When he got home that night, He Wenyu didn't even eat the wine. He walked back and forth in the study, waiting for the servants to report the news, and his mind was filled with images of the peach forest and Luo Shen.
I don't know how much time passed, but a man in a short shirt hurried back. Before he stepped through the door, he was grabbed by He Wenyu who was waiting anxiously and asked: "How is it? Have you heard about anyone?"
"Going back to Langjun, there is indeed a girl who is in love with Twelve Lang in the Peach Blossom Pavilion. I also asked someone to find out the information from Twelve Lang's sister's slaves. Yesterday, the person in green clothes was the Xiao family that Twelve Lang fell in love with.
female."
"What!? Is it really her? How could it be such an accident?" He Wenyu frowned, and then his eyes showed determination, "It doesn't matter, just grab it!"
As a direct descendant of the He family, He Wenyu would naturally not care too much about the younger members of the clan who depended on his family for a living. Even if that younger brother was now working in the county government, what mattered, after all, he could get in because of the power of the direct line of the He family.
Although the He family is not a well-established family, it is still deeply rooted in Qiantang and Hangzhou. As the saying goes, the officials in the yamen are made of iron. No matter who comes to be an official in the local area, they will inevitably pay homage to the He family's wharf.
Seeing that He Wenyu was in a hurry to find his wife, the young man hurriedly stopped him and said, "Mr. Sir, don't be anxious. I also heard some news. The daughter of the Xiao family who is in love with Mr. Twelve Master has a twin."
Sister, she wore pink clothes yesterday, and they look almost the same."
He Wenyu stopped as he carried him out, looked at his slave in disbelief, and said in astonishment: "There are twin sisters? How can two such goddesses exist at the same time in the world? The Xiao family's Feng Shui is so good!? You are not mistaken.
Bar?"
The boy nodded hurriedly: "It's true. I confirmed it several times to make sure it's not wrong."
He Wenyu was not too happy when he heard this. He didn't want to settle for second best. Even if there was an identical sister, he still wanted the sister he saw for the first time.
Alas, despite this, He Wenyu actually felt uncomfortable. Compared with the idea of fighting for a woman with his clan brother, sharing the same beauty with others made him more uncomfortable.
He just wanted to keep the goddess to himself, hide her from anyone, and not see anyone else.
After a long time, He Wenyu let out a long breath: "Why don't I marry both of them? Come on, Erlang, I will go find the lady to propose marriage."
The young man was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly declined: "Erlang, Erlang, the younger one is running errands. He is not qualified to follow Erlang, let alone see his wife. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to follow him."
"If there's anything wrong, I'll let you, your husband, tell you what to do. That boy Ali sent him to inquire about the news for a long time, but he didn't hear anything from you. You are still smart. From now on, just stay with me and I will increase your level." He Wenyu said as he said.
He walked towards the main courtyard without stopping.
After hearing this, the boy wiped his sweat, feeling both happy and worried, and followed He Wenyu with trembling legs.
It has been spread throughout the house for a long time that the second son of the family has chosen the direct daughter of the Qiliang House of the Lanling Xiao family. The date of the decision has been chosen, it will be in half a month! If he goes to the madam now to talk about the replacement,
As the wife's only son, Erlang is naturally fine, but as a slave, it will be miserable for him. He was the one who brought the news back, and he will most likely get a beating.
Of course, if he survived and could work as a personal servant next to Erlang in the future, he would be considered very lucky. The good days were still to come, so he secretly vowed to grit his teeth and endure.
He Wenyu didn't care what his slaves thought. As the legitimate son and eldest grandson, he had been accustomed to being domineering since he was a child. With the support of the old man and his wife, even his father couldn't do anything to him.
Isn't it just to steal a love partner from the clan brother? It's not a big deal! He doesn't even want to share it at all, but wants to marry the twin sisters into the family and make them legitimate!
According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, marriage was not recognized as a direct marriage, and it was stipulated that one husband and one wife would be monogamous.
The punishment for marrying a wife is one year; for the girl's family, the punishment is to be reduced by one rank; for those who cheat and marry, the punishment is one and a half years; for those who do not live in the girl's family, they are separated. For those who take their wives as concubines, the punishment is two years.
But the law belongs to the law, and the facts belong to the facts. Judging from various data, the trend of direct inheritance was prevalent from top to bottom in the Tang Dynasty. Tang laws were not taken seriously. Some ministers even married wives, but the emperor did not
Also, the incident of marriage-granted marriage occurred, and the law only dealt with ordinary people who had no power.
Therefore, it is not unfeasible for He Wenyu to have the idea of a marriage, as long as both parties are willing.
But will both parties be willing?
He Wenyu ran to the main room, and as soon as he mentioned his intention to come to his mother Zhu, the old mother almost became angry.
The one she decided for him was the direct daughter of the Xiao family's Qiliang family! It took a lot of matchmaking money to find the marriage! But what is the son saying now? He actually wants to give up the direct line of the Xiao family's Qiliang family.
Daughter, go and ask to marry the concubine of the Xiao family's imperial uncle's branch! The two are completely different!
How ridiculous! How ridiculous!
Although they are both Lanling and Xiao family, they are extremely valuable. But after entering the Tang Dynasty, the imperial uncle's house became increasingly mediocre like other families, while the Qiliang house faced the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Li Shimin even married his daughter to Xiao Rui (uncle Xiao Chong), who was several years older than him, to make them closer (the two families were relatives). This shows how noble the Xiao family is.
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People in the Tang Dynasty were very interested in marrying into powerful families, and they were in pursuit of the old gentry - especially the daughters of the old gentry. From the royal family to the common people, they all flocked to it. They would rather marry a widowed daughter of a wealthy family than a yellow girl from a small family. What does that mean? Conditionally.
People would rather marry a widowed and single woman from a wealthy family than a virgin girl from a poor family.
In the Tang Dynasty, the concept of chastity was very weak, and it was common for aristocratic couples to have their own affairs after marriage due to various interests. It was completely different from the constraints on women in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Whether a person is popular in the marriage market or not is determined from the day she was born.
Those who married well-born women would even make a fuss about it on their epitaphs, making sure to tell future generations what a noble and well-born woman they married.
For example, the famous Su Guogong Cheng Yaojin married the widowed daughter of the Cui family of Qinghe for his second marriage. Even so, he thought that he was a high-ranking man, and regarded her as a treasure after marrying him. Before his death, he even made a will to marry her for the second time.
The Cui family was buried together, and they abandoned their first wife, Sun family, regardless of etiquette.
So now He Wenyu actually proposes to repent his marriage to the direct daughter of the Xiao family's Qiliang Fang, and I simply don't know what to say.
Madam Zhu was so angry that she fell on the bed of the imperial concubine and gasped for air. The maids and women beside her were busy for a while, sniffing, fanning, and stroking their backs.
"Erlang, please stop being angry with Madam." He Wenyu's nanny stopped him.
Mrs. Zhu regained her breath and shouted sharply: "Don't even think about it, it's impossible! Stop it! Marry a virtuous wife and take concubines for sex. After you marry a wife, you don't care how many beautiful concubines you take.