Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 472 Remarriage
Ever since Minglan became pregnant, Li An would return home early after finishing his shift every day to talk and take walks with Minglan.

Old Lady Sheng and Madam Wang also came to visit Minglan several times, and they saw Li An's performance.

Old Madam Sheng was very pleased about this, but Madam Wang was a little jealous.

In the ancient times when patriarchy was supreme, there were men who were caring and considerate to women after they became pregnant, but it was very rare to find one as considerate as Ang Lee.

Thanks to Li An's meticulous care and companionship, Minglan's heart is at peace and she has a smile on her face every day.

Shen Congxing wrote a letter requesting to mobilize troops to attack Hehuang but was rejected, so he often came to Li An to drink.

Li An had anticipated this. Regardless of whether the Song Dynasty had the ability to send troops at this time, Zhao Zongquan had no intention of doing so.

In mid-June, Li Nan and Liu arrived in Bian Jing.

Before they left, eldest brother Li Ping wrote a letter to Li An.

Li An estimated that the time was about right, so he sent Desheng to wait at the dock every day.

This was the disadvantage of ancient times: communication and transportation were inconvenient.

There is no way to determine the exact time of arrival.

After waiting at Desheng Wharf for several days, Li Nan and his friends finally arrived.

Upon learning that Minglan was pregnant, the couple had no intention of sightseeing after entering the house, and instead pulled Minglan aside to ask her all sorts of questions.

Only when she learned that Minglan's pregnancy was stable did Liu feel relieved.

"Stinky boy!"

Li An was chatting with his father, asking about his situation after returning to Yangzhou, when he suddenly heard his mother scolding and looked over in confusion.

"What's going on with the Princess of Anyang County? You've only been in office for a few days? You're following others in having three wives and four concubines, and you're even taking a concubine. Are you doing this to Minglan?" Liu glared.

"Mother-in-law, this is not the emperor's fault. It's a marriage bestowed by the emperor and I can't refuse it." Seeing her mother-in-law getting angry, Minglan took the initiative to persuade her.

"Yes, mother, you can't let me disobey your order, right?" Li An pretended to be aggrieved.

"I can't argue with you, but if you dare to treat Minglan badly, I'll show you how I'll deal with you. Even though you're an official now, if you make me angry, I'll still deal with you." Liu said unhappily.

She naturally knew that Li An couldn't refuse, and she said all this just to show it to Minglan.

She is a woman herself and knows that women will have all kinds of wild thoughts when they are pregnant.

"Mom, don't worry. Even if she is a county lady, she will serve tea to Minglan as a concubine after entering the house." Li An said.

"That's more like it." Liu said.

After dinner in the evening, Li Nan and Liu went back to their room to sleep.

The long journey was really tiring.

However, before returning to the room, Liu called Li An aside and gave him a lot of instructions, saying that Minglan was pregnant now and asked him not to make any trouble.

Li An: "..."

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After my parents came, the house became much more lively.

Before, it was just the two of them living in such a big house, and it was indeed a bit too lonely.

Time soon came to the beginning of July, and people from the Ministry of Rites came to the house to start decorating.

The Ministry of Rites was instructed not to decorate the room in a particularly luxurious way.

The wedding date of Li An and Princess Anyang was July 20th. After the Ministry of Rites had completed the arrangements, the wedding date arrived within a few days.

When Minglan was married, some relatives from his hometown came, plus the Sheng family came to send the bride off, and some invited guests, so it was quite festive overall.

Although the Princess of Anyang County was of noble status, Li An only allowed his parents to come. None of his relatives from his hometown came, not even his eldest brother.

There were only four tables of invited guests in total.

After Princess Anyang was conferred the title of Princess, she was also awarded a house. The house was only six or seven acres in size, but it was located in the inner city.

After she was conferred the title, she had been living in Kilometer, but she got married in this house.

Li An led the wedding procession and after picking up the bride, they wandered around until dusk before arriving home.

He had experienced all these things, including the wedding ceremony, and it had only been less than a year.

After the wedding ceremony, Princess Anyang was sent to the bridal chamber, while Li An went to entertain the guests.

There are still some differences between a concubine and a principal wife, and there is no need to drink the wedding wine.

The guests continued drinking until late at night and then left.

Desheng held a lantern, and Shitou supported Li An back to the backyard.

"Go to the main courtyard." Li An said.

Shitou was stunned and said, "My Lord, the Princess of Anyang County is in the west courtyard."

"I said go to the main courtyard." Li An was a little dizzy, but his mind was still clear, and he repeated it after hearing it.

Desheng and Shitou had no choice but to send Li An to the main courtyard.

At this time, the main courtyard had been locked in from the inside, and Desheng knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" After waiting for a while, Xiaotao's voice came from the yard.

"Xiao Tao, I'm bringing my master back. Open the door quickly." Shi Tou shouted.

Xiao Tao opened the gate and said, "Why did you send the master here instead of sending him to the west courtyard?"

"The master insisted on coming." said Shitou.

"come on in!"

Xiao Tao asked the two of them to help Li An in, locked the gate, and trotted in to report the news.

The two men helped Li An to the soft couch in the hall, handed him over to the maid to serve him, and then left.

"Is the lady asleep?"

Although Ang Lee was a little drunk, he was still rational and spoke in a very low voice.

"He's already asleep. Xiaotao has gone to call him." Danju said.

"Don't call her."

"Why can't you call me?"

Just then Minglan came out with her clothes on. She smelled the pungent smell of alcohol in the room and frowned.

"Danju, have someone prepare the sobering soup and bring some hot water. Xiaotao, open the window to let in some fresh air." Minglan ordered.

"Yes!" The two responded and got busy.

Minglan came to sit next to Li An and frowned, "Sir, why did you drink so much wine in your wedding night?"

"I woke you up to sleep." Li An said drunkenly, "They poured me drunkenly."

"You still remember to disturb my sleep. Tonight is your wedding day with Princess Anyang. You don't bother her, but come to bother me. I've already gone to sleep." Minglan rolled her eyes at Li An.

"Aren't you angry?" Li An looked at Minglan in a daze.

The reason he came here was because he was wondering if Minglan would be sad about this, but he didn't expect that Minglan seemed to not care at all and even said that he had disturbed her sleep.

Minglan yawned, and said with a smile, "Sir, I am tolerant, how could I be angry? Wash your face and drink some hangover soup and go over quickly. Don't keep Princess Anyang waiting for too long."

As a woman, it is impossible for her not to care about her husband taking a concubine.

However, Minglan is very clear-headed. She knows that men will always take concubines, so she will not stop her husband from taking a concubine, which will affect the relationship between the couple, nor will she make herself feel uncomfortable because of this.

Moreover, Li An treated her very well and was unwilling to take a concubine.

She is pregnant now and cannot serve Li An, so she thinks it is a good thing for Princess Anyang to marry into the family.

The only thing that made her feel a little uncomfortable was her identity as the Princess of Anyang County.

But she had known about this for a long time and had adjusted her mindset.

Li An was a little unhappy when he heard this: "Do you really want to push me into another woman's room?"

At this moment, he somewhat understood Gu Tingye's mentality in the original drama.

When I meet such a righteous lady, sometimes I do doubt whether she really cares about me.

But Li An is not Gu Tingye after all. Gu Tingye used some tricks to marry Minglan, and Minglan was unwilling at first. Later, Minglan agreed because she felt that Gu Tingye had spent a lot of effort on her.

A woman will eventually get married, so it’s better for her to marry someone who loves her.

Of course, there was also the thought of not wanting to embarrass Mrs. Sheng.

Gu Tingye also knew this, so he was a little worried.

Li An knew that Minglan liked him, so he never thought about these things before.

But I drank a little too much today, so I said that.

"I don't want to push you there, but Princess Anyang has already entered the palace, you can't not go, right? If you don't go, how will Princess Anyang cope with the future? Moreover, the marriage is granted by the emperor. If you don't go to share the same room with her, what if you are impeached?" Minglan said.

"No matter what, I'm not going." Li An started to act like a rogue.

Minglan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She could see that Li An was drunk.

This was the first time she saw Li Ang like this, and she inexplicably found him cute.

However, she also knew that Li An would have to go there tonight, so she patiently coaxed him.

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"County Lady, when I went to check, the guests had already left, and even the leftovers had been cleaned up. I asked someone, and they said that the master had gone to the main courtyard." Xia Chan said.

Ruichu burst into tears when she heard this. It would be a great humiliation for a woman like you if your husband didn't come on the wedding night.

The most important thing is how the servants in the mansion will look at her in the future. How can she face people?

Dong Xue said without interruption: "This lady is too much. I heard that she is already pregnant, and she can't serve the master. The county lady is so noble. Not to mention that she condescended to marry into the Li family as a co-wife, she even occupied the master on the wedding night."

The maids serving Princess Anyang were all palace maids, but they had all entered the palace not long ago.

When Prince Yan rebelled, the most miserable people were the palace maids. Later generations often said that the emperor had 3,000 beauties in his harem, which actually included the palace maids. As you can imagine, the palace maids were all very pretty.

When Prince Yan rebelled, the rebellious imperial guards did not dare to touch the nobles in the palace, but they were not polite to the palace maids.

Many of the palace maids were raped, so naturally they were no longer qualified to stay in the palace.

After the rebellion was quelled, those palace maids who had just entered the palace and were still in training were transferred into the palace to fill the vacancies.

The maids around Princess Anyang were selected from among them and given to her as rewards.

Although these people had only been with Anyang for a short time, Princess Anyang was a palace maid herself and knew the hardships of the palace maids, so she treated them very well.

Therefore, these maids were very loyal to Princess Anyang.

"shut up!"

Princess Anyang wiped her tears and said, "Have you forgotten what I told you before? Don't talk nonsense when you get to the Li family. If the lady hears you, she will punish you, but I won't care about you then."

"County Princess, Dongxue is also standing up for you, don't be angry." Xia Chan quickly advised and winked at Dongxue.

Dongxue understood, and quickly clapped her lips and said, "County Lady, I know I was wrong."

"Okay, remember this from now on and don't talk nonsense, okay?" said the Princess of Anyang County.

"Yes!" Dongxue responded quickly.

Xia Chan changed the subject and said, "County Lady, I will help you wash up."

"The master hasn't come yet, why are you washing up?" Princess Anyang shook her head.

"But…"

"No buts." Anyang County Lady interrupted Xia Chan and said, "Whether the master comes or not is his business, but I have to wait."

She has been in the palace for so many years and has seen a lot of things like this.

Who of the concubines in the palace dares to rest before the emperor decides where to rest?

Even those concubines who have not been favored for many years are the same.

"Then let me ask someone to make something to eat for the county lady." Xia Chan said.

Although Li An did not agree to connect the several courtyards, Minglan still had a small kitchen built in this courtyard.

"Well, I am indeed a little nauseous. It's too late, so don't bother. Ask someone to cook more noodles so you can have some too." said Princess Anyang.

"Yes!" Xia Chan ordered.

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Li An washed his face and drank some sobering soup, and he felt much more sober.

At Minglan's urging, he left the yard.

Li An also knew that it would be impossible not to go on the wedding night.

He also wanted to ask what the purpose of what Princess Anyang said to her the last time she met her was.

Arriving at the west courtyard, Desheng stepped forward and pushed the gate, which opened immediately.

"Okay, you guys go back to bed, I'll go in by myself."

Li An said this and walked into the yard.

The maid in the room heard the noise and came out to check. When she saw Li An, she immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Master."

"Yeah." Li An nodded and walked into the house.

Princess Anyang, who was eating noodles, heard the maid's greeting and quickly put down her chopsticks, walked to the bed and sat down, picking up the round fan and holding it in front of her face.

"Master." Xia Chan and Dong Xue saluted.

"Ah."

Li An nodded slightly, looked at the unfinished bowl of noodles on the table, sighed, and walked to the bed.

He reached out to take the fan from Princess Anyang's hand, but found that she was holding it very tightly.

"What? Are you angry with me and don't want to see me?" Li An said indifferently.

"No...no."

Princess Anyang quickly let go of the fan.

Li An took away the round fan and saw the Princess of Anyang County.

Princess Anyang had delicate makeup on her face and lowered her head slightly, not daring to look at Li An.

"The noodles will become clumpy if you don't eat them," said Li An.

"what?"

Princess Anyang raised her head and looked at Li An blankly, then quickly understood what Li An meant. She lowered her head and said, "I am full."

Li An sighed. When Anyang looked up, he saw that Princess Anyang's eyes were slightly red with tears in them, but her eyes were full of surprise.

"You have to finish your meal even when you are full. It's not good to waste food." Li An said.

"Yes." Princess Anyang stood up, walked to the table, sat down and started eating.

Li An walked to the bathroom nearby.

"I will serve you, sir."

Princess Anyang put down her chopsticks and was about to stand up.

"I don't like being waited on when I take a bath. You eat yours."

After saying that, Li An went into the bathroom and closed the door.

There were several wooden barrels filled with water in the bathroom. Li An tried them and found that two of them contained hot water.

It should be prepared for him and Princess Anyang to wash, but it was only warm at this time.

It was July and the water temperature was just right. Ang Lee took off his clothes and took a shower.

Hanging on the screen were clean inner garments, some of his and some of Princess Anyang's.

After Li An changed his clothes, he walked out.

Princess Anyang had already finished her meal and was standing aside with her maid.

"Go remove your makeup and wash up." Li An said.

(End of this chapter)