The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 102 Loneliness
The reason why Concubine Wu Huifei has managed to get to where she is today is that, besides her beauty, she is also quite smart.

So after hearing what Li Heng said, he smiled and said, "With your intelligence, how could you not have thought of it?"

Li Ying asked, "Will you and A-di blame me?"

Li Qi at the side asked in confusion: "Why would I blame my brother?"

Li Heng said, "If I were not a military governor, my father would not worry about the collusion between the foreign commander and the minister to divide me and Li Linfu. My brother might have a chance to compete for the position of the Lord of the Eastern Palace, and my mother would have a chance to become the Queen."

Li Qi smiled and said, "Brother, you worry too much. If I really have talent, whether you become a barbarian commander or not, the emperor will support me. What you said the other day was right. The emperor has already chosen for me."

Concubine Wu Huifei remembered what Li Heng had told her two years ago, that she should not be too close to Li Linfu.

Concubine Wu Huifei once wondered whether Li Heng had anticipated the current situation.

But at that time, Li Heng was ill and away from home, while Zhang Jiuling was at the peak of his career. Even if Zhuge Wuhou were still alive, he would probably not have been able to predict the current situation.

But no matter what, what Li Heng said was not wrong.

Concubine Wu Huifei had no choice but to believe it.

So, Concubine Wu Hui said: "Qi'er will not blame you, and my mother will not blame you either, so don't worry too much and do your thing with peace of mind."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng sincerely saluted Wu Huifei and Li Qi and said, "Thank you, mother, for your help, and thank you, brother, for your understanding..."

Li Qi interrupted Li Ying and said, "This is too distant. Brother, let's go and see if the lantern is hung properly."

"Okay." Li Ying said with a smile.

As they talked, they walked out of the room.

Yang Yuhuan had been troubled by jealousy these days, so she had no mood to think about the power relations behind this matter. Now, after listening to the conversation between Li Heng and Concubine Wu Huifei, she finally understood and seemed to have something in mind.

As soon as Li Heng and Li Qi walked out of the room, they saw Yang Yuhuan's family members coming.

Those who came included Yang Yuhuan's uncle Yang Xuanlu and several of Yang Yuhuan's sisters, including Yang Yuyao.

After her father's death, Yang Yuhuan went to Luoyang and was raised by her third uncle Yang Xuanlu.

Logically speaking, considering Yang Xuanlu's kindness in raising Yang Yuhuan, anyone who marries Yang Yuhuan should thank Yang Xuanlu.

But in history, after Li Longji robbed Yang Yuhuan, he did not promote Yang Xuanlu.

Some historians believe that this was because Yang Yuhuan was married to Li Heng from Yang Xuanlu, and Li Longji did not want to face his son's uncle-in-law.

Of course, there are other theories.

But no matter what history says, Yang Xuanlu was promoted to the position of governor because of Yang Yuhuan's action of defending the city without retreating, and was used whenever a vacancy occurred.

When Yang Xuanlu and Yang Yuhuan's sisters saw Li Heng and Li Qi, they all bowed to them.

Li Heng returned the greetings to Yang Yuhuan's family members, thinking, "Could it be that they know that I have taken a concubine and are here to see if I have bullied Yang Yuhuan?"

As Li Heng was thinking, Yang Xuanlu said, "Your Highness, there is a vacancy in Shuzhou. I will be going to Shuzhou soon, so I came to see the princess. I am sorry for disturbing you. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

Li Heng understood Yang Xuanlu's intention and replied, "Mr. Yang is so polite. The princess and I have always wanted to invite Mr. Yang to our house to fulfill our filial duty. Unfortunately, we have been wandering outside for many years and have no chance."

Yang Xuanlu said: "I have received so much blessing from Your Highness and the Princess, and I have enjoyed it so much. I don't deserve the title of filial piety."

Yang Yuhuan, who was in the room, heard the voices of Yang Xuanlu and the others, and hurried out. When she saw her sisters, she ran over to hug them.

Li Heng and Yang Xuanlu exchanged a few polite words and then led them into the inner room to sit down.

Yang Yuhuan sat with Li Heng and said to him, "My sister and I had intended to visit my husband and me in Anxi last year, but we were delayed by something and never made it. Now that we are together in Chang'an, we can finally fulfill our wish of a reunion."

Li Heng was touched by the hard work that Yang Yuhuan and he had put in over the past two years. He held Yang Yuhuan's hand and said, "I'm sorry for making you suffer."

Yang Yuhuan pulled her hand away and said coquettishly, "The sisters are all here." Hearing what Yang Yuhuan said, Yang Yuyao and the others all laughed.

Yang Yuyao smiled and said, "I really envy you two. You have been married for more than two years and you are still inseparable."

Hearing this, Yang Yuhuan looked at the joyous atmosphere in the mansion and felt jealous again, but she did not show it. Instead, she held Li Heng's hand again and said, "My dear, we will always be inseparable, right?"

"Yeah." Li Heng nodded seriously.

……

The auspicious time arrived as expected, and Li Ying completed the ceremony with Zhang Mujin according to the etiquette of taking a concubine.

After witnessing Li Heng taking a concubine, the others gradually left, leaving only Li Heng, Yang Yuhuan and Zhang Mujin in the room.

Zhang Mujin, wearing a formal dress, knelt down to pay respect to Li Ying and Yang Yuhuan and said, "Your Highness, Mujin knows that this was a gift from the Saint, not what Your Highness wanted. Now that the ceremony is over, Your Highness, please let Mujin go."

Yang Yuhuan now knows the power behind this matter. She also knows that Zhang Mujin knows that Li Heng is pretending to be sick. She also knows that Zhang Mujin treats both her and Li Heng very well.

So she didn't wait for Li Ying to speak, she helped Zhang Mujin up and said, "Today is your big day, how can sister Mujin say such a thing."

Zhang Mujin said: "Princess, Mujin..."

"I know what you want to say." Yang Yuhuan interrupted Zhang Mujin, "This is not your fault. If the master doesn't marry you, he will marry another woman. Well, now that you have entered this door, don't call me princess anymore. Just call me sister."

"I..." Zhang Mujin hesitated for a moment and said, "Sister."

"Yeah." Yang Yuhuan nodded, sighed silently in her heart, then let go of Zhang Mujin and walked out the door in a daze.

Li Ying couldn't bear to see Yang Yuhuan's lonely back, so he chased after her and said, "My lady."

"Hmm?" Yang Yuhuan turned around and looked at Li Ying.

Zhang Mujin also walked quickly to Yang Yuhuan and said, "Sister, Mujin should go out."

Saying that, he was about to leave.

Yang Yuhuan held Zhang Mujin, looked at Li Heng, and suddenly smiled and said, "Let's go together, leaving you alone here."

"Yeah." Zhang Mujin nodded.

Then the two girls went out holding hands, and then their voices were heard.

"Sister Mu Jin, after applying the anti-wheal treatment, it doesn't seem to have damaged my skin. In fact, my face is a little smoother than before."

"Well, hibiscus has some herbs added to it, which has a moisturizing effect. But you can't apply it for too long, and you have to change it frequently every day."

"No wonder you told me to take it off every night. Your medical skills are really amazing."

"I don't know if this counts as medical skill, but I just think that my sister is so beautiful, if I really hurt her skin, it would be really bad."

The two people talked, their voices becoming quieter and quieter, and then they walked into another room.

Li Heng listened in silence.

He was the only one left in the room.

But Li Ying smiled and came out of the house alone.

At this time, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

Li Heng looked up and suddenly saw a figure flash across the yard.

(End of this chapter)