Yan Song was half-lying on the couch, and Yan Shaoting sat on the small stool on the side, beating his grandfather's legs very carefully.

Yan Song looked at the swollen finger marks on his grandson's face and the blood stains on the corners of his mouth in distress: "Your father, it's really getting more and more ruthless."

Yan Shaoting smiled and said: "As long as you can let your grandson marry Xuan Xuan, even if your father cuts off half of your grandson's face with a knife, your grandson will be willing to lose it."

"You, alas!" Yan Song sighed helplessly: "Shao'er, if you are just the grandson of a rich man in Fenyi, Jiangxi, no matter which girl you like, grandpa and your father can come to the door for you to propose marriage, even if the bride price proposed by the other party will make our family bankrupt." But you are the grandson of the first assistant of the dynasty, and your marriage determines the future and future of our family! ”

"But my grandson only likes Xuan Xuan, and she won't marry in this life."

Yan Song said in a slightly reproachful tone: "You children are simply confused and foolish, do you think this is the ornament on the handle of the knife you selected, this is a major event that affects the lives of hundreds of people in our Yan family." Since the untimely death of Prince Zhuang Jing, the emperor listened to Tao Zhongwen's statement that 'the two dragons do not meet', and kept silent about the establishment of the prince. However, who in the Manchu Dynasty did not know 'a son of heaven and a courtier', and how many people could not plan for their future. Now the imperial court has been secretly divided into two factions: the 'pro-Jing faction' and the 'pro-Yu faction'. As far as the current situation is concerned, King Jing's mother and son are deeply favored, our Yan family's power in the court is intertwined, and King Yu's side is just a group of sour and rotten civil officials headed by Xu Jie. At first glance, the victory of the 'pro-view faction' is certain, but in fact it is not. The attendant of Yuwangfu, Gao Gong, is the priest of the country, this is the seat where the grandfather sat back then, and now this seat is sat by the subordinate officials of Yuwangfu, which means that all the scholars in the world will be the protégé of Yuwangfu. The most terrifying are Lu Bing and Zhu Xizhong, who are deeply valued by the emperor. Seven years ago, Yang Jisheng was imprisoned for impeaching our family for death, and your father had negotiated with Lu Bing, hoping that he would use some means to get rid of King Yu through Yang Jisheng's recital and confession, but he disobeyed Yang and protected King Yu. And Zhu Xizhong ...... He had a close relationship with Lu Bing. In fact, Lu Bing has long been seriously ill, and you have become his son-in-law, if you can hold Jinyiwei in the hands of our Yan family as soon as possible, it would not be bad. However, there is still a Lu Yanyuan in the Lu family! If we want King Jing to win the battle for the crown, we can only marry Yang Shun of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and squeeze Zhu Xizhong from the position of the former Governor of the Military Governor and the commander of the Shenji Battalion. In this way, there will be no different voices in the matter of Lichu. ”

Yan Shaoting obviously didn't understand and even disagreed with his grandfather: "Grandpa, whether it's King Yu or King Jing, aren't they all the emperor's sons?" Yes, His Royal Highness King Yu's temperament is not as strong and resolute as His Royal Highness King Jing, but he has the wisdom to understand people and is willing to listen to different opinions. Isn't it good that our future emperor of the Ming Dynasty makes good use of virtuous ministers and good generals and is good at receiving advice? Yan Yuan is courageous, knowledgeable, loyal and generous, no matter who succeeds to the throne in the future, he will be loyal and patriotic, and he also has such ability. Grandpa, I really don't understand why you and your father are going to go to such lengths to fight? I am as bright as today's disaster, the people's uprising, and the capture of the south and the north, and there are so many serious things waiting for us to do. Why can't you be a pure minister who does practical things for the country and the people, but spend all your energy on meaningless infighting? ″

Yan Song looked at his grandson with complicated eyes, and smiled bitterly: "Shao'er, grandpa is like you when you were so old, and his mind is full of dogmas in the sage books. Don't tend to be angry, don't flatter, aspire to be a good official who helps the people, and wants to be the master of the blue sky in the eyes of the people, but what is the result? It's past the age of confusion, and I'm still being kicked around like a pug. After more than a year, he finally entered the cabinet, and he had a little status and dignity. Banquet with a shy face Xia Yan, who is younger than his grandfather but has already been the first assistant of the cabinet, obviously said it before, but when the sun wanes, there is still no shadow of Xia Yan. Grandpa had to go to Xia Mansion to find Xia Yan in person, but the guard at the gate of Xia Mansion said that Xia Yan was not at home at all that day. After grandpa came home, Shao'er, do you know that the eyes of those accompaniments invited by grandpa are like ...... It's like looking at grandpa like a harlequin on a stage. From that day on, no, from that moment on, Grandpa secretly swore in his heart that he would let those who mocked our family lie on the threshold of our house like dogs and wag their tails and beg for mercy. ”

Yan Shaoting's eyes were full of tears: "Grandpa, we can't do something wrong because of others." We can leave here, stop being entangled in the treacherous and fighting between the court, go back to our hometown to plant a few acres of land, and run a private school, isn't it also good? ”

Yan Song shook his head and sighed: "Shao'er, you underestimate the power and sinister in human nature too much. An official who returned to his hometown due to the loss of power, who in the township will take a look at it with a straight eye. Besides, in the past 20 years, your father and I have done too many shady things for the position of the first assistant and in order to help King Jing win over power in the court. Grandpa told you a big secret today that only me, your father and Zhu Xizhong know, do you know how Zhu Xizhong's wife died? ”