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"Is this why you insist on marrying me?" Qi Hongyi's beautiful round face was flushed. She clenched her fists tightly and loosened her fingers from time to time. Seeing this, Vézé wondered if Qi Hongyi would pounce on Vézé's head with her little fists or grab Vézé's throat.
Li Yifang, who was 16 years old and a few years younger than Vézé and Qi Hongyi, stood meekly behind Vézé, trying to get as close to Vézé as possible. Her meek and quiet appearance could only be described as delicate and pitiful.
Qi Yuchang, Vézé's father-in-law, sat in a chair, looking a little bewildered. He knew that Vézé had no woman by his side, but he didn't expect to see a beautiful girl dressed as a man by Vézé's side when he sent his daughter to Wuhu to marry Vézé. After asking, he found out that this beautiful girl was Vézé's concubine.
In the Manchu Qing era, it was not strange for a man to have a concubine first and then marry a wife. In a powerful family, this was the norm. But Qi Yuchang didn't expect that his daughter, Qi Hongyi, would immediately rush to Vézé's residence in a rage after hearing about this. She wanted to settle the score with Vézé. As a scholar, Qi Yuchang certainly knew the rules of the Way of Women. He didn't envy Qi Hongyi and was the leader of the Way of Women. Qi Hongyi's strong jealousy was far beyond Qi Yuchang's imagination. At this time, Qi Yuchang sighed in his heart. It turned out that he didn't fully understand his daughter, Qi Hongyi.
Vézé didn't expect that Qi Hongyi would be so straightforward. From the bottom of his heart, Vézé felt guilty that he had to gain the support of external forces through marriage. Therefore, after Qi Hongyi made such a fuss, Vézé felt that the pressure on his conscience had been relieved to a certain extent.
As a 21st-century university graduate, Vézé had some playboys among his friends, or at least they were brothers who were good at picking up girls. According to their experience, when one was caught cheating, the most important thing was not to be full of guilt. Even if one felt guilty, one must not show it.
What he needed to do now was to immediately arouse the other party's recognition of their relationship. When the woman felt that this relationship was more important than breaking up, she could continue to solve the problem at hand.
At one point, Wei Ze scoffed at this view. He felt that girls would not be tolerant to such an extent. However, when Vézé did it himself, he realized that everything had to focus on the main and secondary contradictions. The main contradiction at hand was not who was right or wrong, nor was it moral. When one was caught cheating, the real problem was whether they should break up. And whether the breakup would hurt the woman more than the dissatisfaction she would feel when she admitted that the man was cheating.
With this understanding, Vézé completely ignored the feelings in his heart and said sincerely, "Hongyi, I was so sincere about marrying you back then. My sincerity hasn't changed at all!"
Obviously, Qi Hongyi didn't expect Vézé to go straight to the crux of the problem with such a sincere attitude. At least for the time being, there was no sign of Vézé's insincerity. Stunned, Qi Hongyi still got the upper hand in her anger. She pointed at Li Yifang and asked loudly, "Then … then what's the matter with this concubine? You said that you didn't have a woman by your side when you were at my house! "
Hearing this, Vézé knew what was going on. It seemed that Qi Hongyi's anger was completely within the range that Vézé could accept. He said seriously, "Hongyi, you've read so many history books. You know that in my position, I can't do whatever I want. I also need people to support me, and I also need to cooperate with others. So, I have to show my sincerity to cooperate with others! We're going to get married soon. You have to understand my difficulties! "
Qi Hongyi was speechless by Vézé's accusation. And Qi Yuchang, Vézé's father-in-law, quite agreed with Vézé's righteous point of view. He couldn't help but nod slightly.
Seeing that his father-in-law didn't dare to pursue the matter, Vézé didn't say anything for the time being, and Qi Hongyi didn't say anything for the time being. He turned his head and said to Li Yifang, "Yifang, pour some tea for everyone."
Li Yifang calmly picked up the teapot and poured out plain water. She served Qi Yuchang tea first, and then handed a cup to Qi Hongyi. Qi Hongyi looked at Li Yifang, who looked even more beautiful in men's clothes. Her anger, which had calmed down a little, rose again. She snorted but didn't take the tea. Vézé took the teacup from Li Yifang's hand and handed it to Qi Hongyi very seriously.
Qi Hongyi was even more annoyed. She pushed Vézé's hand away, and the tea splashed all over Vézé's clothes. Then Qi Hongyi's eyes turned red, and she ran out of Vézé's living room in tears.
Qi Yuchang was shocked. He quickly got up and said, "Prince Of Qi, my daughter has been spoiled …"
Vézé interrupted Qi Yuchang, "Father-in-law, I did this to make Hongyi angry. You can't blame her. And I'm happy that you care about your daughter. Xunzi said, 'Don't learn the scriptures too quickly because you care about the person.' You care about Hongyi so much, and you don't use those false principles to restrain her. She naturally knows what it's like to be cared for. This is a good thing. "
In this era, Vézé's tolerance was naturally beyond the imagination of these scholars. Qi Yuchang was naturally very dissatisfied with Vézé marrying a concubine first. Even if he agreed, it was only because of the "customs and principles" of this era that supported Vézé's decision. Hearing Vézé's sincerity, Qi Yuchang's dissatisfaction in his heart dissipated, if not completely.
"Then I'll go back and persuade Hongyi. Goodbye!" Qi Yuchang said.
After sending Qi Yuchang off respectfully, Vézé returned to the room. Li Yifang had already taken out a change of clothes. Vézé said as he changed, "Yifang, you've been wronged too!"
Li Yifang sighed inaudibly, then tried her best to say quietly, "Prince Of Qi, it's enough to hear you say that."
No matter what happened, the marriage had to be carried out. And after Qi Yuchang's persuasion, Qi Hongyi seemed to have accepted her fate. After the marriage, she vomited for two days. On the third day, Vézé returned home from work, only to see Qi Hongyi and Li Yifang coming to pick him up. Vézé sat down first, and so did Qi Hongyi. Li Yifang stood next to Qi Hongyi. This surprised Vézé.
Qi Hongyi said with a sullen face, "Yifang is also a poor person. Prince Of Qi, you can't bully her in the future."
Vézé thought, as the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine. How could a man bully a concubine? Wasn't it always the legal wife who bullied the concubine? But thinking about it, Li Yifang finally eased the relationship with Qi Hongyi. Of course, he didn't want Li Yifang's efforts to be in vain. Vézé said, "Of course. I'll listen to you."
Hearing Vézé's reasonable answer, Qi Hongyi snorted, "Then I don't know if Prince Of Qi will still do this in the future."
Vézé replied, "Madame, I don't say that I'm not lecherous. As a married couple, we naturally know whether I'm lecherous or not. But I'm also a man who cares about his reputation. If I don't have to do this, I won't do it. Don't worry, I won't do it unless I have no other choice. "
Qi Hongyi stared at Vézé with a straight face. After a moment of stalemate, Qi Hongyi smiled helplessly, "Master, you're so honest. I can't be angry anymore!"
Vézé finally felt relieved. He replied seriously, "Since we're married, let's live a good life together."
Finally, the conflict within the family was temporarily settled. That night, when Qi Hongyi and Vézé were together, she whispered, "Master …"
"Don't call me master or young master! Just call me by my name! "Vézé interrupted Qi Hongyi.
Qi Hongyi looked at Vézé. Seeing that Vézé wasn't pretending, she opened her mouth a few times and finally said, "Wei … Vézé, my father also told me about the ability of the King Of The East's subordinates. No matter how harsh they are, they know how to use people well and can get the officials to work for them. What do you think? "
The reason why Vézé married Qi Hongyi was mainly because he felt that Qi Hongyi was knowledgeable. So he said, "Hongyi, what do you think?"
Qi Hongyi and Vézé were both covered with blankets. Both of them had pillows and blankets on their backs. Leaning against the headboard, Qi Hongyi said slowly, "Now there are only six kings in the Taiping Rebellion. The Heavenly King, the King Of The East, the King Of The North, and the King Yi. These people can't touch anyone. Next, it's you, the Prince Of Qi, Hu Yihuang, Prince Yu, and the deposed Prince Yan. If anything happens to the three of you, the King Of The East can make a move. And my father said that you're the number one general under the King Of The East. Although your position is only below the four kings, you don't have any connections in the capital. I wonder what Master … Sir, what do you think? "
"Sir, that's a pretty good title." Vézé praised with a smile.
"Can't you be more serious?" Qi Hongyi was amused by Vézé.
Vézé replied seriously, "Hongyi, you're not wrong about the general situation. But since you brought it up, there must be something you want to tell me, right?"
"I just don't know what you think about the King Of The East's Imperial Skill," Qi Hongyi said.
Husband and wife were birds of the same forest, flying separately in times of crisis. But between husband and wife, it was rare for them to deliberately harm each other. Therefore, Wei Ze finally found someone to talk to, what he didn't dare to say to others. Vézé had thought a lot about Yang Xiuqing's Imperial Skill. At this moment, he finally had someone to discuss it with.
With a hint of disdain, Vézé said, "Let me give you an example. In the past, no one had any pancakes to eat and was starving to death. The King Of The East led everyone to make pancakes. At that time, as long as there were pancakes to eat, everyone would be satisfied. Therefore, as long as the King Of The East gave everyone a chance to make a contribution, no matter how harsh the King Of The East was, no one thought it was a big deal. But now the pancakes were getting bigger and bigger. The King Of The East didn't see it clearly, so he still used the old method. That won't do! "
"Did the King Of The East really not see it clearly?" Qi Hongyi asked slowly after listening to Vézé's comment.
"Yes!" Vézé keenly sensed something from this. "Hongyi means that the King Of The East is actually very clear about it?"
Qi Hongyi didn't directly answer Vézé's question. She said, "Sir! There are many people in the King Of The East's residence who are like my father. They're all scholars. This time, before my father sent me here to get married, the King Of The East had these people investigate how a sedan chair carried by a hundred people was used. "
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