Dou Dan smiled weakly, grabbed his wife's evil hand, and said in a dying voice: "It's been a few days since I returned to Beijing, why didn't you come to greet me?"
Li Xiuying shook her hands and said with a straight face, "How dare you go out and embarrass yourself, a woman who lives in the palace?"
Dou Dan has always been weak in front of her. Although he is not as fearful of his wife as Fang Xuanling, he can't help but give in to everything. Now his career is not going well, his family is unreliable, and he is seriously ill. It's really...
I have reached the bottom of my life.
Seeing his wife's haggard appearance, Dou Dan couldn't help but feel sad. Perhaps he had cried a lot in the palace before and was used to it, so the golden beans dropped immediately.
"My second mother and I have been together so far, and we have never let each other down. Now that we are in such a low state, with my brothers bullying me, and my family being separated, do you think my second mother will abandon me? If that's the case, I won't stop you..."
At this point, he was choked with sobs, burst into tears, and his nose was full of tears... If Li Po saw him, he might laugh at him.
Li Xiuying was very angry... She didn't know that Dou Dan had returned to Beijing, otherwise she would have gone to the health center to meet him first and ask him questions face to face.
When I first heard that Dou Dan was seriously ill, I was so anxious that I rushed over without even taking the children. When I got here, I asked the doctor and found out that my husband's condition was serious, but he couldn't die after all. He had to take care of himself.
The day will be better.
There is no need to mention the anger in my heart at this point. The worry, sadness, fear and other negative emotions of the past year seem to need to be vented at this moment. I really want to kill this guy with one knife.
However, when she saw her husband's embarrassment, most of her anger was gone without her realizing it. She raised her hand and gave her husband a few hard blows, then threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.
It is said that husband and wife are like birds in the same forest, they fly separately when disaster strikes, but they are connected by the same fate, and they fly without knowing where they are going.
After all, Dou Dan was still ill. In his agitation, he reluctantly muttered a few words to his wife. He probably didn't quite understand what he was talking about, so he fell asleep again.
Li Xiuying cried a lot and felt much calmer. She knew that her husband had no intention of divorcing his wife and marrying another woman. She didn't know how she felt in her heart, but she had no intention of going back to live with her sister.
The princess's mansion is full of orphans and widowed mothers, and it is not as comfortable as staying in your own mansion to have Ai Ai influence your mood all day long... As long as you don't get bullied into the house...
Thinking of this, he gave Dou Dan two hard blows. Dou Dan groaned twice and did not wake up. Li Erniang's blood pressure increased a lot when she saw his dead look, and she gritted her teeth and cursed a few times.
When she was a teenager, she admired her husband very much, and she was very happy after getting married. But later on, it stopped. Her husband was away from home all year round, and she lived a very lonely life without seeing his shadow.
It had been several years since Dou Dan took up his post in Shu. She was very upset while living in the Dou family's main residence, wishing she could leave that ghost place as soon as possible.
When the Li family encountered great changes and she was also overturned, it goes without saying that she felt anxious in her heart. After waiting for a long time with trepidation, Dou suddenly made a move and wanted to divorce her.
She didn't want to live in this unlucky life. It could be said that Li Xiuning was her last life-saving straw... At that time, she didn't even have much hope for her husband. What she thought was that without her husband's approval, how could Mrs. Dou dare to do this to her?
Sometimes she was thinking that when she went to Yunnei, the current emperor seemed to be quite nice to her, so she might as well go and beg the emperor...
Well, Li Po is actually right, Li Erniang is not a peaceful person... In other words, most of the daughters of Kansai families are very strong and can do anything when faced with a desperate situation. Their ability to survive is not ordinary.
powerful.
Dou Dan didn't know that grass almost grew on his head, so he slept for a long time. He took some medicine at night, barely drank some porridge and soup, and slept for another night.
Xu Shi slapped his wife a few times, cried again, and let go of many worries. The next day, his condition improved a lot, and his brain finally started to work.
He urged his wife to take the children back, and also told her about sending her son to the palace to accompany the prince, which surprised Li Erniang.
Mountains and rivers return to doubts and there is no way out, and there is a bright future in another village... The feeling of bottoming out is very wonderful. Without thinking, Li Erniang took people to her sister's house and brought the two children back.
Dou Xiaoci received a standard aristocratic education from the Dou family. In fact, Dou Dan remembered it wrong. His child was more than five years old this year, not six, but he was still at a sensible age.
After experiencing such a turmoil, the child became somewhat timid, and he couldn't find too many faults in etiquette. Unlike Li Po's son, he could already write decent Chinese characters and memorize poems.
There are a lot of them, and I can even write some short articles by myself.
Not to mention how talented he is, he still has some talents, but... maybe because his mother is too strong, his temperament is a bit soft, and his soft voice reminds Dou Dan of his Shiro.
If it were in the past, he must not have liked it very much. Even if Kansai men come from scholarly families, most of them are not lacking in masculinity. If they act too weak, they will be easily bullied by their brothers and sisters, and they will not be liked by their father.
But now, Dou Dan is quite satisfied. If you let the prince bully you more, your future will be limitless... It would be better if you were dumber, then the prince would be enlightened. If you are good at literature and martial arts, wouldn't you make the prince jealous? That's okay.
Have you had a good time?
Generally speaking, Dou Dan's children are very good, smart and smart, and their appearance follows the Dou family. They are fair and fair, a little chubby, and are in line with the aesthetics of the times.
Although Dou Dan was ill, he still nodded with satisfaction. As expected, they were all his son, Dou Sanlang...
In the next few days, Dou Dan kept telling his son how to get along with the prince when he arrived in the palace, how to treat the important ministers and palace people differently, and what to do when he met the emperor, the queen and the nobles in the palace.
A lot of things were said in detail, regardless of whether the son could remember it, or even whether he wanted to or not... Between father and son, the son naturally has to listen to his father, which is a natural thing in this world.
Moreover, there is definitely not just one companion for the prince, the one who is most favored must be the most loyal and the one who is most in line with the prince's wishes. Dou Dan himself has been through this process, and he has a particularly profound understanding of these things.
It's a pity that he and his son only got together for a short time, and his son was still young and couldn't understand anything too profound, so he couldn't teach his son everything he knew. He could only pick out the important and simple things.
Dou Xiaoci was also unlucky. He was originally the emperor's grandson, but now he suddenly became someone's companion. He had to serve others. He didn't know if he could turn around.
Dou Dan and Li Erniang are nothing. That's how aristocratic families are. They can use everything as chess pieces. Compared with the wealth of the family, other things such as family ties and so on have to be ranked behind.
Especially when the couple has reached the most difficult moment in their lives, their son has become one of their hopes for recovery and cannot be lost.
After a few days, Dou Dan's condition gradually improved, and he did not dare to delay any longer, so he and his wife sent the child to Menxia Province. The child would stay in Menxia Province for a few days, firstly to become a little familiar with the affairs of the palace and
Atmosphere, secondly, the provincial government should test his knowledge and character.
This level is not difficult for the Dou family. They are one of the clans closest to the central government in China today. The education they received since childhood should be said to be able to handle these with ease. What they are afraid of is that someone will cause trouble, and that is just
I can recognize it.
If the chance was very small before, who knows now?
When the minister agrees, he will send Dou Xiaoci to the clan mansion to learn about royal etiquette and behavioral norms. This basically means that he will not cause trouble and get his head chopped off as soon as he gets to the prince's side.
After a long process, you can go to study with the prince. In this way, you skipped checking your family background and whether there are any missing relatives, because this was approved by the emperor himself, so he took a shortcut.
Dou Dan is familiar with these things and has told his son many times. In fact, it is the process of selecting escorts in the East Palace. It is not a secret to Dou.
Dou Xiaoci did not cry, and said goodbye to her father with tears in her eyes. She followed the provincial officials step by step, which made Dou Dan feel a little uncomfortable and wanted to cry.
The main reason is that he is too weak these days and his emotions are also very fragile. Otherwise, with how happy he is in Shu, it would not be a big deal to say goodbye to his relatives. Moreover, his son can still go home to visit him every few days, so that's okay.
What makes you feel uncomfortable?
When I got home, I broke out in a sweat, and quickly drank the medicinal soup. I didn't dare to fall ill again, otherwise the officials would order him to recuperate at home when he saw that his bones were broken.
There is not much movement at the main house... In fact, there are already rumors outside, and they can say anything. The most reliable one is that the Dou family is going to split up.
This sounds nice to say, but the unpleasant thing is that Dou Yan is convening the clan members to discuss driving Dou Sanlang out of the house. People may not understand what they heard later. Let's put it this way, once it becomes true, there will be no trace of Dou's family tree in the future.
Dou Dan’s name.
This can be said to be a devastating blow to ordinary members of the family, especially in terms of reputation.
Dou Dan actually knew that his eldest brother Dou Yan was waiting for him to go back and admit his mistake. How to admit his mistake? Divorce your wife first, otherwise you will no longer be the son of the Dou family.
Since Dou Yan took over the family, the first time he exercised his power was to force his younger brother to divorce his wife. This was a big joke. There was a lot of discussion in the family, but there were not many people who could help Dou Dan.
Dou Shilun didn't show up at all, and Dou Jing was in a state of anxiety. He had no choice but to let Dou Yan do whatever he wanted, and it didn't matter to Dou Jing's sons and grandsons.
Dou Jing's two sons have grown up. Needless to say, they have a strong opinion of Dou Dan, their uncle. When their father died in Bingzhou, Dou Dan's performance was really not very good, and there was no sign of any brotherly relations.
Affection.
On the other hand, Dou Yan's sons respected their uncle, but they did not dare to disobey their father, so Dou Dan's situation in the clan was already very dangerous.
This chapter has been completed!