Chapter 129 Sinful Concubine
Li Xunzhuo is really angry this time.
No one thought that he would send Su back to Luyang's mansion. Even Ling couldn't help saying "ah", and Su directly cried and fainted.
In a large family, if a concubine makes a mistake, it is either sold or demoted to a maidservant and do the heaviest work in the pulp washing room. If you have a son and a half daughter and an elderly concubine, you generally can't sell it. At this time, it can be sent to the Jingxin Temple outside the city, where there are concubines who specialize in collecting rich families who make mistakes and cannot sell them.
Although concubines can be transferred, since they are given to people, they are naturally young and beautiful, and most of them have not given birth to children. Otherwise, who is willing to accept it, so those who are old choose to send it to Jingxin'an.
Of course, not every family wants to send a concubine in, because they have to pay a large amount of money every year as their daily living expenses. And after entering, unless the master comes to pick it up, he will die in Jingxin'an. However, the concubine who sent Jingxin'an rarely came out alive, let alone be taken back, so when they heard Jingxin'an, it was just like hearing the cold palace, which made many people change their color.
There will also be some large families who do not send Jingxin'an, but send them back to their own home, because there will also be places similar to Jingxin'an in their big house. Specially detained concubines who made mistakes in the clan, and even the main room, there are also special people to teach them until they become obedient.
Unlike Jingxin'an, except that you don't have to pay huge fees, you won't have to worry about your life at least. Because the cost is not low, ordinary people will pay for three years at a time, which means that the concubine has been completely abandoned, and she does not have to explain to the owner of the family. There are many concubines who let them do heavy work, even be sold into the hook, or killed.
"I didn't expect my father to be so cruel." Wanhua was also scared by Li Xunzhuo's determination. In the past, I held Aunt Su in the palm of my hand and couldn't bear to let her cry. Everything depended on her. This time, I was so cruel that my mother was scared.
"Aunt Su's mind is broken, and it's troublesome to keep it." Shaohua had never seen the days when Li Xunzhuo held Su in his hands, so he was more in favor of Li Xunzhuo's approach than surprised.
"That's right. Aunt Su actually dared to teach Qi Niang to think like this. Even if her father spared her, his grandfather would not forgive her easily." Wanhua nodded in agreement.
In other words, Li Xunzhuo spoiled her so much before because she was harmless, at least harmless to the family. As for the unpleasant relationship with Ling, in Li Xunzhuo's opinion, it's all a closed family matter, which is not a big deal.
But Jinhua is not that simple this time. Although it was narrowly stopped by Shaohua, no one can guarantee that there will be no next time.
Li Xunzhuo spoiled the Su family again, but the Su family is just a concubine, just an outsider, and Jinhua's surname is Li, which is the bloodline of the Li family. Concubines can be sold and transferred, but their children are different. Even if they are a concubine, they are a member of a family. For Li Xunzhuo, Su himself was a little presumptuous. He just shouted a few words, but he flirted with Jinhua to do something he shouldn't do, even if he stepped on his bottom line.
Moreover, Jinhua's attempt to provoke the people are still those in the palace, which is even more a taboo for Mr. Li Ge.
It's better to give up your love directly than to make a scene in Taiheyuan with tears. Especially since his relationship with Ling has become deeper and deeper, Li Xunzhuo has felt that he has to be as capable and down-to-earth as Ling. Unfortunately, he was young and frivolous at the beginning and was only interested in the feelings of the wind and snow.
As soon as Su Shi left, Xi Yuan immediately calmed down. Li Gelao was also furious after knowing it, but he saw that Li Xunzhuo took the initiative to make a decision and deliberately plead guilty. He didn't say anything more. He only asked him to strictly discipline Jinhua and not to do anything more.
In this matter, the biggest beneficiary is Ling, but she is also the most uncomfortable. Because she endured Su for so many years, she had just snatched her husband's love. Before she showed off in front of Su, Su was sent away. The opponent who had been secretly competing for so many years suddenly left. Ling always felt a little unaccustomed and felt a little sad every day.
Shaohua thought that Ling just felt that the victory came quickly and was too victorious, which made her have no sense of achievement at all. She was glad that Su's walk was good, not to mention whether she would bring Jinhua badly and provoke any trouble. With her means to let Li Xunzhuo spoil for so many years, Ling's grumpy temper will be knocked down by her at any time.
For good, Ling's empty and boring days will not be long, and Princess Yinghua finally returned to Beijing.
More importantly, the next day after returning to Beijing, the wife of the vassal came with Fan Erlang to the door in person. This is a serious salute. Shaohua was dragged by Wanhua to hide behind the screen to peek. Fan Erlangjun was gentle and shy, with a straight face. He was not good-looking, but he was beautiful and elegant. Li Sijin and Li Sinian, who are known as the four gentlemen of the capital, are thinking about Yan Kaizhi in their hearts, and even seeing Hongfang's amorous appearance with their own eyes.
Shaohua's evaluation of Fan Erlangjun has only four words: gentle and elegant.
Obviously, this is a positive word, but it has nothing to do with appearance. In other words, his temperament is far better than his appearance, but Wanhua seems to be very satisfied with him, and the corners of his mouth have been raised high and have never fallen. Shaohua thought that it is difficult for a daughter to buy a good heart. It doesn't matter what the other party is in the eyes of others. What matters is what Wanhua thinks. If she really feels good, then this is good.
Because they have to get married within 100 days after the funeral, the two families have already had confidence, so the efficiency has also been greatly improved. Three books and six gifts went very fast. Shaohua felt that it was completely driving ducks on the shelves. Obviously, the Fan family returned to Beijing. It seemed that Wanhua would go out in a few days.
The Fan family is a family with rules, and the wild geese harvested are all just caught. Shaohua poked the wild goose curiously and asked Ling if the wild goose would be used for braising or steaming tonight. Ling was so angry that he drove her back to Biwuxuan and didn't allow her to come to Xiyuan to make trouble.
The Duke vassal attaches great importance to this nephew, so he is also very careful about the marriage of his nephew. After all, he was raised around. As the only direct relative and elder of the vassal, the Duke of the vassal volunteered to be the abbot of Fan Erlang for the overall situation. First, the ceremonial supplies were the same as those of his son and grandson, and he secretly posted a thousand taels to help with the wedding.
The eldest daughter of the Duke of Fan, who is also the cousin of the Fan Shiqing, is the concubine of the current emperor. Knowing that she is married to the Li family, she specially sent a congratulatory gift from the palace, which makes the Ling family feel more proud, and many people have to show off.
Li Ge only has three sons under his knees, and only his second son, Li Xunzhuo, has a daughter, so Wanhua, as the eldest granddaughter of the Li family, has been deeply noticed.
After Su's departure, Jinhua was completely banned from going out except for her small yard, even in Biwuxuan's other places. She was sent in every day as soon as she needed to eat, and especially let Fang Wei's mother watch it. Naturally, Ling doesn't have time to talk to her. Li Xunzhuo also doesn't like Jinhua because of Su. As long as she doesn't have an accident, no one wants to mention her. What's more, Ling is busy with Wanhua's marriage every day, let alone think of her.
The whole Li family was so happy that they couldn't stop talking about Wanhua's marriage. When it came to their future uncle, they were full of praise. However, except for the forbidden Jinhua, only Shaohua seems to be out of place.
Since they left the palace, a few days later, the palace has rewarded them with a lot of things, and they didn't give them to anyone or say what they are for. In short, the Li family had to accept the reward tremblingly, but the next day they heard about the marriage in the palace. Song Yun, the eldest son of Anqing Houfu, was accused of marrying He Zhixiu, the second son of the general of the country, but Jiang Enhui, the wife of General Pingnan, became the eldest daughter-in-law of the general of Dingguo and gave them to get married on the same day. Other women who were not familiar with Shaohua were also allowed to be granted. Suddenly, seven or eight pairs of newcomers came out. She almost thought that the emperor should be old that she had nothing to do.
In their trembling waiting, the storm of marriage finally passed. What makes Ling happy is that Jinhua did not make the palace look good, and Wanhua can also marry into the vassal family in the same way. Compared with Shaohua, Ling has always felt that Shaohua's failure to keep up with the wedding army was because of Jinhua, and he was more resentful of the Su family.
"Five ladies, you haven't fed fish for days." Chuhe saw that Shaohua was unhappy and kindly reminded him.
"Didn't you feed it for me?" Shaohua said lazily, folded his hands on the table, lying on his stomach, pillowing his head with his hands, and his eyes swimming around the window lattice.
"Yes... Why don't I go out with you?" She is very worried, because Shaohua has been like this for several days. She lay on the table in a daze every day, and she is not active in eating. She is often distracted.
"No, everyone outside is busy. I will only make trouble when I go out." The main reason is that she is not interested at all.
Recently, she has dreamed of the white red dress in the desert. Gradually, she still felt that the red skirt was no longer her, or she was completely Li Shaohua. Looking at the story between Yan Kaizhi and another woman in red, there was a story between her and him.
This picture lingered in her dream, and even she woke up feeling fresh. Because of Wanhua's marriage, Ling also issued a foot restraining order for fear that Shaohua would run out without her attention.
"Well, why don't I accompany you to see the young lady?" Chu He was so worried that he didn't know what to do. I heard that she finally has a body.
"Really?" Shaohua finally has a little spirit.
"Yes, I heard from the people in Xuyuan that the young lady has been eating and always vomiting recently. The young lady was very happy and said that she had it, but she hadn't invited a doctor yet. Chuhe saw Shaohua's interest and immediately went on. The old lady didn't say anything, but I heard that she had asked someone to find a fetal pocket for the young lady to wear.
"What is a fetal pocket?" Shaohua asked curiously.
"I don't know about this. I heard that it is for pregnant women who have just had a son." Chu He is just a little girl, and she knows nothing about these.
"Oh, then you go down." Shaohua nodded.
"Huh? Don't you go there?" Chuhe was a little happy.
"Anyway, she is pregnant, and it will be the same to see it in a few days." Shaohua said glumsily.
Chou He is even more worried. Even Xin Zixuan's pregnancy did not cheer up Shaohua, and she didn't know what to do. Listening to a burst of bustle in the garden, Chu He poked his head out and saw a figure shouting out excitedly.
"Second young lady!"