Chapter 163: Father and Son Conflict
This palace banquet performed well. Liang Min patted Xue Ziqian's shoulder and said earnestly.
"Yes, Mother." Xue Ziqian nodded and said solemnly.
"Let's go back and prepare." Liang Min said lovingly.
"Yes, Mother." Xue Ziqian nodded and left the room.
It's just a blink of an eye, and someone from Emperor Changping has already told Liang Min that he sent someone to invite Xue Wuyi to the palace banquet.
Emperor Changping waved his hand and told the person who made the message to retreat. Emperor Ping, the head of the Xue family, did not intend to interfere.
He wooed Xue Wuyi because of the interests behind Xue Wuyi, and another reason was that Xue Wuyi was the son of Xue Zhongjing.
Although Xue Zhongjing is pedantic, he is wholeheartedly for the sake of the Great Qi country, and Emperor Changping also has unconditional trust in Xue Zhongjing. Xue Wuyi's encounter has happened in most of the official eunuchs in the capital, and Xue Wuyi's situation is already very good.
If he was not the son of the prime minister, but just a commoner, and he earned so much silver with his own strength, Emperor Changping would not be so polite to Xue Wuyi.
It seems that Xue Zhongjing seems to hate this son very much, as the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat children, it is impossible for Xue Zhongjing to have no trace of father-son affection for Xue Wuyi.
Therefore, if Emperor Changping moved Xue Wuyi, it would definitely make Xue Zhongjing feel guilty, how to think about it is not cost-effective, so Emperor Changping still adopted the policy of Huairou and won over Xue Wuyi.
Sure enough, at the palace banquet, Concubine Liang proposed to Emperor Changping that Xue Ziqian and Li Wanwan should marry.
"Your Majesty, Ziqian is not too young." Concubine Liang said in the ear of Emperor Changping while everyone was pushing the cup and changing the lamp.
"Hmm." Emperor Changping hummed lightly, and there was no response.
This made Concubine Liang's heart start to drum.
Generally, this kind of palace banquet, in fact, is a blind date in disguise, in the palace banquet, each family will bring their daughters who have not been out of the cabinet, as well as their sons who have not married, if they can see the right eye, go back to discuss family affairs, of course, if they can get the emperor's marriage, it will be an incomparable honor.
"Xue Aiqing." After three rounds of drinking, those who should have given gifts have also been offered, and those who should sing and dance have also sung and danced, and then we can discuss the right thing.
"Wechen is here." Xue Zhongjing heard that Emperor Changping had summoned him, and quickly took off his robe and knelt in the center of the hall.
"Your family is also at the age of marriage." Emperor Changping held a wine glass in his hand and asked lazily.
"Back to Your Majesty, exactly." Xue Zhongjing replied cautiously.
Xue Zhongjing has been sitting in the position of prime minister for so many years, and he realized that the biggest truth is that everything is subject to the emperor's instructions.
So when the other ministers are now busy standing in line and winning over the prince, Xue Zhongjing is still wholeheartedly towards Emperor Changping, such a minister has only one creed in his heart, that is, the matter of eating the king and being loyal to the king.
So no matter how the dynasty changes, a minister like Xue Zhongjing will never fall.
The Xue family can be regarded as having some background, although Xue Zhongjing's father did not achieve such a high position as Xue Zhongjing back then, he also became an official all his life.
When it came to Xue Zhongjing, it was the same.
"Do you have a favorite?" Emperor Changping then asked.
"Not yet." Xue Zhongjing hesitated for a moment and replied quickly.
"That's it, someone also mentioned to me two days ago that the daughter of the military department Shangshu has also reached the age of marriage, and I will marry the two, what does Aiqing think?" Emperor Changping's fingers tapped lightly on the table.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live." Xue Zhongjing's heart tightened, according to their plan, Xue Ziqian should marry Li Wanwan, the daughter of the military department, but ...... Since it was His Majesty's marriage, there is no reason not to obey. Xue Zhongjing hurriedly thanked him.
Liang Min pulled Xue Ziqian and hurriedly stepped forward to thank him.
"By the way, don't you have a son? Why haven't you seen it? Emperor Changping looked at the three people kneeling below, and seemed to suddenly remember something and asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister does have a son of evil...... Xue Zhongjing didn't expect Emperor Changping to suddenly ask Xue Wuyi.
"Why didn't you come to the palace banquet?" Emperor Changping half-closed his eyes.
"Back to Your Majesty, they are all people's women and children, and that Zimo is stubborn, it's really ......" Liang Min knelt on the ground, his head buried low. Honestly, I said it with trepidation.
"Stubborn? Indeed, I have heard of it. After Emperor Changping finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked a few people to go back to their seats and sit down.
Xue Zhongjing fell into deep thought.
Prime Minister's Mansion, Xue Zhongjing's room.
"Master, today Your Majesty will give you a marriage, and Ziqian's marriage is scheduled for February this year." Liang Min said while untying Xue Zhongjing's belt.
"Then hurry up and get ready." Xue Zhongjing said lightly.
"Master, there is one more matter, I want to discuss with you." Liang Min pulled Xue Zhongjing to sit on the table.
"What?" Xue Zhongjing asked puzzled.
"Ziqian's marriage, the silver needed to do it......" Liang Min stopped when he wanted to speak.
"Walk from the middle school." Xue Zhongjing glanced at Liang Min strangely, and he still had to ask him about such a simple matter.
"It's not a master, I mean, the public school can't take out so much silver for a while." Liang Min sighed.
"What nonsense, will there be any money for Ziqian's marriage?" Xue Zhongjing slapped the table heavily.
"Master, you do the math yourself, every year you have so much money, more than 100 people up and down this family also have to eat and drink, the daughter of the military department Shangshu, and not the daughter of an ordinary official eunuch, the marriage naturally can't be small, you say, where does this silver come from?" Liang Min clapped his hands and said with some annoyance.
"So what do you say?" Xue Zhongjing was a little big when he heard this.
"Master, hasn't Zimo been in business all these years? I see that he has also made a lot of ......money in Caiyi Pavilion," Liang Min said, half of which was left behind.
"No way!" Sure enough, Xue Zhongjing directly rejected Liang Min's proposal.
"Master, my brother is married, and I have to help as a younger brother, not to mention, Zimo does have silver in his hand." Liang Min said patiently.
"This matter is not discussed, is it possible for me to pull down my face and ask that rebel for money?" Xue Zhongjing blew his beard and glared.
"Master, what are you talking about, our Xue family has raised Xue Zimo so big, and he should repay some of it." After Liang Min finished speaking, he turned around and ignored Xue Zhongjing.
"Minmin, that's not what I meant. You also know, that rebel ......" Xue Zhongjing sighed and didn't speak.
In fact, when it comes to feelings, the relationship between Xue Zhongjing and Liang Min is really good.
At the beginning, Liang Min and Xue Zhongjing were in love with each other and became biological sons, and Liang Min's status in Xue Zhongjing's heart was indeed not something that ordinary people could shake.
Although Xue Zhongjing also accepted three or four concubines after getting married, men in this era are like this, so there is nothing wrong with Xue Zhongjing doing this in theory.
But if you want to ask the woman Xue Zhongjing cares about the most, of course, it is Liang Min.
Now seeing Liang Min and him angry, Xue Zhongjing still had some worries in his heart, and began to soften in his words.
"Master, don't you think about it for Qian'er? Don't let others underestimate us. Liang Min added a fire.
"Well, let me think about it." Xue Zhongjing was relieved.
The next day, Xue Wuyi was recalled by Xue Zhongjing to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Something?" As soon as he entered the study, Xue Wuyi saw Xue Zhongjing sitting behind the desk writing something.
"Can't I call you for nothing?" Xue Zhongjing was angry when he heard Xue Wuyi's tone.
"Okay." Xue Wuyi shrugged his shoulders and sat in the chair next to him with a big grin.
"Ahem." Xue Zhongjing pretended to cough twice.
"Your eldest brother is about to get married." After a while, seeing that Xue Wuyi didn't mean to speak, Xue Zhongjing had no choice but to speak.
"Oh, congratulations." Xue Wuyi said coldly, his eyes never removed from the fan in his hand.
"At home...... There is some tension at home, so I thought, can you give some silver......" Xue Zhongjing swallowed his saliva and said awkwardly.
"Puff ......" Xue Wuyi squirted out a mouthful of tea.
"What did you say!" Xue Wuyi asked loudly. In exchange, Xue Zhongjing rolled his eyes fiercely.
"I said, your eldest brother is getting married, and the family's money is tight, can you give some money for your eldest brother to marry, and I will return it to you in the future." Xue Zhongjing raised his voice and said again. After saying that, I also felt a little embarrassed.
"My eldest brother got married. Let me be my brother's money? Xue Wuyi's words were full of sarcasm.
"I'll pay it back to you later." Xue Zhongjing said repeatedly.
"What if I don't?" Xue Wuyi glanced up at Xue Zhongjing arrogantly.
"You ......" Xue Zhongjing got up from his seat and walked to Xue Wuyi's side and looked at Xue Wuyi condescendingly.
"What's wrong with me?" Xue Wuyi pretended to be innocent and asked.
"I'm your father, you ......" Xue Zhongjing gritted his teeth.
"So, when your eldest son gets married, I should give the money?" Xue Wuyi asked with a smile.
"The Xue family has raised you for so many years, what's wrong with letting you contribute?" Xue Zhongjing said what was in his heart.
"Yo, really?" Xue Wuyi's exaggerated expression made Xue Zhongjing even more angry, and he slapped Xue Wuyi directly in the face.
Xue Wuyi's face was crooked to the side.
"You hit me?" Xue Wuyi stood up and looked at Xue Zhongjing fixedly.
"You rebel, I'm your son, what's wrong with beating you?" was so angry that Xue Zhongjing said all the rough words.
"Raise me! You haven't taken care of me at all since I was a child, and now come to raise me? It's ridiculous, have you forgotten that when I moved out when I was sixteen, I paid it off! Xue Wuyi's roar reminded Xue Zhongjing of what happened back then.
Xue Wuyi fell out with his family at the age of sixteen, and when he moved out, Xue Zhongjing also said something like this, when Xue Wuyi directly made a contract, saying that he would pay off all the money that the Xue family spent on him after a year.
Sure enough, a year later, Xue Wuyi directly took back 50,000 taels and put it in front of Xue Zhongjing, telling Xue Zhongjing that they had cleared up.
Then he moved out.
Xue Wuyi didn't talk about it, and Xue Zhongjing almost forgot about it.
"You still have my blood on you!" Xue Zhongjing roared.
"What! You have never fulfilled your responsibilities as a father! Xue Wuyi roared loudly.
Xue Zhongjing had nothing to say, I don't know why, in the face of such Xue Wuyi, Xue Zhongjing felt a little guilty in his heart, but how many concubines of official eunuchs were not as good as Xue Wuyi.
"How are you going to pay this money?" After a long time, Xue Zhongjing spoke again.
"Want me to pay? No way! Xue Wuyi said with a smile, but his smile was cold.
"You!"
"However, if you are really short of money, I'm not afraid that you won't be willing to ......," Xue Wuyi sat back in his chair and said with a smile.
"You asked Liang Min to kneel in front of me and beg me." Xue Wuyi was stunned.
"Impossible!" Xue Zhongjing immediately denied it.
"Then there's no need to talk about it." Xue Wuyi shrugged his shoulders.
Xue Wuyi hated Liang Min, not only because Liang Min raised him to waste, saying that he was a waste, he is still a little accomplished, the reason why Xue Wuyi hates Liang Min so much is that Xue Wuyi later found out that his mother did not die of depression at all, but was poisoned and poisoned by Liang Min.