Mingmen Family

Chapter 197 The situation in Beijing

Lu Guanyi did not hide the fact that his ex-fiancee fell from a horse and died.When he introduced the situation of his family to Ye Yaming alone, he immediately told Ye Yaming about it.

Afterwards, Ye Chongming went to find him, and he told Ye Chongming about it again.

Now, after hearing Lu Guanyi's stepmother Shi Shi's many coquettish operations, Mrs. Ye became more and more worried: "You said, Mr. Lu's dead fiancée had such a prominent family background, she was killed by Shi Shi; You have found so many messy marriages to frame Mr. Lu. Now Mr. Lu wants to leave her behind and make an engagement with our family, she won't use any unsightly means to deal with us, right?"

"I also asked Mr. Lu this question. Mr. Lu said that it turned out that he hadn't taken action against Shi Shi because he was young and fledgling. Now he not only has the ability to protect himself, but also has the ability to protect us. Let's not worry, he will sort it out."

Seeing his wife frowning, he said: "It's not that I believe him when he said something so general. I mainly believe in Ming'er. Mr. Lu said that he had discussed this issue with Ming'er, and it involved matters in the court. It's hard for him to tell me the details. I thought, since Ming'er agreed to the marriage, it means there's no problem, so I don't need to worry about it."

Hearing this, Mrs. Ye was still worried.

She knows his wife's virtues, and he values ​​the inheritance of the Ye family more than his own life.The benefits of Ye Yaming marrying Lu Guanyi are too great, it can enhance the status and strength of the entire Ye family, she is very worried that Ye Chongming will play the emotional card for Ye Yaming for the sake of the Ye family, and let her agree to this marriage.

That girl Ming'er may seem cold and cheerless, but in fact she values ​​love and righteousness more than anyone else.

Only women understand women, and only women know how difficult it is to marry someone with unequal status.

Mrs. Ye deeply felt that she was obliged to protect her granddaughter and prevent her from sacrificing her own happiness for the benefit of the family.

"Mei'er, you go and call the third girl, I have something to look for her." She turned her head and told the servant girl.

Not long after, Mei Er came back with Ye Yaming and Bai Rui. .

Ye Yaming explained to Mrs. Ye: "Mr. Lu did tell me about some things in the court. Although it was a bit vague because it involved the deployment of the court, I can still analyze that his method is feasible. Once their As the action unfolds, Shi probably won't have the energy to torment me."

Lu Guanyi spoke vaguely, but Ye Yaming could understand.

Some time ago, she asked Fang Xing to go to the capital, not only to inquire about Meng Chengwei, but also inquired about the court faction.

Throughout the dynasties, there are many folk politicians under the root of the imperial city.Some of the people who spend time in the teahouse all day are related to the powerful officials, or are familiar with their housekeepers and servants, and they all speak clearly about the situation.

Fang Xing comprehensively verified, identified the information he thought was correct, and reported it to Ye Yaming.Ye Yaming combined with the information obtained from Ye Hongchang to further screen and screen.

As far as she knows, the capital is now roughly divided into three factions, namely the royalist faction, who only stand in the old emperor's team, including the neutral faction that does not stand in the team.This faction has the largest number of people.

The second is the princelings.

The prince is orthodox, with excellent conduct, character, and ability, so he has won the support of many veterans.The old emperor did not intend to change the prince.

Finally, the Four Princes.

The fourth prince has only just come of age, so he is naturally inferior to the prince in terms of personal ability.However, when the Empress Yuan died, Dajin experienced a political crisis. In order to stabilize the overall situation, the current emperor married the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wei who held military power, that is, Empress Shi, the sister of Lu Guanyi's stepmother.

Duke Wei is 65 years old now, and among the several sons, only the second son, Shi Kun, has military talent, but he can only be in charge of the army in peacetime. Once a war starts, he may be doomed.That's why he fell in love with Lu Guanyi's father, Lu Yongzhong, and tried every means to marry his fourth daughter to him.

After all, although Lu Yongzhong was his subordinate at that time, he was only loyal to the emperor, not to the historian.Once there is a war at the border, Lu Yongzhong can stand out.At that time, in order to check and balance, the emperor will definitely promote him and let him compete with Shi Jiajun.

Seeing the future crisis of the historian, Duke Wei immediately made a decisive decision and directly made Lu Yongzhong his son-in-law before he grew up.In this way, no matter whether Lu Yongzhong is only loyal to the emperor or not, he is labeled as a historian on his head.No matter how brave and skilled he is, he can only contribute to historians, and cannot be dragged by the emperor to check and balance historians.

The above is summarized and corroborated by Ye Yaming combined with the materials collected by Fang Xing and Ye Hongchang, as well as Lu Guanyi's vague words.

And from Lu Guanyi's few words, she felt that after Lu Yongzhong found out that his original wife died at the hands of the historian, he started to kill the historian.This coincides with the thoughts of the emperor and prince.

She guessed that when Lu Guanyi had no other way to hug the prince's thigh, it was obvious that his stepmother Shi Shi persecuted him and he had to seek asylum, but in fact it was Lu Yongzhongbu's move.

If the crown prince accepts Lu Guanyi and protects him, it means that the crown prince is also willing to accept Lu Yongzhong, and the two sides have reached an alliance.

Over the years, Lu Yongzhong and Shi's love has increased, and they even gave birth to a son, but they ignored Lu Guanyi, and even allowed Shi to persecute this elder son. It might not be paralyzing historians, making Wei Guogong relax his vigilance, so that he can take power in the army His eldest brother-in-law, Shi Kun, took control of the army.

This time Lu Guanyi was thrown into the army of General Zhenbei by the crown prince. Firstly, it was to let him make meritorious service so that his son could inherit his father's business. At the same time, historians took Lu Guanyi as a hostage, and Lu Yongzhong was caught in a dilemma.

When Lu Guanyi goes to the border, the crown prince and Lu Yongzhong start a military power struggle, and Lu Guanyi's stepmother, Shi Shi, will definitely be embarrassed by the struggle between his father, brother and husband.She couldn't take care of herself, how could she have the energy to torment Ye Yaming?

However, Lu Guanyi also told Ye Yaming plainly that his engagement to Ye Yaming would definitely anger Shi Shi.Once his father made an effort and he went to the border, Shi couldn't vent his anger, maybe he would use Ye Yaming to vent his anger.

So once Lu Yongzhong launched a campaign, Lu Guanyi would send someone to inform Ye Yaming of where to go to avoid the limelight, so as not to leak the news.

Originally, for Ye Yaming's safety, even if they were engaged, they could not disclose it to the public, so as not to cause Shi's unnecessary trouble.

Reluctantly, at this time of year, Meng Chengwei brought in the British government.

The British Duke is getting old and has no successors, so he can no longer hold military power.But there are also three nails in a rotten ship, and there are still some acquaintances, and some people care about the support and kindness of the British Duke back then.Therefore, when the princelings are fighting with the Fourth Prince and the Duke of Wei, it is inappropriate to involve the British faction.

(End of this chapter)