Winter solstice.

Jinling City, the cold wind is howling, and the goose is snowing heavily.

A dilapidated old ox cart transporting firewood drove out from the back door of the Pingwang Mansion in Wanghou Lane, and the wood-framed wheels "crunched" against the snow, heading towards Changle Street in the south of the city.

Uncle Zhang, an old man in the firewood room, drove the old ox cart and walked slowly, but the body shook badly.

After a while, a young man in a brocade robe and a sixteen-year-old childish girl wearing a mink fur came out of the straw pile of the old ox cart.

"Finally escaped!"

Chu Tianxiu looked nervously in the direction of the palace, and found that there were no guards from the Ping Palace, so he relaxed and breathed a sigh.

Speaking of which, this matter is a bit aggrieved.

Last night, he found himself crossing.

He became the little marquis of the "Dull Marquis Mansion" of the Great Chu Dynasty, the head of the four famous gentlemen in the Jinling Imperial City, and the world called him "Little Dull Marquis" in awe.

He didn't know how bullish the four great gentlemen of Jinling were.

But since he has crossed over to become an ancient little marquis, he must enjoy the extravagant life of the children of the wealthy and powerful of the feudal dynasty!

But he didn't have time to rejoice, and he immediately found himself in a difficult situation.

His father, the old Marquis Chu Yong, borrowed 100,000 taels of silver from Li Rong, the king of Ping, and had no money to repay this huge debt, so he wanted to rely on it and not pay it back. Ping Wangfu was naturally furious and wanted to collect debts.

As a result, the two families quarreled.

The debt lawsuit of the Duhou Mansion and the Heping Palace, Yin of Jinling Mansion did not dare to take care of it, and sued it to the palace.

Emperor Xiang Yanran was busy with government affairs, and it was a headache to see that these two princes were arguing in order to collect debts.

At this time, I don't know which ghost lacks morality, and came up with a bad idea of "letting the Duhou Mansion pay off the debt with his son".

As soon as the emperor heard that this idea was good, he immediately issued a holy decree, ordering Chu Tianxiu, the marquis of Xiaodu, to enter the palace of the prince of Zongping, as the husband of the county lord Li Yu, to pay off the huge debt of 100,000 taels of silver, and the debt lawsuit was scribbled to close!

Xiao Duhou was miserable, so he naturally refused to agree to be a son-in-law, and he refused to leave in the Dull Marquis's Mansion.

This old faint marquis Chu Yong is really ruthless, knocked his son unconscious with a mallet, sent him to the Pingwang Mansion, and forced him to marry the county lord Li Yu.

It was at this time.

He, Chu Tianxiu, crossed over, replaced the little comatose marquis who was knocked unconscious, and became an unlucky son-in-law.

This was the beginning of his bad luck.

The people of Pingwangfu can give him this son-in-law, what kind of good face?

From the second lady to the chief steward, steward, and servant, they were polite to him one by one, and their eyes were cold, as if he owed the palace 100,000 taels of silver and had not repaid it.

Chu Tianxiu was already arrogant, and he was cold-eyed in the Pingwang Mansion, and he was not happy.

What's even more depressing is that the county lord Li Yu is actually very arrogant, and he dares to claim that "women sing and husbands follow", and even let him follow her obediently when he walks, looking at her proud peacock, happy to open the screen's upturned ass.

Can this be endured?

Chu Tianxiu was furious, and abducted Zu'er, the little girl sent by the county lord to serve him. Zu'er found an acquaintance from the palace and escaped from the Pingwang Mansion with an ox cart carrying straw.

He wanted to flee back to the Dull Marquis's Mansion, scolded the old Dull Marquis, and then thought of asking the emperor to change the holy decree and ask his Marquis back.

Lao Tzu is a hereditary and reckless little dusk marquis, only in his twenties, and most of his life has not begun to enjoy the life of a nobleman, why should he sell himself to Pingwangfu to be a son-in-law and be a gas bag?

"Uncle, don't worry, Uncle Zhang is very careful, and the palace guards definitely didn't find out that we secretly escaped."

Zu'er was also a little worried, afraid of being caught.

"Zu'er, you have made a great contribution to this escape, and my uncle will make you a mandarin duck hot pot and reward you!"

Chu Tianxiu couldn't help but rub her pretty little nose and praised her greatly.

Zu'er, this little girl is a snack girl, and she has no heart, and her loyalty is too easy to fool.

Regardless of whether he is rich or not, he plans to accept her as a concubine.

"Thanks... Uncle! As long as it's made by my uncle... It's definitely delicious. Are we going back to the Dusk Mansion now?! ”

Zu'er's face suddenly blushed and she was full of joy.

She was different from the other subordinates of the palace.

The county lord said that after her uncle came to the door, she was her uncle's maid, and she was married together in the small concubine room.

In the future, she was born as her uncle's person, and died as her uncle's ghost.

Whatever my uncle says, it's what it is.

With her iron fist, she swears to defend her uncle to the death!

So, even if my uncle wants to sneak out of the palace and return to the Dumhou Mansion, she will do her best to help.

Although my uncle is very strange and always says some strange things.

Like what kind of mandarin duck hot pot or something, she didn't understand. But since it's a "mandarin duck"... I think it's the kind of thing that makes people think about it and be ashamed.

"Ha gas~, it's so cold!"

Chu Tianxiu didn't know what Zu'er's little head was thinking.

His delicate face was exposed outside the straw pile of the oxcart, and when the biting cold wind blew, his nose was red from the cold, and his body shivered.

This damn weather.

Today seems to be the winter solstice, and it is almost the coldest time of the year, and the cold bones are shivering.

He fled in a hurry and didn't prepare much.

But it doesn't matter, the Dull Marquis Mansion is close, and it is also in the Wanghou Lane of Jinling City, and the two families are at the end of the alley.

"Zu'er, let's hurry back to the Dumhou Mansion!!"

Chu Tianxiu drank and rubbed his hands to drive away the cold.

His little marquis's bed is big and warm, and he can go back and get a good night's sleep tonight.

Rushing to Ming'er, he slept enough, and then entered the palace to face the saint and cry, and wanted to persuade the emperor to change the holy decree, leaving "marriage", and deleting the word "into the burden".

He had a perfect set of rhetoric, and he had it all ready.

The marriage was granted by the holy decree, and the son of the marquis came to the door, which was an unprecedented faint thing.

This move must have attracted protests from the courtiers, civil slander, Shilin was shaken, and the crowd was indignant. Please also ask Your Majesty to take back your order!

In fact, he had a better idea to settle the debt lawsuit between the two companies.

Let the county lord Li Yu marry the marquis directly? That huge debt of 100,000 taels should be used as the dowry of the county lord, isn't it too much? Debts are written off!

The Hou Mansion and the Royal Mansion have been a family since then.

Perfect!

Pretty!

When the Emperor heard his more brilliant idea, he would have been tempted to change the decree a little.

As for that bullshit! If he Chu Tianxiu knew who gave the emperor a bad idea, he would definitely have to peel off this guy's skin.

The old ox cart "crunched" and walked so slowly, and finally arrived at the gate of the Duhou Mansion.

"Let's go, get out of the car!"

"Okay."

Zu'er hurriedly turned over and got off the ox cart with Chu Tianxiu.

...

Pingwangfu.

The back door is hidden.

There were two deep ox cart marks in the snow.

A beautiful eighteen-year-old girl, with red lips and white teeth, and well-defined cheeks, was dressed in a sumptuous mink coat and carried a sword at her waist, standing alone at the back door, looking at the dilapidated ox cart in the distance.

She seemed to be counting on the ox cart to turn back... As long as she turns back, she will forgive Xiao Duhou for running away from her family this time, and she will not blame the past.

But to her disappointment, the cow temper of this ox cart seemed to be unusually stubborn, and it had the momentum of never returning.

Hum!

Stingy, hell!

Isn't it just that the two of them were ambiguously visiting the palace garden together, and she inadvertently said, "Since the husband has come to the door, he should respect his wife, please walk behind me"!

Then he blew up like an angry rooster.

Small-bellied chicken intestines, without the tolerance of a man.

On the beautiful girl's pink carved face, there was a touch of shame and anger. And, of course, a hint of remorse... Perhaps, she shouldn't have been so heavy before!

For an eighteen-year-old girl, she is already very mature physically and mentally.

From the time she was sensible, she knew that her marriage was destined to be a political marriage.

She is the only daughter of Li Rong, the king of Taiwei Ping of the current dynasty, and her future husband is either the prince and grandson, or the concubine of the ten major gate lords in Jinling City.

It's just that she never thought that the emperor would suddenly have a whimsical idea and give a holy decree to the little dusk marquis to enter the palace of the king.

This Great Chu Dynasty was established by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu at the end of Qin.

Emperor Taizu Xiang Yu at the Hongmen banquet, Xiang Zhuang danced the sword to "mistakenly kill" the most powerful opponent Pei Gong, and then unified the princes of the world, and set the emperor's capital in Jinling City, the center of the south of the Yangtze River.

The Chu family, the monarch of the former Chu State, which had already declined, was given the title of "Dusk Marquis", which has continued to this day.

So far, the Great Chu Dynasty has continued to the sixth generation of emperors, under the rule of a generation of Ming monarch Xiang Yanran, the world has been peaceful for more than ten years, and the national strength is becoming more and more prosperous.

However, under the extravagance and profligacy of the old marquis of the past dynasties, the Duhou Mansion is heavily indebted, and its reputation in the court and the people is terrible, which is synonymous with gentleness and mediocrity.

In the generation of Xiao Duhou, it is almost the peak, and it is the first of the four great gentlemen of Jinling.

Emperor Xiang Yanran of Great Chu was unhappy when he saw Xiao Duhou, and it was not a day or two.

Now... After all, he was married by Emperor Xiang Yanran's sudden decree, which completely cut off the hereditary inheritance of the Dull Marquis.

This is the will of God!

The emperor wants to break the inheritance of the Dull Mansion, who can stop it?!

From the moment she received the holy decree to marry, she understood the holy will and silently accepted the marriage.

gave Zu'er, one of her two most intimate maids, to Xiao Duhou, wanting to tie up Xiao Duhou's arrogant and unrestrained heart. In the future, he slowly disciplined Xiao Duhou and changed his temperament.

But she just said to Xiao Duhou, "Respect your wife and follow obediently".

Xiao Duhou actually blew up, kidnapped the girl Zu'er overnight, took a broken ox cart, and fled from his family.

She understood that Xiao Duhou was obviously unwilling, and was still making the last struggle to change the holy decree, so she fled.

The maid Di'er stood behind her, looked at the ox cart in the distance, and said angrily: "Zu'er, this little fool, was actually bought by her uncle so quickly, and secretly took her uncle to flee from home!" County Lord, I'll take someone to chase them back, right?! ”

Li Yu sighed lightly and shook his head, "He is still angry in his heart, even if the person is chased back.... In the palace, the heart is outside, what is the use of keeping him? ”

"However, if he goes to the Duhou Mansion and doesn't come back, he will fool around in Jinling City. The marriage of you, the county lord, has long been known to the whole world... How does it end? ”

Diel was worried.

She was afraid that the little dusk marquis would be angry and quit the marriage, and the young lady would be ridiculed by the world.

"Hmph, where can he go after leaving the Pingwang Mansion?

Today's emperor is a saint, dictatorial, and the holy decree gives marriage and wealth. The old faint marquis doesn't want to die, how dare he stay? The Dull Marquis Mansion has long since lost his foothold.

Now that he is not in the two mansions, and he is penniless, how many days can he be in Jinling City?!

He is the number one gentleman in Jinling, he has been clothed and fed since he was a child, and he enjoys the only delicate in the world, can he live the life of ordinary people in Jinling City?

I estimate that in two days, he will come back by himself and live a down-to-earth life. ”

Li Yu snorted with a pink face.

She was a little annoyed, she just disciplined her husband a little, and Chu Tianxiu ran away angrily.

But... As long as he came back, she wouldn't really bother with him.

It seems that she will have to change the way she disciplines Xiao Duhou in person in the future.

Li Yu thought for a while, and then said, "Di'er, you immediately send someone to the Shen Mansion of Jinling Dahao, and tell Shen Dafu that the little marquis has returned to the Dumhou Mansion, and let him hurry up to collect debts."

In addition to owing us the Pingwang Mansion, the Duhou Mansion also owes the Shen Mansion a lot of silver. I see him fleeing back, how can he clean up these messes in the Dull Mansion?! ”

"Shen Mansion? The county lord is too wise! ”

Di'er's eyes lit up.

The Shen Mansion in Jinling City was the largest wealthy merchant in the Great Chu Dynasty. Shen Dafu is the younger brother of the Emperor Empress Dowager Shen and the most powerful family of royal relatives.

Shen Dafu went to the door to collect debts, where can my uncle stay.

After Li Yu finished giving the order, he wanted to go back to Yu Garden.

She paused, a little worried about Chu Tianxiu's safety outside, and said, "Di'er, you take a team of master guards and follow him secretly." Although Zu'er has practiced martial arts since he was a child and has excellent martial arts skills, he is too young to find the north if he fools him for two sentences, and he is afraid that he will not take care of it thoroughly. ”

"Hehe, the county lord is an aunt in his heart! Uncle is really heartless, I don't know the county lord's mind. ”

Dill laughed.

"Hmph, I'm worried that he will be bullied outside, and he will lose the face of our Dachu No. 1 gate!

My face is lost, my father Pingwang's face can't afford to lose, Xiao Duhou has lost face outside, my father is afraid that he will be angry and will punish him with a big stick.

With his delicate body, how many times can he afford to be beaten?

You have sent someone to keep an eye on me, and no one can touch him. His every move, every word and deed, must be reported in detail... Also, don't let him run out to the Qinhuai River to get flowers and twist grass!

If he dares to fool around on the Qinhuai painting boat, he will immediately send guards to arrest him back. ”

Li Yu's expression was full of pride.

"Yes, Lord of the Counties! I will take the palace guards to follow me to ensure that my uncle will flee this time and will not lose a single hair and come back. ”

Di'er immediately grinned and took the order.