The old lady is reborn

When the Duke of Dongyang learned about this, he was furious and punished his son to kneel in the ancestral hall. He even felt a pain in his forehead due to anger.

What a sin!

Turning around and seeing his wife, he couldn't help but blurt out, "Look at the good son you raised!"

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang was not angry. She handed a cup of tea to her husband and then said leisurely, "If a son is not well-educated, it is the fault of his father. Besides, who does this look like? Doesn't your husband know?"

When Dongyang Hou was young, he went back to the Han family's old house with his parents to worship their ancestors. There was a distant relative guarding the house there.

He was quite attracted to the daughter of a distant relative and had thought about marrying her, but in the end he gave up because the girl's family background was too poor.

That family almost relied on the job of guarding the house given to them by the Dongyang Marquis' Mansion to make a living.

The daughter of this family can at most be a concubine, but she cannot possibly be the mistress of the house.

Later, when he returned to Kyoto, he was said to be reluctant to leave and could not forget the place.

Later, he and his current wife got engaged, got to know each other, and their relationship gradually became very good. I don't know whether the wife of Marquis Dongyang deliberately asked questions or Marquis Dongyang didn't take this matter seriously, but he told his wife anyway.

Now, every few years, his wife would bring it up and scold him.

Marquis Dongyang was instantly speechless and lowered his head to drink his tea.

His wife asked, "What can we do now? The Xiping Marquis's Mansion does not want to continue this marriage.

My son’s marriage has been delayed for more than two years. It is not appropriate to delay it any further.”

Dongyang Hou said: “I’m afraid that the people in the capital will find out that my son has a love affair with that Miao girl.

Moreover, since our two families have called off the engagement and are discussing marriage again, others will definitely ask around.”

"What should we do? Go to another county to arrange a marriage? The son of the general of the cavalry in Kyoto married the daughter of the governor of Jinling County."

"He is somewhat similar to our evildoer. His son was originally engaged to the daughter of the assassinated Lord Weng."

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang sighed, "Such a good girl, gentle and kind, young and beautiful, well-educated and well-mannered, it's a pity."

Dongyang Hou also said: "Sir Weng, what a pity."

Both were silent for a while.

It was the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang who broke the silence first: "Back then, all the children of Lord Song were sent to Shazhou County. Since then, this family has studied and engaged in business, and now it is also a well-known large family in Shazhou County.

Although he was far away from Kyoto and no longer an official, he was after all the descendant of the Emperor's tutor and the left prime minister. Even now, he still had a good reputation in Kyoto.

We have a good relationship with Nan'an Marquis's Mansion now. Although the marriage with his family failed, if we can become relatives with his uncle, the Zuo Xiang family, wouldn't it be okay?"

Dongyang Hou asked: "Studying and doing business? Then you are considered a merchant now?"

"A business as big as his can be considered wealthy. Not to mention the shop, the fleets for sea and inland shipping alone are not something that ordinary merchants can have.

Such a family has never forgotten the word "study". In these two generations, there have been two scholars and two jinshi.

But after passing the exam, he did not wait for the job in Kyoto, but returned to Shazhou County to continue to take care of the family business. "

Dongyang Hou said, "Madam Huguo may not agree. She is in Kyoto. If she knows the real reason why our son's engagement was broken off, how could she be willing to let her eldest brother's child marry into our family?"

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang said, "Whether you are willing or not, you have to ask. I will go and talk to the wife of the Protector of the Country in person.

If they don’t want to, then we can talk about it later.”