Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

"Cheng Yan, you are arrogant!"

He Chutai slapped the table violently, with a gloomy and terrifying expression: "No matter how bad our country's government is, it's enough to crush you to death! We married you with good intentions, and you don't appreciate it, but you still dare to ridicule me! I think you are toasting and not eating fine wine!"

Startled by the sudden sound, everyone stopped their movements and turned to look at the two people who were at the center of the conflict.

"Hey, who made He Shizi angry? Getting so angry?" Gu Mingxuan came over with a smile to smooth things over, and kept Cheng Yan behind him calmly. I was so drunk that I forgot where I was!"

The implication is that this is the territory of King Pingyang, not your Maoguo mansion, so don't play wild here.

He Chutai understood the warning in Gu Mingxuan's words, and gave him a unwilling look, but finally suppressed his anger and walked away.

As soon as He Chutai left, the smile on Gu Mingxuan's face faded, he sat down beside Cheng Yan, and sighed: "It is said in the court that Zhuangyuan Lang is gentle and good-tempered, I don't think you still have the guts to say goodbye in front of so many people." Dare to make He Chutai look like you, you are really amazing."

Cheng Yan Youzai took a sip of wine, as if he was not affected at all: "Master Gu is ridiculous."

"Hey, do you really think I'm praising you?" Gu Mingxuan looked surprised, and turned to look at Gu Yunji, "What kind of friends did you make? You offended the He family of Lord Maoguo with just a few words, and you're still like this Calm down?

Gu Yunji had no choice but to say, "That's how he is."

On the surface, Cheng Yan has a good temper with everyone, but if he makes him anxious, he won't bother to give others a good face.Just like now, Cheng Yan looked normal, but Gu Yunji knew that he was not happy.

Gu Yunji replaced the wine in front of Cheng Yan with tea, and said in relief: "I dare not say anything else, at least after today, the He family should not be entangled with you anymore."

"That's not necessarily true." Gu Mingxuan shook his head, "In my opinion, the He family seems to have identified Cheng Yan as the son-in-law. It is said that some time ago, Lord Mao Guo also tried to ask His Majesty to marry him, so you had to marry his daughter. However, His Majesty doesn't like to be a matchmaker, so in the end, nothing happened."

Cheng Yan paused when he heard the words, his heart felt agitated, he frowned and said, "There are so many good men in the world, and I'm not the only one, why do they insist on getting married with me?"

Gu Mingxuan said: "You have not been in office for a long time, maybe you don't know that His Majesty has long intended to reduce the treatment of the old lords. After all, generations of heroes like Duke Ding are still a minority, and most of the old lords are still like Duke Mao. One generation is not as good as the next generation, except to lie in the merits of the ancestors and enjoy the shade, just to eat and wait for death. In the end, multiplying the population of the Great Xia has become the most valuable contribution they can make."

"Your Majesty doesn't want to raise this group of waste for nothing. The first thing to do is to abolish the unconditional generations of yin officials and set up a threshold for yin sealing. Those old lords must have certain achievements in the future to allow the next generation of children to be yin sealing, or let the next generation be shady. The son of the family directly passed the imperial examination to become an official, anyway, he will no longer be able to get an official position as easily as before."

Gu Yunji pondered and said: "Without the yin official, there will be no power in your hands. Even if you have a high title, it will become a hollow shell in name only. If the children in the family do not make progress, the decline is just around the corner."

Gu Mingxuan said: "Today's Lord Mao Guo had no accomplishments when he was young. When he reaches middle age, he has nothing to earn for his descendants except wives and concubines and dozens of children. Now His Majesty wants to abolish the yin official, Lord Mao Guo The nobles of the mansion are high-ranking and incompetent, and they will be the first to collapse at that time."

"That's why they are so anxious to marry me?" Cheng Yan's lips curled up in a sarcastic arc, and there was no smile in his eyes, "I am an upstart in the imperial examination. If there is no accident, my future is bright, and I can just hold on in the face of decline. His family's family. In addition, my background is shallow and helpless, and I am not afraid that my wings will become hard in the future, so I am the best candidate."

Gu Mingxuan sighed: "After all, the most stable relationship in this world is not only blood but also in-laws. Once you and Ms. He's family have a biological child, whether you want it or not, you are tied to them."

The ink in Cheng Yan's eyes deepened, he played with the teacup in his hand, and sneered inwardly - if he wanted to tie Cheng Yan, he had to see if he had the ability.

Coming out of the banquet, He Chutai's brows were still furious, and he glanced at the concubine sister waiting by the roadside, and said in a bad tone, "See which one is Cheng Yan?"

He Huishu was a little afraid of her direct brother, and nodded timidly: "See clearly."

"It's good to see clearly. I said so many good things to him just now, but he still refuses, so we can only follow what we said before." Recalling the previous scene, the fire in He Chutai's heart suppressed Not going on, "What should I do later, don't I need to teach you?"

He Huishu's face turned pale, and she really didn't want to, and she didn't dare to oppose her brother directly, and said tentatively: "Brother, this method is too risky after all. Even if it works out in the end, not to mention my reputation, the country The influence of the government is not good either. What's more, people like Cheng Yan must be arrogant, we forced him today, I'm afraid he will..."

Before she finished speaking, He Chutai interrupted impatiently: "This way is risky, so tell me, what way is not to take risks? Your Majesty wants to abolish the Yin Guan. In the future, I can only inherit an empty title and have no official position." , What do you use to support a big family? Are the whole family going to drink northwest wind?"

If he is motivated, he can become an official with his own ability without being an official. Why does he need to sacrifice his sister to stabilize the family's glory?After all, he is still a waste of himself.

He Huishu lowered her eyelashes, hiding the resentment in her eyes, not daring to show it in front of He Chutai.

He Chutai stared at her, as if he was looking at something indifferently: "Maybe you don't marry Cheng Yan, but betrothed to a member of the bureaucracy Wai Lang as a concubine, in order to bribe him to use his relationship to fill me a fat job, there are two ways , you choose yourself."

He Chutai said that the member of the bureaucracy, Wailang, was old and lustful, and had more than a dozen concubines, but he also had a mean wife, who would always mess with the concubines at home, and tortured them to the point of inhumanity.If He Huishu married in the past, life would be worse than death.

He Huishu trembled in fright, and opened her eyes wide in panic: "I, I don't want to be a concubine, I am willing to marry Cheng Yan! I am an obedient brother, I will do whatever you say!"

He Chutai withdrew his gaze in satisfaction: "That's right. When you and Cheng Yan get married, and you are under our noses every day, you are not afraid of what he will do to you. As long as you are obedient and obedient, not only will you have a good home, but you will also have a good home. Your aunt's illness is nothing to worry about."

When mentioning her biological mother, He Huishu's fingers in her sleeves tightened quickly, and then gradually loosened, her face was slumped, and she lowered her head and said, "Yes, brother."