A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 718
Mrs. Qiu gave birth to another daughter to Wu Huaiyu, the sixteenth among the sisters in the family.

"Now I have a son and a daughter," Qiu Twelve Niang looked at the little daughter Wu Huaiyu held for her. This was the second child and the birth was relatively smooth. When the baby was born, his head was slightly deformed, his face was wrinkled, his hair It's dark but not shiny, and it looks a bit ugly.

"She looks much better than when Liulang was born," Qiu Derou said after drinking the ginseng soup and she was in good spirits.

A nanny next to me also said that the baby should be fed early so that the milk can be released easily.

Wu Huaiyu also liked holding this little baby. He had just taken a hot bath and was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed. He didn't cry or fuss, but the cry when he was just born was very loud.
She was born weighing seven pounds and four ounces, a fat girl.

Huaiyu carried his daughter to Mrs. Qiu and let her watch her for a while. Liulang and Wu Chengan were already over three years old and had been waiting outside for a long time. Now they finally came in and looked at the swaddled baby curiously.

"This is your sister," Qiu said to her son.

Wu Chengan wanted to reach out and touch his sister's face, but he didn't dare. "Auntie, she sleeps so soundly. She will definitely be a lazy little girl in the future."

Qiu smiled.

Huaiyu said from the side, "Call me mother, don't call me aunt."

Little Chengan said, "But according to the rules, I have to call you aunt. I only have one mother."

Qiu's face was still smiling, but it was a little stiff.

The two sisters Qiu Derou entered the Wu family. Although she was a concubine and had a higher status than the concubine of her cousin De Shu, in the end she was just a noble concubine.

The status of wives and concubines is very different.

The wife was married by a matchmaker according to the three letters and six etiquettes, and although the concubine also had a marriage certificate, it was actually a contract to buy a concubine.Wu Huaiyu had so many concubines, but according to Tang law, the concubines were not in-laws.

The in-laws of the Wu family, that is, the natal family of Fan Xuanfu, Huaiyu’s wife, are counted. The others, whether it is the princess Yang Muyun or the county head Li Qing, their natal families are not counted as the in-laws of the Wu family.
For example, if someone commits a crime and is assigned to his wife's family, he who is a concubine to his natal family does not need to be assigned to his wife's family.

Of course, Qiu Derou's parents are not qualified to be called Huaiyu's father-in-law.

Similarly, all Wu Huaiyu's children can only be called Fan Xuan Fu Niang, and other biological mothers can only be called aunt.

This is a rule, and it is also a law. The concubine has no parental rights and has no custody of her biological children.

Wu Huaiyu didn't like this. At home, he still asked his children to call their biological mother their mother, Mrs. Fan Xuanfu or aunt.
But on the contrary, the concubines did not dare to mess around, and instead obeyed especially. Although Huaiyu asked them to take care of their children, he asked the children to call him aunt since they were young.

In fact, Huaiyu felt that this kind of thing was quite awkward. Fan Xuanfu was not that careless, but from concubines to servants, no one in the house dared to mess around.

This is like not allowing good men and bad men to marry, not allowing concubines to be wives, and not allowing lowly women to be concubines. These are red lines that cannot be crossed.
Anyone who violates it is challenging the public order and good customs of society and challenging ethics and morality.

The children grow up day by day,

I also gradually started to become sensible,
"I'll send someone to notify Tan Guogong's mansion and invite the Qiu family to come and see you and have a wedding banquet with you." Huaiyu shook Qiu's hand and said,

Mrs. Qiu smiled slightly and her expression became better. Although they had been accustomed to those things since they were children, Qiu Derou was the legitimate daughter, and her father also had many concubines and maids, as well as concubine brothers and sisters. They had long been accustomed to that routine, but every time they heard My own child calls me aunt and calls Fan Xuanfu mother, which still makes me feel uncomfortable.

"Xie Alang, it's a pity that the baby is a girl this time."

Huaiyu quickly interrupted her. He held his daughter in his arms and said with a smile, "No matter if it's a boy or a girl, it doesn't matter if it's your flesh and blood, I love them both. No matter if it's a daughter, my daughter is still Aye Auntie." Here’s my sweet little cotton-padded jacket,”

After Huaiyu finished speaking, Fan Xuanfu came in.

"Alang, please go and get busy. This delivery room is filthy. The rest will be left to us women. Don't worry. Twelfth Mother has added another child to our family. She is a hero of our family. I will not treat her badly. Nurse, The nannies, servants, and maids have all been arranged,"

She pushed Huaiyu out of the room, took Wu Liuniang, walked to the couch and said to Qiu Deju with a smile, "It's more than seven pounds, which is really incredible. This girl is good-looking, white and fat, she looks blessed at first sight." .”

At this time, Qiu Derou's cousin, Qiu Sanniang Deshu, who married into the Wu family with her, also came in. She also liked the little girl, "She's still sleeping, and she doesn't know she's hungry."

Wu Huaiyu came to the outer courtyard and arranged for someone to go to Tan Guogong's mansion to announce the good news.
As a result, the person came back after a while.

"So fast?"

"Something happened to the Qiu family. Many red robes surrounded the Qiu family. The Duke of Tianshui was arrested."

Huaiyu was surprised when he heard the news, "What's going on?"

He quickly asked someone to inquire again, and it didn't take long to figure out that something had happened to the Qiu family.

Qiu Xinggong's mother passed away today. She was Qiu He's concubine.According to the rules, she was just a concubine and was of no importance. Even if she died, it would not be a big deal to the Qiu family.

But the son she gave birth to, Qiu Xinggong, although he was a concubine, was very capable. He was one of the founding fathers of the country and had made meritorious service in wars. Not to mention that he was the confidant of the current emperor. He even fought to save the enemy in the battle of Luoyang, with his body covered with arrows. He also rescued Li Shimin from the siege of the rebel army.
Nowadays, Qiu Xinggong is granted the title of Duke of Tianshui County, and his official title is General Zuowei, which is also from the third rank.The emperor also gave Qiu Xinggong's birth mother the title of Princess of the County.

When his mother died, Qiu Xinggong planned to give his mother a grand burial. Although his father Qiu and the old man were still there, this did not affect her.

"Why did it suddenly start happening?"

The problem lies in the arrangements for Qiu's funeral. According to the rules, when Qiu dies, the Qiu family will naturally arrange the burial. Although Qiu Xinggong is his biological son, he is a concubine.
In the Qiu family, Mr. Qiu is older, so of course his son will handle the funeral. But with the eldest son here, it is natural that the eldest son should handle this matter.

Qiu Xinggong's eldest brother Qiu Xingze, the current governor of Jiaozhou, happened to be in Beijing at the end of the year for a gathering, and is now also in Chang'an.

Since he is here, according to the rules, he will be responsible for the funeral of this aunt.

But Qiu Xinggong didn't know why, but he refused and insisted on making arrangements by himself. He even wanted to bury his mother in the ancestral grave of the Qiu family and next to the cemetery reserved by Qiu He in advance. But next to the cemetery, Qiu Xingze The grave of Qiu He's biological mother, Qiu He's wife, will be buried together after Qiu He's death.Qiu Xinggong wanted to bury his mother together.
This is not qualified. He is not qualified to be responsible for the funeral, and his biological mother is not qualified to be buried next to Qiu He's grave. How can a concubine be qualified to be buried next to Qiu He and Qiu He Zhengzi?

Even if you have the blessing of a biological child, it won't be enough for you to be granted the imperial title of a county lady.

This kind of thing is the same as when the eldest son has to throw a basin at a funeral. If the eldest son is gone, he must be the eldest grandson. It cannot be the eldest son, second son, eldest grandson, etc. to take his place. .

Qiu Xinggong refused, so he wanted to preside over his mother's funeral ceremony himself, and insisted that his biological mother be buried in the ancestral grave of Lao Qiu's family and in Qiu He's cemetery.

Qiu Xingze, the eldest son, refused.
You are robbing me of my position as the eldest son.

Then, while the Qiu family was busy, the two brothers quarreled first and then started fighting.

One is the Duke of Yicheng County, the Governor of Jiaozhou, and the Shangzhu Kingdom. The other is also the Duke of Shangzhu Kingdom, the County Duke of Tianshui, and General Zuowei. They are all distinguished generals with purple robes and gold belts, and halberds in the door.

This fight is really exciting,

It is said that the two brothers, Xing Ze Xing Gong, are about the same age. They have liked to fight since they were young, and neither one would obey the other.

Qiu He had many sons, fifteen sons, two county princes, five county princes, and others also had official titles. Plus Qiu He, Tan Guogong, he had eight sons, which was quite prominent.

The Qiu family also had many daughters, and they married many distinguished relatives. For example, Gao Shilian took Qiu He's daughter as his concubine, and Changsun Wuji and Wu Huaiyu took Qiu Xinggong's daughter as their concubine.

At the end of the year, most of the Qiu family’s children were in Beijing.
The two brothers Qiu Xinggong started fighting in the hall. The other thirteen brothers and a group of nephews also rushed to start the fight. The result was that the chaos became more and more chaotic.

The fight between Qiu Xinggong and Qiu Xinggong was so fierce that no one could try to persuade him. Qiu Xingze was also furious and wanted to beat Qiu Laoer. Otherwise, how would he manage this family in the future?
How will his eldest son inherit the family business in the future?

Lao Qiu happened to be in his hometown of Wu Gong at this time.

None of the princes, princes, and sons of the Qiu family, including governors, governors, generals, generals, and officials, could be persuaded to stay. They were all beaten from the gate of the mansion to the street.

The red-robed Wuhou patrolmen patrolling Chang'an Sixth Street were all shocked.

The matter was spread to the palace, and Li Shimin was furious. He immediately sent people to capture the two brothers involved.
The disposal came out quickly.
Qiu Xinggong was blamed for this incident, which violated ethics. There was nothing wrong with Master Qiu establishing Qiu Xinggong's rule, so Qiu Xinggong was directly imprisoned.

When the censors heard about this, they immediately impeached him like a cat smelling fishy fish.

Li Shimin was also annoyed, so he dealt with it quickly and beat him to the end again, and then kicked him out of prison.

In any case, when his biological mother died, even if he was not qualified to host the funeral ceremony and could not bury his biological mother together with his father, he still had to observe the funeral and pay filial piety, and he had to cry vigil at night.

Qiu Xing's punishment was not severe. He gave him a few words of reprimand and a fine of twenty kilograms of copper.

Next, Qiu Xinggong needs to observe mourning for his biological mother for three years. He has no official position now, so he doesn't need Ding You.Qiu Xing, on the other hand, had to mourn for his concubine Qi Shui for one year, but Ding You did not need to resign.

Although Wu Huaiyu accepted Qiu Xinggong's daughter as a nun, Qiu Derou was not his official wife, so he did not need to mourn Qiu's mother. Qiu Derou, on the other hand, had to mourn for his grandmother for one year, while Qiu Deshu only had to mourn for three months. She was not his biological granddaughter.

This is because Qiu Xinggong's mother has a royal decree and is a concubine in the Qiu family, otherwise it would not be necessary.

Qiu Derou burst into tears when she heard that her grandmother died of illness and her father was imprisoned for fighting with her uncle.

Wu Huaiyu comforted him for a while and asked people to ask around.

After half a day, after Qiu Xinggong was dismissed from his official position and released home, Qiu Deshu felt a little more settled, but she was anxious to return to the Qiu family.

"Where can you go out now like this? Deshu and I will go to Qiu's house, and you can rest at home and confine yourself."

Only by talking hard can you persuade people to stop.

It was a chaotic day.

Huaiyu took Deshu to go out, but his brother-in-law Qiu Shenji came first. He knelt down and kowtowed at the door, but he came to report the funeral. His own grandmother died of illness, and his father made such a mess, so the brothers had to go separately to report the funeral.

Pang Xiaotai happened to come over. When he heard about this, he wanted to accompany him.

"Enxiang also said that he would arrange for Qiu Xinggong to go to Lingnan and plan to make him the governor of Rongzhou, but this guy actually..." Pang Xiaotai was a little speechless. The plan really couldn't keep up with the changes.

"Forget it, it may not be a good thing if such a person goes to Lingnan. There is already a Hou Junji there, which is enough to cause a headache."

Pang Xiaotai was puzzled, "Why does Enxiang recommend him to be promoted to the governor of Yongzhou when someone named Hou has nothing to do with Enxiang?"

"I just want him to stay away from Guangzhou. It's easy to hide from open guns, but hard to guard against hidden arrows. I'm afraid that I can't defeat him with my righteousness, so I just take this opportunity to send him to Yongzhou, where the real remoteness and wilderness are."

Pang Xiaotai nodded, "The left and right rivers are really full of barbarians and they are very tough. Maybe the person named Hou died there."

"No, how could this guy die so easily? Instead, he might be able to expand territory for the imperial court and make new contributions."

"Isn't it easy for him? How about some small arrangements to kill him without anyone noticing? Anyway, in a barbaric land, the court can't find out even though it's thousands of miles away."

Pang Xiaotai is a slang commander in Baizhou. Although he is now in Chang'an, he is still powerful in his hometown and has contacts with other slang officials. If he really wants to do something dirty and kill Hou Junji on his way to Yongzhou to take office, then he will It is also very easy for barbarians to plunder and kill.

But Wu Huaiyu still shook his head, "Although I hate Hou Junji, I can't do this. If Hou Junji really has the ability to open up territory for the imperial court in Yongzhou, I will still remember his merits. Whether it is public or private, "

(End of this chapter)