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Chapter 153: Household Affairs <2>

While discussing the matter of Yuzhu, Tang Xing suddenly ran away in front of him and wanted to use his own sins. This sudden scene made Tang Li and others really unclear. They just asked him why he did this, but Tang Xing did not speak, but just begged for mercy.

"When did he feel like this with Yuzhu?" Although Tang Li and Yuzhu had no skin relationship, when this problem appeared in his mind, out of a man's instinct, he still felt a vague feeling in his heart in an instant.

Faced with such a scene, the grasshopper, who did not say a word, looked at Tang Xing kneeling on the ground, then looked at Zheng Lianqing, and then returned to his expression as if he was as watery.

Feeling the gaze of the Guadou, Zheng Lianqing's face turned slightly red. He said that Tang Xing, who was in charge of the front yard and Yu Zhu in the inner yard were under her jurisdiction. But shortly after she took over, she had a series of these things. It is impossible to explain them in any case. Yu Zhu was a slave and curse master. Even Tang Xing's current actions violated the family rules that were not allowed to collude inside and outside as she had decided at the beginning of taking over the inner yard. For Zheng Lianqing, who came from a Confucian family and wanted to manage the family with courtesy, these two things in front of him were intolerable.

At the beginning, she was worried that Yuzhu was the old lady of the Prime Minister's family and was unwilling to make a decision. On the one hand, Li Tengjiao was in a grudge, but now Tang Xing's incident happened, but she could not avoid it no matter what, especially after Guagua's eyes, after all, she took the right from this sister-in-law at the beginning, and Yuzhu's actions were directly targeting her.

It was a long story, but these thoughts were only a flash in Zheng Lianqing's mind. After making up his mind, Mrs. Zheng slowly stood up and said, "I have not received a summons and entered the inner courtyard without being summoned. According to family rules, there should be ten sticks within one palace. There is a difference between inside and outside. If anyone who has trafficked inside and outside without authorization, he will have twenty sticks. Now both mistakes are punished together, and the sticks are thirty. Tang Xing, can you accept it?"

"I violate the rules of the government and am willing to be punished by the stick. I just want my wife, the young lady, to be kind to Yuzhu." Tang Xing, who had a pale face, kowtowed repeatedly.

Seeing that he had accepted his mistake, Zheng Lianqing immediately said, "Come on! Take Tang Xing down and get a stick." Qing'er quickly walked out, and soon after, the three guards who had just followed him came in with a bitter face.

"Young Master, Madam and Miss," Tang Xing pulled out without any resistance, but walked out, and he kept begging for Yuzhu for love.

"They prepare the golden sore medicine before walking on the stick!" After explaining to the few people who walked to the door, Zheng Lianqing waved his hand and said, "Go."

Watching Tang Xing and others leave, Zheng Lianqing glanced at the grasshopper and Li Tengjiao in a glance, and then looked at Yuzhu, who was kneeling in the courtyard outside the room and said, "Yuzhu cursed the master with a slave and committed such a serious crime. He should have handed over the law to the officials. Because of his different background, he promised to deal with it with family law to preserve his dignity. Come on! Drag the slave out..."

"Qing'er, although Yuzhu is sinister..." Tang Li, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly inserted his words. However, without waiting for his words to finish, Zheng Lianqing had already said coldly: "The things Yuzhu committed are really unforgivable. Today's family law is not approved, so how can we manage the family in the future? Since your husband has been handed over to me to take care of the inner court, please let me take charge of this matter." After saying this, she gritted her teeth secretly, but her expression was not changed at all: "Come on! Drag the sinner Yuzhu out of her stick and kill him, and use the family law to Shen!"

Hearing Zheng Lianqing's words "kill with a stick", the grasshopper's expression moved, but he never said anything. Li Tengjiao, who was nestled in Tang Li's arms, stared at Zheng Lianqing with his eyes wide open. After a moment, his face began to turn red slightly. However, before she could say the words she said, she was forced back by Tang Li's eyes. Then, she was full of grievance and cried loudly in her husband's arms.

"Qing'er, you're not thinking." After a slight pause, Tang Li patted Li Tengjiao's shoulder and smiled and said, "When Yuzhu did this to Guaigua, how could I plead for her? It's just that a relationship between master and servant is a matter of time. I mean to give her half a day to say goodbye to her. You will be the one who is in charge of the affairs of the inner court. I don't know what Qing'er wants?"

Looking at Li Tengjiao who was crying and feeling the faint alienation that could not be concealed in Tang Li's words, Zheng Lianqing's feelings were really unspeakable. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Okay, half a day!"

The healthy woman outside dragged the stupid Yuzhu away and followed Baozhu with tears in tears. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn. After several people silently made a cup of tea, the grasshopper who had not spoken from beginning to end gave a silent gift and left the room.

The departure of the grasshopper failed to break the silence in the house. Since getting married, this awkward silence has appeared in Tang Li's backyard for the first time. Only Li Tengjiao's cry of infinite grievance came.

"Sister, the state has national laws, and the family rules. Now there are more than a hundred guards in the mansion. If Yuzhu does this today, it will not only be difficult to convince the public, but also the family rules will be false..." Zheng Lianqing was the first to speak. However, before she could finish her words, Li Tengjiao in Tang Li's arms suddenly raised his head and cried in a crying voice: "Even if Yuzhu makes a big mistake again, she will always order the girl who will give me. Just drive her out, so why do you have to kill her in the mansion?" After crying, Li Tengjiao turned his red eyes to Tang Li and said: "If this happens, how can I see people at home? Tang Li, I am not her sister, and she is not my sister."

With Li Tengjiao's attack, Xiaobai, who had been lying under the couch, stood up suddenly and roared at Zheng Lianqing with his body bent.

"You beast, why are you here to join in the fun!" Tang Li, who was furious, kicked Xiaobai on the back, which made him stop being arrogant. Since getting married, Tang Li was still very happy that Li Tengjiao and Zheng Lianqing could get along well. When he encountered this incident today, he tried not to interrupt, so as not to become partial. Who knew that Li Tengjiao actually said such words at this time, so that his old tactics of peace could no longer be carried out.

"Jiao'er keeps his mouth, how can you say this casually? If the country cannot be saved, it will be lost. If the family is not disciplined, it will be lost. If you do things with family rules today, you will be unfair?" After saying these words seriously, Tang Li turned to Zheng Lianqing, who was biting his lips tightly, and said, "You are right. Jiao'er was just anxious and said unscrupulously. Don't keep it in your heart. Please go back to your room to rest first and just advise her for your husband."

The teeth became tighter and tighter. The moment Zheng Lianqing walked out of the room, the tears of self-depression could not help but burst out from her eyes.

Since Tang Li said this with a stern face, Li Tengjiao has never cried again. After his confused and unsightly eyes were taken back from Zheng Lianqing, they stopped on Tang Li for a long time. For a long time, for a long time. When the tears fell again, she muttered to herself as if she had woken up from a big dream: "Tang Li doesn't like me anymore, I want to go home. Tang Li doesn't like me anymore, I want to go home..." She also struggled hard when she said this.

At this time, Tang Li did not allow Li Tengjiao to leave, hugged her tightly in his arms, and kept comforting her softly: "Silly girl, this is your home. Where else should I go back? Jiao'er is my heart and soul, why would your husband not like you..."

Li Tengjiao couldn't break away from Tang Li's arms, but stopped talking. There was no more anger in his past lively eyes. Xiaobai, who had just eaten a kick, jumped onto the couch and snuggled up to Li Tengjiao. There was a low whine in his throat, and I don't know if he was telling his grievances or comforting his master.

Seeing this scene, Li Tengjiao, who stroked Xiaobai's soft fur, tears became more and more stringed into lines.

There was no dinner, and the two of them sat silently until dark.

The slender lower crescent moon could not dispel all the thick clouds, and the yard was dark. When Tang Li saw that it was almost done, he moved his hands and feet and held Li Tengjiao with his hands and feet, saying, "Let's go, Jiao'er, I'll take you to a place."

When he walked out of the room, Tang Li looked at Zheng Lianqing's dark room, sighed slightly in his heart, and then led Li Tengjiao who was silent and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

At the gate of the courtyard, a girl carrying a gauze lamp was walking in. Suddenly, she saw the young master and his wife walking out in a dark state. She was stunned and was about to greet her, but Tang Li's hand was tightly blocked back, "Don't be afraid, take us to Yuzhu."

At the small corner gate of the third entrance to the courtyard of the Tang Mansion, Li Tengjiao, who was holding Tang Li's arms and shaking gently, whispered: "Tang Li, what can Yuzhu do when he arrives in Hedong?"

Seeing that the small Zibo car was completely integrated into the dark moonlight, Tang Li gently stroked Li Tengjiao's hand and said, "We have some industries in Hedong, and someone will take care of her when she goes there. I originally planned to transfer a few guards to Hedong. Now it seems that Tang Xing is a good team leader. As for which step he can do and what will happen in the future, it depends on them."

"No matter what she can do, what makes me happy is that Tang Li, you still like me, towards me!" Li Tengjiao's words were filled with joy.

A cool night breeze came, and Tang Li held Li Tengjiao tightly into his arms, whispered "Silly girl!" and then did not say anything again. Thinking of everything he did tonight, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

Although it seemed completely reasonable at the time that Tang Li was killed by a spell that was destined to be useless, it was really difficult for Tang Li to accept it. It would be fine if he was a stranger, but this was a jade bead that was very gentle and obedient to him every time. Tang Li was completely different from the people around him, and he seemed to be mostly soft-hearted. However, he could not let go and let go. The first thing he did was to deal with was not good. If he was to let go, the family law that Zheng Lianqing had just established would be absent, which was not what Tang Li wanted. Besides, because the matter involved in the affairs of the grasshopper, Tang Li was really unwilling to hurt her heart for such a thing. So he could only do this sneaky act in his own mansion.

Thinking of his neatness when dealing with the affairs of the officials and the sea that day, and thinking about the things he had done just now, Tang Li couldn't help but smile again and said to himself: "It is difficult for a clean official to make a decision on family affairs, and it is really hard to enjoy the blessings of all people!"

"Hmm? Tang Li, what are you talking about?"

"I mean, although I put the jade beads on my back, Lianqing did it right today. Your sisters are doing very well on weekdays. But what you said today really hurt Qing'er's heart and made me embarrassed. What should I do after I go back? Jiao'er is so smart, you don't need your husband to say more, right?" At this point, Tang Li specifically explained: "Also, I don't worry about others. It's Jiao'er, you have to keep your mouth shut for the night."

Seeing Tang Li's sneaky look, Li Tengjiao, who recovered from his mood, chuckled in a low voice, "I understand." As she spoke, her head also leaned on Tang Li's shoulder, "As long as you are nice to me, I will not make you embarrassed at all."

After a little awkwardness, the relationship between the two seemed to be getting better and better. Li Tengjiao was very satisfied with Tang Li's performance tonight. At this time, he was close to his husband like a candy cake and kept talking.

With the slight moonlight, the two walked slowly along the quiet bluestone path, which was really a unique feeling.

After walking from the corner gate to the middle of the Sanjin courtyard, Tang Li saw a fire coming from the three small courtyards on the right.

He walked quickly with Li Tengjiao. Through the half-closed door, Tang Li saw Guan Guan in plain white clothes squatting on the ground, burning those gorgeous dresses. When he raised his hand, a seven-pleated skirt with satin sprinkled gold was thrown into the fire. Guan Guan's movements were smooth without any hesitation.

"It's okay, let's go!" Li Tengjiao's words "It's a pity" "Just just now, Tang Li had already pulled her around and walked towards the backyard. At this moment, what he thought of was Zheng Lianqing on the wedding night...

"A Li, the official who had sent an order has arrived at the mansion, wake up quickly!" The next morning, Tang Li, who opened his eyes in such a urging voice, saw the first sight of two bright red spots on Zheng Lianqing's chest bulge.

"Spring is not a day for study, summer is just right to sleep!" He muttered these words inexplicably, and Tang Li had already pounced on the plump snow-white ball, "Qing'er, let your husband give you a three-point plum blossom."

"Qing'er just came to report that the official of the imperial edict has arrived. Ali, get up quickly! Ah...don't..." When Tang Li started to rush to the sheep, Zheng Lianqing's resistance became insignificant.

"The matter between husband and wife is greater than that. Since this guy is here, let him wait! Qing'er, you are becoming more and more charming now." I don't know if Zheng Lianqing heard the vague words clearly. Tang Li had buried his face in the warm and fragrant soft jade.

"Ah...Ali... Why are you... not enough!" Zheng Lianqing's voice became smaller and smaller, more and more vague, and finally turned into a meaningless moan. The sound heard Qing'er waiting outside and suddenly made her face turn red.

"Qing'er, look at your blushing face, may you catch a cold? The weather has been very strange these days, so be careful when you dress. "The words that Tang Li, who walked out of Zheng Lianqing's room, made Qing'er's face turn redder. She, who used to speak clearly, can't speak in words now, and she doesn't even dare to look at the young master's eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, be careful!" Repeating these words, Tang Li Shishi, wearing green cloth official clothes and regular clothes, walked out of the inner courtyard and headed towards the main hall.

The edicts for promotion were all about getting started early but not late, especially to report good news to celebrities like Zhuangyuan Gong, so the edict was not delayed at all. Because Tang Li was a low-ranking official and had no right to attend the morning court, it became a good excuse for him to sleep in naturally. In this way, the strange thing that the official in the middle was in the palace and the master had not yet stood up happened.

The incense table and other items in the main hall were ready. As soon as the top minister arrived, the central official immediately issued an edict, and the vain words of hard work and kings were not mentioned. However, the content was to promote Tang Li to the magistrate of Wannian County under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture, and grant the title of "Zhongsan Doctor" as the title of "Kaiguozi", and also take charge of the Taile Administration.

After reading the imperial edict, Tang Li thanked him for his gratitude. The official came forward with a smile on his face and said, "Congratulations, our family has been serving the Changchao in the palace for the first time. We have never seen His Majesty personally sign up for the fifth-rank official in the court. Lord Tang's favor is the only one in our Tianbao Dynasty." As he spoke, the official had skillfully raised his thumbs up.

There are 108 fangs in Chang'an City, and a member of Jingzhao Yin is set up. The jurisdiction of Jingzhao is bounded by Zhuque Street, and the two counties are divided into left and right. Because they are the imperial capitals at the feet of the emperor, the ranks of these two counties are far higher than those of ordinary county seats. The theory of the fifth rank comes from this. With the real position of the fifth rank, the "Zhongsan Doctor" who is a false title is natural, but the title given in the edict shows that Xuanzong's favor for Tang Li was different.

The official exchanged greetings with Tang Li and ate a cup of tea. After receiving the "happy money", he went there. Before Tang Li could think about this Wannian County Magistrate, Li Tengjiao happily picked up the fifth-rank imperial costume on the tray.

The girls and servants who came to hear the news kept saying a lot of congratulations, which made Tang Li's head full. Seeing Li Tengjiao's excitement and rewards, it was probably not over for a while. It was almost time. The new Wannian County Magistrate had not changed his clothes and went out of the main hall to prepare to meet with Du Fu at the Ministry of Personnel.

After walking to the gate of the mansion, Tang Li happened to meet Ahhang who was coming with a small bag. After asking, he found out that it was Guan Guan who sent her to pawn the old head and face jewelry. Another news from Ahhang was that Guan Guan wanted to go to Dacien Temple to live with Tang's mother for a year and a half.

"Ahang, how long have you been to Chang'an? You are not afraid of being cheated by people when you ask you to go to the account office to ask someone to accompany you later. "I understand Guan Guan's thoughts, so Tang Li did not stop this matter. He just heard that Guan Guan was going to stay in Dacien Temple forever, so he frowned and said, "Going to Dacien Temple is the filial piety of your lady. I won't stop her, but it's not okay to live forever. Let Guan Guan come to me personally at night."

After giving this order, Tang Li did not delay any longer and got out of the mansion and rushed to the Imperial City Ministry of Personnel.


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