Chang Yu was reluctant to leave, seeing everyone got up, she couldn't help but stepped forward to stare at the piece of venison that was still roasting on the rack after struggling for a while.
Mingda had already put down the plate, and stretched out his hand to pull her, "Come on, let the servants clean up."
Chang Yu burst into tears, seeing many people turning their heads to look at her, she could only put down the plate and follow.
She couldn't let it go until after lunch, and she was very sad. Venison in the palace is not rare, but roasted venison, or the venison roasted by herself while sitting at the side, is so rare, even rarer than seeing Yang and Shu .
Changyu's expression was gloomy, and he could only take another peek at Yang Heshu before getting into the car, but unfortunately it didn't heal his heart much.
Yang Heshu was used to turning a blind eye to these gazes. He only talked to the fifth and sixth princes, telling them that it was getting late and they should return to the palace earlier.
Yang Houye is an elder, it is not easy to send people out in person, so he stood on a high place and watched his son send people away one by one.
"I don't even know what Changbo and the Fifth Prince said?"
The servant lowered his head and said softly: "Yes, at that time only Wan Tian was with the uncle in the house."
And Wan Tian is Yang Heshu's confidant, he will definitely not tell Yang Houye the truth.
Marquis Yang sighed, he already guessed that his plan would not come to fruition, seeing Yang Heshu at the door sending Tang He and the others away, the couple turned back to the house, he stood and looked at it for a while and said: " Let Chang Bo come to my study... Forget it, you go and see where he went, I'll go find him."
Yang Heshu separated from his wife at the second door and asked her to go back to watch the children, while he turned and went to his study.
Wan Tian asked his servants to light a brazier and bring it in, fearing that he would be cold, and even covered his legs with a blanket.
Yang Heshu waved his hands, "No, you go down, if father comes, just let him in."
"Yes." Wan Tian bowed and stepped back.
Yang Heshu sat on the chair, pondered for a while, took out the money bag from his sleeve, and tore it open. Inside was the torn letter paper of the Fifth Prince.
He took them out and put them one by one into the brazier and burned them.
When Yang Houye strode in from the outside, Yang Heshu had burned to the brim.
He saw the letter paper in Yang Heshu's hand, and asked with a gloomy expression, "What is this?"
Yang Heshu didn't get up, and continued to put the letter paper in his hand into the brazier, he said: "It's the letter that father asked the fifth prince to deliver to the imperial concubine."
Yang Houye was very angry, his anger surged up, he stepped forward and asked angrily, "What are you doing?"
Yang Heshu raised his head, looked at Yang Houye sadly and said, "Father, you taught my son, gentleman Fangzheng, what are you doing now?"
Yang Houye opened his mouth, and after a while he said dryly: "I'm doing it for the clan..."
Yang Heshu said: "For the sake of the clan, it shouldn't be like this. Your Majesty is not a fool, he knows who did that thing, and you will only make His Majesty even more angry by pushing out the imperial concubine and the fifth prince."
Yang Houye said coldly: "The emperor's heart is important, but it's not so important that he has to. But do you know what will happen if the crime falls on your cousin?"
He said: "Let's not talk about the real estate under their house name, our Yang family's salt and grain business in the Jiangnan area is all in his hands. If we don't save him, Yang family will lose at least half of our money."
Yang Heshu said flatly: "It's over. We are a farming and studying family, so we shouldn't be too extravagant. That part of the business was originally done ten years ago, so let's go back to ten years ago."
"It's easy for you to say, what kind of things in this clan don't require money? Don't mention anything else, you can flex your muscles in Luojiang County, isn't it because of the money from your family, and after you return to Beijing, what kind of things don't need money... "
"Father, that's how you use it when you have money, and you can do it when you don't have money."
Seeing that he spoke indifferently, Yang Houye said angrily: "The clothes on your body are for..."
Yang Heshu said lightly, "My son can also wear coarse clothes."
Yang Houye: "Are you going to die of anger as a father?"
Yang Heshu shook his head, "Father, son, this is also for the good of the family."
Lord Yang couldn't help stomping his feet. He looked outside, but he still couldn't help closing the door and whispering to him, "It's my father who taught me wrong. I only wanted you to be a loyal gentleman since I was a child, but I forgot to teach you how to live in this world. of... some rules."
Yang Heshu looked at his father helplessly, did his father treat him as a simple baby
Yang Houye didn't understand his gaze, he paused and continued: "There are a lot of things involved in this, the business in Jiangnan is not only our family, but also other families, if His Majesty seizes the opportunity to arrest us in Jiangnan Do you know what will happen if your hands are pulled out?"
"Your Majesty's people will enter, and every family may take their anger out on our family. That's all. Almost half of our family's money is invested there. Once we lose Jiangnan's money, our Hongnong Yang The clan may also lose its status in the clan annals."
Yang Hou Ye seemed to have aged several years at once, he sighed and said: "Do you think the status of the aristocratic family is immutable? Look at the Cui family, but there were no outstanding disciples in two generations, and His Majesty fell from the first class to the third class. On the surface, the various aristocratic families complained about Cui's grievances, but most of them laughed at them in their hearts."
It was him, although he recognized Cui's background and the teachings he gave to the female family members, but he still looked down on them faintly in his heart, thinking that the prosperity of their generations was almost all supported by the women in the family, not the men.
But even so, the Cui family was not expelled from the family's interest chain, if Yang's manpower and property in Jiangnan were taken over by the emperor...
Yang Houye fought a cold war, grabbed Yang Heshu, stared at him and said in a deep voice: "Changbo, you are right to listen to your father, what is the difference between the king and his ministers? It depends on the strength in each hand. The emperor's heart is not as important as you think. Once the Yang family loses power, the most important thing for us is not to face His Majesty's liquidation, but the families, you know?"
"If the Cui family didn't have the support of mistresses all over the back houses of each family, their family would have been squeezed out by each family. You don't have so many aunts and sisters."
The Cui family has many daughters, and they have been keen to marry with various families since three generations ago. Their daughters are also well educated, and they are almost popular candidates for the eldest daughter-in-law of each clan.
Back then, the emperor wanted to marry the daughter of the Cui family for the prince, but because Cui Jie said something unpleasant while drinking outside, the prince heard it.
That's why the prince vowed not to marry Cui's daughter, and later the emperor didn't choose the princess concubine from the aristocratic family, but chose the Su family from the generals he followed.
And the Cui family also felt offended, so they said that Cui's daughter would not marry the royal family, and she faintly looked down on Li's meaning. The daughter of the clan.
The Cui family can rely on their daughters to maintain their status, but the Yang family can't. Their family doesn't have so many daughters.
Yang Heshu said indifferently: "The Yang family has me, cousin Jie and the others. The Yang family has many disciples with outstanding abilities."