Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 15 The Chen Family
Sui Wang and Concubine Dou both have their own affairs to be busy with, seeing that Li Lijun has nothing to do here, naturally they will not continue to talk to her.

The two just told Li Lijun to have a good rest and take medicine obediently, and then they left.Concubine Dou kept an extra maid named Shen Jiang, who was in charge of arranging Li Lijun's daily expenses during his recovery.Now we can't expect Xiao Yang to be able to do these things. Concubine Dou must take good care of her little granddaughter so that she can slap the heir Wang Li Dai in the face.

When the doctor gave Li Lijun a diagnosis and treatment, she mentioned that she has an injury on her foot. In order to avoid aggravating the injury, it is best not to move easily.Therefore, even though she had been carried by Erhong for a while, she still had to stay in the water pavilion to recuperate temporarily, at least until her foot injury was basically healed before returning to her yard.

Li Lijun didn't care.She comes to live in the water pavilion for a few days every year, and she has only moved out for two months this year, so she is very used to living there.Besides, her yard was too close to the sisters, even though Li Yanjun had been sent to a side yard for confinement, Li Chujun was not involved.If her mind is not clear, she may come over to harass her.Where does Li Lijun have the leisure time to compete with the little girl?

She has so much to do!
Mrs. Shao had already brought people to bring Li Lijun's clothes here, and now she sent people back to fetch more things.Shen Jiang stared at the maids as they rearranged the room, and asked people to find out the smoker cage and charcoal basin, so as not to chill Li Lijun in the cold water at night.

When everything was ready, Shen Jiang felt that everything was fine inside and out, so he stared at Li Lijun and drank the doctor's newly prescribed medicine before resigning and returning to report to Princess Dou.

Li Lijun was already injured, after tossing and tossing for so long, he was also a little sleepy at this time, and couldn't help yawning.

Erhong said: "Is the lady sleepy? I have already made the bed, and the lady has a short sleep to rest her mind, shall I?"

Li Lijun looked out the window: "It's still bright, isn't it too early to go to bed now?"

Erhong said: "So many things have happened today, no one will let the little lady go to the mourning hall in front, the little lady might as well take a rest. I have lost so much blood today, I must have hurt my vitality, if I don't rest and recuperate Well, what if the root cause of the disease remains?"

Li Lijun felt that it was reasonable, so he let her carry him into the inner bed.

Mrs. Shao followed in, carefully helped Li Lijun lie down, and couldn't help crying again: "Little lady was injured so badly, shed so much blood, I don't know how long it will take to regain her vitality. It's just now During the mourning period of the lady, the little lady wears a heavy filial piety, and the family can only eat some clear soup and little water all day long, without any meat, how can I get better?"

Erhong was surprised: "Isn't it? The little lady is like this, do you want to continue to eat those rice soups without oil and water? Just now the prince, concubine and heir have all said it, let the little lady have a good life, how can it be?" Wronged the little lady in eating?"

Mrs. Shao wept and said: "Naturally, the nobles will not wrong the little lady, but some people will not let the little lady feel better. Those who know the inside know that the little lady has been injured and needs to replenish her vitality, so she will eat meat. Then People who don't know, after hearing a few rumors, I'm afraid they will accuse the little lady of being unfilial, and she's a big fish in the filial age. Can we refute it one by one? When the little lady's reputation is bad, there will be more people in the future. What future can there be?"

Erhong was annoyed when she heard this: "The three ladies have been grounded. Madam Yang will have to work hard to clear herself of the suspicion. Could it be that they still want to hold on to the young lady in such a situation?" ?!"

Mrs. Shao shook her head: "They don't need to come forward in person for this kind of thing, just arrange a few servants to gossip around. Nowadays, people come to express their condolences every day, in case someone said something in the ears of the guests... The little lady still needs to recuperate, who can defend her?"

Erhong's face turned red when she heard that.

Li Lijun is very calm: "I am a child, what I eat and drink on weekdays is arranged by the elders. Since the princess is going to take care of my diet and daily life, it depends on how she arranges it. As for the people outside Don’t worry about how you talk about it, I know what’s going on.” She didn’t expect to have a good reputation to marry a good family, and the noble daughters of the Tang Dynasty’s clan had a bad reputation, even if outsiders misunderstood her, What's the big deal?

Besides, it's not like she doesn't know how to fight public opinion wars, but can she really let Xiao Yang do the trick?

She raised her head and asked Mrs. Shao: "Why don't the nuns disappear? It's been a long time since I've had an accident. Are they still discussing matters with the Chen family?"

Mrs. Shao's complexion changed, her expression became more sad, and she shed tears again.

Without Li Lijun opening her mouth, Erhong asked first: "Miss Shao, what's wrong with you? Could it be that something bad happened to the nuns?"

Miss Shao shook her head while crying: "I just heard some rumors... The Chen family wants Zhao Chenji, saying that the young lady is still young and doesn't know how to run a business. Reason!"

Li Lijun raised his eyebrows.No wonder the two nuns got stuck and didn't come to talk to her for so long.

The Zhao Chenji business name was left by her grandfather Chen Weng. Chen Weng had only one daughter, the Chen family, and the Chen family had only one child, Li Lijun.Chen Weng and the Chen family passed away one after another, and the property that the former earned from scratch should naturally belong to Li Lijun.However, the Chen family is also a big family, and the family also has many needs.The clansmen couldn't bear to see that a little girl monopolizes such a large family business, so they couldn't help stretching out their hands.The descendants of Wu Xing and the Chen family are prosperous, and there are many capable followers under their sect. They are very confident that they can run Zhao Chenji and earn more wealth for the family.And the shrewd shopkeepers and fellows left by Weng Chen are even more excellent helpers.

The premise of all this is that the Sui Palace will not refuse their request, and the manpower left by the heir Li Lijun and the heir concubine Chen is also willing to cooperate with them.

For the time being, the Chen family does not dare to confront the Sui Palace. In order to achieve their goal, it is very necessary to win over Chen's confidantes.What's more, Nanny Cui's children and grandchildren and Nanny Lu's younger brother's family all work under Zhao Chenji's command, so it is very convenient to handle.

But Li Lijun felt that this matter was too unreliable.The grandfather is only a side branch in the Chen family of Wu Xing, or a not prominent side branch, and his relationship with the direct branch can only be regarded as mediocre.In recent years, some people from the direct branch have become officials, including court officials and local officials, but they don't have much contact with their grandfathers, and they are basically in a state of their own.After the grandfather passed away, most of the people who would come to see his mother, the Chen family, were mediocre offshoots, especially those who were closer to the grandfather's blood.These people still expect their mother, who is the successor concubine, to be their backer, and how much confidence do they have to compete with the Sui Palace?

The Chen family married into the Sui Palace, and the generous dowry greatly improved the economic conditions of the Palace.Now that she is dead, how can the masters of the palace be willing to give up this wealth?If the members of the Chen clan had such an idea, it would be like catching lice on the tiger's head—I don't know how to write the word dead!
Li Lijun couldn't lie still.She got up and said to Mrs. Shao: "Nurse, go and call the nuns over here. No matter what the Chen clan wants to do, they can't go past me, the righteous master, so that the nuns don't have to worry about me, and come if they have something to do." Tell me. Right now, Auntie just passed away, and the funeral is going on in the front yard, and people come to express their condolences every day. How can the members of the Chen clan make a scandal at this time, and lose the face of my grandfather and Auntie?"

(End of this chapter)