The head of the Dugu family is Dugu Qiu, Dugu Youlan's father, at this time Dugu Qiu is pacing back and forth in the Guike Hall of the East Que Building, he thought about it for a few days, and finally decided to participate in the competition for the position of counselor, whether he can get his wish is one thing, but he still hopes that Guo Song can understand his attitude.

Since he decided to participate in the competition, Du Duqiu has to make full use of his advantages, and one of his biggest advantages is that his daughter is Guo Song's second concubine, and she can blow the pillow wind for herself.

And from the perspective of his competitors, one is Taiyuan Wang Hong, the other is Wenxi Pei Zhen, both of them are the head of the family, both have served as high-ranking officials from at least three products, the two of them represent the Hedong family, as well as Yang Hong of Yuzhou, Wei Jian of Chang'an, these two are also the heads of famous families, they represent the interests of the Guanzhong family.

But the Guanzhong family already has Du You, the Yang family and the Wei family should not be considered, mainly the Hedong family, Wang Hong or Pei Zhen, and another is Hexi Li Yangchun, who is currently serving as the assassin of Liangzhou, he represents the Hexi Li family, but the Hexi faction has too many in the counselor's building, and Zhang Qiu'an is the son-in-law of the Hexi family, and Zhang Qiu'an has represented the interests of the Hexi family to some extent.

Therefore, the Hexi family does not need to think about it, the key is the Hedong faction, if you don't fight for it, then the person who will replace Xue Changshou this time will be either the Wang family or the Pei family.

Du Gu Qiu also felt that he had hope, after all, the Guan Long family had strong financial resources, and its weight in Li Tang Sheji was not light, Guo Song would also consider winning over the Guan Long family, and there was really no one else in the Guan Long family who was more suitable except for himself.

At this time, Dugu Youlan walked into the guest hall with two maids, and Dugu Qiu hurriedly stepped forward to salute, although the other party was his youngest daughter, but after all, this is the Jin Palace, not his own Dugu Mansion, there is a difference between respect and inferiority, and he must show respect.

"Father, please be seated!"

Dugu Youlan couldn't figure out why her father came suddenly, and she didn't know what happened?

Dugu Qiu sat down and asked with concern, "I heard that you are pregnant again, and your health is not bad, right?" ”

"Everything is fine, my father doesn't have to worry about it."

"Then I'll rest assured, your mother died early, and I'm too busy, so I have always cared too little for you."

Dugu Youlan's nose was slightly sour, and she shook her head and said: "My husband is very good to me, I love me very much, my eldest sister is also good to me, like a sister, I still have Yan'er, my father just takes care of himself, don't worry too much about me." ”

Du Gu Qiu smiled reluctantly, and he said again: "I came over today, in fact, I have something to ask you for." ”

"Father, please say that as long as I can do it, I will do my best."

"That's the case, Xue Changshou resigned as a counselor two days ago, and now there are only six people in the counselor's building, and there is a place, I want to fight for it."

Dugu Youlan's eyes widened suddenly, "Father, don't you want me to intercede with my husband, right?" ”

"Actually, that's what I mean, I hope you can help my father fight for it."

Dugu Youlan was speechless for a long time, her marriage itself was a political marriage, and the eldest sister told her that the main reason why her husband was good to her was because the Guan Long family did not use her to interfere in politics, and once she participated in politics, her husband might alienate her.

The stakes in this are very clear to Dugu Youlan.

After a moment of silence, Dugu Youlan said slowly: "My husband is most disgusted with our participation in the struggle for the power of the DPRK, if I say good things for my father, not only will my life be sad in the future, but my father will not have hope, on the contrary, I don't say anything, my father will fight for it himself, and my husband will appreciate that my father did not use me to intercede, which is more beneficial to my father." ”

Du Qiu was speechless for a long time, he had to admit that his daughter was reasonable, some things everyone knows, it's better not to do it, it's better not to say it, his heart is too eager and he falls behind, and it's better for his daughter to see it thoroughly.

Dugu Qiu smiled bitterly and said: "Since you are embarrassed, then I won't force you, live a good life, Daddy is still the same sentence, you are doing well, Daddy will rest assured!" ”

After speaking, he got up to say goodbye, Dugu Youlan didn't stay, and kept sending his father to the carriage and watching the carriage leave.

Dugu Youlan returned to Xue Tao's study with a melancholy heart, only to see that she was packing up and preparing to go out.

"Big sister is going out?"

"I'm going to see Xiaowei, they're on the other side of the garden, why don't we go together."

Dugu Youlan shook her head, "Big sister, go!" I want to go back to my room. ”

Xue Tao saw that she was in a low mood, so he pulled her to sit down and asked, "Did your father put pressure on you?" ”

Dugu Youlan sighed, "He made some unrealistic requests to me. ”

"But your father also wants to compete for the position of prime minister?"

Dugu Youlan was surprised: "How does the eldest sister know? But I rejected him outright, and he was a little upset. ”

Xue Tao smiled bitterly, "How could I not know that my father also wrote me a letter asking me to help the Wang family compete." ”

"Then the eldest sister wants to help them?"

"Of course we have to refuse, I'll write a letter later, and let someone give it to him in the evening, how can we meddle in this kind of thing? Choosing a good minister will lead to the prosperity of the country, and if you choose a treacherous minister, the country will lose, and it is best for us not to involve our personal interests. ”

"The eldest sister is right!"

The gloom in Dugu Youlan's heart disappeared in an instant, and she smiled: "Let's go!" Let's go see Xiaowei's paintings! ”

..........

Xue Tao's parents are also in Chang'an at present, and they live in the old mansion in Xuanyangfang, although Guo Song wanted to arrange an official residence for Xue Xun, but Xue Xun politely refused, he still felt comfortable living in his own house.

Xue Xun has also been very busy in the past two days, the family next door to him is ready to go back to Fengxiang's hometown, planning to sell the house, of course Xue Xun wants to take over, he has been bargaining with the owner next door for the past two days.

According to the current market price, the price of Xuanyangfang residential land is 5,000 acres of the upper house, 3,000 acres of the middle house, and 2,000 acres of the lower house.

There are many factors involved, such as whether it is facing the street, what is the surrounding environment, if it is very noisy, it can not be sold at a high price, but the most important factor affecting the price is the area, the larger the area, the better, more than three acres can be sold at the house price, one mu to three acres are sold at the house price, less than one mu, you can only sell the price of the house.

Xue Xun's current house is three acres of land, if it is an old couple who live, this house is just the right area, but they now have a son Xue Qing, who is almost fourteen years old, and they will consider getting married in five or six years, and the three-acre house will be a little nervous.

So the house next door is ready to sell, covering an area of one and a half acres, which is too suitable for Xue Xun, Xue Xun is determined to win, and the neighbors have also figured out Xue Xun's thoughts, and the house worth more than 4,000 yuan is priced at 6,000 yuan, which is close to the price of the house.

In the evening, Xue Xunxing rushed back and smiled at his wife Liang: "Open a bottle of the best Meishou wine to celebrate!" ”

Liang's eyes lit up, "Could it be that the house has been taken down?" “

Xue Xun nodded, "It's finalized, five thousand yuan, I have already gone to the county government with the landlord to transfer the account in the afternoon." ”

"I'm going to see the house."

Liang walked out, and Xue Xun grabbed her, "Don't go, they haven't moved out yet!" Give them three days, and they pack up their things and go back to Fengxiang directly. ”

Liang thought for a while and asked, "How are you going to arrange the house next door?" ”

"I consider building a separate East Courtyard, covering an area of one and a half acres, just for Qing'er, and when he gets married in the future, he can live in the East Courtyard."

Speaking of this, Xue Xun smiled and said: "A house of almost five acres can be heirloom and become an ancestral home." ”

Liang glanced at her husband and said disdainfully: "Look at your unproductive appearance, your daughter is a dignified princess, you will be the prince of the country in the future, at least I will give you a garden house, and I actually want to use the four-and-a-half-acre mansion as a family heirloom, and pass it on to make people laugh!" ”

"I'm not rare in the garden house, the key is that this house is mine."

Liang sneered, "Think about it yourself, is this house really bought by you with the money?" How did it come about? ”

In her husband's dumbfounded eyes, Liang went back to her room to arrange dinner.

"Master, just now the head of the Pei family sent someone to send a letter of worship, and he wants to visit you in the evening, and I agreed for you."

Liang's voice came from the house, and the news suddenly made Xue Xun a little depressed.

.........

At night, Pei Zhen, the head of the Pei family, came as promised, he has been living in Chang'an during this time, the Pei family has a house in Chang'an, but the Pei family is optimistic about the development of Chang'an, Pei Zhen came to Chang'an this time to buy another house, it is best to buy a shop on Xi'anmen Street, and the family has a steady stream of income.

But Pei Zhen heard the news of Xue Changshou's resignation, and he immediately realized that this was making room for the Hedong family, how could he not seize this opportunity?

There are two people in the Pei family who can serve as counselors, one is Pei Zhen himself, who has been appointed as an official from Sanpin Honglu Temple, and the other is his younger brother Pei Yan, who was a scholar of Jixian Palace, a waiter of the Yellow Gate, and a high-ranking official of the third grade.

can compete with the Pei family for this phase, that is, the Taiyuan Wang family and the Taiyuan Xue family, especially the Taiyuan Xue family is a relative, if Guo Song wants to appoint the Xue family, it should be his father-in-law Xue Xun.

Xue Xun's qualifications are also very deep, in Chengdu as the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, Tongzhong Shumen under the Pingzhangshi, especially he resolutely followed the innocent and deposed Emperor Minzong to Banzhou, so that he won a high reputation in the world.

However, at present, Xue Xun is serving as senior minister, and his status is not low, it depends on whether he has the heart to compete for the phase.

Pei Zhen came to visit Xue Xun tonight just to touch Xue Xun's details.