Chang Yu was reluctant to leave. Seeing everyone getting up, she couldn't help but stepped forward and stared at the piece of venison still roasting on the shelf after struggling for a while.
Mingda had already put down the plate and reached out to pull her, "Come on, let the servants take care of these."
Changyu burst into tears. When she saw many people turning around to look at her, she could only put down her plate and follow them.
She still couldn't let go until lunch, and felt very sad. Venison was not rare in the palace, but roasted venison, or roasted venison by sitting down by yourself, was so rare. It was even rarer than seeing Yang Heshu.
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Chang Yu looked gloomy and could only take another peek at Yang Heshu before getting into the car. Unfortunately, it didn't heal his heart much.
Yang Heshu was used to turning a blind eye to these glances. He only spoke to the fifth and sixth princes, telling them that it was getting late and they should return to the palace earlier.
Marquis Yang was an elder and could not send people away in person, so he stood on a high place and watched his son send people away one by one.
"I don't even know what Chang Bo and the Fifth Prince said?"
The servant lowered his head and said softly: "Yes, Wan Tian was the only one who followed the uncle in the house at that time."
Since Wan Tian is Yang Heshu's confidant, he will definitely not tell Mr. Yang the truth.
Marquis Yang sighed, already guessing that his plan would fail. When he saw Yang Heshu at the door sending Tang He and others away, and the couple turned to go back home, he stood and watched for a while before saying: "
Let Chang Bo come to my study...forget it, you go and see where he went, I'll go find him."
Yang Heshu separated from his wife at the second door and asked her to go back to look after the children, while he turned and went to his study.
Wanda asked his servants to light a brazier and bring it in. He was afraid that he would get cold, so he even used a blanket to cover his legs.
Yang Heshu waved his hand, "No, you can go down. If father comes, just let him in."
"Yes." Wan Tian responded before bowing and retreating.
Yang Heshu sat on a chair, pondered for a moment, took out the money bag from his sleeve, and pulled it open. Inside was the fifth prince's torn letter.
He took it out and put it piece by piece into the brazier and burned it.
When Marquis Yang strode in from the outside, Yang Heshu had been burned to the point where not much was left.
He saw the letter paper in Yang Heshu's hand and asked with a gloomy face: "What is this?"
Yang Heshu did not stand up and continued to put the letter in his hand into the brazier. He said, "It is a letter that my father asked the fifth prince to deliver to the imperial concubine."
Marquis Yang was so angry that he stepped forward and asked angrily, "What are you going to do?"
Yang Heshu raised his head, looked at Mr. Yang with some sadness and said, "Father, you taught your son how to be a gentleman. What are you doing now?"
Marquis Yang opened his mouth, and after a while he said dryly: "I am doing this for the clan..."
Yang Heshu said: "For the sake of the clan, this should not be the case. Your Majesty is not a fool. He knows who did it. If you introduce the imperial concubine and the fifth prince, it will only make your Majesty even more angry."
Marquis Yang said coldly: "The emperor's heart is important, but it's not so important that he has to be the one. But do you know what will happen if the crime falls on your cousin?"
He said: "Let's not talk about the real estate under their name. Our Yang family's salt and grain business in the Jiangnan area is all in his hands. If we don't save him, the Yang family will lose at least half of its money."
Yang Heshu said calmly: "It's over. We are a farming and studying family, so we shouldn't be too extravagant. That part of the business was originally done ten years ago. It's just a matter of going back to ten years ago."
"It's easy for you to say that, nothing in this clan is done without money? If you don't mention anything else, you can flourish in Luojiang County only because your family provides money, and after you return to Beijing, nothing will be done without money...
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"Father, that's how you use it when you have money. If you don't have money, there are also ways to use it."
Seeing that he was speaking calmly, Marquis Yang said angrily: "What you are wearing is for..."
Yang Heshu said calmly: "My son can also wear coarse clothes."
Marquis Yang: "Are you going to make your father angry to death?"
Yang Heshu shook his head, "Father, son, this is also for the good of the family."
Marquis Yang couldn't help but stamp his feet. He looked outside, but still couldn't help closing the door and whispering to him, "My father taught me wrongly. Since I was a child, I only wanted to make you a loyal and righteous gentleman, but I forgot to teach you how to live in this world."
. . . some rules."
Yang Heshu looked at his father helplessly. Did his father treat him as a simple doll?
Marquis Yang didn't understand his gaze, so he paused and continued: "There are many things involved in this. Our business in Jiangnan is not only ours, but also other businesses. If His Majesty is able to seize the opportunity to arrest us in Jiangnan,
Do you know what will happen if someone pulls it out?"
"His Majesty's manpower will come in, and each family may take out their anger on our family. That's it. Almost half of our family's money has been invested there. Once we lose Jiangnan's money, we Hongnong Yang
The clan may also lose its status in the clan annals."
Marquis Yang seemed to have aged several years. He sighed: "Do you think the status of the family is unchanged? Look at the Cui family. There are only two generations of outstanding disciples who were demoted from the first class to the third class by His Majesty.
, all the aristocratic families are openly complaining about their Cui family, but in their hearts they are mostly laughing at her."
It was he, although he recognized the Cui family's heritage and teachings to women, but he still looked down on them in his heart, feeling that the prosperity of these generations was almost supported by the women in the family, not the men.
But even so, the Cui family was not expelled from the family's interest chain. If the Yang family's manpower and property in Jiangnan were taken over by the emperor...
Marquis Yang had a cold war, grabbed Yang Heshu, stared at him and said in a deep voice: "Chang Bo, I heard what my father said is right. What matters in the game between king and minister is the strength in their hands. The emperor's heart is not as important as you think.
Once the Yang family loses power, the most important thing for us is not to face His Majesty's liquidation, but to face the various families, do you know?"
"If Mr. Cui hadn't had the support of mistresses all over the back houses, their family would have been squeezed out by various families. You don't have so many aunts and sisters."
The Cui family has many daughters and has been keen on marrying into various families since three generations ago. Their daughters are well-educated and are almost the popular candidates for the clan wives and eldest daughters-in-law of every family.
At that time, the emperor wanted to marry the daughter of the Cui family on behalf of the prince, but Cui Jie said something unpleasant to the prince when he was drinking outside.
Therefore, the prince swore that he would never marry a daughter of the Cui family. Later, the emperor did not choose the princess from a noble family, but chose the Su family from among the generals who followed him.
The Cui family also felt offended and said that the Cui family's daughter would not marry the royal family, which was vaguely disdainful of the Li family's intention. Otherwise, when the fifth prince proposed marriage, both Concubine Yang and the Yang family would prefer Cui.
The daughter of the clan.
The Cui family can maintain their status with their daughters, but the Yang family cannot. Their family does not have that many daughters.
Yang Heshu said calmly: "The Yang family has me, cousin Jie and the others. The Yang family has many disciples with outstanding abilities."