Chapter 146: Blessings of the Qi people

When Li Weizheng returned home, the house was immediately boiling. At this time, the house was full of people. Li Weizheng's personal soldiers, the maids and servants brought by the Ye family, the old lady of the Ye family, Zi Tong, Su Tong, Qianqian, two little ladies, and Li Yaoji who had just entered the door made the originally deserted mansion very lively. When Ye Zitong heard that her husband had returned, she ran out crying. Regardless of the presence of outsiders, she rushed into his arms and burst into tears. Their road was bumpy and tortuous. Zi Tong had been in the Li family's door for a whole year, but she had been with him for less than ten days.

Li Wei was stroking her thin shoulders, feeling full of guilt and uneasiness. He was guilty of being separated from her for a long time, and was also uneasy because he had found another woman. He hugged her and whispered: "If you suffer, we will never be separated again."

Zitong slowly calmed down, and then she remembered that Qianqian and the soldiers were all by her side! She wiped away her tears with a little embarrassedly and looked at her husband's dark and thin face blown by the sea breeze. She said with great distress: "I have not suffered, it is you who have suffered. From Guangdong to Japan, you have been traveling around and have never enjoyed the warmth of home. I will serve you well."

Li Wei felt a warmth in her heart, but suddenly remembered Yao Ji. I wonder if she had entered the mansion. He glanced around but didn't see her. He gave Qianqian a wink, but Qianqian shook her head and ran into the house quickly. Zi Tong felt a change in her husband with her woman's sensitivity. Seeing that there were many people around her, she smiled and said, "You are looking for Miss Yao Ji! I have arranged her, so don't worry!"

Li Weijing scratched his head awkwardly, and then said quickly: "By the way! Where are my two little babies, I want to see them."

"I'll take you there!" Zitong held his hand and walked quickly to the inner courtyard. After walking under a dense vine, Li Wei saw that there was no one in front and behind, and immediately whispered: "Listen to my explanation."

Zi Tong flipped his hand, pinched his long nails into his flesh, and said in a low voice: "I don't listen to your explanation! I'll go back to find a Japanese woman on my back and see how I'll deal with you tonight."

Li Wei's mood suddenly became heavy. These women seemed generous and tolerant on the surface, but in fact they were not the case. Even Zi Tong was like this. Zi Tong stopped, looked at his gloomy face, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Dalang, don't do this. I'm just joking for you. She is quite pitiful. She actually kneeled down when she saw me."

Seeing that Li Weizheng was still silent, she pouted, shook Li Weizheng's hand off, and turned her back unhappily and said, "I have accepted her for you, what else do you want me to do?"

Li Weizheng sighed and said, "This is because I didn't control myself. It's because I was wrong and I will never again."

When Zi Tong heard that he had admitted his mistake, she couldn't help but smile in her eyes, but pretended to sigh: "Hey! What qualifications do I have to decide your choice? I am not your wife, you are a dignified third-rank official now. If you are unhappy, you will drive me out of the mansion after turning around."

Li Wei grabbed her shoulder, turned her over roughly, stared into her eyes and said, "Who said you are not my true wife, in my heart you are my wife, the mistress of this family."

Zitong was very moved. She snuggled in his arms and looked at him affectionately and said, "Dalang, I really don't care whether you are your wife or not, but I really want to be able to sit in a sedan chair and get married to you."

Li Wei nodded solemnly and said, "Okay! When I get a little free, I will take you back to my hometown and marry you again in a glorious way."

"Dalang..." Zitong's face turned red. She pressed her face against Li Weizheng's chest. Li Weizheng put her hands on her soft waist. She felt that she had completely recovered from her former slimness. He felt that he was waving in his heart, lowered his head and kissed her lips. Zitong also raised her face and greeted her gently.

At this moment, "Cough! Cough!" Two sounds, a cough suddenly came from outside the vine. Zi Tong was so scared that she pushed Li Weizheng away and quickly pulled her clothes. She glared at Li Weizheng fiercely and blamed him for not distinguishing the occasion. She quickly walked out of the grape trellis. Qianqian held her hands behind her back and said with a twisted expression: "Sister, Xiao Niu Niu wants her mother, she cried so hard, grandmother asked me to come to you."

Zi Tong was shocked, and she didn't care about Li Weizheng and hurried to the inner hall. However, Li Weizheng walked up, tapped Qianqian's head gently, and smiled, "How long have you been here?"

Qianqian said 'Ouch', holding her head and said aggrievedly: "I haven't been here for long! I didn't hear what you want to explain."

After saying that, she smiled sly and blinked at Li Wei, "Do you want me to sew two mats for you? It's more comfortable when kneeling down at night."

"You guy!" Li Wei was both angry and funny. He grabbed her wrist and pretended to beating her. Qianqian was so scared that she begged for mercy: "Brother, I don't dare. I will accompany Zitong tonight and arrange for you and the Japanese bride to experience the newlywed relationship. How about it?"

Li Wei shook his head helplessly, "Oh! If I had known that your mouth was so powerful, I would have asked you to be a mute girl at the beginning."

After thinking about it, he asked again: "Qianqian, tell me if Yao Ji had any conflicts with Zi Tong when she came in?"

Qianqian's face also became serious. She solemnly said to Li Wei: "Brother, you can only ask me this time. You can't mention it again in the future, otherwise you will hurt my elder sister. You really don't know her at all. My elder sister is very nice to Yao Ji. Not only did she arrange a room for her, but she was afraid that she would not adapt. She also said something with her for a long time. I only heard one sentence, and my elder sister said she was very grateful to her for taking care of you on the boat. Yao Ji was so moved that she cried. You even showed her face to my elder sister, you!"

Li Wei was silent. He suddenly patted his head and smiled, "Okay! Go and sew a mat for your elder brother, and kneel down to apologize to your wife tonight."

Qianqian smiled, pulled him and ran to the inner room, "Go and see your two little babies! I guess you don't know them anymore."

In the room, Ye Zitong was holding her little daughter to feed her. She patted the child gently and hummed a song. Seeing Li Wei coming in, she shrewd and signaled to be gentler and not to startle the child. Li Wei was nodding and came to the younger daughter gently, looking at her daughter who was breastfeeding with her eyes closed. The child was five months old, completely different from when she left. She looked at her round and smooth, pink and cute, with her little face pressed against her mother's chest, and her little hands clenched into a fist.

Zitong felt very relieved when she saw that her husband loved children. Suddenly, she realized something, turned red, pulled her clothes down, covered her chest, and glared at Li Weizheng, who was a little malicious, then pointed to the inner room, and whispered: "There is another one in the inner room!"

Li Wei was pulling his nose and nodding, but when she was not paying attention, she quickly touched her chest. The child was awakened and cried. Li Wei was so scared that he raised his hands and ran to the inner room as if he was running to the inner room. Unexpectedly, the two little guys had telepathy. One of them cried outside, and the other inside also cried, making Li Wei unable to move forward and backward.

He had to tiptoe into the inner room. Ye Sutong was sitting by the bed holding another crying sister and coaxing her gently. Suddenly, seeing Li Wei coming in, she was so scared that she stood up and lowered her head and said, "Dalang, you are back."

Originally, my sister-in-law made a joke when she saw her brother-in-law, and then pulled her clothes to ask for red envelopes. However, this sister-in-law was not an ordinary person. She was Li Weizheng's real fiancée. Ye Sutong was a smart woman. When she saw her father admitting her elder sister's marriage, she did not mention the matter of termination of the engagement for her, and she did not propose to the Li family to marry her elder sister. She knew that her father did not want to cancel her marriage. Moreover, this time her grandmother proposed to come to Penglai together. Everyone knew that her grandmother's real intention was on her, but her father did not object, which even more showed that her father wanted to marry her sisters. In other words, Li Weizheng would still be her husband sooner or later, unless he wanted to regret the marriage, he would not marry her.

Therefore, when Su Tong saw Li Weizheng at this time, he was even more shy than before. He was like a thief, and his heart was pounding. Li Weizheng scratched his head awkwardly and smiled: "I woke up the little girl outside, why did the big girl inside cry too?"

Su Tong smiled and said, "They are twin sisters. Of course, one crys, and the other crys with them. It's very interesting. Sometimes it will be like this when you are separated by several rooms."

When Li Wei saw the child crying constantly, he quickly reached out and said, "Let me hug her and coax her!"

"Okay, Dalang, be careful." Su Tong carefully handed Da Niu Niu who was crying, but Li Weizheng was clumsy. When he held the child, he grabbed the back of Su Tong's hand. Su Tong was shocked and did not dare to lose his hand. He had to turn his face and dare not look at Li Weizheng, his face was full of shame.

Li Weizheng did not do it on purpose. He held Su Tong's back of his hand and dared not let it go. It took a lot of effort to hold the child firmly. He quickly apologized to Su Tong: "I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose."

Su Tong lowered his head and whispered: "It's okay, I know you didn't mean it. Da Niu Niu is very well-behaved. Please accompany her and I'll pour you tea."

After saying that, Su Tong ran to the outer room quickly. When she ran to the door, she stopped and iced her cheeks with her back on her hands. Then she went out. Li Wei was looking down at her child. Unexpectedly, the child came into his arms and stopped crying. He looked at him curiously with his black and round eyes. Li Wei was lit on her nose with his fingers and said with a smile: "Do Qiuqiu still remember her father?"

The little guy waved his arm and laughed "giggled!". Li Wei was so happy that he raised the little guy high and laughed loudly with his daughter.

Old Mrs. Ye fell ill after a long journey to Penglai. After the doctor diagnosed and treated her, she said that the problem was not big. She just needed some medicine and rested for a few days. Li Wei had seen his wife and daughter, so she came to the old woman's room to visit her.

What Li Weizheng didn't think was that Yao Ji was sitting next to the old lady and talking to her. Seeing that Li Wei was coming in, Yao Ji quickly stood up and blinked at him with a smile. Seeing that her expression was relaxed, Li Wei felt relieved. He quickly knelt down and saluted, "Sun Ye Wei is paying homage to his grandmother!"

"Okay! Good kid, being a high-ranking official is the same as before. Grandma likes it very much. Get up quickly."

Old Mrs. Ye struggled to sit up, Yao Ji hurriedly stepped forward to support her. The old woman sat up and smiled and said, "Dalang, this Japanese girl is very understanding and has a good heart. You are a lucky person!"

Yao Ji hurriedly said embarrassedly: "Grandma, don't say that. When I saw my grandmother, I thought of my grandmother. You are as kind and kind as her."

The old lady laughed happily, but suddenly started to cough violently. Yao Ji quickly massaged her back gently. The old lady waved her hand, "Thank you, I'm not in the way, you go first! I want to say a few words to Dalang."

"Yes!" Yao Ji bowed, then looked at Li Weizheng deeply, and went down.

When she left, the old lady sighed and said, "This child is actually very pitiful. I know she is deliberately trying to please me, for fear that we don't like her, a woman! I can only rely on men, Dalang, you must treat her well."

Li Wei nodded silently, and the old lady smiled bitterly again: "I am so old and I still travel thousands of miles to see Penglai Immortal Island. It's a joke, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that my trip to Penglai is entirely for my granddaughter."

Speaking of this, the old lady looked at Li Weizheng and saw that his expression was calm, she continued: "According to the words of the matchmaker, I, the old lady, need to get involved in something, but I know so well that my son is too utilitarian and always wants to treat his daughter as a paving stone for his career. Last time he was Zhan Hui's son. This time, because the prince recommended him to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he kept silent about his engagement with the Li family. But one day your career has bumps, maybe he will change his mind again. If he changes like this, not only will he lose the face of the Ye family, but also mislead his daughter. So I want to arrange the matter of Xiao Tongtong before he is buried. I will only ask you one more thing, are you still willing to marry Xiao Tongtong according to the engagement?"

Li Weizheng didn't answer for a long time. To be honest, he didn't know this question. Ye Sutong was not like Yao Ji, who said it. To put it bluntly, Su Tong had an engagement with him since childhood and had a marriage agreement. In fact, it was his wife. But if he married his sister as his wife and his sister as his second best, it seemed unreasonable. If it were a year ago, he might nodded without hesitation, but after a year, he gradually matured. He knew the importance of family to his future development. If he was not careful, he would leave seeds of never-ending peace.

Li Wei was pondering for a long time, and then slowly said, "My grandmother please allow me to consider this matter."

Old Mrs. Ye smiled with relief. She saw a mature man from Li Weizheng, a grandson-in-law whom she could be trusted.

After visiting the old lady, Li Weizheng came to the study again. He wanted to write an urgent report to Zhu Yuanzhang, requesting that the 30,000 taels of silver and 6,000 stones of rice he received from the Da Nei family be left for Dengzhou Prefecture to provide disaster relief. Although he had already made his own decisions to Zhao Liangcheng, he still had to write a report and explained the reason for his own decisions in the report. Zhu Yuanzhang was not so easy to fool.

He entered the study room and did not rush to pick up his pen, but knocked on the window, and with a 'click' sound, Shisanlang jumped in from outside the window, and he bowed and said, "Please give me the order!"

"I want you to kill someone." Li Weizheng ordered coldly.

"Sir."

Li Wei was giving him the address of Zhou Ming's family and said to Shisanlang: "This person is Zhou Ming. There is a big black mole on his left eyebrow. I have sent someone to stare at him. Don't do it now. When the night is late, you will kill him for me."

"Yes!" Shisanlang took the address, jumped out of the window, and disappeared in the distance in an instant.

Li Weizheng finally had a murderous intent towards Zhou Ming today. This person went to Japan with him and knew a lot of things. If he could be honest, he might be able to spare his life. But he hated him today. In order to prevent it, he still had to kill this person before he could feel at ease.

When he saw Shisanlang walking away, he sat down and spread the letter paper. He picked up his pen, pondered for a moment, and began to write a report to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Night fell quietly, and the chaotic day finally ended. Everyone chatted with her in front of her grandmother's sickbed for a while, and then went back to the room. Li Weizheng felt a little embarrassed. Of course he should be with Zi Tong tonight, but he was a little worried about Yao Ji. After all, today was her first day in the door, and her mood must be particularly complicated.

Li Wei was thinking about it and decided to go and see Yao Ji first. Yao Ji's room was arranged in a small courtyard near Zi Tong's residence on the west side, but it had not been completely cleaned up yet. Tonight she temporarily lived in the yard on the east side. Li Wei was walking across a small bridge and came to Yao Ji's door, but she faintly heard Qianqian's laughter inside. Li Wei was stunned and couldn't help but slow down.

"Qianqian, thank you for coming to accompany me tonight."

"Sister Yao Ji, don't be so polite. They are all family members. My elder brother is very careless. He doesn't understand the mood of a woman. Don't blame him."

"How could I blame him! He should be with his wife and daughter well. I was about to learn Chinese tonight. Can you teach me, okay?"

"Okay, I'll come right away when I go back and get a few books."

Li Wei, who was outside the door, was running across the bridge quickly and hid in the bamboo forest. The door opened. Qianqian came out of the room and walked quickly towards the bridge.

"Qianqian!" Li Wei was whispering to her.

When Qianqian saw him in the bamboo forest, she smiled and said, "You are here to find Sister Yao Ji, she is in the room. Go and see her!"

Li Weizheng shook his head, "Just have you with her, I won't go, I'm going to rush to Zi Tong's place."

Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Qianqian couldn't help but shake her head and smiled, "Poor brother, then you can go quickly!"

"Then I'm going. Thank you for thinking about your elder brother tonight." After Li Wei said that, he ran away quickly.

Qianqian sighed in her heart when she saw him running in a mess. She thought of her father, who was also a group of wives and concubines, but he had never considered her own woman. In comparison, the eldest brother was much better.

Zi Tong was particularly nervous tonight. Although she was already a wife and a mother, she had almost no experience in sexual intercourse. After the only time she tasted the forbidden fruit, she never had the chance again. Without the rendering of the sedan chair and the bridal chamber, and without the mother's careful guidance in advance, everything came quietly.

She was both expectant and afraid, but more shy, just like a bride who finally met this day. After dinner, she used the excuse to take care of the children and hid in the room early. Her heart was filled with tension and shyness, fearing that her sisters would see it and laugh at her.

As the sky got darker and her heart became more and more nervous, and the child had already been handed over to her nurse for care. Zi Tong sat in front of the bronze mirror and was stunned. There were all kinds of cosmetics and eyebrow pencils on the dressing table. She sneered at these makeup items in the past, but when she became a wife and had a man she relied on, she also began to consider her appearance and men's preferences, especially when she had her own child, a responsibility to raise the child was on her shoulders, and she began to slowly change and no longer be as willful and free as before.

Zitong picked up an eyebrow pencil and gently outlined the lines at the end of the eyebrows. She suddenly felt that her eyebrows were a little thick, not as slender and beautiful as her sister. Her mouth was a little big, nor was it as plump and small as her sister. Zitong sighed, put down the eyebrow pencil, walked to the window in depressedly, and looked at the lush trees in the yard, all kinds of flavors surged into her heart.

"What are you thinking?"

Li Weizheng's voice came from behind her, and then she felt a strong manly aura. Zi Tong was startled and quickly turned around and looked at him in surprise, "Why didn't I hear your footsteps?"

Li Wei was holding her in her arms, kissing her face and smiling: "I've been here for a long time. I don't dare to disturb you when I see you wearing makeup. I feel like you are worried. Why is that?"

Zi Tong lowered her head and whispered: "It's nothing, it's just a kind of inexplicable melancholy, maybe it's because she was so excited during the day and calmed down at night."

"Is it because of Su Tong?" Li Wei was staring into her eyes and said.

"No!" Zi Tong shook her head. She broke free from his hand a little annoyed, walked to the window, staring at the big tree blankly. After a while, she sighed and said, "Actually, I have always felt guilty about my little sister. If it weren't for me, you and her should have married, but because of my insertion, there have been many twists and turns in your marriage."

Speaking of this, Zi Tong turned around and stared at Li Weizheng and said sincerely: "Dalang, I hope you can marry Su Tong as soon as possible to relieve my sins."

"I don't know about this, just let it go!"

Li Wei was smiling and stretching, walking into the inner room, lying down on the bed. He closed his eyes and sighed comfortably, "It's better to land! It makes people feel at ease."

Zi Tong walked to him and sat down, gently kneading his legs and shoulders, and smiled, "Why don't you go to accompany Yao Ji tonight? She was in Daming for the first time, and I must hope you are by her side."

"Qianqian is with her! Besides, how long has it been since we met, and we will always be with you."
To be continued...