"Father."

Yu Wenshang came to the study, and after respectfully saluting, he hung his head and waited, and stayed for about a moment before he heard a faint response from the room-

"Come in."

Yu Wenzhao stood by the window with a book in his hand, he put one hand behind his back, and said to his eldest son without looking back: "What do you think about the alliance with Jinyiwei this time?" ”

The rules of the Yuwen family are strict, and Yuwen Zhao's four sons are all adults, but when they are at home, they still dare not sit and dare not sit, and they dare not speak without asking.

Even the most profligate third son, Yu Wenzhang, is honestly like a quail in front of Yu Wenzhao, so that he never dares to look at the west.

Yuwen Shang is the eldest son of Yu Wen Zhao, and he has been brought by his father since he was a child, although the head of the family has never shown the choice of the heir, but as the eldest son, Yu Wen Shang is the default young master in the eyes of many people.

But the more this is the case, the more Yuwen Shang dares not be presumptuous in front of Yuwen Zhao, this time he was called, his father opened his mouth and asked his opinion on this matter, he calmed down and thought about it again, and said-

"Father," Yuwen Shang said respectfully, "My son thinks that our Yuwen family should continue to watch from the wall and wait for the time." ”

"Oh?" Yuwen Zhao's face did not change, and he said calmly: "Go on." ”

"Yes, father," Yuwen Shang thought for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Now that there is chaos in the rivers and lakes, our Yuwen family is not involved in any family, and this is a good time to sell at a price, my son thinks that we should not take the initiative to take refuge in any party, but let them each offer us a bid." ”

Yuwen Shang's self-confidence comes from the heritage accumulated by the Yuwen family for hundreds of years, even if they don't do anything, the people on the rivers and lakes don't dare to take the initiative to provoke them.

Even a few companies in the center of this chaos will offer various conditions for them to choose from in order to fight for their own power.

Yu Wenshang's idea is not to be in a hurry to bet on any company, to take the initiative in his own hands, and then evaluate the conditions offered by each family, and finally choose the most favorable side.

Faced with Yu Wenshang's answer, Yu Wenzhao was noncommittal, but he threw out another question: "Now that my father has won the trust of Jinyiwei, how do you think I should deal with it?" ”

Yuwen Shang frowned, this is indeed a trouble, Yuwen Zhao caught everyone off guard this time, and now that the wood is in a boat, it seems that it is difficult to remedy.

Yu Wenshang fell into deep thought, he did not think about the question raised by his father, but carefully considered the deep meaning from his father behind this question.

The letter has been sent, but his father still asked such a question to himself, Yuwen Shang thought about it, did he want to regret it?

Such an idea made Yu Wenshang himself startled, as the leader of the family, the most taboo thing is to change the order every day, but so far, he can't guess other possibilities.

With the mentality of trying it out, Yu Wenshang spoke, and he said with some hesitation: "Father, why don't we pretend that we don't have this letter, and when Jinyiwei is in a hurry, let's take a look?" ”

"Do you want your father to sit on the ground?" Yu Wenzhao turned around, his eyes couldn't see joy and anger, and he just looked at Yu Wenshang quietly.

The latter avoided that gaze with some cringe, then sorted out his words and said, "Or, we can use this as an excuse to send another letter to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, and it is always safer to have more roads." ”

Yu Wenzhao let out a "heh" with a smile, and then asked, "How do you think Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess will respond to us?" ”

Yuwen Shang hurriedly said: "I think that although His Royal Highness has taken the lead this time, in the face of Jinyiwei, the more cards in her hand, the better, so she will definitely accept our kindness." ”

"So," Yu Wenzhao changed his words and asked a little sharply, "If we calculate the Jinyi Guards with this, have you ever thought about how they will retaliate?" ”

Yu Wenshang frowned slightly, and he said: "Father, we have fought with Jinyi Wei countless times in secret, and for so many years, the other party has never been able to catch our handle, even if they are angry this time, it is just to make the already bad relationship worse, it's okay." ”

"Really? That's what you think. ”

Yu Wenzhao did not comment on Yu Wenshang's reply, after a moment of silence, he turned around again, continued to look at the flower garden in the courtyard through the window, and said in a light tone: "Stand down, call your fourth brother." ”

"Yes, father, son is leaving." Yuwen Shang bowed respectfully and exited the room.

After a while, another person came to the outside of the study, this person was about twenty years old, with sword eyebrows, full of enterprising vitality, he was Yu Wenzhao's youngest son, named Yu Wensi.

"The son visits his father."

Yu Wensi saluted outside the door, and after a while, Yu Wenzhao also called him in and asked the same question: "What do you think of this family alliance with Jinyiwei?" ”

Yu Wensi straightened up, his eyes were like torches, and he said loudly: "My son thinks that my father's move is extremely correct. ”

"Oh?" Yu Wenzhao's eyes were calm and angry, and he asked, "How do you say it?" ”

Yu Wensi said: "Father, my son thinks that being a man and doing things is the most taboo at both ends of the head and mouse, and now although Jinyiwei is stumbling over mundane things, they have always represented the imperial court, and the commander of Lu is even more powerful, and it is very unwise to be an enemy with him." ”

"Well, go on," Yuwen Zhao said flatly.

"Yes," Yu Wensi continued, "Er believes that we should not only ally with Jinyiwei, but also show the greatest sincerity and take the initiative to cut off the connection with the East Palace and show our sincerity. ”

Yuwen Si said in high spirits: "Jin Yiwei needs our help more than ever at this moment, seeing us will be like seeing relatives, so we should take this opportunity to completely tie ourselves to the imperial court, a God-given opportunity, fleeting." ”

Yu Wenzhao glanced back at Yu Wensi, who immediately lowered his head and bowed to wait, and in the end, the head of the family still did not make any comments, but waved his hand and said, "You stand down, call your second brother." ”

"Yes, my son is leaving."

Yu Wensi exited the room, and after a while, another young man came outside the study, this person looked very ordinary, but the pair of eyes were as bright as stars, he was Yu Wenzhao's second son, named Yu Wenyu.

Yu Wenyu saluted: "Meet my father." ”

"Enter."

Yuwen Zhao called the second son in and asked the same question, Yuwen Yu said after pondering for a long time: "Back to my father, my son thinks that it is indeed a good opportunity to befriend Jinyiwei this time, but my Yuwen family must not cut off their own way because of this." ”

Yu Wenzhao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh, you also think that the connection with the East Palace cannot be broken?" ”

"That's not the case," Yuwen Yu shook his head, and then said: "The connection between the East Palace must be broken, and the two ends of the first rat will suffer from it, what I mean is that we have to give sincerity, but we can't make Jinyiwei feel that the Yuwen family has only one way to choose." ”

Yu Wenzhao's eyes paused slightly, and his tone was slightly softened: "You can tell me what you think in detail." ”

Noticing the change in his father's expression, Yu Wenyu's heart was shocked, and he said loudly: "Yes, father." ”

(End of chapter)