Chapter 145: Powerful Minister【14】
Yuan Jia and Chu Wenlan came hand in hand. The old lady and Yan Shi looked at the newlywed couple who were in a good relationship, and their faces were filled with gratified smiles.
When Chu Wenlan served tea to the old lady, the old lady took her hand and warned her several times. The meaning inside and outside of the words was nothing more than to persuade the two to have children as soon as possible and continue their bloodline.
Because in this era, Yuan Jia and Chu Wenlan are not too young, Chu Wenlan is only one year younger than Yuan Jia.
Chu Wenlan felt the pressure in her heart.
When she served tea to Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Yan took off a jade bracelet of excellent condition and gave it to her: "This is what your grandmother passed it on to me when I married into Zhenbei Gongfu, and it is passed on today. I gave it to you, I hope you can pass it on to your daughter-in-law in the future, and pass it down from generation to generation."
This is the meaning of vague birth again, Chu Wenlan took the jade bracelet nervously.
After watching Chu Wenlan put on the jade bracelet passed down from the Meng family to her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Yan sighed deeply, and a sadness spread in her heart.
Because this jade bracelet was supposed to be passed on to her eldest daughter-in-law, but unfortunately her eldest son died in battle before he got married, and he didn't leave it after he left it...
However, on this happy day, the Yan family did not show it.
After the tea was over, the four of them had breakfast together.
During this period, Chu Wenlan felt very restrained, and she didn't dare to move too much when eating, she felt a little cautious.
After breakfast, Yuan Jia took Chu Wenlan back to his yard, Yuan Jia said to Chu Wenlan: "You don't need to care about your grandmother and mother's words, the child's affairs have to follow the fate, you don't need to be too stressed. "
Chu Wenlan asked nervously, "Husband, do my grandmother and mother think that I am getting old and worried that I will not be able to give birth, so that's why..."
She would not get married until she was nineteen, because she had an illness three years ago, and it was difficult for her family to kiss her. When she got better, Zhenbei Gongfu showed the intention of marrying again. The old man wanted to marry Zhenbei Gongfu, so he temporarily suppressed her marriage.
It wasn't until Yuan Jia's filial piety that the two of them got married.
Therefore, Yuan Jia had rejected the emperor's offer of marriage before, and Chu Wenlan was greatly relieved. If Yuan Jia broke the contract and married another, she would be too old to find a suitable husband.
Yuan Jia clenched her hand and said with a smile, "How could it be? When my mother asked me what I wanted from my future wife, I gave a condition that I hope to marry someone who is older. After all, I am out of filial piety. I'm twenty, and marrying a girl of fifteen or sixteen, I feel like I'm raising a younger sister."
Chu Wenlan felt relieved and couldn't help but laugh. Since her husband said so, it is obvious that she has no opinion on her.
Yuan Jia sighed slightly: "grandmother and mother urged us to have children as soon as possible, also because now I am the only male left in my Meng family, and they place great importance on the inheritance of the Meng family. But don't worry too much, children always There will be, come early and come late depends on fate."
Thinking of her father-in-law and uncle who died in battle, Chu Wenlan comfortably shook Yuan Jia's hand.
With Yuan Jia's accurate words, Chu Wenlan's pressure on the birth of the double mother-in-law was relieved.
But thinking that the Zhenbei Gongfu is now the only seedling left by her husband, she can't help but worry about having a child. What if she can't get pregnant for a long time? What if there are consecutive daughters?
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Yuan Jia noticed the anxiety of the person beside the pillow, and he tried to comfort him to no avail. Every time she nodded in front of him and said yes, not nervous or anxious. Turning to the anxiety is still anxiety.
Marrying a good girl home is not for her to be used as a reproductive tool for herself. Yuan Jia knew that the crux of the matter lay with the old lady and the Yan family.
So he went to the old lady and Yan Shi to discuss this issue in person.
Don't worry about giving birth to a child. After all, Zhenbei Gongfu has been in a single line for many generations. Maybe they made too many murders on the battlefield and affected their children. He made more murders on the battlefield before, so the problem is It's all about his man, he can't put all the pressure on his wife.
The old lady and Mrs Yan heard it, and recalled that the ancestors of the Zhenbei Gongfu seemed to be in a single lineage.
So Yuan Jia's superstition persuaded them, and they promised to stop putting pressure on Chu Wenlan.
Yuan Jia took matters into his own hands, and the old lady and the Yan family were more tolerant towards Chu Wenlan, and they even called her over to comfort her.
Chu Wenlan came back with tears in her eyes, and she jumped into Yuan Jia's arms and said moved: "Husband, I already know, you are so kind to me!" She didn't expect that her husband would go there for her because of her anxiety about having children. Do the thought work of grandmothers and mothers.
Yuan Jia patted her on the back and asked with a smile, "Then you're not worried now, are you?"
Chu Wenlan shook his head.
Yuan Jia said, "We're going back tomorrow, have you prepared the return ceremony?"
After Chu Wenlan married into the Zhenbei Gongfu, the Yan family handed over the stewardship of the Zhenbei Gongfu to her, and she stayed in the Buddhist hall to pray for her deceased husband and eldest son.
Now that Chu Wenlan has taken control of the internal affairs of Zhenbei Gongfu, she is responsible for preparing the gift list.
Chu Wenlan's own return ceremony was naturally attentive. She took out the gift list she had prepared and showed it to Yuan Jia: "It's ready, you can take a look."
Yuan Jia glanced at the gift list, and found that Chu Wenlan came according to the rules and did it properly, so he said, "I can rest assured that everything is prepared according to your wishes."
Hearing this, Chu Wenlan felt very happy.
The next day, when they returned home, the Marquis of Jincheng had already made preparations to welcome them.
Yuan Jia led Chu Wenlan into the Marquis of Jincheng Mansion, and the couple came hand in hand, and they were in a good relationship at first sight.
Old Hou Ye and Jin Chenghou both nodded in relief when they saw this scene.
Yuan Jia saluted the old Marquis and Jincheng Marquis: "The youngest son-in-law pays respects to his grandfather, father-in-law!"
The old marquis in the wheelchair looked at the grandson-in-law of Yingwu Bufan who also deliberately squatted down to talk to him, and was satisfied with his delicate thought, and patted his shoulder with a smile: "It's all my own family, so don't be too polite! "
Yuan Jia felt the strength of the old man's hand like the iron sand palm, and he squatted there without any swaying, and his expression did not change at all.
The lean Jin Chenghou watched Yuan Jia take his father's slap without the slightest reluctance, and was secretly surprised. He really deserved to be a general from the Zhenbei Gongfu, and he had real skills!
After Chu Wenlan greeted her grandfather and father, she went to the backyard to see her mother.
Yuan Jia stayed in the front yard to accept the recruitment (examination) of Lao Houye and Jin Chenghou.
To be precise, the Marquis of Jin Cheng stood by and watched him accept the test of the old marquis.
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After some conversation, the old man took out a list and several handwritten letters and handed it to Yuan Jia, sighing: "I'm old! It's been several years since I retired, and I don't know if those old friends still remember me. That's all I can help you with."
Yuan Jia took a look at the list, his face changed slightly, and he looked in shock at the old man with white temples who really looked like an ordinary old man.
It's really unbelievable. No wonder the emperor first used the old marquis to operate. It is really the Chu family's personal connections in the local army that also made the emperor feel like he was on pins and needles!
Although the Chu family does not hold 300,000 Zhenbei Army, which can be called a private army like the Meng family, it can be said that a rebellion can be revolted immediately, threatening the emperor's throne and life, but the Chu family's power in the military has indeed made People are afraid.
Yuan Jia glanced at his father-in-law Jin Chenghou, who looked like a weak scholar, and sighed in his heart that the old marquis planned to let Jinchenghou's manor abandon martial arts and change his family.
The personal connections of the Chu family in the local army were not used by the Marquis of Jin Cheng, and the old marquis bet on him again, so when he brought Chu Wenlan back to the door, he took the opportunity to compare this list with the old marquis. gave him a handwritten letter of introduction.
Originally, Yuan Jia was worried that the emperor would really call in the local army of King Qin with an edict. Will he fight or not fight then?
Fight, the casualties will inevitably be heavy, don't fight, do you want him to be captured?
Yuan Jia could only send someone to stalk and intercept at the city gate, preventing the emperor's edict from leaving the capital.
Without the emperor's edict, even if the local army knew that Yuanjia had stationed 200,000 troops outside the capital, the Zhenbei Army might rebel, but as long as he did not clearly raise the flag of rebellion, they would never dare to act rashly.
Because they don't have the imperial edict of the emperor, they can dispatch the Zhenbei army at will without being restrained by the imperial court. If the local army dares to enter Beijing without an order, it is a sure-fire crime of treason.
Now that Yuanjia has this list of contacts given to him by the old marquis, he can start to vigorously win over the generals in the local army.
In fact, he has been doing this for a long time, and has achieved some results, but it is a long process, and the results are not fast.
This list of Laohouye can be described as giving help in a timely manner.
Yuan Jia bowed to the old man with a stern face: "Thank you grandfather for your help, Yuan Jia will definitely remember it in his heart!"
The old man in the wheelchair sighed softly and looked down at his legs under his clothes.
In fact, you don't need to look at him to know how ugly and twisted his legs are. When the emperor attacked him, he was going directly to kill him.
It's just that he was lucky, he didn't die like Meng Yuanjia's father and brother, but his legs were disabled.
But for a general who fought and killed the enemy all his life, having his legs disabled and turning him into a **** was more painful than killing him.
The hatred for the mastermind behind the scenes made the old man impulsive once, and put the whole family's future on Yuan Jia, the grandson-in-law.
The old man was in a bad mood. He waved his hand and said nothing more. He motioned Jin Chenghou to push him back, "Yuanjia, go to Lan'er. I'm not in a good mood, so I'll go to rest first."