Although Ryu Shin-hoo has submitted a memorial to resign and return to his hometown, he cannot leave his post without permission until the emperor gives written instructions.
So even if he knew that his daughter was living in dire straits, he had no choice but to stay trapped in the Qinzhou government office and cling to a hopeless job.
By the time Lu Xu received news from the Liu family's father and daughter again, it was already two months later.
One day two months later, Liu Xiangshu wrote a letter to Lu Xu. It explained in detail what happened after Liu Xiangling returned home.
In fact, the Liu family did not treat Liu Xiangling too harshly. They just locked her in a separate small room and forced her to copy various classics every day. If the task of the day was not completed, Liu Xiangling would not have food to eat the next day.
Although Liu Xiangling couldn't get used to the simple meals in the family temple, but having something to eat is better than not having anything to eat, right? Liu Xiangling could only follow her grandmother's instructions to copy books, but the amount of tasks her grandmother set for her every day was very heavy, and she
Every day is filled with copying books.
She could hold on for a day or two, but when she persisted for about a month, she really couldn't stand it anymore. For ordinary people, this may not be a big deal.
Even Lu Xu, a person from the modern past, felt that this was not a serious punishment. After all, he had also taken the college entrance examination. During the three years of high school, he only slept four or five hours a day. In addition to studying every day, he
Studying is much harder than Liu Xiangling's life.
The problem is that Liu Xiangling is a person who has never suffered in her life. She can't bear even days like this. Just when she was about to collapse, her father Liu Xinhou got the emperor's grace and resigned and returned home!
Liu Xinhou saw that the daughter he had loved all his life ended up like this, how could he bear it? He immediately fell out with the Liu family, and the Liu family and his daughter officially separated from the Liu family. The Liu family also simply sued Liu Xinhou for disobedience.
Originally, even if Liu Shinhou was no longer an official of the imperial court, his life could still be considered good.
The Liang Dynasty, like the ancient dynasties Lu Xu read in history books, faced a problem, which was the issue of welfare security for officials after they retired.
At first, after the officials of the Liang Dynasty retired, they were completely transformed into civilians. However, many old officials were worried that after retiring and returning to their hometowns, their later years would be miserable because they had no savings. Therefore, many officials who had been honest all their lives were in the near future.
When he retired, he began to collect money from the people.
As a last resort, the Liang Dynasty had no choice but to start paying pensions to officials. It also promulgated a series of laws to ensure that retired officials enjoyed many privileges in their hometowns.
With these privileges and pensions, Ryu Shin-hoo will become the biggest powerhouse in the area.
But after he was accused of rebellion, his pension was gone, his privileges were gone, and even his former honors were revoked, and he completely became a commoner.
Such an end would undoubtedly be a bleak end for a former scholar leader and high official in the DPRK!
But his precious daughter Liu Xiangling did not feel sorry for her old father. On the contrary, she was overjoyed that she had finally escaped from the devil's cave in her family temple.
Yoo Shin-hoo was still lamenting his fate, but when he saw his daughter's face crying with joy and listened to his daughter's cries, Yoo Shin-hoo felt that everything was worth it!
However, even so, they still feel that their future will not be too miserable. After all, Liu Xinhou was once the patriarch of the Liu family, and he still had many shops, land and other properties under his command.
Just relying on the income from those shops and the rent of the land, they will be able to live a good life in the future.
But they didn't expect that when Liu Xinhou completely became a commoner, the Liu family began to use their local influence to commercially isolate Liu Xinhou's industries.
After another month, Liu Xinhu couldn't afford the cost of those shops anymore, so he could only sell those shops at a low price. Of course, it was the Liu family who finally bought the shops at a low price.
The last asset that Yoo Shin-hoo could retain was the land in his name.
In just two months, Liu Xinhou changed from a high-ranking imperial official to a wealthy country man. Liu Xiangling also turned from the eldest daughter of the Liu family into a silly daughter of a landlord.
Liu Xiangshu said in the letter that not long ago, the Liu family specially found a matchmaker for Liu Xiangling. They asked the matchmaker to marry Liu Xiangling, and the person they proposed to marry was a serious middle-aged rich man from their hometown. Not to mention that the rich man was ugly.
, and what a vulgar person he is.
That guy has been a well-known playboy since he was a child. He is not only uneducated but also arrogant and prodigal. If it weren't for the Liu family to control his family, this rich man would most likely become a local tyrant.
Naturally, it was impossible for such a person to get into Liu Xiangling's eyes. She also felt that the matchmaker was humiliating her, so she had a dispute with the matchmaker. The matchmaker immediately told Liu Xiangling that she had been a concubine, and Liu Xiangling's secret
After being exposed, she was naturally furious and wanted to go to the county government office to seek an explanation for herself.
Can......
This time, her father, who had always obeyed her words, stopped her forcefully. No matter how stupid Liu Xinhou was, he knew that this matchmaker was arranged by the Liu family in order to completely discredit Liu Xiangling.
For a big family, if a child makes a mistake, it will definitely be a stain on the family. It will be the basis for everyone to talk about after dinner and attack the family.
But if the child is so bad that the locals begin to sympathize with that family, then not only will the child not become a stain on the family, but on the contrary, the more ruthlessly the family handles the child, the easier it will be to win over the people.
their recognition.
This is what the Liu family is doing now! They want to completely drive Liu Xiangling into the dust, and then preserve the reputation of the Liu family.
However, even if Liu Xinhou understood the secret behind it, there was nothing he could do. He knew that his daughter was so bad that she was no longer a stain on the Liu family, but she was still a stain on Shen Binhong and the Wu family.
If Liu Xinhou pursues the responsibility of the matchmaker and the Liu family, the Liu family will definitely release the information they have, and it will be troublesome to involve Shen Binhong. Shen Binhong really dares to kill people! Now Shen Binhong has not touched Liu Xinhou and his daughter.
Because although the Liu family said they were separated from them, the Liu family still sheltered them in fact.
If Liu Xinhou disobeys the Liu family again in this matter and makes the Liu family no longer protect them...
Liu Xinhou didn't dare to think about it anymore, so this time no matter how much Liu Xiangling cried, Liu Xinhou didn't relent. This attitude undoubtedly confirmed the fact in the hearts of the locals that Liu Xiangling had been a concubine!