Chapter 796: Spinoff One, Qian Yiduo_1
The reign of Emperor Mingle was known as Zhen Guang.
In the first days of the twelfth lunar month of the first year of Zhenguang, two horse-drawn carriages and five ox carts rushed out of a large estate in the suburbs of Wenzhou Prefecture, heading straight for the docks.
In the first carriage sat a young woman with a slightly plump figure and round face with big eyes, accompanied by a young man with pale and somewhat chubby cheeks.
This woman was none other than Lady Qian from the well-known Landlord Liu’s family in Wenzhou Prefecture, whose maiden name was Qian Yiduo. Sitting beside her was her husband, Liu Zhongliang.
Today, Qian Yiduo was returning to her parental home in Huaxi Village, Xishan County. Her brother had sent word that their Third Uncle, Qian Sangui, had completed his mourning period and would return to the Capital City next year. The Capital City had also sent a letter, announcing that the Great Hall Uncle, Great Hall Aunt, Embroidered Cousin, and Prince Ninghe would all come to Huaxi Village to greet them.
Upon hearing that so many nobles were going to Huaxi Village, the Liu family promptly asked their grandson, Liu Zhongliang, to escort his wife back to her parental home. If they could establish good relations with these nobles, the Liu family business would not only thrive even more, but the next generation’s path to the bureaucratic career would be much smoother.
Since marrying into the Liu family, Qian Yiduo’s life had been quite comfortable. Although her own family’s background was not very distinguished, her Third Uncle was a Marquis, her Great Hall Uncle a Third Rank General, her Great Hall Aunt a Commandery Princess, her Embroidered Cousin a County Master married into a Duke’s family, and her Hall Aunt’s father-in-law was the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Army. Any one of these individuals held a position that the local officials dared not provoke, let alone the Liu family.
Her in-laws treated her kindly, and her husband, Liu Zhongliang, cherished her. Despite some minor conflicts and private machinations among the sisters-in-law, they never dared to openly oppose her.
Landlord Liu’s family owned a thousand acres of fertile land, ran taverns in Wenzhou and Xizhou, and were also engaged in the shipping business, making them well-known wealthy financiers in the area. With a relative serving as an assistant judge in Wenzhou Prefecture and now this marriage connection, not only did the assistant judge Liu regard his family with favor, but even the prefectural magistrate would show some consideration for Landlord Liu.
Landlord Liu had two sons. His eldest son, Old Master Liu, had two sons himself, Elder Liu and Third Master Liu. The elder and the third had already taken wives, their brides being Lady Hu and Lady Chen respectively.