Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 423: Training Li Fengniang

Li Dao got drunk and stayed in the guest house of Yang's mansion that night.

At dawn the next day, Li Dao woke up from his couch.

He opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling of the tent. He was confused for a while before he woke up completely.

However, he couldn't remember anything about what happened yesterday, the experience after he got drunk.

Li Dao turned around and saw his precious daughter sitting beside the bed, glaring at him with her big eyes.

Li Dao grinned, turned over and sat up, and said with a smile: "My dear, you got up so early."

Li Fengniang said with a straight face, "What do you mean early? Look at what time it is now. Dad, let's go quickly."

Li Dao said strangely: "If I want to leave, it's your father and I who will leave. Didn't I already make it clear with Yang Ziyue? You stay.

He is the top scholar in the imperial examination, a true literary star. How can you look down on such a person?"

Li Fengniang pouted and said, "What's the point of me falling in love with him? The champion has a fiancée and they are going to get married this Mid-Autumn Festival."

Li Dao laughed and said, "So it's because of this. My dear, why did those matchmakers come when we came here?
Before they came, was it possible that they didn't ask whether Yang Yuan was married? Yang Yuan was now the top scholar, and the first top scholar to pass the imperial examinations since the Song Dynasty moved south. He was an extraordinary person.

Although Miss Song's family had some property, she pleased the Empress Dowager and the late Emperor with her excellent cooking skills, and was granted the status of a lady of noble birth.

However, the Song family is a small family after all, and they will not be able to help Yang Yuan in his future career.

Yang Yuan was the smartest among the scholars, otherwise how could he have passed the imperial examination and become the top scholar?

How could such a smart scholar not understand the pros and cons of this?

Those families who came to propose matchmaking had calculated that Yang Yuan and the young lady from the Song family would never be able to get together, so they came to act as matchmakers.

Well, instead of letting them get a bargain, it’s better to let our Li family get a bargain.

Hehe, your father is much smarter than them. What do we call this? That’s right, it’s the water tower.”

Li Dao stroked his beard and said proudly: "Your father sent my good girl directly to him, let's fight him under the black pot..."

Li Fengniang rolled her eyes at him and said, "That's called cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron."

"Hey, that's what I mean."

Li Fengniang said gloomily: "My daughter can feel that Yang Yuan doesn't like me, Miss Song doesn't like me either, and the two women around her don't like me either..."

When Li Fengniang arrogantly asked Yang Yuan to drive away Luxi and others, Li Dao was already drunk.

Although he woke up at this time, he was "blacked out from drinking" and could not remember that part at all.

Li Dao smiled and said, "We are here to snatch men from them, how could they possibly like you?
Besides, although you are beautiful, you are still young after all. When you grow up a little, you will be a beauty and the No. 1 Scholar will like you.

You are the daughter of a military general. What did your father teach you?
We haven't even started the battle yet, and you're surrendering? The Li family is not that cowardly. "

Li Fengniang pursed her lips and said reluctantly, "Okay, then I'll fight first. If I can't win, you have to come pick me up earlier. I don't want to be bullied here."

Li Dao smiled and said, "How can we not win? My dear girl is invincible! My dear girl, you must work hard. Whether the Li family can rely on this literary star to turn around the literary fortune depends on you!"

……

Yang Yuan was very attentive to Li Dao. After breakfast, when he saw Li Dao off, he prepared many gifts for him.

Li Dao was the commander of all the imperial troops in Ezhou, which means that all the regular troops stationed in Ezhou were under his command.

Therefore, after finishing his report, he had to go back early and could not stay in Beijing for too long.

Yang Yuan prepared a car full of various gifts for him, showing the utmost courtesy.

Before leaving, Yang Yuan sent him to the top scholar archway, took Li Dao's hand and said, "Brother, you can rest assured and do great things..."

Yang Yuan glanced at Li Dao and continued, "Leave your daughter to me. I will take good care of her."

The "big thing" that Yang Yuan was talking about was naturally to let Li Dao go back and reconcile his marriage while his unruly daughter was not around.

Li Dao was not lying about this matter. He had indeed found an excellent second wife, but because his daughter did not agree, he had not been able to bring her home to get married until today.

This time, Li Dao, an old soldier, brought Li Fengniang to Lin'an, which was a plan that killed two birds with one stone.

Hearing Yang Yuan's words, Li Dao naturally understood what he meant.

Just hearing Yang Yuan calling him "big brother" all the time, Li Dao felt depressed.

He had already heard his daughter's complaints, and after getting drunk he almost became sworn brothers with Yang Yuan.

Fortunately, the Yang family didn't have any live chickens...

Li Dao was sober at this time, and naturally refused to acknowledge this brother anymore, so he smiled awkwardly and said: "In this case, please take more care of me, Mr. Zhuangyuan. My daughter has been spoiled by me since she was young, and she is a little willful and unruly. I hope you will tolerate her, Mr. Zhuangyuan."

Yang Yuan said seriously: "Brother, you are a brave military commander, and your sister-in-law passed away early. As a grown man raising a girl, you naturally don't know how to teach her.

Since you sent her to me, I will naturally worry about her for you. Don't worry, I will take good care of her for you.

When you see your daughter again, you will see a gentle, virtuous, and knowledgeable female champion. "

Li Dao grinned and said, "That's great, that's great. In that case, I'll have to trouble you, my friend!"

……

After seeing Li Dao off, Yang Yuan did not return home, but immediately asked someone to prepare a car.

He said to Li Fengniang, "Fengniang, follow your uncle. I will take you to meet an important person."

Li Fengniang was very happy when she heard this.

Yang Yuan wants to take her to meet an important man, and she is just a little girl!

It can be seen that Yang Yuan is hypocritical and actually values ​​her very much, otherwise why would he bring a little girl like her to meet important people?
Qingtang ran out of the house upon hearing the news and asked, "Master, are you going out?"

Qingtang has always called Yang Yuan "Master", but for some reason today, he went back to his old "nonsense" ways.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, tell Lu Xi and Dan Niang."

Qingtang asked, "Will my brother-in-law come back for lunch?"

Yang Yuan said: "I will come back naturally."

Qingtang glanced at Li Fengniang, raised her chin, and said sweetly, "I understand, Master, please take care."

Li Fengniang was a little confused when she heard this. What a mess of names.

The carriage arrived, and Yang Yuan took Li Fengniang on board.

Li Fengniang leaned against the window and looked at the scenery outside. She didn't turn around and sit down until the car turned onto the main road. She said happily, "Who is the important person that Brother Yang is taking me to see?"

Yang Yuan frowned and said, "Your father and I are brothers. How can you call me big brother? You should call me uncle."

Li Fengniang rolled her eyes and said, "How can Qingtang call me master-in-law, brother-in-law, or master?"

Yang Yuan said: "She is unruly, you can't learn to be unruly like her. Who is your father? He is the Grand Secretary and the Commander of the Imperial Army in Ezhou. You are different!" Li Fengniang became even happier after hearing this.

Yes, she is the daughter of an official family, and she cannot be as unruly as Qingtang, that wild girl.

Let the uncle go first, it’s dad’s fault for being drunk and talking nonsense.

Anyway, he is not my biological uncle. I will change my mind after my father changes his mind.

So Li Fengniang smiled and said, "I know, uncle!"

……

"Ahhhh~~"

The Goose King yawned and came out to greet the guests in his pajamas.

As soon as he saw Yang Yuan, Zhao Yu couldn't wait to ask, "Erlang, why are you here so early? Have you already written the proposal?"

Yang Yuan said: "Isn't it easy to write that article? But I can't write it that fast."

"why?"

"You don't know how to cherish if you write quickly."

After hearing this, the Goose King rolled his eyes at him, feeling powerless to complain.

Only then did he realize that there was a little adult following Yang Yuan.

Her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, showing both joy and anger, and her big eyes, with distinct black and white, were looking at him curiously.

Zhao Yu was surprised and asked, "Huh? Isn't this that...who? Why did you bring her here?"

After hearing this, Li Fengniang rolled her eyes at Zhao Qiu.

Yang Yuan said: "Yang has long admired the gentleness, grace and elegance of the Princess of Jin. I have been entrusted by General Li Dao to take care of his daughter temporarily. Naturally, I cannot just take care of her food and daily life. I would like to ask the Princess to spend some time to train her..."

Yang Yuan pulled Zhao Yu aside and whispered, "She is from Ezhou. As you know, the people there are very tough and aggressive, and the women are better than the men.

This Li Fengniang was born into a family of military generals, which was even more extraordinary.

My king, you also said yesterday that a young tree cannot grow straight if it is not pruned.

The Princess of Jin is the daughter of the Minister of Rites. She is well-educated, well-mannered, and virtuous, so I would like to ask the Princess to discipline her."

Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel complacent when he heard him praising his princess: "Go, go, go, you have good taste. My queen is indeed a model of virtue.

She never interferes with what the prince does. If the prince doesn't allow her to go back to her parents' home, she will never go back. Such a good woman is hard to find even with a lantern."

Yang Yuan said: "Then what I asked you to do..."

Zhao Qu said: "Don't worry, you help me write the proposal and I will help you repair the saplings!"

Yang Yuan turned around and said to Li Fengniang, "Your uncle has been entrusted by your father to take care of your daily life.

Your uncle wants to train you into a well-educated, well-mannered, and intelligent lady.

When your father comes back to pick you up, give him a big surprise."

Li Fengniang asked doubtfully, "Yang Er... Uncle, are you planning to find a female teacher for Fengniang?"

Yang Yuan said: "It is not wrong to say that she is a female teacher. Just now the car went straight into the mansion and you did not see the door lintel.

Now I will teach you that this is the Prince Jin's Mansion and that person is the Prince Jin.

The lady I found for you is the Princess of Jin.

The Princess of Jin's father was a great scholar of his time and the Minister of Rites.

You have such a teacher. When you go out and tell others about it, you will be so proud. "

Although Li Fengniang had high aspirations, she had never come into contact with a person of this level and was stunned for a moment.

The housekeeper of the inner chamber of the palace was summoned by Zhao Yu to take Li Fengniang to see the princess.

Yang Yuan said, "Go ahead. Learn etiquette from the princess. When you have completed your studies, I will come to pick you up."

After all, Li Fengniang was only an eleven-year-old girl. It was also her first time seeing such a distinguished figure as the princess. She was really shocked and could not say anything against it for a while.

When she was led into the back house by the housekeeper and saw the Princess of Jin, she was still a little dazed.

The father of Princess Qu of Jin was the Minister of Rites Qu Mo. One can imagine what kind of education she received since childhood.

Since she was married, she had to obey her husband. She was gentle and tolerant of Zhao Qiu's mischief and just focused on taking care of the palace's internal affairs.

Now, hearing that the prince wanted her to help train the daughter of an important military official, Princess Jin was very happy. This showed that her husband really recognized her way of being a wife!
When she saw Li Fengniang, the Princess of Jin said solemnly, "Li Fengniang, a woman should follow the three virtues: be quiet and chaste, be chaste and orderly, behave with shame, and follow the rules in her actions.

Since the king has appointed me to be your teacher, you must study gynecology with me carefully and put what you have learned into practice in the future. Don't ruin my reputation.

Here, I have seven chapters of "Instructions for Women", twelve chapters of "The Analects of Women", one volume of "The Classic of Filial Piety for Women", and one hundred and fifty chapters of "Biographies of Women"..."

Two maids with fat faces brought out a pile of books and stood in front of Li Fengniang.

Li Fengniang's small body seemed to be standing in front of a pair of tall door gods, and she immediately felt a strong sense of suffocation.

Princess Jin said, "I have to take care of the palace affairs, so my free time is limited. Today I will explain to you the first chapter of "Female Commandments", "Humbleness".

"Sit down and listen carefully. In ancient times, when a girl was born, she was laid under a bed for three days, covered with tiles and bricks, and fasted before her. This sentence means..."

Li Fengniang was completely confused at this time.

When Yang Yuan returned to the Yang Mansion, Qingtang was curious to see that he was the only one back.

Qingtang couldn't help but chuckle when Yang Yuan said that he sent Li Fengniang to the Prince of Jin's Mansion to study women's studies with the Princess of Jin.

Qingtang said worriedly: "Master, I think that although Li Fengniang has a savage temperament, she is a very smart woman.

If she has learned everything that Princess Jin taught her, would Master really want to take her back?"

Yang Yuan said: "My house is fine, if a yellow fox sneaks in, won't it cause chaos?

If she passes the test with Princess Jin, I will send her to a good place and find her a good master..."

Without Li Fengniang's presence, the Yang Mansion suddenly became quiet.

Yang Yuan thought that he had agreed to attend the banquet at Uncle Liu's mansion in the afternoon, so he had to stay at home tomorrow to prepare the proposal. He asked Lu Xi to sort out the invitations received by the concierge, and even if it was necessary to welcome or see off guests, it had to be postponed until the day after tomorrow.

As for those matchmakers, just stop them and never let them come to your house again.

Luxi was naturally happy to hear this and immediately agreed.

After lunch, Yang Yuan went to the study to think about the main points of the proposal, and then he made a rough draft. Seeing that the time was almost up, he put the draft away, asked someone to prepare the carriage, and went to the Liu Mansion to meet him.

(End of this chapter)