Winner in life

Marquis Wu'an opened his mouth and nodded with a wry smile: "Yes, you are right. Mother, how did you get to this point?" Hearing the worry and slight complaints in his son's tone, the old lady sat up straight and decided to go against it. The grandson requested before and told his son the truth without permission.

She doesn't want her son to resent her eldest grandson. This is tearing out her heart!

This delicate flower from the Tian family did not decide to end up in their Wei family.

"...Who can you blame?" The old lady looked at him sadly, "Your father-in-law did this to preserve the bloodline of the deposed prince. It was loyalty. That was your father-in-law, Rou Niang's biological father, and he passed away many years ago. Where can I blame him? Besides, Shan'er is so good and has earned so much honor for the family over the years. I don't know how happy I am that such a good boy can fall into our family."

Marquis Wu An was silent. This belated truth made his heart surge and his chest trembled.

I didn’t expect that what I blurted out back then would actually come true. It was really my father-in-law who did it!

"What about my and Rou Niang's child?" He reacted.

The old lady's face became even more sad: "Shan'er has been searching for the past few years. Originally, she thought that the child was still alive, so she searched from the living place. Later... she searched from the dead place, which was in the ancestral grave of the Wan family. I found him. It is not convenient to move back now. I will give him a memorial tablet in the Buddhist hall and chant sutras and pray for him day and night, hoping that he will find a good family in the next life..."

"Originally, Shan'er wanted to tell you personally about this. Now that I'm telling you first, I have to remind you. It's a good thing that you and Rou Niang are deeply in love, but it's really hard to tell her this. It's not me. You also know that this mother-in-law is tricky. Rou Niang is simple and naive, and she can't hide her words. A few years ago, Rou Niang told Mrs. Wan about Shan'er being mistaken for the prince, but Mrs. Wan didn't. I hate Shan'er, tell me what's going on?" Speaking of this, the old lady still felt angry. Mrs. Wan scolded her grandson like she was crazy. Although everyone later knew that she was out of her mind and a little crazy, they would definitely mutter in their hearts: This person is crazy. Why didn't she scold others but instead scolded the heir apparent of the Wei family? It can be seen that Wei Zhenshan also made mistakes. When these words reached the old lady's ears, she was very angry.

Hearing this, Marquis Wu'an was filled with sadness and resentment that he could not put aside. He said with some helplessness, "Don't worry, mother, I know the severity." What's the situation now? Shan'er's life experience must not be exposed.

The next day, Wan Mingyi and his two children were escorted by his cronies and headed to Li County by water.

Ten days later, a letter came from the border. Ruihe said that he had packed up and prepared to leave after receiving the decree, and asked his family to help him prepare a residence in advance. Marquis Wu An held the letter and asked, "Is he coming back like this?"

Once you come back, you can’t leave!

The old lady also had a pale face, but she could hold on: "We have to believe him. No one has lived in Shan'er's yard for two years. You ask Rou Niang to send someone to clean it and smoke everything."

Ruihe's yard is always occupied and cleaned every day, so there is no need for extensive cleaning at all. Seven or eight days later, Rui He brought two thousand guardsmen to the inn three miles outside Yanjing City. When the news came in, the emperor issued an order, allowing him to bring only two hundred personal guards into Yanjing City.

At noon, Ruihe entered the city with two hundred Qingqi as expected, and even caught up with the lunch at Wu'an Hou Mansion.

Marquis Wu An had many things to ask Ruihe in his heart, but he decided to suppress them first while looking at his wife beside him, planning to ask again later. The old lady was very happy to see her eldest grandson after two years, and kept asking her maid to bring her grandson food.

"Thank you, grandma. I couldn't even eat such authentic Bazhen meatballs in the border town." Ruihe ate it with a smile and asked with concern, "Why haven't I seen the two children Rongshou and Rongan?"

After listening to Wan's explanation, Ruihe said with a smile: "That's great. Hong'er always has to socialize with his colleagues outside, so my younger siblings can go over and help."

"No." Mrs. Wan didn't know that the old lady had persuaded Wan Mingyi, and thought that her daughter-in-law had figured it out on her own, "She should have gone there a long time ago. Hong'er is a county magistrate after all, and there is even a decent lady beside her to help her. There’s nothing to do with a concubine.”

This was not a topic that Rui He could comment on. He was not interested in the concubines around Wei Zhenhong at all, so he changed the subject and asked about Wei Lingxuan. Wei Lingxuan has been married a long time ago. Her husband is the eldest grandson of Duke Cheng Guo. She is pregnant with her third child this year and is currently having the baby at home.

"I have brought some good medicinal materials and will be delivered to my little sister tomorrow."

After dinner, Marquis Wu'an asked Ruihe to go to his study, and the father and son talked about their future plans.

"Your grandmother has already told me the matter." Wu Anhou looked at Ruihe with complicated eyes, "Why did you avoid recognizing the royal family back then? If you had recognized it back then, it wouldn't be so difficult now."

"If I had confessed back then, where would I be now?" Rui He asked, "How is the eighth prince who was so popular now? Where are the fifth prince and the second prince? You should have seen it more clearly than me in Yanjing City these years. In the end The one who wins in the end is Xintei, and the others are just standing targets.”

Marquis Wu'an was speechless. In the early years, everyone would secretly speculate on the late emperor's intentions, thinking that he would choose a suitable successor among the princes. However, it was not until the tenth prince was born at the New Year's Eve banquet that year that everyone suddenly realized that all the princes had already been eliminated. , in the eyes of the late emperor, it was not worth mentioning at all. Sure enough, the tenth prince was established as the prince shortly after he became the legitimate son, and was sent by the late emperor to a border town where the situation was good to accumulate military merit and establish prestige——

It's not that the late emperor didn't have ideas. Look, the late emperor knew how to make plans for the prince he chose.

Even a loyal minister like him who didn't participate in the struggle between the princes felt frightened when he saw the methods used by the late emperor. No wonder the second prince went crazy and did such a stupid thing as forcing the emperor to abdicate. If he had worked hard for half his life and found out that everything was in vain when he was only one step away from success, he might go crazy.

"Yes, it's better if you avoid it, but your situation is not much better than before. What are your plans? Did the queen mother... give instructions?" Back then, he couldn't admit the danger, but what about now? If his background is exposed, he can do whatever he wants, otherwise he will be a traitor...

Marquis Wu'an stared at Ruihe: "Are you interested in——?" He made a gesture pointing to the sky.

Looking at the other party, Ruihe was very frank: "No."

"What are you going to do then?"

"Your Majesty called me back this time, he must want to give up the military power in my hands. Father, I have already arranged everything for Xijue, there will be no trouble for at least ten years, and I also want to stay and accompany you more."

Marquis Wu'an was anxious: "But the emperor may not just want to take back the military power!" He may also want your life.

"I have made contributions to the country, he should not dare to do anything to me openly, if he wants to do it behind the scenes-" he smiled, "then come on."

The new emperor did not expect Ruihe to really dare to come back, and he looked very obedient to the arrangement, which made many of his plans fall through, and he was very aggrieved. Ruihe neatly accepted many rewards and honors as well as a title of Xinying Marquis, and then neatly handed over the tiger talisman, and performed a good show of monarch and minister with the new emperor. For a while, his reputation spread throughout the court, and the people also followed the current events, adding a few new plays about the general who went to the north to return to Beijing to enjoy his life.

Gu Huaiyu is now working in the Ministry of Rites. The new emperor will be in mourning next year. He is busy with the election of the new emperor recently. He took time to see Ruihe: "You have fought in the border town for more than ten years, and you just gave up everything?" God knows that he has already prepared for his brothers to rebel!

The two have been brothers for decades. How can Ruihe not see his thoughts? He couldn't help laughing and asked, "My father is worried that I will become a traitor. Aren't you afraid?"

"Of course I am. I have been so scared since I knew you got the military power of the 18 cities that I couldn't sleep. Later, when we won the battle, the late emperor didn't say that he would take back the military power... Shan'er! Can you still laugh? Now you are trapped in a cage. The emperor has given you a lot of rewards, but he will definitely be wary of you in the future. It is impossible for him to let you leave the capital. You are only 30 years old and have a bright future. Are you going to be locked up in Yanjing for the rest of your life?" Gu Huaiyu has been tempered since he entered the official career. "If he really treats you well, the emperor should give you a job with real power!"

In the end, there was none.

Ruihe stopped laughing and comforted him, "I know what I am doing."

This time he came back obediently, and it was also planned. He spent ten years in the border city to solve the crisis of Dayan, and spent another two years dealing with the troubles of Xijue, opening up new trade routes, and reforming the allowance and welfare system of the Dayan army. I won't go into details. In life, one always wants something. He is very superficial. Since he has mastered this body, he always wants to gain some good reputation for the name Wei Zhenshan. Good reputation is hard to come by, but it can be destroyed overnight.

Wei Zhenshan will be a famous general and loyal minister, and will never be a treacherous minister who disobeys the emperor's orders and holds his troops for his own benefit.

So he let go honestly.

This is the first step.

Next, he will see the attitude of the new emperor towards him. If he just wants to "keep him in captivity" and let him lie on the merit book and wait for death for the rest of his life, Ruihe is not unacceptable. He has been tired for ten years and he also wants to take a break. He has been ready in the border town. Even if he does not go back, the generals of the eighteen cities can inherit his will, guard the land of the border town, and look forward to Xijue. His caravan can also continue to move forward and move money back from the Pozhen Kingdom.

But if the new emperor wants his life, then he will spread the bad name of killing loyal ministers and famous generals to the new emperor, and then he will have a legitimate reason to do anything.

Of course, he would not wait passively. In fact, he hoped to have a chance to get close to the new emperor. A useful method is never outdated. If the previous emperor could use it, the new emperor can also use it.

"That's good." Gu Huaiyu was as confident in Ruihe as ever, and he felt relieved when he heard it. "I will take a day off in two days. Let's go to the opera together!" m.,Please remember:,.

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