When Yuan Xuepei heard this, he said lightly: "Thank you to the Su family!" ”

He showed a smile that seemed to be not smiling, "Among the founding heroes of this dynasty, although the Su family is second to none for his martial arts, my Yuan family is not far behind!" ”

The Marquis of Boling of the Yuan family is hereditary.

Even in the founding period of the country, which was heavily rewarded, hereditary titles would not be granted lightly.

After all, as long as there are no descendants, this kind of can be passed down from generation to generation and enjoy the benefits of wealth and nobility, and it is easy to raise a behemoth and threaten the imperial power!

The emperor who can be the founding king of the country is not confused, how can he do such a thing of lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot?

The reason why such a title will be awarded can only be that the credit is too great, and this dynasty has learned the lessons of Qianyong, and the different surname is not crowned king, so it can only be compensated by hereditary replacement.

The rarity of this type of title shows the difficulty of obtaining it - you must know that not counting the princes who were beheaded by the family in the early years of Xianjia, in the Xianjia Dynasty, there were only three hereditary titles: King Hengshan, Marquis of Fuyang, and Marquis of Boling.

Not to mention that Emperor Xianjia's very tolerant Su family does not have the grace of hereditary replacement, including the two sons of Emperor Xianjia himself: King Su and King Xiang.

It's just because of the identity of the prince that there was no attack.

If it develops normally, when their son inherits the title, he will be the king of Sujun and the king of Xiangjun; By the time of Sun Tzu, it was the Duke of Su Guo and the Duke of Xiangguo.

In this way, if it is passed on for a few more generations, it will be lost to everyone, and there will only be one clan identity left.

The ancestors of the Yuan family were able to obtain a hereditary replacement knight, and like the Su family, they were knighted with martial arts, so it is conceivable that the Yuan family's influence in the army.

Or to put it more intuitively, the old Marquis Boling has military power in his hands.

"Although the first emperor ascended the throne with the help of the Su family, after he became the emperor, how could he not defend the Su family?"

"It's just that the reason why the Su family was able to help him ascend to the throne is that military power accounts for a lot of weight."

"So after the first emperor came to power, he was affectionate to the Su family on the surface, but secretly he was thinking about how to fight against the Su family all the time - so when he slaughtered his siblings, he withheld the holy decree of beheading the Marquis of Boling, and took the holy decree to make a deal with my grandfather in private: my grandfather handed over the military power accumulated over the years of conquest, as well as military power, to him, and then self. As much as possible, he will give the rest of the Boling Marquis Mansion a way to live, and let this title be passed on! ”

"It's just that after my grandfather did what the first emperor said, although the Marquis of Boling's mansion was born for a few years, soon, my father was openly reprimanded in the court!"

Yuan Xuepei's tone mocked, "That reprimand sounds like it's just blaming my father for not doing something well—but my father knows that this is because the first emperor is embarrassed to directly renege on his promise to my grandfather, which is implying that the Marquis of Boling's Mansion is interested in it!" So when he returned home, he talked to my mother and decided to start his own life. As much as possible, in order to obtain the first emperor's opening to the Yuan family, so that my mother, me and Xuecao can fight for a glimmer of life! ”

"And my mother went back to Hengshan Wangfu to ask for help, and she could only watch my father 'die of illness'."

"After my father's 'death', our magnanimous emperor finally gave my father a mourning honor for the sake of my Yuan family's orphans, widows, widows, or his relatives!"

"It's just that when my mother saw this situation, she didn't care about our brothers and sisters, so she simply followed my father!"

Yuan Xuepei said this, and was silent for a while before continuing softly, "You also know the situation after that: although the Hengshan Royal Mansion is my cousin's foreign family, because he knew that the first emperor had a knot in his heart for the Yuan family, he refused to take care of our brothers and sisters. Otherwise, my step-grandmother was born in a small family, and my maternal grandmother was a concubine, and she didn't need to come forward in person, just send a more powerful mother-in-law to beat her, and forgive her for not having the courage to pinch our brothers and sisters! Why is it that in the huge Hengshan Palace, from my maternal grandmother to my maternal uncle, and then to my two aunts, no one has ever done this for us?! ”

However, there was not much resentment in his tone, "Of course, although they are not willing to help to the end, they still have contacts during the New Year's holidays." It is precisely because of this correspondence that my step-grandmother is jealous and does not dare to be ruthless! Otherwise, our brother and sister were so big at that time, she really wanted to do a black hand, and we would have gone to see my father and mother a long time ago. ”

Jian Xubai listened quietly, and said here: "Didn't Ming Peitang care about you at that time? ”

He speculated that the relationship between the Yuan family and Xiliang Shen was not shallow, and he was afraid that it was not an ordinary shadow-otherwise, how could he have specially embedded the word "Pei" in Ming Peitang's name for the heir?

Even if this is just the Yuan family's unilateral special loyalty to Ming Peitang, but when the loyalists are down, as the main family, they stand by and watch, which is by no means the style that a family that has inherited several dynasties should have.

After all, the inheritance and cohesion of the family is based on the kinship based on blood. Even outsiders in the family cannot be encompassed by pure interests, and it is inevitable to join the friendship of sharing weal and woe, which is the long-term way.

Even if Ming Peitang suffered heavy losses at that time, he couldn't ignore the two children who had no parents, so who would be willing to work for them in the future?!

"Of course it helps." Obviously, the Shen family can be passed on to the present, and it will not make such a simple mistake, Yuan Xuepei said calmly, "Otherwise, my foreign family Hengshan Wangfu can watch my own daughter die, how can I still interact with our brothers and sisters during the New Year's holidays?" At first, when I was very young, I didn't understand much, but I just thought that although the mother-in-law who sent things to my grandmother was the next person in front of my grandmother, she was always cold and not very close to our brothers and sisters - at that time, I thought that they were because our father and mother went, and they had the mind of being a slave bully! ”

"Later, I found out that it was because the Shen family secretly sent someone to warn the Hengshan Palace, if our brothers and sisters have a good one, they don't mind paying a certain price and planting a few things for the Hengshan Palace!"

Yuan Xuepei showed a sarcastic look on his face, "The Wang clan is taking advantage, and if you are down, you also have a deep heritage there!" If someone else says such a thing to Hengshan Palace, it will not end well! But in the face of the Shen family, the Hengshan Wangfu still compromised after deliberation. What's more, although I was not very sensible at that time, the old servants around me also reminded me that every time I gave a return gift to Hengshan Wangfu, it was several times their annual gift, and they earned it! ”

Jian Xubai groaned: "Then you didn't go with the Shen family later?" ”

"Of course not." Yuan Xuepei said hesitantly, "My grandfather and my father can be said to have died for Ming Peitang!" Even if Ming Peitang secretly took care of our brother and sister, in my opinion, it should be - if it wasn't for their scheme, how could my grandfather, my father, and my mother die? If they are still alive, why do our brothers and sisters need Ming Peitang to be kind?! ”

"In that case, why should I continue to work hard for Ming Peitang?!"

"After all, Ming Peitang may have supported the Yuan family before, but my father and my grandfather have already taken their lives back-"

His eyes were in a trance for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and said expressionlessly, "So when I grew up, after the Shen family found me, I rejected their request, and made it clear that I wanted to cut them off and never have anything to do with them!" ”

Jian Xubai was surprised: "Are they willing?" ”

Don't look at the Shen family's original intention to send people to blackmail the Hengshan Mansion for the sake of Yuan Xuepei's brothers and sisters, but this move was actually to safeguard the interests of the Shen family.

In a sense, it is also to win the hearts of Yuan Xuepei's brothers and sisters, so that they can continue to do things for the Shen family.

But Yuan Xuepei refused the Shen family's solicitation, at this time, the Shen family would not let him go even if he wanted to kill him, right?

"The Shen family said that our Yuan family was originally the bloodline of the Shen family, and in the last years of Dongyong, in order to prevent accidents, they changed their surnames, and they originally planned to change it back after the world was peaceful, but they didn't mention it again when accidents occurred frequently." Yuan Xuepei said lightly, "So they didn't embarrass me much after seeing me refuse, the Tao is that I am a male heir in this vein, and if I want to have a good one, this vein will be extinct-of course, I am also required to keep my mouth shut." ”

Speaking of this, he snorted, "And of course I will keep my mouth shut, after all, although they didn't say anything threatening, but, the background of Xiliang Shen, is it difficult for our brothers and sisters to die unconsciously?" ”

"Then what happened when you had fellowship with me?" Jian Xubai groaned, "It's not that you were instructed by the Shen family, it's your own thoughts?" ”

"Not exactly." Yuan Xuepei was silent for a while, and finally decided to tell the truth, "You were very well-behaved and likable when you were young, but because I have an equally well-behaved and likable sister, in fact, according to my original intention, I don't want to get close to you." It's not that I hate you, but it's mainly because I was very worried about Xue Cao being alone in the house at that time. But I'm going to coax you...... When I go to play with you, it is often inconvenient to bring a sepal. ”

Spit out a turbid breath, he smiled bitterly, "As for why I approached you again and again against my will, in addition to what everyone thinks, I want to take advantage of your position to knock my step-grandmother and strive for a shortcut to promotion in the future, naturally because of ......"

After a pause, he gently spat out two words, "Revenge!" ”

- He once died because his grandfather and parents did things for the Shen family, and he hated the Shen family to the point where he knew that this family had a deep heritage, and he also helped their brothers and sisters talk, but he still refused their solicitation, how could it be that he forgot to force his grandfather and parents to death the culprit Xianjiadi?!

"Maybe I'm really the blood of the Shen family, after the Shen family was rejected by me, I didn't leave it alone, but found the old lady Duanmu and asked the old lady Duanmu to send someone to contact me." Yuan Xuepei recalled, "The old lady's messenger told me that among the old lady's most hated enemies in her life, there are also the first emperors, so I have a common enemy with her, and Jinxiutang has never known me before, and there is no place to be sorry for me." So I don't want to have anything to do with Mingpeitang, but I can cooperate with Jinxiutang. ”

"I thought it made sense, so I agreed to it."

"Then the first request made by Old Madam Duanmu is to let me take advantage of the fact that the age gap between me and you is not very big, and when I enter the palace, try to become your playmate or friend, observe you, protect you, lest you be cheated and don't even know——"

Speaking of this, he remembered the past and couldn't help but smile slightly, "Speaking of the time when we were captured by Wu Huan, I felt quite sorry for Ji Zifu for a while. Everyone said that if he hadn't been stupid and willful, he wouldn't have dragged us down at all, but in fact...... He was calculated to be the top cylinder! ”

The real reason is that the old lady Duanmu is not worried about the Empress Dowager teaching her own grandson, so she takes this opportunity to let Jian Xubai go to Wuhuan to accept the cultivation of Jinxiutang.

And under the joint efforts of the then coach Ji Guogong, Jian Xubai's friend Yuan Xuepei, and many personal guards, even if Ji Zifu was cautious, he could not escape the fate of being a prisoner.

But because he had the most impulsive temperament and was the most unpopular, he took on this charge.

Jian Xubai was silent for a while, and said, "Since all this has been arranged a long time ago...... So why, your legs? ”

"My leg was scrapped at my own request." When Yuan Xuepei heard this, he wrote lightly, "Qiu Shuxia is just a reputation!" ”