Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 508 Conflicts of Interest
Due to various reasons, the dispatch of troops to Jizhou was delayed in the end. Everyone knew that Tian Feng's words would be lost, and that he poked at a place that Yuan Shao didn't like?
Xu You came out with the crowd, seeing Tian Feng leaving with a mutter, feeling relieved, and then seeing that they were almost gone, he went to visit Yuan Shang.

When he entered the room, he saw that Yuan Shang had placed wine waiting for him. After the two parties were seated, Yuan Shang raised the wine bar and said to Xu You: "Mr. has been bothering you these years, and I would like to respect you first!"

Xu You spoke modestly, and the two drank each other. Xu You couldn't help feeling sad when he heard about his hard life in Youzhou, and said to Yuan Shang: "Your entrustment, you dare not forget it, but my nephew died very hard. Miserable."

Yuan Shang put down his wine glass, "Does that gentleman think that he was wronged for his assassination that day?"

Xu You's heart skipped a beat, he was really not sure!

But at this moment, he could still bite the bullet and said, "Give him a hundred guts, and he wouldn't dare!"

"There must be something strange about the matter, I hate Mr. Xian Yi to cut it first and then play it. Who knows what's inside?"

Yuan Shang remained silent, and suddenly said: "What do you think Xianyi wants to do?"

"Does he have an idea about the position of the Patriarch of the Yuan family?"

Xu You pondered over and over again, and said in a low voice: "Even if he has no idea, but he has two male heirs, in this point, the two young masters are far inferior."

Yuan Shang's face was gloomy. He picked up the wine glass and put it down again, "I can handle the two of them alone."

"But if the two of them work together, I really have no confidence, especially in Father's body."

Xu You was startled, "What's wrong with your envoy?"

Only then did Yuan Shang realize that he had made a slip of the tongue, and covered it up: "I don't see anything wrong, it's just that after contracting the cold, the cough has not been very good, and it doesn't affect health."

The two exchanged cups. Yuan Shang asked Xu You many questions, and Xu You answered them one by one.

After several rounds of drinking, Xu You saw that Yuan Shang was preoccupied and already quite drunk, so he took his leave and left.

Sitting in the carriage, he thought that the problem might not be that simple.

Yuan Shang has always been conceited, but now he rarely shows a trace of weakness, and even fears that his Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi will join forces. There must be a reason for this.

Reminiscent of his slip of the tongue and Yuan Shao's poor health, Xu You wondered if it made Jun suffer from a stubborn illness?
Then this is going to be troublesome, if it is given to the envoy for ten years, I am afraid that he will at least be able to unify the northern land, and even the world will not know.

But if there is a problem with his health and Yuan Shang takes over, it will be very difficult to control Jizhou!
Especially Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, who would obey Yuan Shang?
Xu You thought about it, even though the Yuan family is powerful, Cao Cao has slowly caught up, and he is quite trusted by the emperor.

It may not have many chances to face Yuan Shao, but if it is Yuan Shang, maybe one day it will really come back!
If this is really the case, shouldn't he take precautions?

Thinking that he had been friends with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao since childhood, Xu You breathed a sigh of relief. People always have to leave a way out. Fortunately, he made bets on both sides!

But how to establish a relationship with Cao Cao and make him trust him?

If it is to convey military information, on the one hand it is too conspicuous, on the other hand it is easy to kill yourself, it is really not a good choice.

Do you want to spread the news that Yuan Shao is ill?
After Yuan Shang sent Xu You away, a maid came and said that his biological mother, Mrs. Liu, was looking for him.

Yuan Shang heard this, got up staggeringly, went to Liu's room, saw Liu's face was angry, and his wife Hong was beating Lu's leg.

Then he went in and said, "Mother, why did you call the child?"

Madam Liu glanced sideways at Madam Hong. Yuan Shang understood and said to Madam Hong, "You go out first."

Mrs. Lu drove out all the maidservants around her, took Yuan Shang's hand and said, "Son, your father's condition has gotten worse recently."

"I think it's those vicious girls who kept him from getting better. You find an excuse and arrest them all and beat them to death."

Yuan Shang was taken aback, and said in a low voice: "Mother, don't be impulsive. If I kill my father's maidservant, I will be unfilial."

Ms. Liu didn't take it seriously and said, "What are you afraid of? When the time comes, you can just say it was me who gave the order!"

Yuan Shang got a headache and hurriedly said: "Mom, you should bear with it, Jizhou is not peaceful recently, you deal with my father's favorite concubine, except to make him angry, there is no benefit."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu said resentfully: "Forget it, I'm just angry, so I just said it casually."

"In the future, if I find an opportunity, I will definitely not let them go!"

Yuan Shang knew that the Liu family hadn't slept with Yuan Shao for a long time because of old age and decrepitude. Naturally, he didn't like Yuan Shao's young and beautiful concubines, but then again, isn't it like this for all men?
Yuan Shang comforted Liu Shi a few words, and found that he came to him just to vent his emotions, so he couldn't help being a little depressed. Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi were fighting the world outside, but he faced these parents' dissatisfaction every day in Jizhou. If things go on like this, how can he expand his power?

He perfunctory Liu Shi for a while, and then he left. The trivial family affairs made him feel more irritable. After all, Yuan Shang himself had a lot of troubles.Especially thinking of his own hidden illness, Yuan Shang's face is even more unsightly. This is a secret that even Yuan Shao is hiding. Naturally, there is no problem between him and the Liu family, but the Hong family is an unstable factor.

Although he threatened his family, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. If things get out, his status as the heir will be in jeopardy!

Deal with the Hong family?

Yuan Shang shook his head. After killing the Hong family, he still wanted to marry another person. No one could guarantee that he would continue to hide it in front of Xu Xian. At least the Hong family was still easy to control now.

He had a headache, it seemed that only the day when he truly became the heir, everything would be settled!
This day was the day Yuan Shao died.

When the time comes, he will be in charge of the Yuan family, and no one will dare to comment on whether he has a son, at worst, he will just find a child from the clan to adopt him.

Yuan Shang speculated that Yuan Shao might not live long, and maybe he would be able to achieve great success after persisting for a few more years.

If his father died early, he would be horrified and drive this thought out of his mind. Yuan Shang is very self-aware that he is far behind Yuan Shao in terms of prestige and ability.

No, you have to find someone to form an alliance with. Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi have a fundamental conflict of interest with you, so you can't believe it.

According to the current only choice, it is the Gao family of Yuan's wife. Gao Gan has now been awarded the governor of Bingzhou. With Yuan's support, he began to enter Bingzhou to occupy counties and counties. His big chance.

Yuan Shang clenched his fists when he thought of the Hetao Plain where horses and food were everywhere and the supply of soldiers was abundant. Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi ran too fast, which gave him a great sense of urgency. He must cultivate his own power!
When the news of Jizhou's final decision not to send troops reached Yuan Xi's ears, he couldn't hold back the irritability in his heart, and almost wanted to throw the bamboo slips in his hand to the ground.

He tossed and turned all night because of this, and didn't sleep well at all. Before dawn, he sat up from the couch.

Yuan Xi felt a little tired from the bottom of his heart. Over the past few years, if he wanted to cooperate with others, he had to offer a price that was enough to impress others in order to succeed. From Yuan Shao to Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, to Liu Bei and Lu Bu, it was like this.

He also understands that the alliance of the princes of the world today is based on a naked exchange of interests. Apart from this, he cannot and will not be able to impress those princes who are equal to him with his ideals and ambitions.

In front of Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and others, Yuan Xi can still make cakes for the other party, because his own power is the platform and reliance to help the other party realize their ambitions. of allegiance.

But among the princes, it is a purely competitive relationship, and no one will make wedding dresses for others in vain if they do not give enough benefits.

Yuan Xi sighed softly. It was too difficult for people from different eras to find a common goal. Even between him and Zhao Yuntai Shici, he could only keep a few words, otherwise his thoughts would be too shocking in the world. , but left his subordinates at a loss.

From this point of view, Yuan Xi was actually very lonely in his heart.

Wanting to find like-minded companions with common ideals is still too much to hope for in this day and age.

He put down the letter in his hand, Youzhou had already received an order, and Tian Yu personally escorted Yang Feng to Haixi, counting the time, it will take at most ten days to arrive.

But Yuan Xi hadn't thought of a way to persuade Yang Feng so far. The other party hated him so much and wanted to ask him to help, but Yuan Xi had no idea at all.

He got up and stretched, and saw that Lu Lingqi was still asleep, so he went downstairs. The door of Mrs. Du's room was also closed tightly, so he probably hadn't gotten up yet.

Yuan Xi walked out of the small building, and the yard was quiet, so he played a set of Wu Qin Xi and felt much better.

At this time, it was just dawn, and smoke began to rise from the kitchen chimney in the corner of the mansion.

Yuan Xi watched the smoke rising into the sky, and thought of the female relatives who stayed in Jicheng, and didn't know what happened to his two children.

Speaking of which, being a father is incompetent enough. Since the child was born, he left without staying for a few days, and this kind of life may last for a long time in the future.

With a creaking sound, the window of a room was pushed open, but it was Mi Zhen standing in front of the window wearing a linen mourning dress, leaned out, and took a few deep breaths, but suddenly saw Yuan Xi holding a fist and staring at him in a daze. I subconsciously let out a soft cry, and wanted to shrink back.

Immediately, she felt that something was wrong, so she bent down behind the window, blessed a picture, and said, "I have seen the envoy."

Yuan Xi suddenly remembered that because of too many worries recently and being too busy day and night, after Mrs. Liu Bei passed away, he hadn't settled Mi Zhen properly, and seemed to be deliberately leaving her alone.

However, Mi Zhen is now in a rather embarrassing situation. Her adoptive mother Mrs. Liu Bei passed away, and her adoptive father Liu Bei’s whereabouts are still unknown. Mi Fang heard that she escorted Mrs. Gan to Ling County to join Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. No time to send someone to borrow Mi Zhen.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xi walked up to Mi Zhen and said, "I heard that Prefect Mi is now in Ling County, do you want to go back?"

After hearing this, Mi Zhen pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Finally, she raised her pretty face slightly, "Do you want me to go back, my lord?"

(End of this chapter)