Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Old Cow Eats the Tender Grass
"Shi Xiaoshulang, my sister and I have been bothering the house for a long time, and my sister and I should also leave. My sister and I have been causing you trouble these days, so we really can't bear to continue to trouble you Shixiao Shulang, so my sister and I plan to leave here and go to find another way to make a living. These days, thanks to the care of Shixiao Shurou! ”
Li Wanrou took the initiative to hold her sister Li Wanshun's hand, and then saluted Shi Bufan together, which was regarded as expressing her guilt. Moreover, Li Wanrou expressed that she was unwilling to continue to make trouble for Shi Bufan here, so they planned to leave here and not continue to cause trouble for Shi Bufan. And this situation made Dugu Daxue next to him very surprised, this Li Wanrou actually wanted to leave here, isn't it very dangerous for herself? Didn't Li Wanrou know that it was dangerous here? You must know that Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun are still safe here in Shi Bufan, at least no one will kill their sisters.
But once they leave Shi Bufan's place, there may be a lot of people who want to kill them. No matter what, after all, they are Li Jiancheng's daughters, even if their status as county lords is abolished, it can't change the fact that they are Li Tang royal family and Li Jiancheng's daughters. So I'm afraid that there will be a lot of people who want to kill them, so that they can ask for merit and rewards. Although Li Shimin may not take the two girls Lori in his eyes, he can't stand some people who want to be promoted and make a fortune, and they will use this Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun as bargaining chips for meritorious service. If Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun leave Shi Bufan's side at that time and lose Shi Bufan's protection and protection, then there will definitely be many people who can't help but want to kill them to get the promotion reward.
So Li Wanrou is doing this to death!
"Lord Li Wanrou, what do you want to do? Did you know that it's dangerous? You don't have any trouble staying with us, anyway, we don't lack your bite, what do you have to worry about? Dugu Daxue said.
However, Li Wanrou shook her head and said, "No, Dugu Shanggong, I am no longer the county lord." We're just ordinary girls at the moment, and we're no longer county lords, so there's no need to say more about the word county lord. So, Dugu Shanggong, please don't say anything about the county lord. Later, my sister and I went out to see if there was any way to survive. These days, the school Shulang and Dugu Shanggong take care of us, and we really can't bear to continue to bother, so my sister and I plan to leave. I'm here, my name is not right, it's not a master, it's not a servant, it's not a concubine, it's not a maid, we really don't have the face to stay here. ”
Shi Bufan's eyes flashed, a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes, and then he asked lightly: "Didn't I say it?" In the future, you two, that is, my sister, you don't have to worry! ”
"No, we know that we are not suitable to stay here. If you stay here with Shi Xiao Shulang, it will delay Shi Xiao Shulang's future. Moreover, this sister is really hiding her ears and stealing the bell. Although Shi Xiaoshulang regarded us sisters as younger sisters, what would others think? When the time comes, what will people think of you when the time comes? When the time comes, the name is not justified, so we should not stay here to avoid the melons and plums, then we and Shi Xiaoshulang will also be extremely embarrassed! Li Wanrou said.
Shi Bufan understood this Li Wanrou's thoughts, and the core idea of Li Wanrou's words is actually a sentence - the name is not right! Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun stayed here with Shi Bufan, there must be trouble. What kind of identity do they stay here, just like Shi Bufan lives in this house, this house nominally belongs to Dugu Daxue, and Shi Bufan is Dugu Daxue's fiancé, so he can naturally live here as a fiancé. And Shi Bufan and Dugu Daxue's marriage was ordered by Li Yuan, and Li Shimin did not refute it, so he can live in his fiancée's property as a fiancé, which is actually reasonable.
And Shi Bufan's other woman, Qin Jiarui, although she does not have the status of a so-called concubine, has stayed with Shi Bufan for a long time as the so-called "Sister Qi". Of course, this identity of Sister Qi is actually based on many reasons. On the one hand, Qin Jiarui is rich and has a lot of wealth in his hands, which can ensure the independence of his identity and will not be persecuted. On the other hand, it is also Dugu Daxue's acquiescence, so that the relationship between Shi Bufan and Qin Jiarui can be maintained by default. If Qin Jiarui didn't have enough wealth, or Dugu Daxue was unwilling to acquiesce, the so-called relationship between sister and brother would have collapsed long ago and could not be maintained, at that time, either Qin Jiarui was extraordinary when he left, or Qin Jiarui was reduced to a concubine and slave.
Therefore, according to the Chinese Confucian tradition, it lies in "justifying the name", from the daily life of the people to the national politics, there is no discomfort to pay attention to a "name". If there is no name, then this is unreasonable and does not conform to traditional thinking. So this Li Wanrou directly said that her name was not right, so she wanted to leave.
Shi Bufan smiled and asked, "Then how can I stay?" ”
Li Wanrou took the initiative to say: "We are deeply favored by the school scholar, and we can't repay it, and it is really inappropriate to stay here, not a master, no servant, no concubine or maid." In order to avoid the time of the school scrivener, we plan to leave. However, since Shi Xiao Shulang is really willing for us to stay, we can't repay such a great kindness, my sister and I are willing to serve each other, be Shi Xiao Shulang's concubine, and be Shi Xiao Shulang's woman! ”
"What?" Dugu Daxue was startled.
Dugu Daxue really didn't expect that Li Wanrou would say this, and would actually say that she would be an extraordinary concubine. This surprised Dugu Daxue very much, this Li Wanrou actually declared in front of her regular and genuine fiancée that she wanted to be an extraordinary concubine, which made Dugu Daxue feel quite faceless.
However, Dugu Daxue was even more surprised, this Li Wanrou actually said that she wanted to be an extraordinary concubine, you must know that no matter how Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun are also Li Jiancheng's daughters, they are Li Tang's county lords. Although it was abolished, it was also the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, and in the eyes of most people, even in the eyes of many Li Shimin's subordinates, they would regard this Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun as the lords of the Tang Dynasty. But the two Tang County Lords actually want to be someone else's concubine, which is simply a big joke in the world.
Of course, from the perspective of Tang jurisprudence, in fact, Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun are just "common people", not county lords. Therefore, even if you really be someone else's concubine, it will actually work from the perspective of Datang law, and it will not become an obstacle to the legal etiquette. But this jurisprudence is one thing, and so is specific politics and blood. The two county lords of the Li Tang royal family actually want to be the concubines of the same man, and this is simply too strange.
You must know that Shi Bufan is already nineteen years old, and he is more than ten years older than Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun, if Shi Bufan is a few years older, it is enough to be their father in ancient times. Even if men were much older than women in ancient times, that would not be a problem. But after all, they are county lords, so naturally it is impossible to completely follow ordinary people. Marrying someone else is also a wife, and how can it be possible to marry two county lords at once, or treat both county lords as concubines?
"Li Wanrou, do you know what you're doing?" Shi Bufan asked.
Li Wanrou replied: "I know that our sisters are no longer county lords, just ordinary people's girls, and we are not justified here." Moreover, the school scholar has such a great kindness to us, so we have nothing to repay, and we are willing to serve each other and repay the great kindness of the school scholar. Therefore, I also ask Shi Xiao Shulang to agree with me and my sister to be Shi Xiao Shulang's concubines, so that we can repay Shi Xiao Shulang. ”
Dugu Daxue's face was not very happy, how could two more women come to Shi Bufan's side again. You must know that although Dugu Daxue knows that Shi Bufan will definitely have other women in the future, there may be women who don't eat, but there are absolutely no women who are not jealous. Dugu Daxue knew that it was one thing for Shi Bufan to have other women, but when other women came, they would definitely be unhappy. At that time, Qin Jiarui's matter, Dugu Daxue also chose to acquiesce, which was a compromise.
But this time there were two county lords again, although they did not have the identity of county lords, but they were also Li Tang clansmen, and they were also Li Jiancheng's daughters. If they come in, what will happen after that? Even if these two women are concubines, does Dugu Daxue really dare to do anything to them? Even if they are just "common people" and they are concubines, then Dugu Daxue really doesn't dare to treat them as concubines. Because after all, they are Li Tang's royal family, the former lord of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Li Shimin cleaned up Li Jiancheng, it was very complicated in dealing with the Li Tang clan. Once they become extraordinary concubines, Dugu Daxue will never dare to do anything to them, because no matter what they say, they still have the blood of the Li Tang royal family, which does not allow Dugu Daxue to really treat them as ordinary slaves and concubines, but must be respected.
"Well, I promised! From now on, you and your sister Li Wanshun will be my concubines. When you grow up, you will have a round house! Shi Bufan said.
Li Wanrou took the initiative to stand up and said, "I've seen my husband, I've seen my master's mother!" Sister, come and see your husband and your mother! ”
Li Wanshun said with some hesitation: "I've seen my husband, I've seen my master's mother!" ”
Dugu Daxue's face was obviously a little unkind, and he didn't answer directly, but he didn't open his mouth to directly object. However, Dugu Daxue looked at Shi Bufan, but his expression was a little complicated, and he was also a little worried. Because Shi Bufan is more than ten years older than Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun, but Dugu Daxue is two years older than Shi Bufan. Maybe in more than ten years, at most about twenty years, maybe Dugu Daxue can still ensure that he will not be too old in the case of good maintenance, but once ten or twenty years have passed? Maybe at that time, I was getting older as a wife, and women must age faster than men, what will happen when the time comes?
Especially the two new concubines, not only are they only seven years old this year, but they are only in their twenties even after more than ten years. Even if ten years later, they will officially be regarded as a round house, but at that time they were only in their teens, just at a good age. Dugu Daxue, as a family with a large scale, and has been a female official in the palace for several years, is naturally very aware of men's virtues? Not all of them like to be young and beautiful, so Dugu Daxue feels more worried.
If that's all there is to it, then Dugu Daxue is not too worried. If it was just a concubine from an ordinary background, it would be okay to bring it home at that time, and Dugu Daxue would not dare to accept it. Originally, Qin Jiarui also made Dugu Daxue's brain hurt, because Qin Jiarui was rich, and he didn't really join Shi Bufan's family as a concubine.
Anyway, Qin Jiarui himself is rich and capable, so he doesn't have to make a living by joining Shi Bufan's family as a "concubine". On the contrary, if Qin Jiarui becomes an extraordinary concubine, he will fall into the constraints of the patriarchal system of the Tang Dynasty, which is very unfavorable to Qin Jiarui. At that time, Qin Jiarui's own property will not be clear, and at that time, he may be "stolen" by Dugu Daxue, which is what Qin Jiarui is worried about. Therefore, Qin Jiarui is unwilling to be an extraordinary concubine, otherwise life, property and safety cannot be guaranteed at that time. Anyway, the Tang Dynasty was open, even if Qin Jiarui had children out of wedlock. At that time, the property in Qin Jiarui's hands still belonged to her own children, and it had nothing to do with other heirs in Shi Bufan's family, even if it was Dugu Daxue.
Qin Jiarui, a rich woman, has given Dugu Daxue enough headaches, but now there are two different identities again. Don't look at these two women as ordinary "common people", but they are county lords for one day and "county lords" for life, which no one can refute. Even if they really became extraordinary concubines, Dugu Daxue didn't dare to do anything to them. If it was just a concubine from an ordinary family, then Dugu Daxue had a way to clean them up. But now it is the two Li Tang royal families, the daughter of Li Jiancheng, so Dugu Daxue is a headache.
If Dugu Daxue is so unceremonious and "rude" to Li Jiancheng's daughter at that time, then Li Shimin will also be unhappy. Although Li Shimin is Li Jiancheng's enemy, but Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun are Li Tang royals after all, if Dugu Daxue dares to "be rude" to Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun, it is tantamount to slapping Li Tang royalty in the face, and Li Shimin will not sit idly by.
Even although Li Jiancheng was imprisoned, the hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen. Many of Li Jiancheng's subordinates also continued to serve in the Zhenguan Dynasty, for example, Dugu Daxue recently also heard about it, and Li Shimin recalled Li Jiancheng's confidant Wang Qi back then, and planned to reuse it. Li Jiancheng's subordinate Wei Zheng was also promoted, and then Xue Wanche was not only not affected by the generals, but was reused by Li Shimin. Therefore, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, in the final analysis, Li Jiancheng's people are just the "workers" of the Li Tang Dynasty, and the contradiction between them and Li Shimin before is a "public enemy". In the case of "public enmity", the other party's organization has disintegrated, and there is no personal grudge between the two sides, so there is no need for Li Shimin to pursue it so seriously. On the contrary, in order to appease people's hearts, Li Shimin took the initiative to accept many of Li Jiancheng's old subordinates into the imperial court for reuse.
So Dugu Daxue is embarrassed, if she really treats Li Jiancheng's daughter as a slave and concubine, then these old subordinates of Li Jiancheng will be enough to let her go out to hell. Of course, the concubine has a low legal status, but what can it be, the father of these two women is Li Jiancheng, and many of Li Jiancheng's old subordinates are still there, does Dugu Daxue dare to bully Li Jiancheng's daughter? Dugu Daxue is not sick in the brain!
Dugu Daxue also smiled helplessly in his heart and said: "What is the matter, none of these extraordinary women are easy to mess with!" I, the wife, are too aggrieved, in fact, no concubine in the family can control it. Qin Jiarui is like this, so are these two Li Wanrou and Li Wanshun, and my wife is too wronged. ”