Chapter 114: Building Bridges
Qi Xuansu did not go out in person.
In power, in power, if you have to do everything yourself, it is not in vain.
However, Qi Xuansu was not idle, and had already appeased Lu Yujue.
are all people who have been in the Taoist Gate for a long time, and they don't have to say too thoroughly, vaguely revealing a little meaning, and they can understand a little bit of their hearts.
Lu Yujue intended to get closer to Qi Xuansu in order to take revenge on Qi Xuansu's momentum.
Qi Xuansu also wanted to win over Lu Yujue and bury thunder for Li Changge.
The two sides naturally hit it off.
In fact, after this kind of thing happened, the Li family had already entered a situation of choosing one of the two, either choosing Li Minghuang or Lu Yujue. However, the Li family probably doesn't see it that way, they have been on it for a long time, and they are used to being arrogant, they still want it all, hoping that Lu Yujue can take care of the overall situation. It's better to make big things small and small things small.
There is an old saying that the king regards his ministers as grass mustard, and the ministers regard his ministers as enemies.
It is true that the Li family is powerful, and it is not false that others want to look up to you, but these people are not slaves of the Li family.
Lu Yujue also understands a truth, when someone wants you to take care of the overall situation, you are most likely outside the overall situation.
So he doesn't want to take care of the overall situation, what he has to do now is to forbear, take care of the overall situation on the surface, paralyze Li Minghuang and those who support Li Minghuang, and give Li Minghuang a thunderous blow at a critical time.
It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
Even if Lu Yujue made any moves, Li Jiaming couldn't do anything to him on his face. First, Lu Yujue belongs to the Lu family, not without background; Second, Lu Yujue is a bitter master, and he is reasonable.
Once this matter is on the table, the law is all there. Talking about legal principles, it is Li Minghuang's moral corruption, and the Li family is suspected of covering up. Speaking of favors, how many years has the Lu family followed the Li family, and the two sides also have an in-law relationship, how many are relatives, how much do you treat your own people?
Therefore, the Li family still has to appease the Lu family, not punish Lu Yujue, otherwise it will be unpopular.
Originally, Qi Xuansu wanted to give Lu Yujue a few days off, but Lu Yujue took the initiative to refuse, in his words, it was better to be busy, and when he was busy, he didn't have the heart to think about these bad things.
In all fairness, Lu Yujue still belongs to the more traditional conservatives, so he cares about this kind of thing, and if he is replaced by a carefree person, it is not a problem at all.
However, Li Minghuang can't be regarded as a carefree faction, the carefree faction can let go of itself, and at the same time he doesn't care about others. Li Minghuang is a double-standard faction among conservatives, strict with others, lenient with himself, and free of himself, and his own women cannot have the slightest betrayal. Even if Zhang Yuyue has nothing to do with him, he is still uncomfortable when he sees Zhang Yuyue getting married, and he still has to find trouble, which is impossible to say.
As for Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, they belong to the extremist faction among the conservatives, who are strict with themselves and others, and this kind of person is easy to cause trouble.
Therefore, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu very much agree with many of the concepts of the Five Generations of Great Masters, and aside from some differences in political opinions, the two have a common language.
Qi Xuansu was busy, and did not forget to contact Zhang Yuelu.
After all, the wedding date is approaching, although logically speaking, Qi Xuansu only needs to be a person, and there is no need to worry about it, but Qi Xuansu still plans to ask, Zhang Yuelu and Qi Niang have an idea each, plus the mother-in-law of Taiqiong and the Zhang family are mixed in it, God knows what will happen, and he has to check it himself.
What is the head of the family?
Qi Xuansu leaned back on the back of the chair and contacted Zhang Yuelu with "Cloud Letter" to ask how the marriage was prepared.
Zhang Yuelu didn't hide it, and roughly repeated the conversation between her and Taiqiong.
Qi Xuansu seemed to have no reason to object. Because the dowry has nothing to do with Qi Xuansu, according to the rules of these big families, how to dispose of the dowry is a woman's own business, whether it is passed on to her daughter or to her future daughter-in-law, it is up to her to decide. In the unfortunate event of death and no children, the mother's family will usually take back the dowry.
If the two of them can't live anymore, and Qi Xuansu wants to sell the dowry for emergencies, then Zhang Yuelu has to nod.
So what the hell, Qi Xuansu did not express his opinion and respected Zhang Yuelu's decision. As for whether Zhang Yuelu can or not
Convince the Zhang family, that is also Zhang Yuelu's ability, and Qi Xuansu is also difficult to intervene.
Zhang Yuelu mainly discussed the ceremony with Qi Xuansu, this is the matter of the two people, Qi Xuansu wants to make the point, that is also Qi Xuansu's right.
Regarding this point, Qi Xuansu also doesn't like to be too cumbersome: "It is good to advocate frugality, as long as you don't neglect the guests, I have no opinion."
Zhang Yuelu asked, "Which guests are you going to invite?"
Qi Xuansu said, "As long as you should be invited, you will post it. Please don't invite us, come or not come to them."
Zhang Yuelu pondered for a moment: "When you are fine, draw up a list, I will also draw up a list, let's compare it, check and fill in the gaps, you have a wide range of contacts, maybe there are connections in the rivers and lakes."
Qi Xuansu said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's not so simple, getting married is a matter of two families, our orphans and widows here, the interpersonal relationship is relatively simple, the Zhang family is a thousand-year-old family, I don't know how many in-laws are old, that's the big one."
Zhang Yuelu said: "Don't talk about me, your current master is a real person in Donghua, master and apprentice are like father and son, you, the marriage of an apprentice, for the sake of the master's face, there will be no fewer guests, I am afraid that it is not inferior to the last apprenticeship ceremony."
Qi Xuansu said, "By the way, I have a question. Ceremonies and ceremonies are all trivial, the key is to entertain guests, you are marrying this time, not recruiting, should be on my side. It's easy for the male guest to say that there is a master who comes forward, but there is still one less person on the female side."
Zhang Yuelu was a little puzzled: "The female guests should be entertained by Qi Niang, there is nothing to say, right?"
Qi Xuansu smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that Qi Niang will not come forward, with my understanding of her, she can indeed do this kind of thing, and there is a high probability that she will do this kind of thing, but the master has always been alone......
Zhang Yuelu still didn't understand: "Okay, you Qi Xuansu, you actually beat my master's idea."
Qi Xuansu didn't pretend to be stupid: "What I said is obviously that some elders of your Zhang family started this, and I can only seconded it."
In fact, Zhang Yuelu also considered this problem. After all, when the child is older, parents should consult their children for more or less advice on this kind of thing.
Of course, Cihang Zhenren would not ask Zhang Yuelu directly, but Zhang Yuelu's sisters still talked about this topic and expressed their opinions. Since there is this kind of wind direction, it shows the attitude of Cihang Zhenren to a certain extent.
Zhang Yuelu's attitude is to respect Cihang's decision.
This is a very passive attitude, which can also be understood as inaction....
Now it seems that Qi Xuansu is different from Zhang Yuelu, his attitude is more active, he not only respects, but also supports, and even wants to push it.
Zhang Yuelu said, "Could it be that for the sake of our marriage, let the two of them become a Taoist couple first? That's too sloppy, isn't it? And there is no such reason."
Qi Xuansu smiled: "You are just a rigid brain, why can't you look at it from another angle and use our marriage as a test and warm-up."
Zhang Yuelu is not a stupid person, and was a little bit by Qi Xuansu, and immediately understood: "What you mean is that the male host has been determined, and it must be your master Donghua Zhenren, because Qi Niang is absent, and our marriage lacks a hostess, so let my master be this hostess and come forward to receive all the female guests." However, we don't have to find out the relationship between my master and your master in order to test the reaction of the outside world, if the two of them really mean this, then their joint presence this time will become a warm-up for the official relationship later."
Qi Xuansu nodded and said, "That's what it means, killing two birds with one stone."
Zhang Yuelu didn't object, and asked, "What about Qi Niang? Will she be sad?"
Qi Xuansu couldn't help but be a little moved, don't look at Qi Niang and Zhang Yuelu don't like each other, but in this kind of thing, Zhang Yuelu can still distinguish clearly, and still consider Qi Niang's feelings for the first time. This is one of the reasons why Qi Xuansu likes Zhang Yuelu, just talk about things, unlike some people, after having prejudices, they have to take it out at any time, and they can't wait to start turning over old accounts decades ago, which makes the family unhappy.
Qi Xuansu said: "In the past, I probed her tone, she herself was unwilling to come forward, I can't tie her up, I will definitely ask her formally again, if she still disagrees, then I have to respect her opinion, and the two of us will give her a cup of tea in private."
Zhang Yuelu nodded: "That's all it can be."
Qi Xuansu said, "If Qi Niang doesn't agree, then it's up to you to come forward and invite Cihang Zhenren."
Zhang Yuelu had nothing to do: "Okay. It's a big deal to be scolded by the master."
Qi Xuansu was in his chest: "In my opinion, this is a good thing for both sides, and they are also a little moved, otherwise they would not have been without expressing their position, which is an attitude in itself." It's like bullying the small with the big, as long as you don't stand on the weak side, even if you remain neutral, you are on the strong side. Therefore, if you don't object, you agree, but the two of them are old, and they can't give up their skin, and they have to be reserved, as if they are resigning and giving up. At this time, we juniors have to stand up and play the role of ministers to persuade them. To put it bluntly, give a few words of persuasion, give a step, build a ladder, and promote good deeds to show filial piety."
Zhang Yuelu couldn't help laughing: "You have a lot of thoughts."
Qi Xuansu said, "It's not bad to kiss and kiss."
Zhang Yuelu didn't say anything anymore, her attitude was like this, it was good to be successful, and it was no pity if she couldn't, since Qi Xuansu was strong and cared about this matter, then she didn't mind cooperating with Qi Xuansu.
It's like an ordinary family, when the children are young, when they are not sensible, opinions are not very important. But after the child becomes an independent adult, his opinion is very important. Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu have come to this point, and their opinions cannot be ignored, and their attitudes can often influence the thoughts of Cihang Zhenren and Donghua Zhenren to a certain extent, just as the three princes can influence the thoughts of the three masters to a certain extent.
Qi Xuansu is exerting this influence very actively, pushing things in the direction he wants.
Zhang Yuelu remembered something and asked, "By the way, do you have a suitable candidate for the bride-in-law?"