The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 154 Persistent Woman
Li Dan heard this: "Nonsense. Since ancient times, marriage has been a matter of parents' orders and matchmakers. Now I am asking you, you are already so old. If you were left in someone else's house and the children were born, why can't you say that you will get married? matter?"

In fact, Li Dan wanted to marry Li Guoxian not only because Li Guoxian was old enough, but also because Li Dan was worried about the safety of his own power.

With the recent drastic changes in power in Da Ming Yang, he felt more and more that his power was unstable.

Li Guoxian's identity as a Japanese was likely to bring trouble to Li Dan. Naturally, he hoped that Li Guoxian would leave as soon as possible.

Li Guoxian instantly felt uncomfortable when her father said this. Parents in this era were not as gentle as later generations, but Li Guoxian absolutely did not want to marry anyone other than Wang Wenlong. She bit her lip and said firmly:

"If dad is afraid that I will cause trouble at home, I will go to Cangshan Mountain to be my aunt, so as not to cause any trouble to our Li family." After saying this, she started to cry.

Li Dan was stunned. Although he had his own thoughts, after all, Li Guoxian was also his own flesh and blood. Seeing this flower-like daughter crying so sadly, Li Dan finally softened his heart.

He didn't say anything more about getting Li Guoxian married, and waved her hand to go down first.

Afterwards, Li Dan quickly asked someone to find his son Li Guozhu.

"What happened to your sister?"

Li Dan is not stupid. He can tell at a glance that Li Guoxian has other thoughts. It was hard to tell in front of his daughter just now, but now he has a different attitude towards his son.

Li Guozhu subconsciously covered for his sister and said, "It's nothing."

Li Dan blew his beard and stared:
"It's okay for a 16-year-old girl to say that she wants to be a sister-in-law on Cangshan Ridge? In Fuzhou these days, did you fail to take care of your sister and let her have an outsider?"

Li Guozhu was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that Li Guoxian was so tenacious.

Seeing his father scolding him harshly, he finally couldn't hold it in any longer and whispered: "The Immortal of the Kingdom seems to have his heart set on Wang Jianyang..."

"Wang Wenlong?" Li Dan also knew that Li Guozhu and Wang Wenlong had a good relationship, and Wang Wenlong even often came to play at home.

Considering that Wang Wenlong is tall, handsome and charming, he is indeed quite able to attract the hearts of girls who have not yet left the court.

Li Dan was instantly shocked, thinking that Li Guozhu had lured a wolf into the house and asked quickly: "But there is something unbearable to say?"

Li Guoshu was shocked and said quickly: "Absolutely not. The second sister just often exchanges letters with Jianyang."

Li Dan breathed a sigh of relief. What he was afraid of was that if Li Guoxian and Wang Wenlong had already cooked the rice, then he would not do it anymore.

Li Dan frowned and said: "But how can someone like Wang Jianyang be willing to be a couple with the Guoxian? He is probably already married, right?"

Li Guoshu explained: "Jianyang is now in his 20s. Although he has not yet married a wife, it is said that he has an oral engagement with the Shen family, a wealthy family in Suzhou."

Li Dan became angry when he heard this. He thought that Wang Wenlong was already engaged outside. How could his beautiful daughter fall in love with such a thing?

He directly vented his anger on his son: "If you are asked to do things at home, how come you can see a living person running away? With this ability, even if you go to sea in the future, your life will be defrauded!"

Li Guozhu was so scolded that he shrank and did not dare to speak.

After being angry for a long time, Li Dan finally calmed down.

To be honest, after venting his temper, Li Dan didn't think it was a bad thing. Wang Wenlong is now a famous person and serves as a staff member of a high official. With Wang Wenlong's current status, if Li Guoxian can really marry him, Li Dan can actually accept it.

But after Wei Tianjue's incident, Li Guoxian's reputation was already very bad in Fuzhou. Li Dan felt that if he were Wang Wenlong, he would not give up his engagement to a wealthy family to marry Li Guoxian.

As a result, Li Guoxian could only go to Wang Wenlong's house to be a concubine.

The fate of women in this era is so tragic. Although Li Guoxian was completely the victim in the Wei Tianjue incident, the biggest consequences must still be borne by the innocent Li Guoxian. Gao Yin once fell in love with Li Guoxian, and nothing would happen to Gao Yin. But Li Guoxian lost the opportunity to marry a good family because of this, and he couldn't even compete for the status of the head wife.

Li Dan scolded Gao Yin a hundred times in his heart, but in the end he had no choice but to say to Li Guoshu: "You useless guy, why don't you go and call your sister!"

The Chen Zhongji that Li Dan was looking for for Li Guoxian was just a descendant of a maritime merchant doing business in Japan. If Li Guoxian married him, he would probably be placed in his hometown in Fujian to look after the family in the future.

She spends no more than two months with her husband throughout the year, and most of the time her husband will find another family outside the home.

Li Guoxian's life will definitely not be very good.

Marrying Wang Wenlong may lead a happier life.

The question is whether Li Guoxian can accept it.

Li Guozhu went to bring the girl to Li Dan. Li Dan saw that Li Guoxian's face was already red.

He couldn't help but glared at Li Guozhu fiercely. It was obvious that this useless son had already told the story when he brought the girl.

Li Dan coughed and said, "That Wang Wenlong has been so loud in Bamin since he was in his 20s. Even I can't pressure him to marry you as his wife. According to dad, if you want to have a status, you'd better find a seafarer." When the Lord gets married, in the past Wang Wenlong could only be a concubine in his family."

Li Guoxian also knew how low the pay for being a concubine was these days. Her mother was Li Dan's concubine, and if she encountered a powerful eldest woman, even her children would be raised by the eldest woman, so she could not be called a mother.

Li Guoxian was very persistent in her love. Although she felt aggrieved, she still said firmly: "I want to marry Brother Wang, even if I am a concubine, it doesn't matter!"

"Alas," Li Dan sighed and said, "As a concubine, you still say whether to marry or not... It's such an injustice. Is that concubine really so good?"

Li Dan threatened: "You know, as a aunt, if you meet someone evil, you will be in the position of a maid in their home. If they want you to do the laundry, do the laundry, and if they want you to pound the rice, then pound the rice. But you are not as good as today." It’s better to live without the sun.”

"Brother Wang is gentle to others. Even his servants treat him kindly. He is definitely not bullying like that."

Seeing that his silly daughter was still defending Wang Wenlong, Li Dan was helpless. He said that he understood. With the girl's current condition, he was afraid that if Wang Wenlong sold her, she would still have to count the money for Wang Wenlong.

In fact, Wang Wenlong was nothing more than a supervisor. The so-called treatment of wives and concubines actually depends on the background of the family. With Li Dan as his backer, Wang Wenlong did not dare to really treat Li Guoxian as his aunt. He was just scaring his daughter.

At this point, Li Dan understood what Li Guoxian was thinking.

With her daughter's psychological preparation, it was actually a good choice for Li Dan to marry Li Guoxian to Wang Wenlong's house.

After all, Wang Wenlong was connected to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen. Li Dan also knew that Xu Xueju had a good official reputation recently and was about to be promoted. It would also be good for him to build a relationship with Wang Wenlong.

(End of this chapter)