Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 112 Lin Shiyue and Li Xiu
Lin Shiyue and eldest grandson Lanxin are the two hostesses of Duke Wu's mansion, and the money Li Fei earns from outside is spent on them, so when they go out, they let the maids pack a bag of gold for each of them, which is more expensive than a rich man.

Women's shopping instinct is innate, no matter how reserved and patient a woman is, she must be happy when shopping.

Lin Shiyue and eldest grandson Lanxin took two personal maidservants, as well as some secret subdivisions of the Duke's Mansion guards who had changed into plain clothes, to protect the surrounding area.Li Fei is not yet bold enough to let his woman go out without a guard. He is Wu Guogong, who has risen fabulously over the past year, and many people miss him.Moreover, when he became Jing Zhaoyin, in order to improve the security of Chang'an City, he offended many people. Who knows if there is any unscrupulous guy who dare not openly disagree with him, but secretly tricks his woman.

The Tang Dynasty before the Anshi Rebellion was the absolute center of the world. The Byzantine Empire retreated steadily in the face of the rising Arab Empire. Not only lost North Africa, but also lost part of Asia Minor, barely protecting itself.The Arab Empire has just risen not many years ago. In recent years, it has captured the entire territory of the Persian Empire with constant internal strife and corruption. It has begun to contact Datang, and has been trying to launch attacks on Datang’s sphere of influence. Two years ago, the emperor of the Arab Empire paid tribute. Nominally sent envoys to Chang'an City to find out the reality of Datang. I don't know if they think they have the ability to defeat Datang. Anyway, the famous Battle of Talas will not start until a year later.

As the center of the world at this time, the prosperity of Chang'an City needless to say, the local merchants of Datang, Hu merchants come and go, and there are a large number of commodities from all over the world, too many to choose from.

Lin Shiyue and eldest grandson Lanxin bought things they liked along the way, and they had a lot of fun.

"Sister Lanxin, I just said that you should come out often and don't stay at home all the time. If you can be more lively and act like a baby to your husband when you have time, maybe your husband will love you even more." Lin Shiyue came up with the last sentence. What the eldest grandson Lanxin said in her ear, she had already seen through that their husband, Li Fei, was actually very sullen in his heart, and some acting like a baby could melt his heart.

"You, you, don't talk nonsense in this kind of place." Changsun Lanxin's neck and cheeks turned red, she opened her eyes and secretly glanced at the merchants and people passing by, as if panicking that the embarrassing words just now would be heard like.

Looking at such eldest grandson Lanxin, Lin Shiyue smiled delicately, her beautiful eyes showed a beautiful crescent moon, and there was a hint of naughtiness under her airy temperament, which was very touching.

"You'll play tricks on me. If you do this again, I'll go back." Eldest Sun Lanxin didn't know that Lin Shiyue was deliberately teasing her, so she gave Lin Shiyue a dissatisfied look.

Lin Shiyue laughed even more happily. She had a good temperament at first, and was beautiful and moving, and she became even more moving in an instant.The men who noticed her all opened their mouths wide open, obviously surprised.

"Shiyue?" Suddenly a voice caught the attention of Lin Shiyue and Changsun Lanxin. When they looked up, two men stood in front of them. One of them turned out to be Zhang Yuanming, the son of Zhang Fucheng, the county magistrate of Xunyang County. The other man should also I knew Lin Shiyue, otherwise I wouldn't have called her by name, but compared to Zhang Yuanming, who was in his twenties, this man was in his 40s.

Seeing the person blocking the way, Lin Shiyue frowned, her cheeks that had just been beaming with laughter turned cold instantly, and a sense of shame filled her heart.

How could Lin Shiyue not know the person who came, this man was Li Xiu, the second son of the famous Prime Minister Li Linfu, because the eldest son died, the second son Li Xiu was equivalent to the eldest son, as Li Linfu's Duke of Jin.

Li Linfu has done a lot of hard work for helping Tang Xuanzong handle government affairs for more than ten years. Tang Xuanzong once rewarded him with the title of Duke of Jin for three generations. If there is no accident, Li Xiu will be the Duke of Jin in the future, with an absolutely noble status.

When Li Linfu wanted to cultivate Lin Siming, he personally asked Lin Siming to marry his daughter to his son Li Xiu as a concubine.

Considering that Li Xiu was already the son of the Duke of Jin at that time, and his father Li Linfu was the most powerful prime minister in the dynasty, let alone Lin Shiyue, even ordinary officials of the fourth and fifth ranks would like to marry their daughter to Li Xiu as a concubine. In order to exchange for Li Linfu's support, Lin Shiyue is regarded as a high rise, so many women must envy her.

For Lin Shiyue, Lin Siming, and even the entire Lin family at that time, this was not only the cultivation of the dignified prime minister Jin Guogong, but also the will of the dignified prime minister Jin Guogong. Once they refused, the consequences would be unpredictable.

At that time, Lin Siming might have only one daughter, Lin Shiyue, and hoped to recruit a son-in-law to continue the incense, but the Lin family was not a relative without branches. If they really wanted to continue the incense, they could adopt a son from the family.

At that time, Li Xiu not only saw Lin Shiyue's portrait, but also saw Lin Shiyue's real person, and was very moved and satisfied with Lin Shiyue's temperament and appearance.At that time, Lin Shiyue was a daughter's family, her parents' order, and the matchmaker's words, it was not up to her whether she wanted to or not.

With Lin Shiyue's high heart, she will never have any thoughts of climbing the dragon and becoming a phoenix, so she is willing to be a concubine for others. She would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. She hopes to work hard with her future husband to create a world of her own. She hopes that have their own future.Besides, Li Xiu was more than 20 years older than her, and a year or two older than her father. It would be a shame to let her be a concubine for such a person.

After Li Xiu saw her portrait, she came to Lin's house once. The attitude of examining and admiring her was the attitude that she was very suitable to be his concubine. At that moment, the feeling of shame was deeply buried in her heart. Could it be that she, Lin Shiyue? Can she only be a concubine, or a man who is old enough to be her father?
What happened back then, Lin Shiyue buried deep shame in her heart, and she was absolutely unwilling to be Li Xiu's concubine.However, Li Xiu didn't think like this. Given his status, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Lin Shiyue being his concubine back then. He was so satisfied with Lin Shiyue that he still couldn't forget it even today.

The beautiful woman is in front, which brings back the thoughts of the year.Just now Lin Shiyue smiled mischievously, she was truly breathtakingly beautiful, Li Xiu stood in front of Lin Shiyue without even thinking, and even called out Lin Shiyue's name.

"Duke Jin, please respect yourself!" Lin Shiyue said in a cold voice, the word Shiyue is too intimate, she has nothing to do with Li Xiu.Li Xiu shouldn't call her that if a man and a woman don't know each other.

Li Xiu came to his senses, but he just smiled and didn't apologize.

"There is a restaurant in front, the environment and the food and drink are good, let's go over there and say a few words." Li Xiu offered the invitation, as the son of the prime minister, the son of the Duke of Jin, he will inherit the title of Duke of the Kingdom in the future, and he has always been aloof. Yes, I don't think there is anything wrong with my invitation compared to others.
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