Chapter 1218 Yi Xiaochuan's fate, Su Mingzhe's work

Just when Su Mingzhe returned to Sacheon County.

Yi Xiaochuan, who had been recognized as a brother by Meng Tian, ​​returned to Xianyang City again.

He came to the capital this time as a wedding envoy.

The nine Rongdi tribes were attacked by the Qin and Xiongnu and were defeated.

Among the nine tribes, three fled westward to the vicinity of Dayuan, two were annexed by the Xiongnu, three requested peace talks with the Qin Dynasty, and one fled into the territory of the Donghu people.

The three tribes that requested peace talks with the Qin Dynasty were Tuan, Kunyi, and Xianyun.

In order to show their sincerity, the three tribal leaders not only offered horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock, but also the most beautiful princesses in their tribe.

Among them is the princess of the Tuan tribe, Princess Lian, the eldest daughter of Hukam and the niece of Princess Yushu.

Princess Lian is just like Princess Yushu, not only gentle and kind, but also beautiful and generous.

The playboy Yi Xiaochuan had never seen such an outstanding beauty before. He fell in love with Princess Lian almost at the first meeting.

On the way to Xianyang, Yi Xiaochuan put a lot of effort into pleasing Princess Lian, and finally tricked Princess Lian, who had just reached her prime, into "falling in love" with him.

But this kind of 'love' is extremely painful.

Yi Xiaochuan has no sense of responsibility towards the Qin Dynasty, the imperial power, and this era. He thinks that since he and Princess Lian are in love, they can be together freely.

However, for Princess Lian, she married into the Qin Dynasty and became the concubine of the First Emperor in order to protect hundreds of thousands of people in the Tuan Kingdom.

If she ran away with Yi Xiaochuan, the people of Tuan would suffer a disastrous fate.

Therefore, even though Princess Lian was attracted to Yi Xiaochuan, she refused to elope with him, but insisted on coming to Xianyang to become the First Emperor's concubine.

Just like that, Yi Xiaochuan failed in his first attempt to pick up a girl.

After he sent Princess Lian to Ganquan Palace, he began to look for a tavern to get drunk in a daze.

One day, Yi Xiaochuan came to the tavern again, ready to get himself drunk, when he suddenly smelled a rich aroma of wine. He couldn't help but sniff and came to a private room.

There was only an old man with messy hair in the private room. When he saw Yi Xiaochuan, he immediately raised his eyebrows and smiled:
"Mr. Yi, long time no see!"

"Mr. Cui——"

Yi Xiaochuan was delighted to see that the old man was Cui Wenzi, the miracle doctor who had saved his life.

……

The backyard of the county magistrate’s office.

Until late at night.

There is a chorus of frogs outside the window.

After seeing off County Magistrate Dong, Su Mingzhe, who had moved into the County Magistrate's office, was now resting on a bamboo couch in the master bedroom in the backyard.

Yurong was frail and went to bed early.

Cao and Yu Shu lay in the man's arms, one on each side, enjoying a moment of quiet time.

Cao, who recovered quickly, was the first to break the silence after she recovered. She grabbed Yu Shu's hand that was placed on the man's chest and said enviously:

"Sister Yu Shu is so beautiful. Erlang is so lucky to have you!"

"Sister is also very beautiful."

Yu Shu's words were not a compliment.

The fact that Cao was favored by Su Mingzhe for two years shows that she was extremely beautiful and charming.

However, Cao raised his hand and said with a wry smile:

"I'm an old woman now, how can I be called beautiful?"

Yu Shu looked at Cao's small hand. Although it was as slender and delicate as her own, the skin color was a little duller than hers, and there were several calluses on the palm, which ruined the beauty.

Su Mingzhe, who was waiting for his strength to recover, couldn't help but open his eyes and smiled when he heard this:

"One of you is beautiful and graceful, and the other is gorgeous and charming. Stop praising each other."

After receiving the man's praise, Cao's clear eyes sparkled, and her charming face became even more charming:
"Erlang used these words to praise us. I wonder what good things he will say when the three sisters from the Lu family come?"

"Don't worry, your man has a lot of good words in his belly!"

Su Mingzhe knew that he had left Cao alone in the empty house for most of the past six months, which was a bit unfair to her. Fearing that she would continue to feel jealous, he immediately pulled her aside to continue communicating with her.

Another ridiculous night.

Day two.

Su Mingzhe brought the gifts prepared by Cao and set out from the county governor's office to the Lu Mansion. The Lu Mansion, which had received the news yesterday, opened the main gate early in the morning. The brothers Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi kept looking towards the street entrance like doormen.

As a matchmaker, County Magistrate Cao rushed over early in the morning and waited with the Lu brothers.

When Su Mingzhe appeared, Magistrate Cao and the Lu Ze brothers were visibly relieved.

"Cao Rusong pays his respects to the County Magistrate!"

"Lü Ze (Lü Shizhi) pays homage to the county governor!"

"Mr. Cao, my two brothers, what are you doing?"

As soon as Su Mingzhe got out of the car, he saw three people bowing to him. He quickly took two steps and helped the three people up, while constantly blaming them:

"Lord Cao, you are my guide in my career. My two elder brothers, you are the uncles of my future children. Aren't you trying to embarrass me by doing this?"

Magistrate Cao and brothers Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi quickly said, "Ritual cannot be abolished."

Su Mingzhe, however, refused to accept the gift and insisted on continuing the relationship based on their past relationship.

Seeing Su Mingzhe's firm attitude, Magistrate Cao and the other two breathed a sigh of relief and agreed.

This time, Su Mingzhe came to discuss with Lu Gong the wedding date between himself and the three Lu sisters.

The two parties agreed to get married in September last year, and now it has been almost a year.

Lu Xiu is the oldest, already 21 years old. In this era, she is a true leftover woman and can no longer delay any longer.

Of course, Lu Gong didn't want to wait any longer.

After all, in the blink of an eye, Su Mingzhe has become the "Zuo Shuzhang" and the governor of Sichuan County. If he waits any longer, Lu Gong is a little worried that Su Mingzhe will regret the engagement!

And so, as all three parties were quite anxious, they decided to hold the wedding on August 8th.

After the wedding was decided.

Su Mingzhe did not continue to pay attention to this matter, but turned around and started to busy himself with government affairs.

In the pre-Qin period, most areas still cultivated crops once a year, and the farming methods were relatively backward.

In order to promote double tillage in a year and to "research" more advanced farming tools, Su Mingzhe began to run around the fields.

In a blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of August, the wedding day.

In the morning, Su Mingzhe took the three Lu sisters to the county magistrate's office.

However, the wedding must follow Zhou rituals and can only be held at the afternoon hour of You.

All the famous people in the county, both big and small, who received the invitation, rushed over.

In this era, when entertaining guests, the principle of one seat per person is still adopted.

Therefore, even though Su Mingzhe had amazing financial resources, he only invited more than 60 guests in the end.

After the banquet.

There’s nothing much to say about the wedding night.

Anyway, Su Mingzhe arranged for the three sisters to sleep in the same bed, and everyone had a great time that night.

On the second day.

The three daughters, Cao, Yushu and Yurong, came to pay their respects to their mistress, Lü Xu.

Under the auspices of Lü Consort, the sisters Lü Zhi and Lü Susu, and the three girls Cao, Yu Shu and Yu Rong were arranged in order of sisterhood according to their ages.

Cao was the second wife, Lu Zhi was the third wife, Yu Shu, Lu Susu and Yu Rong were the fourth, fifth and sixth wives respectively.

Lu Zhi was originally somewhat dissatisfied with this ranking.

After all, she originally thought that after marrying Su Mingzhe, even if she couldn't become the principal wife, she would at least be a concubine or second wife.

As a result, no one could have imagined that before Su Mingzhe married the three sisters, he already had three women in the backyard.

And two of them are "princesses".

This left Lu Zhi with no place to vent her anger.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe had a strong personality and was in good health, so he suppressed all disobedience, which prevented Lu Zhi from causing any trouble for the time being.

August passed in a flash.

The crops are being harvested in the fields.

After the crops were harvested, Su Mingzhe took the lead in promoting composting and winter plowing in the official fields of Pei County and his own fiefdom, Sishui Township.

(End of this chapter)