"I have lost a son and don't want to lose the last one again, Yuan Qing, that's all."
This is the last sentence Yang Guang explained. On the way back, Yang Yuanqing carefully understood the meaning of this sentence. He could understand Yang Guang's mood. The eldest son was gone. If he pursued him, his second son might not be protected.
Can hold on.
Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but sigh, "Planning is up to others, but success is up to heaven." Who would have thought that Yang Zhao's death would become Yang's life-saving straw?"
The prince is different from the minister. Yang Guang has the courage to punish Yu Shiji, but he does not have the courage to punish his beloved son. Yang escaped this disaster, which means that his struggle with Yang will continue. Yang Yuanqing no longer thinks about this matter and turns around.
Pei's mansion left. Yesterday, Pei Yun's impeachment was the last straw that overwhelmed Yu Shiji. This should be the help of the Pei family to him. He responded to Pei Ju in a reasonable manner.
Soon, Yang Yuanqing and several men came to Pei's mansion. It was a coincidence that he met Pei Minqiu's parents, Pei Wenyi and his wife Wang, in front of the mansion. The couple went out for a walk and were about to return to the mansion.
"Yuan Qing!"
Pei Wenyi saw Yang Yuanqing and greeted him with a smile. Yang Yuanqing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and smiled, "Uncle and aunt, are you going for a walk?"
"Yeah! I'm used to it.
Pei Wenyi smiled and said, "Thank you for the prey you sent the day before yesterday. That pig is good and the meat is delicious. If you get another harvest next time, don't forget to leave me a tui."
"master!"
Mrs. Wang whispered, "How could you say this in front of the younger generation?"
Pei Wenyi stroked her beard and laughed, "It's okay to be kidding, Yuan Qing is also a straightforward person and doesn't have that much thought."
Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing. He found that Pei Wenyi looked very honest and dull from the surface, but after he had really had too much contact, he found that he also had a funny and humorous side, and actually asked him to leave him a wild boar tui. He realized that Pei
Minqiu's lively and cute side looks like someone, but in fact she looks like her father.
He quickly bowed and smiled, "Uncle likes boars, I'll go and get two more tomorrow."
Pei Wenyi smiled and said, "I'm just talking about it. Don't take it seriously. It's a habit to eat wild boar meat. Look at my slat, can you still have to hunt wild boars by yourself in the future?"
Everyone laughed, and Mrs. Wang couldn't help but smile and hit her husband's shoulder. At this time, Pei Ju's eldest grandson Pei Jin walked out of the door and bowed to Yang Yuanqing, "General Yang, grandfather, invites you in!
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Pei Jin gave another tribute to his second uncle and second aunt. Pei Wenyi said to Yang Yuanqing: "Go! If you have serious business, you won't delay you."
Yang Yuanqing bowed slightly and followed Pei Jin into the mansion. Pei Wenyi looked at Yang Yuanqing's back and whispered to his wife: "Xun Niang, if he is our son-in-law, I think it would be good."
Mrs. Wang was startled and asked quickly: "Did you tell me about Min Qiu?"
Pei Wenyi nodded, "I told me about this two days ago and asked me if I have any comments?"
Mrs. Wang asked nervously: "What do you say?"
Pei Wenyi glanced at his wife strangely, "Don't you want to?"
Mrs. Wang was told that she was worried and blushed. She didn't know what to say. In fact, she looked down on Yang Yuanqing. She had agreed to her brother's request three years ago.
Mrs. Wang's family is a lower-ranking villa in the Wang family in Taiyuan. She only has one brother. Three years ago, her brother told her that the Wang family wanted to marry the Pei family again. Wang Jun, the eldest grandson of the Wang family, married the Pei family's daughter, and her brother
The meaning is to marry Minqiu to the Wang family's grandson. In this way, her parents' status in the family could be improved, so Wang agreed to his brother.
Because Minqiu was young at that time, this matter would not be mentioned for the time being. Now Minqiu is gradually getting to talk about marriage, but her father-in-law wants to marry Minqiu to Yang Yuanqing, which makes Mrs. Wang a little at a loss.
Pei Wenyi suddenly realized that it must be the incident three years ago. He shook his head and smiled: "Wang Jun is just a small county magistrate. Can he compare with the dignified Fengzhou general manager?"
"Master, why have you become so snobbish?" Mrs. Wang was a little unhappy. She didn't want her husband to say this to her parents' home.
"I just say that, am I that kind of person?"
Pei Wenyi also put away his jokes and said to his wife solemnly: "I also admit that Wang Jun's child is well-behaved and seeks progress, but it is your elder brother's intention to marry him. I know very well what your elder brother thinks.
, I don't like to use my daughter as a family power struggle. Xun Niang, I think I need to listen to her own wishes for her daughter's marriage. I didn't agree to my father clearly. I just said that as long as Minqiu herself is willing, I have no objection.
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"Okay! I'll talk to my daughter. If she is willing to marry Yang Yuanqing, not the Wang family, I will definitely respect her wishes and will never force her. She is also my precious daughter. Of course, I hope she can marry herself.
The person you like."
The couple said as they walked towards the inner house.
In the guest hall, Pei Juzheng and Yang Yuanqing were talking about Yu Shiji's affairs. Yu Shiji's demotion meant that the prime minister and the officials would be divided equally, but the Pei family was the biggest beneficiary. The seven cabinets and the Pei family occupied two of them.
As long as he forms two more alliances, the Pei family will occupy a majority in the cabinet and will become the largest force in the Sui Dynasty.
Speaking of which, I have to thank Yang Yuanqing for this matter. Pei Ju did not conceal Yang Yuanqing and directly analyzed this interest relationship to Yang Yuanqing. However, Yang Yuanqing did not expect that he only wanted to suppress the power of the King of Qi, and Yu Shiji was demoted.
The power of the King of Qi dropped by at least 40%. Unexpectedly, it increased the power of the Pei family, which made Yang Yuanqing laugh.
"If this is the case, it's really killing two birds with one stone."
Pei Ju also sighed: "Yes! In the past two years, we have tried our best to defeat Yu Shiji. There are at least dozens of memorials that impeached him. But the emperor just turned a blind eye to us, and we were also discouraged, but we didn't expect you to find another way.
We all feel a little incredible when we start from his wife and children."
"Actually, there is a bit of a coincidence here. I didn't expect that Yu Shiji was not in the capital. If he were in the mansion, he would never use the assassination plan. Instead, he should have sued the emperor for a stupid way to buy murder.
Only those who are arrogant and do not understand the rules of the court want to do so.”
Pei Ju smiled and said, "You are right. It's a bit accidental here. However, if you don't kill those more than a hundred death soldiers of Qi, he will not leave the capital. There must be a cause in this. It's him.
Due to the amount of energy, it can only be said to be God's will.
Yang Yuanqing nodded and asked again: "Yu Shiji has been resigned, so who will replace him and be selected into the cabinet?"
Pei Ju thought for a while and said, "Actually, there are traces of personnel arrangements in this cabinet. For example, Su Wei himself is the prime minister, Niu Hong represents the Ministry of Personnel, Zhang Jin represents the nobles of Guanlong, and Yuwen Shu represents the old man of King Jin.
Pei Yun and I represent the northern aristocratic families, and Yu Shiji represent the Southern Dynasties. Since Yu Shiji was demoted, his successor must be an old minister of the Southern Dynasties. I guess he will be Xiao Cong, the subordinate of the shilang of the empress, and a famous family of the Xiao family.
Since Yu Shiji is an old minister of the Chen Dynasty, then he must be an old minister of the Liang Dynasty. The emperor will naturally balance the power in the south, so the ten major issues are Xiao Cong."
Yang Yuanqing has not yet learned about this kind of mastery of the imperial power and cannot be compared with Pei Ju's wise and skillful experience. He can only listen to Pei Ju's analysis humbly.
But today Pei Ju’s mind is not focused on analyzing the power of the court. His mind is focused on Yang Yuanqing. He originally planned to bring Min Qiu with him and talk about their marriage when he was on the southern tour of the emperor. Unexpectedly, the emperor was because
The prince died of illness and canceled the southern tour plan. Seeing that Yang Yuanqing was about to return to Wuyuan County, Pei Ju felt a little anxious.
Pei Ju pondered for a moment, and then slowly said his thoughts, "Yuanqing. The last time he invited you to dinner, I originally wanted to promise Xier to you, but I found that you and Xier had no fate, so I stopped mentioning this matter.
, Now I see that you and Minqiu are quite in love, if you have the heart”
Pei Ju formally proposed a marriage contract with Yang Yuanqing. In fact, the Pei family allowed Pei Minqiu and Yang Yuanqing to hunt together. This is a hint. Otherwise, the Pei family rules are so strict. How could the unmarried daughter of the family be allowed to follow a young man to hunt?
There is also the possibility of overnight stay. The Pei family has already proposed a engagement with Yang Yuanqing in action. However, Pei Ju made this engagement explicit.
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a long time, frankly said, 'He needs this marriage, 'He needs to marry a famous family like the Pei family, 'It is only like this, 'When the world is in chaos, 'He has the capital to fight against the Guanlong nobles, 'It is only possible to unite with the northern aristocrats and
Only Shandong heroes can confront the powerful Guanlong nobles. Pei Minqiu is gentle and virtuous, and is his best wife and good match. However, he can only aggrieved her as his second wife.
He sighed in his heart and finally nodded, "I am willing to marry Minqiu, but my grandfather is newly buried. It is not advisable to talk about marriage within one or two years."
Pei Ju also stroked her beard and smiled, "Actually, I want to tell you that the Pei family rules are there, and the clan daughter can only get married after she is sixteen. Minqiu is only fourteen years old this year. You can set up this marriage now, so that you can have the best of both worlds, but I
Remind you, Yuan Qing, engagement requires elders to come forward."
He knew this rule. Yang Yuanqing thought about it and said that it was impossible for the Yang family. He didn't want his father to come forward for him. It's a good uncle. Unfortunately, it was a little too far away. Yang Yuanqing thought about it and said, "Then I'll ask Princess Leping to take care of him.
I'm engaged, okay?"
"Can!"
Pei Ju squinted her eyes and smiled, "As long as you admit that she is your elder, the Pei family has no objection."
In the inner room, Wang was also talking to her daughter. Although she hoped to marry her daughter and married the eldest grandson of the Wang family, if her daughter was willing to marry Yang Yuanqing, she would not object.
"Minqiu, I guess your grandfather will mention your marriage with Yuan Qing today. Of course, it's just an intention now. In the end, you still have to ask your parents for their opinions before you can get engaged. So I asked you, now you have two choices, one is Taiyuan
The eldest grandson of Wang's family is a young man with good character and ambition. He is twenty years old this year and has become the magistrate of Jieliang County. He also has a bright future. The other is Yang Yuanqing. I don't know his character, but he is an official.
I'm doing it very big, and I don't know if there will be any setbacks in the future? I'm going to choose for you. Which one do you think you prefer?"
Pei Minqiu was so embarrassed that her face was flushed, and her heart was pounding. Is it necessary for her to choose? When Yang Yuanqing saved her life from the fire, her heart could no longer tolerate others. She said shyly.
: "Mom doesn't understand General Yang, but her daughter knows him."
Wang smiled bitterly and looked at her daughter helplessly. Her daughter had made a choice. What else could she say?!.