On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 251 Li Mansion
Li Yan was very busy and would definitely go to the palace to resume his duties when he came back. However, the Lord and the Crown Prince had gone out and no one saw him, so he came home first.

After coming back, I first went to see my aunt, then my biological mother, and then stayed in the study with my biological father for more than an hour. Then my two younger brothers came back, and everyone had dinner together.

Of course, Mrs. Li is very strict about rules. When they are eating, if the aunts are there, they are at another table.

Or simply not let the three aunts come over.

Like tonight, the three aunts were at another table, eating in a very polite manner.

But General Li's heirs were really poor. He had one wife and three concubines, but he only had three sons in total.

Now five people can't even sit at a table.

Li Yuan didn't have any hostility toward his eldest brother. After all, he and his eldest brother wanted to take different paths. When he was young, he was ignorant and was taught by his mother to target his elder brother and younger brother.

But as I got older, I realized the benefits of having more brothers, and they could take care of each other when things happened.

It's like being an eldest brother. He is more respectable than himself in front of the prince, and the prince is also much kinder to him.

Therefore, at the dinner table, Li Yuan felt a little guilty about his eldest brother's marriage: "Brother, how about we go to the Chen family to break off the engagement?"

Did he know the true condition of his cousin, and felt that his uncle was a little unkind, so that his eldest brother was twenty years old this year, and he still hadn't married yet?
Of course, I'm not much better off, I'm a brother in the same boat, so I can empathize with my eldest brother's situation.

After Mrs. Li glared at her own son who was causing trouble, she also said hypocritically: "Ah Ji, Yuan'er is right, don't be afraid that your uncle will be angry."

"I originally asked you to get married last year, but it has been delayed until now and I still haven't married Wanrou."

Li Yan was calm: "Thank you, second brother. This is not what Miss Chen wanted to get sick. She got sick because she was worried about me. I can wait for her to get better."

Then he took advantage of the situation and asked him: "By the way, has the date of your wedding been decided?"

Li Yuan will be nineteen next year, and his fiancée is only one year younger than him, so he has agreed to get married next winter.

Of course, it was impossible for Li Yan not to know about such a big event. Even if he didn't know, Aunt Mo would remind him in private.

Li Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this, but he still said in a good temper: "It will be the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month next year."

"No." General Li spoke: "The elders and younger brothers are in order. Your eldest brother hasn't gotten married yet. Madam, please discuss with the Zhou family to postpone the date when Erlang gets married."

"Otherwise, I'll hold two weddings in a row in the second half of the year, and I'm afraid I'll tire you."

Mrs. Li was unhappy when she heard this, but she couldn't refute it.

Even though Li Ji was born as a concubine, he did have the upper hand, and his son could not marry beyond him.

But she couldn't tell her clearly that Chen Wanrou would be better off in a few days, and she planned to tell her sister-in-law's niece to her bastard.

In this way, the concubine will be able to get married in two months, and she is not prepared to make arrangements for him herself. Otherwise, why would the maids and mothers in the house be raising them?

With them here, I won't be tired at all.

But no matter how stupid she was, she knew she couldn't say this clearly. She could only say: "They are all grown up, and I'm looking forward to having grandchildren. I'm not afraid of being tired."

"It's still not appropriate." General Li rarely expressed his opinion on matters in the inner house: "After the eldest daughter-in-law comes in, we will discuss the wedding date of our second son with the Zhou family."

He simply blocked what she wanted to say: "If you are afraid that the Zhou family will gossip, I will come and talk to Mr. Zhou personally."

"Or we can ask the princess to help us..."

Mrs. Li did not want to bring her family affairs to the princess.

She knew that no matter how well she concealed herself, she would never be able to hide it from the princess, so she quickly interrupted him: "General, I'll just go and discuss it with the Zhou family." It was impossible to discuss with the Zhou family, and no one could stop her. When the daughter-in-law comes in, she can only go to Chen's house to break off the engagement, and then immediately make arrangements for Li Ji's marriage.

She was confident that her sister-in-law would cooperate with her.

Rather than letting Chen Wanrou, a concubine, marry Li Ji, the sister-in-law would definitely prefer to take advantage of her natal niece.

Even if Li Ji is a concubine, but in the eyes of the prince, as long as he does not die on the battlefield, it will not be difficult to climb to the second and third grades in the future.

It's totally worth the gamble to have a granddaughter and a daughter from a wealthy family.

"That's okay," General Li still looked at her and said gently, "Then I'll thank you for the hard work."

Mrs. Li wanted to say something else. Someone came from the palace and invited the father and son to discuss matters.

General Li and Li Yan did not dare to delay and immediately followed the visitor.

Mrs. Li was also impatient to see the concubines: "Okay, let's all disperse."

After saying that, she held her mother-in-law's hand and called her son to leave.

After Aunt Mo walked out of the door, she looked into the distance and saw Aunt Zhu and Third Young Master taking the opportunity to talk on the side, so she took the lead to go out.

When they go out, even in the backyard, they are always followed by two maids.

But when they came to the mistress's yard, their maid could only wait in the wing room at the entrance of the yard.

"Sister Mo," Aunt Yang, who was only twenty-six years old, called her and caught up with her and walked out together: "It's rare for the eldest son to come back, so sister Mo must be thinking about it. Fortunately, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so the eldest son can stay a little longer. ”

After she finished speaking, she put a hand on her lower abdomen, unable to hide her resentment: "I really envy you and Sister Yang for having a son."

It turns out that General Li's three aunts were all maids.

Mrs. Li saw that her daughter-in-law had not been pregnant for several years after entering the house, so she gave her son a maid as his wife.

At that time, there was a saying that if a young couple was not pregnant for a long time, they could adopt a child, or let Tongfang have a child, so that they could bring their younger brothers and sisters into the house.

And Mochou's belly is also promising, and she will give birth to her eldest son in the coming year.

You know, the old lady had at least four maids and six or seven maids, and General Li was asked to choose them at that time.

He was able to choose Mochou, so of course he had a good impression of Mochou. Now that Mochou had given birth to a son, he naturally thought about their mother and son even more.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Mrs. Li hated her stomach for not living up to expectations. After some hesitation, she pushed the beautiful maid next to her to her husband.

In my heart, I thought that I was not destined to have children, so I was ready to adopt the child born by my maid.

Who would have thought that she and the maid would become pregnant one after another and both gave birth to sons.

But for many years after that, the stomachs of the three of them became silent again.

The old lady gave her two maids with good looks to her son, one was Yangliu and the other was Yingzhu.

Unfortunately, Yingzhu suffered from a sudden illness a few years ago, and Yangliu was not pregnant for a long time. After the old lady passed away, the general became even more indifferent to her.

Yangliu was only twenty-six years old, a woman's best years. Her spring boudoir was cold, so she could only pass the long time by chatting with them.

Aunt Mo persuaded her with a gentle tone: "Don't be anxious, the New Year is coming, and the general will be at the house often. Maybe I will hear your good news next year."