Chapter 504 A bloody plot

Luoyang Government Affairs Department

After traveling a long distance, Guo Hao finally returned to Luoyang before the New Year.

At this moment, Luoyang is a gathering of heroes. Except for Ma Chao, Liu Hua, who are far away from home, and Ju Yi, who is wandering around in the wilderness, most of the generals and advisers have returned to Luoyang.

Things like Shenju finally came to work overtime at this time. I usually have nowhere to vent my energy. I have been flying a lot as a means of transportation in the past two days.

Even Liu Bei and others from Yizhou returned to Luoyang to reunite with their families.

As for the security of the border, it is natural that the local generals on the border are responsible for it, not to mention the ice and snow in the north, there is no way to start the war lightly.

There are also small-scale fights, and these local generals on the border are fully capable of handling these troubles.

"Zichuan! Let's go!"

Guo Hao squatted at Chen Xi's door and shouted, "There are only five days before the New Year, and I don't know whose wife instigated it. The eldest princess plans to hold an extremely grand banquet."

After all, Chinese New Year in this era basically means eating and drinking.

The eldest princess personally took the lead in hosting the banquet, which was considered a very good entertainment project.

As for work, just kidding, two days of shutdown is nothing. Some modern superpowers can shut down for a month without any trouble, not to mention the current festive atmosphere.

Back then, even the Xiongnu didn't flirt with the Han Dynasty during the Chinese New Year. Who else would find trouble at such a time?

Today was the day of the banquet. As a general, Guo Hao had to arrive early. He didn't need to pack anything and was ready to go to the palace.

Chen Xi opened the door with an embarrassed look on his face and looked at Guo Hao at the door.

"It's only noon now, why do we need to go so early!"

"Stop talking nonsense and come with me quickly!"

Guo Hao had no choice but to drag Chen Xi away. What could he do? He couldn't face the eldest princess alone.

Guo Jia told Xun Yu everything about his previous high status, which made it clear that he was going to urge the marriage. He also knew the political significance of marrying the eldest princess, but now he was taking care of both families.

The eldest princess is fine, what should Dong Bai do?

Guo Hao's head is bigger than the other two, so he urgently needs a good brother to help him withstand thunder.

Chen Xi reluctantly turned around and waved to the old housekeeper. The eldest princess was reasonable and said that it was okay to bring her family with her.

But Chen Lan didn't want to go at all. There were too many people, and staying home for a long time made her a little socially anxious. She didn't want to go to places with so many people at all.

"Okay, let me down. If you don't know, you might think it's a big deal!" Chen Xi broke away from Guo Hao's pull with a look of contempt on his face.

"How can you be better than me? Everyone in Cai probably won't let you in!" Guo Hao stabbed Chen Xi expressionlessly.

Chen Xi's expression paused and he rolled his eyes. You all know this kind of gossip, how free Guo Fengxiao is!

In fact, when they reach their status, everything they do will be recorded by others, and there is nothing they can do about it.

However, Chen Xi did not expect that Guo Hao, who had just returned recently, would be able to see his tidbits among so much information, among which Guo Fengxiao definitely contributed a lot.

"What's the big deal? I'll ask the eldest princess for a reward, just marry two equal wives!" Chen Xi looked irritated, and finally gave up. When it comes to feelings, it can't be solved by simple ingenuity.

"Tch! You should pass Mr. Cai's test first!" Guo Hao continued to hit him. "Also, I remember that you are carrying a marriage contract from the Fan family, right?"

Chen Xi was even more suffocated. He had three wives and four concubines. It was okay for him to have two equal wives, and he could use the eldest princess's reward to fool them. But with three equal wives, he couldn't do anything even if the eldest princess endorsed them.

This is also the reason for his irritability. This thing cannot be solved by ordinary methods. He has to overturn the marriage system of the Han Dynasty to find a way to solve it.

However, the consequences of subverting the system will be even more chaotic, and he might just give it away by then.

Due to Guo Jia's efforts, Guo Hao quickly mastered all the information that happened during his absence.

The top one among them is naturally the tidbit about Chen Xi being kicked out of the house by Cai Yong.

As soon as he understood the whole story, Guo Hao was happy, and sparks flew between Chen Xi and Cai Zhaoji.

Originally, this was nothing. Chen Xi was not married in the strict sense, and he was the prime minister, so of course he was considered a good match.

Although Cai Wenji had previously planned to marry Wei Zhongdao of the Wei family, last time Cai Yong and Lu Zhi openly opposed Guo Hao and were directly removed from the court.

Later, both Cai Yong and Lu Zhi were dismissed. The Wei family was worried about being implicated, so they immediately regretted breaking off the engagement.

To be honest, this kind of public opposition to real power is basically courting death.

Especially for those who were expelled from the court and subsequently dismissed from official positions, even the reputation of a great Confucian could not withstand the reality of people's hearts.

Originally the Wei family was very hesitant, but Wei Zhongdao immediately said so, and the Wei family had no reason to persist and directly broke off the engagement.

To offend a powerful scholar and possibly be implicated and end up being exterminated, the family's choice couldn't be more obvious.

But later, Lu Zhi and Cai Yong were fine, and Guo Hao not only failed to deal with them, but also resurrected them. This incident made the aristocratic families dumbfounded.

Why was he not soft-hearted at all when dealing with them? Lu Zhi was so soft-handed when dealing with Cai Yong.

It’s clear that we are going to engage in contention among a hundred schools of thought, so why are we still so polite to the great Confucian scholars?

After a lot of back and forth, Cai Zhaoji changed her name directly to Cai Wenji, which meant a clean break with the past, and she still worked as an administrator at the Great Library.

Cai Yong was happy to see the success at first. What about Chen Xi's abilities and achievements? How could a great scholar like Cai Yong discredit Chen Xi because of his position? On the contrary, these great Confucian scholars were the ones who criticized Chen Xi the most.

They boasted about the bright moon in the sky. Some people even wrote memorial tributes to Chen Xi. They publicly worshiped Chen Xi on various occasions every year, as if they were treating Chen Xi as a living saint.

Lang was interested in having concubines, and coupled with Chen Xi's status, even if Cai Yong knew about Chen Lan, he would have no objection, because having three wives and four concubines was considered politically correct in ancient times.

However, when the two parties were discussing marriage, when Cai Yong knew that Chen Xi still had a marriage contract with the Fan family, he immediately turned against Chen Xi and drove Chen Xi away.

Chen Xi finally learned about such a thing from the old housekeeper's mouth, and also found it from the depths of his own memory. He said that their family had no source of income before, so how could they still provide for his medical treatment and cultivation?

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Before his family became prosperous, he was sponsored by the Fan family, and the Fan family waited for him to return to fulfill his engagement.

It wasn't until the Fan family heard about the Cai family that they couldn't sit still. There are many families in Yingchuan who know about this matter. Their family is also an aristocratic family and they also want to save face.

What's more, they always considered themselves Chen Xi's family, but in the blink of an eye, their family became clowns, and by the way, this matter was spread by some aristocratic families.

Chen Xi was numb. He didn't know whether he had traveled through time or awakened Su Hui.

Anyway, he has no way to deal with this matter and can only delay it. No one dares to force him with his status.
Chapter completed!