Chapter 489 The Palace Maid Wants to Retire (15)
Shi Li smiled foolishly, and promised with a chuckle: "No, no, I will kiss you gently next time."
"Heh..." Wen Shichu snorted lightly. He just listened to the man's words and didn't need to take them seriously.
Shi Li seemed to have received an order to get close to her. He immediately stopped eating and grabbed Wen Shichu and kissed her again and again. He finally had the chance to go out with his future wife. How could he not kiss her properly to comfort his longing for her? He must take advantage of her first.
So when Wen Shichu returned home that day, her lips were swollen, and she had to get up in the middle of the night to apply ice.
In the days that followed, Wen Shichu lived a very peaceful life. Li Shouyang had a serious illness, and although he recovered, he was too weak and needed to stay in bed to recuperate for a while. Therefore, he had no energy to bother Wen Shichu.
The sisters Li Mingxiu and Li Ming'an were very obedient, and Wen Shichu's teaching went very smoothly. Therefore, all the courses were taught before the end of the employment period. Wen Shichu resigned early from the wife of Marquis Wuyang. Mrs. Wuyang felt guilty about her brother-in-law wanting to take her as a concubine, so she agreed to her resignation without saying a word and generously gave her many gifts.
Wen Shichu returned to the small house he had bought. Shi Li got the news immediately and ran to the small house to harass Wen Shichu.
"Chu Chu, which day is better for us to get married? I think the third day of September is good and auspicious for getting married. How about this day?" Shi Li asked excitedly.
Today is August 20th, and it's less than half a month away from September 3rd. Wen Shichu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Not very good. As the saying goes, there is no marriage without a matchmaker. Are you planning to have sex with me without a matchmaker?"
"Of course not! How could I treat you so badly?" Shi Li quickly denied, "I will definitely have to carry you in a sedan chair."
"How can half a month be enough time for three matchmakers and six betrothals?" Wen Shichu snorted coldly.
"I was inconsiderate enough. I will immediately ask the housekeeper to follow the procedure of three matchmakers and six betrothals. I will definitely not let you suffer any injustice." Shi Li quickly admitted his mistake and said a lot of words before he coaxed Wen Shichu back.
Afterwards, he really did what he said and asked a matchmaker to come to Wen Shichu's house to propose marriage. Neither of them had any elders, so naturally they did everything in person. They didn't care whether others would laugh at them, as long as they were happy.
After the proposal, all the steps for the wedding were carried out joyously, and then the whole capital knew that the god of death who had no interest in women was actually going to get married!
Who was he going to marry? What kind of woman was so bold as to marry him?
When the curious people inquired, they immediately found out that the person Shi Li was going to marry was an unknown retired palace maid. It was said that this palace maid left the palace when she reached a certain age. Oh my God! Could it be that she was very old?
So the gossipers were puzzled. Although Shi Li was notorious for his evil deeds and his bloodline was impure, he was a great general with great military achievements. He was also tall and handsome. How could he fall in love with an older palace maid? This shouldn't be right.
Could it be that he had given up? But it was not the case. Although those ladies who claimed to be from noble and upright families looked down on him, he could still marry some concubines of noble families who were in poverty. There was no need for him to fall to marrying a palace maid.
Everyone was very curious about Shi Li's marriage. When Shi Li went to court, several adults came to ask him about marriage without fear of his cold face. They also hinted that he didn't need to put himself in such a difficult position. If he wanted to get married, some girls from their family branches were willing to marry him...
Shi Li got angry when he heard their self-righteous words. These people wanted to win him over, but were unwilling to use the girl who had been carefully taught by their own family. They only wanted to use side branches. Wasn't it obvious that they looked down on Shi Li but wanted to use him?
Shi Li was not stupid, how could he not see their plan? If Shi Li really wanted to climb up and integrate into these aristocratic families, he would probably do as they wished; but Shi Li did not care about his career prospects or family bloodline at all, he only cared about himself.
He joined the army to fight in order to live a better life, and now he married Wen Shichu because he liked her. As long as he was happy, he didn't care about anything else. He was the kind of person who only cared about living happily in this life. As for after his death? Who cares about the flood!
"Keep those good girls to yourself! I can't afford to marry them. Get out of here and don't get in my way!" Shi Li said with contempt and left without looking back.
"Look at him, how arrogant he is!" An old man was so angry that his beard stood up, "He doesn't even take us seriously!"
"He is indeed a lowly bastard, so shameless! He is so proud now, who knows what will happen to him in the future, huh!" Another middle-aged man sneered, thinking he had seen the fate of the arrogant Shi Li, who would be "cooked like a running dog" by the emperor.
Shi Li had no idea that those people were making such a fuss. He returned to his general's mansion, had just changed his clothes and was about to go find Wen Shichu, when he suddenly heard the butler come to report that Lord Shi wanted to see him.
Shi Li said in disgust, "No! Send him away and don't let him dirty the ground in the mansion."
"Yes!" The butler responded immediately without objection, turned around and drove Lord Shi away.
This Lord Shi is none other than Shi Li's biological father - Shi Ying, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Shi Ying had previously ignored Shi Li, a son with the blood of a foreign dancer, and let him fend for himself. From the fact that he named Shi Li "Li", you can tell how much he disliked this son. Which father would give his son a name with such a bad meaning?
It was just that Shi Li suddenly joined the army at the age of fourteen. He was very brave and good at fighting. Step by step, he climbed to the position of leader and even recovered five cities in southern Xinjiang, making an unprecedented contribution!
Now, Shi Ying could no longer treat his son as invisible. On the contrary, he had to coax the most promising son of the family back, and make him willing to work for the family. So, Shi Ying suddenly became a kind father, and began to care about Shi Li. He also reflected on how he had neglected him in the past because he was too busy, causing him to suffer a lot of grievances, and promised to treat him well in the future...
It's a pity that Shi Li is no longer the innocent boy who longs for father's love. He grew up in the wild and has a very thorough understanding of human nature. How can he not see that Shi Ying recognized him because she wanted to use him?
Therefore, Shi Li was completely disdainful of Shi Ying's flattery. No matter whether he used coercion, inducement, flattery or intimidation, Shi Li remained indifferent. Instead, he severely taught a lesson to all those in the Shi family who had bullied him.
Shi Li was fearless and didn't care at all about Shi Ying saying that he was unfilial and disobedient. Shi Ying wanted to please him but failed, and wanted to blackmail him, but Shi Li was completely impeccable. Shi Ying had no way to deal with Shi Li and felt very aggrieved.
(End of this chapter)
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