mention that Lao Wu was an official.

Besides, it was given by someone else.

"Auntie, are you really not angry?"

"Why are you angry, this concubine didn't spend any money, and now there are two cubs in her belly, and the family has another baby."

Huaiyu wanted to say, this Tianding is not your child, but after thinking about it, the concept of this era is different, and no one can shake Wu Liu's status as a doctor.

The descendants are different.

A concubine will always be a concubine, and will never threaten the status of a big woman.

As for concubines giving birth to children, that's fine. The family is growing and needs people. I have two eldest sons, and my concubines give birth to some sons, who are also helpers for my sons.

There is no need to worry about the concubine threatening the legitimate son, or robbing the legitimate son's family property. In this day and age, national laws, family regulations, and clans protect these things very well, so there is no need to worry at all.

Thinking about it this way, there is really nothing to be too angry about.

It's not like young people are jealous when they are old couples.

Think about it, Liu Shi and Wang Shi have lived together for nine years, and they get along fairly well. Wang Shi is also a cultured, young and beautiful woman, but she is also taught to be honest by Liu Shi.

The next morning.

Huaiyu prepared chariots and horses to pick him up.

Wu Liu actually wanted to go pick him up in person.

Not only did Wu Liu's family go to pick them up in person, but Huai Yi was also asked to go, and even Wang's family was invited.

"Bring me my royal dress."

The Wu family set up a convoy, which was very powerful.

Wu Liushi not only put on the county magistrate's official uniform, but also asked Huaiyu and Huaiyi brothers to wear the scarlet robe and jade belt. Old Wu was very embarrassed the whole time.

Fan Xuanfu was very excited when he heard about it, and wanted to watch the excitement, but Huaiyu said that she is not suitable for riding a car now, so she immediately stopped going.

A group of people marched out of the city and came to the outskirts of Qujiang.

Not far from Huaiyu's land, Lao Wu bought a small courtyard, temporarily housing two housewives sent by Yang Shidao.

I have to say that Yang Shidao deserves to be from the famous Hongnong Yang family, and his father was also the prince of the Sui Dynasty.

This nobleman is very generous.

The two concubines are very young and beautiful, and it is said that they are not of low birth. They used to be the daughters of gentry officials and officials, but later they were degraded to the teaching workshop due to crimes. Lao Yang bought them home. Pipa sings songs.

According to Lao Wu, it was the first time when the two of them were with him, so he could say that it was his own after pregnancy.

Yang Shidao sent the two of them to Lao Wu, even their clothes and jewelry, and even took two maidservants.

No wonder Yang Shidao was able to become Li Shimin's prime minister later, he is full of aristocratic style.

When the head lady arrived, the panic on the faces of the two young women could not be concealed.

They were placed here by Lao Wu, and they were actually very worried.

These days women are not afraid of being a concubine. After all, concubines have a guaranteed status, but housewives are different. This is at most adultery, and the sons they give birth to can only be illegitimate children.

But Lao Wu never took them back, and they had nothing to do. Suddenly, a group of people killed them, and they had already thought of the worst possible outcome. Yazi sold them, and even killed the children in her womb.

Panicked, they immediately knelt down.

"Get up, there is no need for such a big gift."

The Wuliu family is very dignified today, and the county lord's edict has a good effect.

Lao Wu was very cowardly today and didn't speak the whole time.

Wu Liu took the opportunity to set rules for the two newcomers.

Brothers Huaiyu and Huaiyi in the scarlet robe are cheering today, and several concubines of Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Huaiyi even helped Mrs. Wu Liu to put on a show.

After Wu Liushi showed his majesty and established the rules, he announced that he would take the two of them back to the Marquis Mansion.

Feeling overwhelmed with the rest of their lives, the two knelt down again and thanked Wu Liushi a thousand times.

Just now they really felt like they had walked through the gate of hell.

Don't be afraid of seeing a housewife, it's like a mouse seeing a cat, its bones are soft.

Seeing this scene, Huaiyu felt quite complicated.

In the era of identity, everything starts from identity.

Along the way, Wu Liushi also invited a music class to play and play, making it very lively, letting everyone know that the old lady of the Wu family is taking a concubine for her husband today.

They also deliberately let people publicize that this concubine was a gift from Yang Shidao, the concubine of Princess Guiyang.

One get one free.

It not only praised Yang Shidao's aristocratic style, but also praised Wu Liu's virtuous headed lady style, and the Wu and Yang families were praised by many people for this reason.

It's enviable.

Lao Wu is talked about and envied by many people. He is over 60 years old and can still take two beautiful concubines at a time.
A tree of pear blossoms pressed begonia.

Beautiful.

After being taken home, Wu Liu's family specially asked Huaiyu to go to Master Yang's house again, and gave him a gift to thank him.

The Wu family is also related to the Yang family, but Huaiyu and Yang Shidao are not familiar with each other, they have met each other but have never greeted each other or communicated.

He also deliberately didn't take the initiative to interact with the Yang family, but he definitely couldn't avoid it today.

Pick some gifts, firebrick salt, soap, wine, pear wine, burnt persimmons, autumn pear cream, some ginseng Yangrong pills, Wuzi Yanzong pills and other pills.

Changgong Mansion.

Yang Shidao was very enthusiastic about Wu Huaiyu's visit. Looking at the gifts he brought, he said with a smile, "These are all well-known good things in Chang'an. I heard that there is a price but no market, and it is hard to find one."

Huaiyu followed Yang Shidao into the mansion. The princess mansion is very large and luxurious.

The princess went to the palace today to visit the Supreme Emperor. In fact, Yang Shidao is the second husband of Princess Guiyang. The princess was named Princess Guiyang for the first time. She is the fifth daughter of Li Yuan. Zhao Cijing died fighting for Li Tang, and Li Yuan immediately remarried his daughter to Yang Shidao.

Yang Shidao is the youngest son of Sui Guan Wang Yang Xiong. He has a high status and his family is the target of Li Yuan's wooing.

Princess Guiyang changed her title to Princess Changguang and remarried to the Yang family, and it has been almost nine years since she married Yang Shidao.

The princess had two sons with Zhao Cijing, and a son with Yang Shidao, but this son was very famous in history, not because he was capable or talented,
When he grew up, he married Li Yuanji's daughter,

Later, after his mother died, he actually committed adultery with his aunt, Princess Yongjia, during the mourning period. As a result, he was tortured and killed by his uncle Dou Fengjie with five punishments.

I heard that Princess Changguang is a talented woman who is good at writing poems, but it is a pity that I have no chance to meet her today.

Huaiyu secretly looked at Yang Shidao, and Yang Shidao was also looking at him.

Yang Shidao had previously served as the general manager of Lingzhou, and he had repelled the Turkic invasion many times during his tenure. He had also served as the minister of the Ministry of officials before.

Although he looked quite young, he had to say that Li Yuan had a good eye for choosing his son-in-law. Chai Shao, Dou Xi, Yang Shidao, Duan Lun, Feng Shaoshi, etc. were all very capable and came from good backgrounds.

Yang Shidao is very good at chatting. It was the first official meeting, but he was able to chat with each other very warmly.

When Huaiyu said goodbye and left, he felt that Yang Shidao was really a good person, and he could feel that Yang Shidao belonged to that kind of very old-fashioned traditional aristocrat, who was full of aristocratic style.

Yang Shidao also prepared a cart for him in return.

To say that such a person is indeed worthy of association, but, he can feel that Yang Shidao is not the same kind of person as him, and even Yang Shidao's enthusiasm on the surface still cannot conceal that people do not really look up to him, and there is no equal to make friends with. mean.

It was just a noble etiquette, and the other side was only superficially warm and courteous, and even returned a very heavy ceremony, but it was just a kind of courtship with a superior meaning, not equality.

Although this is also normal, Hongnong Yang, the son-in-law Duwei, is also Taichangqing and military supervisor, and the title is also a county prince, why should he have an equal relationship with you?
But Huaiyu still likes Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and even Fan Xing, who are more straightforward.

Yang Shidao is a bit hypocritical.

Just now Yang Shidao wanted to keep him for dinner, but Huaiyu said that it was getting late, so he left quickly. He felt that if he had dinner at Yang's house, Yang Shidao would probably stay with him for a while, and he might have to arrange a housewife to accompany him. Maybe send him off tomorrow.

Forget about such a good thing.

The sky was gloomy, and suddenly it began to snow.

The north wind howled and the snow fell.

Huaiyu stretched out his hand to catch the large flake of snow, and the snowflakes fell on his palm and melted quickly.

As the days get colder and colder, it becomes more and more difficult for the common people.

When he got home, Gao Huian hurriedly swept the snow off his body.

"Change quickly and get warm inside."

There are flue walls, heated kangs, and stoves in Wu's house, and it is not cold this winter.Mrs. Gao helped Huaiyu change her clothes, while telling her that the two women were taken back and now they are placed in the North Courtyard. She also said that the two women, one surnamed Zhao and the other Xu, were both from Henan.

He said a lot in bits and pieces.

Seeing her trying so hard to please herself, Huaiyu also felt quite embarrassed.

"It's been cold recently, is there anything missing in your house?"

"I don't lack anything, my concubine is doing well, I still drink a cup of goat's milk and two chickens every morning, and I also have a bowl of millet porridge."

"Have you gained weight?"

"I just weighed it yesterday, and now it weighs [-] catties."

"Well, it's fine."

Huaiyu sized her up, and found that compared to when she was brought back from the palace, she had indeed changed a lot.Before, she was very thin and her face was yellow, but now she has become whiter and fatter.

The skin is like curdled fat, and it is as white as congealed lard. This is the white fat that Tang people like very much.

With her height, one hundred and eight catties is not considered fat, and she is even a little thin.

Seeing Huaiyu sizing her up, Gao Hui'an was both shy and happy, and couldn't help straightening up.

"How is Baduanjin practicing now?"

"Now practice once in the morning and evening, I feel much more comfortable and relaxed after the practice."

"Well, keep practicing, you can keep fit,"

Huaiyu got up, Gao Hui'an had a look of reluctance and loss on his face.

"I'll go to the North Courtyard to pay my respects first, and then go to see the Xuanfu,"

"Clean up, I'll come over tonight."

Hearing this, Gao Hui'an's face flushed immediately, his eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly,

Before leaving, Huaiyu asked again, "Is it convenient?"

(End of this chapter)