Shen Huaiting looked at the people following Mu Rufeng and was a little surprised. He asked, "Why is Wang Shouzhi here?"
Yuan Chen said: "Although I want the Wang family to be unable to reach you, you still have to consider it for your Tong Niang and let her find a backer. Only in this way can you have the confidence, right?
Wang Pingyang has long since buried his talent as a scholar, and he is no longer useful, but his son can be promoted.
Go talk to him alone, and you can get busy!"
Yuan Chen stood up after saying these words, and then took Wang Shouzhi to the flower hall.
The servants came to serve tea. Yuan Chen sat on a chair and drank tea without speaking in a hurry.
Wang Shouzhi stood there, feeling a little uneasy. The Wang family had been in a state of unrest recently because of their father's demotion.
In order to retain the Wang family, his mother actually came up with the idea of letting her sister get close to Mu Rufeng deliberately.
The younger sister was so angry that even Shen Huaiting disappeared, and as the eldest brother, he was so incompetent that he really didn't know how to help her?
Yuan Chen drank a cup of tea, then looked at Wang Shouzhi and asked, "Do you know why Gu asked you to come here?"
Wang Shouzhi lowered his head and said, "The common people don't know."
Yuan Chen said: "I heard that you don't plan to attend the Spring Festival this year. Why? Don't you want to pursue an official career and glorify your Wang family?"
Wang Shouzhi laughed at himself and said: "I have never liked reading since I was a child, and my father often beat me for it. But my sister likes reading very much. My father often said that it would be better if my sister was a boy.
For this reason, my father was extremely disappointed with me and gradually stopped caring about me."
Yuan Chen asked: "The Wang family is a scholarly family, why don't you like reading?"
Wang Shouzhi sneered lightly and said: "What a scholarly family, they just use the word "literati" to claim to be noble.
In fact, my heart has already changed, and there is a pedantic air everywhere in my family, which I don't like.
I don’t want to be a hypocritical person like my father. I would rather be a useless person than a puppet controlled by my family.”
Yuan Chen nodded and asked: "I heard that you like to practice martial arts? Your favorite reading is military books, but you want to take the path of a military general?"
Wang Shouzhi said: "Yes, but my father doesn't agree."
Yuan Chen asked: "If Gu gives you this opportunity to get what you want, what are you going to do?"
Wang Shouzhi was stunned. He looked at Yuan Chen excitedly and said, "Your Highness wants me to join the army?"
Yuan Chen smiled and said: "Your Wang family cannot support itself with your father. Gu has given your Wang family face by not removing him from his official position.
It's just that your parents don't seem to have given up yet and want to use your sister to provide a future for the Wang family.
As an elder brother, do you just watch your sister become a victim of the family? Don’t you want to find a future for your sister and yourself? "
Wang Shouzhi suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, please give me a clear explanation."
Yuan Chen said: "After the Spring Festival, Shen Huaiting will succeed to the position of Prime Minister. By then, your Wang family will not be able to compete with him.
If you want your sister to be happy, you can only rely on you. Are you willing to join the army to earn a bright future for the Wang family and become your sister's backer?"
Wang Shouzhi looked up at him, his eyes blazing and said, "Yes."
Yuan Chen asked: "Then what are your plans?"
Wang Shouzhi replied: "There is General Mu in Nanyue, and I want to guard Mobei. Although Mobei is just a barbarian land and is located in a remote place, it should not be underestimated. If it is not deterred, it will become a big trouble in the future!"