Although Yuan Kewen has always been a little afraid of this big brother, he is still unwilling to give in under his pressure, this is the chivalrous nature of his character, he has acted a lot, he can hardly tell which is in the play and which is outside the play. He still said to Yuan Keding sincerely: "Big brother, it's nothing more than a joke, you are busy watching the show, so why bother if it's Ye Fei Ye Ye Ye Zhen." ”

In the end, he can't get rid of the true nature of the drama idiot, even when he speaks, he also uses two jokes to comment on the play. Yuan Keding came prepared, so naturally he wouldn't let him go easily, he sneered and said, "Second brother! You singers all say, 'The dummy's cry is true, and the old clothes are in the new song'. These two people use the topic to play and want to separate your brotherhood, I think they are just pretending to be singing! As a younger brother, at this juncture, it's okay to sing on stage at an inopportune time, and you are still dedicated to helping outsiders squeeze me, what kind of heart do you have?! ”

Yuan Kewen is a typical literati, how can he be like Yuan Keding, who has been in the military and political circles for many years? was squeezed by him in public, and he was a little excited, who didn't know about his festival with his eldest brother? He is straightforward and strong-tempered, otherwise he would not have been forced not to be the prince of the Yuan family and go to show up and make a play, even if Lao Yuan can't help him. Yuan Keding has something to say, although he is a drama idiot, he is not stupid. He shook his hands and said loudly: "What kind of heart do I have, don't you know it?" Just the day before yesterday, I told my father that a new chapter had been engraved, do you really not know what I mean? Glory and wealth are not what I want, so let Hanyun stay away from the court, and this life on the stage is also the righteousness of the eldest brother to love his brother. ”

Others don't know what this sentence is, but Yuan Keding knows it. When the two brothers were about to decide the winner in Lao Yuan's heart, Yuan Kewen tried his best to show that he didn't care about political affairs. Someone said in front of Lao Yuan that Yuan Kewen had the ambition of plotting to build a prince, so Yuan Kewen begged Lao Yuan to follow the Qing system and grant himself the second son of the emperor to relieve his doubts. Without competition, Yuan Keding is the prince of the board, and there is no opponent. In order to strike while the iron was hot, Yuan Kewen also engraved a large seal "The Seal of the Second Son of the Emperor" to show that there was no dispute. He usually bought the Song version of the book, and the book he obtained was added with the 'seal of the emperor's second son', which was originally used to obscure himself to avoid trouble. Yuan Keding knew about this matter, and Yuan Kewen said so.

However, Yuan Keding knew that he knew, but he didn't appreciate it. He thinks that he is better than this second brother in all aspects, but that lame leg is a hard injury, which is enough to break all the advantages, and until the day of the announcement, everything is still variable. His biggest task every day now is to gradually move out the love of this second brother in his father's heart---- the Republic of China adheres to the customs of the late Qing Dynasty, and drama is a very inferior profession, but Yuan Shikai can tolerate this second brother singing until now, which is enough to show that he still has a lot of thoughts about Yuan Kewen, and he is not allowed to be slack.

Moreover, Yuan Kewen is outstanding and ungrouped, and he has been appreciated by his father since he was a child. And he is smart and alert, and even the response and patience are very human. Others don't know him, but what is clear is that Yuan Shikai's sixth aunt and Ye Shi, who are called sixth mothers, should have been Yuan Kewen's people.

The sixth aunt, Taiye, was originally a famous prostitute that Yuan Kewen met in Nanjing. Kewen was ordered by his father to go south that time, met the Ye family, and got a jade photo of him, and made a private lifelong commitment. When he came back to report the situation to Lao Yuan, he knelt down, and accidentally the photo of the Ye family fell to the ground. Old Yuan asked anxiously: "What is that?" Xiao Yuan said in a hurry: "The child went to Nanjing this time and found a beautiful woman who wanted to honor his father, I don't know if you like it or not?" Now I have a photo back for you to see. When Lao Yuan looked at the photo, he immediately smiled, wouldn't it be reasonable to like it? immediately sent someone to Nanjing to marry Ye. It wasn't until the wedding night that Miss Ye found out that the handsome little Yuan had become an old Yuan like a toad. But what about her?

Yuan Keding thought that Yuan Kewen could endure extraordinary things and should be a fierce opponent. But for Yuan Kewen, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, and smoking is his true color, and mixing between the drama and the rivers and lakes is his skill. is just a fireworks woman, for him it is just a meeting in the water, not to talk about any feelings, it is just a good feeling. Besides, they are all extremely afraid of Lao Yuan, and it is very unusual and natural for them to have such a strain in that situation. It's just this incident that Yuan Keding established him as an opponent, but Yuan Kewen didn't expect it.

You must know that for Yuan Shikai, even Yuan Keding, the eldest son, is also trembling. Because Lao Yuan has a group of wives and concubines, he is not missing this son. Since the Kangxi Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, the succession edict was placed in the Qianqing Palace after the "Zhengda Guangming" plaque, until the last moment, everyone did not know who the next generation of emperors was in the attention of the "saint". Who knows if Lao Yuan will have any variables about himself, there is a way that is unpredictable, and it is difficult to see him in person.

Yuan Shikai, who combines military and political power, is said to have only gone out five times after moving into Zhongnanhai, the original royal back garden, and the last time he went out lying down.

His deep residence is actually an imperial style of life. In the imperial era, the emperors rarely left the palace, so as to show the difference between them and the common people, and make them more noble. Although the emperors occasionally paid a private visit, they spent more time in the palace.

Not only did he copy the style of the ancient emperors, but he also learned a lot about sexual affairs. In Yuan's family, Yuan Shikai and his aunts and wives shared a room with the so-called "on-duty" system, that is, which aunt's wife was "on duty", and which aunt's wife went to Yuan Shikai's bedroom to serve him to rest. This is simply the set of vulgarities of the feudal emperor, but in Yuan Shikai's opinion, this is the real emperor-like enjoyment!

At that time, people in the officialdom were accustomed to calling the Yuan Mansion "Ouchi". As we all know, the so-called "Ouchi" actually refers to the Imperial Palace. In this palace, the king is naturally Yuan Shikai, and his wives and concubines and children are concubines, princes and princesses.

In Yuan Shikai's "Great Interior", there are all kinds of "feudal family rules". One of the most important is the strict hierarchy. Yuan Shikai's original wife, Yu, although not favored, is still regarded as the queen and lives alone in Fuluju. As for the residences of the other aunts, they were called "palaces" by those servants of the Yuan family. For example, the second and third aunts live in the south, so their residence is called "Nangong", just like the name of the residence of the ancient concubines.

Although Yuan Shikai's children have no lack of family affection with him, they are more of a sense of fear. When they saw Yuan Shikai, they were like courtiers seeing the emperor, and they were sincerely afraid and uneasy, for fear that they would not say a word correctly and not do a good job. In short, he is blindly obedient to Yuan Shikai, afraid of losing his favor.

It is said that once, Yuan Shikai's eldest son, second son, and third son came together to greet their father. That day, Yuan Shikai was in a good mood, so he left them to talk a few more words and dine together.

Everyone knows that Yuan Shikai eats a lot. When the average person is already full, he seems to have a little feeling when he eats. This time, when Yuan Kewen was full and ready to stop chopsticks, Yuan Shikai handed him a hot steamed bun again.

According to the rules of the feudal family, the so-called "the elder gives, and the young do not give up", that is, no matter what the elders give, the young should accept it and cannot shirk it. This kind of rule must be observed in the Yuan family. So, Yuan Kewen reluctantly took the steamed bun and pretended to "eat" it one bite at a time.

Actually, he wasn't really eating, but kept breaking the steamed buns into small pieces and stuffing them into the cuffs. As a result, although Yuan Kewen was not broken, he burned a large piece of skin on his arm because the steamed bun was too hot. This scene left a very unforgettable imprint on Yuan Keding, and it also made him secretly determined that he must bring down Yuan Kewen, so that the other younger brothers are still young, Yuan Shikai is old, and the successor is none other than himself.

Of course, Yuan Keding has countless ways to make Yuan Kewen lose face, but none of them are ideal. With his father's love for his second brother, as long as he did not make a big mistake of principle, it was not enough to destroy Yuan Kewen's impression in his father's heart, but it would be counterproductive. Only by touching the thorn in his father's heart can he have a chance.

What is the thorn in Yuan Shikai's heart?

Yuan Keding worked hard to collect the "criminal evidence" of his second brother, and basically Yuan Kewen's every word and deed and every move was rewarded. During this time, Yuan Kewen was very low-key, and he also tried his best to show that he was indisputable, which made Yuan Keding very disappointed.

unexpectedly obtained Yuan Kewen's "anti-poem" against the old Yuan Zhengdi, and now he was like a treasure. On a bad day when Yuan Shikai was in a bad mood, he finally seized the opportunity to confide the news.

"Father, I happened to hear a poem, and now it's spreading outside, saying that Emperor Hongxian can't do it, and even the Yuan family itself is not optimistic."

Yuan Shikai was shocked: "What poem? ”

The attention to public opinion, I am afraid that since the Republic of China, Lao Yuan is the first. He usually cares a lot about the rumors in the market, but at this time, when he saw that his eldest son said it solemnly, he couldn't help but be surprised.

Yuan Keding had already put in a lot of effort before he came, so he carried it very calmly, and he was also full of emotion: "The gap horse stays to fight for a moment, and the sound of the stinging urges the dream to be three watches." It is very stormy in the high places, and it is not to the top floor of the Qiong Tower. ”

Lao Yuan tasted it carefully, nodded and praised it very pertinently: "Good poetry." In today's declining poetry, it is not simple to be able to make such poems. However, Lao Yuan was very human, and he reacted very quickly, he suddenly got up and stared at Yuan Keding: "To be honest, who did this?" ”

There is no need for him to say it, Yuan Keding will also say "honestly": "This is the second brother's handwriting." ”

Knowing the son is Mo Ruo's father, this style is very familiar. Sure enough.

Yuan Shikai was furious: "Where is that little beast?" Find me right away! He is currently troubled by the discord coming from the streets and alleys: his starting point is a major general in Beiyang, Feng Guozhang has clearly stated on various occasions that he opposes the old Yuan as emperor. In order to alleviate his resistance, he lied to him that it was a rumor, but it is estimated that the paper will soon be unable to contain the fire; Another heavy general, Duan Qirui, was even more angry and resigned and fled to Tianjin, although it was reported that he "closed his door and didn't care about people's faults", but after all, it was a sign of the split of the Beiyang system, right? Now that even his own son is against him, how can he not be dishonored?