Chapter 311 If you want to take advantage of me, you should die
As soon as Yang Wending said this, Yang Xuan was even more dumbfounded. It was unreasonable for his old mother to come to the door empty-handed on her eightieth birthday.
Yang Xuan was panicked for a moment. He didn't have any suitable gifts in his pocket.
"I wish the old lady to be as blessed as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains."
As Yang Xuan spoke, he reached into his pocket, took out a banknote, then turned around and handed it to Yang Wending.
"I'm really sorry. I came in a hurry and didn't prepare any gifts. I'm a businessman, so I'll be a bit tacky. Mr. Yang, Madam, please don't take it personally."
Yang Wending took the banknote and said, "Don't be surprised, after all, when I brought you here, you didn't know... twenty thousand taels?"
His hand holding the banknote was trembling a little.
As a bachelor of Wuying Palace, Yang Wending's annual salary was less than 10,000 taels. Of course, the emperor usually had other rewards and some miscellaneous gifts, but they definitely did not exceed 20,000 taels. Yang Xuan casually gave Yang Wending a year's salary.
How can he not be surprised by the income?
In fact, not only him, but also other relatives in the house opened their mouths with disbelief.
Yang Wending quickly handed the banknote back: "This gift is too heavy, I can't accept it, I can't accept it."
With the shares and property Yang Xuan currently owns, twenty thousand taels is not too much for him. Since he has given it away, there is no reason to take it back, so he just avoids it.
But Yang Wending was really embarrassed to accept it: "Brother Yang, you should take it back. If the censors find out about this, they will definitely have to discuss it privately with us."
"As Mr. Yang said, this money is for the old lady. What does it have to do with you?"
"No, no, this is too much. I can't accept it no matter what."
Just as the two were pushing back and forth, Old Mrs. Yang spoke: "Wen Ding, just accept it. This child respects my old woman. Who can say that he is wrong? More is a little too much, but it is just too much."
, just think of it as a betrothal gift for Xian'er."
As soon as the old lady said this, Yang Wending paused and showed an embarrassed smile.
At the same time, a little girl sitting next to Mrs. Yang said, "Grandma, what are you talking about?" Then she turned around and ran out.
In the end, Yang Xuan was left standing there alone, dumbfounded.
Yang Wending pulled Yang Xuan to sit down, but Yang Xuan quickly pulled him outside the house: "What did the old lady mean just now? What kind of betrothal gift?"
Yang Wending smiled awkwardly: "While Xian'er is not here, I will tell you clearly. I brought you here for dinner just to introduce you to my granddaughter. I don't know how my mother got it wrong. But since I said it,
Now, just give me a warm word, how is my granddaughter doing?"
Yang Xuan immediately couldn't laugh or cry, and then said with a serious face: "Brother, your misunderstanding is really big. I am engaged, how can I marry a girl from another family?"
Yang Wending was also stunned: "Impossible, I have already asked, when did you have an engagement?"
"I participated in the selection of Princess Jing'an's consort. The emperor and the queen personally selected the consort. However, because of a special agreement with the emperor, the marriage was never consummated."
After Yang Wending heard this, everyone was dumbfounded. What kind of agreement did the emperor have with him? How could he find out about this matter?
"Then... what should we do?" Yang Wending felt that he was really reckless this time. He originally just wanted his family to see Yang Xuan, but his old mother confusedly exposed it.
Yang Xuan rolled his eyes: "You can figure it out yourself. I've already paid for it, so it's not too much to have a meal."
Yang Wending quickly took out the banknote, but Yang Xuan said: "Let me tell you, it is absolutely impossible to get back the money I gave away, unless you look down on me."
Yang Wending's hand holding the banknote froze in mid-air: "Brother Yang, aren't you making things difficult for me?"
"It's just twenty thousand taels of silver. What's the point? Besides, this money is for the old lady's birthday."
Yang Wending was stunned for a while, then laughed: "In that case, I won't be pedantic, I will accept the bank note for the old lady, let's go and have a drink."
"Drink, drink."
"Speaking of which, do you really not consider my granddaughter?"
"You just want to take advantage of me, so you'd better give up."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Yang Wending wanted to marry his granddaughter to Yang Xuan because he wanted to find a way out for the Yang family. Now, although his granddaughter has not been able to marry, her relationship with Yang Xuan has become closer, which can be regarded as a lucky deal.
Yang Xuan, on the other hand, was interested in Yang Wending's connections.
As a bachelor of Wuyingdian and one of the cabinets, although he usually only engaged in learning and never got involved in political affairs, he served as the examiner of many imperial examinations and had students throughout the officialdom of the Dasheng Dynasty.
It can be said that if Yang Wending is determined to fight for power and gain, he can definitely recruit a group of people to form the Yang Party, and its strength will definitely be no less than that of other cronies in the DPRK and China.
Yang Xuan's current goal is to support the prince so that he can successfully succeed to the throne one day. How can he do it without the support of the officials in the court.
Although Mrs. Yang was in good spirits, she was always confused. She had completely forgotten about the betrothal gift she just mentioned, and the rest of the Yang family tacitly agreed not to mention it again.
After the meal, the guests and hosts had a good time. The old lady was also very happy. She even held Yang Xuan's hand and told him to come and play often.
It's just that Yang Wending's granddaughter never appeared again, and Yang Xuan didn't even see what the girl looked like.
After finishing his meal, he came out and looked at the starry sky. Yang Xuan couldn't help but sigh, the feeling of being a big family was pretty good.
When he traveled back in time, he had no other family except his eldest brother, and now even more so, in the huge Yang Mansion, there were only four maids besides him, which was really a bit strange.
Speaking of which, why hasn’t this guy Zhang Junbao arrived yet?
And the four Ouyang brothers.
When he was in Qiongzhou Mansion, the emperor asked him to follow him on board the ship, but Zhang Junbao was directly stopped by the guards. Later, when he arrived at Yingtian Mansion, the first thing Yang Xuan did was to write a letter to Qiongzhou Mansion, asking Zhang Junbao and the others to come over.
At the same time, the letter also explained a lot of things. Qiongzhou Mansion is still Lu Chenghong's fief, and the emperor has not taken it back. Now Qiongzhou Mansion is developing well and everything is on the right track. As long as Qiu Jun and Xue find that they don't mess around, it won't take long for Qiongzhou Mansion to be destroyed.
It will become a prosperous place.
Qiongzhou Mansion also has Wang Hai, whom he secretly arranged, and Wang Hai's tribe. In the future, if he wants to expand his business overseas, he will have to rely on them.
In addition, there is Leonardo, who will be his guide when going to sea in the future.
As for Dong Tianbao, there is no need for him to come back for the time being. After all, he now has an official status. The deputy governor of Qiongzhou Guard has an official position of fifth rank, which is half a rank higher than his own.
As the party disputes in the imperial court became increasingly fierce, Zhang Junbao and the others were inevitably needed to protect their own safety, so that there would not be only a few maids in the three courtyards of the Yang Mansion.
Back in the mansion, as soon as Yang Xuan sat down, Xiaozhu told him that someone from Prince Hui's mansion had come to invite Yang Xuan.
Speaking of which, Yang Xuan has not visited Prince Hui's residence for more than half a month since he came back. It seems that he will have to go there tomorrow.
