Li Mu is not a pervert, nor did he have any "weird habits" in his previous life. When it comes to choosing a partner, he has always followed the "five years above and below" principle. He can accept being within five years older than himself, or five years younger than him.
If the object is too big, there will be a generation gap; if it is too small, it will be tiring to serve.
After traveling through time, he also kept this principle.
He is seventeen years old, Qiaoqiao is twenty, Zhien is fourteen, within five years. As for Wang Ou and Zhang Tianai, he calculated their ages based on their previous lives. In his previous life, he was twenty-eight, Wang Ou was thirty-two, and Zhang Tianai was twenty-four.
Also within the age of five.
Seems a bit rogue?
Li Mu laughed. Li Wanshun saw it and said unhappily: "Brother, what are you laughing at? You don't have to marry us to be so happy?"
"Alas!" Li Mu quickly sighed and said, "I'm almost crying when I'm happy. It's just that men don't shed tears easily. Brother, I'm strong." Li Mu quickly changed the subject, looked at Zheng Guanyin, and said, "Prince Yin
Concubine, I have something in mind that I want to discuss with you."
Zheng Guanyin smiled and said: "You don't have to call me so unfamiliar in the future. Didn't you just say that you have joined the clan? From now on, please call me aunt."
aunt?
Li Mu murmured in his heart. According to the rules, he was admitted to the clan and was of the same generation as Li Chengqian and Li Tai. He was called uncle Li Shimin, and naturally he had to be called uncle Li Jiancheng. Zheng Guanyin, as Li Jiancheng's first wife, it was appropriate to call her aunt.
But from Wang Ou's side, he and Zheng Guanyin are the same generation.
In Li Mu's heart, it has never been important whether he is a clan or not. He has to be closer to his wife. When it comes to relatives, he has to count from his wife's side. The most important thing is that the seniority here is higher, so only a fool would do it.
Be a junior.
Li Mu shook his head vigorously and said: "No, you look so young, as if you are twenty or so, how can you call me aunt? This calls you old, I want to call you sister."
"Nonsense!" Zheng Guanyin quickly scolded her, but there was no anger on her face. What woman doesn't love beauty? She subconsciously raised her hand to touch her face, looked at Li Mu, and asked: "Am I really young? The day before yesterday
When I met Sister Wang, she was one year older than me, but much younger than me. She looked just like she did ten years ago. I shouldn't be as young as her, right?"
Li Mu cursed in his heart, thinking to himself, are you worthy of being compared to my wife? But he said: "Almost, you look much younger than the queen!"
That day in the East Palace, Li Mu had already noticed the discord between the sisters-in-law. She must have been happy to speak ill of Empress Changsun in front of Zheng Guanyin.
Sure enough, when Zheng Guanyin heard this, she immediately smiled and said: "That's true. I am the same age as that person. When I was young, I couldn't see anything. But after giving birth, that person became fatter and fatter. I
This is not to boast, she is indeed inferior to me in this aspect."
"What you said is absolutely true. Although she is a queen, I can't deceive my conscience and make a fair evaluation. Whatever is going on is what is going on. You do look younger than her. I want to call you sister.
Moreover, this is also an expedient measure.”
"Expedient measure?" Zheng Guanyin frowned and asked, "What does this mean?"
Li Mu said seriously: "Have you ever thought about how you will show yourself to others in the future?"
"This..." Zheng Guanyin didn't think too much and asked doubtfully: "Is there any difference?"
"The difference is huge." Li Mu explained: "If you use your original identity, you are the widow of Prince Yin, but now that His Majesty is in power, your position is very embarrassing. The two children will also be looked at strangely by some people.
.And because of your honorable status, there will be a very large distance between you and the orphans in the Salesian Bureau, and they will not dare to approach you and the two children. This is contrary to your original intention."
Zheng Guanyin nodded repeatedly and said, "That's true. Is there a solution?"
"Yes." Li Mu said: "This is exactly what I want to discuss with you. I want to know whether you are still attached to your former identity and glory?"
"..." Zheng Guanyin was silent for a while, and then said with a wry smile: "It would be a lie to say it doesn't mean anything at all. But what's the use? My husband died and my son died overnight, leaving only us orphans and widows.
Mother, everything in the past is like a passing cloud. When I came out of the palace, I only did it for my two children, and other things are not important."
"Okay, with your words, I feel relieved." Li Mu looked at the two children and said, "The way I thought of is to change their names."
"How can this happen!" Zheng Guanyin exclaimed in surprise: "My two children are of royal blood..."
"You don't have to worry. It's not that you want to be removed from the clan. You just need to use a pseudonym to avoid trouble when you live in the Salesian Bureau. Of course, the children are of royal blood. When they grow up, they can identify themselves at any time.
"
Zheng Guanyin took a long breath and said: "This is okay, but how can I change the law?"
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "It's easy to handle. The mother will take the father's surname, and the husband will take the wife's surname. The child will take your surname, and you will take the surname of the prince."
Zheng Guanyin thought for a while, nodded, and said: "This arrangement is reasonable. Before I left the cabinet, I had a nickname, Youniang. From now on, I will call you Li Youniang. These two children?"
Zheng Guanyin thought for a while and said, "Why don't you, 'the most talented man in the Tang Dynasty', give you a new name? I heard my father talking about your poems and he was full of praise."
"I..." Li Mu wanted to decline, but suddenly a thought came to his mind, and a funny idea came to his mind. He resisted the urge to laugh and said seriously: "Then I will give you a girl's name.
Gentle and beautiful, jade and ice. How about calling them 'Xiuyan' and 'Xiujing'?"
"Jung Soo-yeon? Jung Soo-jing?" Zheng Guanyin read it once, nodded, and said, "That sounds great. Why don't you thank me, brother?"
Li Wanshun and Li Wanyan said in unison: "Thank you, brother."
"It's a trivial matter. For me, the most talented person in the Tang Dynasty, choosing a name is not easy to come by..."
He still couldn't get rid of his bad taste in things like naming, but it didn't matter. Only he knew about the past life, so he didn't have to worry about it being exposed.
…
Soon we arrived at the Salesian Bureau. Li Mu had given instructions yesterday and made a plaque and hung it up overnight. The Salesian Bureau is affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he can make the decision on everything. He can open it whenever he wants.
Today is a good day.
Li Mu took Zheng's mother and daughter into the courtyard. He first took them to the back house to put down the rituals, and then ordered everyone to go down and gather in the courtyard.
Before that, there were already several people in the Salesian Bureau. With so many children, there must be several people to cook and manage them. There are also the guards sent by Li Shimin who came yesterday. These children are used to hardship.
You don't need anyone to wait on you. Many things, such as washing dishes and doing laundry, can be done by yourself without anyone asking you.
Li Mu brought Zheng's mother and daughter to the crowd, and everyone's eyes were focused on them. Xiao Shitou and the other little boys kept looking at Li Wanshun sisters. It's not that they had any dirty thoughts, but
There are no girls in this orphanage, they are just curious.
In this era, there are no surviving orphans who are girls. Some poor families strangle to death if they give birth to a girl.
Li Mu glared at him, and several naughty boys quickly looked away, not daring to look any further.
Li Mu cleared his throat and said, "Let me introduce to you, the dignified and virtuous woman next to me is one of my sisters."
Zheng Guanyin glanced at him, and when the words came to her lips, she did not interrupt her. She accepted the title of 'my sister' by default. When everyone heard that Zheng Guanyin was Li Mu's sister, they immediately stood in awe. Zhuluhou's sister
, but you must not dare to offend.
Li Mu was thick-skinned and didn't care at all. He said to himself: "My sister's life is miserable. Her husband died for the country in the war with the Turks. They were left orphans and widowed, and their life was very difficult. I learned about the matter,
How could you just sit back and watch? So I sent someone to pick them up and bought a house for them to live in. However, I don’t know who told my sister about the Salesian Bureau. My sister is kind-hearted, and I heard that there is such a thing
There were many orphans in need of care, so they came to me and offered to help. I didn't want my sister to take care of them, but I had no choice but to insist on it. As a younger brother, I had no choice but to obey."
Li Mu stretched his neck to brag, and he had already entered the state, and continued: "You all know Li Mu's talent and literary talent. My sister is just above me. She is good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is good at everything. Poems, lyrics and songs.
Gifted, capable of doing anything. With her words and deeds, it is definitely a blessing for you. From now on, everything in the Salesian Bureau will be decided by my sister. You little bastards, if anyone
If you dare to make my sister angry, I will beat him to death, chop him into pieces and feed him to the dogs, is that clear?"
The children who stayed in the Salesian Bureau were all children under the age of ten. How could they know what was true or false? When they heard what Li Mu said, they all believed it. They were all frightened and said quickly: "We must be obedient and don't dare to provoke anyone."
Mr. Hou’s sister is angry.”
"What is Mr. Hou's sister? My sister's name is Li Youniang. This name is quite appropriate. You are all children who have lost your parents. From now on, she will be your mother. Come on, kneel down and call me mother!"
A group of children knelt down and shouted "Mother".
Zheng Guanyin saw so many children being scolded and scolded by Li Mu. The timid look in her eyes made her feel distressed for a long time. When she heard them calling her mother, her tears burst out instantly. She hurriedly came to them and helped a few of them up.
A child kept saying: "Get up quickly, why are you kneeling? You don't have to kneel."
Even if the children dared to get up, they all looked at Li Mu eagerly. Only then did Zheng Guanyin realize where the source was. He glared at Li Mu and said, "Why don't you let the children get up? This is where you show off your power?"
Have you integrated into your identity so quickly? It seems like my trick works well!
Li Mu was secretly happy and quickly apologized, waving his hand to let the children get up.
But he still did not forget to warn: "You bastards, stay away from my niece. If anyone dares to have evil intentions, I will cut off your little penis! Send you to the palace as eunuchs!"