Wang said slowly: "The Dugu family has never opposed taking concubines. This is also for the prosperity of the children. The Dugu family has no other requirements. If the man wants to take concubines in the future, please be sure to respect the wife's opinion."
Concubinage is a very important issue in marriage, because it will harm the interests of the head wife. Who makes the decision when it comes to concubinage in wealthy families? This is relatively unclear. Generally, whoever is stronger will make the decision.
For example, if Li Dai did not take any concubines, anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that Pei Sanniang was the stronger one in the Li family.
Of course, the Dugu family is worried that with such a strong mother-in-law, it will definitely be the mother-in-law who decides whether Li Ye will take concubines in the future. If the Li family wants to have a prosperous heir, if Pei Sanniang suddenly lets his son marry seven or eight concubines, will the Dugu family's daughter survive?
Already?
The worries of the Dugu family are not unreasonable. Although Xinyue and her prospective mother-in-law have a good relationship now, they have not yet involved their immediate interests. Once their immediate interests are involved, conflicts will definitely arise. The biggest hidden danger is concubinage.
Therefore, if the Dugu family wants to say something ugly first, the Dugu family does not object to concubines, but they must respect Dugu Xinyue's opinion.
Pei Sanniang also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She thought that the Dugu family would object to concubinage. Since they didn't object, it would be easy to marry the person into the family first and discuss the matter of concubinage later.
"Don't worry, mother-in-law! Taking concubines is something that will happen in the future. Even if it happens, I will definitely respect Xinyue's opinion. We are all reasonable people. I will treat Xinyue as my own daughter and will not let her be wronged.
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Wang laughed and said, "Since my in-laws said this, I feel relieved. Xinyue's biological mother passed away early. She was always brought up by the aunt in the palace, and later she studied art with a master. In fact, the influence of her family on her
She's not that big, and I can't really control her. She has a strong personality. If she does something wrong in the future, I ask my in-laws to be tolerant."
Pei Sanniang smiled and said, "I won't get it wrong. Xinyue is just, innocent and kind, and has a very good nature. That's why I am willing to accept her as my daughter-in-law. As for the little temper, everyone has it, so let's be considerate of each other!"
"I feel relieved to have in-laws."
The three of them drank tea, and Pei Sanniang remembered something again and said quickly: "I went to the wedding shop today."
Before Pei Sanniang finished speaking, Dugu Hui couldn't help but interrupt: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I want to interrupt, which wedding shop did you choose?"
"I looked at many stores and finally chose Hongyuan Wedding Store."
"Not bad! Not bad! Tianman and Hongyuan are the two best wedding shops in Chang'an. When I got married, I chose Tianman because Tianman is the property of my husband's family. Hongyuan is also good. It belongs to the eldest grandson's family.
industry.”
Pei Sanniang also nodded, "It would be much more convenient to have a wedding shop, otherwise I really don't know where to start and it would be a mess."
Dugu Hui actually wanted to get this business for her husband's Tianman Wedding Shop. She heard that the other party used Hongyuan Wedding Shop, so she didn't mention it. In fact, she didn't say that Hongyuan Wedding Shop was also owned by her husband's Dou family.
It is jointly run by the Changsun family, half of which is owned by the Dou family, but it is run by the Changsun family.
She smiled and said: "Ma'am, keep talking!"
"At that time, we talked about a route to welcome the bride, whether by land or water. I said that we would discuss it with the in-laws."
Mrs. Wang smiled slightly and said: "If you hold a wedding in the garden house, it is better and more convenient to use water. Moreover, the Dugu family has two boats. The boatman is also a servant of the Dugu family. One of the big boats can only be used by the owner. No need to
I rented it out, and I didn’t know how many weddings I received on the rented boat, but I always felt uncomfortable.”
Pei Sanniang was overjoyed, "Then we'll decide to take the water route, and I'll tell the wedding shop to use my own boat."
The three of them discussed the details for a while, and unanimously decided that the Dugu family would send some wedding items over, and there was no need to rent them outside. The master of ceremonies was very important and involved many powerful people, so ordinary people couldn't do it. The Dugu family would make the arrangements.
There is another important role here, that is Mrs. Dugu. She is the eldest female elder and must preside over the two most important steps of hair tying and knotting.
On June 26, Li Ye led hundreds of cavalry to finally arrive in Chang'an. They traveled day and night for a month and ten days and traveled 8,000 miles. Both men and horses became very black and thin.
Unable to enter the city with more than a hundred cavalry, Li Ye built a large inn outside the city for the soldiers to stay in.
He himself took two cavalrymen and led their horses into the city.
After leaving Chang'an for a year and a half, when I came back, the scenery of Chang'an remained the same, but Li Ye actually felt like he was separated from this world.
The three of them arrived at Xuanpingfang. It was just afternoon. They saw a carriage parked in front of their house, and their father Li Dai got out of the carriage.
Li Dai was wearing a red official uniform with a gold belt around his waist. This was the official uniform of a fourth- or fifth-rank official. Li Ye remembered that his father was a Taizhong doctor who had risen from the fourth rank. I wonder if he had been promoted.
If Li Dai felt something, he turned around and suddenly saw his son walking in the distance. He was suddenly surprised and happy, and quickly called the concierge, "Go and inform Madam that the young master is back!"
The concierge rushed in, and Li Dai strode up and hugged his son tightly, "When did you arrive?"
"Just arrived, just entered the city."
"So fast, I mean it's only been forty days from Suiye to here!"
Li Ye nodded, "Travel day and night, covering more than two hundred miles a day."
Li Dai looked at his son and sighed: "That must be very hard. Seeing you become so thin, your mother will definitely feel distressed."
"Ye'er!" The voice of mother Pei Sanniang came from not far away.
When Li Ye turned around, he saw his mother running out of the house. He patted his father's arm, walked forward quickly, and stretched out his arms to his mother.
Pei Sanniang ran forward and hugged her son tightly. Her eyes turned red and tears fell, "Ye'er, didn't you say spring would come back? My neck is sore from looking forward to it."
"Mom, am I back? Hey! It's not easy to come back."
Pei Sanniang held her son's face and felt distressed again, "Why are you so dark and thin? You are almost too thin to be human."
"Mom, that's too exaggerated. It's just that the road was hard and I got a bit tanned."
"Get fat quickly! How can you attend a wedding like this?"
"Wedding?" Li Ye was stunned for a moment.
Pei Sanniang hit him on the head and said, "You brat, you won't forget about your marriage!"
"No! No! How could I forget!"
Li Ye laughed dryly. He was only thinking about increasing the number of troops and had forgotten about his marriage.
"Mom, when, I mean the wedding time?"
Pei Sanniang knew her son so well that he must have forgotten about the marriage.
Pei Sanniang gritted her teeth and said, "The second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival is August 16th. There are still a month and twenty days left. Do you want me to say it again?"
"No, I remembered, mother, this is for you." Li Ye placed two heavy leather bags in front of his mother.
"What is it?"
Li Ye whispered in his mother's ear: "Twenty thousand gold coins!"
Pei Sanniang's eyes lit up, she smiled broadly and said, "It's just in time to order a banquet. It's really timely."
They ordered ten restaurants to provide wedding banquet dishes, which cost more than 19,000 yuan. Pei Sanniang was heartbroken and spent money like water, but her son sent the money in time.
Li Dai ordered the steward to bring the two soldiers in for a rest and a meal, and the horses as well.
He walked by and said with a smile: "Let's go inside and talk!"
"Okay! Bring my bag. There are important things in it."
Li Ye carried the horse bag, and the couple walked out to the back house of the mansion surrounded by their son.
