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Chapter 102 Marriage Grant
Li Yi and his group left the city from the south gate and rode at full speed towards Tokyo.

Weizhou City is more than 400 miles away from Tokyo.

Fortunately, there are many post stations along the way where you can change horses and rest, which is quite convenient.

However, even if they traveled non-stop, it was already dusk on the 18th day of the first lunar month when they arrived in Tokyo.

"Uu——"

The group rode their horses to the door of the mansion and stopped.

Li Yi turned around and looked at his personal guards and said, "Everyone must have been tired from traveling. Let's go to the front hall to have a drink of water and rest. We can eat later and then go home."

Everyone agreed when they heard this.

After entering the gate, he instructed Li Hanchao to lead his personal soldiers to the front hall.

Then Li Yi went straight into the inner courtyard to find Guo.

Guo was responsible for taking care of all the household affairs. Naturally, she had to arrange the meals for the personal soldiers, and by the way, she would take some money from them to reward them.

After all, everyone followed Li Yi on a trip of nearly a thousand miles back and forth all for his personal affairs, and he couldn't let everyone suffer in vain.

However, Li Yi looked around but couldn't find Guo.

After asking the servants at home, I found out that Guo had taken her aunt and others to the street to buy things in the afternoon and had not returned yet.

There was no other way, Li Yi could only arrange for someone to cook himself. As for the reward, he could only wait until Guo came back.

Fortunately, when the personal guards were having dinner, Guo and her aunt finally came back.

However, behind the carriage of the few people there were several large carts full of goods.

There were silks and satins, gold, silver and jade ornaments, as well as chickens, ducks, fish, mutton, wine, dried fruits, and various utensils.

Li Yi couldn't help but feel curious.

After Guo ordered her servants to move all the things into the mansion.

Li Yi pulled her back to the room and asked, "Yulan, why did you buy so many things?"

Guo didn't rush to answer, but instead asked, "Erlang, how about going to Daming Prefecture this time? Will the King of Wei agree to marry his daughter to you?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "It has been settled. The King of Wei wants to marry his second daughter to me."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Guo smoothed her hair and smiled faintly, saying, "That's good. I bought these things in preparation for Erlang's wedding."

Li Yi's eyes swept across Guo's face, but he didn't see anything unusual in her expression.

He couldn't help but ask, "Does Yu Lan really not mind me marrying the King of Wei's daughter?"

"What if you mind? What if you don't mind?"

Guo reached out and gently stroked Li Yi's face, with a look of deep affection in her eyes.

"The wife of the King of Wei is of noble status. It would be a great blessing for Erlang to marry her. I am naturally happy for Erlang."

"Erlang, don't worry about me. As long as I can stay by your side, whether as a concubine or a maid, I will be satisfied. I just hope that Erlang will not forget me when he finds someone new."

Li Yi's expression was deeply moved. He held Guo's hand tightly, pulled her into his arms, and said softly, "Don't worry, Yulan. You and I have been through thick and thin together. No matter what happens, I will never abandon you."

"I went to Daming Mansion this time and met the second lady of the Fu family in person. She is a very easy-going person. She will definitely not make things difficult for you after you marry into our family... and I won't let her bully you either."

There was naturally no need to say anything to spoil the mood at a time like this. As for how Fu Erniang and Guo would get along in the future, I thought that with me balancing and mediating between the two, nothing embarrassing would happen.

Li Yi felt somewhat confident about this. These days, most conflicts within the inner chambers are caused by jealousy. Given Guo's non-competitive nature, even if Fu Erniang had a temper like a spoiled daughter, she wouldn't be able to find fault.

Thinking of this, Li Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Yulan, I want to discuss something with you."

"Hmm?" Guo looked up in confusion.

"Last time, didn't I say I was going to take you as my concubine..." Li Yi pondered for a moment, "But then I thought about it again, and I think it's really unfair for you to be my concubine."

"Besides, this time I'm engaged to the daughter of the King of Wei, and the second wife of the Fu family hasn't married yet. If I rashly bring up the idea of ​​taking a concubine, I'm afraid the King of Wei will be displeased, so..."

Before she could finish her words, Guo interrupted her and said, "There's no rush about whether or not to give me a title. I don't really care about that. After all, the Fu family's wife is from a noble family, not an ordinary woman. If Erlang wants to take a concubine, he needs to ask her opinion."

Li Yi didn't expect Guo to be so understanding. What she said was exactly what Li Yi was worried about.

After all, he had just made Fu Er Niang infatuated and eager to marry him, but now he was preparing to take a concubine without even notifying her. It seemed a bit too much when he thought about it.

"I'm sorry, Yulan," Li Yi said, feeling somewhat guilty. "I will definitely make a satisfactory arrangement for your status in the future."

Guo shook her head and said, "Erlang, don't worry about me. I don't care about these things. As long as Erlang has me in his heart, that's enough."

The two of them whispered to each other for a while, and Li Yi suddenly thought of something and asked, "Yulan, how much spare money do you have at home now?"

"Why is Erlang asking this?" Guo asked curiously.

Li Yi said, "The marriage is carried out according to the six rituals. Gifts must be prepared when proposing marriage, and a betrothal gift is also required when paying the betrothal gift. The King of Wei is a noble man, so he must not be stingy when marrying a woman from the Fu family. I'm just worried that my family doesn't have enough money..."

Hearing this, Guo couldn't help but say, "Except for the things we bought today, we still have more than 4,000 strings of cash at home. I think that should be enough, right?"

"More than three thousand strings of cash..." Li Yi pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "If it were the daughter of an ordinary official, it would definitely be enough. But marrying the daughter of the King of Wei..."

"The emperor often gives the King of Wei gifts starting at ten thousand strings of cash. The King of Wei loves his daughter dearly and will not be stingy with the dowry. This amount of betrothal gifts is definitely not enough to marry the King of Wei's daughter."

"Oh!" Li Yi couldn't help but sigh.

He originally thought that with his status and position, he no longer had to worry about money, but now it seems that when he really needs to spend money, it is far from enough.

Guo also worriedly asked, "What should we do?"

"Forget it, I'll think of a solution."

As he spoke, Li Yi thought of another thing, "There's also the matchmaker who's proposing marriage. I need to find a good candidate, but I can't think of a suitable one right now."

"If that doesn't work, I'll be Erlang's matchmaker? Anyway, in the eyes of outsiders, I'm your sister-in-law..."

Li Yi was startled by Guo's suggestion. He quickly said, "No, how can we let Yulan be the matchmaker?"

Are you kidding... Letting the concubine act as a matchmaker to marry the principal wife, isn't this a slap in the face of Wei Wang Fu Yanqing?
Moreover, Li Yi intended to gradually dilute the relationship between himself and Guo as uncle and sister-in-law, and it was even more impossible for her to act as a matchmaker as a sister-in-law.

however.

I didn't expect it to happen a few days later.

Someone helped Li Yi solve the matchmaking problem.

The twenty-third day of the first lunar month.

Emperor Chai Rong officially issued an edict to marry Fu Erniang, the second daughter of Prince of Wei Fu Yanqing, to Li Yi, the commander of the imperial guards.

As soon as the news came out, the entire Zhou court was in an uproar.

Since the King of Wei invited Li Yi privately, although many people knew that Li Yi went to Daming Prefecture, no one was sure of the specific reason, even though they had some guesses.

It was not until the decree of marriage was announced that everyone finally understood: So this is what the Queen meant when she said she would act as a matchmaker for Li Yi!
(End of this chapter)