Chapter 143: Crane Marriage in the Clouds!
After Duan Bi, the Duke of Wei Guo, saw the crane in the cloud (Ao Yu), his face suddenly showed a little embarrassment.
Hou Ao said in his heart: "Yu'er, what are you still doing?
The crane in the cloud stepped forward and bowed down and said, "The little son-in-law greets my father-in-law." β
Duan Bi, the Duke of Wei, smiled heartily and said: "The virtuous nephew is well, I am really overjoyed to learn that you have returned to you safely." β
It's not right, it's called a virtuous nephew, not a virtuous son-in-law.
Hou Aoxin's face changed suddenly, and he suddenly said, "Wei Guogong, what do you mean by this? Could it be that the marriage contract we made before doesn't count, do you want to go back on your word?"
Wei Guogong said: "Brother Xian, come in and talk, come in and talk." β
Hou Ao said in his heart: "No, just talk here." β
Duan Bi, the Duke of Wei Guo, said: "Brother Ao Xian, of course the marriage contract we made counts, we are all the centennial nobles of the Great Zhou, how can the marriage contract not be counted? β
Ao Xin said: "What change?"
Duan Bi said: "Didn't it be rumored that Ao Yuxian's nephew was seriously ill some time ago, and I am afraid that it would be unpredictable? There has been no news in the next few months, and my daughter is not young, so I can't let her delay it all the time." But we can't ruin this marriage contract, it just so happens that His Majesty the Emperor issued an order to pass Ao Ming to you as an heir. So I discussed it with your old man and got engaged to my Yingying and your Ao Ming. So we are still in-laws, but Yingying is married to Ao Ming, not Ao Yu. β
As soon as these words came out, the crane in the cloud shrank his eyes.
It is clearly written in the information that in November of the previous year, Duan Bi and Ao Xin made a marriage contract, and the two families got married.
At that time, this marriage shocked the entire Southern Zhou Empire.
Duan Yingying is not only the daughter of Wei Guogong, but also a famous talented woman in Jiangzhou Mansion, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the people who pursue her are like carp crossing the river.
And who is Ao Yu? Basically, there is no need to introduce it.
The first waste of the Southern Zhou Empire, 10,000 beheaded, patrons of low-level prostitutes.
This reputation can no longer be described as smelly, Duan Yingying Xu rationed to Ao Yu? It can't be described by toads and swans, nor can it be described by flowers inserted in cow dung.
After this marriage contract came out, countless young junjie were heartbroken and wrote countless painful poems, as if there was a feeling of losing my love forever.
There are even many nobles who laugh at the Duke of Wei in their hearts, you are also a dignified duke, a top noble, even if Ao Xin is a powerful minister of the empire, others need to slap him, but you don't need it, right?
Moreover, Duan Yingying, this woman is arrogant and talented, and everyone will think that she will resist marriage.
But I didn't expect that no, she accepted it quietly, which is completely inconsistent with her character.
But at that time, the fat man Ao Yu felt that he was not worthy of Duan Yingying, so he took the initiative to run away from marriage.
When Yun Zhonghe read this material, it was really very strange, Duan Yingying was arrogant and arrogant, and her eyes were higher than Xiang, how could she agree to marry Ao Yu? She should not even look down on Ao Yu from the corner of her eye.
However, at that time, Ao Xin and his wife were very happy.
They think their son is very good, too good. But in the eyes of everyone, Ao Yu is the first waste. So now that I'm not young, and the marriage is still unsettled, I can't find a small family, right?
wanted to be the right person, but couldn't find it at all, and the other woman couldn't look down on Ao Yu. Now that Wei Guogong is going to get married, of course Ao Xin and his wife are very happy.
Their fat fat can not only marry a daughter-in-law, but also marry a daughter-in-law who is first-class in appearance, figure, talent, and identity. Any parent wants his son to be glorified and to have a good wife.
But the crane in the clouds is born with conspiracy theories, and he certainly doesn't think so.
The reason why Wei Guogong proposed the marriage was actually very heartbreaking.
That is, he thinks that Ao Yu will definitely die.
Ao Yu's poor health is not entirely a secret in the top aristocratic circles, and many doctors have judged that he will definitely not live long, that is, it will be nearly two years.
Therefore, it is certain to select a young handsome man from the Ao family to pass on to Ao Xin.
This kind of thing is very common among the aristocracy, and it can even be called countless.
Not to mention others, Ao Xin himself is a successor, his biological father is Ao Ting, and the previous generation of Nulang Marquis is Ao Qing, he has a total of three sons, and there was no shortage of heirs.
But in a big battle with the Great Liang Kingdom, the two sons were broken, and only one youngest son was left, Du Miaomiao.
Unexpectedly, this little son was infected with smallpox and died.
Therefore, the previous generation of Ao Qing, the Marquis of Nulang, had no heir, so he inherited the best young man from the clan, that is, Ao Xin.
At that time, Ao Xin had already stood out among the generals, and in his early twenties, he had already been promoted to General Yingyang with his military merits.
And now the old man of the Ao family that Wei Guogong is talking about is Ao Xin's biological father Ao Ting, and he is also the head of the Ao family, and he has always said everything about the affairs of the clan.
Ao Xin usually calls this old man Ao Ting his father, absolutely respectful and filial.
And Ao Ming's inheritance to Ao Xin is also the will of the old man of Ao Ting.
It is precisely this that Duan Bi of Wei Guogong values.
Because Ao Ming is first-class in terms of talent, reputation, appearance, and bearing.
From which point of view, Ao Ming and Duan Yingying are both a pair made in heaven.
As long as Ao Yu dies and Ao Ming succeeds, Duan Yingying will naturally marry Ao Ming.
Therefore, Wei Guogong is a precautionary measure, as long as Ao Yu has been dead for a year and a half, let Ao Ming and Duan Yingying worship and marry.
Some time ago, this old man of Ao Ting was directly engaged to Wei Guogong for Ao Ming and Duan Yingying.
Let's put it this way, for Ao Yu's death, Wei Guogong's family is definitely applauding.
Now she finally understands why Duan Yingying doesn't resist marriage, because she knows that Ao Yu will die, and she wants to marry Ao Ming, a talented man, Meilangjun, not Ao Yu, a waste.
At this time, Hou Ao Xin felt extremely angry.
Even if he no longer understands the world and knows how to be a man, he understands the connotation of this.
It's so damaging!
Your Wei Mansion didn't look down on our fat family at that time, so don't propose marriage.
I haven't married yet, so I look forward to my chubby family dying early, and then you marry Ao Ming?
Suddenly, Ao Xin said angrily: "Why don't I know about Duan Yingying and Ao Ming's engagement?"
Wei Guogong said: "You were fighting abroad at the time, focusing on national affairs, how dare such a child dare to disturb you, and you have always been in charge of family affairs, and everything is decided by your old man." And during that time, the ancestor of our family was infected with the wind and cold, and the condition was urgent, and Yingying, the child, grew up under the knee of his grandmother since he was a child, so he was very filial, so he proposed to rejoice for his grandmother and let his grandmother recover. So the two families decided to get married, and as a result, the ancestor of our family was happy and really recovered. β
Is it?
That's a coincidence!
"Then why doesn't my wife know?" said Ao Xin angrily.
Wei Guogong said: "At that time, Mrs. Zun couldn't afford to be depressed, and we were afraid that it would cause him too much stimulation, so we didn't tell her." β
"Hahaha......" Hou Ao laughed angrily.
As an important minister of the empire, he was either fighting outside or busy in the court all year round.
That is, I have only been a little idle recently, and I am not at home all year round.
So everything in the family is handed over to the old man Ao Ting, and of course the affairs in the house are in charge of his wife.
This lady of his is as fierce as fire, and the relationship between his old man Ao Ting is very tense, and Ao Xin has always been caught in the middle and is in a dilemma.
Of course, the root cause of the bad relationship between Mrs. Nulang Hou and the old man Ao Ting is because of Ao Yu.
The old man didn't like Ao Yu very much, and he wanted to scold corporal punishment at every turn. And Mrs. Fulanghou has repeatedly contradicted the old man for the sake of her son.
So the relationship between the father-in-law and the daughter-in-law is very bad.
Because although Ao Ting is Ao Xin's father, he is still nominally an uncle, so Mrs. Nulang Hou in the mansion is still barely able to fight the court.
It's just that when Ao Yu was seriously ill, Mrs. Nulang Hou was sad all day long, washed her face with tears, and completely let go of the affairs of the clan.
Therefore, the old man of Ao Ting has the power to monopolize it, and he has no choice but to say it.
Just yesterday, Ao Xin insisted on going to meet the old man Ao Ting before eating. But the Lady of the Angry Langhou insisted on going after eating, so as not to kneel there and listen to the endless lessons.
Ao Xin couldn't resist his wife, so he waited for dinner and took the crane in the clouds to meet the old man Ao Ting.
The result?
Ao Yu was completely ignored by the old man.
The old man Ao Ting has been teaching and teaching Ao Xin a full half an hour.
Now the crane in the cloud and Ao Xin can see it.
Let Ao Ming inherit the title of Marquis of Fulang is the common will of the entire Ao family, and it is also the will of the entire Wei family.
Moreover, the emperor personally came forward to let Ao Ming succeed him, ostensibly as a favor to Ao Xin, but it may not be that Ao and the Wei Mansion are using their strength.
So Ao Ming's backer is very big.
There is not only the old man Ao Ting, but also the entire Ao clan, as well as the Wei Mansion.
Ao Xin was really cold.
The Marquis of Nulang's Mansion has already declined, and it was he who fought outside, and the Ao family had the glory it has today.
It was because Ao Xin was not given the title of duke, so the three brothers were all made earls.
How prominent was the Ao family at this time?
That's how you're calculating me behind my back?
What do you think of my son Ao Yu?
Why do you want to marry me in a pretended way? And then I can't wait for him to die, to marry Ao Ming?
It's so damaging.
"Farewell!" Angry Langhou Aoxin's face turned pale, and he left directly.
Wei Guogong Duan Bi said: "Go slowly, the marriage regulations of the next two children, you still have to be in charge, you are Ming'er's father." β
When Duan Bi, the Duke of Wei, said this, he also glanced at the crane in the clouds.
The meaning is very clear.
What kind of talent is Ao Ming? What kind of waste is your own son Ao Yu? Originally, he died, everything was fine, and now he is back.
Come back, come back, and keep it as waste.
Ao Ming is your future, so that you can carry forward the Marquis Mansion of the Angry Waves.
Hou Ao ignored it, and left directly with a cold face.
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After Ao Xin left.
When Wei Guogong returned to the inner house, his old mother, the wife of Wei Guogong's mansion, said, "Ao Xin is gone?"
"Gone. Wei Guogong said: "I still can't be a man." β
Mrs. Wei said, "That son of his, you didn't let him in, did you?"
Wei Guogong said: "No." β
A picturesque woman next to her smiled: "The Marquis of Nulang is really naΓ―ve, does he really think that I can take a fancy to his own son? If it weren't for Minglang, where would it be rare for our family to marry the Marquis of Nulang?"
A middle-aged woman next to her said: "Isn't that the case? No matter how powerful Ao Xin is, it is just a passing cloud, a nouveau riche in the officialdom, and it can't enter the eyes of our Wei State Mansion, just a marquis' mansion." β
At this time, another gloomy voice sounded.
"Why didn't Ao Yu's waste die outside, if he died outside, everyone would be happy, but he came back alive. β
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On the way, Hou Aoxin's eyes were red.
He made his son suffer such a disgrace!
No, this is not only the shame of his son Ao Yu, but also the shame of his Ao Xin.
I don't know how to be a man, I can only fight, and I don't have a party in the court, but I'm a hussar general, do you just calculate me?
"Yu'er, I'm sorry for you for my father. Ao Xin said: "In the past ten years, I have been fighting outside, and I rarely manage to the house, so that you and your mother have been wronged." β
Yun Zhonghe smiled: "I don't think there's anything, I was very strange at the time, Duan Yingying is arrogant, her eyes are higher than Xiang, how can she look down on me?"
Ao Xin said: "Originally, I thought that there was nothing wrong with letting Ao Ming inherit the title and you spend this life happily." It doesn't seem like this anymore, your mother is right, if you inherit the title in the future, you can still protect yourself. If the title is taken away by someone else, after a hundred years of being a father, you will be bullied and there is no place for you. β
Then, Ao Xin clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, being a father will never let you be wronged in vain, and this will bring justice for you." β
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Ao Xin had just returned home.
His wife smashed a cup right away.
Ao Xin originally wanted to hide, but when she thought of this hiding, her wife was afraid that she would be even more angry. So he stood motionless, and let the cup shatter on his forehead.
Mrs. Nulang Hou was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Are you stupid?
She is distressed, but she has always been very strong, even if she is distressed, she doesn't want to say it well.
Nulanghou is not at home all the year round, so he feels that he owes a lot to his wife, and he doesn't care about her bad temper.
Moreover, although his wife has a bad temper, she is very virtuous, and the relationship between husband and wife is also very good.
After his baby fat son came back, Mrs. Nulanghou's body healed directly and got up directly from the bed, so she naturally heard about Ao Ming and Duan Yingying's engagement.
Suddenly she was going to explode.
Bullying me like this?
Bullying my family like this?
What do you mean? My son Ao Yu is not dead yet, and you Duan Yingying can't wait to change her engagement to Ao Ming?
Ao Xin is not at home, so he can't be notified, why don't you even notify me, the lady of the Marquis's Mansion?
Ao Ting, you old immortal, what do you think of me, the Lady of the Marquis's Mansion?
And Wei Guogong, are you in such a hurry? What do you mean?
How many families have long wanted to push Ao Ming to the top?
Don't forget, the Marquis of Fury Wave is mine, not yours.
It's not your Wei State Mansion, and it's not your Ao Ting Lao who is immortal.
Then, she blamed her husband Ao Xin. At the end of the day, he will only bury his head in war, he will not be a man, he will not form a party, he will not be sophisticated, but he is still stupid and filial, so he will be bullied like this?
"Ao Xin, I tell you, you now, immediately, immediately go to see your great father. Mrs. Fulang said: "Not only your eldest father, but also the three earl brothers of your family, all of them must be present. You tell them plainly, our family is chubby, so there is no need to have any heirs, where did that Ao Ming let him come from and where to go. No one should worry about this Marquis of Fulang, it is my fat family, even if it is smashed and destroyed in his hands, I am willing, and I am absolutely unwilling to cheapen outsiders, you don't have to talk about any family business, and don't talk about anything to carry it forward. I can't even protect my wife and children, so what kind of family business can I talk about?"
"Ao Xin, if you don't go today, I'll take Chubby to turn his face with your eldest father, I don't believe that there is no place to reason in this world. β
"Everything in the family depends on you to support you outside, so you have the power of the Ao family today, but you are bullied like this, you say that you are abolished? You have been an official in the court for so many years, what else will you do except fight, you will not form a party for personal gain? You will not recruit protΓ©gΓ©s?"
Seeing that his wife was about to pull away again, Hou Ao was helpless, and hurriedly said: "I'll go, I'll go!" Madam, I'll go to see my father immediately. β
"I'll go with you. Mrs. Fulang said.
"Don't, don't. Hou Ao Xinxin said: "Your temper is too explosive, and if you go, I am afraid that it will intensify the conflict, but it will be a bad thing." β
Then, Hou Ao Xin took a deep breath, pulled the crane in the clouds and said, "Go, follow me." β
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Hou Aoxin is really a very simple person, he knows how to fight with everything in his heart, and he doesn't care about anything else.
He has a headache for the officialdom and power struggle, and for the shortcomings of the parents in the clan.
He is really a person who is very afraid of trouble, and it is better to focus only on fighting for the rest of his life, and leave him alone with the rest.
On the battlefield, he kills decisively.
But at home, he is really not good at rejecting relatives, especially his eldest father, and three brothers, and of course, his wife.
So every time his wife quarreled with him, he listened silently and would not argue.
This kind of person, you can say that he is simple, or you can say that he has character flaws.
Outside the family ancestral hall.
Ao Xin even exhaled a few times nervously, he really couldn't face the next situation.
But in order to be fat, he, the father, had to stand up.
He was really nervous, though.
Angry and nervous.
"Master Hou, the old ancestor invites you in. The butler bowed.
Ancestor?
When did the Ao family have an old ancestor? Haven't you always called the old man?
Now an old ancestor?
There is an old ancestor in the Mansion of the Duke of Wei, could it be that the Marquis of Nulang Mansion also has an old ancestor?
Hou Aoxin is not sensitive to this, for him, what an old ancestor and an old man are the same.
But the crane in the cloud is different, he can sensitively perceive the meaning behind any name.
Hou Aoxin of the angry waves entered the ancestral hall with the crane in the clouds.
The people with heads and faces in the Ao clan are all here, dozens of people.
There are five old men sitting at the top, and in the middle is the patriarch of the Ao clan and Ao Ting, who is also Ao Xin's biological father.
Sitting below were all his cousins, and at the front were the three brothers who had been made earl.
The only one standing is the proud son of the Ao family, Ao Ming!
Ao Xin stepped forward, knelt down and said, "Meet the eldest father, meet the four uncles." β
Old Ancestor Ao Ting snorted coldly, and the four old men of the Ao family next to him were polite, raised their hands and said, "Get up, get up!"
Then, Ao Ming came to Ao Xin, knelt down and said, "My son meets my father." β
Ao Xin's face twitched, and he said, "Get up." β
The old ancestor Ao Ting said: "Third child, I heard that you went to the Wei State Mansion? And you have a big temper? You are such a big official, my hussar general, you have the prestige to play outside, don't play at home, let alone play in the house of your in-laws, don't lose my Ao family." β
Ao Xin bowed and said: "Father, it is really the Wei State Mansion that deceives people too much. β
Old Ancestor Ao Ting said angrily: "Third child, what do you mean by this? I don't have the right to call the shots about the marriage of the juniors in the family, do I? You are majestic in the court, and the hussar general is very powerful." But in this family, it's up to me. You took the opportunity to express your displeasure to me, are you going to be disobedient?"
The Southern Zhou Empire also ruled the country with filial piety, and his parents crushed people to death.
As soon as Ancestor Ao Ting's words came out, Hou Ao Xin could only kneel on the ground immediately.
The old ancestor Ao Ting said: "The third child, let me ask you a word, do I have the right to make the decision about the marriage of the juniors in the family?"
Ao Xin said: "Yes." β
Old Ancestor Ao Ting said: "Then what else do you say? What are you doing in the ancestral hall with great fanfare?
For this son, Ao Ting couldn't be clearer.
There are those who are stunned by reading, and there are those who are stunned by war.
And this Ao Xin is a soldier idiot, or a stupid mouth, it's best to handle it, and he can't turn the sky upside down.
However, at this time, Hou Ao of the Angry Waves said with a stiff neck: "Father, today I invite all the elders and brothers to come, just for one thing. My son Ao Yu has returned, so there is no need for an heir. Ao Ming was originally the son of his brother, how could I bear to take it. β
As soon as these words came out, the audience changed.
Only the person concerned, Ao Ming's face remained unchanged, and he could even be called Gujing Wubo.
Old Ancestor Ao Ting slammed the table and said angrily: "Ao Xin, what are you going to do? Do you want to rebel? Ao Ming passed to your knees, not only did the whole clan pass, but even His Majesty the Emperor also asked and agreed. Are you trying to resist the decree?"
Ao Xin said: "His Majesty the Emperor heard that Yu'er had an accident, and he couldn't bear that I was old and had nothing to rely on, so let Ao Ming succeed me as an heir, Your Majesty Longen, of course I am grateful as a courtier." But now that Yu'er is back, I naturally don't need an heir, and I believe Your Majesty can understand it. β
"No, I can't. Old Ancestor Ao Ting said: "This matter is so decided, there is no need to discuss." Ao Ming is your heir, and he will inherit your family business and title in the future. β
Hou Aoxin knelt on the ground and said categorically: "My family business will naturally be inherited by my son, and this matter is not negotiable." β
As soon as these words came out, the old ancestor Ao Ting completely changed color.
This is the first time that his son Ao Xin has disobeyed his will so much.
After all, he is the Marquis of Fulang, and he is the pillar of the family, once Ao Xin is so fierce and resolute, even as the eldest father, Ao Ting will not be easy to do.
Suddenly, Ao Ting's tone softened and said, "Third child, everything you have done for your father is for your good." What kind of reputation and what kind of reputation Ming'er has outside. What is Ao Yu's reputation and what kind of promising? Only Ao Ming can inherit your family business, and only Ao Ming can carry forward the family business. Do you think that the Ao family belongs to you alone? Do you think that the Mansion of the Marquis of Nulang belongs to you alone? Let Ao Yu inherit the family business and inherit the title, do you want the family to fall into the middle of the road? Do you want the ancestors and ancestors to be at peace under the Nine Springs?"
"Ao Yu likes to mess around and play, so let him play all the time. Ao Ming inherited your title and inherited your family business, and he will naturally take care of this younger brother in the future, what are you worried about?"
"Once Ao Yu is allowed to inherit the family business and inherit the title, will our Ao family have a future?"
Hou Ao said in his heart: "My family Yu'er is very good, there is nothing that cannot inherit the family business." Moreover, among the many nobles, the children of the unscrupulous inherit more family business, and the ups and downs of the family road are also normal. β
From this sentence, it can be seen how Ao Xin can't speak, and the ups and downs of the family road are normal.
Although it is the truth, but what kind of nonsense are you telling the truth?
Don't you say that even if you are in the middle of the family, you will pass on the title to your wasted son?
Ao Ting said in a cold voice: "Third child, are you iron-hearted?"
Ao Xin said: "Yes. β
Ao Ting said: "Third child, I didn't want to expose it originally, but now I have to say it." This Ao Yu, not only can't inherit your title, your family business, but also doesn't even deserve to be my Ao family's disciple, he is just a lonely ghost. β
Ao Xin roared angrily: "Father, don't talk nonsense!"
Ao Ting said: "This Ao Yu is not your biological son at all, and he is not the blood of my Ao family at all. This is a family scandal, and I can't bear to expose it, but if you are so obsessed, I can only bear to expose this scandal. β
Ao Xin said coldly: "Father, you have to talk about evidence when you speak. β
Old Ancestor Ao Ting said: "Of course I have evidence, come here!
A moment later, someone brought a bowl.
Ao Ting, the old ancestor, said: "Recognize your relatives with blood!" Ao Xin, if you are incompatible with Ao Yu's blood, it proves that you are not father and son. This Ao Yu is not the son of my Ao family, or the wild seed outside, and I will expel him from the house today. β
Hou Aoxin's face changed drastically.
Ao Ting sneered: "Why don't you dare? A wild seed has actually raised feelings, and he has to hand over his title and family business? Don't you dare to drop blood to recognize your relatives? Don't you dare to face the reality?"
"Don't dare to drop blood to recognize your relatives, that is to say that this Ao Yu is not your own flesh and blood?"
"Come on, expel this Ao Yu from the ancestral hall and from the house. β
Yun Zhonghe didn't say a word, took out his knife and said with a smile: "Why don't you dare to recognize your relatives with blood, but I want to know, if my father and I are compatible with blood, proving that we are biological father and son, what do you want?"
Ao Ting said coldly: "Then I will resign as the patriarch in public." β
The crane in the cloud said: "Okay, a word is a certainty!"
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Note: The second update is sent, just came home from outside, this chapter was written late, I'm very sorry, my lords!
In addition, ask for a monthly pass, don't keep the brother who has a ticket, give me a few, and the pastry will kowtow to you.