Chapter 129: The Guilty Concubine

Li Xunzhuo was really angry this time.

No one expected that he would actually send the Su family back to the Luyang mansion, even the Ling family couldn't help but let out a "ah", and the Su family fainted directly from crying.

In the average family of a large family, if the concubine makes a mistake, she will either sell it, or be reduced to a maid and do the heaviest work in the pulp washing room. If you have given birth to a son and a half daughter and are old concubines, you generally cannot sell them. At this time, it can be sent to the Pure Heart Nunnery outside the city, where it is dedicated to taking in concubines who make mistakes and cannot be sold.

Although concubines can be transferred, since they are given to people, they are naturally given to young and beautiful, and most of them have never given birth to children. Otherwise, who is willing to accept it when they are old and decrepit, so those who are old choose to send them to the Pure Heart Nunnery.

Of course, not every family can send a concubine if they want to, because they have to pay a large fee every year for their daily living expenses. And after entering, unless the main family comes to pick it up, it will die in the Pure Heart Temple. But very few of the concubines sent to the Pure Heart Nunnery can come out alive, let alone be picked up again, so when they hear about the Pure Heart Nunnery, it is like hearing about the Cold Palace, which makes many people change their color when they hear it.

There will also be some large families who do not send the Pure Heart Temple, but send it back to their own family, because there will be places similar to the Pure Heart Temple in the family's mansion. There are special people to imprison the concubines who have made mistakes in the clan, and even the main room, to educate them until they become obedient and obedient.

Unlike the Pure Heart Temple, in addition to not having to pay a huge fee, at least there is no fear of life in the family. Because the cost is not low, ordinary people will no longer care about paying the fees for three years at a time, which means that this concubine has been completely abandoned, and she does not have to explain her life to the master of the nunnery. There are many concubines who let them do heavy work, and are even sold into hook pens or beaten to death.

"I really didn't expect my dad to be ruthless." Wanhua was also frightened by Li Xunzhuo's determination. "I used to hold Aunt Su in the palm of my hand, I was reluctant to let her cry and not say anything, I relied on her for everything, but this time I was so ruthless, A-Niang was scared."

"Aunt Su's heart is broken, and it's troublesome to keep it." Shaohua had never seen the days when Li Xunzhuo held the Su family in his hands, so he was more in agreement with 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, her grandfather was afraid that he would not spare her easily." Wanhua nodded in agreement.

In other words, Li Xunzhuo was so doting and tolerant of her before, entirely because she was harmless, at least harmless to this family. As for the unpleasantness with the Ling family, in Li Xunzhuo's opinion, it is all a family matter behind closed doors, and it is not a big deal.

But Jinhua is not so simple this time. Although he was narrowly stopped by Shaohua, no one dared to guarantee that there would be no next time.

Li Xunzhuo favors the Su family again, but the Su family is just a concubine and an outsider, and Jinhua's surname is Li, which is the blood of the Li family. Concubines can be sold and transferred, but children are different, even if they are concubines, they are also members of a family. For Li Xunzhuo, Su himself was a little presumptuous, he just drank a few words, but he teased Jinhua to do something that he shouldn't do, even if he stepped on his bottom line.

Besides, the objects that Jinhua tried to provoke were still those in the palace, which was even more taboo for Li Gelao.

Instead of going to Taiheyuan and then tearing and cutting love, it is better to directly endure the pain and cut love. Especially since the relationship with the Ling family has become deeper and deeper, Li Xunzhuo can be regarded as feeling that he has to live a life as capable and down-to-earth as the Ling family. It's a pity that he was young and frivolous at the beginning, and he was only interested in the feelings of the wind and snow.

As soon as Su Shi left, Xiyuan suddenly quieted down. Li Ge Lao was also furious when he learned about it, but seeing that Li Xunzhuo took the initiative to make a decision, he also came to ask for guilt, and he didn't say anything more, just asked him to discipline Jinhua strictly, and he couldn't do anything wrong anymore.

In this matter, the biggest beneficiary is the Ling family, but she is also the most uncomfortable. Because she endured Su Shi for so many years, she just snatched back her husband's love, and before she could show off enough in front of Su Shi, Su Shi was sent away. The opponent who had been secretly fighting for so many years suddenly left, and the Ling clan always felt a little unaccustomed, and he felt a little lost every day.

Shaohua thought that the Ling clan just felt that this victory came quickly, and it was too much of a victory to make her feel no sense of accomplishment at all. She was glad that Su Shi had gone well, not to mention whether she would bring Jinhua bad and provoke any more moths. With her means of making Li Xunzhuo pamper for so many years, Ling's irritable temper would be brought down by her at any time.

Fortunately, the empty and boring days of the Ling clan will not last long, and the Yinghua County Lord has finally returned to Beijing.

What's more, the day after returning to Beijing, the Duchess of the vassal kingdom came to the door with Fan Erlang in person. This can be regarded as a serious salute, Shaohua was dragged by Wanhua to hide behind the screen and peek, only to see that Fan Erlangjun looked shy and had a good face, which was not good-looking, but he was delicate and elegant. I am used to seeing Li Sijin and Li Sinian, who are known as the four gentlemen of the capital, and I am worried about Yan Kaizhi in my heart, and I have even seen Hongfang's appearance with his own eyes.

Shaohua's evaluation of Fan Erlang Jun is only four words: gentle and elegant.

Obviously, this is a compliment, but it has nothing to do with looks. 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, never falling. Shaohua thought to himself, it is difficult to buy a favorite, and it doesn't matter what the other party is in the eyes of the people next to him, what matters is what Wanhua thinks. If she really thinks it's good, then this one is good.

Because after the mourning, the marriage must be completed within 100 days, and the two families have already made up their hearts, so the efficiency of work has also been greatly improved. The three books and six ceremonies went very fast, Shaohua felt that it was completely to catch ducks on the shelves, and it was clear that the clan had only returned to Beijing, and it seemed that in a few days, Wanhua was going out.

The clan family has a family background and rules, and the geese sent by Nacai are all freshly caught. Shaohua poked the wild goose curiously and asked the Ling family whether the wild goose was braised or steamed tonight, so angry that the Ling family drove her back to Biwuxuan and did not allow her to come to Xiyuan to make trouble.

The prince of the feudal kingdom attaches great importance to this nephew, so he is also very concerned about the marriage of his nephew, after all, he was raised by his side. As the only elder of the clan Shiqing, the prince of the feudal kingdom volunteered to take charge of the overall situation for the lord of the domain, and the ceremonial supplies were the same as his own sons and grandsons, and he also secretly pasted 1,000 taels to help with the happy event.

The eldest daughter of the Duke of the Domain, who is also the cousin of the Emperor of the Domain, is the concubine of the current emperor, and she knew that she was married to the Li family, so she specially sent a congratulatory gift from the palace, which made the Ling family feel even more face-saving, and it was not uncommon for everyone to show off.

Li Ge only has three sons under his knees, and only the second son Li Xunzhuo has a daughter, so Wanhua married as the eldest granddaughter of the Li family, which attracted everyone's attention.

After Su left, Jinhua was completely grounded, except for her small courtyard, even Biwuxuan was not allowed to go out from other places, and the meals were sent in by herself every day according to demand, and she was especially asked to accompany the mother Wei to watch it. The Ling family naturally didn't have time to deal with her, and Li Xunzhuo was also a little unkind to Jinhua because of the Su family, as long as she didn't toss things up, no one wanted to mention her. What's more, the Ling family is too busy with Wanhua's marriage every day, let alone have time to think about her.

The Li family was so happy about Wanhua's marriage that they couldn't keep their mouths together, and when they mentioned their future uncle, they were full of praise. However, except for Jinhua, who was grounded, probably only Shaohua looked out of place.

After beating them out of the palace, within a few days, the palace rewarded a lot of things, and they didn't say who they were for, nor did they say what they were for. In short, it was a reward, and the Li family had to accept the reward with trepidation, but the next day they heard the news of the marriage in the palace. Song Yun, the concubine of the Marquis of Anqing, was accused of marrying He Zhixiu, the second son of the general of Dingguo, but Jiang Enhui, the wife of General Pingnan, became the eldest daughter-in-law of the general of Dingguo, and gave them the same day to get married. There are other ladies that Shaohua is not familiar with are also promised, and seven or eight pairs of newcomers came out at once, and she almost thought that the emperor was okay and should be old.

In their trembling waiting, the marriage storm finally passed. What makes the Ling family happy is that Jinhua did not let the palace look at it, and Wanhua can also marry the feudal family in the same way, compared to Shaohua's secret rejoice, the Ling family always felt that Shaohua failed to keep up with the marriage army because of Jinhua's relationship, and his resentment towards the Su family was even more.

"Fifth lady, you haven't fed the fish for a few days." Chu He saw that Shaohua was sullen and kindly reminded.

"Didn't you feed me?" Shaohua said lazily, his hands folded on the table, lying on his stomach, his head resting on his hands, and his eyes wandering over the window lattice.

"Yes...... Why don't I go out for a walk with you? She was very worried, because Shaohua had been like this for several days, lying on the table in a daze every day with nothing to do, and she was not active in eating, and she was often distracted on weekdays.

"No, everyone outside is busy, and I'll only mess up when I go out." The main thing is that she is completely uninterested.

Recently, she has dreamed of the desert white dress and red dress for several days, and gradually she still feels that the red dress is no longer her, or that she is a thorough Li Shaohua, watching Yan Kaizhi and another woman in red have a story between her and him.

This image lingered in her dreams, and even she woke up and felt that it was still fresh in her memory. Because of Wanhua's marriage, the Ling family also issued a grounding order for her, for fear that Shaohua would run out while she was not paying attention.

"Then, why don't I accompany you to see the young lady." Chu He was so sad that he didn't know what to do. "I heard that she finally has a body."

"Really?" Shaohua finally had some spirit.

"Well, I heard from the people in Xuyuan, they said that the young lady has been unable to eat lately, and she is always retching. The young lady was happy, and said that she had it, but she hadn't asked for a doctor yet. "Chu He saw that Shaohua was interested, and immediately talked about it." The eldest lady didn't say anything, but I heard that she had asked her to find a fetal pocket for the eldest young lady to wear. ”

"What's it in a tire pocket?" Shaohua asked curiously.

"I don't know about this, but I heard that it is for pregnant women who have just given birth to a son." Chuhe is just a little girl, and she doesn't know much about this.

"Oh, then you go down." Shaohua nodded.

"Huh? Won't you go over? "The first lotus is a little empty and happy.

"Anyway, she's pregnant, and it'll be the same in a few days." Shaohua said stupidly.

Chu He was even more worried now, even such a big thing as Xin Zixuan's pregnancy couldn't cheer up Shaohua, and she didn't know what to do. Listening to the hustle and bustle of the garden, Chu He poked his head out, saw a figure, and shouted excitedly.

"Second Young Lady!"