I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 96 The game begins!
Yuan Feng obviously knew what the uncle and nephew were talking about, but he was not worried at all and just smiled.

"Ci Yang, don't worry too much. Even if there are some taboos, can't we control it? People say that our Yuan family is the second-best family in the world. If the second-best family in the world does something out of the ordinary, so what? Are we going to rebel?"

"Brother! Why are you joking with the younger generation?"

Yuan Wei sighed, shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter if you do this in Youfufeng, the emperor is far away and no one can control you, but if you are in Luoyang, under the feet of the emperor, you really have to be careful about the tactics.

It's fine to have more than 400 people now, but won't you bring thousands of people here later? If it's like this, are you here to give a lecture or to conquer Luoyang? Anyone who sees this will be confused, right?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu burst into laughter.

"Uncle San, if we really want to talk about it, Confucian scholars use Confucianism as a sword, so how can this not be considered as taking up the sword to Luo?"

This witty remark made both Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei laugh, and the room was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.

However, happy times are always short-lived. Yuan Shu came to Luoyang not just to visit relatives, he still had a lot of things to do.

Moreover, after Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei made inquiries, investigated, and spent money, they did get some very useful information from the palace.

Of course, the eunuchs are not a monolithic group, they are also a diverse group, but basically as long as you pay, there will always be someone willing to sell something.

Yuan Wei no longer trusted the eunuchs other than Yuan She, and turned to groups like the eunuchs to make a breakthrough. He quickly bribed a few of the eunuchs and learned from them that it was indeed Duan Gui who proposed to let Yuan Shu come to Luoyang to meet the emperor.

Although we don't know what they said during the decision-making stage, we vaguely heard that Duan Gui and Yuan She had argued endlessly, and in the end Yuan She's official trip was also forced. It is said that Yuan She was still indignant when he left the palace, saying that Duan Gui was seeking his own death.

Through this information, Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei were basically certain that this turmoil was by no means a good thing, but was instead a plot by the eunuchs, and that most of the forces in the entire eunuch group agreed with this plot, with only a few people opposing it.

Judging from Yuan She's attitude, this must be very dangerous for the Yuan family, and the speculation of Yuan Shu and his friends is becoming more and more likely to become a reality.

as predicted.

Starting from the second day after Yuan Shu arrived in Luoyang, some very strange rumors suddenly began to appear in Luoyang City.

The core of the rumors is "the child prodigy Yuan Shu came to Luoyang" and "the emperor wanted to make Yuan Shu his tutor". These rumors started from the high-end commercial service area in Luoyang city and spread throughout Luoyang city in more than a day. To say that there was no one behind the scenes fanning the flames, Yuan Feng was even willing to poke out his own eyes.

Such targeted rumors, with such precise and rapid dissemination process, it is obvious who is behind it.

In this regard, Yuan Shu's speculation was confirmed. This group of eunuchs really intended to start from the academic level and push Yuan Shu and the Yuan family to the forefront, or in other words, to put Yuan Shu and the Yuan family on the fire, roast them until they were sizzling and oozing with oil and fragrance, and then swallow them in one gulp.

The Yuan family was thus locked in the eunuchs' chariot, unable to extricate themselves.

Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei separately went to inquire about the news in Luoyang City, but their faces turned grim after all the investigation.

Obviously, Yuan Shu's prediction came true again.

The official academic forces in the city have already responded and started to pay close attention to this matter. Some rumors have also spread that are very unfavorable to Yuan Shu and the Yuan family.

What virtue and ability does Yuan Shu have? And the Yuan family is so greedy.

They also criticized Yuan Shu's Yuan's philosophy of mind and expressed great contempt for the Yuan family's actions. Some people could not resist the impulse and openly mocked the Yuan family for clinging to eunuchs in the commercial district of Luoyang City, breaking the unspoken rules that everyone had always understood.

At this point, the Yuan family began to fall into the quagmire of public opinion and could not extricate themselves.

What further catalyzed this war of public opinion was the emperor's summons to Yuan Shu on the seventh day of May.

Originally, Yuan Shu came to Luoyang by the emperor's edict, so the emperor should naturally summon Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu also entered the palace early, wanting to meet Liu Hong and the eunuchs to see what they were capable of, and by the way, see if he could get in touch with Liu Hong and do something.

As a result, Yuan Shu soon realized that he was still too naive and still had some unrealistic fantasies about eunuchs.

How could they give themselves such an opportunity?

He entered the palace in the morning and stayed there until sunset, just sitting and waiting in a small room in a side hall of the palace. He was told that the emperor was about to receive him, but one moment he said that the emperor still had to study, the next moment he said that the emperor was eating, and the next moment he said that the emperor suddenly felt sleepy and wanted to take a nap.

I just couldn't see Liu Hong no matter what.

What’s even more infuriating is that he sat there the entire day and could only drink plain water, not even a glass of honey water. He was not given any meals, just a plate of small pastries, which didn’t satisfy his hunger. He was so hungry that his stomach growled and his head felt dizzy.

It was almost dark when the news finally came.

The emperor was overtired from studying and had originally wanted to meet him, but he was too exhausted and had already rested, so the meeting would be put off until another day.

Yuan Shu was driven out of the palace just like that.

Standing at the gate of the palace, looking at the closed door, and thinking about the teasing looks of the eunuchs just now, Yuan Shu's expression gradually became dull.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on his body, and Yuan Shu, who had a dull expression, suddenly laughed.

Ok.

OK. Playing with me?

From morning to night, you want to play idle play with me, right?
You hermaphrodites really know how to have fun.

This is the first time in Yuan’s life that he has been teased like this.

Isn’t it fun?

If it's fun...

Then don't stop!
Games start!
Yuan Shu turned around and left the palace with a grim smile.

After returning home, Yuan Shu, Yuan Wei, Yuan Feng, Cheng Li, Wei Jia and Jia Xu who had rushed to meet them, the six of them discussed the matter together.

First of all, everyone must be very annoyed.

They really didn't expect that eunuchs would be so unruly.

This political game has rules. At least some degree of decency is required. Even if it is just acting, at least you have to act it out completely. Acting is one thing, not acting at all is another!

After all, the eunuchs and the Yuan family had an alliance in place. Although they had been doing small things behind the scenes, this almost open stabbing was still unbearable.

Yuan Feng loved his son so much that he punched the table, furious.

"You bastard! How dare you tease my son like this! Do you really think that there is no one in the Yuan family?!"

Yuan Wei's face also turned pale.

Rather than the humiliation of Yuan Shu, he was more concerned about the fact that the eunuchs' unruly tactics had touched the bottom line of the Yuan family.

At the same time, he was also very upset and felt that he had been too lax!

Over the past six months, the eunuchs had been trying to repair the relationship with the Yuan family, and they had been very humble. This made Yuan Wei feel lazy, so that he was not on guard this time and was repeatedly teased and targeted by the eunuchs without being able to react.

At this moment, I don’t know how proud these eunuchs should be!
When he thought of the ugly faces of those eunuchs, Yuan Wei's anger was hard to contain. He gritted his teeth in anger and wished he could immediately take up his sword and go into the palace to kill the eunuchs to avenge himself!

Cheng Li and Wei Jia were also furious.

They were of ordinary backgrounds and had long regarded Yuan Shu as their lord, the light of hope for the future, and had true respect for Yuan Shu.

Now that Yuan Shu was being humiliated, it was even more painful than the humiliation they had suffered themselves. They wished they could take up their swords and enter the palace to kill all the eunuchs.

Only Jia Xu was a little calmer.

Working in a place like the Shangshu Tai for a long time has cultivated his habit of not showing his emotions. No matter how angry he is, he can still control his emotions.

He looked calm, analyzed the matter carefully, and then gave Yuan Shu some suggestions.

"Sir, the most important thing right now is not the eunuchs' attitude. The eunuchs' attitude has always been consistent, that is, to make you and the Yuan family the target of public criticism, and they don't want to give you the slightest chance to turn things around. Now the news of your entry into the palace must have been known to everyone, but the eunuchs will never spread the news that you were not actually received.

Regarding this matter, they will definitely spread rumors that you had a very pleasant conversation with the emperor, and they will even declare to the outside world that the emperor admires you very much and will arrange for you to enter the palace for further in-depth discussions in the future. You will have no room for refutation at all, and no one will believe that you did not actually meet the emperor.

So next, those officials in the court who are involved in academic affairs, as well as those doctors and scholars in Luoyang City, will definitely criticize you severely, or even attack you directly. You must be prepared to deal with them, and you must stay calm and not get angry. The angrier you get, the more likely you are to fall into the trap of those eunuchs."

Yuan Shu raised his eyes and looked at Jia Xu.

"Wenhe, I was quite angry at first, but now I have recovered. I was indeed careless in this matter. I didn't expect the eunuchs to be so calculating and insulting to me. But when I think about it carefully, I will not be surprised by anything these eunuchs do. They are a group of people who will do anything to achieve their goals."

"It's best that you can be so calm, young master."

Jia Xu said slowly: "But from now on, you must be more cautious. Facing the criticism of others, you must not be angry. You must be more cautious and not make any mistakes. If you can do this, you can wait for the opportunity to change the situation."

"Oh? Wenhe also thinks I can turn the situation around?"

Yuan Shu looked at Jia Xu with a smile: "This is no small matter. If we make a mistake, we will be criticized by thousands of people. I don't even have confidence in myself, but does Wen He have it?"

"If you don't have confidence, why would you come to Luoyang?"

Jia Xu's calm face revealed a smile, and he said slowly: "Xu believes in you, just as you believe in me."

Yuan Shu nodded.

He did not make the wrong choice in picking Jia Xu's SSR.

His analysis of the situation was not wrong.

(End of this chapter)