Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 65 Suspicious
After Yuan Xi heard this, he smiled and said, "Of course they are all girls from good families."

"These are the women who were snatched from the homes of the noble families near Luoyang when the Southern Huns robbed them. There are many people from big families such as Yingchuan Runan among them."

"Girls of the noble family, falling outside will also affect the reputation of the family, so I brought them to Yecheng and asked my father to arrange them according to the situation."

After Yuan Xi finished speaking, Yuan Shao hadn't spoken yet, but Yuan Shang's vision went dark.

He suddenly realized that the group of girls brought by Yuan Xi was not the same group of singers trained in Beixincheng!

Yuan Shang had already learned from the news sent by Beixin City that when Yuan Tan Xunchen arrived in Beixin City, Yuan Xi found a maidservant to sleep in.

So he subconsciously believed that the girls Yuan Xi brought this time were from the same batch as the maidservants from Beixincheng, and they were all used as gifts for befriending.

The two talked on the way, and Yuan Xi asked Yuan Shang if he was interested. Yuan Shang wanted to dig a hole for Yuan Xi, so he went along with the flow and picked four.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xi, who seemed to be honest, played a trick on himself!

Using a gentry woman as a concubine can be big or small, although the gentry will not say anything on the surface, but if a woman of the family is involved, it will definitely be uncomfortable in private.

This bastard, actually cheated himself so blatantly!
Could it be that Yuan Xi knew about his secret stumbling block?
Yuan Shang quickly wanted to get up, thinking that he had to send the four women back quickly, otherwise people would know that his reputation of painstaking efforts would be damaged!

When he moved his body, he just reacted, and cursed in his heart, how could he be so gaffe!
If you really want to leave, isn't it obvious that you have a problem?

Thinking of this, he stopped his body and sat still, with a calm smile on his face.

When Yuan Xi saw this, he secretly admired him. At such a young age, he was so calm. No wonder he was so appreciated by Yuan Shao. His cowardly predecessor couldn't resist him at all.

However, this also has something to do with birth, a son is more expensive than his mother, if the mother comes from a humble background, the son will naturally have a cowardly personality since he was a child, and he will easily fall into depression.

And Yuan Shang, who has a strong mother clan, has a natural self-confidence from the inside out, and can regain his strength even if he suffers a temporary setback. This kind of opponent is extremely difficult to deal with.

What's more, behind them are counselors from aristocratic families, who have extensive connections and know a lot of information, so they can make complex plans on this basis, so as to control the overall situation.

What Yuan Xi is fighting against now is the huge power of Yuan Shang, and all he can rely on is the knowledge of later generations.

Yuan Xi's brain was running fast. Based on the history of later generations, he guessed that the Yingchuan gentry supported Yuan Tan, and the Jizhou gentry supported Yuan Shang. He had no chance of winning if he simply competed with them.

Therefore, his chance of winning is to make the opponent misjudge and make a wrong response, so as to make the situation go in the desired direction.

At this time Yuan Shao spoke.

"If those gentry women were taken away by the Huns or left outside, it would indeed damage the reputation of the gentry."

"The gentry in the world is very ten, and three points have already belonged to my Yuan family. In the near future, my Yuan family can set an example for the world's gentry. At this time, it is also a great help to send back the women of the gentry."

"You did a good job on this matter."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu gritted her teeth secretly. Now, many gentry will accept Yuan Xi's favor, and his reputation among gentry will spread!
We can't let this puppy be arrogant any longer!

She winked at Yuan Shang, but Yuan Shang was thinking about how to send the four women back as soon as possible, and he was so out of his mind that he didn't see Mrs. Liu's hint.

Mrs. Liu gritted her teeth secretly, and could only force a smile and said, "Xi'er has saved so many women, isn't there anyone who is willing to repay Xi'er?"

"Even if they are the daughters of the gentry, there should be many homeless after being plundered by the Huns. Xi'er is almost 20 years old. If she doesn't have a concubine, it will be a joke."

"I saw that when Xi'er entered the mansion, she was accompanied by a disfigured maid?"

"This woman's appearance is ugly, it really hurts the face of the Yuan family, if not, I will give you two accompanying maids, and you can send that ugly woman away."

Yuan Xi thought to himself that those two maids were probably eyeliner, only a fool would want it.

He bowed his head and said: "I want to teach my mother to know that the woman saved my life on the battlefield. In order to repay, I will temporarily keep her by my side."

Mrs. Liu still wanted to talk, but Yuan Shao said directly to Yuan Xi: "These are trivial matters. I called you back this time to prepare for your marriage."

Yuan Xi said in his heart.

According to previous memory, although the two of Zhen's family died early and there were few male members, they were still a famous family after all, and they were also involved in many businesses in Yecheng, which can be said to be very rich.

But seeing how hostile Yuan Shang's mother and son are to him, it is impossible not to obstruct him.

That's fine, if my reputation spreads and Madam Liu and Yuan Shang feel jealous of me, they will naturally try to get me to adopt, thus losing Yuan's inheritance rights.

He paid homage to Yuan Shao: "The Zhen family is a famous family, my son, thank you father for your love."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu gritted her teeth even more.

She forced a smile and said: "Although the Zhen family is good, I heard that the head of the family has been dead for more than ten years, and the eldest son and the second son also died young."

"The only male now, Ding Zhenyao, is only in his 20s. Most of the Zhen family is orphaned and widowed. Will he be a burden to Xi'er?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shao thought for a while and said, "What Madam said is not unreasonable."

"Now there is indeed a gap between the Yuan family and the Zhen family."

Yuan Xi cursed inwardly, Mrs. Liu is really a dog.

He respectfully said: "Father, is there any agreement on this matter with the Zhen family?"

"If I promised the other party but then backed out, wouldn't it be bad for my Yuan family's reputation?"

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "I did mention it to Zhen Yao's mother."

Yuan Xiyi said sternly: "Since this is the case, it is not easy to break the contract."

"Since my father has promised the other party, even if the girl from the Zhen family is physically disabled and ugly, I will fulfill my promise and marry her."

You are ugly!

Madam Liu and Yuan Shang cursed secretly in their hearts at the same time. They had set up eyeliners in Zhen's house long ago, and they knew that Zhen Mi's appearance was extraordinary and she was a rare beauty!

Mrs. Liu and Yuan Shang also learned from the spies in Beixincheng that Yuan Xi had taken in dozens of beautiful maidservants and hid them in the mansion every night. How could such a person be willing to marry an ugly woman?
This Yuan Xi clearly knew the details of the daughter of the Zhen family, but he was acting like a good boy when he got a bargain!

wrong!

Madam Liu and Yuan Shang were puzzled, how did Yuan Xi know?
He has been away for three years and has never had any correspondence with the Yuan family. How did he know about the Zhen family?
Even if he joins hands with Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan has been fighting outside all year round, and his power in Yecheng is only a few gentry counselors, so he should not be so bored as to inquire about such insignificant news about the Zhen family.

Yuan Shang narrowed his eyes, his second brother is definitely not the kind of person who completely obeys his father, so what he said must have known the details of Zhen Ji in advance.

The question is, what means does he use?

Install spies?

Is it the Zhen Mansion, the Yuan Mansion, or his subordinates?
Yuan Shang's face became gloomy, no matter what the possibility was, it showed that the second brother had his own influence in Ye City!
(End of this chapter)