Yang Jian's concubine was decided, and Yang Guang satisfied him with Yuan Aqi, the youngest daughter of Yuan Bao from Hejian County.
Yuan Bao is Yuan Xiaozheng. He is the youngest of four brothers. All three brothers are dead. Their family is a serious descendant of the Northern Wei royal family. One of his sisters married Yuwen, a powerful official in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Hu, his niece married Yang Yong, and his nephew was Shi Yuanwendu, the chief minister of the Qin Dynasty, Yang Ming.
Yuan Bao is sixty-eight years old this year. He has six sons and seven daughters. The youngest, Yuan Aqi, is not yet married.
He was in the same situation as Changsun Cheng. His ex-wife passed away early. She was born in Qinghe Cui and gave birth to three sons and three daughters. Xu Xian's wife was born in Hedong Liu and gave birth to his remaining children.
Nowadays, the Luoyang aristocratic families basically do not think highly of Yang Jian. Because of the two canal projects, Yang Jian brought great disaster to the people and squeezed the aristocratic family.
This is how wealthy families are. They will support anyone who can take care of their interests. At present, Yang Jian is infringing on their interests.
However, he did not dare to refuse the emperor's order, so on the day he married his daughter, Yuan Bao had a slumped face, as if Yang Jian owed him hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Yuan family is the least united among all the clans in Henan, with too many branches, because their ancestor is either the king of the Northern Wei Dynasty or this king, and no one obeys the other.
But Yuan Bao's branch has a very close relationship with Jingzhao Wei's Xunguo Gongfang, that is, the branch of Crown Princess Wei Ying.
Yang Jian arranged a banquet in Prince Qi's Mansion and invited more than a thousand people to the banquet. All the important officials of the Sui Dynasty were invited.
Marrying a wife is a good thing. Although she is a concubine, there was a lot of noise when Yang Ming, the third child, married a concubine, so Yang Jian should be bigger.
As a younger sibling, Pei Shuying will naturally go.
During the banquet, Yang Jian looked at Pei Shuying and said with a smile: "I heard that Ayun won a lot at Fengqing Gambling House recently? Second brother didn't know that you also like to play with both hands?"
Duke Guo Zuan of Zhao hurriedly said: "It's all because the courtiers were naughty and forced the princess to go. The princess is not happy about this."
Being fond of gambling was not a shameful thing in the Sui Dynasty, because this game was originally a game often played among the nobles. The gambling houses were all about petty gambling, and the biggest game was horse racing.
Pei Shuying said with a smile: "I made a small profit, but I used it today to prepare gifts for my second brother."
"Eh" Yang Jing raised his hand and said: "We are a family, don't be strangers to your second brother. I just bought several thousand pieces of high-quality brocade from Jiangnan. Your sister-in-law specially gave you two thousand pieces. Stay a while.
I'll have it delivered to your house."
"Then I'll accept it," Pei Shuying said with a smile.
"Of course I'll accept it," Yang Xian nodded, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a good girl, she got an advantage over that bastard Lao San. If he got Ayun as his wife, who would care so much about someone with the surname Yuan?
Pei Ju was also at the banquet and was whispering to Su Wei. At present, they were the top officials of the Sui Dynasty. Don't look at Yu Wenshu in the court and dare to go against them, but you are not as powerful as the other two.
The Shangshu Province was the largest administrative agency of the dynasty, and everything was in charge.
Yang Jian wanted to please Pei Ju, so he frequently toasted to Pei Ju.
Although his mind is sometimes not very clear and he cannot understand many things, he has staff, and there are many smart people among his staff.
Liu Jianzhi and others believed that Pei Ju would have a fight with Hongnong Yang sooner or later because of his daughter, so they had to find ways to suppress the Yang family and try their best not to let Yang Yue come back.
As for Yang Wensi, he is too old and is no match for Pei Ju.
Among the princes in the dynasty, the only ones who can talk and laugh with Pei Ju at the moment are Su Wei, Niu Hong and Gao Qiao.
Yang Jian simply brought a cushion and sat at Pei Ju's table. There were three top bosses at this table, Pei Ju, Su Wei, and Gao Jiong.
"What do you think, Your Majesty, you want Lu Chu to take charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and History? Can he take charge of it?" Yang Xian asked with a smile.
At this table, they can talk about some government affairs. After all, the hall is noisy and no one else can hear what they are talking about. Moreover, they will lower their voices when talking about important content.
Su Wei smiled and said: "The holy will is unpredictable. Your Majesty's arrangements must have deep meaning."
Even though Yang Jian had a confrontation with Su Wei at the court meeting, the court meeting was a meeting in private, and everyone would not be confused about the occasion, let alone express the conflicts in the court in daily life.
They are all just acting for the occasion, each one more hypocritical than the other.
Yang Jian curled his lips and said: "From Shangshu Yousilang, he suddenly mentioned Nei Shiling. It's really confusing. He was originally in Shangshu Province. Su Gong should know about him. What is his ability?"
"You are capable and young. If you work hard and don't work hard, you are expected to become a minister of humerus," Su Wei said with a smile.
At the moment, Lu Chu is still in the capital and has no idea that he has been promoted three levels in a row and became the chief official of one of the three provinces.
Fan Yanglu's family did well in Northern Zhou, Northern Qi and Northern Wei.
Fan Yanglu, the branch from which Lu Chu was born, was historically known as the Northern Ancestor's Imperial Division, mainly because of the five sons of Lu Jing, Taichang Cheng of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
These five brothers compete with each other.
The eldest Lu Jingzuo was Sikong Peng of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the second Lu Jingrong was in Youzhou Zhizhong of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the third Lu Jingyu was the teacher of Emperor Wenxiang Gao Cheng and Emperor Wenxuan Gao Yang of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the fourth Lu Bian was the teacher of the abandoned Emperor Yuan Qin and Gong Emperor Yuan Kuo of the Western Wei Dynasty.
Lu Guang, the fifth child, was the teacher of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong.
And Lu Chu is the grandson of the boss Lu Jingzuo.
This family followed the path of civil servants, a top scholarly family, and its cultural inheritance is at least among the top three in the Sui Dynasty today, because the ancestor of the Fan Yang Lu family was one of the twenty-eight great Confucian scholars in history who were entitled to enjoy the Confucius Temple.
Lu Zhi.
Yang Jian smiled and said: "He is not that capable. When Emperor Gaozu was emperor, there was Lu Ben who he could rely on. But Lu Ben has died long ago, who can he rely on?"
Lu Bi was a very important figure. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he served as the crown prince of Yu Wenyun, Xiao Gong Yin. Yu Wenyun was also the husband of Yang Lihua.
He supported Yang Jian to usurp the throne, so that after the founding of the Sui Dynasty, he was in charge of the imperial army and concurrently served as the general of the left army. He had great authority and was a very trusted confidant of Yang Jian.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But he had conflicts with Su Wei and Gao Jiong, so he joined forces with Liu Fang, Yuan Xie, Li Xun, and Zhang Bin to destroy Gao Jiong and Su Wei. The ending was terrible.
As you can imagine, he was demoted to a commoner.
He didn't even look at who Gao Jiong was. How could he be crippled?
But Yang Jian trusted him too much, so after a few years, he recalled Lu Bi and served as Minister of Taichang Temple. Later, because he couldn't control his mouth and talked nonsense, Yang Jian demoted him to serve the people, and he died in depression.
This Lu Ben was Lu Guang's son, and Lu Chu called him uncle.
Su Wei didn't want to talk more about this matter. After all, the Lu family had a problem with him, so his answer was perfunctory.
On the contrary, Pei Ju smiled and said: "Since His Majesty thinks highly of him, then Lu Chu can go to Neishi Province and do whatever he wants without relying on anyone."
Yang Jian shook his head and said: "It's not that I look down on him, he is really incompetent. Among the people in Neishi Province, who is easy to get along with? Even if Pei Gong can control it, Yang Yue can't. First of all, Yu Shiji is upright, so he will not fight with Yang Yue.
He is complicit, not to mention my uncle, how can a rat like Yang Yue control him?"
He praised Pei Ju and demoted Yang Yue.
First of all, Yang Yue is not as bad as he said, and Yu Shiji has nothing to do with uprightness.
Pei Ju couldn't help laughing and said: "Take your time, we don't have to figure out the holy will in private."
"What Mr. Pei said is true, but it would really please people if Yang asked him to get out," Yang Jian said with a smile, "I don't want him to come back again. Where is Mr. Pei?"
You really don't know how to chat. This question of yours is very problematic. Pei Ju said: "Everything depends on your Majesty."
"Your answer is too tactful, and King Qi is not satisfied with it." Gao Xuan looked at Yang Jian with a smile and said, "Are you right?"
Yang Jian laughed and said: "Dugu Gong is making fun of me."
Several people laughed at the same time.
They seemed to be chatting quite harmoniously, and Pei Shuying, as a foreign wife, stepped forward to talk to Qi Princess Yuwenshi and Concubine Yuanshi.
These three people are considered equals, they are all the prince's wives, no one is better than the other.
But strictly speaking, the main concubine Yuwen Hermione is first, followed by Pei Shuying, and Yuan Aqi is at the bottom.
Because although Pei Shuying was a side concubine, after Yang Ming put down the rebellion of King Yang Liang of Han Dynasty, she was promoted by Yang Guang as a first-class concubine, one level higher than the second-class official of the Yuan family.
Moreover, she had just come down from being a first-class foreigner, so apart from being her sister-in-law, Yuwen Hermione had no advantage over Pei Shuying in any way.
His father, Yu Wenshu, was no match for Pei Ju, Po Ye Toujia, and even less than Hedong Pei.
She is not even as good looking as Pei Shuying.
Complete defeat!
"Sister-in-law is pregnant?" Pei Shuying asked.
Yuwen Hermione nodded: "It's so tightly covered, but my siblings still saw it."
Pei Shuying asked: "Why haven't I seen Yang Yin today? Where has he gone?"
Yuwen Hermione's face turned frosty for a moment, why did you mention him in front of me? Did you do it on purpose?
Yang Yin, the eldest son of Yang Jian and the only son of the late Princess Wei Qiong of Qi, now has to call Yuwen Hermione mother.
"Yin'er is still young, so it is inconvenient to show up on today's occasion," Yuwen Hermione said with a half-hearted smile.
If there is a stepmother, then there is a stepfather. Yang Yin is only two months younger than Yang Rui. He will be five years old after this year. He is living a very hard life in Prince Qi's Mansion. A good heir apparent is never brought out to meet people by his biological father.
They are also not welcomed by Yang Guang and his wife.
A child without a mother is like a grass. Yang Yin was only five years old, and he had already tasted the feeling of falling from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley.
Pei Shuying said with a smile: "They will be five years old soon. They are not young anymore. Yang Rui and Yang Jin have already traveled to various places with their father. My sister-in-law should let Yang Yin go out and walk more, otherwise the brothers will become unfamiliar."
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Yuwen Hermione gritted her teeth in her heart, are you showing off your son, right? My father is receiving divine favor now, and my child will not be inferior to your son after he is born.
"Yang Jin's aunt should be Yin Jiang now, right?" Yuwen Hermione said sharply.
Pei Shuying couldn't help but laugh and said: "I disappoint my sister-in-law. We don't have this rule in Prince Qin's palace. In fact, I have always wanted a daughter. I really envy my sister-in-law. The one in your belly should be a county head, right?"
The prince's daughter is the county princess, and the prince's daughter is the county princess.
Yuwen Hermione's face was ashen
Boys and girls were different in the Sui Dynasty. The difference was huge.
By arguing with Pei Shuying, she is asking for trouble. Pei Shuying's temper can kill her.