A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Starting from the Village Chief

Chapter 173 This young man has no moral integrity
It is still the Fengxiang Marquis Mansion, and it is still the I-shaped axis hall.

However, Li Yi is no longer the same Li Yi. Today, he enters the house as Du Shiniang's husband.

Today, Li Yi also specially wore a crimson round-collar official robe with a pattern of Rehmannia glutinosa, and a ten-buckle gold belt around his waist.

His youthful and handsome appearance further highlights his youthful spirit.

"Azu,"

When Shi Niang saw Guo, her eyes were red. She quickly stepped forward, threw herself in front of Guo, and cried on her knees, "Grandpa,"

There are thousands of things to say, but I don’t know where to start.

"Grandson-in-law Li Yi pays homage to the old lady!"

Their eyes met.

Guo looked much more haggard. Although she wore sable fur and brocade clothes and had her hair covered with pearls and jade, it could not hide her extremely pale complexion.

"Feng Rui's family,"

Guo said in a deep voice,
Lady Liu, with red and swollen handprints on both sides of her face, stepped forward.

"Do you know you are wrong?"

"I was wrong,"

"What's wrong?"

"I shouldn't have stopped the guests from entering just because the old lady was unwell."

"anything else?"

"I shouldn't have scolded Shi Niang's maid. She has already been married off to another family. It's not my turn to teach her a lesson."

Guo sat there,

"The third family, follow the Feng Rui family's family rules, so that others won't say that our Du family has no rules."

Du Sanlang's wife stepped forward and said to Liu Niangzi, "Slap yourself ten times."

Madam Liu obediently slapped herself in the face, and she did so ten times.

Blood was oozing from the corners of his mouth.

At this time, Guo slowly said, "Lord Qianshui, are you satisfied?"

Li Yi looked at the old woman who was like a belligerent hen and smiled slightly.
Just now Liu was making indirect accusations outside, and now Guo is doing the same to him.
"The old lady is teaching her own ignorant and impolite servants. It's not the place for an outsider like her grandson-in-law to interrupt."

His words of being ignorant of etiquette and impolite almost made Guo faint from anger.

Seeing the two of them exchanging sharp words, Shi Niang quickly shook Guo's hand, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you lately?"

"I feel uncomfortable everywhere," Guo said unhappily.

Seeing that Guo no longer paid attention to him, Li Yi sat aside and said to Du Sanlang with a smile: "Uncle San, I must be thirsty after walking all the way here. Do you have any tea?"

"Yes, ask someone to make tea right away." Du San said quickly.

Shi Niang asked about Guo's recent situation with concern.
Seeing that she was still so affectionate to her, Guo recalled the time when she was in his arms. She couldn't help but shed tears. She pulled Shi Niang to ask her about her life after marriage, but she couldn't open her mouth.

After a long time, he asked, "Are you pregnant?"

"Alang told me to wait two years before getting pregnant again,"

Li Yi sat there and no one paid attention to him. He drank his tea by himself.
In the Fengxiang Marquisate, Mrs. Guo, who has been in charge for many years, is indeed old and confused. He has also noticed that Du Sanlang, who is in charge of the daily affairs, is cowardly, incompetent and has no opinions of his own.

But Fengxiang Marquis Mansion will not decline.
After all, this family has produced two fierce men. Du Yan is a ruthless man who can kill even his own nephew. People who can be truly ruthless actually have the qualities of success.

Du Ruhui was also fierce. Facing his ruthless uncle Du Yan, this scholar did not show any weakness. Judging from his moves, he also made careful plans before making any moves.

He helped Shi Niang marry Li Yi.
Then, when Du Shiniang returned to visit her parents, she completely destroyed the reputation of Guo and Du Yan in front of their relatives and friends.

Not only that,

Du Yan said that Du Ruhui's brother was in contact with Li Tang in Chang'an, so he asked Wang Shichong to kill Du Dalang. Du Ruhui, in turn, used this as an excuse to ask the court for a title and reward on behalf of his brother. With the help of the King of Qin, Du Dalang was posthumously awarded the title of Marquis of Fengxiang County.
Du Ruhui then had his third son adopted by his eldest brother and asked for his inheritance of the title.

Li Yi now looks back and thinks,

Perhaps Du Ruhui left Chang'an before Shi Niang's wedding and even took his wife to Tongzhou on purpose. It was probably because he knew that Guo would do something unruly and expected that Guo would not give Shi Niang a dowry and a grand wedding.

He knew about it but did not stop it. Not only did he leave, he also took his wife with him.
Finally, there is another scene, inviting Shi Niang to return home to offer sacrifices and visit her relatives, and helping her to make up the 2 million dowry, etc.
Hey,
The small Fengxiang Marquisate produced two peerless warriors.
No wonder uncle and nephew could both serve as prime ministers in the same palace.
But even if Li Yi speculated that Du Ruhui used them to deal with Guo and Du Yan, he could not blame him. After all, although he was used, Du Ruhui also helped them.

Li Yi looked up at Guo.
It's like watching a zombie.
Although Guo returned from Du Ruhui's mansion in Chang'an, the title of Marquis of Fengxiang was now inherited by Du Ruhui's third son. Du Ruhui also let his wife take over the industrial, economic and financial power of the Marquis of Fengxiang's mansion.

Guo came back, but her reputation was ruined in Chang'an.
Now she can only stay in this old house in the country.

Just waiting to die,

Like a tiger without claws, Du San and his wife now have to listen to their nephew Du Ruhui.
Du Shiniang was a kind-hearted and filial person. Although Guo had treated her like that before, she had put all that behind her now. She asked Guo about her well-being and her illness.

They also brought many gifts, including their own soap, persimmon liquor, as well as specially prepared deer antlers, ginseng, donkey-hide gelatin, astragalus, etc.

Li Yi did not bother the grandfather and grandson.
He did not object to Shi Niang's filial piety to Guo, as Guo only had a few days left.

But he would not try to please Guo Shi in that way. He came here just to accompany Shi Niang.
Those three slaps just now were quite effective.
Now everyone in the Du family is in awe of him.
Especially Miss Liu, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, but she still had to stand there and serve.

Even Du Sanlang, who used to be high and mighty, now has to smile and flatter him.

This was not because he was Shi Niang's husband, but because Li Yi himself was already a rising star and had a good relationship with Du Ruhui, the new head of the Du family. In addition, he had just been ruthless.

Who wouldn't be afraid of this young man who has no moral integrity?

They are just slaves,

Du Sanlang, a member of the Du family, is only known as Sanlang in the eyes of servants. When he is away from home, his identity is given by himself.

If he behaved timidly and flattered everyone today, Madam Liu would be even more arrogant and Guo would look down on him even more.
But he slapped me a few times,

Everyone has to treat him with caution.

At this time, Shi Niang returned to the Du family in Fanchuan. She was still very happy and her relationship with her grandmother was restored a lot.

However, in Li Yi's opinion, this meeting was all false courtesy.

Guo Shi looked down on him from the bottom of her heart and also hated Shi Niang for being ignorant.
The Du family left some food for us.
Li Yi didn't leave either.

The meal was quite plentiful. I don't know if it was the effect of those three slaps.

When he went to pick up the bride, he couldn't even get through the door, and the Du family didn't send anyone to escort him.

At first he was still a little hesitant, not wanting to ruin the wedding day, nor to embarrass Shi Niang.

But now, there are no more concerns.
Let's say goodbye.

Guo sat down and ate a few mouthfuls of food with her, then excused herself from feeling unwell and went back to her room. Shi Niang helped her back, and Li Yi stood up and watched her go before continuing to sit down and eat.

Eat and drink

He didn't stay long and took Shi Niang home.

On the way,

Shuying finally dared to speak, "Thank you, Alang. It was so satisfying to hear you slap Madam Liu three times."

Li Yi laughed heartily. "You are Shi Niang's maidservant, and now you belong to the Li family. She is a servant of the Du family. If she scolds you in front of us, she is scolding me. I spank her for the sake of our Li family's reputation."

"Next time, if she dares to scold you again, just slap her."

Shi Niang pinched Li Yi's thigh and said, "We'll be guests when we go back. How can we be guests like this?"

Li Yi grabbed Shi Niang's hand and said, "I accompanied you back to your parents' home today, but I was scolded by your servants. I, as a guest, felt very wronged, and you pinched me."

"I apologize to Alang and thank you for accompanying me back to my parents' home today."

"As long as you understand, it's okay for me to suffer a little."

Shuying looked at the couple flirting in the carriage and could only turn her head away. At this moment, she felt that she should not be in the carriage, but under the carriage.

But Li Yi still wouldn't let her go.

"Shuying is fifteen this year, and it's time for her to get married. What are your plans?"

Shi Niang looked at Li Yi, then at Shu Ying.

After hearing this, Shuying lowered her head and blushed.

"Then pick a day and get the job done." said Shi Niang.

"What did you do?" Li Yi wondered, "Could it be that Shuying has a crush on someone?"

"Don't dare say anything nonsense," Shi Niang said quickly. She pinched Li Yi's thigh again, "I'm telling Alang to pick a day and take Shuying in."

I am not Fahai, and Shuying is not the Green Snake or the White Snake, so what can I use to capture her?

"Go and take the room," Shi Niang pinched him again.

Shuying is Shi Niang's personal maid who grew up with her. Although she did not marry with her when she got married, it was because of Guo's interference.

Later, Du Ruhui also found Shuying from Shayuan in Tongzhou and sent her to Shi Niang, and also gave her a slave contract.

Shuying is Shi Niang's maidservant.
In ancient times,
When some noble women from prominent families get married, they will bring their cousins or nieces as dowries, which are called concubines. Of course, there is a prerequisite: they must be of the fifth rank or above to be able to have a concubine, otherwise they can only be concubines.

They would also bring many maids, servants, and slaves as dowry.

A family of servants who married into the family were called companions. Shi Niang had six companions. The women worked as housekeepers while the men worked as managers of the village or the outer courtyard, helping the women to quickly take over the household chores in their husband's family.

A dowry maid is a maid who is with the bride's parents when she is at her parents' home. Among the dowry maids, the one who is closest to her will often become a concubine later.

Shi Niang also brought six maids as dowry, among whom Shuying was the one who grew up closest to her.

The word "Tongfang" explains everything. This is the maid most trusted by the mistress. She has to serve the master at night and live in the master's bedroom or in the outer room. She even has to serve the master personally when the master and his wife are doing something.

If the hostess has difficulty in having her period, a substitute must be provided.

The status of a maid is higher than that of a servant girl, but lower than that of a concubine. She has the title in reality but not in name.

Of course, if they behaved well or gave birth to a child, they would often be released and allowed to be freed and taken as concubines.

This is a very common situation.

When Du Shiniang heard Li Yi mention this, she thought he wanted to take Shuying in and turn her from a dowry maid into a concubine's maid.

Li Yi completely misunderstood.

Although he had also seen that the Tang people had one wife and multiple concubines, officials of the fifth rank and above could even have concubines, and noble families even kept concubines.
But they didn't know that a maid who came with the dowry was tacitly considered a concubine's maid.

Too decadent.

He not only had a wife and concubines, but also maids, courtesans, and concubines.

Looking at Shuying's face that was red all the way to her ears, Li Yi guessed that she was mentally prepared.

Now Shuying is just a dowry maid, living in the outer room of Shi Niang's bedroom. Shi Niang said that after choosing a day to get the matter done, she will be able to serve in the inner room after crossing the threshold.

(End of this chapter)