Male supporting role is not a stepping stone

News spread very quickly in the capital. The servants in the mansions of the royal relatives and dignitaries would more or less reveal some gossip to each other. The servants in the Ningguo Mansion soon knew about such a big thing happening in the palace.

The master was promoted to the Ning Wang, which was a big event worth celebrating, but because of the incident caused by the mistress, no one dared to approach him to congratulate and ask for rewards when Yang Yan returned home.

The housekeeper knelt at the gate early, and when he saw his figure, he stepped forward tremblingly to apologize, but his words were all shirking responsibility.

Since Jiang Ruxue fell into the water two years ago, she changed her previous low-key style and dressed up all day to play around and attend banquets, and even had close relationships with some men. It is impossible for him, who is in charge of the entire Ningguo Mansion, not to know these things.

It was just that his secret embezzlement of the Ningguo Mansion's property was discovered by Jiang Ruxue. For the sake of his life, he could only accept her threat, turn a blind eye to her affairs, and even often cover for her.

The ridiculous housekeeper racked his brains to clear himself after Jiang Ruxue's affair was exposed, but he didn't know that the things he did were also mentioned in the storybook.

Yang Yan had already found out all the things he did secretly when he just returned to Beijing. In addition to what was discovered by Jiang Ruxue, he also did a lot of evil things relying on the reputation of the Duke's Mansion.

Of course, he would not let this kind of servant who betrayed his master go easily. After listing his crimes, he asked people to send him to the authorities for investigation. With the crimes he committed, he must have no way to survive in this era.

Afterwards, Yang Yan showed his iron-blooded side and cleaned up the entire Duke's Mansion. Those servants who ate the master's food and ate meat and drank blood on the master all got the retribution they deserved.

Several maids who helped Jiang Ruxue cover up were also sold out. With the crime of betraying their master, no good family would want them. Their fate can be imagined.

After such an incident, almost two-thirds of the people in the Duke's Mansion left. The rest took it as a warning and behaved honestly, and never dared to do evil for the rest of their lives.

Yang Yan did not buy people again, but took in some soldiers who were unfortunately injured and disabled and had nowhere to go. He arranged some competent jobs for them in the mansion, which was considered to give them a way out.

This move not only solved the manpower problem in the mansion, but also raised his reputation in the army. It can be said that it killed two birds with one stone.

The Sheng family did not hear about this big event from their neighbors until the second day after the incident. The first thing they thought of was not that their son/brother/brother's official position was promoted to a higher level, and their own family also rose with the tide, but they felt sorry for him for encountering such a bad thing.

Old Lady Sheng even used her farm lady's street-swearing skills to scold her third daughter-in-law, saying that she had no conscience and was as stupid as a pig. Her son treated her so well, gave her the whole family to manage, and gave her a rich and peaceful life, but she actually did the ugly thing of cheating on her husband.

Then she advised her son to marry a virtuous wife. I don't know what this rich girl is thinking. It's better to marry a girl from the countryside. She is simple, down-to-earth and knows how to live. It's better to choose a wife from her hometown next time.

She also picked up those virtuous girls in her mind, such as Aunt Zhang's niece, Aunt Wang's niece, Brother Li's wife's sister... There are so many good ones.

Yang Yan was so amused by his mother that he quickly interrupted her: "How old are these girls you are talking about?"

He didn't know about the others, but he remembered Aunt Zhang's niece. His mother mentioned it when he was getting married. Six years have passed, and I'm afraid they have already had children. She brought it up again.

"They are all fifteen or sixteen years old," Old Lady Sheng's mind didn't turn around for a while. Seeing her son asking, she thought he was moved, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, they are all suitable for you. If you think it's okay, let's go back and see them someday."

"When you say fifteen or sixteen years old, you mean when you just moved out of your hometown, right?" Yang Yan touched his forehead helplessly, "It's been five or six years, those girls can't be still married, right?"

Old Lady Sheng finally reacted, slapped her forehead hard and said "confused", but she soon cheered up again and wanted to write a letter back to her hometown to ask her relatives to help find out if there are any good girls.

Yang Yan quickly stopped him, saying that he didn't want to get married for the time being, and now the court was changing emperors, it was a busy time, and he didn't have the time to spare.

Although Mrs. Sheng didn't understand these national affairs, fortunately she was not stubborn, and she never interfered with things she didn't understand.

After hearing her son's words, she temporarily gave up the idea and planned to arrange it for him after he finished his work, but she didn't know that her son's remarriage was destined to be a long way off.

After the family affairs were settled, everything in the court went very smoothly. The plaque of the Ningguo Mansion was quickly replaced with the three characters of the Ningwang Mansion.

The ministers in the court came to congratulate him, but Wu Xingwen and his subordinates who followed him didn't quite understand. They had already entered the palace, so why didn't they just rebel against the Fang family and become the emperor themselves, but instead they had to be subordinate to a straw prince?

Although they did not offend the commander-in-chief in the palace, they became angry with him after they left. They went back to their residences without even saying goodbye. After that, the threshold of Prince Ning's mansion was trampled down by those powerful ministers, but they were unwilling to even show their faces.

What can Yang Yan do when his subordinates are angry with him? Of course, he went to the door to coax them in person!

The first person he found was the military advisor Wu Xingwen. Although he was thinking about rebellion all day long, he was actually forced to protect himself by the old emperor's suspicion for years, so he had this bad idea.

Yang Yan ordered the mansion to close the door and offer good wine and food. When he found Wu's family, he was playing with his youngest son. The little guy still remembered the uncle who took his father away last time, and his little mouth pouted.

"Look what uncle brought you?" Seeing the little guy holding his father tightly and looking at him defensively, Yang Yan was a little embarrassed and quickly took out a beautifully decorated little sword.

The little guy was a little tempted, but he finally chose his dear father. He looked at him with disdain, his little eyes drifted over the little sword inlaid with gems, and buried his head tightly in his father's arms.

"Old Wu..." Yang Yan looked at the man with a stern face with some pity.

"Your Highness, why don't you enjoy the compliments of those dignitaries? Why do you come to this humble place of your subordinates?" Wu Xingwen said with a sour face, unmoved.

"You know I am the kind of person who hates those interpersonal relationships the most." Yang Yan smiled helplessly and said, "Are you still angry with me? This matter is also my fault. I didn't discuss it with you in advance."

Since the boss has lowered his posture so much, Wu Xingwen didn't make trouble anymore. He walked over to take the small sword in his hand, stuffed it into the arms of the youngest son, patted his little butt, handed him to the nanny who was waiting beside him, and said, "Go and play with your brother, and daddy will accompany you later."

The little guy was a little unhappy, but he still nodded obediently, snorted at Yang Yan next to him, and was carried away by the nanny with a pouty mouth.

"My child is naughty, please forgive me, Your Highness." Wu Xingwen perfunctorily arched his hand, walked to the stone bench to the side and sat down, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Well, he is still angry!

Yang Yan was not annoyed. He walked over to sit opposite him, opened a teacup, picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea. He tested the temperature and it was ok, so he drank it all in one gulp.

Hearing that there was no one around, he said bluntly: "I know what you think. Instead of being afraid of the emperor's suspicion all day long, it's better to be the emperor yourself. But have you thought about Old Wu?"

"It's easy to take over the palace and the capital, but once the news spreads, the garrisons on all sides will definitely be ready to move. Everyone will think, I, Sheng Yangyan, can become the emperor by force, why can't they?"

Seeing Wu Xingwen opening his mouth to speak, he made a gesture to stop him and continued: "Yes, I have the most soldiers and the strongest strength in the entire Dalin Dynasty. Those people are definitely not our opponents."

"But not everyone has a clear understanding of their own strength, and the swelling desire sometimes blinds a person's eyes, and some people even have the mentality of taking a gamble."

"So once I replace the Fang family and become emperor, war is inevitable. Do you agree with this?"

He said everything he could say. What else can Wu Xingwen say? He could only nod with a gloomy face, and at the same time, he understood his concerns in his heart.

He himself was born into a common family, and he could understand the damage that war brought to the common people. If the northern barbarians had not come to the south to cause chaos, he would not have been forced to join the army and go to the battlefield.

Although he was lucky enough to survive and became a military advisor, how many of his fellow countrymen were buried forever on that land?

Moreover, it is not an exaggeration to say that nine out of ten villages in the border town that experienced war were empty. When he first joined the army, he passed by a village that was massacred. The horrific scene gave him nightmares for several nights, and he has not forgotten it until now.

"Okay, I know what you mean." Wu Xingwen interrupted him and said sarcastically, "You, Prince Ning, care about the people and the country, but have you ever thought about the safety of yourself and your brothers?"

"The lives of the people are lives, but our lives are not lives?" He said excitedly and stood up, "We all entrusted our lives to you, hoping that you would find a way for us to survive, but look at what you chose?"

"I think Fang Jialong is worse than his thief father. Now he respects you, and when he sits firmly on the throne, he will definitely be the first to attack you. Do you believe it?"