Capital.

The days of getting married are getting closer and the Duke's mansion is full of joy. It has been almost twenty years since the mansion has not held a happy event.

The relatives of the Qi clan had arrived more than ten days ago, and Qi Wei gave them a house in the capital for temporary residence.

The Qi family and the Chai family were both large clans of the previous dynasty. The first Duke of Ding Kingdom Qi Min and Emperor Taizu were friends who grew up together. Later, Emperor Taizu raised an army, and Qi Min followed him without saying a word.

After Qi Min left, the Qi clan divided his ranks and drove Qi Min's father and brother out of the Qi family together.

This is also the routine practice of many families in order to protect their descendants. Qi Min's father and brother had no objection, and took the women and children in the family away from their hometown and moved them away from their hometown.

Like the Qi family, something happened to the Chai clan. At that time, almost all the male members of the Chai family followed Taizu. Taizu's wife died of illness. The enemy bribed a relative of the Chai family and took advantage of the funeral at home to steal Taizu's eldest son, Emperor Taizong, who was only three years old at the time.

After Qi Min's brother Qi Lu received the news, he recovered the child overnight.

The women of the Chai family knew that they could not protect their children and were worried that their children would be plotted again. When they learned that the father and brother of the Qi family were going to find Qi Min, they asked their family to send the children to Taizu.

Qi's father and Qi Lu, together with Qi Lu's wife Tang and Qi Min's wife Yuan, took three children and were cautious all the way, but soon after, they still exposed their whereabouts.

Qi Min's father died under the enemy's knife. Qi Lu used his body as bait to cover his wife and sister-in-law to escape with his three children, but he was shot to death by the enemy's arrows.

Tang and Yuan, with their three young children, hid in Tibet in the troubled times, went through thousands of difficulties and dangers, and took a full three years to reunite with Qi and Min.

In the next twenty years, Qi Min followed Emperor Taizu, fought south and north, and overcome all obstacles. Taizu did not reorganize until ten years later. Before that, Taizong was raised and taken care of by Tang, the wife of Qilu.

After the emperor established the dynasty and ascended the throne, Qi and Min were named the first-class Duke of Ding, and were hereditary.

The wife of Qi Min, Yuan, was named Duke of the Kingdom, and the wife of Qi Lu, Tang, made contributions to raising Taizong and was named the Kingdom Lady. This is also the only national lady in the Great Wei Dynasty to date.

There was only one girl under Qilu, who was named Princess. When Emperor Taizong was alive, he was always called the elder sister and was buried with the princess's ceremony after his death.

Qi Min had three sons, and the eldest son was Qi Wei's grandfather, the second generation Duke Dingguo.

The second son was originally adopted by Qi Lu, but unfortunately he died in the battlefield at the age of 18. Qi Min asked his youngest son Qi Lian to inherit his brother's incense, worried that he would not be able to save it, so this branch abandoned martial arts and followed his articles from then on.

The descendants of the Qi family are not prosperous, and the Duke's Mansion has been single-handed for two generations. Although Qi Wei has children, it is not the same as none. Outsiders don't even know about Qi Ying's existence.

The same is true for the Qi Lian branch. In this generation, only Qi Mao and Qi Yong and his son were.

Qi Mao was in the Hanlin Academy in his early years. When Renzong was alive, he often announced that Qi Mao went to the palace to teach books. In addition, he was a member of the Qi family. The Empress Dowager was extremely afraid of him. Qi Mao himself felt it. Soon after, Qi Mao was filial to his mother and took this opportunity to retire. From then on, he stayed away from the capital and focused on teaching his son at home.

Qi Yong passed the imperial examination at the age of 22. After discussing with Qi Mao, Qi Wei asked Qi Yong to release him from the capital and start as the magistrate.
Chapter completed!