Chapter 855 Xiangyang Home Furnishing

Chapter 855 Xiangyang Home Furnishing

"I am an unfilial son, and I have caused my parents to worry and be in a state of anxiety. I have only come back to pay my respects to them until now. Please punish me with a stick!"

After returning to Xiangyang from Jiangling, Li Tai went to the hall to pay his respects to his parents as soon as possible. Seeing that his parents looked the same as yesterday and were still healthy, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Last year, in order to avoid Yuwen Tai's suspicion, he did not take his family away from Guanzhong before launching the rebellion. Although he was sure that as long as he succeeded in seizing military power, Yuwen Tai would not dare to harm his relatives easily. Of course, if he failed to seize power, he himself would probably have no future, so there was no point in worrying about other things.

But even if his life safety is guaranteed, it is inevitable to be worried. Especially since his parents are not young anymore, they don't know if they can bear the sudden excitement of life. Now that they are finally reunited without any danger, Li Tai is also very grateful.

Mother Lu looked at her son at the worship table, and tears fell before she opened her mouth. Father Li Xiao was in a stable mood. He stood up, patted his son on the shoulder and said with a smile: "My son has borne all the hardships of working outside. What's the big deal even if parents and relatives encounter some setbacks?

Besides, what you did is not a crime. Instead, it is a great thing that benefits the country and the world. On the way south, many people praised my son's reputation and deeds. Parents are just proud. An incompetent old man, who has lived a mediocre life, what can he do to the world? Unexpectedly, there is such a heroic spirit among the disciples. The world will be prosperous next year, and the world will also praise this old man for his virtue!"

After hearing this, the other cousins ​​in the hall also agreed repeatedly, and they were curious and wanted to inquire about the current personnel situation in Jiangling. Since the division of the North and the South, this is a place that the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Dynasties have never set foot on, which naturally makes them curious.

However, before they had time to express their doubts, they were stopped by Li Xiao.

"Even if everyone here is disturbed, they can comfort each other. But the bride is left alone, with no one around to comfort her. Now that she has added a new child to our family, my son owes her a lot. Now that you are back, why don't you go and comfort her quickly!"

Li Xiao grabbed his son's arm and pushed him out. After hearing this, Mrs. Lu nodded repeatedly, signaling her son to go and see his wife and children quickly.

Li Tai was of course very eager to see his wife and children. After hearing his parents' statement, he was no longer restrained. He immediately left and went to the room where his wife and children were.

The walls of the warm room were hung with colorful satins of various colors, and the floor was covered with fluffy and thick carpets. The edges and corners of tables, chairs, screens and other utensils were rounded and covered with soft leather. Several maids stood in the corners of the wall in front of the door, all staring at a baby playing on the carpet.

Miaoyin, a lady dressed in fashionable clothes and with a plain face, looked at the sky outside the door, with a bit of anxiety between her eyebrows. When she saw her son playing seriously with a brocade-wrapped hydrangea, she tiptoed to the door. However, when her figure just got through the door curtain, a crying voice suddenly came from the room.

"Stinky boy! I have worked hard to give birth to you, and now you want to prevent my husband and I from reuniting!"

Hearing this cry, Miaoyin retreated back to the room with a frustrated face, pointing at her son and said angrily.

The boy didn't realize that he had angered his mother. When he saw his mother return to the room, he grinned and threw the hydrangea in the direction of his mother. He used a lot of strength, but the ball only landed in the middle of the crotch of a pair of short legs. He bent down and used his head to hold the hydrangea, pretending to crawl towards his mother, but his muscles and bones were still immature, and he fell to the ground as soon as he bent over.

Miaoyin was a little helpless when she saw this, but she could only sit back in front of the little guy, pick up the toys that the boy had thrown everywhere and put them back in front of him one by one, and looked at the woman sitting quietly on the other side of the room with some distress and said: "Madam Yao, this little thing is too clingy, is there any way to make him change?" The lady Yao was about the same age as Miaoyin, and her eyebrows were beautiful and gentle like those of Wuxiang women. After hearing Miaoyin's question, she smiled and said: "When a child was young, he liked to be close to familiar people and things. It was because of the princess's love for the little prince that the little prince came to Such obsession. If the princess only visits him in the morning and evening, and no longer feeds him with breast milk, and gives him to the wet nurse, the little prince will not be so obsessive in a few days. "

"You are so heartless, you will change your nature in a few days! You are such a person who advocates friendship, but you are so heartless." Miaoyin was originally worried that her son was too clingy, but after hearing this, she became angry again, grabbed the boy and put him on her knees and slapped his pink little butt. The baby naturally didn't know what his mother was scolding, but thought he was playing with him, his chubby cheeks were full of smiles, and his short limbs kept waving.

Seeing the child so lively and cute, Miaoyin's slight anger turned into a doting smile. She took the little thing into her arms and sighed, "He worked hard outside and gave me his blood. If I don't feed him, who else can I rely on? Besides, I am not poor in breasts. If I don't feed my child, who else can I rely on?"

This lady is a mother for the first time. The child she conceived and gave birth to is the blood of her beloved. Although there are many maids and servants around her, she still insists on raising her son herself. She is not like other noble ladies who hand over everything to servants after giving birth. Therefore, this child is particularly attached to his mother and will cry if he doesn't see her for a while. So even though she knew that her husband would return today, Miaoyin couldn't get away and go to greet him as soon as possible.

"Madam, madam, the master has returned home, and he is coming here!"

The maid outside the door hurriedly came here to report the news. After hearing this, Miaoyin became a little excited. She picked up her son and stood up to greet her. However, she thought that she was still naked and had not applied makeup, so she became a little nervous. The son handed it to the maid, and he turned around and grabbed a shawl. However, he didn't have time to finish his makeup, so he looked at his son and hummed: "If you hate my behavior, you just wait to be punished!"

At this moment, the door curtain was lifted, and Li Tai stepped into the Nuan Pavilion. His eyes fell on his wife, and he said with a toothy smile: "Madam, I'm back! Don't come for a few months, I'll be busy with everything at home."

As he spoke, Li Tai walked straight towards the lady, grabbed the lady's white tender catkins and looked up and down, but Miao Yin had already forgotten herself and threw herself into her husband's arms. Her arms were tightly around Li Tai's waist, and her pretty face was buried in her chest.

The maids in the mansion were not surprised by the mutual love between the master and his mistress, but the boy who had just come to this world not long ago and was a stranger to his father didn't care about this. He bared his teeth and screamed in the maid's arms. No one is allowed to compete with him for his mother's embrace.

Li Tai then turned his attention to this boy, his eyes suddenly brightened up, he stretched out his hand towards this boy, and said with a smile: "Let me see what He Lin'er has added to my family! By the way, has he peed?" ?”

He remembered that whenever there were such heartwarming scenes in many movies and TV dramas, there would always be a stream of clear urine to add to the fun, and he didn't want to be doused by this kid.

"The young man has regular drinking and ejaculation, and there is a cloth under his crotch, so the master can hug him with peace of mind."

The maid smiled and sent the child to Li Tai's hands, but the boy still turned around and refused. However, Li Tai grabbed him and held it up in front of him, ready to kiss the little face. As soon as he put his mouth to it, After receiving a punch, he laughed again.

"I have been away from home for a long time, and I have worked hard to take care of my wife and children. This time I returned to my home and brought some Jiangling fashionable goods. They may not be precious but are also novel and interesting. Later, I will go to see Mr. Zhusheng to receive a small gift each as a thank you. Do your best for my family!”

Li Tai held his wife with one hand and protected the child with the other, looking at everyone in the room and smiling.

The aspect of his wife's childbearing has always been a knot in his mind, and he is quite uneasy about it.

When his wife actually gave birth, he was not around, and had to fight for the future of himself and his family. Now that he has finally returned, and sees that his wife and children are healthy and lively, he is naturally very happy, and he takes care of his wife and children on his behalf. Everyone is grateful, and it is appropriate for each of them to give generous gifts and share their joy with everyone.

"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone here was old and new, and they all called Li Tai differently, but their joy after hearing these words was the same.

"Ms. Yao, please come forward!"

Miaoyin also took two steps forward and waved to Madam Yao, who was hiding behind the maids, and motioned for her to come forward. Then she introduced Li Tai: "This one is My husband had sent a gift to the daughter-in-law of General Yao from Jiangling in Xingzhou. Lady Yao had a well-established family background and a peaceful temperament. She was willing to live in the house with my concubine. Lady Yao taught her many things about child-rearing. Even after Wenggu came to Xiangyang, she had some physical discomfort due to a lack of water and soil, and it was Mrs. Yao who helped diagnose and treat her."

After hearing this, Li Tai quickly straightened his expression, bowed slightly towards Yao Sengyuan's daughter and said: "When I entered the house, I only saw my wife, children and old family members. I didn't know that there were distinguished guests here. It's really rude. Please invite Mrs. Yao." Forgive me, thank you Madam Yao for helping my family."

Mrs. Yao was originally a quiet and elegant person, but when facing Li Tai, a big man who was famous all over the world and had just conquered Jiangling, she was still a little embarrassed. And although she had heard the people in the mansion talk about the demeanor of King Taiyuan before, When I saw her today, I found that her appearance and demeanor were even better than what I had heard and imagined before. This inevitably made Madam Yao even more nervous. She bowed her head deeply and murmured in her mouth: "Your Majesty, your words are serious. Fortunately, the people who have lost their country are protected. , it is my honor to have a place to live in. I can repay my kindness with some skills..."

Seeing that Madam Yao was really shy and reserved, and that she was not a servant or a relative of his family after all, Li Tai could not ignore the abrupt person, so he ordered his maid to lead Madam Yao to her dormitory in the mansion. Only then can I have a good talk with my wife.

It's just that the husband and wife are not allowed to talk quietly, and the child is always playing and making noise nearby. Children of four to five months old eat a lot and sleep enough. Once they are awake, they are full of energy. They sit or lie down in the room, throwing toys everywhere. The naughty attributes of the child are already starting to show.

Li Tai only got close to him for a while before he couldn't bear it. He just kicked the boy here and there, causing Miaoyin to get angry again and again. But after playing like this for a while, the boy gradually became close to Li Tai. When he saw his old man stretching out his hands and feet, he wisely leaned back on the carpet and giggled. The father and son had a great time playing. Huh.

Miaoyin originally complained that her son was too clingy, but when she saw that the father and son got to know each other very quickly, and that the boy was a little indifferent to her, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and raised her hand to give the boy two slaps. This kid actually got into his father's arms and screamed at his mother, but his father pushed him out again without mercy. After a lot of tossing, he was exhausted, so he lay on Li Tai's lap and fell asleep.

When the maid gently carried the child out, Miaoyin smiled and said to Li Tai, "When Aweng saw the eldest grandson in the family, he loved him so much that he named him Li Jin. What do you think, husband?"

"Li Jin? Haha..."

Li Tai was happy when he heard this name, because he remembered that Li He in the middle Tang Dynasty was not eligible for the imperial examination because of avoiding his father's taboo. His father named his child this because he didn't want his family to have a Jinshi?

But then he thought, if his direct descendants still have to rely on the imperial examination to enter the officialdom, then what has he been busy with all these years? But since he remembered this, he felt that it was necessary to correct some of the views of the times that taboos are becoming more and more strict. If they are too strict and rigid, it is inevitable that they will be too much.

Li Tai had no objection to naming his son this name, and turned to discuss with his wife that his son's nickname should be Jiangling Le. This kid was born shortly after Li Tai broke through Jiangling. It not only commemorated his father's merits, but also meant that their family's situation had entered a new realm, and it also embodied Li Tai's vision of the integration of the north and the south.

This kid is much better off than his father. Not long ago, he was canonized as the Duke of Nanjun by the court. At the age of milking, he has surpassed most people in the world.

Li Tai wanted to refuse. What does such a young child know? There is no need to engage in such empty and exaggerated style. However, Yuwen Tai may have wanted to show that the Zhongwai Mansion had reconciled with the Shannan Dao Daxingtai, and he brought out his cheap grandfather's identity to make things clear. After several envoys, he finally gave the boy the title of Duke of the County.

This incident also made the other grandfather Dugu Xin very unhappy. He felt that he was ignored, so when the child was 100 days old, he sent people to Xiangyang to send a lot of wealth and treasures to show his identity as the real grandfather.

When Li Tai heard his wife talk about these things, he smiled knowingly, but also felt a little regretful. This time, almost all of his relatives came to Xiangyang, and even the distant relatives Li Gang and Li Hui brothers left Guanzhong with their father. Now the closest person left in Guanzhong is his father-in-law Dugu Xin.

In fact, Li Tai also hoped that his father-in-law Dugu Xin would come to Xiangyang together. No matter how to arrange it, at least his personal safety can be guaranteed.

After all, now there is only a superficial harmony between Zhongwaifu and Shannandao, and the cracks are deep inside. Even Li Tai himself can't say how the situation will go in the future, especially before and after Yuwen Tai's death, the situation will become more tense and confrontational.

But he also understands that Yuwen Tai will never let Dugu Xin leave Guanzhong. The current situation can still be barely suppressed, but if Dugu Xin, an old friend who has always been waiting for the barbarians, also gets out of his control, it will be absolutely unacceptable to Yuwen Tai!

Although Li Tai is now independent in the southeast, his influence in Guanzhong will be greatly weakened accordingly, and he can only indirectly influence it through some roundabout ways. Therefore, it is difficult to have any timely support and care for Dugu Xin who is still in Guanzhong, and he can only give certain reminders and suggestions at some key nodes.

Thinking of Dugu Xin, Li Tai can't help but think of Yu Jin who is still recuperating in Xiangyang.

Although Li Tai still has no guilt for his actions against Xiang Yujin, he still feels a little embarrassed when he thinks that the old man's illness is also caused by himself. Now that he has returned, he must do his best to visit him.

The servant outside the door came to report that dinner was ready, so the couple stood up and walked out of the warm room to have dinner with their family while the child was still asleep.

The family gathered together, and the atmosphere was naturally very lively. Li Tai also asked someone to go to the front of the mansion to call the two boys, Ruo Feng and Li Ya, to the inner mansion to participate in the family dinner. These two boys grew up in their own family. No matter how much effort they put in, they are no different from family members.

Brothers Li Gang and Li Hui also brought their children and families to the mansion to attend the banquet. Because Li Tai had been in the town for a long time, he did not have much contact with them. He remembered that the last time he came to visit them was because of the problem of Changsun's family. But after his father Li Xiao arrived in Guanzhong, Li Gang and his brothers also visited frequently, and they became familiar with each other.

Although they were not close to Li Tai, they were all from the Longxi Li family after all, and Yang Kuan of the Hongnong Yang family had a frightening experience. Rather than staying in Guanzhong in fear, it was better to go to Xiangyang to seek refuge with Li Tai.

When their children came forward to greet each other, Li Tai saw that Li Hui had a daughter who was in her prime and had a dignified and beautiful appearance. He was moved and glanced at Ruo Feng who was sitting down. He was thinking about whether to introduce this little cousin to his brother Damo.

Li Tai was not reluctant to part with his own daughter, but the problem was that he had no sister. Even if his mother tried harder, Ruo Feng could not wait for more than ten years. The cousins ​​did have daughters, but he and Ruo Feng were brothers, but the other party became his nephew-in-law, which was still a bit strange.

Li Gang and his father, Li Yanzhi, was also a famous official of the Northern Wei Dynasty and was posthumously awarded the title of Si Tu. Compared with Ruo Feng, who came from a military family, his family background was noble. Putting aside the family background, the relationship between Ruofeng and Li Tai is no different from that between brothers. If this marriage can be completed, it can be regarded as a close relationship, and he can also say that he has not let Ruohui down.

He did not reveal this little thought for the time being, but it did not escape the observation of his wife. When the family banquet ended and he returned to the room, Miaoyin smiled and said: "Just now during the banquet, my husband just looked at Ruo Damo and that cousin Qiaoer. Could it be that he wanted to promote a good relationship between them?"

Li Tai couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "My wife is really observant. Yes, I do have such an idea. But I haven't been home for a long time, and I don't know what my cousin's family thinks, so I didn't ask rashly."

"This is indeed not the husband's business. My cousin and the others have come to stay with me from afar. Although they are here to help my husband, they will inevitably be restrained by being under someone else's roof. If my husband opens his mouth, I'm afraid they will either agree or refuse. If you lose your original intention, you will inevitably have a grudge. It is better for me to visit you on a certain day and ask the family members about their impressions of Bodhidharma."

When Miaoyin heard what her husband said, she smiled again and said: "I still remember that back then, if I hadn't had a dispute with a few Bodhidharmas, I would never have been able to see my husband. He has been staying close to my husband for a long time, so he also needs to be summoned. "Sister-in-law, since my husband has this intention, I will try to help him find a good match."

Hearing that his wife took the initiative to accept the matter, Li Tai felt relieved, hugged his wife and thanked her several times. This young lady's figure became more plump and attractive after pregnancy. Li Tai drank a few glasses of wine during dinner, and the couple had been apart for a long time. Now that their ears and temples were rubbing together, their breath was inevitably getting hotter.

However, at this moment, the cry of a child suddenly sounded in the other room. The couple who were entangled in love were stunned. After a while, Li Tai snorted and said: "Leave him alone!"

"Husband, please rest first. If I don't look at you, this kid will really cry."

Miaoyin repeatedly comforted the agitated husband, then she endured her apology, put on her clothes, got up, walked quickly to the other room, took her crying son from the maid's arms, and nursed her.

After half an hour, the child fell asleep peacefully. When the lady got on the bed again, she heard her husband's steady snores coming from under the quilt. She curled up her soft and plump body again, lay on her side in her husband's arms, and slept in each other's arms.

On the first day of 2024, I wish everyone a happy New Year, and like Lu, have a good start in career and family in the new year! ! !