I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 125 Lifelong Event
Perhaps Duan Gui anticipated that his future was not clear, so he went straight into berserker mode, cursing and swearing at nonsense with full firepower, quite like Yuan Shu who overwhelmed the group of scholars in Luoyang.

However, the power of the eunuchs is much stronger than that of the Luoyang scholars who are only good at talking.

Wang Fu stood up and scolded Duan Gui.

"How dare you say that? If it weren't for your suggestion, if it weren't for you and Cao Jie working together to push for it, would this have happened? Would it have come to this point today? Aren't we still living in peace with the Yuan family? Are you in a hurry now? What were you doing before?"

Cao Ji, who was sitting aside with a gloomy face, became furious when he heard his name was called.

"What does this have to do with me? It wasn't me who proposed it, nor was it me who was specifically responsible for pushing it forward. Duan Gui just proposed it. Who proposed the plan? Who was responsible for executing it? Who said they had to control the overall situation? Can you blame me?!"

When Zhang Rang heard this, he immediately became restless.

"Cao Jie, you're talking about me? That's inappropriate, isn't it? You made the decision, I just made a suggestion. Whether to adopt it or not is up to you. I didn't put a knife on your neck to force you to listen to me, did I? You made your own choice! And it's my fault? Ridiculous!"

Duan Gui rushed forward and grabbed him by the collar.

"You made a mistake and you still don't admit it! How can there be such a shameless person as you! I will beat you to death! I will beat you to death!"

From this point on, the eunuchs blamed each other and passed the buck to each other. The blame was flying everywhere, and finally they quarreled and fought each other. A fierce melee then officially began.

Nonsense has once again become nonsense war.

The outcome of this battle was very unclear. All the eunuchs were injured, but no one was really defeated, and the problem was not solved. Duan Gui was still panicked, Cao Jie was still worried, and Chunyu Deng was so scared that his face turned pale.

After the battle, Chunyu Deng hurriedly left the battlefield and retreated into his own nest. He then sent people to Yingchuan to ask Yuan She to come back to save the situation, and at the same time sent people to closely monitor Yuan's movements to guard against possible surprise attacks by Yuan.

It is completely possible for the eunuchs to get together to do bad things, and there may be some quarrels when they get together to share the benefits, but they can still carry on.

However, when they get together to discuss who should be held responsible, they are determined not to give in. No one wants to take responsibility, and no one wants to be the scapegoat, so this kind of gathering is doomed to have no good results.

However, this does not mean that Yuan Shu has no worries at all and can just sit back and watch what happens.

Yuan Shu still has his own troubles.

In addition to the surge in the number of fans brought about by his great fame, the emergence of private fans also made Yuan Shu dare not stay in the Yuan mansion all the time. This made Yuan Shu initially feel what it means to be afraid of fame just like pigs are afraid of getting fat.

But this is not the most annoying thing.

The most annoying thing is that someone has started to pay attention to his lifelong affairs.

And the leader was actually Yang Ci!
Yes, it’s the Yang family again, and it’s that old guy Yang Ci again!
At the symbolic banquet at Yang's house, after Yuan Shu made a symbolic peace speech, Yang Ci invited him to the main table to pretend to be close to him, and the two of them performed together for outsiders to see.

This was originally part of the script, so there's nothing strange about it.

But the problem is that Yang Ci turned his fake play into reality and actually took the opportunity to propose a serious marriage proposal to Yuan Shu.

"Shu, you are already fifteen, but I haven't heard of any marriage proposal. Do you have a girl you like? If so, tell me. I can be your matchmaker and guarantee that you will get her. How do you do it?"

This plot was not in the script. Yuan Shu thought that Yang Ci was drunk and spoke without thinking. Coupled with the annoyance of being a professional player who was urged to get married in his previous life, he shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly.

"No, no, Mr. Yang, don't worry about it. There is no rush for this matter. A man who doesn't succeed in his career, how can he take care of his family? Shu doesn't really want to think about these things."

Unexpectedly, when Yang Ci heard this, he immediately became excited, his eyes full of shrewd calculations and enthusiastic expectations.

"In that case, Shu, may I introduce you to a beauty?"

"what?"

Before Yuan Shu could react, Yang Ci came close and whispered in Yuan Shu's ear, "To be honest, I have a little daughter, she is only thirteen years old, she is beautiful and pretty, and she has been taught by my clansmen to read and learn etiquette since she was young, and she has made some progress.

She is well-versed in the Five Classics and the Women's Code. She is definitely not an ordinary woman. She is also proficient in needlework and arithmetic, and is good at housework. She is not only well-educated, but also gentle. I treat her like the apple of my eye and love her very much. If you are interested, why don't you meet her?"

Yuan Shu blinked, moved his head slightly away from the attack range of Yang Ci's mouth, and looked at Yang Ci in surprise.

"Mr. Yang, are you kidding me?"

"Marriage is a serious matter, how can it be a joke? How can an old man joke?"

Yang Ci shook his head repeatedly and said, “Although it is important for a man to achieve success in his career, it is also important to start a family and pass on the family business. Otherwise, who will inherit the great business you have created?

Moreover, although the Hongnong Yang family is not as well-off as the Runan Yuan family, they are also a family of three officials for two generations. If I give you my legitimate daughter, it will definitely not disgrace your status and talent. My daughter will definitely be a good wife for you. "Yang Ci vowed with great confidence, which made Yuan Shu speechless.

So he didn't want to save any face for Yang Ci and just wanted to end this meaningless topic as soon as possible.

"Mr. Yang, our two families have just experienced so much unpleasantness and have just reconciled. Isn't it too hasty to discuss these things now? Mr. Yang, don't you know what my father and uncle think of the Yang family?"

Yang Ci's old face turned red, but he didn't show any guilt.

"That's right, and that's why I made this suggestion. Look, before this, Biao married the daughter of Yuan family as his wife, and now, you marry the daughter of Yang family as your wife. In this way, won't the relationship between the two families be closer?
Any misunderstandings and disputes in the past can be regarded as the past and will disappear directly once the Qin-Jin friendship is formed. The Yuan and Yang families can still work together in the future and help each other in the court. Isn't that good?"

After Yang Ci finished speaking, seeing that Yuan Shu still had a strange look on his face, he continued to persuade him.

"I know that you, the Yuan family, have a big opinion of me, but this opinion should not affect the entire Yang family. Shu, you have a friendship with Biao, and Biao is my heir. I am old and I don't know when I will be buried. These are all unpredictable things.

By then, the head of the Yang family will be Biao. You, Yuan, can hate and be wary of me. I know that I cannot restore our past relationship. But Biao is innocent. You should know a little about him. If you don't trust me, do you have to distrust Biao?"

Although Yang Ci's proposal for the two families to remarry was shocking and somewhat far-fetched, Yuan Shu had to admit that there was some truth in what Yang Ci said.

Although Yang Ci is not a positive character, based on the two interactions between Yuan Shu and Yang Biao, he feels that Yang Biao is a relatively upright person, somewhat different from his old and slippery father.

Yang Ci is indeed old, and it is uncertain how many years he has left to live.

After his death, the head of the Yang family will be Yang Biao. At that time, will the Yuan family still have to be wary of and cautious about the Yang family?

It was Yang Ci, not Yang Biao, who stabbed the Yuan family in the back. Moreover, given the size of the Yang family, it is not that they cannot be their enemy or destroy them. But if the Yuan family wants to eradicate the Yang family under the current circumstances, they will have to pay a heavy price.

In Yuan Shu's opinion, this price was somewhat unnecessary.

From this perspective, Yuan Shu did not reject Yang Ci's proposal on the spot, but planned to think about it carefully after returning and weigh the pros and cons.

However, Yuan Shu did not expect that when he went to other families to attend banquets, these old guys would rush forward to promote their daughters, nieces, and outstanding women in the clan in front of him.

Moreover, the words of these people were quite eager, even to the point of being flattering, as if they couldn't wait to marry into the relationship with him.

When did I become such a popular commodity?

Yuan Shu felt very depressed.

It was you who attacked me before, and now it is you who want to find me as your son-in-law. The status switches seamlessly so quickly!

Yuan Shu did not completely understand the ins and outs of this, so he did not completely refuse, but he did not completely agree either. He also planned to think about it carefully after returning.

What Yuan Shu didn't expect was that these old guys didn't even give him time to think it over.

When he returned home at sunset that day, his father Yuan Feng pointed to a pile of bamboo slips that were almost half a person's height and told him that these were matchmaking letters sent by the major wealthy families in Luoyang City.

These naturally included matchmaking letters from previously hostile families such as the Yang, Zhang, and Liu families.

Yuan Shu was simply dumbfounded.

What the hell? Before, he accused me of being a fraud and the source of corruption in the academic circles of Kansai, but now he wants to take me in as his son-in-law?
Faced with so many matchmaking books, the tragic memory of being pressured into getting married in his previous life once again came to his mind, and Yuan Shu suddenly felt overwhelmed.

He rubbed his temple in distress.

"Father, what do you think about this matter?"

"This... is really a bit outrageous!"

Yuan Feng walked forward and rubbed Yuan Shu's head with some heartache: "My Qilin'er runs in and out, attends banquets everywhere, and works hard for the Yuan family, but these rats still want to plot against my Qilin'er. It's really too much. Your father hates these people very much!"

Yuan Shu was delighted and looked at Yuan Feng.

"Father, I think so too!"

"That's certainly true."

Yuan Feng smiled and said, "But then again, Shu, you are already fifteen years old, and your father has not considered a marriage for you. Your mother passed away early, and your father was busy with official duties and rarely paid attention to you, so I always feel sorry for you."

(End of this chapter)