Chapter 47: Song Jie, King of Luoyang
"Sir, I only have one Pixiu. If you take it away, what will I do with it?"
On the shopkeeper's side, after he gave Feng Ying some fake money, an "uninvited guest" came into the store.
It was none other than their master's retainer, Fang Minghe, the one who asked him to buy the Pi Xiu.
Fang Minghe didn't like this Pixiu at first, but the shopkeeper picked up two great treasures in just these two days.
One is the Tai Sui God and the Danshu of Sixty Years, and the other is the bronze plate of the zodiac.
This is of no use to ordinary people, but it is something that people in the Xuanmen sect often study.
The shopkeeper has had good business these past two days.
He didn't believe it was the effect of the Pi Xiu at first, so he asked the shopkeeper to take the Pi Xiu outside to try it out, and the business in the store would return to "normal". Normal means that there can't always be good sales.
He knew that this Pixiu was very useful.
He had Mercury retrograde these two days, and his wife of eight years was taken away by a dog and thrown into the lake.
I got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and was scared by the night cat.
Who in one’s life can be as unlucky as him? A dog can steal money, and he even meets a cat when he goes to the toilet.
Now both domestic animals have offended him.
"Old man, you should know that you bought it because I told you to. Why are you so stingy to lend it to me? I am going to follow the prince to Chang'an. I will return it to you when I come back after the Mercury retrograde is over." Fang Heming tried to snatch it away.
The shopkeeper felt very aggrieved, "Why don't you make one yourself?"
Fang Heming: “…”
"Shopkeeper, let me emphasize to you again, I, can't do that. I am only good at using Xuanmen tools."
To put it bluntly, Fang Heming is a "thug".
He can see a little bit, but he is not good at it. He can use Xuanmen weapons, which will have bonus in his hands.
The shopkeeper thought to himself, "That's just how capable you are."
Fortunately, the lucky boy has not been sold yet.
Since he was a close minister to his lord, he didn't dare to say anything or make trouble.
Fang Heming suddenly asked, "Do you know the origin of that woman? You can ask her how she got the Pi Xiu."
See, he knew that the people above would ask.
"It's useless. He's leaving home. He said he won't sell anything and is going to Chang'an."
"Going to Chang'an too?"
The shopkeeper nodded: "It's the maid from the Li family in Xiushui."
Fang Heming suddenly realized that the Xiushui Li family, also a member of the Li family, was going to pay their respects to Secretary Li.
In that case, aren't they related in some way?
"Look, is that a female official going out? I have never seen a female official going out before. It turns out that the court also has female officials."
"Of course there are female officials. Men can be officials, so why can't women be officials?"
"Aren't all women officials in the palace? I haven't heard that there are also female officials down there."
"Jiseidang, there may be female officials in each department under the Secretariat. How could there be no female officials? The Secretary Li who died not long ago was a woman, only 18 years old..."
"Then wouldn't her dress be more magnificent?"
"That's for sure, just like the other top officials."
"How enviable! I wish my daughter could be a court lady too."
"Don't be discouraged. If your daughter is capable, the court will employ her in a flexible manner..."
"It's different now than before. Now it mainly depends on the background and the money."
Feng Ying brought twenty female guards with him. They all wore red shorts, black scarves on their heads, black belts around their waists, and walked in unison. Although they were obviously women, they were very imposing.
They walked west from Luoyang for a day and finally arrived at Bianyang Town.
After leaving the town, the first post station is right in front of you.
When passing through the town, passers-by kept coming to see Feng Ying, which slowed down their team.
This made Feng Ying a little worried about meeting the Li family.
After all, she wanted to give the Li family a 'surprise'.
But she was not afraid after thinking about it, because she had a travel pass and could stay at the post station. There were no officials in the Li family team, so they could not stay at the post station.
So they shouldn't meet.
Even if they saw her sitting in the carriage, the Li family would not recognize her.
"It's a female official. So majestic." Feng Ying suddenly heard Gao's excited voice.
Feng Ying: “…”
Why are they walking so slowly?
Li Sanniang's voice followed: "What's so great about being a female official in Jishitang? I will be much more successful than her in the future. I would not accept such a lowly official position even if it was given to me."
Feng Ying raised her eyebrows. That was really great. The reason she didn't want to make it public was because she was afraid that Li Sanniang would snatch it away.
Gao laughed and said, "Sanniang, that's different. This is about being an official, and you're talking about marrying someone else and becoming someone else's dependent. How can that be the same?"
"If you want to be a good ironsmith, you must be strong yourself. If you can be a female official, it is also good not to get married."
Feng Ying:?
I didn't expect Gao to have such an ambition.
Then Gao said to Li Siniang, "Siniang, if you have some ability, we can go to Chang'an City to try it out, and there is no need to rush to arrange a marriage."
Li Siniang said in an annoyed tone: "Mom, I have no ability."
"Haha, there's nothing we can do..."
Then their voices became farther and farther away.
Feng Ying breathed a sigh of relief. No one stopped them and no one recognized them.
The Li family did not recognize them.
Li Zhengchun wanted to find a hotel to stay in, and Mrs. Li was very dissatisfied with this.
"We are members of the Li family. We should stay in an inn, not a hotel. If your elder brother were here, he would never let me suffer such an injustice." Old Mrs. Li refused to get off the car.
But Li Zhengchun does not hold an official position.
Although my eldest brother was an official, his position was too low. The court did not issue him a travel permit, and the people at the post station would not entertain him when he went there.
"Father, is that Prince Luoyang's team? We can live in the post house with Prince Luoyang." Li Sanniang suddenly found a ceremonial guard of a hundred people behind her.
That must be a royal trip.
Si Niang looked at Gao Shi in confusion: "Is the Prince of Luoyang going to Chang'an as well? Is he also going to pay respects to our ancestors?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Jiang scolded Li Siniang: "The Prince of Luoyang is our ancestor's fiancé. If the marriage is successful, he will also be our ancestor."
Ancestor's son-in-law.
Li Zhengchun nodded.
Song Jie, King of Luoyang, was the fifth-generation grandson of Emperor Taizu.
The great-grandson of Prince Wenzong.
If Crown Prince Wenzong had been alive, Prince Luoyang might have become the emperor. Unfortunately, Crown Prince Wenzong was in poor health and died of illness before Emperor Wenzong passed away.
In order to avoid the situation where the ruler is young and the ministers are powerful, Wenzong chose another son to be the emperor, and the descendants of Wenzong's crown prince became idle princes.
This group of descendants was not very prosperous, as the eldest son always died young.
Song Jie was the eldest son. Although he did not die, he suffered from bad luck. His parents committed suicide when he was very young, and he had no biological brothers or sisters.
When he was eight years old, the late emperor gave him Li Jidao, who was three years older than him, as a marriage partner, and waited until they came of age to get married.
Now he was fifteen years old, and in another year they would be able to get married according to imperial decree, but Li Jidao died suddenly.
The person is dead, so the son-in-law is not considered a real ancestor.
Gao was very angry about Jiang's scolding of her daughter. The person was dead, and her daughter just said a few words, so how could it be considered nonsense?
But the old lady favored Jiang, so she couldn't say anything.