bestfiction Chapter 278 The Yu Family
Chapter 278 The Yu Family
No matter how angry Xiao Yuan was, it was no use; the person was already gone.
There was no other way but to find someone to sneak into the general's mansion to make contact.
For some reason, Supervisor Xiao recalled a folk saying: "Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog; marry someone who will carry you on a carrying pole."
But in his case, it was completely reversed; he married a woman as fierce as an eagle, who could only wait patiently in love.
But this time, apart from Xiaodie and the madam, everyone else was a man, so even if they managed to sneak into the general's mansion, they couldn't get into the backyard.
Aside from waiting for good news and drawing more attention to the gossip surrounding the General's Mansion, there doesn't seem to be any other good idea.
Jiang Xinyu and Xiaodie were like fish in water, and after a good night's sleep, they started learning etiquette from the nanny early the next morning.
The two of them are the best in terms of martial arts skills among this group of guards, and they should be able to be delivered to the young lady of the General's Mansion in about two days.
Yu Sheng comes from a prominent family and is a devoted lover. He has been married to his wife for many years and they have three sons and one daughter.
Although he took several concubines under pressure from his mother when he was young, they were all just for show.
It's not that he didn't sleep.
After all, he was still in the capital at that time, and if he didn't sleep with a wife known for being jealous, he would inevitably suffer setbacks.
Besides, this is the kind of education that native men in ancient times received from childhood.
In his eyes, those concubines were nothing more than tools, not even human beings.
His so-called "decorative arrangement" was preventing them from having children; in his mind, this was already considered a way to be with his wife for life.
Madam Yu, being a young lady from a prominent family, understands all the principles that should be understood, but knowing them is one thing, and being able to bear them is another.
Actually, for girls in this era, marrying someone they don't like is a good thing.
Because if you don't love someone, you won't care or put your heart into it, and you won't get hurt. Just treat your wife as a job.
But if you've fallen in love, and your partner sleeps with someone else, it's like stabbing yourself in the heart.
Especially since the rules of etiquette prevented her from even showing displeasure, one can imagine how frustrated Madam Yu must have been.
Later, Yu Sheng was transferred to the Sichuan-Chongqing region to take up a post, while his wife and children had to stay in the capital. However, just over a year later, news came that his wife was seriously ill.
I learned through a letter from my brother-in-law that it was his sister-in-law who instigated his mother to mistreat his wife.
If it weren't for his family's strong influence and their insistence on taking him away, he might have become a widower.
That time, he had a very unpleasant argument with his eldest brother, and he had to beg his sister, who was then only a concubine, to bring his wife and children to his side.
After that, Madam Yu never returned to the capital. However, Yu Sheng would return to the capital every year on the Emperor's birthday to report on his duties and visit his family.
Madam Yu's health was damaged. If she had taken good care of herself, she would have been fine, but she still managed to give birth to three children.
Before coming to Sichuan, her eldest son had already been born. Two years after arriving in Sichuan, Madam Yu gave birth to her second son.
The pregnancy was not going well at the time, and the doctor also tactfully suggested that the lady was not suitable for having more children.
Although Yu Sheng felt regretful, he thought that two sons were enough. Unexpectedly, his wife became pregnant again as her health improved.
The fetus is a truly amazing thing.
When he senses that the mother does not want him or is not suitable to give birth to him, he will deliberately reduce his presence.
It can even release special hormones to make the mother mentally strong and completely eliminate the discomfort of pregnancy.
Mrs. Yu had not been pregnant for five or six years and assumed that she had lost her fertility when she gave birth to her second child.
In addition, she had occasional light periods, and it wasn't until more than four months later that she was accidentally found out she was pregnant.
Originally, Yu Sheng wanted to abort the child for his wife's health, but after the doctor examined her pulse and said it was a girl, the couple couldn't bear to part with the child.
The Yu family members are very likely to have sons.
In their generation, there were four brothers, and only one daughter was born to their eldest sister.
Back in his father's generation, there were several brothers, but only his aunt was born.
When their generation came along, it was all boys. When a sweet and soft little girl came into their family, the couple couldn't bear to abort her.
This hesitation led to the baby being 5 months old, and Mrs. Yu felt the baby's movements and couldn't bear to leave.
The doctor also said that having an abortion at this stage of life is more harmful to the body than giving birth.
The pampered young lady of the Yu family was left behind.
This time, not only was the pregnancy and delivery smooth, but Mrs. Yu also suffered no hardship at all.
Having forgotten the pain once the wound healed, and with a sense of wishful thinking, when the eldest daughter was four years old, Madam Yu became pregnant again and did not consider abortion.
Unfortunately, this time they weren't so lucky.
The birth of the third young master of the Yu family exhausted Madam Yu's last bit of life force, and she barely managed to hold on for a little over a year before passing away.
Yu Sheng was quite affectionate; fearing that his wife's children would suffer, he withstood pressure from all sides and never remarried.
Unfortunately, he underestimated the courage of the women in his backyard, and only realized his carelessness when his youngest son was murdered.
That concubine didn't intentionally want to kill the third young master; she just wanted to find someone to rely on for the rest of her life.
Yu Sheng takes women back but doesn't allow them to have children. In the future, when he loses his eldest son and takes over the family, these childless concubines often suffer a miserable fate.
People are not killed for their own sake.
After countless young and beautiful concubines tried everything to get Yu Sheng to give them children, she thought of the frail third young master.
Since we won't let her have children, let's just pick up a ready-made one.
The lady is already dead and the third young master is still young. Just let the child get sick a couple more times and then have someone whisper in the background that the child can't do without his mother's care.
So, a master who doesn't want to remarry might choose to take care of the third young master himself, the one who has been with him the longest and has always been obedient and honest.
The child is closer to whoever raises them.
Even if she is just a concubine, she can still have a decent old age after the master passes away and the third young master establishes his own household.
She had initially thought the idea was quite good and feasible, but she overestimated the health of the third young master.
A child who is only two years old cannot withstand the cold. Excessive force will only result in failure.
The child died, and her attempt to bribe the maids and servants to deliberately open the window was discovered.
As a result of her actions, the Yu family underwent a major purge.
The wife risked her life to give birth to one of his children, but Yu Sheng lost his appetite for several days. His youngest and most precious daughter was treated like the apple of his eye.
This kind of selection event for female bodyguards is held once a year.
Don't be fooled by the fact that they select ten or twenty girls at a time; after layers of screening, only about half of them will actually stay with the girls.
That's not all; the remaining half was initially only used for patrolling the perimeter.
To enter a girl's courtyard, one must wait at least a year; to stay by her side, one must wait at least three years.
This level of rigor is no less than that for selecting guards for princesses and noblewomen.
Even the princesses in the capital city don't have this many female bodyguards with high martial arts skills.
Jiang Xinyu listened to Xiaoxia gossiping and complimented her a few times.
It's true that there aren't enough girls in the capital who know martial arts; it's not just a matter of social norms, but also a market demand.
In the capital, ladies from prominent families valued chastity, quietness, and virtue.
The most capable women around them were the needlework masters and the disciplined nannies, followed by those who taught music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
Therefore, skilled embroiderers and old women who had served nobles in the palace were especially sought after.
People are also intentionally trying to get into these popular professions.
If she's right, there must be quite a few families who have benefited from having female bodyguards and are specifically training girls to earn that money.