The daily life of a concubine's daughter

As Shi Lingyun had the title of Earl, he had to live in the capital permanently, ready to wait for the emperor to summon him at any time, even though the emperor might never remember him in his lifetime.

If the emperor showed mercy and gave him an official position, he might have to attend court every day.

The three branches of the Shi family all attach great importance to this matter.

Returning to Beijing with him were Fu Nanjun, the second master Shi Jizheng, the third master Shi Jianan, and the sixth and seventh sons Shi Mingmo and Shi Mingchen, two young and strong laborers, who escorted him.

As for the brothers Shi Mingzhen and Shi Mingying, they stayed in Jinling. Shen watched over them and helped them clean the ancestral hall every day to prevent them from going out and causing trouble.

Afraid that the two of them would be completely useless, Shen was also thinking about finding wives for them.

Getting married and having children is better than doing nothing.

Shi Mingzhen didn't want to get married. He was still thinking about Tao Ziyi and his two sons, so he tried every means to find out whether Tao Ziyi's third pregnancy had been aborted.

As soon as Shen mentioned getting married, Shi Mingzhen immediately developed a hobby of fishing. He went out fishing every day. Because the fish he caught were delicious, Shen did not scold him for disrespecting his ancestors.

Shi Mingying was dragged out to be seen by others. He also looked forward to marrying a young wife and living a life with a wife and children, so that Shen would not have to watch them every day like a thief.

As a result, with Shi Mingchen's previous experience as a lesson, the matchmakers in Jinling avoided the Shi brothers.

Finally, a young widow named Yan took a fancy to him. She was less than twenty years old and very beautiful. Shi Mingying kept lowering his expectations and could only marry her reluctantly.

However, only half a month after the marriage, Yan's ex-husband's family came to the door and sent the son she gave birth to her ex-husband to them - it turned out that they were attracted by the huge amount of money from the Shi family and planned to let the Shi family help them raise the child.

Yan couldn't bear to leave her son, so she knelt down and cried, begging her husband and mother-in-law to keep her son.

Shen felt sorry for the child and accepted it as a matter of having an extra pair of chopsticks.

But the more Shi Mingying looked at the child, the more he looked like a cuckold. He endured it and pretended to be nice to the child, but when he saw the child smile, he thought of his son Shi Yuntian who was living outside and suffering somewhere.

The better he treated Yan's son, the more he felt he owed his own son.

When I thought of my son, I couldn't help but think of Qi Wan.

Therefore, the more he looked at Yan, the more he felt that she was vulgar and inferior to Qi Wan in every way.

Finally one day, he couldn't stand it anymore. He couldn't even sleep with Yan and have different dreams. So he discussed with Shen in private:

"...I beg you, mother, to help us get a divorce. I don't want the betrothal gifts back, and I want her to take the dowry away with me. Son, I want to go find Qi Wan and Yun Tian."

Shen sneered, "Qi Wan has remarried in the capital, Yun Tian changed her surname to Qi, and lives between the Qi family and her husband's family. Why are you interfering? You think of your own son now, what were you doing before?

"In the past six years, if you cared about them, you should have written to them every day and sent them New Year gifts. You did nothing, and you want to have a son who 'grew up in the blink of an eye' for nothing? Stop saying such childish words, it only makes people laugh."

Shi Mingying covered her face with shame and said, "But, mother, I really can't recognize Yan's child as my son. Yan is so coarse and vulgar that I really can't stand living with her."

Shen ripped his hands away and slapped him in the face: "You didn't grow up with me, and you didn't get beaten often, so you developed a senseless temper. I will make it up to you two brothers one by one in the future!

If you don't like her, why did you marry her? She is here to bring trouble to others! Go back and live a good life!

You despise me because I've been married and have children with my ex, but I haven't despised you because you're a deserted husband who was divorced by your wife! What do you think you're superior to? Get out of here now, are you waiting for me to whip you?

——If you dare to mistreat that child and bring disgrace upon my Shi family, I will beat you to death!"

Shi Mingying was in a bad mood, and no longer dared to feel sad, so he left in a hurry.

Although Shi Mingying had lost his enthusiasm for marrying a wife, Yan still liked his face and lingered with him every night.

Shi Mingying was very upset, but there was nothing she could do. Yan worked hard and learned kung fu from Shen. Shi Mingying was warned by her mother's whip and did not dare to hurt her. Out of ten times, Yan succeeded two or three times.

The next year, Yan gave birth to a handsome, fat boy. She was very satisfied and raised her two sons happily. She lived a stable life and everyone praised her for her good fortune wherever she went.

On the other hand, when Shi Mingying went out, everyone laughed at him for marrying a woman who had been married. Later, Shi Mingying was too lazy to manage his circle of friends and went fishing with Shi Mingzhen.

While fishing, he confided his troubles to his brother.

However, not long after, Shi Mingzhen became restless and left a letter before going to visit his sons.

He came to where Tao Ziyi's father was stationed. His former father-in-law was so annoyed by him that he had no choice but to tell him:

"Ziyi heard that the Xie family girl was traveling overseas, so she went with her. I don't know which country in the West she is in. I don't know where she went either."

Shi Mingzhen was shocked. He had no idea that Tao Ziyi had the courage to travel abroad to a completely unfamiliar foreign country.

After Tao Ziyi was reborn, she became a complete stranger. He hardly knew her and could not imagine that his wife traveled abroad alone without him.

"What about the three sons I have with Ziyi?"

The former father-in-law said irritably, "Ask, ask, ask, what the hell! What were you doing before? The two little ones are so young, of course their mother is raising them, and she took the older one out to play! Get lost! If it weren't for you, this bastard, would my good daughter have run so far?"

Shi Mingzhen felt relieved, realizing that Tao Ziyi really did not abort their youngest son.

I just don’t know if the youngest son is still called Yunsong?

He knelt down and said obediently: "I will let my father-in-law punish me!"

This one sentence almost angered General Tao to death, and he picked up a broom and drove him out.

Shi Mingzhen still wanted to kneel down to see his two sons, but the big broom had only swept up the chicken shit, so he could only retreat tactically.

Later, it was only after Shen sent a letter that Shi Mingzhen was able to see his two sons.

The youngest son is almost seven years old.

Shi Mingzhen hugged his two sons, tears streaming down his face.

Just at this time, Tao Ziyi came back.

She was very surprised and felt very complicated when she saw this warm side.

In her previous life, she took care of the rear house peacefully, and the Shi family was doing well. Shi Mingzhen never really paid attention to her and her sons.

They were just spice in his life, pets that he would occasionally play with when he felt like it, and they were his responsibility, but they were not the focus of his attention.

Shi Mingzhen had been "educated" by Shen for six or seven years, and his edges had long been smoothed out. He had a calm temperament and pure eyes. His goal was to remarry, but he never forced Tao Ziyi and was wholeheartedly devoted to building a good relationship with his sons.

It can be seen that he has done a lot of homework in order to be a good father.

Tao Ziyi did not stop him from being close to his sons. After all, his sons were his own and it was natural for them to be father and son.

But his presence made her irritated.

His unconcealed purpose always gave her nightmares, dreaming about decades of self-torture in her previous life.