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Chapter 518 Experience 39
Prince Yong should have kept quiet after Prince Yan caught him with such a big handle. However, Prince Yong and his wife doted on their daughter, Princess Jiacheng, to no end. They framed Rong Feiyan to destroy her innocence, and then detained Qi Heng's father, Duke Qi, and forced Princess Pingning to agree to the marriage between Princess Jiacheng and Qi Heng.
The title of Princess Pingning sounds higher than that of Princess Jiacheng. However, Princess Pingning was conferred the title of princess by an outsider, while Princess Jiacheng was a legitimate royal family member who was born with the title of princess. She is completely different from Princess Pingning.
Moreover, the Yong Palace was powerful. Even if Princess Pingning loved her son very much, she could not exchange her husband for her son's safety. Therefore, she forced herself to bring Qi Heng to ask for her husband back. The mother and son were forced to sign a marriage certificate with Princess Jiacheng, and only welcomed Duke Qi back three days later.
With such a big event happening in the Duke of Qi's Mansion, the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion was also not at peace. The fact that Gu Tingye kept a mistress outside was exposed, and he finally found out that the reason why he was deprived of his fame and was punished by the emperor with a ban on imperial examinations for fifty years was because his elder brother Gu Tingyu secretly reported him for speaking well of Yang Wuduan and speaking up for him.
With his future ruined and the woman he loved unable to have a legitimate status, Gu Tingye naturally had a big quarrel with Ning Yuanhou. However, this time Ning Yuanhou still stood on Gu Tingyu's side and even said to Gu Tingye, "You are in good health, so if you can't pass the imperial examination, you can still take up the military career, but your elder brother is in poor health and can't do anything", which made Gu Tingye tolerate Gu Tingyu again and again.
Gu Tingye really didn't understand why his father, who had taught him martial arts personally when he was a child, had become like this now. "He ruined my future, so I should thank him?!"
Gu Yankai was also annoyed. Even though Gu Tingye had been making a lot of noise in front of him, he could now see that the eldest son had done it, and the second son had no intention of getting over it easily. That was why he had to suppress Gu Tingye. He couldn't let him ruin the reputation of the Gu family, nor let him fall out with Gu Tingyu.
Gu Yankai directly scolded Gu Tingye: "If you didn't do anything, can your elder brother still frame you for a crime out of thin air?!"
Then Gu Yankai brought up the matter of Zhu Manniang and her two children, and was determined not to let Zhu Manniang enter the Marquis' Mansion. Gu Tingye even said that he wanted to marry Zhu Manniang. Gu Yankai was so angry that he had a headache, and fell down before Gu Tingye left.
Later, Gu Tingye went out, and the next day he received the news that Gu Yankai was bedridden. Two days later, rumors spread in Ningyuan Marquis Mansion that Gu Tingye had angered his own father to death. Later, whether it was Gu Yankai's coffin or funeral, Gu Tingye was excluded, and his reputation was completely ruined.
After Gu Yankai's funeral was over, the Duke of Qi's Mansion also married Qi Heng to the Princess of Jiacheng. Changbai and Changfeng did not attend the wedding, and the Duke of Qi's Mansion did not send an invitation. However, when Gu Tingye left, Changbai and Changfeng got the news and packed their things to see him off.
In addition to gold and silver, Changbai also specially gave Gu Tingye the map of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that Gu Tingye had praised. "Back then, you and I became close because of this map. Now that you are down and out, I give you this map. I hope you will not forget your original intention and make achievements after joining the army."
Gu Tingye accepted the map and the gold and silver with red eyes. When it was Changfeng's turn, Changfeng gave him some excellent medicine and pointed out another way for Gu Tingye: "Now the Prince of Yong and the Prince of Yan in the capital are quarreling with each other, but in fact, people with a little foresight look down on them. I think you should go to Yuzhou Tuanlianshi to ask for an opportunity. After all, apart from Prince of Yong and Prince of Yan, the latter Tuanlianshi has some chance."
As soon as these words came out, Changbai and Gu Tingye immediately looked around. Gu Tingye couldn't help but slap Changfeng on the back to teach him a lesson, "What nonsense are you talking about in public!"
Chang Feng smiled indifferently, "Just tell me if what I said makes sense."
"Besides, although I am only a deputy minister of the Ministry of Works, I was promoted with the help of my wife's family, but I think Prince Yong and Prince Yan will never make mistakes. Neither of them is a good person. No matter who takes the throne in the future, there will be countless casualties."
Changbai opened his mouth and wanted to scold Changfeng, but in the end he realized that although Changfeng was a little bolder, he did not say anything wrong.
In the past, he himself was also struggling with the question of whether to establish the eldest son as the legitimate heir or the most capable one. When the family school was not yet disbanded, Zhuang Xuejiu even asked everyone for their opinions. At that time, his answer was that establishing the eldest son as the legitimate heir was the best, because it was easy to distinguish between the eldest and the young, the legitimate and the illegitimate. However, Changfeng supported establishing the most capable one, because it seemed easy to distinguish between the eldest and the young, the legitimate and the illegitimate, but in fact it could not guarantee that the crown prince chosen would be suitable for the position.
Later, Gu Tingye and Qi Heng also supported the appointment of a virtuous monarch. One of them supported the appointment of a virtuous monarch because he had many brothers in his family and was always schemed against by his brothers, while the other one supported the appointment of a virtuous monarch because he was the only son in the family and had never experienced fighting between brothers, so he naturally thought that the court needed a virtuous monarch.
Among the three girls, Molan, Rulan and Minglan all felt that whether one was virtuous or not was a matter of personal subjective will. Moreover, although the matter of choosing a crown prince concerned the imperial court and the people of the world, it was actually only a matter that could be decided by the emperor himself and had nothing to do with others.
After more than a year, Changbai had given up on Prince Yong and Prince Yan, but he didn't expect that Changfeng had already started another plan.
Watching Gu Tingye's receding figure, Changbai took Changfeng to a quiet place, and the two brothers talked about their respective ideas. Changfeng said directly to Changbai: "Second brother, you have always been steady and affectionate, and you are a person who would rather break than bend. From my perspective, you may be able to inherit the will of the Wang family's maternal grandfather and work hard to alleviate the suffering of the people in the future."
"I am different from your brother. I took the imperial examination and became an official just to give my mother and sister a good life. I don't think about anything else. I am content with just doing the work at hand."
Changbai had long known that Changfeng liked to live a leisurely and fun life, but he didn't expect that he was still like this even after entering the officialdom. For a moment, he really didn't know what to say. To put it bluntly, he really had no intention of suppressing his younger brother. He was even very glad that he had a smart and capable brother who could support him in the future.
After these things came to an end, Chang Feng successfully married his wife Liu, and within two months, Molan also got married successfully. On that day, the emperor and the queen sent their trusted confidants to celebrate, which gave Shi Ying enough face.
While Wang Ruofu was waiting for Shi Ying to bring Molan back home, she saw Molan and Shi Ying paying homage to her in the hall. She felt that her life would be complete if Shi Ying got married.
Without saying a word in Weiruixuan, Wang Ruofu sent Molan and Shi Ying to meet Lin Qinshuang. It was unknown when these two women, who had been fighting for most of their lives, reconciled quietly.