The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 280 Li's Thoughts

If he wanted to tell himself something, he would naturally tell her.

Mrs. Li would not ask her husband why she lost sleep.

Does it matter?These words that may make the husband appear to be less capable will not be said.

Except for her abnormal behavior during the period when her children disappeared, she has always performed well.

Although she has many shortcomings, for example, she loves money and wants to fish out the old man's private property through her children.

The reason why she is strict with the concubine's children is that she has a lot of narrow-mindedness, and if she can't do it, it will cost more.

The concubines would waste a lot of money if they were dudes, and they would spend even more money when they got married, and the concubines would not be able to marry well if they were not well educated.

She doesn't want the concubine to be able to do everything, but she must not hold back the family, which makes her hold on to her husband's heart.

No matter how much Tao Er pampers the concubines around her, he will never let them fail to climb up on her head. The big reason is that Li Shi has a good brain.

She knows how big the cards are in her hand, and she has to carefully calculate what she wants to do, and see the pros and cons of it before deciding whether to act or not.

Mrs. Li had three children: two boys and one girl, the eldest was a boy, the eldest grandson of the Tao family, but unfortunately died before reaching maturity, and now he is surrounded by a son and a daughter.

The most important people in her heart are her daughter Baozhu and her son Hachiro, especially the youngest son Hachiro, who will be her future support for the elderly and the people she cares most about. Children, there are fewer barriers between mother and child.

Li Shi was very sober after she got married, and she didn't have much interest in the so-called love and love. From the moment the marriage contract was signed, she was taught by her mother not to expect too much from marriage.

If you don't ask for much, you won't be too disappointed. The education Li Shi has always received made her understand that the marriage between the two of them originated from the marriage between two families.

When marrying, there is no consideration of whether the two parties to the marriage may have a relationship between a man and a woman, but it is a strong alliance or complementarity between the two parties.

The Li family once had a very glorious moment, so they naturally knew a lot of things, and they also worked hard when they were not behind in raising girls.

In addition to the things that ordinary women learn, the Li family also specially educates the women of the Li family to learn more things, such as history.

And Li Shi is a good student who studies very hard. She continues to study with enthusiasm, and there is a period of history that makes her think a lot.

I think back then a certain emperor had a concubine surnamed Xiao who was extremely favored, and he loved that concubine Xiao so much that he competed with the empress.

Concubine Xiao Chong relied on her credit for giving birth to the emperor's children, and in many cases completely suppressed the childless kings and queens.

Queen Wang didn't want her queen's throne to be robbed, so she wanted to find a helper to help her deal with Concubine Xiao.

She knew that the emperor had a beloved person who had to become a nun in the early years, so she found her in the nunnery.

With the help of Queen Wang, the Wu family, who had already shaved her hair and became a nun, got the chance to leave the nunnery.

She agreed to all the Queen's proposals to go, and she entered the palace again after leaving the palace.

Concubine Xiao didn't care at first, and she didn't know that she would be rejected by the emperor.

After the Wu family entered the palace, it was to fulfill the wishes of the king and queen at the beginning.

Soon he took away a lot of the emperor's favor.

She became the emperor's favorite concubine in the harem and was promoted to Zhaoyi.

Until one day she even pulled down the empress and concubine Xiao Chong from their horses.

This time the biggest winner in the battle in the palace was Wu Shi, she became the queen of a country.

However, the previous Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao were finally killed by the Wu family together, and the death of the two people was extremely miserable.

Li Shi was very absorbed in reading this period of history. She could not have imagined that this was a real event that happened in history.
In her opinion, it is very important to understand this period of history well, and to know that the final victor, the Wu family, belongs to a different category.

The reason Wu was in the nunnery was because she was one of the low-ranking concubines of the late emperor who entered the nunnery after the late emperor passed away.

If it weren't for the failed Queen Wang who wanted to find a helper in order to beat her rival Concubine Xiao Shu, she deliberately brought Wu back from the nunnery.

I'm afraid that Mrs. Wu will not be able to enter the palace. Seeing this, Mrs. Li knows that Mrs. Wu is probably the emperor's wife's favourite, and in the end she stole Concubine Xiao Shu's favor.

It can be seen from this that when looking for a pet for your husband, you must pay attention to it. If a man has a good heart, he must never be brought into his home, that is to create trouble for himself.

One bad thing is the fate of leading wolves into the house. Don't do stupid things like Wang and Queen. Li Shi pays attention to this point to prevent himself from being thrown out of court accidentally.

Mrs. Li made the greatest efforts to delve into this period of history. You must know that Mrs. Wu still had many problems that were criticized after becoming the emperor's concubine. She was remarried and was older than the emperor. Wu's weakness.

From Lee's point of view, the Wu family may be favored, but it will not be too long, but if you read history later, you will know that the Wu family became the final winner. What is the trick?After reading through that period of history and unofficial history again and again, Mrs. Li somewhat understood the reasons for Wu's victory. The relationship between her and the emperor left a deep impression on the emperor, and it was possible to come out of the original nunnery and enter the palace. After she gave birth to several children, her position in the harem was finally stabilized.

Li Shi finally understood that if he wanted to be able to fly, he had to grasp the most important thing.In the beginning, Wu Shi was her husband's favor, but a man's favor is too superficial, no matter how deep-rooted the love is, it will often be lost in real life.

Concubine Xiao Shu's experience is a very real example. When Concubine Xiao was favored back then, she wanted wind and rain.

However, Concubine Xiao was still gradually worn away by the new Wu family, and became a neglected concubine. Not too long has passed.

After being favored, the Wu family naturally wanted to get rid of two enemies: Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao. If they were not removed, the emperor would feel sympathetic again.

Only the dead will not repeat it again. Wu family thought of a way to get rid of the queen and concubine Xiao in one fell swoop, and the princess born to Concubine Xiao was thrown to Yeting Palace.

Poor two girls who should be gold and jade are reduced to the place where the palace maids and slaves belong, and they even have to work.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li was very vigilant, the two princesses were living with the maids and family members of the prisoner like this, and her own father didn't care at all.

The emperor is really indescribably ruthless to his children, of course, this is because the Wu family is a person of great ability.

It was with the help of the Wu family that the emperor finally gradually regained his power from the powerful officials and got rid of the restraint of the courtiers.

This is also the reason why Wu's punishment harmed the queen and concubine Xiao. Even though the emperor knew about it, he didn't help.

In terms of benefits, the Wu family can give the emperor far more benefits than the queen and concubine Xiao.

During the honeymoon period, there was a consistent interest relationship between the Wu family and the emperor.

In the end, the Wu family cleared all obstacles to her ascension to the queen's throne.

It is not the end of the story after Wu ascended the throne of queen.

She didn't live a happy and shameless life with the emperor.

Although the emperor loves the Wu family very much, it doesn't mean that he has no desires.

It is also absolutely impossible that there is only one queen in the harem, and there will be a couple for life from now on.

This kind of possibility belongs to Mary Sue's plot at all, and it is generally impossible to realize in real life.
Even if the emperor felt that Wu was his sweetheart, he would not hesitate to fight against ethics for her, and even made her the queen of a country.

But all this didn't stop him from becoming a romantic son, he still embraced left and right, and all the women in the harem belonged to him.

During Wu's pregnancy, she asked her widowed sister to help her in the palace, but the emperor hooked up with Empress Wu's sister.

She obviously asked her elder sister to come in to help her prevent the emperor from stealing fish, but her elder sister took the opportunity to hook up with the emperor, and was named Mrs. Guo.

How did Wu feel when he found out about this situation?As an outsider, it is impossible to know, but the Wu family should feel that his status may be lost at any time, after all, there are lessons from the past.

The Wu family would never know, it was precisely because she was very tricky when getting rid of the former empress and concubine Xiao Chong, the emperor felt that he didn't like the strong her very much, she was different from the woman he imagined.

The emperor regretted ignoring the former empress and concubine Xiao who fell out of favor. Both the former empress and Concubine Xiao Chong were his wives and concubines, but Empress Wu turned them into pigs.

This kind of strength surprised him. In the process, he discovered that Wu's skills are superb, and he has a strength that ordinary women do not have, and he is very politically savvy.

Wu's political sense is very sensitive, and he has been helping the emperor handle state affairs for many years. You must know that the emperor has a headache and often relies on Wu.

This situation allowed Wu's power to extend from the harem to the front court, and relied on this to stand firm, otherwise the next queen to be deposed might be her.

The strength of the Wu family made the emperor gradually no longer like his queen, but he couldn't do without the help of the Wu family. He liked Empress Wu's sister even more.

But Wu had to pretend not to see the affair between her sister and the emperor, otherwise what would she do?
As time went on, this incident made the already close relationship between their sisters very delicate.

The sisters who were once affectionate fell apart, and Wu Shi was quite unhappy from the bottom of his heart.

Eventually there were some conflicts between the sisters until Wu's older sister died.

And what would Mrs. Wu think, the others don't even know who it is?

The death of Wu's sister made her daughter an opponent of Wu's.

He even did not hesitate to become the emperor's lover in order to avenge the Wu family.

But what can Empress Wu do?It can only be temporarily aggrieved to live.

In the end, the winner is Empress Wu, and the others who opposed her died long ago.

After knowing this period of history, Mrs. Li was very interested in Mrs. Wu, a very capable woman.

After studying the relevant history, Wu's affairs had a great influence on some of Li's thoughts.

After researching, Li still has self-knowledge, knowing that he has no brains to become a part of the palace.

Those who can get along well in the palace are all human beings, and one who is not good is a stepping stone for others.

On this point, she knew very well that she had no interest in politics at all, and she just wanted to doze off when the conversation got too deep, which was absolutely impossible.

That is to say, it is impossible for her to do the same thing at all. She often finds out after a long time of other people's calculations, and it is already three autumns too late.

This made her know from the bottom of her heart that she was too far behind those smart people, and that she might become a gun in the hands of others. She had no interest in becoming the second Wu family.

You must know that this smart person who turned from a queen to a queen had to abdicate to her son when she was old. When she finally abdicated, she was simply forced to abdicate and had to abdicate.

Li knows that she does not have the ability to do the same thing, but some operations of the queen are still very useful to her, such as how to capture the heart of her husband, which is very important.

She knew very well in her heart that in order to live better, she must formulate her own measures. In her later life, she has been paying attention to the issue of how to live a good life.

The Li family belongs to a high marriage. Her natal Li family used to be a family but declined. After these years of ups and downs, the royal family has been suppressing this family.

This repeated suppression has caused many high-ranking aristocratic families to fall down. The Li family's situation is not the first, nor is it the last. There will be more in the future.

But this affected the value of Li's daughters. Many of them later married into poor families, and it was like one generation was inferior to the next.

The Li family is one of the lucky ones. They were able to marry into the aristocratic Tao family in the end. After they got married, they also had problems in life.
For example, when it comes to the issue of the amount of dowry, the mother-in-law is a little annoyed that the dowry is not enough, and feels that the daughter-in-law is not as good as a phoenix.

There is not much dowry that can be given by the Li family, so the mother-in-law will inevitably show embarrassment to the daughter-in-law.

And what about the daughter-in-law?I could only endure it while holding my husband's heart tightly.

It would be a good thing for Li Shi when something happened to the Tao family.

Of course she would not go back to her hometown with her in-laws.

This is simply throwing away one's own advantage.

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural opposites of each other.

How could she obediently go back with her mother-in-law?Don't dream.

If she left her husband and concubine together, wouldn't it be cheaper for others.

I'm afraid that the man who loves the new and dislikes the old will soon forget her existence, so no.

After thinking about it, she asked her husband to talk about the children, if they also followed the adults to Hui nationality.

They will soon become bumpkins, and all aspects of the capital, especially education, are top notch.

After all, I told my husband that if the children went back to their hometown, it would be tantamount to ruining everything about them.

Tao Erlang agreed very much. Since the children stayed, Li Shi, who was the mistress, was naturally left to take care of the children.

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a talk, they stayed away from the mother-in-law who was always picking on her. Li's house fighting skills are improving rapidly in the process of this time after time.

It can be said that she is proficient in dealing with Tao Erlang, but the disappearance of her children was a big blow to her. After knowing that her children are alive and well, she becomes very shrewd. She always likes to pack up all her thoughts and stand Giving advice from the moral high ground, rarely tearing face to husband.

She was flustered when her son and daughter disappeared, but at this moment she was back to normal, and faced her husband with the most calm attitude, absolutely not asking questions.

On the way, Mrs. Li finally understood the contradictions in her husband's heart. She knew nothing about politics, but she was quite clear about patriarchal clan.

Naturally, they understood that the three of them in the first house would be troublesome, and the adults in their first house should take the relevant responsibilities.

For her husband's worries, Li Shi is more concerned about how much property those big families can leave behind.

Although the Tao family encountered a flood this time, it may cause the Tao family to lose many things in the family land.

But Dafang's sister-in-law has a lot of dowries in the capital, both fertile land and shops.

If she manages it properly, she should be able to make a lot of money out of it.

The future marriage of the eldest family's children will be a good opportunity to network.

In such a calculation, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

After thinking about it in her heart, Mrs. Li spoke in harmony.
She would never say that her husband's mind is flooded and he only thinks about troublesome things.

How could they just think about how much their second room would spend for the nephews and nieces of the big room.

In fact, it would be good if the children were crowded together, and she could take the opportunity to reduce the treatment of the bastards.

You can't treat the concubine and the concubine the same. This is because outsiders can't pick a thorn, and they can still hit it.

As for the eldest lady, she must also be made a foil for her own daughter. Anyway, people in noble families generally don't want her.

(End of this chapter)