Bai Song knew that he might have to take a more dangerous path, so from now on he had to put more effort into winning over people from all parties. He will not directly resist the imperial power, but he may also form a force that makes the imperial power afraid. If he can become the reason for the imperial power to restrain, he is willing to make his existence more meaningful.
After an hour, Ouyang said goodbye to his brother. When he was following Bai Song and preparing to return to the city, Ouyang Yanran suddenly said: "Sir, I want to go home."
Bai Song frowned slightly: "Since you are already mine, this is your home. I don't want to be responsible, but you must first understand your identity."
Ouyang Yanran lowered her head and whispered: "Sir, I want to go back and bring the news to my father in person. If Yanran really can't let go of Mr. Gong, or if one day she finds out that she is pregnant with Mr. Gong's flesh and blood, Yanran will definitely come back."
Bai Song didn't want Ouyang Yanran to leave because he had such power, but after all, he was not that kind of cold-blooded person. Just a little bit of emotion still made him soft-hearted.
"Have you really decided?"
Ouyang Yanran nodded.
"I can let you go back, but you must come back quickly. You are a woman from the Beiding Palace. Don't forget this, and don't let me down."
Ouyang Yanran nodded again, but this time she did not dare to look into Bai Song's eyes.
Bai Song knew this well, so he found a carriage for Ouyang Yanran at the city gate, ordered two people to escort her all the way, and then watched the carriage go away.
After returning to the city, Bai Song did not return home immediately. Instead, he took Ma Zhou to the Ministry of Industry and explained his plan to Zhang Liang face to face.
After Zhang Liang knew what Bai Song meant, he said: "It's actually relatively simple for Mr. Ma to come to the Ministry of Industry from Dali Temple. I just need to submit a piece of official document to Mr. Wei, Mr. Wei approves it, and then the two of them jointly sign it. This kind of The emperor usually doesn't look at the excuses of accepting one's fate. The only difficulty is that Mr. Wei is very prejudiced against good sons-in-law, and he is also somewhat unkind to me. How can I get him to relent?"
Bai Song smiled and said, "My father-in-law may have lost his identity."
"identity?"
"Spring is coming, aren't there any nephews under Wei Zheng who need to take the exam? These days, even if the descendants of veteran ministers want to become officials, they must have merit and honor. Can a Jinshi quota be exchanged for a parallel schedule? quota? If one can’t be replaced, what about the other two?”
Zhang Liang smiled, but then frowned: "Yu Han once told me that the imperial examination system has witnessed the rise of virtuous sons-in-law step by step. To maintain its fairness is to protect virtuous sons-in-law. But... now... Is there something wrong with using the qualifications you have to use? Of course, I don’t have any objections, I’m just afraid of causing some impact on my virtuous son-in-law.”
"What impact can it have? As long as you keep your hands and feet clean and don't get discovered, it'll be fine. Father-in-law, I still have something to do, so I'll take the first step, and Mr. Ma will leave it to my father-in-law to worry about."
After saying that, Bai Feng left angrily.
Seeing Bai Song's leaving figure, Zhang Liang asked Ma Zhou in a daze: "Master Ma, do you think there have been some changes in this good son-in-law?"
Ma Zhou frowned and said in a deep voice: "Master Bai used to want to live a leisurely life, but today he discovered that it is not easy to be leisurely. The world is forcing him to start making preparations."
Bai Song was indeed making preparations.
He had never felt a sense of urgency before, because he followed the simplest principle, which was to always stand in line with the emperor.
As long as you work together with the emperor, no matter what danger you encounter, the emperor will always be there to protect you, so you don't have to worry much at all.
But it's different now. He has already made a choice in his heart, so he will inevitably have some conflicts with the emperor in the future.
Bai Song hopes that this kind of contradiction will always be kept within a controllable range, but he cannot rule out the risks when the contradiction is uncontrollable. At that time, Bai Song can only rely on himself, and he cannot have any countermeasures at that moment.
Tonight, there is thunder, lightning, and heavy rain.
The whole of Chang'an was washed away and beaten by the wind and rain.
On a turbulent night, strong wind swept a century-old tree in Prince Duan's Mansion.
This tree had existed since the time when the Prince Consort's Mansion was still in the palace.
Tonight, the old tree was uprooted, which shocked everyone in the palace to the point of not sleeping.
Some people say this is an ominous sign, indicating that something big will happen to the palace.
The next day, Bai Song went to Qin Tianjian to ask Mr. Yuan Tiangang to come and take a look at his house.
By coincidence, I heard that Yuan Tiangang was leaving Chang'an that day to travel around the world. If Bai Song left late, he wouldn't be able to invite anyone.
In the early morning, Yuan Tiangang arrived at the gate of the palace with a simple salute, and Bai Song went out to greet him in person.
"Mr. Yuan, we haven't seen each other for many years, but you are still so energetic."
Yuan Tiangang never wanted to hear such polite words, but when it came from Bai Song's mouth, Yuan Tiangang found it very helpful. He even pulled out a piece of white hair: "Time makes people grow old, how can they be the same as in the past?" constant?"
"I'm talking about spirit." Bai Song defended with a smile.
While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the palace. Yuan Tiangang saw the uprooted tree in the courtyard at a glance, and then said with a smile: "Is this the vision that the people in your palace said?"
"Yes, this tree has been here for a hundred years. It suddenly uprooted last night. The family felt it was inappropriate and asked sir to come and take a look."
"Hahaha..." Yuan Tiangang laughed heartily, having never been so happy.
Bai Song was puzzled: "Mr. Yuan, what do you mean?"
"I am laughing at the fact that today Bai Song also asks God to ask questions. Aren't you dismissive of destiny? Why do you have heart palpitations today?"
Bai Song smiled coquettishly: "Just for peace of mind."
Yuan Tiangang didn't say much. He took out the astrolabe from his bag, stood in front of the tree and walked around to watch. From time to time he would look at the movement of the pointer on the astrolabe, and then gradually frowned.
Bai Song was a little nervous, because he already knew that sooner or later he would have some conflict with the emperor, so he no longer had the confidence he had in the future, so he hoped to find some confidence from Yuan Tiangang's fortune telling.
Seeing Yuan Tiangang frowning, Bai Song was naturally a little panicked.
"Mr. Yuan, isn't it good?"
Yuan Tiangang frowned and waved his hands, looked at the big tree again, and said while looking at it: "This astrolabe will not be useful until night, but I am in a hurry to travel far and cannot wait that long, so I can only make a rough idea."
"What is it probably?"
"The fortune of the palace has changed greatly. I can't tell whether it is good or bad, but..."
"But what?"
Yuan Tiangang looked at Bai Song, put away the astrolabe, and said with a smile: "But Bai Song, you have finally taken root."
"Take root?" Bai Song felt that the more he listened, the more confused he became.
Suddenly, a servant came to report: "Sir, Her Royal Highness the Princess, Mrs. Xiang'er, and Mrs. Sangsang felt unwell this morning. The doctor called earlier examined the three ladies and said... said that the three ladies All are pregnant."
