After tossing hard for so long, he also grabbed Yang Xuangan with his own hands, but only changed to the position of the deputy head of the prince's right, the official position is quite prominent, but the real power is almost none, Chen Yingliang can only honestly salute and thank the famous tyrant Emperor Yang of Sui, accept the congratulations of his colleagues and subordinates with a smile, pretend to be very happy to accept this semi-empty position, and then lead the army to follow Emperor Yang of Sui's honor guard back to Daxing City.

Chen Yingliang's pretense can only deceive others, and he can't deceive his distant uncle Pei Hongce, who has been taking Chen Yingliang everywhere to worship the dock and build contacts in the past few days, returned to Daxing City, taking advantage of the opportunity in front of Emperor Yang of Sui's banquet and ministers, Pei Hongce took the initiative to find Chen Yingliang, and asked his distant nephew with a smile: "How is it?" Your Majesty named you the deputy rate of the prince's right interior, are you satisfied? ”

"Don't hide it from my uncle, I'm really dissatisfied." Chen Yingliang didn't tell a lie in front of Pei Hongce, and replied in a low voice with a sad face: "Because of the Chai family's affairs, the little nephew once carefully inquired about the authority of this official position, and knew that this official position looked prominent on the surface, but in fact it had almost no real power, it was just a guard of honor captain, and the little nephew really didn't want to be this official who was equal to pension." ”

"Do you want to join the army?" Pei Hongce asked, and said with a smile: "If you want to enter the army, you can choose the Sixteen Guards of the Great Sui, and if you choose to tell Uncle Sù, your two high-ranking and powerful uncles are in Daxing, and your uncle will immediately go to help you burn incense and worship the Buddha." ”

Obedient and listening, hearing that Pei Hongce's tone was wrong, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but smile slightly, and hurriedly asked, "What does uncle mean by this?" Why doesn't the little nephew understand? ”

"Silly boy, do you think that the position of the prince's right deputy is really casually sealed by His Majesty the Emperor?" Pei Hongce laughed and scolded in a low voice: "Do you know how much effort and tongue your Uncle Pei Ju spent in front of His Majesty in order to let you be awarded this position?" ”

"Uncle, you and your two uncles chose this position for your little nephew?" Chen Yingliang was really taken aback.

Pei Hongce nodded with a smile and scolded in a low voice: "Silly boy, do you think that my uncle and my two uncles don't want you to enter the Sixteen Guards Mansion to play your strengths?" You are not satisfied with the position of the prince's right internal deputy leader, so have you thought about it, after you enter the Sixteen Guards Mansion, the emperor can give you a position? Is it possible to directly crown you a general or a general? The great thing is to give you a Shangzhen Huya general, when the time comes, your age and qualifications are not enough, uncle, we can't speak in the army, if you want to continue to promote, you have to make a deal with those old foxes in the Sixteen Wei Mansion, which is troublesome and not completely certain, why put you in the Sixteen Wei Mansion to suffer losses, and in the future, you will have to look at the faces of those Sixteen Wei generals and generals? ”

Chen Yingliang opened his mouth wide, only then did he find that the old Pei family did not let himself enter the army for his own sake, because the old Pei family was majestic in the civilian system, the prime minister, the Supreme Procuratorate and the Ministry of Construction were all in the hands of the Pei family, and they were powerful and invincible in the civilian system, but in terms of the army, since the death of Pei Heng, the general of Zuo Jinwu, the old Pei family has not produced a general or general, and there is not even a general Hu Benlang, if he enters the army now, he will not be able to get the direct care of the old Pei family. can only fall into the dilemma of fighting alone in the military attache system, every step is as difficult as climbing to the sky, and if you want to climb to the position of holding a heavy army alone, you don't know that you need to survive until that year of the monkey.

Pei Hongce looked at it with a smile, and saw that Chen Yingliang gradually showed joy, knowing that his distant nephew had understood his hard work, so he smiled again and said, "Now you understand, right?" The prince's right lieutenant, although he is still a military attache in reputation, is actually directly controlled by the emperor, and the promotion and transfer are all things that the emperor says a word, and it is difficult for other forbidden army generals to be promoted and transferred, but it is easy for you, as for the reason, you are a smart person, and my uncle is too lazy to explain. ”

"In the future, my promotion and transfer will be a sentence from Pei Ju and Pei Yun, two favored ministers of Emperor Yang of Sui!" Chen Yingliang explained the answer for Pei Hongce in his heart, and then hurriedly saluted and thanked Pei Hongce, and thanked the old Pei family from the bottom of his heart for his thoughtfulness, but Chen Yingliang still couldn't help but ask again, "Uncle, why don't you let the little nephew directly serve as a clerical officer?" ”

"Because you are too young, only seventeen years old, and you don't have any officialdom qualifications, no matter how high and powerful your two uncles are, what good real power positions can you get?" Pei Hongce replied a little helplessly: "So there is no way, your Uncle Pei Yun decided to let you make a transition in the position of right deputy first, and get some qualifications, anyway, your top boss is also a member of our Pei family, and he will only deliberately take care of you, and will not deliberately embarrass you, it is relatively easier for you to earn qualifications." ”

After explaining, Pei Hongce patted Chen Yingliang's shoulder again and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, do a good job, don't disappoint your two important ministers and uncles, they are very optimistic about you." As for the position of real power, you don't have to worry about this, now you are already from the fifth grade, even if it is a flat transfer, you can also be transferred to the third-class county Taishou, the second-class county Cheng and the first-class county commander These positions of real power, our Tiger Ben General and Huya General of the Great Sui, can be directly promoted to General Wei and General It is rare, but from the civil position directly transferred to General Wei and General, it is not uncommon, you wait patiently for a while, your two uncles will definitely give you the opportunity to show your strengths. ”

"It turned out that he wanted me to be gilded with a layer of gold first, and then promoted." Chen Yingliang suddenly realized, and quickly thanked Pei Hongce again and again with a smile, but he was still a little worried in his heart, and said secretly: "This time for gilding to get qualifications, but don't have too much, according to the normal historical progress, Emperor Yang of Sui can't jump for a few years, don't Emperor Yang of Sui was cut down by Yu Culture in Yangzhou, I'm still messing around in this Daxing City, right?" If this is really the case, when Li Yuan enters Daxing City, Chai Shao's bastard may have to pick up my skin. ”

No matter how much you worry, it's useless, the current Chen Yingliang is not qualified and capable to decide his future and fate, so he can only obediently accept the path of progress arranged by the old Pei family for him, and wait patiently for the next opportunity for progress. But fortunately, as Pei Hongce said, the big red man in front of Emperor Yang of Sui shot Pei Ju's attitude towards Chen Yingliang was also quite good, and on the night of Emperor Yang of Sui's return to Luan, Pei Hongce led Chen Yingliang to Pei Ju's house to visit relatives - just like the legend, the number one red man in front of Emperor Yang of Sui shot Pei Ju is really a beautiful man with a personable demeanor, and he always has a kind smile on his face, as for the character, ......, hehe, today's weather is very good.

Pei Ju's character is also judged by people, looking at the face of Pei Hongce, who is currently ranked third in the official position among the members of the Pei family, and also looking at Chen Yingliang's unlimited potential, as well as Chen Yingliang's resolute attachment to the Pei family's ass position, Pei Ju pulled Chen Yingliang to call a virtuous nephew very affectionately, shush the cold and ask for warmth, and also accepted the precious gift sent by Pei Hongce under the banner of Chen Yingliang with a very appreciative face, and also recognized Chen Yingliang, a distant nephew, as the head of the Pei family, and officially allowed Chen Yingliang to step on the officialdom chariot of the Pei family.

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At about the same time that Chen Yingliang gave Pei Ju a junior salute, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, who was about to take office in Honghua, finally returned to his mansion in the Tang State Mansion in the Imperial Court after finishing all kinds of official affairs in the court, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin and other brothers came to the gate of the mansion to welcome their father's return, and Chai Shao and Li Xiuning, who received the news, also came to Li Yuan's house early to welcome Li Yuan's return.

Human nature, reunited with several biological sons after a long absence, Li Yuan of course was smiling, and happily picked up the sons who saluted and greeted him one by one, but when he saw Chai Shao and his wife come to him to salute and greet him, the smile on Li Yuan's face disappeared suddenly, changed to an indifferent look, and snorted heavily, and then pulled up his son Li Xuanba, who was not in good health, and entered the house. Chai Shao and Li Xiuning also knelt in front of Li Yuan without saying a word, bowing their heads and honestly pleading guilty.

ignored the old days with several sons, until Li Xiuning's biological mother, Mrs. Dou, opened her mouth to intercede, and reminded Li Yuan in a low voice not to ignore her daughter and son-in-law too much, for the sake of his wife's face, Li Yuan sent away the youngest sons, and asked Chai Shao and his wife with a cold snort: "What is the matter between you and Chen Yingliang?" In detail, there is no room for omission. ”

Chai Shao and his wife didn't dare to hide it in front of Li Yuan, and honestly reported the ins and outs of the matter, and honestly confessed the crime of the husband and wife who attempted to poison Chen Yingliang, but they only concealed the fact that this bad idea came from Li Shimin. As a result, Li Yuan didn't listen to it, but when he heard it, he was even more furious, and directly grabbed the teacup next to him and smashed it on Chai Shao, roaring: "Get out!" The old man doesn't have you as a son-in-law! The old man was really blind when he married his daughter to you! Dare to poison the guests of Wei Xuan's house, lawless! Very foolish! ”

"Lord Yue, please calm your anger." Chai Shao said tremblingly: "We didn't leave any evidence, there is no evidence, no matter how strong the guard is, he can't cure our crimes." ”

"Can't cure your sins?!" Another teacup smashed on Chai Shao's body, and Li Yuan roared angrily: "Don't think that the old man doesn't know anything, if it wasn't for the old man's daughter kneeling down to plead with Chen Yingliang that day, your father and son's heads would have fallen to the ground!" She didn't lose the face of your Chai family, she lost the face of the old man! Do you know that because of your business, the emperor called me in front of him and scolded me in front of the white officials accompanying me? scolded me for having no eyes, found a son-in-law like you, and scolded me for embarrassing the emperor's relatives! Disgraced to His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Chai Shao suddenly became completely desperate, knowing that he would never have the day to come out, Li Xiuning burst into tears, kowtowed to Li Yuan again and again, and cried: "Father's forgiveness, it was the daughter and Chai Lang who were confused for a while, and made a big mistake, which damaged the father's face, and the daughter and Chai Lang deserved to die, please forgive my father." ”

Seeing the appearance of her beloved daughter, Mrs. Dou inevitably shed tears, and begged Li Yuan for her daughter and son-in-law, begging Li Yuan to forgive her heart that had fallen from her body, but Li Yuan roared angrily: "What's the use of me forgiving them? The old man's face has been lost by them, and the emperor already knows about it, the old man forgives them, and they can be reinstated in the future?! ”

"With that surname Chen in one day, they and the old man are the laughing stock of Quan Dasui for a day! In the future, if someone mentions that Chen Yingliang, they will definitely mention the Chai family, who looks down on people, and the old man who has no eyes and no beads to marry his daughter to this stupid old man! In this life, the old man never wants to raise his head in front of his colleagues! ”

"But, Xiuning is your daughter after all." Mrs. Dou cried out and cried and said, "Master, the wood is already in the boat, regret is useless, let's find a way to remedy it!" ”

"How can I remedy it? What else can be remedied? Li Yuan suppressed his anger and said: "Now that the Wenxi Pei family has made it clear that they want to support Chen Yingliang's kid for their own use, let Chen Yingliang's kid serve as the prince's right internal leader, that is, let him transition, avoid him from entering the army too early to be suppressed or coaxed by others, and then transferred to the real job, that kid is a foregone conclusion, the old man is too late to envelop him now, as long as that kid is not stupid, he will definitely not leave Wenxi Pei's family to change the court!" What else can the old man do to remedy it? Do you want the old man to come to the door to ask him for forgiveness, persuade him to disappear by himself, so that the court officials will no longer laugh at the old man?! ”

"Father, you might as well try to let your brother-in-law and Chen Yingliang rebuild the old relationship." Li Jiancheng said: "As long as my brother-in-law and Chen Yingliang get back together, or even remarry, the previous laughing stock can become a beautiful conversation, and father, if you come forward a little more, the damaged reputation can also be remedied." Fortunately, we have never had a holiday with Wenxi's Pei family, Pei Lin Pei Xuanzhen has always been a good friend with your father, and I don't want to hinder our Li family from reconciling with Chen Yingliang. ”

"That's a way to go." Li Yuan nodded, pointed at Chai Shao and shouted: "Go back and tell your father, if your father and son still want to make a comeback, go to Chen Yingliang for me to make a new relationship, it is best to renew the marriage contract made by your grandfather, so that the old man may still have a way to make the emperor use you again!" Otherwise, your father and son will be idle at home for the rest of their lives! ”

The arrogant Chai Shao lowered his head and said after a while: "What if Chen Yingliang is a thief and refuses to accept it?" ”

"No, it won't." Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "That day, Chen Yingliang opened his mouth to intercede for your father and son, although it was because Xiuning knelt down to beg him, and he himself also had personal reputation considerations, but it can be seen that Chen Yingliang's heart is still quite broad-minded, and you come to make amends, I believe he will accept it." ”

Chai Shao was still a little hesitant, unwilling to lose such a big face and kneel down to beg the enemy for forgiveness, but after seeing the cold expression of his father-in-law Li Yuan, Chai Shao swallowed the words back into his stomach and said weakly: "Then I'll go and persuade my father to see what my father means." ”

"The future of honor and disgrace is already in your thoughts, choose for yourself." Li Yuan said coldly: "It's okay if you don't want to reconcile, the old man is a big deal to be ridiculed and blinded, and he married his daughter to a fool like you, what will happen to your father and son in the future, I know in my heart!" ”

Chai Shao led his wife to say goodbye like a frosted eggplant, Mrs. Dou personally sent her daughter out with tears in her eyes, and Li Jiancheng, who admired Chen Yingliang from the bottom of her heart, also followed Chen Yingliang out in order to pull Chen Yingliang into his chariot, and continued to chatter to persuade Chai Shao's father and son to bow their heads to Chen Yingliang and beg for mercy in exchange for reconciliation with Chen Yingliang. However, Li Er, who had the best friendship with Li Xiuning, did not go to see off his sister and brother-in-law, and chose to stay in the lobby to accompany his father, while Li Yuan scolded at the back of his son-in-law leaving, "Idiot! If it weren't for you, a fool who looks down on people, how could we Li Valve let a talent like Chen Yingliang fall into the hands of Wen Xi Pei's family?! ”

"Father, please calm your anger, you can't blame your brother-in-law for this." Li Erquan said: "After all, no one would have thought that a poor boy who hanged himself because of his divorce would become the chief hero of the pacification of Yang Xuangan's rebellion in the blink of an eye. ”

Li Yuan nodded, admitting that what his son said was true, and he really couldn't blame the Chai Shao family for this matter, but he couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "It's a pity!" Chen Yingliang, this kid, is really a rare all-rounder in the world, if he can be used by my Li family, our Li family will immediately get a right-hand man! Now we can only hope that the two fools of the Chai family, father and son, can compete and let Chen Yingliang remarry them, so that our Li family will still have the opportunity to take Chen Yingliang for their own use. ”

"The father forgives the sin, and the child thinks that it is no longer possible for the brother-in-law's family to remarry Chen Yingliang." Li Er said in a deep voice: "Because during the child's contact with Chen Yingliang, he found that he already had another person in his heart, and there was another person he liked, and now the Chai family asked to remarry him, and he would never agree." ”

"Who?" Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Don't be surprised, father, it's Princess Rain." Li Er replied with a smile, first told him about what happened in Guangju Building, and then said: "At that time, the child had already discovered that Chen Yingliang's expression was obviously secretly in love with Princess Yang Yu, and he had no reaction to Sister Qian'er, and his expression seemed to have some disgust. will only strive to become the emperor's concubine. ”

"Fuck! hugged Wenxi Pei's thigh, and wanted to focus on the position of the horse, this kid will climb the high branches! Li Yuan scolded a dirty word and snorted: "But if this kid can make a name for himself, it's not that there is no possibility, Yang Yu's mother is not favored, and the emperor will never mind using his daughter, who doesn't care much, to envelop a young famous general who can fight well." ”

"It's just that in this way, your reputation and prestige will be further affected, father." Li Er suddenly said in a shocking voice, "If Chen Yingliang becomes a concubine, the father and son of the Chai family will inevitably die without a place to be buried, the more miserable the death of the father and son, the greater the impact on your father's reputation and prestige, about this matter, please don't take it lightly." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Yuan turned his head, looked at his son and asked, "Could it be that you want to persuade me to get rid of Chen Yingliang?" ”

"No, no, the father misunderstood, the child didn't mean that." Li Er hurriedly shook his head and said with a smile: "As my father said, Chen Yingliang is indeed a rare talent in both civil and military affairs, and the child also admires him very much, and feels that it would be a pity if he can't be used by my Li family." So the child thought of a way, which could not only make up for his father's prestige, but also force Chen Yingliang to our side for my Li family's use. ”

"What's my plan? Let's hear it. Li Yuan was a little interested.

"It's very simple, the relationship between Chen Yingliang and Wen Xi Pei's family." Li Er smiled and said: "Shicai's father said that Wen Xi Pei's family asked Chen Yingliang to temporarily succumb to the position of the prince's right deputy internal leader, in order to allow him to temporarily transition, avoid being suppressed or coerced by others in the army too early, and then promote and transfer other positions of real power. But as far as the child knows, the relationship between Chen Yingliang and Wen Xi Pei is not very close, just saved Pei Hongce's life, and the way to Guò Pei Hongce is appreciated and favored by Pei's two important ministers, and is cultivated by Wen Xi Pei as a side relative, and there is no unbreakable alliance between them. ”

"That being the case, then as long as we seize this opportunity now and try to separate one of the Pei family and Chen Yingliang, so that the relationship between the two deteriorates, the distance is estranged, and even the contact is severed, then Chen Yingliang will only be confined to this official position with no real power for the rest of his life, and there will be no future, and it is even more impossible to make a good relationship with Princess Yang Yu. In this way, father, wouldn't it be easy for you to come forward to win over Chen Yingliang again? In order to get ahead and have a powerful position, how can Chen Yingliang not be willing to be used by my Li family? ”

Hearing his son's words, Li Yuan did not rush to express his position, and showed a slightly calculating demeanor, Li Er misunderstood his father's meaning, so he hurriedly said: "If my father thinks it is inappropriate, this will be treated as if the child has not said it, Chen Yingliang just repaid his grievances with virtue and spared his brother-in-law's family, and we repaid virtue with grievances, and stumbled behind his back, which is a little ......." ”

"When has my son learned to be so kind to a woman?" Li Yuan interrupted Li Er's words and said casually: "It's not that my father thinks that your plan is inappropriate, but my father is calculating, when and how to do it?" Can the father do this before he goes to Honghua to take office? ”