Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 673 Beauty is a disaster
In Liu's mansion, a sedan chair was already waiting there. It was deserted and not as grand and lively as an ordinary family's wedding of a daughter.

The Liu family could certainly afford a dowry of ten miles, but they could not afford such a dowry for their daughter.

Thinking of this, Liu's mother felt uncomfortable and couldn't help crying.

"Daughter, you have suffered so much in this life..."

"What are you talking about, mother?" Liu Yanran, wearing a red wedding dress, half-knelt in her mother's arms, gently wiping away her tears.

"My daughter loves him very much. From now on, staying with him forever is her greatest joy. A mother should be happy for her daughter."

Mr. Liu nodded repeatedly.

He is open-minded. Now he doesn't ask for anything else but just wants his daughter to be happy.

For those masters in their fifties and celebrities in their sixties, even if they gave their daughters the title of legal wife, would it be better than letting them follow Yang Yuan?
Liu Taigong doesn't think that just a title can be of such use.

……

The Yang family was reluctant to publicize the plan, but they had secretly made some arrangements in the mansion.

After all, Liu Yanran was once an imperial concubine. Just based on her status... Lu Xi couldn't treat her with disrespect.

Yang Yuan and Lu Xi were waiting in the main hall which was decorated with wedding characters and red curtains.

The tea still had to be served. Lu Xi had already made up his mind. He would help Liu Yanran up without waiting for her to kneel down.

A group of sisters were in the side room enjoying the scenery.

At this time, Emmanuelle Belle and the Japanese trio had also entered the Yang family, and the house was filled with many beautiful women.

Seeing Xue Bingxin and Leng Yuchan frowning and somewhat worried about Yang Yuan, Bei'er sympathetically advised: "Don't worry, sisters. The concubines who were dismissed from the palace are allowed to marry as they please. This is a rule set by the royal family itself. Can the emperor break his promise?"

Fei Yuye sighed softly, "Yes, this is indeed the rule set by the royal family themselves. But...officials never marry women who have been called concubines."

Alihu said: "Maybe... this kind of situation is rare, and there are not many officials who are suitable for marriage?"

Fei Yuye smiled bitterly and said, "Not really, it's like... um..."

Fujiwara Himeka said carelessly: "Hey, this is like a woman who divorced her elder brother. Can she marry the second brother? It is legal, but not emotionally and rationally. How can the family live together in the future? Isn't it awkward?"

Leng Yuchan said: "Yes, this is the reason."

Fujiwara Himeka became even more excited when she heard this: "Besides, Liu is not the emperor's sister-in-law, she is the emperor's stepmother."

Kanon Yazawa quietly moved to the side, and stayed a little further away from this somewhat "divine" god.

Fujiwara Himeka's thoughts diverged, and she spoke more excitedly: "Madam Luxi is the current emperor's adopted sister, and Liu is the current emperor's stepmother. After Liu followed Erlang, she became Madam Luxi's..."

Tsubakiya Konai, who realized it later, immediately moved away from Fujiwara Himeka.

Only Fujiwara Tako was still standing beside Himeka.

It turns out that even if she was the imperial concubine of the Song Dynasty, did that man dare to openly take her into his room?
Duozi gently licked her soft lips that seemed to be made of cherry blossoms, and a gleam of light appeared in her eyes.

……

The Liu family married off their daughter, and the Yang family took a concubine, and both sides were very low-key to the outside world.

But no matter how low-key they are, the Liu family is still a wealthy family in the Song Dynasty, and the Yang family is even more popular.

About half a month later, the news spread quietly throughout Lin'an City.

Then, when the Imperial City Bureau was collecting rumors in Lin'an, they wrote down this incident and reported it to the emperor.

Zhao Yuan was shocked when she saw this and immediately summoned Zhao Yu into the palace.

"Brother Qu, is this your idea?"

The Goose King, who came in a hurry and didn't know what happened, was stunned: "What?"

Zhao Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "This... He has already entered the Yang family, which is indeed more believable than flirting with your princess. But... Brother Qu, don't you feel embarrassed?"

"Oh!"

Zhao Qu suddenly realized that it was because of this matter.

Can you not be embarrassed?
It was because he felt embarrassed that he didn't tell his elder brother for such a long time.

Say what?

how to say?

Say "Brother, I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

The good news is that Yang Yuan now has an absolutely credible "crime", so he can be sent to Sichuan without causing resistance from the three generals of the Western Army.

The bad news is...

I can't open my mouth, bro.

Seeing that he remained silent, Zhao Yuan misunderstood and thought that it was really an idea that he came up with on a whim. Yang Yuan was also forced to take the blame against his will.

Zhao Yuan couldn't help but stamp his feet and said, "You, you, what can I say to you, brother? If you think it's shameful to tease your favorite concubine, just tell me. At worst, I will let him tease my concubine."

"what?"

"What? Whatever elegant things Emperor Renzong did, I can do too."

During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, there was a minister named Song Qi. One day, he was returning home from a banquet and met the royal convoy on the road, so he moved aside.

He was a Hanlin scholar and often walked before the emperor. The imperial concubine in the carriage recognized him, so she lifted the curtain and greeted him, calling him "Xiao Song".

He was called Xiao Song not because he was very young, but because his elder brother was also an official in the court, so his younger brother was called "Scholar Xiao Song".

Song Qi looked up and saw the beauty in the car smiling at him, so beautiful that it was beyond words.

Song Qi was so moved that he could not forget it for a long time, so he wrote a poem to commemorate this encounter. "We met on a narrow road with painted wheels and carved saddles. A cry broke my heart through the embroidered curtains. I don't have the wings of a phoenix, but our hearts are connected. The house is made of gold, and the cage is made of jade. The carriage is like flowing water and the horse is like swimming dragon. Liu Lang already hated the distance of Pengshan, and there are tens of thousands of mountains between us."

As soon as the new lyrics were released, they were immediately sung in the capital and later reached the ears of Emperor Renzong of Song.

When Renzong learned what had happened, he joked to Song Qi, "Pengshan is not far away." So he gave the concubine to him as a reward, and the story became a legend for a while.

Zhao Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing what Zhao Yuan said. It would be fine if they just let it go. It didn't matter if he had to bear the consequences for the mistake.

However, Zhao Yu did not want to hide it from his elder brother. He also believed that his elder brother just felt embarrassed and was not annoyed by Yang Yuan's rudeness.

So Zhao Yu told Zhao Yuan the truth: "Brother, this matter has nothing to do with me. I was doing it according to the plan with you. I had arranged the people, but in the end...they really loved each other and got married. It was not my arrangement."

"Is that so?" This time it was Zhao Yuan who was stunned.

Zhao Yu comforted him, "Concubine Liu has been dismissed from the palace and has no more connection with our royal family. The decree for her marriage did not prohibit officials. Brother, let's just be muddleheaded and it will pass."

Zhao Yuan smiled bitterly.

Zhao Yu said: "In fact, our original idea was not particularly sound, but this time it is different, the person really entered the Yang family, and he slept with him.

No one would believe that the emperor gave the former imperial concubine to the three commanders of the Western Army in order to eliminate their vigilance, right? So..."

"Alright, alright, stop talking."

Zhao Yuan was extremely disgusted, and grimaced as if he had a toothache: "Now that things have come to this, even if I don't want to be confused, what can I do?"

……

The entire Sichuan region is now divided into six parts, just like the two words "Sichuan" stacked up, with the shape of "Sichuan" on top and "Chuan" on the bottom.

The "four" above divides Lizhou Road into Lizhou West Road, Lizhou Middle Road and Lizhou East Road.

The "Chuan" below refers to Chengdu Fu Road (formerly Yizhou Road) in the west, Tongchuan Fu Road (formerly Zizhou Road) in the middle, and Kuizhou Road in the east.

The current governor of Chengdu Prefecture in western Sichuan is Qiao Zhen.

At the end of the year, news came from the court that Yang Yuan, the Left Censor-in-Chief, had repeatedly submitted memorials to the emperor criticizing current ills, often hitting the nail on the head, which pleased the emperor very much.

This year, Yang Yuan's examination evaluation was again top-notch, so the government promoted him to the position of Right Counselor, wearing a purple robe and a goldfish, which was very impressive.

At the beginning of the third year of Longxing, the incumbent Tongchuan Road General Manager and Pacifier retired and returned to his hometown. The government entrusted Yang Yuan with an important task and appointed him as the successor to the Tongchuan Road General Manager and Pacifier.

The current Tongchuan Road is no longer the same as the prefecture under the original Tongchuan Road.

Since the three generals on Lizhou Road in northern Sichuan actually controlled part of the prefectures in southern Shaanxi, during the successive adjustments during this year, some prefectures and counties in the southern part of Lizhou were assigned to Chengdu Road, Tongchuan Road and Kuizhou Road.

Correspondingly, part of the southern part of Chengdu Prefecture Road, Tongchuan Road and Kuizhou Road, which later belonged to prefectures and counties in Yunnan and other regions, were divided out in advance.

Therefore, the northern boundary of the current Tongchuan Prefecture Road has included Langzhong and Guangyuan, with Jianmen as the boundary.

Once Jianmen Pass is opened, northern Sichuan will be at your feet.

However, Tongchuan has the three generals of the Western Army to the north, Chengdu Prefecture Road to the west, and Kuizhou Road to the east. Tongchuan Road is sandwiched in the middle, making it the most difficult to achieve political achievements.

The emperor clearly wanted to train Yang Yuan to be a prime minister. There was no reason to send him away so soon, and to a place where it was not easy to create political achievements.

There was a lot of discussion about this in the court, and no one understood Your Majesty's intention.

Then, a piece of gossip came out:
It is said that the emperor had just promoted Yang Yuan to the position of Right Counselor when he heard that Yang Yuan took the former imperial concubine Liu as his concubine. The emperor was so angry that he vomited blood.

However, since this is just a rumor, although some people discussed it privately, no one dared to bring it up in public.

However, the accurate appointment that was announced shortly afterwards seemed to confirm the government's dissatisfaction with Yang Yuan.

The government not only appointed Yang Yuan as the governor and pacifier of Tongchuan Road, but also did not revoke his position as the Right Counselor.

The emperor asked him to take up the post as the Right Counselor and the Pacifier of Tongchuan Road. In this way, Yang Yuan was no longer just the Pacifier of Tongchuan Road.

The Song State had abolished the position of "Zou Ma Cheng Yong" at this time, but Yang Yuan served as the Pacifier of Tongchuan Road as the Right Counselor, which meant that he had the power to supervise and impeach the military and political officials of Sichuan and Xia routes.

Is this still the way to train a prime minister?

Who would allow a confidant whom he wants to focus on training to supervise colleagues who have more power and strength than him as an equal?

If he was just a counselor, or if he reinstated the position of "Zou Ma Cheng Cheng" and let Yang Yuan take the position, then there would be nothing wrong.

I am the military supervisor, I am the spy, and I am specifically responsible for finding trouble for you, so go ahead and find it.

But the problem is that Yang Yuan was also in charge of military and civil affairs in the central Sichuan region.

If he wants to achieve some political achievements during his tenure, he cannot do without cooperation with the five bigwigs in western Sichuan, northern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan.

Now the imperial court is just about to beat the drums and gongs to tell the five giants in northern Sichuan, western Sichuan, and eastern Sichuan that Yang Yuan in Sichuan is ready to report you at any time, so go ahead and step on him and exclude him.

What kind of political achievements can he achieve in central Sichuan? I'm afraid he will suffer a famine in less than two years and leave in disgrace.
Yang Yuan had made outstanding contributions. It was the system of the Song Dynasty to allow dismissed concubines to remarry as they pleased. The emperor was also an enterprising monarch, so he could not be punished without reason. This would be artificially creating difficulties for him.

He failed to play the role of a counselor during his tenure, which was a dereliction of duty.

If he played the role of a counselor, he would offend the many provincial governors who surrounded him. As the governor of Sichuan, he would be unable to move forward, would have no political achievements, and would be derelict in his duty.

By then, the government will be able to control him.

I don’t know how many families used Yang Yuan as an example of “other people’s outstanding children” when educating their children.

Now he has become a negative example.

Since ancient times, beautiful women have been the cause of trouble, and heroes cannot resist the temptation of beautiful women.

Look at Yang Yuan. He had a bright future and the position of prime minister was already beckoning to him, but because of a woman, he missed out on this bright future.

My son, don’t learn from him!

(End of this chapter)