Chapter 195 Concubinage
The concubine that Liu Hongling took in by Cui Hao was called Chunying. She was originally the daughter of an ordinary peddler in Beishui City.
She was seven or eight years younger than Liu Hongling. Although she was not a top beauty, she looked delicate and pretty.
After Liu Hongling got married, she did not completely withdraw from the management of Beishui City.
She had a guard who only obeyed her. Although there were not many people, only about a hundred or so, each of them could fight ten enemies at once.
All of them were talents selected from the soldiers she had led before.
Although she no longer had to fight on the battlefield, Liu Hongling still managed part of the public security in Beishui City.
This Chunying is the one Liu Hongling met on the street.
At that time, Chunying followed her father to sell goods, but was deliberately made difficult by others.
Just a little bit more and Chunying would be stripped naked in the street.
It was Liu Hongling and her guards who rescued the people.
Moreover, those bullies who took advantage of their power to bully others were dealt with.
Chunying was grateful to Liu Hongling for saving her life and insisted on repaying her by becoming her slave, otherwise she would kneel in front of her forever.
Although Liu Hongling was a girl, she had practiced martial arts since she was young, and fought in battles when she grew up. She didn't have the demeanor of an ordinary girl. She had no way to deal with such a girl who was determined to repay her gratitude, so she let Chunying follow her.
Chunying had been with him for only two months before she decided to marry her to Cui Hao as his concubine.
Just because of a banquet in the City Lord’s Mansion.
At the banquet, the issue of Liu Hongling getting married but not having children was brought up again.
And this time it was brought up in public without any concealment.
A woman who has always been at odds with Liu Hongling not only mocked Liu Hongling for only being able to wield swords and guns, but also said that she could not give birth to a child, which all women could.
She doesn't look like a woman at all.
She is also extremely jealous. Since she cannot have children herself, she does not allow others to have them either.
Cui Hao had only her by his side until now. Not to mention taking a concubine, he didn't even have a maid.
She wanted to cut off the Cui family's bloodline.
Moreover, this woman also mocked the Cui family.
It was said that the Cui family married Liu Hongling, a hen that couldn't lay eggs, in order to consolidate their status, and no one dared to say anything.
He was afraid of offending the City Lord's Mansion and ruining the Cui family's future.
The scene was extremely ugly.
This woman's husband's family and her parents' family are both major taxpayers in Beishui City.
Not to mention Liu Hongling and Cui Hao, even Liu Hongling's biological father, the Lord of Beishui City, had to be polite to her.
Beishui City is originally located in a remote area and has great difficulties in financial and taxation. If there is a problem with the city's main tax revenue, it is really not something that can be easily resolved.
Chunying, as a maid serving Liu Hongling at the time, naturally heard these words. She retorted to the lady angrily, saying that she was wrong and that her young lady was not a jealous woman.
It's not that they don't allow their son-in-law to take concubines, but they have to choose carefully. After all, not all women are suitable for their son-in-law to be concubines. At least they can't cause any quarrels.
Chunying's words made the lady very angry, but she couldn't argue with a maid, so she had to leave in dismay.
I thought the matter would end here, but who would have thought that what happened in the City Lord's Mansion would spread outside.
Moreover, there are various versions that take the words out of context, and the words are becoming more and more unpleasant.
Liu Hongling was also affected by these rumors, and she felt very sorry for the Cui family and Cui Hao.
Cui Hao was really good to her. Even though she couldn't give birth to a child herself, she couldn't let Cui Hao have no descendants.
So, after asking Chunying's opinion, she made the decision to marry Chunying to Cui Hao as a concubine.