After Duan Pi's death, because He Batsheng recommended Duan Pidi's son as the Qingzhou Thorn History, Qingzhou was quite stable.

Although some people in some areas have doubts about the cause of Duan Rival's death, and they have no possibility of killing Duan Rival for Duan Weiyang, they are soft-spoken and can't afford to blow any storms in the Qingzhou area.

Since the Huaibei region borders Qingzhou, Wei Ran ordered Liu Renye to start spreading the fact that Duan Bi, the assassin of Qingzhou, was murdered by his son Duan Bechen, and then blamed Duan Weiyang, and the news spread to Qingzhou, which made Duan Bechen can't help but be furious.

As Wei Ran's letter was delivered to Licheng, Duan Bechen's inner resentment finally broke out.

He found the Horba brothers and threw Wei Ran's letter on the ground, He Batsheng was puzzled, and after picking it up and reading it, his face couldn't help but change greatly.

Wei Ran was extremely sarcastic in his words, comparing Duan Bechen to a pig and dog-like character, and at the same time threatening that if he did not return Duan Weiyang's family, he would lead troops to attack, and threatened in the letter that if he hurt Duan Weiyang's family, Licheng would be broken at that time, and Duan's Xianbei and He Ba Xianbei chickens and dogs would not be left.

He Basheng was also very annoyed, and scolded Wei Ran in the mansion, and when he was rising, he suddenly got the news that Liu Renye, the assassin of Xuzhou, led his troops to the north, Chen Bing Lanling, and at the same time, the Southern Qi Naval Division also moved in the direction.

This made the two Heba brothers panic for a while, and they were about to ask for help in the direction of Luoyang, when they received a letter from Min Shiyuan, ordering him to release Duan Weiyang's wife and children and send them to Xuzhou properly.

Seeing that the foreign aid has been cut off, the three of them have no clue after discussing it.

At this time, Shen Xiu, who joined the army, saw that everyone was arguing, got up and said: "I feel that the Southern Qi is Duan Weiyang, and the real purpose is still for the land of Qingzhou, and the land of Qingzhou is also the homeland of the Southern Dynasty. ”

Shen Xiu saw that everyone was silent, and added: "Although my Qingzhou is rich in land and resources, but the people's hearts have not yet been unified, especially Wei Ran spread rumors, saying that the Lord killed his father and seized the throne, and heaven does not tolerate it, now General Duan has just died, and some people's hearts are floating, if the Southern Dynasty takes this opportunity to attack, we can't resist it, and Duan Weiyang's wife and children, his wife is also the daughter of a Xianbei nobleman, you can't kill her, it's better to let your wife and children go to Wei Ran, Wei Ran has no excuse to attack in the short term, I wait for the soldiers to go through the horses, in the united court, I am not afraid of Wei Ran at that time, If Wei Ran takes advantage of this excuse to send troops, it will be really difficult for us to resist, the Xuzhou army will attack from Lanling, and the Southern Qi naval army will never attack, otherwise it will not obey the order, and the big thing will go at that time. ”

Duan Bechen thought for a moment and felt that it could only be like this, so he said to Brother Heba: "I think it is the only way, what do you two think?"

He Basheng also felt that he could not oppose Nanqi now, so he agreed to send Duan Weiyang's wife and children to Pengcheng and hand them over to Liu Renye.

The matter of Qingzhou came to an end, but Wei Ran was not moved by Qingzhou, but he also knew that the national strength was weak at this time, and he could not act arbitrarily, so after receiving Duan Weiyang's wife and children, he asked Liu Renye to withdraw his troops and return to Pengcheng.

Time flies, soon to the Southern Dynasty Chiayi six years, after the New Year, the Southern Qi Emperor Xiao Ju accepted the good intentions of the envoys of the Western Qin, and the Eastern Qin and the Western Qin at the same time, the two sides opened the border trade.

Wang Qi, who returned from the Northern Dynasty, was named the governor of Yangzhou under the protection of Wei Ran, and he was offered to wait.

Xiao Ju's previous series of reforms have also achieved results with several years of hard work, and the selection and appointment of officials in the DPRK and China have also completely changed from the system of filial piety and honesty to the system of admission to the department, which has given many poor scholars the opportunity to get ahead.

At the suggestion of Yuan Muzhi, Xiao Ju opened schools in various states, and recommended children with good qualifications to study in the township, and at the same time, in order to ensure the quality of children, the children's examination scores were linked to the performance of local officials, coupled with Wei Ran's consistent iron-blooded policy, the entire Southern Qi court was thriving.

In the court of the Southern Qi Dynasty, although the voices of opposition to Wei Ran are still endless, Xiao Ju adheres to the consistent style of favoring Wei Ran everywhere, but not suppressing officials at will, and gradually there is a very strange atmosphere in the court of the Southern Qi Dynasty, that is, everyone is impeaching Wei Ran while carrying out Wei Ran's orders, Xiao Ju protects Wei Ran everywhere, but he will also add officials to the people who impeached Wei Ran, and the court is balanced.

Wei Ran originally planned to send troops to attack Qingzhou in May, but a sudden change interrupted Wei Ran's steps.

His mother, Li Yuwan, accidentally fell into the water while admiring the flowers in the garden and almost died on the spot.

Although he was rescued by the imperial doctor, his health became weaker and weaker, so Wei Ran stayed in the mansion to take care of his mother, and the foreign expedition was temporarily put on hold.

Li Yuwan was lying on the bed, the loyal and brave marquis who was the best in Chang'an in the past, and Mrs. Dingnanhou, who was indescribably rich and noble, was now terminally ill.

Wei Ran knelt down in front of the bed, and couldn't help but start crying bitterly. Li Yuwan is only forty-five years old this year, and the average life expectancy of women at that time was forty-six years old, but a wealthy family like Li Yuwan can generally live to be fifty-five years old.

Li Yuwan looked at Wei Ran with a smile and said softly: "Life and death are fate, my son doesn't have to be like this." ”

Wei Ran cried and said: "Mother, I originally wanted to unify the north, and then we will go back to our hometown in Bingzhou to care for the elderly, and rebury the remains of my father and grandfather in Jinyang, and then we will share the joy of family, but why is this now." ”

Li Yuwan shook her head slightly: "Son, it has been ten years since I went from the Northern Dynasty to the Southern Dynasty, although you seem to have suffered a lot along the way, it is still too smooth, how can it be so easy to dominate the world." You have been busy with the war in recent years, and there are some things that your mother is not easy to mention, and now, I will tell you, now that the Webster family is a family, the population is withering, and you have a son and two daughters under your knees, I know you don't care about these, but you also have to think more about branching out for the family. ”

Saying this, Li Yuwan looked at the three ladies kneeling behind Wei Ran again, and said with a smile: "Mother doesn't think that a few daughters-in-law have done something inappropriate, in fact, when you wanted to marry Princess Yanran, although my mother knew that it was inviolable, she still didn't want to, not because Yanran was not good, but because she had too many fetters as a concubine, and I was about to die, so I just asked all the daughters-in-law to open up more branches and leaves for my son, if not, let my son marry a few more concubines." ”

Wei Ran never expected his mother to say such a thing, and he was about to excuse himself at the moment.

But before Wei Ran could speak, Xiao Yanran replied: "Mother, it is our responsibility to have children and raise children, and my husband is responsible for military and political affairs on weekdays, and I don't care about men and women. Although Yuan Shu and I are both princesses, but now we are the wives of the Wei family, if the husband wants to spread the leaves, we naturally don't mind having two more sisters. ”

Yuan Shu also nodded yes, and looked at Wei Ran with a little more distress in his eyes, Wei Ran was obsessed with the Northern Expedition all day long, and he had no time for men and women, and he only shared sex with the three ladies once or twice a month, and he didn't like to marry with the rest of the nobles, so he was a good husband.

But today Li Yuwan mentioned this matter, everyone suddenly realized that the Wei family was slaughtered in the Northern Dynasty, although there were also fish that slipped through the net and stayed incognito in the Northern Dynasty, but Wei Zhi's lineage is now Wei Ran and Wei Rui Two men, if there is a case, the Wei Mansion will not be endless.

Li Yuwan saw that none of the women objected, and immediately swore that Wei Ran would give birth to five sons.

Wei Ran couldn't laugh or cry about this, how could this kind of thing be fulfilled by swearing, but under his mother's repeated requests, Wei Ran could only swear that he would definitely have more sons and make the Wei Mansion populated.

Then Li Yuwan let the girls go out, leaving Wei Ran alone in the room.

Li Yuwan stroked Wei Ran's face with all her might, and said with tears in her eyes: "My son has worked hard for many years, and now although the power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, the road ahead is also quite dangerous. ”

Wei Ran kowtowed at this time and said: "Mother, Your Majesty treats me like a mountain, I swore ten years ago that I will never be disappointed in this life." ”

Li Yuwan nodded, but then said with a straight face: "I can't take the initiative to bear Your Majesty, not the Xiao family, this is not only you, even Rui'er, future children and grandchildren must abide by this principle, now you are a very human minister, if Rui'er does have the talent of the world when he grows up, he can also be allowed to enter the court, if he has mediocre qualifications, it is better to be a rich man after retiring,"

Wei Ran knew what his mother meant, but said with a wry smile: "I'd rather Rui'er have mediocre qualifications, than I don't want him to have the talent of the world, Your Majesty's body is getting weaker and weaker, I'm afraid it will only be two years, when the lord is weak and the minister is strong, Your Majesty has also discussed with me, fortunately, the prince has always been taught by Mu Zhi, and he respects me, I have asked people to go to the palace and call the red makeup." ”

Wei Hongxiang is also five years old this year, and now she is the prince's companion, and she is the princess in Xiao Ju's heart, so Wei Ran is rarely seen.

Li Yuwan waved her hand and said: "Son, you have become more and more ridiculous in recent years, which is very different from your father's behavior. ”

When Wei Ran heard this, he raised his head sharply and retorted: "Mother, in the past, you persuaded me to be a powerful minister, why do you say this today." If I don't establish supreme authority in the court, how can I order the court to unify the mountains and rivers as soon as possible, my mother should not mention this matter again, and it is useless to talk about the things after my death. ”

When Li Yuwan heard this, she had no choice but to be silent, and suddenly Li Yuwan coughed violently a few times, and then her breathing became short.

Seeing this, Wei Ran hurriedly stepped forward and said anxiously: "Come on, come in." ”

But before Lang Zhong could come in, Li Yuwan's breathing became more and more rapid, and then her eyes were full of sorrow and reluctance to look at Wei Ran, and finally under Wei Ran's gaze, she slowly closed her eyes.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and it happened that Wei Hongxiang was led into the house by Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu also instructed: "When you see your grandmother in a while, you must be obedient." ”

But seeing Wei Ran lying on the bed with a headache and crying, Yuan Shu knew in her heart, thinking that after she entered the Southern Dynasty alone, Li Yuwan took care of her meticulously, and she was also sad at the moment, and then she wailed and fainted directly to the ground.

Wei Hongxiang saw Yuan Shu who suddenly fainted, and hurriedly shouted, "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you." ”

Everyone who got the news rushed to the room at this time, Yuan Shu was placed in the room to rest by the imperial doctor, and after the imperial doctor carefully examined Li Yuwan, he said to Wei Ran: "King Qin's festival mourning, Mrs. Tai has gone." ”

Wei Ran's eyes were blank at this time, he just subconsciously waved his hand, and then asked Xiao Ju to inform Xiao Ju of the news.

After Xiao Ju got the news, he hurriedly summoned Empress Yang and said to her: "Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for the emperor to visit the elders in the minister's mansion, Mrs. Zhongjie is your stepmother, you go to the Qin Palace's mansion on my behalf to mourn, and I will travel in person on the day of the great funeral in a few days." ”

Mrs. Zhongjie is Xiao Ju's edict to Wei Ran's mother, because Wei Ran's resume is unsealable, so Xiao Ju can only keep sealing Wei Ran's family and expanding Wei Ran's fief to show his favor.

Yang Lan only learned about Li Yuwan's situation at this time, and when she learned that she was seriously ill before, she complained: "Madame is my stepmother, why didn't Your Majesty inform me earlier, and I would go to the mansion to fulfill my filial piety as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Ju was embarrassed, and immediately asked Yang Lan to go quickly, and then instructed: "You and Wei Di will inform me that the affairs behind Madame will be handled by me, and they will be buried according to the national rites." ”

King Qin's Mansion is busy inside and outside at the moment, all the red lanterns have been taken off and replaced with things used in the funeral, everyone in Jiankang City knows that King Qin's mother has passed away, whether or not the ministers who have a grudge against Wei Ran, they all choose to go to the mansion to mourn, no one will touch the head at this time.

All the entertainment industries in Jiankang City, those with a little eyesight also chose to close their doors, but it was this move that caused the dissatisfaction of some noble children and laid the root cause for themselves.

Known as the "Change of Seeking Flowers", a farce of Wei Ran's unilateral venting of anger is about to kick off.