Chapter 10: Exclusively published by Jin-Jiang Literature City
Xiao Changqing, who was still very young, was a little confused about Si Yuan's words. He seemed to understand, but Si Yuan didn't care and just said: "Just remember what dad said."
Xiao Changqing nodded, looking at the lush green scenery outside the window, recalling his father's words over and over again in his little head.
More than two years have passed, and Xiao Changqing has officially turned five. He is much smarter and cleverer than ordinary five-year-olds, but he is also much more naughty and lively.
So after Si Yuan was once again thrown into the arms of the little mud monkey cub rolling in the mud, he seriously discussed with his wife Yu Yan: "I originally planned to wait until Chang Qing is six years old before sending him to Jingyuan Uncle's Mansion to study. Now, I think it’s better to send it over as soon as possible.”
Yu Yan, who has always regarded his son as his lifeblood, recalled in his mind how his son jumped up and down when he was naughty these days, and nodded in agreement: "Okay, my mother's birthday banquet will be held soon, we will go back to the uncle's house. It’s time to mention this to my father.”
Thinking that the little beast at home would go to school soon, Yu Yan suddenly felt relieved.
As for whether she will miss anything after sending her son to school, she has nothing to think about. It’s not like her son doesn’t come home after school and she can see her every day to satisfy her missing him. Then there is nothing to think about. .
In more than a month, it will be the fiftieth birthday of Mrs. Li, Mrs. Jing Yuanbo.
In this ancient social era, knowing destiny at fifty is a whole life that needs to be celebrated.
So the entire Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion was preparing for Mother Li's fiftieth birthday, and I don't know how many invitations were sent out.
Even Li Jingyuan, who was serving as an official in another place, had to take a leave of absence and return to the capital to celebrate his aunt's birthday.
However, according to Si Yuan's understanding, Li Jingyuan returned to Beijing this time not only to wish Li's mother a birthday, but also because he hoped that Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion would help him. After all, his term has expired this year and he needs to be transferred. He wants to transfer someone. It's a good location, but someone has to take care of him in the capital.
Now Li Jingyuan is only in his twenties. He just entered the imperial examination three years ago and has been working as a seventh-grade county magistrate in other places for three years. If he wants to be promoted, he needs the help of Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion.
Li Jingyuan is different from the father of the male protagonist in the original plot who took advantage of the connections of Uncle Jingyuan's mansion to become a third-rank official and boarded the ship of the third prince. Now he is just a man who is not favored by Uncle Jingyuan. The seventh-rank Zhizhiguan, who is in the eyes of the government, needs help from Uncle Jingyuan's house in order to go further in the officialdom.
And his future patron, the third prince, has been helped by Si Yuan to expose his ambitions in front of the eldest prince and the second prince in the past few years. Now the three princes are fighting fiercely, and the third prince is completely at a disadvantage. If not The emperor needs the princes to form a tripartite force, and often supports the third prince to fight with the eldest prince and the second prince. The third prince may have been kicked out long ago.
After all, in terms of status and power, the third prince was far inferior to the eldest prince and the second prince.
In the original plot, the third prince was able to become the final winner because he was very tolerant in the past and did not reveal his ambitions. He was not regarded as an opponent by the eldest prince and the second prince. The two fought so hard that both sides lost, so the third prince naturally took advantage of him.
Now that the third prince had exposed his ambition with the help of Si Yuan, the eldest prince and the second prince suddenly woke up: Wow! The third child, this insidious guy, actually took advantage of the fact that the boss/second brother and I were having a fierce fight, waiting around to try to make a profit?
So the two of them made a tacit understanding to stop beating the third child first, and planned to beat the third child out, and then they would decide the winner.
If the current emperor hadn't felt that it was easier to maintain a balance in a three-legged situation than two tigers fighting against each other, so he specifically helped the third prince, otherwise the third prince would have been beaten out by his two brothers. He couldn't beat one of his brothers, let alone two brothers working together to beat him.
The third prince himself is too busy to take care of himself. Li Jingyuan, the male protagonist's father and the future third prince's party, naturally cannot climb onto the third prince's broken ship.
In the original plot, when Li Jingyuan was still a minor official, he seized the opportunity to do a favor to the third prince and caught his eye. Although he only made the third prince remember him as a person, when he later took advantage of Jingyuan Bo Mansion Only after he reached the rank of fourth-rank official with his connections and resources was he truly accepted by the third prince, but in the final analysis, it was that time of assistance that made the third prince have a good impression of him, and that gave him the opportunity later.
Now Li Jingyuan still had the opportunity to help the third prince as in the original plot, but he gave up because the third prince was in a bad situation. Helping the third prince might offend the eldest prince and the second prince at the same time, so Li Jingyuan did not dare to help.
Just like that, he missed the opportunity to catch the eyes of the third prince.
After Si Yuan learned about this from the system, he said that he was innocent and that he had never targeted Li Jingyuan, his concubine brother, from the beginning to the end.
Although in the original plot, father and son Li Jingyuan and Li Changwen knew the truth about the death of the original owner and kept silent, and did not lend a helping hand to Li Changqing who was in trouble, this is human nature.
Although the father and son are relatives of Li Changqing, it is a matter of affection to help, and it is a duty not to help. People are selfish, and their behavior is completely understandable.
So Si Yuan took action and went directly to the third prince, the culprit.
He did not deal with Li Jingyuan and hinder Li Jingyuan's promotion path. It seemed that old Uncle Jingyuan wanted to spend the connections and resources of Uncle Jingyuan's mansion on their Li Jingyuan, the only concubine who was admitted to the imperial examination. Li Chengyuan was not very happy, but Si Yuan could Not a single objection was raised - and of course old Uncle Jingyuan never asked him, the second son of the branch family.
Li Jingyuan missed this opportunity because he chose to give up - although the result might have been worse if he chose to help the third prince in the original plot, Si Yuan did not do anything to him.
Si Yuan once again sighed in his heart that he was really a kind and good person.
The task of the system is to let him raise the cannon fodder Zaizai so that he can win against the male protagonist and the supporting actor.
In other words, both the male protagonist and the male supporting actor's father are Si Yuan's competitors, and defeating competitors is not just a matter of trying to catch up with them, but suppressing competitors so that they are not qualified to compete with you is also a way.
Si Yuan felt that he did not directly suppress Li Jingyuan, but dealt with the third prince who was the backer behind Li Jingyuan. This was also to solve the hidden danger of the original owner being murdered by the third prince in the original plot, so he was really kind and there was nothing wrong with him.
On the day of Li's mother's fiftieth birthday party, Si Yuan took his wife and children to Jingyuan's Mansion in a carriage.
From a distance, you can see the busy traffic at the entrance of Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion, and there are many people coming to celebrate his birthday.
After all, Uncle Jingyuan’s Mansion is also an old nobleman. A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and all kinds of connections and in-laws are all over the government and the public. Perhaps these connections and resources will not be of much use when Jingyuan Bo’s mansion needs help after its defeat, but in this situation When maintaining human relations, you can still bring people together to save face.
For example, now, it is the fiftieth birthday of the old lady of Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion. People who have some friendship with Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion are willing to send people to celebrate her birthday. Even if Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion is in trouble in the future, they will not open the door if they ask for help. It does not prevent them from pretending that the two families have a good relationship at this time.
For a moment, it was impossible to tell that Jingyuan Jingbo's mansion was in a state of decline.
When Si Yuan and Yu Yan got off the carriage and led five-year-old Xiao Changqing into the mansion, they met many guests along the way. After seeing Si Yuan, many guests took the initiative to come forward and say hello to him: "Master Li San, haven't seen you for a long time!"
Si Yuan: "Haha, long time no see, long time no see!"
"Master Li San, are these your wife and your son? You are really smart, and Yuxue is cute..."
Si Yuan: "No, my son is indeed smart and cute!"
"Young Master Li has become much more handsome after not seeing you for a few days..."
Si Yuan: "Hehe, is that right? I have indeed become handsome again!"
Yu Yan was a little dumbfounded when he saw the endless stream of people coming to greet his husband.
Why do these people look so familiar?
Doesn't it look familiar? The people who could come to attend Li's mother's birthday banquet were all dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital. Before the separation, she was often taken out by her mother-in-law to attend various banquets, and she had met these people.
What Yu Yan couldn't figure out was that her husband had been separated by Uncle Jingyuan's house. He was just a white body, or a white body with a reputation for being a dandy. Even her husband's relatively high-status friends and companions did not appear after they separated. She was dating her husband, so why did these people who used to look down on her husband take the initiative to say hello to her husband today?
Moreover, this greeting was not just a simple greeting, but a greeting that seemed to show goodwill to her husband. After all, she and her son were regarded as good friends by these people and were praised over and over again.
What surprised her the most was that the words these people praised her and her son were so straightforward, without any roundabout words, and were not consistent with their identities.
Yu Yan accompanied Si Yuan in confusion, chatting with people. When he finally found time to enter the inner courtyard of the uncle's house, and there was no one else around who came to greet Si Yuan, Yu Yan found the opportunity to ask Si Yuan: "Husband, Why do those people come to us?"
Si Yuan explained lightly: "It's nothing. I just gambled with them a few times before and established a little friendship with gambling friends. In addition, this is my mother's birthday banquet, so of course they have to treat me, the son of the birthday girl, a little bit." Be enthusiastic.”
Si Yuan's tone had a hint of 'it's nothing', but Yu Yan keenly felt that the matter was definitely not as simple as Si Yuan said, but this was not a bad thing after all, so she did not continue to investigate.
Ever since her husband won money from gambling after the separation, Yu Yan felt that her husband had changed slightly. He seemed to be the same person, and his temperament was still the same. He was a playboy and a spendthrift, but he seemed to have no serious appearance, but she just felt that he was different from before. .
After Si Yuan and Yu Yan Xiao Changqing entered the inner courtyard, the guests who stayed in the outer courtyard, those who did not take the initiative to greet Si Yuan and knew Li Siyuan, couldn't help but curiously asked those who took the initiative to talk to Si Yuan. Yuan greeted the person: "Why were you so enthusiastic about that Li Siyuan just now?" It felt like he was even too polite, even more polite than he was to Li Chengyuan, the current owner of Uncle Jingyuan's Mansion.
These people just smiled mysteriously and replied: "Master Li San is a good person. We are friends. Why don't we say hello?"
