Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 168 Returning to Beijing (for Subscription)

Gu Tingye showed what it means to be a rich man. He directly spent money to buy two large boats and hired boatmen with a lot of money.

On November 27th, with Sheng Wei personally seeing him off, Yuan Wenshao and his party boarded the ship and embarked on their way home.

Gu Tingye stood in class A and looked at the depressed scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, feeling a little lost.

"It's going to snow. I'll let someone warm some wine. Let's go in and have a drink?" Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"I have almost forgotten the taste of wine during this time in the military camp." Gu Tingye came back to his senses and said.

The two walked into the cabin. Chang Wu was already sitting at the table waiting. When he saw the two coming in, he picked up the wine bottle on the stove and poured wine for them.

"The weather is getting colder and colder. Elder brother-in-law, second brother Gu, please sit down and have a drink to warm yourself up." Chang Wu greeted.

"Come on, Zhong Huai, let me toast you." Yuan Wenshao picked up the wine glass and said with a smile.

Gu Tingye raised his wine glass, touched it with Yuan Wenshao, raised his head and drank.

"Aren't you going to find one? Sister Rong is growing up. There are many things that my father can't teach me, so it's more convenient for my mother to step in." Yuan Wenshao said.

"If you hadn't stopped me back then, the eldest girl of the Yu family would..."

Gu Tingye wanted to say that the eldest daughter of the Yu family had already entered the house. With the temperament of the eldest daughter of the Yu family, she would not treat Sister Rong as if she were her own child, nor would she treat her harshly.

However, he thought of Mannia again. With Mannia here, even if the candidate did not change, it would not be possible in the end.

"Don't worry about me, the eldest daughter of the Yu family. Mrs. Yu was a little frightened by you, so she hurriedly married the eldest daughter to the grandson of an old friend. Mrs. Yu also returned to her hometown to take care of herself." Yuan Wenshao said.

"I've heard about this too. The other person seems to be a lame person. It was me who harmed her." Gu Tingye poured a glass of wine and drank it.

"You don't have to blame yourself. I heard from Minglan that the eldest daughter of the Yu family wrote to her and she is living a good life." Yuan Wenshao said.

"That's good." Gu Tingye was somewhat relieved.

"You and the third girl from the Yu family are still engaged. What are you going to do when you return to Bianjing this time?" Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"Do you think the Yu family is still willing to marry their daughter to me?" Gu Tingye laughed at himself.

"Not necessarily. The eldest lady of the Yu family is greedy for money, and you are rich. And because the Yu family and the Gu family have a marriage contract, even though you were kicked out of the Gu family, it will still have some impact on Miss Yu's marriage. The marriage has not been decided yet. Get off." Yuan Wenshao said.

He didn't know why he said these words to Gu Tingye.

"Forget it, I was willing to marry her because the Yu family promised to let that poisonous woman in. With Miss Yu's temperament, she would definitely treat Sister Rong harshly when she got married."

Gu Tingye was silent for a while and said: "I will return to the Gu family one day. Even with her methods, she can't defeat my stepmother."

"Your stepmother is really good at what she does. She has a very good reputation outside. Everyone in Bianjing praises her. Many parents-in-law and mothers-in-law have conflicts and ask her to mediate. I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to find someone who can fight with her. ." Yuan Wenshao laughed.

To be honest, if Xiao Qin could not do anything, he would have stopped early after Gu Tingye returned to the Gu family.

Gu Tingye knew clearly that Xiao Qin was evil-hearted and had been plotting against him, but there was nothing he could do about Xiao Qin.

"It is indeed difficult, but I do know someone who can fight with my stepmother." Gu Tingye said.

A trace of uneasiness flashed across Yuan Wenshao's face and he asked: "Which girl is so powerful?"

"The sixth girl of the Sheng family." Gu Tingye said.

"Haha, Zhong Huai is joking. How can the sixth sister's temperament be better than that of your stepmother?" Yuan Wenshao said.

He felt very complicated about Minglan. He knew that the two of them were impossible, but when he thought of her marrying someone else, he felt a little uncomfortable.

When he came to Youyang this time, he may not have wanted to let Minglan and Gu Tingye come into contact.

He remembered that in the original drama, when he returned to Youyang this time, Gu Tingye saved Minglan and developed a liking for Minglan.

Unexpectedly, without this contact between the two, Gu Tingye still targeted Minglan.

Perhaps in the original drama, Gu Tingye wanted to marry Minglan, and his original purpose was to find someone who could compete with Xiao Qin.

"You don't know Miss Sheng Liu as well as I do. She seems to be soft and weak, but in fact she is the most transparent in her heart, and her methods and scheming are not bad in all aspects." Gu Tingye said.

"You seem to know Sixth Sister very well. Besides, your identities are inappropriate," Yuan Wenshao said.

"I don't dare to say that I know them very well, but I have been in contact with them many times. When I was studying in the Sheng family, Zhuang Xuexue asked us to talk about the issue of establishing elders and virtuous people. Everyone's opinions were unconvincing. In the end, the sixth girl said a few words It made everyone speechless. From this, we can see that Miss Six is ​​not that simple and has an idea in her heart."

"As for identity or not, you also know that I don't care about it." Gu Tingye said.

"If you want to marry Sixth Sister, you have to go through the hurdles of my grandmother and my father-in-law. Let's not talk about this, let's have a drink." Yuan Wenshao said.

……

On December [-]th, the ship docked at Bianjing Pier.

When we got off the boat, we saw Changbai waiting at the pier.

"Grandma is well." Changbai saluted.

"Okay, okay, nothing happened at home?" the old lady said with a smile.

"Everything is fine at home. My mother is preparing a meal at home to greet my grandmother." Changbai said.

"Then let's go back now." The old lady said.

"I helped grandma get into the car."

Changbai helped the old lady get into the car, came back, saluted Yuan Wenshao Hualan, and hugged Gu Tingye.

"Zhong Huai, let's go home and have something to eat together?"

"No, what should I do when your family is reunited? When you come back and finish your work, come to me and I'll treat you to a drink." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"Okay." Changbai nodded.

"Erlang, Zecheng, I'm leaving first."

Gu Tingye cupped his hands and left with Shitou and Sister Rong.

Sister Wen said with some reluctance: "Sister Rong, you must remember to come to the school to study with me."

On the way back, the two little girls had a lot of fun and became good friends.

Sister Wen also asked Sister Rong to go to Haijia Private School, so that the two of them could play together every day. "I know, don't worry, I will definitely go."

Sister Rong waved to Sister Wen, turned around and said, "Dad, can I go to the Hai Family Private School to study?"

"Okay, that Uncle Sheng is the son-in-law of the Hai family. When he comes to come to me for a drink, I will just tell him." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

Yuan Wenshao had a meal at Sheng's house and then took Hua Lan and Sister Wen home.

After arriving home, Yuan Wenshao told Hua Lan and asked someone to call Ning Zhiguang to the study.

Not long after he arrived in the study, Ning Zhiguang came over.

"I've met uncle." Ning Zhiguang saluted.

"sit down."

Yuan Wenshao asked Ning Zhiguang to sit down and waited for the maid to bring tea before sending him away.

"Mr. Ning, tell me about the current situation." Yuan Wenshao said.

Ning Zhiguang cupped his hands and said: "Uncle, a few days after you left, the officials issued an order to appoint King Yong as the governor of Kaifeng. This also means that the officials have decided on the candidate for the crown prince, and many officials who are neutral and wavering have expressed their opinions. Prince Yong showed his goodwill, and all the people who came to visit Prince Yong’s palace almost crossed the threshold.”

"What's the reaction from King Yan?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

Ning Zhiguang said: "King Yan did not respond at all. After the imperial edict was issued, King Yan claimed that he was ill. Many officials who had taken refuge with King Yan turned to King Yong. However, according to the secret investigation by the secret guards, Judging from the news, King Yan is not as inactive as it seems."

"How to say?"

Ning Zhiguang whispered: "The secret guards discovered that some of those who defected to King Yong secretly exchanged letters with King Yan, doing so in a very covert manner."

"King Yan is a good trick. He knows that his situation is over, and many people will definitely abandon him, so he simply takes the opportunity to send some of his people there. But this doesn't seem to mean much, right? No matter how stupid King Yong is, he will not believe these two-faced people. Human?" Yuan Wenshao said.

"Indeed, but Yang Bingzhang, the official minister who had taken refuge with King Yong earlier, proposed to King Yong that he should buy horse bones with a thousand gold coins and promote some people from those who betrayed King Yan, so that King Yan's power could be completely destroyed. King Yong listened. He agreed to the matter and handed it over to Yang Bingzhang. However, the candidates selected for promotion by Yang Bingzhang were all people who openly took refuge in King Yong and secretly had correspondence with King Yan." Ning Zhiguang said.

Yuan Wenshao was surprised and said: "You mean Yang Bingzhang is a member of King Yan?"

Yang Bingzhang was one of the people who stood up to support King Yong very early.

If it was the nail planted by King Yan, King Yan's methods were a bit too clever.

You know, at the beginning, among King Yong and King Yan, King Yan had the highest voice.

The Minister of Civil Affairs is one of the highest official positions except for a few Xianggong and Shangshu.

At that time, the help of a minister from the Ministry of Civil Affairs was undoubtedly of great help to King Yan.

When you have the advantage, placing a person who has helped you a lot next to your opponent to act as a covert is impossible without great courage.

However, King Yan dared to launch a mutiny, so he was naturally very courageous. If it weren't for bad luck, he would have succeeded.

"This cannot be confirmed at the moment. The secret guards have not found any trace of contact between Yang Bingzhang and King Yan. However, the Yang family where Yang Bingzhang lives is one of the wealthy families in the north." Ning Zhiguang said.

Yuan Wenshao pondered: "Although there is no evidence, there is no such coincidence in the world. It can only be said that King Yan is very concerned about Yang Bingzhang as a chess piece, and he keeps it secret."

Those who can be placed by King Yan to King Yong must be his trusted confidants, and there are definitely not many such people.

However, the candidates selected for promotion by Yang Bingzhang are all these people. There is no such coincidence in the world.

"When King Yong promotes people, is there no objection from the officials?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

"All the officials agreed. I think the dragon body of the official family should be dead, so I agreed to the people promoted by King Yong, just to establish prestige for King Yong." Ning Zhiguang said.

Yuan Wenshao shook his head and said: "It seems that King Yan has not given up yet. With the current situation, King Yan has only one way to go. We have limited manpower. Don't focus on King Yong and King Yan. Just focus on Bian." It only matters if there is anything unusual about the soldiers and horses in the capital."

"Yes."

The development of the situation during this period proved that Yuan Wenshao's previous prediction was very accurate, so he did not raise any doubts.

……

"Official, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. My mother asked me to go to Sanqing Temple tomorrow to offer incense and pray for blessings. Do you want to go together?" Hua Lan asked.

"I won't go. It's the Chinese New Year soon. Those who need to move around need to move around. I'm going to go to Earl Zhongqin's Mansion tomorrow to make arrangements with my father." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Then you tell your parents-in-law and don't forget to bring the gifts you brought back from Youyang. In addition, tomorrow you will burn incense and pray for blessings. You will have a vegetarian meal at the Taoist temple. You won't be back at noon. The officials will be with your parents-in-law. Let's have dinner over there." Hua Lan warned.

"Yes, I took note of it." Yuan Wenshao nodded.

Early the next morning, the family of three had dinner. Sister Wen took a carriage to Hai's house to study. Yuan Wenshao and Hualan also left home.

Hualan came to the Sheng family, and joined her grandmother and mother Wang, as well as Sanlan and Hai, a group of female relatives, and rode four carriages to Sanqing Temple.

Outside the Taoist temple, I got off the carriage and just as I was about to go in, I met Mrs. Wu from the Earl's Palace of Yongchang.

"Old lady, Mrs. Wang, we are so destined to meet each other here." Mrs. Wu walked over with a smile, saluted Mrs. Sheng and said: "I went to Sheng's house to deliver a post a few days ago. I wanted to invite a few The girl went to a polo match and then found out that the old lady had gone back to her hometown to attend a wedding banquet. How is the old lady doing?"

The old lady took the lead and returned the salute and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "It's such a cold day that Mrs. Wu comes to offer incense. This real person can be moved by your sincerity. Mrs. Wu's request will definitely come true."

"Oh, it's not about our Xiaoliu's marriage. His previous brothers and sisters have all settled down, and he is the only one who can't live up to his expectations. I have no choice but to come to the real person and pray a few more times for blessings. It would be nice to have a daughter-in-law who is as happy as you want."

Mrs. Wu said and glanced at Minglan beside Mrs. Sheng.

"Haha, Madam Wu is just being picky. I heard that there are many girls in Bianjing who want to marry into the Liang family." Hua Lan said with a smile.

"That's right. I see how handsome your husband is. It's not easy to talk about marriage." Mrs. Wang said with a smile.

"This marriage is destined by God. If fate doesn't come, there's nothing we can do about it. Let me tell you, all the women here are debts."

At this point, Mrs. Wu lowered her voice and said, "I don't know if you have heard that the young master of Duke Neng Qi and the princess have been fighting for several months. Recently, the face of the princess has become... There’s not even a smile, but it’s scary. I heard that the young master is still making trouble now and doesn’t even eat.”

"Oh, the princess is the only one with such a young master, so precious. Why on earth did the young master get into trouble with the princess because he didn't like it?" Madam Wang said in surprise.

Although she was in Bianjing, she didn't hear the news.

Minglan's hand holding the old lady tightened when she heard this. The old lady felt it, glanced at her, and patted her hand.

"How do I know this? But I heard that the princess got into a big fire this time and beat to death a female servant who was serving in the young master's room, saying that she was charming to the young master." Mrs. Wu said.

(End of this chapter)