The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 524: The Gratitude Report
"You! You dote on them too much, and your parents are the masters of the marriage. How can you let them?"

Mrs. Xu is a lady of every family who has read women's training and women's precepts, and the three obediences and four virtues have long been deeply ingrained.

She continued: "Besides, our family cannot repay the great kindness of Dongping Hou. It is reasonable to send a daughter into the Hou family to serve the Hou. Yan'er and Ru'er should know the truth of repaying kindness."

Then Mrs. Xu came to her daughter's room to gossip, deliberately attracting them to talk about Dongpinghou and the "Red Banner Army".

She found that both daughters were grateful to Dongpinghou, and began to change the subject to talk about their father's embarrassment because he could not repay Dongpinghou, and wanted one of them to be Dongpinghou's concubine.

Who knew that the tears streaming down their faces as they had imagined, but the eyes of the two daughters were shining brightly, and the two of them said in unison without even the slightest hesitation: "Daughter is willing!"

Then the two daughters looked at each other, and Xu Miaoyan persuaded her younger sister, Xu Miaoru, who was two years younger, "Don't you know the hardships of being a concubine?" The maid has no complaints or regrets.

Seeing that his father has made great contributions with the help of Dongpinghou, he will be promoted in a few days. In the future, he will surely find a good family for his sister to marry and become a dignified housewife. "

Xu Miaoru is only 14 years old and is spoiled by her parents and sister. She speaks very directly. Even when her mother has made it clear that one of them should be a concubine, she can't be bothered to be shy and honestly say:
"Sister, I volunteered to be Dongpinghou's concubine. Not only was I not wronged, but I liked it very much. It was not just for repaying my kindness. I will never forget that day when I saw Dongpinghou. I don't know how many midnight dreams come back to my mind. that scene.

In the past few days, I have been pestering my sister to go out so that I can sneak another look at him.Good sister, don't you want to fight with me, okay? "

Xu Miaoyan lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Xu Miaoru, she bit her lips and said: "My sister is young, don't be impulsive, being a concubine is a joke, let my sister go! My sister is also willing, and there is no grievance."

Xu Miaoru was smart and immediately understood her sister's intentions. She laughed and said:

"It turns out that my sister also fell in love with Dongping Hou. Have you heard that 'ruthless is not necessarily a hero, how can a concubine be a husband?' Did you also hear the female soldiers in the camp sing 'Love is a word, I only say it once... ...'?"

The blushing Xu Miaoyan suddenly became serious, and said: "I would rather be a heroic concubine than a mediocre wife. My sister is willing to serve the Marquis of Dongping, and even more willing to help him do great things and good deeds.

The elder sister doesn't fight for anything when she enters the Hou family, she will show respect to the main wife and the peaceful wife from the famous family, and get along with the concubines in harmony.With my sister's rebellious temper, I'm afraid I can't handle these many relationships well. "

Xu Miaoru's eyes widened. She didn't expect that she would always let her sister be humble and determined to get the chance to marry into the Hou family today. She was not as shy as usual.

Mrs. Xu was still sad!The Xu family is also a scholarly family. There were two Jinshi in the ancestors. Although the husband failed to win the election to select Gongsheng to become an official, because he is quite capable of being promoted from a lower county eunuch to a seventh-rank Pingshun magistrate, he is also a true scholar-bureaucrat. .

The daughters of the scholar-bureaucrats are all ladies of the official family, and there are very few concubines for others. What should the daughter do if she hears that her father is the master and asks them to be concubines?
Mrs. Xu never expected that the two daughters, who were just beginning to love each other, had already taken a fancy to Dongpinghou and didn't mind being concubines at all. Because of the quota of one of the two, the two daughters even fought, and they both regarded it as the best choice for Dongpinghou. home.

She opened her mouth and said: "Yan'er, Ru'er, you are still young, how can you understand the cruelty of the world? Being a concubine is really not a good thing, so stop fighting, I think..."

Seeing that their mother was about to make a decision, the two sisters stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, and threw themselves into the arms of their mother, saying in unison: "Mother, let me go!"

Mrs. Xu was amused, and said angrily: "I'm in a hurry to get married, you have no conscience, I'll send both of you to Dongping Hou as concubines!"

Xu Miaoru exclaimed: "Mother, you are too wise, anyway, why don't you give me a pair?"

Xu Miaoyan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Sister is right, we sisters will have a caregiver after we enter the Houmen together, anyway, if Dongpinghou didn't come to help in time, both of us should die on our own, our fate is actually Dongpinghou Yes, give him the rest of my life."

"Ah?" Mrs. Xu was stunned, looked left and right, then understood, and sighed: "Sure enough, it's the female university who doesn't want to stay, stay here and stay to show hatred! The ancients never deceived me!"

She couldn't make a choice, so she had to come to see her husband full of disappointment.

Xu Mingyang, who had been worried about his two stubborn daughters who would rather die than obey, listened to his wife wipe away her tears and tell her everything about confessing to her two beloved daughters.

The wife also sighed that the world is getting worse, and the daughter actually said "I would rather be a concubine of a hero than a wife of a mediocrity."

After listening to his wife's chatter, Xu Mingyang laughed and said: "This is my pair of good daughters. Dongpinghou is a hero recognized by our dynasty. Even Mrs. Qin Liangyu is willing to marry her niece as a flat wife, which can be seen. My daughter Have vision!"

"Master, are you really going to give both sisters to Dongping Hou?"

"I can't bear it, let's do it! Dongpinghou joked with me that day and asked me to invite him to drink. Tomorrow, I will personally invite him to a banquet at home. At that time, I will let Dongpinghou see Yan'er and Ru'er, and then I will ask around , see who he has his eye on?"

"This may not be possible. What if Marquis Dongping doesn't like either of them, or both of them?"

"Aren't you talking about it? Our two daughters are as beautiful as flowers and jade. They are loved by everyone, and they will look down on them? Dongping Hou has only one concubine for such a high position. It can be seen that he is not a person who will not refuse anyone. He is so embarrassed. Want to leave our two prostitutes?"

"It's still the master who is very thoughtful, and I will listen to you in everything. I will arrange a dinner tomorrow, and then I will cook a few dishes myself."

The "Red Banner Army" was preparing to march tomorrow morning, and Huang Han originally planned to meet with Xu Zhixian to discuss business matters.

This time Xu Mingyang did not die at the hands of the rogues and made a great contribution. He could even be promoted to the third level. The next time we see him, he should be an official above Zhizhou, and he might still be able to deal with him.

Before Huang Han left, the magistrate of Xu County took the initiative to visit, chatted a few words straight to the point, and invited Dongpinghou to a banquet in the county yamen courtyard at night.

Huang Han woke up after Xu Mingyang left, and thought to himself: This county magistrate is stingy enough to invite him alone. He knew that Qin Yuyi was his beloved wife and didn't invite him. It's really unreasonable.

(End of this chapter)