After rebirth, I became Little Marquis’s Bai Yueguang

Chapter 5

Like other nobles in Shengjing, the Yuan family eats three meals a day at regular times.

Just as Yuan Miaoyi had breakfast, Bai Zhi hurried in.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Miaoyi asked, putting down the tea in her hand.

Bai Zhi sent everyone else in the room out before saying: "My uncle came here early this morning. After he came, he and I talked for a while with the door closed in the study room and then left. After that, the master sent a big message in the study room. Temper, I heard that the person waiting in front of the study was beaten."

As soon as Yuan Miaoyi heard this, she knew that what happened this morning must be related to the news she revealed to Zheng Yunyu yesterday.

Although the Pei family has not been in Shengjing for a long time, they are not slow in checking things.I think Pei Zhao found out the whole story in half the afternoon yesterday, so he rushed to talk to Yuan Fuwei about it today.

Yuan Fuwei's reaction was what she expected. She asked Bai Zhi again: "How's it going with Mrs. Tai?"

Bai Zhi thought for a moment before replying: "My wife woke up early today and said she had a headache and wanted to rest. No one has been seen today."

The smile on Yuan Miaoyi's lips deepened. She faced Bai Zhi's somewhat puzzled eyes and said, "I just don't know. Except for my brother, everyone else who came today said that I am not feeling well and am still recuperating."

If she guessed correctly, Mrs. Yuantai has reached a certain tacit understanding with the Pei family.Yuan Fuwei asked to establish the crown prince, and I'm afraid it will only be in these few days.

The ones who should have a headache now are Yuan Fuwei and Liu Shutang who are hiding in the farm.After all, even if Yuan Fuwei could afford to wait, Liu Shutang's stomach didn't know if he could afford to wait.

It was almost noon and it started to snow for a while.In Mrs. Yuantai's yard, several younger maids were cutting plum blossoms in preparation for vases.

Mrs. Yuantai sat by the window, holding a stove and watching the maids playing softly outside. Her cute laughter made the whole yard lively.

Hearing the sound of Aunt Liu opening the curtain and coming in, Mrs. Tai asked without looking back, "Master is out?"

Aunt Liu came up to her and replaced the hand stove with new charcoal for the wife. She replied: "When I went out, I just looked at the angry man. He didn't even call the carriage in the palace, and rode away by himself. "

The madam put down the tea cup in her hand with a headache. Although they were both her sons, compared to his eldest brother, Yuan Fuwei seemed to be born with a clue.

If her eldest son was still alive, the Yuan family might not be in the same situation as it is today.

When the old man of the Yuan family was still alive, he asked the Pei family to make a marriage contract based on their old friendship.If Yuan Xizhi was still alive, it would be this eldest son who could marry the daughter of the Pei family.

Yuan Xizhi himself is quite talented. The children he will give birth to in the future will have the care of his father and mother in the officialdom. I don't know how smooth it will be.

Aunt Liu has been serving Mrs. Liu since she was young. Looking at her face, you can tell that she is thinking of her eldest son who died young.Afraid that she would be sad, he quickly tried to distract her.

"But now the eldest son is also very smart, and the Pei family has also said that he will treat the two children equally. Let the Pei family come forward for the matter on the other side, and save the master from resenting you in the future. Do you really want that? A woman will be the future mistress of the Yuan family?"

As expected, Mrs. Tai came back to her senses and said, "How is that possible? I don't want to be a concubine, let alone a wife, for someone with such a corrupt mind. It's just that the master likes it, and a concubine won't hurt anything. You can't always be with Pei. If the family continues to be in trouble like this, if we really get to the point where we start a lawsuit in front of the imperial court, let alone everyone in Shengjing will laugh at us, this lawsuit will be unwinnable."

Speaking of this matter, Aunt Liu asked softly with some hesitation: "Madam, if the Pei family had not found out about this matter, would they really have brought it to the imperial court? This matter is just a matter between ministers. The palace may not take care of your family affairs."

Mrs. Yuantai rubbed her forehead and whispered: "You don't know, this involves the old affairs of the royal family at that time. If it is other things, it is easy to talk about. If this matter comes to the imperial court, even if it is ignored, the palace will definitely be unhappy. "

Aunt Liu quickly realized what old incident the madam was talking about.

Even though it was already the Eastern Palace before he ascended the throne, the late emperor favored Concubine Sun at that time. Soon the third prince born from the concubine had a tendency to compete with the crown prince in the previous dynasty.

At that time, the middle palace was empty. Although my mother was the Empress of the Yuan Dynasty, she had passed away after all.If it weren't for Princess Shuyi who was there at that time, oh, it would be the current Princess Jinyang who was circulating in the palace.Outside, the Xiao family of Princess Jinyang's husband holds military power on the border. Even if the court has the support of the current queen's natal family, it's hard to say who will win in the end.

At this time, a scandal broke out in the Yuan family about favoring concubines and killing wives. The palace may not necessarily be angry about the past, but it is inevitable to feel unhappy when thinking about what happened back then.

These nobles who have no real power in the court are just relying on the palace's looks. What's the benefit of offending the palace?
Therefore, after Mrs. Yuantai saw that the Pei family was coming fiercely and would never give up until she established the heir apparent, Mrs. Yuantai realized very decisively that the matter must not become a big deal.

Besides, Mrs. Yuan Tai is still very satisfied with her grandson Yuan Lingheng.No matter in terms of studying or dealing with people, he is much better than his unsatisfactory father.There is also a noble uncle's family behind him, so the hope of the Hou family will still fall on him in the future.

Therefore, Mrs. Tai was in favor of the establishment of the crown prince from the beginning.

But having said that, he is still her son after all, and Mrs. Yuantai doesn't want to get into too much trouble with him.Simply let the Pei family come forward and use Liu Shutang as a handle to force Yuan Fuwei to bow his head.

Knowing a son is more like a mother. After Mrs. Yuan Tai knew that Yuan Fuwei was out, she concluded that it was only a matter of time before the crown prince was established.

"When the master comes back, if he wants to see me, just tell him that I have rested and let him come back tomorrow."

In the Yuan family's farm, Liu Shutang, who had just sent Yuan Fuwei away with a smile, suddenly turned gloomy.Bi Tao, who was serving beside her, helped her sit down carefully, looked at her gloomy face and said carefully: "Miss, being angry is harmful to your body. You can't be angry anymore in your current state."

Liu Shutang was born extremely charming, even if she was pregnant, her peach blossom-like beauty was not damaged.

While stroking her belly, which was as big as a dustpan, she took a deep breath and said, "One wrong step will lead to a wrong step. Bi Tao, you can see how many troubles will happen if a person cannot keep his temper."

Bi Tao massaged her slightly swollen calves and said, "Miss, you have suffered so much, are you willing to become a concubine like this?"

Liu Shutang said in a manly voice: "Didn't you listen to what I just said? The Pei family would rather break up with the Yuan family and go to the imperial court to fight this lawsuit. There is no way that Mrs. Tai will let the Yuan family lose face like this. If it gets to that point, In such a situation, I'm afraid the result will be the same as now, so why should I offend the madam more?"

Bi Tao bit her lip unwillingly: "But, the Marquis just said that he would make the eldest son his heir, so what will happen to the child in your belly, young lady? I'm just not worth it for you. It's obvious what I said before..."

"Before is before." Liu Shutang interrupted Bitao: "It is the right thing to establish a direct descendant."

Seeing that Bi Tao's expression was wrong, Liu Shutang lowered his voice and said: "You have endured hardships with me, and you have also seen the Liu family's decline. What you can get now is the best I can plan." That's right. You can't let your dissatisfaction show on your face. If the Marquis sees it, what you did before will be in vain. "

"Besides." Liu Shutang's voice was also soft and charming, whispering like a whisper: "This time we lost our composure and misjudged the Pei family. Let's just take it as a lesson. From now on. The days are still long, and now we have just established the heir apparent. Who can say clearly what will happen in the future?"

"Even the prince can be dethroned, let alone the heir apparent?"

During Pei Linlang's last sacrifice, Yuan Fuwei wrote a memorial and handed it over to him asking for Yuan Lingheng to be crowned heir apparent.For some reason, the officials responded very quickly, and when the last ceremony was over, the approved procedures came down.

Because Yuan Lingheng was still in his filial piety period, it was impossible to celebrate in a big way.Most of my close friends only wrote letters to express their congratulations, except for Xiao Yunyue.

I don't know whether it was the fact that he was forced to bow his head by the Pei family that made Yuan Fuwei's limited guilt disappear more completely, or whether Liu Shutang was indeed very capable.In short, when Xiao Yunyue came to visit again, Yuan Fuwei was still not at home.

According to etiquette, after paying a visit to the old lady, Xiao Yunyue walked straight to the south study room in Yuanling Heng Courtyard.

Xiao Yunyue didn't let Changsui pass the message. When he went in, Bai Zhi happened to send a message to Yuan Miaoyi, saying that the person sent by his uncle and his wife had entered the house.Xiao Yunyue heard the commotion and stayed outside for a while, waiting for the people to leave before going in.

Yuan Lingheng was a little surprised when he saw it was him: "Why are you here? No one from the front made a call."

Xiao Yunyue took off his cloak and said, "What? You don't welcome me? You just became the crown prince and you don't want to recognize your brothers?"

Yuan Lingheng was bringing tea to the table. When he heard this, he laughed and said, "How dare you? Is there any family in Shengjing who dares not to welcome you, the young Marquis of Pingyang?"

Xiao Yunyue has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, so he doesn't have the patience to wear fur clothes in winter, so he still wears a round-collared robe with armbands.His movements were free and easy, as if the wind was blowing away from him.

Yuan Lingheng thought he was in good health, but every time he saw what he was wearing, he still felt cold for him: "It's already deep winter, why are you still wearing so little?"

Xiao Yunyue then smiled and said: "Ziyu, why are you saying the same things as my mother? It seems that you are busy at home and have begun to take care of these trivial matters. How come I just saw a maid reporting to you about the affairs of the inner house?"

"What's the matter in the inner house?" Yuan Lingheng continued: "That's the person next to my sister."

Sister, Xiao Yunyue suddenly remembered the girl he met on the verandah that day.The fragrance of Zhilan seems to be lingering around, as well as those extremely calm eyes.

Yuan Lingheng didn't notice Xiao Yunyue's distraction at this moment. He put down the tea cup in his hand and said, "Tell me, why did you come to me?"

Xiao Yunyue withdrew his thoughts and said seriously: "The New Deal has been implemented very well in Jingzhou. Yesterday and today, I called the Jingzhou governor into the palace to report on it, and then he called me into the palace."

When it came to business, Yuan Lingheng's face became serious: "Is it possible that I want to open border markets in other states now?"

Xiao Yunyue nodded and said: "I am now ordered to go to Jizhou at the end of this month and reopen the border market in Jizhou."

At this point, Yuan Lingheng finally understood why Xiao Yunyue came to him: "I haven't announced the order yet, so it seems that I want you to secretly investigate Jizhou first. So, you want me to take you to see my uncle?" "

It feels good to talk to smart people. Xiao Yunyue nodded and said: "Because we are doing things in secret, if we come to the door officially, I am afraid that there will be constant speculation in the court. You will introduce me, and I will treat it as a junior meeting an elder."

Yuan Lingheng said: "This matter is not difficult. I will just write a letter to my uncle later before he leaves the capital."

Xiao Yunyue thanked him and said with some regret: "It's a pity that you have been a filial piety for three years, so you can't take the imperial examination, and you refuse to leave. If you enter the court as soon as possible, maybe you and I can be together this time."

Yuan Lingheng raised the tea cup and said with a smile: "Why should I be sorry Lintai? My mentor also said that if I end up this year, although I can give it a try, my ranking may not be good. Wouldn't it be better if I won the first place in three years?"

Xiao Yunyue smiled and raised the tea cup to touch him lightly: "Then I will replace the wine with tea and wish you a gold medal in advance."

　Sorry, there's something going on at school.I will make up the word count later (the word count has been made up), and thank you for yesterday’s monthly vote, and thank you for the recommendation vote given by the baby “at that time” ~ Thank you very much
　　
　
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