In February of the twenty-third year of Jianyan's reign, we were in Shanyin, Yuezhou.
Spring has always come early in Jiangnan, the grass is growing and orioles are flying, and the fields and countryside are full of life. However, the main street near Xianning Bridge is completely deserted.
Without him, Lu Zai, the eldest son of the Lu family in Yuezhou, died of illness. Although the land in Shanyin County has been equalized, the Lu family has had officials for generations and has countless wealth. More importantly, there are numerous talents.
Lu Zai's younger brother Lu Mi retired as the minister of Guanglu Temple, and his son Lu You was a representative of the Jianyan Dynasty who "voted his pen to serve in the army". As an official's beloved minister, he was transferred to the command of the imperial camp Zuojun at the age of twenty-four.
He was appointed deputy chief of staff of the Privy Council.
Although it is unavoidable to observe mourning for three years, Jian is a figure in the heart of the emperor, and he has the consort Yue Yun, deputy commander of the left army Wang Shixiong and other friends, as well as the appreciation of Han Shizhong and Hu Yin. He will definitely have a bright future in the future. Such a situation
Next, who can not come to the funeral to show their face and express their condolences!
Besides, a funeral is such a good place to make friends. As long as you don't laugh and just socialize and build relationships, it's perfect.
However, there are often no perfect things, and the person who brought imperfection to this funeral turned out to be Lu Zai's widow, Mrs. Lu Tang.
Ordinarily, Mrs. Tang is not a country girl. She even comes from a famous family, and is the granddaughter of the former Prime Minister Tang Jie. But such a person actually fights with his daughter-in-law in front of her niece and niece's son-in-law who came to pay their respects. There is nothing unpleasant about this.
They all came out and gained insights for many people.
When Lu You's psychological quality was strong and he came to the front office to adjust and apologize, Zhao Shicheng, the general judge of Haizhou who had seen that his future was no less than his, pulled his wife, Lu You's cousin Tang Wan, out with a dark face.
After not seeing each other for several years, the once little person became more and more beautiful, with picturesque features and cheeks as sweet as snow. Even though he came to commemorate his uncle, he was wearing a crow-green gown, but it still couldn't conceal the beauty of the country.
It's just that besides her beautiful appearance, her face is really not that good.
Just based on the words that Tang syndrome said when he acted out, it's surprising that he got better.
Lu You roughly understood the cause and effect, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "My cousin is angry, it's all because You married an unworthy wife, and my mother is also in a state of confusion because of my father's sudden death. I don't mean to belittle a virtuous couple. Please be considerate of your relatives."
For love, don’t be on the same level as her.”
Zhao Shicheng sneered and said: "Lu Chengzhi has a relative every time. I, Zhao, have lived for almost thirty years, and this is the first time I have seen such a relative, such an aunt. How can a wife win the favor of a noble concubine and Jie Yu?"
I'm a guest here, why don't you intercede for your father and let him become an official again? It has been more than 20 years since Jianyan was established. All of you are either eminent officials or officials in the imperial court. I would like to ask, when did the official family allow women to participate in politics?
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As soon as these words came out, the people who came over after hearing the news and wanted to save some dignity for the Lu family were in an uproar. What kind of thing is this? Who are you complaining about when men in your family can't be officials? In the first year of Jianyan, the court was in difficulty. At that time, Jingxi
Liu Jizheng, the senior official, appointed him as the deputy transport envoy to build the capital of Nanyang. He originally agreed and then heard that the Jin army did not dare to go south. Liu Ji was so angry that he thought this person had lost his integrity and repeatedly warned him not to recruit him.
Be an official.
Let me add here, later Liu Ji became the prime minister, and he still served for more than ten years. You said that under this premise, even the Zhao Guan family would not embarrass his beloved minister for the sake of a person with ideological problems, so you said
Lu Zai had no choice but to give up his official career in his prime years. Watching his younger brothers and even his sons become officials one after another, he himself changed from the eldest son of the eldest son to a being like a housekeeper. Therefore, when he reached middle age, he died in depression.
But to put it bluntly, what does this have to do with Tang Wan and his wife?
But Tang's family just went crazy and cursed her niece for being a loser and killing her own boss.
Listen to the logic of this statement. Can my niece kill her uncle? I'm afraid you are not crazy.
Not to mention others, Lu You himself thought so unfilially.
But Tang's family didn't think so. It is said that Lu You and Tang Wan were childhood sweethearts when they were young. At that time, the south was stable, and the adults of the two families also joked about planning a baby marriage for them. But the problem was that both parties and their parents agreed, and Tang's family was the only one.
People find this niece distasteful in every way, and find fault with her at every turn.
In the eleventh year of Jianyan's reign, Lu You failed in the imperial examination. Because his family was wealthy, he continued his studies at Yanjing Imperial College. At that time, the two families had a tacit understanding and were waiting to exchange for Gengtie. But the Tang family didn't know where the obsession came from.
It was Tang Wan's insistence on visiting the mainland that caused his son to neglect his studies and fail the exam.
Now Tang's mother said nothing. Even if she couldn't become an in-law, how could an aunt treat her niece like this? She was crying and clamoring to choose another son-in-law for her daughter. Tang Bin originally felt sorry for his nephew, but he also hoped that Lu You would be able to marry her.
It was a good future, but who knew that Tang would go too far as he talked about it. After all, he had been a son of an official for several generations and could no longer endure it.
In the thirteenth year of Yu Jianyan's reign, he carried back all the things sent by the Lu family, threatened to invite his sister and brother-in-law to have a drink when he hired his son-in-law, and then left without looking back.
When Tang Wan was about to become her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Tang didn't like her in every possible way. But the Tang family took the initiative to not want Lu You, and Mrs. Tang was even more furious. In her eyes, there was nothing bad about her son from head to toe.
The brother and sister-in-law should all be rushing to fawn over him, but it was their turn to find fault because of the setback in the imperial examination, so they immediately spread the word in the circle of ladies that Tang Wan disliked the poor and loved the rich.
Now Lu Zai understood why the in-laws would rather break off the relationship than hurt the relationship between the relatives. He quickly took on the posture of the head of the family and suppressed his wife: If you keep doing this, you will really have no relatives, and your son will be in trouble.
But how could the Tang family be afraid of Lu Zai, whose official career was over? The couple quarreled and cut her husband with scars. It is difficult to say that Lu Zai died early in middle age because his wife was not angry. Especially when his son Lu You won the martial arts examination and followed the King of Han Qin to destroy Jiaozhi.
After that, Tang's family became even more proud.
The only thing that made her unhappy was that Tang Wan's husband, Zhao Shicheng, also served in the army, so Tang Wan got a royal commission before he was twenty years old, and her son was still a bachelor. So she took a magnifying glass and searched among the Jiangnan nobles, and finally found out.
She found a Wang who suited her aesthetics very well and became her daughter-in-law.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This Wang family is actually not as good as the Tang family, but the Tang family has heard of her deeds. Li Qingzhao, a layman of Yi'an, once wanted to marry her because she had no children.
A lifetime of knowledge was passed down to this smart little girl, but this Wang family said: "Talent and virtue are not a woman's business."
Ms. Tang believes that those who keep their own rules and regulations are the ideal daughter-in-law candidates.
But obviously Lu You doesn't think so. What this versatile civil and military man needs is a wife who can communicate with him about art and current situation. What kind of relationship can a chicken and a duck have? Anyway, he is busy at work. Since you like it, let him stay at home.
Your daughter-in-law should accompany you.
So much so that after many years of marriage, Lu You's only son was born to a concubine. But now that Lu Zai has passed away, Tang Wan has a happy marriage and no longer cares about the harm caused by his aunt, especially since Zhao Shicheng and Lu You had some friendship, and they came to express their condolences together.
When Mrs. Tang saw that Tang Wan was still so beautiful and the mother of three children, she immediately blamed her son's marital misfortune on her. First, she made sarcastic remarks but was countered by Tang Wan who no longer wanted to please her. Then she started to
He cursed loudly and didn't care at all that it was his late father's funeral.
Lu You had a splitting headache. He was about to say something to stop the situation from getting worse when he suddenly heard Tang Wan say: "Cousin, my aunt was rude to me. Why do you only apologize to my family members?"
Lu You's heart trembled, and he quickly averted his eyes, not wanting Tang Wan to say next: "You just think that I am my husband's vassal, and my aunt is my elder. Just say a few words. Don't ruin the relationship between you men."
Your feelings will be better, right?"
Zhao Shicheng said: "Madam, you and I are married. To insult you is to insult me. Zhao can't even protect you and pretends to be a man."
Lu You just stared blankly at Zhao Shicheng and Tang Wan leaving. Tang looked at her son as if he was possessed by an evil spirit, and finally remembered what was most important, and said hurriedly: "Son, my mother is not worth it all for you.
This little bitch can’t keep her will..."
"Auntie," Lu You finally broke out, "My cousin and Zhao Tongpan are married, and everyone in heaven and earth can testify. What nonsense are you talking about? You've been here for a long time. Okay, Mrs. Wang, go take care of it and wait for me."
After my father is buried, we will go to Yanjing to observe mourning."
I don’t know how to be laughed at locally.
The night before leaving, Lu You suddenly wrote a poem in a daze:
Red crisp hands, yellow wine, the city is full of spring scenery and willows on the palace walls. The east wind is bad, and joy is thin. I am full of melancholy, and I have been away for several years. Wrong, wrong, wrong!
Spring is as old as before, people are empty and thin, tears are red and the crocodile silk is transparent. Peach blossoms have fallen, and the pavilion is idle. Although the mountain alliance is there, it is difficult to entrust the brocade book. Mo, mo, mo!
But after finishing writing, his heart seemed empty, and the dream of the Red River became more and more real.