Thief Emperor

Chapter 494 Spring in Jiangdong

This was decided last year.

Miss Lu from Luzhou is not too anxious yet, but Liu Su, the godsister of Li Yun and his wife, has been following Li Yun for several years without any status after her family was destroyed.

In the past six months, she has worked as Li Yun's secretary, working diligently in the study every day.

Although she is not very old, even now, she is only in her early twenties, but in this era, she is actually considered to be unmarried at an old age.

She was an introvert and had never spoken out of her own accord, but Xue Yun'er knew that she was anxious and had asked about it several times on her behalf.

In the second half of last year, Li Yun said that he would marry her this year, and now the time has almost come.

Miss Lu Huan from the Lu family has been slowly handing over household affairs to her brothers since the second half of last year. Now she has arrived in Jinling, waiting to enter the Li family.

Du Qian's face immediately showed joy when he heard this. He looked at Li Yun and said with a smile, "I wanted to talk to the Lord about this several times, but I was worried that the couple was very affectionate, so I didn't say anything."

He took the initiative to pour tea for Li Yun and said softly: "The mansion master should indeed expand the backyard now."

As early as last year, after Li Yun took over the six states in Jiangbei, Du Qian rarely called him "Erlang" no matter in public or behind others, especially after Li Yun was conferred the title of Surveillance Commissioner, he began to call him Duke of the Mansion.

Never changed his words.

From this time on, Du Qian had already positioned the two of them as "king and subject" and regarded Li Yun as his lord.

He looked at Li Yun and smiled softly, "When I was your age, I already had several children. You should have more children in the next few years so that our Jiangdong foundation can be stabilized."

At this point, Du Shijun paused and added: "It would be best if we could take in a few more concubines, and choose the daughters of the wealthy families in Jiangdong. If the Lord of the Mansion can't ask for it, I will do it."

He looked at Li Yun and said, "The two Xue brothers from the Xue family are great helpers to the Lord."

For people of this era, or in other words, for Du Qian, Li Yun taking several concubines was not something immoral. It was exactly what he had to do as the lord of Jiangdong.

In addition to Li Yun's need to expand his family, taking a concubine has another very important function, that is, the in-law relationship, which is a natural bond for alliance.

Especially for Jiangdong now.

There are many large families in Jiangdong. Although they are not as good as those thousand-year-old families, there are also large families with hundreds of years of history that have produced many talented people. If you want to recruit these people as soon as possible, the best and fastest way is to take their daughters as concubines.

Once the marriage is concluded, it is a natural alliance relationship with natural shared interests.

In this way, it will be possible to unite the local clans in the fastest and most direct way and let them contribute their manpower and resources to serve Li Yun.

Jiangdong Group will develop at a much faster pace.

Hearing this, Li Yun smiled dumbly and said, "I didn't have too many other thoughts when I took a concubine. I just did what I had to do."

"I know this."

Du Qian looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "I have seen Miss Liu many times. She is a good match for the Lord of the Mansion and is also a great help to the Lord of the Mansion."

"It's a pity that I heard that her family...died in the Qiu Dian Rebellion. Otherwise, the mansion master would have a very trustworthy helper by his side."

Hearing this, Li Yun frowned slightly and said softly, "Brother Shouyi, please don't mention the matter of Qiu Dian's rebellion in the future."

"Her parents died in Qiantang County. The one who attacked Qiantang County at that time was..."

Having said this, Li Yun did not continue.

At that time, the person who attacked Qiantang under Qiu Dian's command and forced the then Qiantang County Magistrate Liu Xiang and his wife to death was none other than Zhao Cheng, one of the four great generals under Li Yun's command.

Although Zhao Cheng helped bury the bodies of Liu Xiang and his wife and erected a simple tombstone for them afterwards, this was actually a real revenge for the murder of his father and mother.

It's hard to reconcile.

Even Li Yun can only try to avoid talking about it now, hoping that time will ease this contradiction.

Du Qian was startled when he heard this, and he also remembered what happened that year. Although he had not yet come to Southeast at that time, he heard about what happened afterwards.

He even went to Qiantang County to pay homage to the tomb of County Magistrate Liu.

After a moment of silence, Du Qian lowered his head to drink tea, hiding his embarrassment, and said with a wry smile: "Please forgive me, sir, I forgot about this."

"It's okay." Li Yun waved his hand and said, "Try not to mention it. It may fade away over time."

This is almost a revenge for the annihilation of the entire family, how can we forget it?
Du Qian shook his head in his heart. He suddenly looked at Li Yun, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

Now, the girl from the Liu family is going to marry into the Li family. It is foreseeable that in the future, if Lord Li achieves great success, she will most likely become a concubine.

If she gave birth to another prince...

Would she want to avenge her father? Would the prince want to avenge his grandfather?
And what position would General Zhao be in at that time?
Du Qian was originally very smart, and after a few distractions, he didn't know where his thoughts were going. After a long while, he came back to his senses, threw away the mess in his mind, looked at Li Yun, and said softly: "In a few days, I will bring my family to the scene to participate in the grand wedding of the mansion master."

At this point, the conversation was basically over. Du Qian stood up and bowed to say goodbye. Li Yun escorted him all the way to the gate of Li Garden. Before parting, Du Qian looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "Sir, taking the daughter of a big family as a concubine is a very good way to expand your power. It will also add a large number of talents to your command. You can consider it carefully."

Li Yun looked at him and said with a smile: "If we use this method now, it will be much easier for us to accomplish things, but everything has its pros and cons. It may be easy now, but there may be many more difficulties in the future."

At this time, if you marry into a noble family, your power can certainly expand rapidly, but from then on you will share the same fate with these noble families.

They will also parasitize on Li Yun.

If we think further ahead, they may become a more powerful "mother tribe" in the future, thus causing greater trouble.

"At least for now."

Li Yun looked at Du Qian and smiled softly, "Let's just be down-to-earth and move forward step by step."

Du Qian seemed to understand what Li Yun meant. He bowed his head slightly and saluted, saying, "I understand what you mean, Lord."

Li Yun clasped his fists in return and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brother."

The two men greeted each other and parted at the gate of Li Garden. After saying goodbye to Du Qian, Li Yun returned to his study.

There were more than a dozen documents piled on the desk in the study, all sorted out and neatly stacked on the desk.

Liu Su was sitting at a small table next to Li Yun. In front of her were some unimportant documents. She was picking them out for Li Yun.

Seeing Li Yun coming in, Liu Su stood up, bowed and said, "Brother-in-law."

The two of them had been together almost every day for the past six months, and they were already very familiar with each other. Mr. Li sat down in his seat and said with a smile: "Sister Su will be coming home in a few days, why do you still call her that?"

The time to take in a concubine was decided at the beginning of the year. Xue Yun'er had asked a fortune teller to calculate an auspicious date, so Liu Su naturally knew it early on.

Hearing this flirtatious remark, Liu Su was not annoyed. He just walked behind Li Yun, massaged his shoulders, and said softly, "Isn't there still a few days left?"

As she spoke, she leaned down and whispered in Li Yun's ear, "Besides, I heard from Sister Xue that Brother-in-law likes the name of concubine very much."

Because she had been in the Li family for a long time and had been with Li Yun every day, Liu Su had relaxed a lot. She smiled and said, "When I enter the Li family, I will still call you brother-in-law, okay?"

Li Yun suddenly turned around and looked at her. Their heads were so close that they almost kissed.

Liu Su was startled and quickly stepped back. Looking at Li's red eyes, she crossed her arms and said in fear, "Brother-in-law, there are still several days left. What are you going to do?"

Li Yun took several deep breaths before calming down, then smiled softly at her, "There are still several days left, and I won't eat you."

He patted his thigh and whispered, "Come here."

Liu Su blushed, gritted her teeth and walked over, and actually sat in his arms.

Li Yun hugged her slender waist and asked with a smile: "Sister Su was not like this before. Who taught you to provoke your brother-in-law like this?"

Liu Su lowered her head, blushing: "Yes... it's Sister Xue."

Lord Li snorted softly, and his hands became restless.

"You dare to provoke my brother-in-law like this, my brother-in-law will punish you severely..."

Miss Liu screamed, but did not run away. She hugged Li Yun's head with both hands, gritted her teeth gently, her eyes turned red, and tears fell.

"Brother-in-law..."

(End of this chapter)