boyutpedia Chapter 161: Divorce
Chapter 161: Divorce
"That's right," Xu Zhongshi said, leaving it at that. Now that he had cleared himself up enough, he could bring up another matter. "I wonder if the Minister of Works is married now?"
Yang Fan's heart immediately sounded an alarm bell, but he remained calm and replied, "Left Prime Minister, you are joking. For so many years, I have only thought about revitalizing my family and have not yet married."
"Oh, that's it." How could Xu Zhongshi not know that Yang Fan was not engaged yet? He just wanted to hear whether Yang Fan would tell the truth.
"Minister of Works is too polite. We are just chatting about family matters in private. There is no need to address each other as the emperor. How about I call you nephew and you call me uncle?"
Yang Fan smiled, thinking quickly in his mind, and spoke cautiously: "Since uncle doesn't care about having a useless nephew like me, then I will respectfully obey your command."
"My dear nephew, there is no need to rush to get married now. You have just entered the court. It will not be too late to talk about this after you have established your feet." Xu Zhongshi waved his hand with a smile, obviously satisfied with Yang Fan's answer.
Yang Fan breathed a sigh of relief: "Uncle is right. I am just a young man who has just entered the court. I will need your guidance in the future."
"You are such an honest kid!" Xu Zhongshi praised Yang Fan, but in his heart he had a new respect for Yang Fan.
This Yang Fan is much more tactful than his father. He is not as stubborn as his father and I am afraid that he is probably not easy to win over.
Xu Zhongshi invited Yang Fan to a banquet today just to test Yang Fan's background.
After a while, the two not only drank some wine, but also became closer.
After returning to Yang's residence, the drunken look on Yang Fan's face was no longer there.
When Yang Guanqi heard the servant report that Yang Fan had returned, he asked someone to tell Yang Fan to come to the study.
"Father." Yang Fan came to the study alone, and he didn't look drunk at all.
"Come in."
Yang Guanqi knew that it was Xu Zhongshi who asked Yang Fan out today. Even though Yang Guanqi roughly knew Xu Zhongshi's intention, he still did not stop him.
"The Left Prime Minister is inviting you to a banquet today, but he wants you to join them?"
Yang Fan shook his head.
Although it is not, it is almost the same, just not stated explicitly.
"But the left minister seems to be trying to build a good relationship with me, and has not mentioned asking me to join them yet."
What's more, Prince Yuan is not a good person in the eyes of their Yang family.
“Hmph! The matter of Prince Yuan hasn’t been settled yet, and you’re trying to win us over?” Yang Guanqi has always been a man who would rather die than yield. He was framed in such a way that the entire family was almost implicated. How could he forgive Prince Luo who was involved in this matter so easily!
Yang Fan's attitude was not as resolute as Yang Guanqi's: "Father, we all know that being too rigid will lead to failure. Let's take it slow and wait and see."
"Of course I know," Yang Guanqi nodded, but he was still angry in his heart, "Fan'er, you are more suitable for this officialdom. With my temper, I am afraid that I will be kicked out sooner or later."
After Yang Guanqi was demoted because of the Jiangnan incident, he has been depressed and realized that he is not cut out to be an official.
But Fan'er is different. Fan'er is much better at dealing with human relationships than Yang Guanqi. People like him will be more comfortable in officialdom.
"I'm old now. From now on, all the affairs of the Yang family will depend on you, Fan'er." After the blow he suffered in the Jiangnan incident, Yang Guanqi no longer had any expectations for the officialdom. Yang Fan was able to rewrite the impact brought about by the past with his own efforts, and would certainly be able to help the Yang family move towards a better future in the future.
"Father, please don't say that," Yang Fan said hurriedly, "Even if you are no longer an official, you will still be the one making the decisions on family and clan affairs in the future."
Even if Yang Fan had single-handedly rescued the Yang family from the catastrophe that year, he was still young after all, and ultimately could not convince the public.
"Okay, you drank a lot of wine tonight. Your mother has asked someone to prepare sobering soup for you. Go and drink it and rest early." Yang Guanqi waved his hand and said nothing more. He let Yang Fan go down to rest.
After Yang Fan left, Yang Guanqi stayed alone in the study for half the night. Only after his wife, Mrs. Wu, urged him several times did he return to his room.
"Prime Minister, how about the Minister of Works?"
"He is more cunning than his father, but he knows the situation and knows not to force it. He is following my words now. We will have to wait and see what happens in the future."
At the banquet just now, Xu Zhongshi and Yang Fan toasted each other several times. Both knew that the other was not drunk, but they both left with their own ulterior motives.
"Then... the Minister of Works should stand on the side of the Prime Minister?" Zhu Diao beside Xu Zhongshi asked again.
"It's not that serious yet, let's wait a little longer." Xu Zhongshi knew what was going on. How could an old fox like him only care about Yang Fan's talent and ignore the stupid thing that Prince Yuan did in the past? !
However, Mo Fuyang is still under house arrest, and Xu Zhongshi cannot go to Prince Yuan's Mansion to find Mo Fuyang under the pressure from the emperor.
"By the way, have you told the Sixth Princess about the aides?" It was because Xu Zhongshi didn't pay much attention in the beginning that Mo Yuanyue found a few aides. Now, Mo Yuanyue insisted on bringing these people back to the capital!
If people knew about this, how would Mo Yuanyue get married? !
The Queen loved her daughter very much and refused to let Mo Yuanyue go to marry. Xu Zhongshi was in a difficult situation and had to temporarily place these aides outside the city.
"I've said it. Although the Sixth Princess is reluctant, she has said that everything is up to the Prime Minister." Zhu Diao was also a little embarrassed. This was not what Mo Yuanyue originally said. It was only after he had persuaded Mo Yuanyue that he gave up the idea of bringing the person in immediately.
"Humph! It's all up to me?!" Xu Zhongshi didn't believe what Zhu Diao said. "If she had relied on me, she wouldn't have brought these people back to the capital. Doesn't she know how big a trouble this is?!"
It would be best if no one found out about this, but I'm afraid that Xu Zhongshi would be discovered before he could deal with it. How would he be able to propose marriage to Yang Fan then?
"Forget it, let's deal with him some other time, no need to bother with him any more."
"Yes."
On the tenth day of February, a major event spread in the capital.
The wife of the Minister of Rites is going to divorce him!
Once this incident happened, it alarmed the entire capital.
Although Tu Ling has not yet gone to the Xia Mansion to discuss the follow-up matters, the matter has already spread like wildfire.
"Have you heard? The Right Prime Minister's biological sister is divorcing the Minister of Rites?!"
"Oh, who doesn't know about this now? I heard that it was the Madam who took the initiative to divorce!"
"What?! The Right Prime Minister agreed? Is it a divorce or a divorce?"
"What wife do you want to divorce? How dare the Minister of Rites divorce her?! She is the Right Prime Minister's biological sister, and she was raised by the Queen Mother. How dare the Minister of Rites divorce her?!"
"Then why do they suddenly want to divorce? Isn't the Third Miss going to marry His Royal Highness Prince Luo? Now that Madam wants to divorce, if the Third Miss stays in the Shangshu Mansion, won't she become an orphan without her mother?"
"Keep your voice down! What orphan girl? If the people in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion hear you saying this, you will definitely be in big trouble!"