Chapter 57 Chapter 3 Reaching Around to Make the Most of the Power in Your Hands

It is rare for a eunuch to marry a wife Li Lianying had a certain amount of power in the palace. Seeing that many eunuchs married wives, she couldn't help being a little bit moved, so she decided to marry and find a woman to live with. She could also receive a gift money in the name of marriage and make a lot of money. a sum. So, he asked his confidant, Gangyi, the current governor of Shanxi, to arrange a marriage for him. Gangyi just came to Beijing from Shanxi for business these few days.Gang Yi didn't understand why Li Lianying summoned him at first, but when he heard that he was going to arrange a marriage for him, he immediately cheered up and was able to collect a sum of money under the banner of Manager Li.

In order not to let Li Lianying see his surprise, Gangyi even said that there is no difficulty, no difficulty!At the same time, he said that the general manager's affairs are his affairs, and he will try his best to handle this matter well. Although Li Lianying decided to get married only to receive gifts and have someone to take care of her daily life, the woman can't be too improvised, so she told Gangyi not to be careless and casual.Gang Yi immediately assured him that the manager must be satisfied.After seeing Gang Yi off, Li Lianying packed up her things and brought Li Sanshun back home excitedly.

After Gang Yi went back, he also decided not to return to Shanxi for the time being, but immediately asked his relatives to find friends, and found Li Lianying a wife.Who would have thought that a few days passed, but the bamboo basket fetched water in vain.I can't blame him for this, firstly, no one with good looks is willing to marry a eunuch and be widowed for the rest of his life; secondly, even if there are willing ones, their looks are not good enough.This is Li Lianying's special care, and you can't just find one. If this matter is not handled well, even if Li Lianying doesn't say anything, she will definitely lose her trust in him in the future, which is really unbearable.Therefore, it is very difficult for him to do this matter.

On this day, Gangyi ran for a whole day, but still couldn't find a suitable one.When I got home, I felt my back was sore and my feet were sore. I just lay on the bed and didn't want to get up.Seeing that he always leaves early and returns late to Zhang Luo, Madam felt very distressed. She hurriedly served a bowl of bird's nest and took the opportunity to complain to Li Lianying. Gangyi sighed while drinking the bird's nest, saying that he had to bow his head under the eaves, and that he had relied on Li Lianying to start his official career, and now that he worked hard was his reward.The madam wanted to persuade him not to run around like this, but he stopped him, thinking that the madam would only chatter, but could not provide him with a useful idea to share his worries.

Seeing that Gang Yi was so persistent, Madam had no choice but to let him go and silently help him think of an idea.Soon, the wife said excitedly: Master, there is a way!Resolute heard it, and hurriedly asked what method it was. His wife told him that recently he was only focusing on finding suitable people in common people's homes, but although Li Lianying was powerful and powerful, it was a pity that he was not a real man, and no woman from a common people's family dared to marry him, not to mention Li Lianying's request was so low. high.Therefore, you should go to Bada Hutong to find one for him, and the women there are generally not bad.

Gang Yi suspected that the women there had a bad reputation. Li Lianying would blame him if he found out, but his wife said confidently that if the woman wanted to marry Li Lianying, she would definitely not say it. As long as you don't tell Li Lianying, no one should know.Gangyi pondered for a long time, and really couldn't think of any other better way, so he had to give it a try. Early the next morning, Gang Yi finished washing, put on his casual clothes, and hurried to Bada Hutong.This day coincided with the temple fair, and there were bamboo horse runners, diabolo players, dragon lantern dancers, fluttering players, and small vendors yelling clay dolls everywhere downstairs at the front gate.The bright red sugar hawthorns, the smooth long sugar cane, the fragrant popcorn, and the big yellow persimmons are really colorful and lively, which makes people dazzled.

Gang resolutely left the bustling Qianmen Street, quickly entered Xiheyan, turned not far away, passed through Jewelry Market, Langfang Toutiao, Guanyin Temple, and finally came to Shaanxi Lane.Then, I entered a deep narrow passage with a small courtyard inside.As soon as he opened the door and entered the courtyard, he saw a smiling middle-aged old bustard coming out enthusiastically while smiling, and deliberately loudly shouted: Ouch!My lord, you haven't been here recently!What gust of wind brought you here today, please come inside! No matter what kind of strangers this old bustard meets, he always does this, so as not to make the guests feel too strange.Gang Yi ignored these, went into the room, sat down, and drank two sips of tea.Resolute and not procrastinating, let the bustard call all the girls.

Seeing that the person in front of him was generous, the old bustard knew that he was not an ordinary person, but he could not offend him, so he turned around and called for someone.Not long after, I saw more than a dozen young women coming up behind her, all of them dressed up beautifully and charmingly. When Gang Yi saw these women, he wondered if he could finish the matter this time.After all, this is to do things for Li Lianying, so I don't dare to be sloppy at all, and choose carefully.In the end, Gang Yi pointed to a fair-skinned and slim woman in the middle and said: She stays, you all go out.

The old bustard saw that for a long time she finally chose one, and thought that this guest was really picky, and he seemed to be a master who was not easy to serve. Now that she finally got a satisfied one, she hurriedly ordered the rest of the girls to go down.At the same time, she ordered the girl who stayed behind to serve the guests well, and turned around to go out after speaking. But Gang Yi hurriedly called the bustard to stop and refused to let her go.The old bustard was puzzled, she had already picked out the girls, so what else did she ask me to do.Gangyi ignored the old bustard who was standing blankly, and just said that he wanted to redeem the girl and asked the old bustard to make a price.

The old bustard originally thought that Gang Yi was a respectable person, and he went to this kind of place just to find fun, but he didn't wake up for a while when he made such a request.The old bustard was puzzled, thinking Gangyi was joking. Seeing that the old bustard was silent, Gang Yi thought that he would not sell it, so he took out three thousand taels of silver bills and threw them on the table without saying a word.Seeing that Gang Yi really wanted to buy this girl, and that he was so quick to pay, the old bustard quickly handed over the deed of sale to Gang Yi, happily took the bank note and left.

Without saying a word, Gang Yi turned around and led the woman away.Back home, Gangyi Fang told the truth and asked for the woman's opinion. The girl thought about it, after all, she had already left that kind of place, and marrying an eunuch was better than letting someone poke her back, so she agreed. After many days of fortitude and determination, this person was finally chosen, and he hurriedly and happily called his wife to dress up the girl carefully, and sent her directly to Li Lianying's mansion in the alley of the Wine and Vinegar Bureau. Besides, Li Lianying, ever since that day asked Gangyi to find a wife for herself, there had been no movement for several days in a row, but Li Lianying was very anxious, thinking that Gangyi was busy preparing to go back to Shanxi and delayed this matter. .This day, after lunch, he was about to go to Gangyi Mansion, who would have thought that just as soon as he went out, Gangyi happened to come to his door. Li Lianying hurriedly asked Gang Yi how things were going.Only then did Gang Yi say with a smile on his face that he was in charge of the adult's business, and he would definitely do it with all his heart. He pointed to a small sedan chair behind him and asked Li Lianying if he was satisfied.Li Lianying was only focused on talking to Gang Yi, but she didn't notice that there was a small sedan chair behind him.At this time, a girl was stepping out of the sedan chair. Li Lianying carefully looked at the woman who was slowly walking towards him.I saw her wearing a pink wrap-around cheongsam inlaid with pearls and lace, gold earrings and silver treasure hairpins on her head, and jade bracelets on her hands. , the glances flickered, the look was like a hook, and Li Lianying was intoxicated just looking at it! Seeing Li Lianying's infatuated look, Gangyi couldn't help but feel happy, knowing that Li Lianying was very satisfied, so he deliberately asked Li Lianying if he was satisfied, and if not, he could look for it again. Li Lianying was completely obsessed with it, and never took her eyes off the girl for a moment, she kept saying she was satisfied, and praised him for his thoroughness in handling things, and she would definitely not treat him badly in the future.Gang Yi hurriedly thanked him, and withdrew wisely. Li Lianying didn't care about anything else, and then asked the woman's name.Only then did the woman bow gracefully and deeply, saying that her name was Zhang Ruyu, and her voice was like singing and singing like swallows and dancing, and she was so delicate, just like a lady from everyone. Li Lianying was very satisfied, but at least she needed to know more about the other party, so she asked where she was from and what she was doing in the capital.Zhang Ruyu answered all of them one by one, and behaved quite well. After hearing this, Li Lianying felt that the other party's situation was pretty much under control, so the marriage was settled.Now that you have a daughter-in-law, the only thing left to do is to prepare for the wedding, and send out invitations immediately.When the news came out, the capital was in an uproar.It was the first time for a eunuch to marry a wife in such a grand manner in the Qing Dynasty.There was a lot of discussion for a while, but most of them were limited to making irresponsible remarks in private. Li Lianying was a celebrity in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, who would dare to offend?What's more, this matter has been approved by the Empress Dowager Cixi. Although Zhu Yixin, the censor, had some criticisms about the eunuch's marriage, but after all, Li Lianying had great power, and Zhu Yixin wanted to punish him, just like a mayfly shaking a big tree, which was futile.In the end, the great eunuch Li Lianying not only got married in a glorious manner, but also received congratulations from important figures in the court, including the Empress Dowager Cixi, which once again showed Li Lianying's power.At the same time, Li Lianying took the opportunity to make a lot of money, which can be described as both fame and fortune.