Yang Yuanqing looked at the extremely busy recruiting sergeant, in fact, he knew that if he showed up and made a statement, he could stimulate a greater recruitment fever, but when he thought that it would provoke a welcome from all over the city, he was a little worried in his heart, he shook his head and said: "They are very busy, let's not bother, let's go back to the house quietly!" ”

The soldiers turned their horses' heads and headed towards the palace, and after a while, Yang Yuanqing returned to his mansion, unlike last time, this time his home did not alarm his family, the front of the mansion was deserted, and no family was outside to greet him.

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, and when he turned around, he saw an ox cart coming from behind, followed by several guards left and right, this was his eldest son Yang Ning returning from school, Yang Yuanqing nodded secretly, and came back in an ox cart, which was done well.

"Daddy!"

Yang Ning saw his father from the car window, shouted happily, and before the ox cart stopped, he jumped out of the car, stumbled, and almost fell to the ground, Yang Yuanqing was quick and grabbed his son's arm.

"How did you get anxious?" Yang Yuanqing smiled, and there was a kind reproach in his tone.

"When he saw his father come back, the child was happy, and suddenly forgot the master's instructions, and his heart was as calm as water, and the child knew his mistakes." Yang Ning stood in front of his father with his hands down, bowed his head and replied.

Speaking of the master, Yang Yuanqing remembered the last time about the jade seal, so he considered changing his son to a master, he felt that Li Gang had a little problem in educating his son, and did not let his son understand some fundamental truths, so he was used by Pei Ju and made a childish move.

However, Yang Yuanqing still wants to have a good talk with his son, his son is eight years old, and it seems that there has never been communication between their father and son, which is his dereliction of duty as a father.

"You go back to your room first! Pack up and come back to my inner study, I have something to talk to you about. ”

"Yes! The child said goodbye first. ”

Yang Ning turned around and trotted towards the inner house, he was going to tell his mother that his father was back.

Yang Yuanqing looked at his son's slender back, and suddenly remembered that he was eight years old. His height is no different from that of Chéngrén, and he can already kill leopards and tigers, but his eldest son is still a thin teenager, and he is not at all like himself. is more like his mother, which makes Yang Yuanqing more or less regretful.

However, the background of the times is different, he is going to experience the turbulent times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and he really needs force, while his son wants to rule from chaos, and what he needs is his mind and talent. Especially the eldest son, who is his heir, Yang Yuanqing suddenly felt that he should take on the responsibility of educating his son, there are some things that the master can't give, and he must be taught to his son by his father.

Yang Yuanqing walked into the mansion, and at this time, Pei Minqiu had already heard the news of her husband's return, and hurriedly greeted her. "Husband, why don't you send someone to report first."

When Yang Yuanqing left home ten days ago, he was a little angry with his wife and the Pei family. At that time, he really snubbed his wife, and Yang Yuanqing was a little sorry afterwards, after all, a husband and wife for ten years can't break off their relationship because of this incident, and more importantly, he believes that this matter has nothing to do with his wife.

Yang Yuanqing also laughed, walked forward quickly, and hugged his wife tightly in his arms, although it was a little reckless and abrupt, it was easy for the maids to see the joke. But Pei Minqiu didn't want to push her husband away, she felt her husband's strong arms, this silent language made Pei Minqiu feel the love in her husband's heart, her nose was sour, and the grievances in her heart moistened her eyes.

"Husband, have you eaten?" Pei Minqiu's voice was a little choked and asked.

Yang Yuanqing held his wife's shoulders. Looking at her, he smiled slightly: "I've already eaten, I'll go to the inner study, wait for me to talk to Ning'er, you can fry me a pot of hot tea." ”

Pei Minqiu was taken aback, "What do you want to talk to Ning'er?" ”

With a smile on his face, Yang Yuanqing tried his best to say to his wife in a gentle tone: "It's nothing, I found that I don't know my son too well, he is not a good father, I want to teach him something." ”

Pei Minqiu's heart suddenly warmed up, her husband said this, it means that he forgave Ning'er, she happily agreed, "I'll give you sencha." ”……

In the study, Yang Yuanqing had changed into loose clothes, and a charcoal basin had been brought to the room, but it had not yet warmed up the room, and the cold breath made Yang Yuanqing's mind more and more sober, and he was thinking about how to communicate with his son.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing is also facing a choice, because of the Pei family to give up the eldest son, or to keep the eldest son and eradicate the Pei family, Yang Yuanqing is already very clear that the Pei family is betting on the eldest son Yang Ning, and in the future, when the eldest son ascends the throne, the Pei family is likely to be a relative of the ruling and opposition.

But Yang Yuanqing also knows that it is not realistic to eradicate the Pei family now, especially when Pei Ju is still alive, eradicating the Pei family too early will cause extreme dissatisfaction among the Shandong Shi clan, which will cause chaos and affect his overall situation of pacifying the world.

The immediate task now is to make the son understand that he must follow his father.

"Father!"

Outside the door, his son's slightly childish voice came out, "Can the child come in?" ”

"Come in!"

His son's immature voice made Yang Yuanqing's heart glow with a trace of warmth, and he tried his best to calm his mind, put all his anger away, and warned himself that no matter what, he couldn't be angry with his son.

The door opened, Yang Ning walked in, this was the first time he entered his father's inner study, it was said that this was the top secret of the Great Sui, he was a little curious, and secretly looked around, but found that there was no other special file cabinet except for a shed of bookshelves, which made him slightly disappointed in his heart.

"What, what do you think my father's inner study should look like?" Yang Yuanqing saw his son's curious eyes, so he asked with a smile.

Yang Ning stood respectfully with his hands down, and said in a low voice: "I heard Master say that my father's inner study is the highest forbidden place in the Great Sui Dynasty, and Master said that he also wants to see what it looks like. ”

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but laugh dumbly, does Li Gang, who has always been cold-faced and serious, also have this kind of childlike innocence? At this moment, Yang Yuanqing's impression of Li Gang was a little better, at least it showed that the relationship between their master and apprentice was very deep.

"Do you think your father's study is a little disappointing for you?"

"A little." Yang Ning said timidly.

"Hmm!" Yang Yuanqing was very satisfied with his son's honesty, and said meaningfully: "Actually, the inner study is just a place for my father to think and rest, I don't want to be disturbed, and there are no secrets. In the basement of Jinyang Palace, Fu Baolang has to check every day. And it also has to open the door at the same time as the chief guard and the secretary of the office, so such a precious thing is in the underground palace, what else can I have in this inner study? ”

Yang Ning heard his father mention the jade seal of the country. His face turned pale with fright, he knelt down, wept and confessed his mistake: "The child has done a wrong thing, please punish his father." ”

"What did you do wrong?" Yang Yuanqing said silently.

"The child listened to his great-grandfather's words and buried a fake heirloom jade seal in the back garden of our house, and the child thought it was good for his father, so he believed it. The child knows his mistake and asks his father to punish him. Yang Ning's tears rolled out of his eyes.

Yang Yuanqing was relieved in his heart, he was not afraid that his son would make a mistake, he was afraid that his son would not know his mistakes, or conceal and deceive himself, as long as his son was truly repentant, there was nothing between father and son that could not be forgiven, but Yang Yuanqing still had a knot in his heart. Could this be Pei Ju asking his son to admit his mistake.

"You tell Daddy, how do you know you're wrong?" Yang Yuanqing still asked calmly.

"Three days ago, Master found out that the child's three Pei family friends had left. So he asked the child, and the child told the master about it, and as a result, the master beat the child hard. ”

Yang Ning sobbed and opened his left hand, only to see that the palm of his hand was black and swollen, although three days had passed, it had not faded, which showed that Li Gang beat him extremely hard, which made Yang Yuan feel distressed for a while, and he hurriedly asked, "Does your mother know?" ”

"My mother also knows. She also reprimanded me severely, father, the child really knows his mistake and doesn't dare. ”

Yang Yuanqing actually just asked his son if his mother knew about him being beaten, but Yang Ning said that his mother knew about it. Yang Yuanqing suddenly understood, it was estimated that his wife went to the Pei family, so the three accompanying children of the Pei family were transferred.

But it's not enough to just know the mistake, Yang Yuanqing must also tell his son what is wrong?

"Sit down!" Yang Yuanqing pointed to the couch next to him.

"The father is on top, but the child does not dare."

"Hmm!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Then you get up!" ”

Yang Ning stood up, and Yang Yuanqing said slowly: "Father suffered a lot when you were so old, but he also understood a lot of things, and my father did not have high requirements for you, I don't want you to be knowledgeable, but at least you have to understand righteousness." ”

Yang Ning lowered his head and listened to his father's teachings quietly, not daring to interject at all, he did a good job in etiquette, but Yang Yuanqing didn't care about his etiquette.

Yang Yuanqing said again: "In fact, when you first saw me today, you jumped off the ox cart, I don't think there is a problem at all, even if you climb a tree to dig a bird's nest, I won't be angry, because these are small sections, and being informal is to do it at a rate, at least until you are twelve years old, your father will not care about your sections, but righteousness is very important, what is righteousness, to put it simply, that is, you can't hide your father from doing things, and you must be loyal to your father, like your great-grandfather asked you to bury the seal, as an eight-year-old child, you read such a book again, You should know that it's a big deal, and you can't hide this kind of thing from your father, and if he is not there, then you can't do it. ”

Yang Ning's eyes turned red again, "The child thinks this is good for his father?" ”

"So this is what you don't know, how do you know it's good for your father? Do you know why your great-grandfather asked you to bury the jade seal, he could have asked your mother to bury it, but why didn't he look for your mother, but for you, have you thought about these questions? ”

Yang Ning was shocked, he really didn't think about it, Yang Yuanqing sighed again, "Because you are still a child, there are many things you don't understand, and you think you are smart, in fact, I tell you, I am afraid that others will let me ascend the throne now, which will harm my big things, even if it is your maternal great-grandfather, he is also selfish, he is for the interests of the Pei family, and not for the interests of his father." ”

"Got it!" Yang Ning felt remorse and hatred in his heart, he really understood this time.

"It's good that you understand, I originally wanted to change your master, but for the sake of this hand, forget it this time, tomorrow morning, you go to the morning court with your father, every hour every day, I will give you a seat in the Ziwei semi-circle hall, your master's side, I will go to tell him."