Chapter 33: Three Lifes of Fate

"I have lost a son and don't want to lose the last one again, Yuan Qing, this matter ends here."

This is the last sentence Yang Guang explained. On the way back, Yang Yuanqing carefully understood the meaning of this sentence. He could understand Yang Guang's mood. The eldest son was gone. If he pursued him, his second son might not be able to be preserved.

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but sigh, "Planning is up to others, but success is up to heaven." Who would have thought that Yang Zhao's death would become Yang Ming's life-saving straw?"

The prince is different from the ministers. Yang Guang has the courage to punish Yu Shiji, but he does not have the courage to punish his beloved son. Yang Ming escaped this disaster, which means that his struggle with Yang Ming will continue.

Yang Yuanqing no longer thought about this and turned around to the Pei Mansion. Yesterday, Pei Yun's impeachment was the last straw that overwhelmed Yu Shiji. This should be the help of the Pei family to him. He responded to Pei Ju in a reasonable manner.

Soon, Yang Yuanqing and several men came to Pei's mansion. It was a coincidence that he met Pei Minqiu's parents, Pei Wenyi and his wife Wang, in front of the mansion. The couple went out for a walk and were about to return to the mansion.

"Yuan Qing!"

Pei Wenyi saw Yang Yuanqing and greeted him with a smile. Yang Yuanqing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and smiled, "Uncle and aunt, are you going for a walk?"

"Yeah! I'm used to it."

Pei Wenyi smiled and said, "Thank you for the prey you sent the day before yesterday. That pig is good and the meat is delicious. If you get something for another harvest next time, don't forget to leave a leg for me."

"master!"

Mrs. Wang whispered, "How could you say this in front of the younger generation?"

Pei Wenyi stroked her beard and laughed, "It's okay to be kidding, Yuan Qing is also a straightforward person and doesn't have that much thought."

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing. He found that Pei Wenyi looked very honest and dull from the surface, but after he had really touched him, he realized that he also had a funny and humorous side, and actually asked him to leave him a wild boar leg. He realized that Pei Minqiu's lively and cute side looked like, but in fact he looked like her father.

He quickly bowed and smiled, "Uncle likes boars, I'll go and get two more tomorrow."

Pei Wenyi smiled and said, "I'm just talking and playing, don't take it seriously. It's a habit to eat wild boar meat. Look at my squat, can you still have to hunt wild boars by yourself in the future?"

Everyone laughed, and Mrs. Wang couldn't help but smile and hit her husband's shoulder. At this time, Pei Ju's eldest grandson Pei Jin walked out of the door and bowed to Yang Yuanqing, "General Yang, grandfather invites you in!"

Pei Jin gave another tribute to his second uncle and second aunt. Pei Wenyi said to Yang Yuanqing: "Go! If you have serious business, you won't delay you."

Yang Yuanqing bowed slightly and followed Pei Jin into the mansion. Pei Wenyi looked at Yang Yuanqing's back and whispered to his wife: "Xun Niang, if he is our son-in-law, I think it would be good."

Mrs. Wang was startled and asked quickly: "Did you tell me about Min Qiu?"

Pei Wenyi nodded, "I told me about this two days ago and asked me if I have any comments?"

Mrs. Wang asked nervously: "What do you say?"

Pei Wenyi glanced at his wife strangely, "Don't you want to?"

Mrs. Wang was told that she was worried and blushed. She didn't know what to say. In fact, she looked down on Yang Yuanqing. She had agreed to her brother's request three years ago.

Mrs. Wang's family is a lower-ranking family in the Wang family in Taiyuan. She only has one brother. Three years ago, her brother told her that the Wang family wanted to marry the Pei family again, and Wang Jun, the eldest grandson of the Wang family, married the daughter of the Pei family. Her brother meant that she wanted to marry Minqiu to the eldest grandson of the Wang family, so that her family's status in the family could be improved, so Wang agreed to her brother.

Because Minqiu was young at that time, this matter would not be mentioned for the time being. Now Minqiu is gradually getting to talk about marriage, but her father-in-law wants to marry Minqiu to Yang Yuanqing, which makes Mrs. Wang a little at a loss.

Pei Wenyi suddenly realized that it must be the incident three years ago. He shook his head and smiled: "Wang Jun is just a small county magistrate. Can he compare with the dignified Fengzhou general manager?"

"Master, why have you become so snobbish?" Mrs. Wang was a little unhappy. She didn't want her husband to say this to her parents' home.

"I just say that, am I that kind of person?"

Pei Wenyi also put away his jokes and said to his wife solemnly: "I also admit that Wang Jun's child is well-behaved and seeks progress, but it is your elder brother's intention to marry him. What is your elder brother's idea? I know very well. I don't like to use my daughter as a child for the family power struggle. Xun Niang, I think I need to listen to her own wishes for her daughter. I didn't agree to my father clearly. I just said that as long as Min Qiu himself is willing, I have no objection."

"Okay! I'll talk to my daughter. If she is willing to marry Yang Yuanqing instead of the Wang family, I will definitely respect her wishes and will never force her. She is also my precious daughter. Of course, I hope she can marry someone she likes."

The couple said as they walked towards the inner house.

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In the guest hall, Pei Juzheng and Yang Yuanqing were talking about Yu Shiji. Yu Shiji's demotion meant that the prime minister and the officials would be evenly divided, but the Pei family was the biggest beneficiary. The seven cabinets of the cabinet and the Pei family occupied two people. As long as he formed two more alliances, the Pei family would occupy the majority in the cabinet and would become the largest force in the Sui Dynasty.

Speaking of which, I have to thank Yang Yuanqing for this matter. Pei Ju did not conceal Yang Yuanqing and directly analyzed this interest relationship to Yang Yuanqing. However, Yang Yuanqing did not expect that he was just trying to suppress the power of the King of Qi. Yu Shiji was demoted and the power of the King of Qi decreased by at least 40%. Unexpectedly, it increased the power of the Pei family, which made Yang Yuanqing laugh.

"If this is the case, it's really killing two birds with one stone."

Pei Ju also sighed: "Yes! In the past two years, we have tried our best to defeat Yu Shiji. There are at least dozens of memorials to impeach him. But the emperor turned a blind eye to us and we were also discouraged. However, we did not expect that you took another approach and started with his wife and children, and succeeded in one fell swoop, which made us feel a little incredible."

"Actually, there is a bit of a coincidence here. I didn't expect that Yu Shiji was not in the capital. If he were in the mansion, he would never use the assassination plan. Instead, he should have sued the emperor for a lawsuit. Only those who are arrogant and do not understand the rules of the court want to get the stupid way of buying murder.

Pei Ju smiled slightly and said, "You are right. It is indeed a bit accidental here. However, if you don't kill those more than a hundred death soldiers of the Qi King, he will not leave the capital. There must be a cause in this. It is also due to his aura. It can only be said that it is God's will."

Yang Yuanqing nodded and asked again: "Yu Shiji has left his post, so who will replace him and be selected into the cabinet?"

Pei Ju thought for a while and said, "Actually, there are traces to the arrangements of the cabinet. For example, Su Wei himself is the prime minister, Niu Hong represents the Ministry of Personnel, Zhang Jin represents the nobles of Guanlong, Yu Wen Shu represents the old person of the King of Jin, Pei Yun and I represent the northern aristocrats, Yu Shiji represents the aristocrats of the Southern Dynasties. Since Yu Shiji was demoted, his successor must be the old minister of the Southern Dynasties. I guess he will be Xiao Cong, the subordinate minister of the Empress, the Xiao family, and since Yu Shiji is an old minister of the Chen Dynasty, he must be an old minister of the Liang Dynasty. The emperor will balance the power of the Southern Dynasties, so the tenth ** is Xiao Cong."

Yang Yuanqing has not yet learned about this kind of mastery of the imperial power and cannot be compared with Pei Ju's shrewdness and skill. He can only listen to Pei Ju's analysis humbly.

But today Pei Ju's mind was not focused on analyzing the power of the court. He was focusing on Yang Yuanqing. He was originally planning to bring Min Qiu with him and talk about their marriage with the emperor during his southern tour, but unexpectedly, the emperor canceled the southern tour plan because of the death of the prince. Seeing that Yang Yuanqing was about to return to Wuyuan County, Pei Ju felt a little anxious.

Pei Ju pondered for a moment and slowly said his thoughts, "Yuan Qing, the last time I invited you to dinner, I originally wanted to promise Xier to you, but I found that you and Xier were not destined to be together, so I stopped mentioning this. Now I see that you and Min Qiu are quite in love, if you have the intention..."

Pei Ju officially proposed a marriage contract with Yang Yuanqing. In fact, the Pei family allowed Pei Minqiu and Yang Yuanqing to hunt together, which was a hint. Otherwise, with the strict rules of the Pei family, how could the unmarried daughter of the family be allowed to follow a young man to hunt? There is also the possibility of overnight stays. The Pei family has already proposed an engagement to Yang Yuanqing in action, but Pei Ju made this engagement explicit.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a long time. Frankly speaking, he needed this marriage and he needed to marry a famous family like the Pei family. Only in this way can he have the capital to fight against the Guanlong nobles when the world is in chaos, and only by uniting the northern aristocrats and Shandong heroes can he fight against the powerful Guanlong nobles. Pei Minqiu is gentle and virtuous, and is his best wife, but he can only be wronged by her as his second wife.

He sighed in his heart and finally nodded, "I am willing to marry Minqiu, but my grandfather is newly buried. It is not advisable to talk about marriage within one or two years."

Pei Ju also stroked her beard and smiled, "Actually, I want to tell you that the Pei family rules are there, and the clan daughter can only get married after she is sixteen. Minqiu is only fourteen years old this year. You can set up this marriage now, so that the best of both worlds is the best. But I would like to remind you, Yuan Qing, engagement requires elders to come forward."

He knew this rule. Yang Yuanqing thought about it and said that it was impossible for the Yang family. He didn't want his father to come forward for him. It was a good uncle. Unfortunately, it was a little too far away. Yang Yuanqing thought about it and said, "Then I'll ask Princess Leping to get engaged for me, okay?"

"Can!"

Pei Ju squinted her eyes and smiled, "As long as you admit that she is your elder, the Pei family has no objection."

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In the inner room, Wang was also talking to her daughter. Although she hoped to marry her daughter and married the eldest grandson of the Wang family, if her daughter was willing to marry Yang Yuanqing, she would not object.

"Minqiu, I guess your grandfather will mention your marriage with Yuanqing today. Of course, now it's just an intention. In the end, you still have to seek the opinions of your parents before you can get formally engaged. So I asked you, you have two choices now, one is the eldest grandson of the Wang family in Taiyuan, who is a young man with good character and ambitious character. He is twenty years old this year and has become the magistrate of Jieliang County. He also has a bright future. The other is Yang Yuanqing. I don't know his character, but he is a very big official, and I don't know if there will be any setbacks in the future? Mom is giving you a choice. Which one do you think you prefer?"

Pei Minqiu's face was flushed with shame, and her heart was pounding. Is it necessary for her to choose? When Yang Yuanqing saved her life from the fire, her heart could no longer tolerate others.

She bit her lip lightly and whispered shyly: "Mom doesn't understand General Yang, but her daughter understands him."

Wang smiled bitterly and looked at her daughter helplessly. Her daughter had made a choice. What else could she say?

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[After the seventh volume, please see the eighth volume, Lingyun’s strong brushwork style]
Chapter completed!