I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 210 Yuan Shao No Longer Needs to Work Hard
Yuan Shu had never thought about this question at all.

Yuan Feng's sudden mention of it made him a little confused.

So he took a sip of the honey water and smacked his lips.

"why not?"

"Oh, I think since you don't need to establish a new sect, there is no need to marry into the Du family. You can change to a better one, such as a family in Luoyang or Yingchuan. That would be more beneficial to you..."

"Do they have big breasts?"

"This... technique. You can't be too concerned about this when choosing a wife. You should consider her family background more. Her family background can bring you great help. Think about Emperor Guangwu back then, isn't that the case?"

"But I'm not Emperor Guangwu, so I can't help but care about it. This is very important and it affects the harmony between husband and wife in the future."

"This... can be ignored."

"You've just achieved great success and you're abandoning your engaged wife. Wouldn't it be bad for your reputation if this got out?"

Yuan Feng was stunned after hearing this, and felt that what Yuan Shu said made sense.

Yuan Feng didn’t think the relationship between husband and wife was very important, but since it concerned Yuan Shu’s reputation, it was something he had to consider.

"That's true... it's not good for your reputation."

"Anyway, the Du family is not a small family."

Yuan Shu waved his hand and said, "I have received a lot of benefits from them, and I have even visited them to recognize my relationship with them. It is really unreasonable to talk about these things again. Let's just leave it at that. I also don't want the person next to me to be involved in too many interests, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well."

Yuan Feng thought about it and agreed, so he didn't continue arguing about these things with Yuan Shu.

Both national affairs and personal matters had been discussed, and on the evening of October 5th, Yuan Feng and Yuan Shu, father and son, could finally get a good night's sleep.

The moonlight was like water, gently falling on the eaves of the side hall of Deyang Palace, covering this ancient palace with a layer of silver gauze. The night breeze, bringing the coolness of autumn, quietly passed through the window lattice and brushed across the tired faces of the father and son.

The fatigue from many days quickly swept over them, and the father and son fell into a deep sleep almost as soon as they lay down, unconscious, as if the whole world was immersed in this tranquility.

While they were sleeping soundly, Yuan Shao in Yuan's mansion couldn't fall asleep.

So Yuan Shao left the room under the cover of night, sat alone in the small courtyard, and planned to drink some wine.

Perhaps it was just as Li Bai's famous poem goes - Draw a sword to cut the water, the water will flow faster; raise a cup to drown sorrow, the sorrow will become more sorrowful. After just one glass of wine, he became more melancholy, and he couldn't even drink the second glass.

He could only put down the wine glass and stare at the bright moon reflected in the wine in the glass.

The night was quiet. The moonlight shone on his handsome face, reflecting his furrowed brows, making him look particularly lonely.

On the night of October 2nd, the night when Yuan Feng and Yuan Shu killed insects, shot the sun, and beheaded the treacherous officials, he just stayed in the mansion obediently and did nothing.

The moonlight that night was just as bright, but there were signs of unrest in Luoyang City. However, Yuan Shao did not notice it and was just immersed in his own little world.

Of course, this was a bit of a coincidence.

Because it was his turn to be on duty in the palace that night, but being on duty was too boring. Yuan Shao couldn't stand the silence and boredom, so he relied on his status and asked someone to take his place.

He slacked off and ran back home, then went straight into his own yard and played some enjoyable and naughty games with his wife.

After the game, he felt refreshed. He sat in the yard, drinking and admiring the moon. For a moment, it seemed as if the whole world belonged to him.

Since joining the palace guard, Yuan Shao was relatively honest at first and was quite conscientious. He reported for work on time every day, trained seriously, and treated his work meticulously.

But within a month, he lost his dedication to his job because standing guard was too boring.

He also found that many guys with good backgrounds in the Langguan team had the habit of finding someone to take their place while they slacked off, so he followed suit and began his own slacking career.

There were basically people helping with daily roll calls and training, and he only needed to show up occasionally to deal with it. Many people tried to please him, make friends with him, and then get in touch with him.

However, he was not very interested in these officials, feeling that they could not help him. He valued those powerful people more and hoped to improve his status through them.

More importantly, he understood that these people were ostensibly trying to make friends with him, Yuan Shao, but in fact many of them were targeting Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu, as the best of the Yuan family, with outstanding talent and high reputation, has always been a thorn in Yuan Shao's heart. How could Yuan Shao tolerate such a thing?
He secretly vowed in his heart that he must surpass Yuan Shu and let everyone see his brilliance, so he spent more time trying to communicate with party members.

He relied on his wife Li's network of relationships to find party members to make friends with and chat with, actively building his own reputation. He also imitated the way Yuan Shu became famous, actively assisting party members, helping them solve their problems, and providing them with shelter. As the heir of Yuan Cheng's lineage, he naturally had no shortage of money. He used this money to support party members who were in difficult situations and help them get by. These actions did gain him some fame and allowed him to gradually stand out among the party members.

Some party members who were hiding their identities and lurking around Luoyang also began to notice Yuan Shao, especially those who had a good relationship with Li Ying.

When they heard that Li Ying's son-in-law Yuan Shao had officially entered the political arena, they were very much looking forward to him. They felt that Yuan Shao was young and promising, and with the support of the Yuan and Li families, he would definitely become the backbone of the fight against the eunuchs in the future.

Therefore, Yuan Shao did gain the attention of the party members from the very beginning and was regarded as a rising star who had the courage to fight against the eunuchs.

He made impassioned speeches at some secret banquets, expressing his irreconcilable hatred towards the eunuchs and his determination to avenge his beloved wife and his father-in-law Li Ying.

However, just when he thought everything was going smoothly, on the evening of October 2nd, a burst of hurried footsteps broke his expectations and led him to a completely different path.

That night, Yuan Feng came to Yuan Shao's yard fully armed and in a hurry, and told Yuan Shao not to go anywhere, not even to leave Yuan's mansion, until he returned.

Yuan Shao had no idea what was going on and wanted to find out, but Yuan Feng said nothing and ran away in a hurry.

Yuan Shao stood in the yard looking at Yuan Feng's departing back, his heart full of confusion and uneasiness. He didn't know what had happened, but he felt an ominous premonition surge in his heart.

He returned to his room, but couldn't fall asleep. He got up again and sat in front of the window, looking at the night outside, feeling very uneasy.

After a long time, he suddenly discovered fire in the direction of the palace and faintly heard some sounds of fighting. Those sounds were particularly harsh in the silent night and made his heart rise to his throat.

A quiet night just disappeared completely.

That night, Yuan Shao did not sleep all night. He sat in front of the window, listening to the noise outside, his heart filled with anxiety and uneasiness. Until the sky turned pale, he could not hold on any longer and fell asleep. He was not awakened by a nightmare until the afternoon.

The nightmare was about Yuan Shu stepping on him and laughing wildly.

That's horrible!

Fortunately, this was a dream.

But the problem was that after waking up, Yuan Shao learned from his wife Li that a small incident had happened outside.

The emperor has changed.

It turned out that last night Yuan Feng and Yuan Shu led the Yuan family's armed forces into the palace, eliminated all the eunuchs, and announced that they would abolish the current emperor and support King Bohai Liu Kui as the new emperor. The action has been successful, and they have sent people to the streets of Luoyang to convey the news from the palace.

Liu Hong is a thing of the past!
Liu Kui is the present progressive tense and everyone’s future tense!

The Han Empire has a new emperor!

Upon hearing the news, Yuan Shao was stunned.

He stared at his wife with wide eyes, almost unable to believe his ears.

The eunuchs are gone?

Eliminated?

Even the current emperor is finished?
He... he had just stepped onto the political stage not long ago, and had just made his debut as Li Ying's son-in-law. He was gaining the appreciation and support of Li Ying's remaining followers, and was about to use this to build his own initial reputation and power, and was about to fight under the banner of "anti-eunuch".

The cruel reality told him...the era of eunuchs is over?
In just one night, all those eunuchs who brutally destroyed the entire world were sent to heaven?

what is this?
The goal I was striving for was suddenly... accomplished by someone else?

Don't I need to keep trying?

At that time, Yuan Shao felt that the world was far crazier than he had imagined. He sat on the bed, half dressed, staring blankly ahead with his mind blank.

After a long period of trance, he finally woke up early in the morning of October 4th.

He walked out of the room and came to the yard. Looking at the sturdy old tree that was said to have existed during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, an inexplicable desire to destroy surged in his heart. He picked up a knife and chopped at the tree frantically.

The poor old tree had lived for over 200 years, but this was the first time it had been treated so cruelly.

It did nothing wrong, it was just basking in the sun and drinking water, but suddenly it was hacked to pieces by Yuan Shao.

And I couldn't make any sound at all.

(End of this chapter)