A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 21
"Ma'am, is there some misunderstanding?"

"Wu Erlang doesn't like playing chess?" Mrs. Zhang asked back, "This girl is the son of my family. He can also ride and shoot, especially the chess player is very good, and he is also good at cooking, and many rich officials may not be as smart as chess players."

Huaiyu clapped her hands: "The chess girl is pretty good, but..."

"Wu Erlang is good enough. Please treat Siqi kindly in the future. Her surname is Chen, and her real name is Runniang."

"But!~"

Mrs. Zhang asked Siqi face to face, "Siqi, are you willing to follow Wu Erlang?"

Siqi raised his red face, nodded shyly at Wu Huaiyu, then turned to Zhang and said, "I am willing to follow Wu Erlang!"

"Since Wu Erlang thinks that Siqi is very good, and Siqi is willing to follow Wu Erlang, then today I will be the beauty of an adult. Thanks to this good thing, this thank you banquet will be regarded as a wedding banquet."

Ping is his wife and Ben is his concubine.

In the Tang Dynasty, concubines did not need any three books and six rituals, nor did they need any matchmakers or witnesses, as long as the family members agreed, parents had to get their parents’ consent, and those who had wives asked their wives first. OK.

For concubines to buy and sell, a contract must be signed.

People in the Tang Dynasty must be a good man to take a concubine. Siqi is still a maidservant of the Yongkang government, and cannot give Huaiyu a concubine. Otherwise, the government will judge Huaiyu as a concubine.But Mrs. Zhang also said that she would write a letter to ask Li Jing, the parent, to write a letter of exemption, and then ask the eldest son Li Deyu to sign it, and then register with the government. just go.

Of course, ordinary people are not eligible to take concubines, unless their wives are over fifty and have not given birth to children, they can take concubines. Otherwise, concubines must have honors and titles.Wu Huaiyu is the son of a high-ranking official, and he has no official rank, but now he is also a clerk for money. He is a miscellaneous official in the county, and he can still take concubines.

After all, the Li family is good to Siqi, otherwise it would be fine to just hand over her slave contract to Huaiyu.

But Zhang Chuchen still expressed his willingness to ask Li Jing to release her as a good man, and he was also willing to prepare a dowry for her so that she could marry into the Wu family as a concubine instead of a maidservant in a more dignified way.

Huaiyu was so shocked that she didn't realize it for a moment. She was so delicate and beautiful, how could she just give it away in a few words?
Mrs. Zhang even asked someone to get the chess master's bond first.

Siqi raised his slave bond to his eyebrows, and respectfully presented it to Huaiyu.

After Li Jing's release document arrives and Li Deyu co-signs, Huaiyu can use this slave contract to apply for the removal of Siqi, and transfer the household registration to settle in the Wu family.

Even if the documents haven't arrived yet, with this bond in hand, he can take Siqi away directly.

"Please Erlang accept it." Siqi held up the deed.

Huaiyu was extremely shocked. Before that, Zhao Cheng's family followed him from Bailuyuan to Longqiao, originally as long-term workers, but Lao Wu directly took his family as his slaves and changed his surname, which shocked him at the time.

But now the Li family is doing even more amazing things, directly giving him a young girl like Siqi to be his concubine.

"This this···"

Holding up the deed, Siqi burst into tears instantly, very pitiful.

Li Sanniang looked a little annoyed, "Wu Erlang, you are a handsome seven-foot man, what kind of mother-in-law, can you please be happy?"

Huaiyu looked at Siqi, "Miss Siqi, you really want to go with me, have you thought about it?"

"As long as Erlang doesn't dislike Siqi, Siqi will have no complaints or regrets."

Such a decisive answer surprised Huaiyu, after all, the two had known each other for less than a day.

This was originally a great thing, but it was a real person, but it made people feel unreal.

But after thinking about it, Siqi is just a slave of Lubi's livestock. Although he is a domestic slave or Sanniang's personal maid, he is still a slave. If he follows Huaiyu as a concubine, it may not be a bad thing. He's still young, he's not bad, and he's the son of an official family.

"Miss chess player, I'm just a money grabber. I'm just doing miscellaneous tasks in the county. I don't even have a cave of my own. You will suffer if you follow me."

The Wu family did not have the same conditions as the Yongkang Duke's Mansion. She could ride silk and satin horses as a maid here, but when she came to the Wu family, she might have to live in a dilapidated cave dwelling and wear common clothes.

"Marry a chicken as a chicken and marry a dog as a dog. Siqi believes that Erlang is a wishful man worthy of entrusting his life."

Having said this, if Huaiyu refuses again, it will be a toast instead of fine wine, a good thing would make both parties unable to get down.

"Thanks to the girl for not giving up, and the love of my wife, third lady, and Dalang, Wu Er thank you here."

Zhang's serious expression finally turned into a smile again, and Li Sanniang let him go with a snort.

Over there Li Deyu even laughed and said: "Siqi is not an ordinary maid in our family. Earlier I asked my mother to ask for a maid beside Sanniang to be a concubine, but neither mother nor Sanniang would agree."

Everyone ignored his untimely speech.

Zhang Chuchen got up, "I think it's getting late, so I won't disturb your auspicious time. Come and send Wu Erlang and Siqi, the new couple, back to the Guest House to rest."

She walked up to Siqi, took her hand and confessed: "You are the son of Li's family. You followed Sanniang when you were young. You are a sensible girl. Now you are with Wu Erlang and get along well. I will set aside [-] acres for you in Lijiazhuang in Sanyuan. Land, I will give you another cow and a mule, twenty pieces of silk and eight thousand dollars as your dowry, and I will buy a set of four-season clothes, a bed, and a set of pots and pans for the kitchen. I wish you all the best! The days to come will be prosperous and smooth.”

This dowry is definitely not a small amount for a maidservant, it is a rare gift, and she was truly given away as a member of the Li family.

Siqi cried in gratitude, knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.

Standing there, Huaiyu was still a little messy in the wind, happiness came too suddenly, looking at the girl next to her, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her face was like a silver bowl, her mouth was small, her skin was fair and beautiful and her legs were long.

She is also a girl who can go out of the hall and into the kitchen and even ride a horse.

Suddenly a sister Chen fell from the sky?
"Erlang, go back to the house."

Mrs. Zhang and others all left, but Siqi was still there in a daze when he saw him.

Marriage in ancient times always paid attention to the fate of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, and even the right marriage. For a daughter of a famous family like Li Sanniang, the marriage had to be chosen by the parents, and even the clan's consent. In the end, it was a blind marriage.

And as a lowly slave, she has no choice at all. She has understood all this since she was a child, and she has never had any extravagant wishes or fantasies. She just waits to be arranged in the future, and even her parents have no choice , She is a slave, her parents are also slaves, and the whole family is slaves of the Li family, and everything must be obeyed by the Li family.

Whether it is to match a servant, or to follow the master, or to follow Li Sanniang all the time, to be a dowry girl in the future, it can only be arranged.

Even if one day she did something wrong, she would call her mother-in-law to take her away and take her to the market for people to choose and sell, and she didn't have the slightest qualification and ability to resist.

Looking at Wu Huaiyu, she felt very warm in her heart. Although she had only known each other for a long time, he cared about her very much in the bathroom today. He was not insolent at all, and the conditions were also very good. It was a good thing that she could not even dream of before.

It's so hard to come across, no matter what reason Madam made this decision, since you have encountered it, you have to hold on tightly, and you can't let go even if you die.

Thinking of this, Siqi stretched out his hand actively, and took Huaiyu's big hand.

Huaiyu looked at this active girl, she was Li Sanniang's personal maid in the morning, riding a horse heroically, speaking gracefully, but now she has become her concubine, it's like a dream.

Siqi leaned against him, "From now on, wherever Erlang goes, my concubine will follow."

With soft words, the fragrance of her body hit him, and he, who had been cultivating hard in the mountains for five years, couldn't help but feel his heart throbbing.

"Erro."

Huaiyu smiled.

Don't think about it, let it be 21 [-].

All the girls are willing, Zhang Chuchen, Li Qing and Li Deyu are willing to give it away, why is Wu Huaiyu twitching, he laughed a few times, and picked up Siqi, which made the girl very shy.

"Walk,"

Holding Siqi in his arms, Huaiyu walked towards the guest courtyard with big strides.

Siqi's face was flushed, and his whole body was stiff.

"You sprained your ankle and it's still not healed. It's inconvenient to walk. I'll carry you away." Huaiyu lowered her head and said softly to her.

As soon as these words came out, Siqi was filled with happiness in his heart. He hugged Huaiyu's neck tightly with both hands, and his whole body was nestled in his arms, limp as mud. sweet heart.

(End of this chapter)