Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 417

Yuan Xi rode on the horse and looked at the streets on both sides of the road. Compared with the last time he married Zhen Mi, the changes when he left Yecheng were not great. Yuan Xi could vaguely remember the facades of many shops.

No change is actually a good thing. It represents a stable life. For ordinary people, the days of getting rich overnight are too far away, and the things of being poor overnight are too terrible. Only ordinary days can last long.

Seeing that the judge was leading him all the way to Yuan Shao's mansion, Yuan Xi thought to himself that he was going to see Yuan Shao directly. He wanted to turn around and let Lu Lingqi's carriage go back to his mansion first, but on second thought, he didn't say anything, and let The carriage followed.

Seeing that Zhao Yun hesitated to speak, he said, "Brother Zilong is going too."

After hearing this, Zhao Yun nodded and stopped talking.

When everyone entered the mansion, they saw Yuan Shao standing at the entrance of the hall. Yuan Xi was startled when he saw this, and quickly got off his horse.

He said shyly, "I've seen Mr. Benchu..."

But Yuan Shao said: "The two envoys are here in person, Shao will naturally come out to meet them."

Yuan Xi saw that there was some sarcasm in Yuan Shao's words, so he couldn't help laughing bitterly, he suddenly saw the carriage behind him, rolled his eyes, opened the door, and welcomed Lu Lingqi down.

He grabbed Lu Lingqi's sleeve and said in a low voice: "That's my former father over there, you go and meet him as a bride."

Lu Lingqi was at a loss, and followed Yuan Xi ignorantly, but she greeted Yuan Shao as a courtesy to her parents-in-law.

Sure enough, Yuan Shao's eyes softened a lot, and he said to Yuan Xi: "It's a good skill, even Marquis Wen, who is famous all over the world, is willing to entrust his daughter to you."

Yuan Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, Yuan Shao was still thinking about the old relationship between his father and son, and he was quite satisfied with his marriage. He even deliberately blurred Lu Lingqi's identity in his words, which was a great way to save face.

For Yuan Xi, he had passed this test. After all, Yuan Shao was not careful. To flatter the emperor was like being stabbed in the back by Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi saw that Lu Lingqi was a little embarrassed, and knew that the next occasion was not suitable for her, so he said to Yuan Shao: "Miss takes care of me a lot, can I let my wife visit first?"

Yuan Shao listened, nodded and said, "Yes."

A maid came over, seeing Lu Lingqi leading her away, Yuan Shao turned around and walked in, but he didn't pay any attention to Zhao Yun, Yuan Xi gave a wry smile, winked at Zhao Yun, and the two followed in together.

Several people in the room were seated, Yuan Xi saw the awkward atmosphere, and smiled at Yuan Shao, "Father...is your gentleman still okay?"

Yuan Shao said coldly: "Shang Hao, I haven't been pissed off yet."

Yuan Xi choked, and said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty manages a lot of things every day, and the Yuan family relies on the Lord to control the overall situation, and they also hope to take care of their health.".

Yuan Shao snorted coldly, "You consider yourself to be the Yuan family?"

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "Of course, I have always been from the Yuan family."

Yuan Shao's tone became more and more cold, "Did you ever ask me about the things you did in Huaicheng?"

He pointed at Zhao Yun, "You are so generous, you gave him Youzhou?"

"Youzhou was brought down by the Yuan family, you are not the one who can make the decision!"

Seeing that Yuan Shao was very angry, Yuan Xi said, "Please appease your anger."

"I was defending Huaicheng at that time, but I couldn't meet him in person, and I didn't know the result. It was all Cao Mengde's plan to alienate him."

"He made up his mind to let brother Zilong accept the position of Shepherd of Youzhou, so that he would be suspected by the Yuan family. This would cause internal turmoil in the Yuan family, and he would have no time to take care of him. So you must not fall for it."

Yuan Shao snorted coldly, "You didn't know about these things in advance?"

"I do not believe!"

"Don't think I don't know your little thoughts, why didn't you please the emperor yourself, which led to the current situation?"

"What you have done is too sneaky, as if you are deliberately avoiding the emperor!"

"And Mr. Zhao can accept the emperor's edict without your nod?"

"I don't believe it, you didn't expect these things!"

Yuan Xi is sweating profusely, knowing his son is more like his father, Yuan Shao guessed his mind very closely!
But now he is definitely going to bite his tongue and not let go, so he can only bite the bullet and say: "Master Mingjian, I stayed in Huaicheng that day to help Marquis Wen defend the city. After all, I am not good at battle."

"During the period, I helped Marquis Wen find out the traitor, and I was too busy to take care of myself, how could I manipulate the emperor's edict!"

"What's more, the Lord understands that there are a lot of Cao Mengde's eyeliner ambushing around the emperor, and his ambition is not small. This is already the result of a compromise between all parties. How can I control the emperor's thoughts?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao nodded and said, "That's right, I have indeed heard about it."

He coughed a few times and continued: "I didn't expect that Cao Mengde's influence is so deep. I underestimated him before."

Seeing what Yuan Shao said, Yuan Xi thought to himself that he might have Yuan Shao's eyeliner beside Liu Xie.

Seeing that Yuan Shao began to agree with his words, he said while the iron was hot: "So the emperor's reward this time is really a trick of Cao Cao and has nothing to do with me."

Yuan Shang snorted coldly: "Son of Heaven?"

"Is he afraid that he will stand with Cao Cao?"

Yuan Xi hurriedly said: "Cao Cao ordered Brother Zilong to be the shepherd of Youzhou and me to be the shepherd of Xuzhou. It is clear that Jizhou is to be separated. The emperor was deceived by his slander, so he issued the edict."

"But I think that the emperor is still willing to trust Yuan Shi, but there were some entanglements before, so he now trusts Cao Cao more than Yuan Shi."

"If Jizhou defies the emperor openly, I'm afraid it will be criticized by the world. This is in Cao Cao's arms."

Yuan Shao listened, quite disapproving, "What prestige does the Han court still have?"

Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "Xi doesn't think so."

"The remaining prestige of the Han court is still there, if you underestimate it, you will be backlashed."

"I heard that Yuan Gonglu was trying to stand on his own. When the time comes, the envoy will understand how many people are still on the side of the Han Dynasty."

Yuan Shao listened with sarcasm on his face, "Including this envoy Zhao?"

"As your subordinate, I have known for a long time that he has always been interested in the Han Dynasty, right?"

After hearing this, Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said, "Dianyun does not deny this."

Yuan Shao sneered at Yuan Xi: "Listen!"

"Even with your consent, did he put you in his eyes when he accepted Youzhou Mu?"

"Is he still your subordinate?"

Yuan Xi said, "Brother Zilong is a believer."

"In my eyes, Brother Zilong is far more than just a subordinate."

He signaled to Zhao Yun: "Brother Zilong has something to say, just tell Ben Chugong, don't worry about it."

Zhao Yun sat up straight, cupped his hands slightly to Yuan Shao, and said, "Young Master entrusted Youzhou to me because in the eyes of Young Master, I have the ability and willingness to protect Youzhou."

"In Yun's eyes, Youzhou is not only owned by the Yuan family, not only by the emperor, but also by the people of Youzhou."

"In order to protect them comprehensively, Yun Dang will do his best and die."

After Yuan Shao heard this, he sneered and said, "It's simple, if I, Xian Yi, conflict with the emperor's order, who should you listen to?"

Zhao Yun glanced at Yuan Xi, and said in a deep voice: "Young master entrusted Youzhou to me, because you trust Yun's own judgment."

"Yun will follow his heart. If the young master orders the massacre of the city in Youzhou, Yun will also become the young master's enemy, not to mention the emperor and the envoy."

"Bold!" Yuan Shao was furious, "After all, you want to be a prince!"

Zhao Yun's face remained unchanged: "Please believe me, Mr. Yun, Yun's ambition is not for personal honor or disgrace, but for peace in the world."

"Yun believes that the young master's ambition is more ambitious and does not conflict with Yun, so he will follow the young master to the death."

"In Yun's opinion, Young Master is the most suitable lord."

Yuan Shao sneered: "Is it more suitable than me?"

Zhao Yun's eyes were firm, "Yes."

Yuan Shao snorted angrily, but coughed again. He picked up the tea bowl and took a sip to calm down a little.

He put down the teacup heavily, and the room fell into silence.

Yuan Xi saw Yuan Shao's face was cloudy and uncertain, and thought that Zhao Yun was very angry, but Zhao Yun's response was so straightforward, which was beyond Yuan Xi's expectation.

It seems that during this period of time, Zhao Yun also wanted to understand a lot of things.

After a while, Yuan Shao's voice sounded again, "As an outsider, Mr. Zhao, I am really worried about handing over the portal behind Jizhou."

"Youzhou rejects foreigners in the north. Once it falls, the Central Plains will suffer from wars. Now Zhao Shijun doesn't believe me, and I don't trust Zhao Shijun either."

"Does Mr. Zhao understand?"

After Zhao Yun heard this, he nodded slightly and said, "Yun understands."

"If the emperor orders Youzhou to be returned to the young master, Yun will present to the Han court and resign Youzhou's shepherd in a short time."

Just as Yuan Shao was about to speak, Yuan Xi's voice sounded, "At the beginning of Gong Mingjian, one person in the Han Dynasty cannot be the master of two states. Brother Zilong is the best candidate to control Youzhou."

Yuan Shao sneered and said, "Don't forget, Yuan's sons are all relatives in charge of the states!"

"When Bingzhou is opened, I will hand it over to Yuan's wife's family, Gao. This is a rule, and I can't break it!"

"If this rule is broken, disputes will immediately arise within the Yuan family!"

Seeing that the time had come, Yuan Xi said, "It's not easy, just turn Brother Zilong into a relative?"

"My sister isn't married yet, is she?"

"Do you still remember what I said two years ago when I proposed marriage for Zilong?"

Yuan Shao was stunned, and then reacted, and said angrily: "So you have such an idea!"

"I really didn't expect that such a major event affecting the general situation of the world would have such a trivial cause!"

He connected the events before and after the emperor's welcome, and he suddenly became enlightened and thought clearly.

Two years ago, when Yuan Xi came to Yecheng for the first time, he mentioned to Yuan Shao that Yuan Xing betrothed to Zhao Yun. At that time, Yuan Shao scoffed. Do you have the confidence to propose marriage to him?
So at that time Yuan Shao casually dropped a sentence, waiting for when Zhao Yun became the lord of a state.

At that time, he just found an excuse to refuse, and he didn't take it to heart at all, and then left it behind.

Unexpectedly, after two years, Zhao Yun became the shepherd of Youzhou, and even granted the title of marquis. There are only a dozen or so people in the world, and they are worthy of Yuan Xing!
No wonder Yuan Xi didn't go out on his own, and let Zhao Yun lead the army to make meritorious deeds and perform in front of the emperor Liu Xie!

When Yuan Shao thought of this, his face was filled with disbelief, and he said to Yuan Xi: "For one sentence, you can really do this?"

After a long time, this Youzhou was given to Zhao Yun by Yuan Xi through himself and the emperor, as a dowry gift to marry Yuan Xing!
Take Yuan's own things and marry Yuan's girl?

Yuan Xi, a naughty kid, is so shrewd in his calculations, did he really give birth to him?
(End of this chapter)