The governor's family's joy of having a celebrating became a joyful event for the city to celebrate. Gift guests with all kinds of thoughts came one after another, but the turf on the backyard was trampled away, which made Siyu complain quite a lot.

These days, Siyu is most keen on "picking" fruits under the courtyard wall. Every once in a while, many baskets of poplar and red willow branches will appear outside the walls of the government office. The blues are filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. This is the simplest gratitude to the people of Huazhou to the governor of Jiang.

These fruits and vegetables are not worth a few cents, but they are full of the hearts of the people. Jiang Anyi was moved and asked someone to accept the gift. He still put some bamboo utensils in the basket and the small jar of wine as a return gift. After half a month, he put dozens of taels of silver on it. There were too many fruits and fruits that could not be eaten. Guo Huaili took advantage of the opportunity to send honey fruits and pulled back several large trucks, which reduced Jiang Anyi's sweet burden.

When Jiang Chen was full of moonlight, a guest came to his home - Xuchanghua. Xuchanghua not only brought two big trucks of gifts, but also a letter from the Li Mansion. The letter was placed on the red painted table, with the black and white words eye-catching. Jiang Anyi did not take it immediately. The thin letter was worth a fortune in his eyes. He knew that this letter determined his and Tong'er's fate.

Xu Changhua was drinking tea silently and thinking about his thoughts. In mid-March this year, Li Mingxing and his wife quietly came to Woniuao, Changwu County to see her daughter. After a year of treatment, Tong'er had recovered, her face had returned to blood, and her long hair turned black. The family was sad and happy to meet, and Li Mingxing and his wife felt heartbroken and wanted to take her back to Lijiazhuang. Tong'er refused, so the couple stayed with Woniuao to accompany her daughter.

It happened that Xinfei sent a betrothal gift in the name of Jiang Anyi. Li Mingxing and his wife realized that Jiang Anyi and Tong'er met and wanted to marry Tong'er as a fair wife. Li Mingxing refused. The decline of the Li family today was caused by Jiang Anyiqing's land, and it was really troubled to marry his daughter to his enemy. Later, Annie told her second uncle that Tong'er almost died, and when she saw Jiang Anyi, she gradually recovered. Li Mingxing's wife also advised: "We were sorry for Tong'er in the Xu family back then, but now we follow her wishes. We just think that we have fewer daughters and just hope that she can live a happy life."

Li Mingxing had no choice but to agree, but proposed to ask Tong'er to go back to her parents' home to get married, so that Jiang Anyi would come to marry. Tong'er was very happy to see her parents agreeing. As a woman, she naturally hoped to get married in a grand manner, so she immediately agreed to go back to Lijiazhuang to get married. Xu Changhua and his wife were worried about Tong'er, so they simply took Xu Zhicheng to accompany Tong'er back to Lijiazhuang, Renzhou. Sure enough, Tong'er was about to marry Jiang Anyi, which caused an uproar in Lijiazhuang.

Under the intentional suppression of the emperor, the Li family is now in a state of dimness and no longer as the top ten aristocratic families of that year. Li Mingxing was transferred to the position of Taipu Temple and lost his authority in the court. Li Mingyi, who was originally regarded as the successor, was frightened and finally left the position of the Censor General Zhongcheng. He served as a Fangzhou Master, and was addicted to poetry and wine every day and lost his spirit of progress. Li Mingjiao, Huangzhou Master, Li Laiping, the Li family members who were originally smoothly promoted have become thorny. Anyone with discerning eyes knows that the Li family is in decline.

The reason is naturally the emperor, but the Li family dared not take their anger against the emperor, so naturally they hated Yu Zhijie. Jiang Anyi and his disciples hated him to the core. When they heard that Tong'er was going to marry his enemy Jiang Anyi, a lot of people jumped out to oppose it. After the Xu family and business, Tong'er was extremely disappointed with his tribe members and said with a tough attitude that if the Li family did not allow her to get married, she would return to Changwu County, Qi Prefecture and no longer think that she was a member of the Li family.

As the head of the family, Li Mingde has a long-term vision than the clans. He knew that Tong'er's marriage to Jiang Anyi was a turning point for the Li family. Maybe the dying Li family would regain their vitality with Jiang Anyi. Such an example had a precedent twenty years ago. At that time, the Cui family's green and yellow forces were not in the court. Fortunately, Cui's son-in-law Wu Huaren was promoted to the Minister of Justice. With the support of Wu Shangshu, Cui's family survived the difficulties and regained their foothold.

Although Jiang Anyi is only the acting governor of the fifth rank, his growth momentum is obvious to all. I believe that any family is willing to recruit him as his son-in-law, but a long guard woman took the lead. Fortunately, this woman has no family power. The Li family already has a daughter who married him as a concubine, but the Li family is too weak to Li Lai and the family, and this kindness is ineffective. But it is different for Tong'er to marry Jiang Anyi to be a common wife. Tong'er is the legitimate daughter of the Li family. Mingling is brothers and he is from Changzhi. Although Tong'er is a stubborn girl, she knows that she is soft-hearted and has a deep relationship with her family. With her by Jiang Anyi, the Li family and Jiang Anyi are firmly tied together and can use each other. Such a good thing Jiang Anyi should be happy to see her accomplished.

What does it mean to be hatred cannot be eliminated? Looking at the history of more than a thousand years, any powerful family is not a compromise when encountering problems. Even the emperor allows enemies to stand in the court and even grant officials and titles, just to make peace for the country and the country. This is why there is a saying that enemies should be resolved rather than formed.

Li Mingxing's voice in Jishan Hall was suppressed by everyone and said angrily: "Short-minded people, if you refuse, I will ask for a separation." Dividing up is a big deal. For the tribe, dividing up means getting weaker and weaker. Moreover, Li Mingxing manages business in the family, and the family's economy relies on his support. If Li Mingxing separates, the Li family's life will be more and more sad. Everyone stops talking and their eyes are concentrated on Li Mingde.

Li Mingde had a long time to be calculating, put down his beard-picking hand, slapped at everyone, and scolded Li Mingxing: "Don't say anything angry, the Li family has not had any family division for more than 200 years. You want to split the family unless I die."

Li Ming lowered his head and said nothing, feeling sulky.

"I know what everyone means, and what they say makes sense. Jiang Anyi and my Li family do have some grudges, but will we take revenge if we don't marry Tong'er to him? This kid is a wife and a concubine now, and his life is very comfortable." Li Mingde's eyes swept across everyone's faces and continued: "On the other hand, Tong'er will marry him, not to mention anything else, it is more convenient to do business in the Western Regions."

When Zhang Wenjin impeached Jiang Anyi, several aristocratic families colluded to attack Jiang Anyi. At that time, they promised that as long as Li Mingyi was impeached, they would agree to two things. One was to seek a foreign position for Li Mingyi, and the other was to allow the Li family to enter Huazhou to join the Western Regions business. Now Li Mingyi has already served as a foreign position in Fangzhou, and the business in the Western Regions is also being tried. If the support of the governor of Huazhou is supported, the business can be started quickly.

The discussion in Jishan Hall became louder. Li Mingxing raised his head and looked at his elder brother gratefully. He didn't expect that his elder brother would agree to Tong'er marry Jiang Anyi.

After the discussion flew for a while, Li Mingde knocked on the teacup and said, "I am not inconvenient to take charge of this matter. I will send someone to the capital to ask my eldest brother to decide." The eldest brother is Li Mingxing, who is the largest, but Li Mingxing is not from the eldest wife. Because he ranks in the third rank, Li Mingde still has to discuss major matters with him.

Received a letter from the clan

Li Mingxing was very uneasy. As early as ten years ago, the Li family didn't have to bow to their enemies for opportunities. There was no hatred for Jiang Anyi and Li Mingxing. He knew that the root cause was that the emperor suppressed the aristocratic family. Jiang Anyi was just a coincidence. Even if he didn't take action, there would be Li Anyi. Wang Anyi took action. After only a few battles, they all ended in the failure of the Li family. Moreover, Mingyi was depressed and it was really hard to swallow his anger.

He walked around the garden with his hands behind his back. In May, the flowers bloomed to the fullest. After prosperity, they declined. Even the dynasty was like this, and aristocratic families could not avoid it. Li Mingxing smelled the fragrance of flowers in the garden and remembered that he passed by the perfume shop during the day, and the crowds in front of the shop were crowded, but in front of his house, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and Li Mingxing made up his mind.

In the reply, Li Mingxing expressed support for Li Mingde's opinion and agreed to marry Tong'er to Jiang Anyi, but Li Mingxing also made several requirements. First, Tong'er's identity is a flat wife, not a concubine, and her status must be second only to Xinfei than Dong'er; second, the Jiang family's dowry should be generous and give enough face to the Li family; third, let the Li family buy a house for Tong'er in Huazhou, so that Tong'er does not have to live with his wife after getting married; fourth, let Jiang Anyi support the Li family's business in Huazhou, and even send someone to help the Li family open up the business route in the Western Regions. In the future, Tong'er will be managed by Tong'er, and will give Tong'er 20% of the profit as private money; fifth, Jiang Anyi will enter Beijing or return to Renzhou, and will hold a special banquet to inform relatives and friends.

After receiving the letter, Li Mingde nodded repeatedly. It was still the elder brother who thought it carefully. After thinking carefully, he wrote a letter to Jiang Anyi and sent someone to invite Xuchanghua. The grudges between the two were difficult to resolve, and the friendship was no longer there. It was maintained by Annie's face. Li Mingde knew that he was in the wrong and expressed his apology. Xuchanghua was unmoved, so he simply expressed his feelings directly and asked Xuchanghua to go to Huazhou to send a letter to Jiang Anyi. As long as he agreed to the conditions in the letter, Jiang Anyi would come to welcome the bride.

Xuchanghua didn't know what conditions the Li family put in the letter to Jiang Anyi, but he cared about Tong'er and really hoped that Tong'er would be happy. He did not go to Huazhou directly, but went back to his home in Changwu County first. He happened to receive a letter from Huazhou, telling him that Xinfei gave birth to a son for Jiang Anyi. Xuchanghua sighed in his heart that the Li family was devoted to the interests of doing things, regardless of Tong'er's feelings. Now Jiang Anyi has two sons, Tong'er is already behind, and it is probably more difficult to compare with Xinfei and others if he is delayed.

After preparing a generous gift, Xu Changhua brought several brothers to deliver the letter. Seeing Jiang Anyi pondering and not taking the letter, Xu Changhua felt uneasy and coughed softly.

Jiang Anyi woke up to his disobedience and tore open the letter and read it carefully. In the letter, Li Mingde said that the Li family was willing to resolve the grudges of that year with Jiang Anyi and marry Tong'er to him. Of course, the five conditions were raised immediately below. To be fair, these five conditions were not difficult. Jiang Anyi knew that there was something deeper hidden behind the conditions, so he didn't have to tell the truth.

Just agreeing to five conditions is a bit indebted to Dong'er, especially when Yan'er leaves, Dong'er takes Chenzhi to fulfill her filial piety to her, which makes Jiang Anyi feel deeply guilty. If Tong'er is above Dong'er, it will be difficult for her to do emotionally, and my mother probably won't agree.

Putting the letter back on the table, Jiang Anyi smiled and said to Xu Changhua: "Brother Xu is rare to come here. Stay for a while longer. I know what is said in the letter. I will reply to Chief Li after Jiang has thought it through."

Xu Changhua sighed secretly, it seemed that Tong'er's marriage had some twists and turns.
Chapter completed!