Duan Wenzhen delayed a lot of time on the way. When Yang Ji returned home, it was already the fourth quarter of the night; this time period was around ten o'clock in the evening. In later generations, nightlife had just begun, but in the Sui Dynasty, it was considered "dead of night" . Except for Pingkangfang South Lane and Yanshoufang South Lane in the northeast corner of West City, other places fell into silence.
The same is true in Prince Wei's Mansion, most people have gone to sleep.
Xiao Ying had previously been notified by Liu Rumei that her husband was having dinner at the palace so that they did not have to wait. Although she missed her very much, she could not go to the palace to look for her husband. At this time, she heard movement outside the hospital. Xiao Ying quickly put down the embroidery bag in her hand and said happily: "Qiu Shui, Qiu Yue, go and see if the husband is back."
Before Qiu Shui Qiuyue went out, the voices of Yang Ji and Pei Shuying could be heard vaguely outside.
"Mr. Lang, why are you back just now? Madam has been waiting for a long time." Pei Shuying reached out and took the lantern from Yang Ji's hand and said angrily.
"I'm busy with business, what can I do?" Yang Ji said with a smile, and suddenly his stomach growled.
Pei Shuying said in surprise: "Master, haven't you eaten yet?"
"certainly!"
"Didn't you say you ate at the palace?"
"I thought it was, but it's not." Yang Ji walked into the main house in the backyard that looked like daylight, took off the Shadow Sword, handed it to Liu Rumei who followed closely, took off his military attache uniform, and threw it on Pei Shuying's head, smiling. Then he said: "The emperor doesn't care about food tonight, he just sent me away with a minister from the military inspection department."
"How stingy, ah..." Pei Shuying subconsciously followed Yang Ji's words, but she immediately came to her senses, and her voice trembled with excitement. She struggled to pull off the clothes on her head, and said urgently: "Lang Jun It means... Mr. Lang means that you have been promoted again? And you are also the assistant minister of the military inspection department? "
"Hmm! If I hadn't refused in time, maybe there would have been a minister of the inspection and punishment department." Yang Jiping said calmly.
Pei Shuying's eyes widened in shock, and she said confusedly: "Those people from my mother's family tried their best to climb up one by one and couldn't. Why did Mr. Lang refuse?"
Yang Ji said: "I have so many official positions that I can hardly remember them all, and the quality of each one is ridiculously high. What do I need so many official positions for? Besides, we are not short of money. We need so many. What are you doing as a freeloader?"
Pei Shuying thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's true!"
"Have you not eaten yet?" Xiao Ying walked out of the back room. She was wearing a light red and white pleated skirt, a golden hairpin on her head, delicate makeup, the charm of a young woman with flowers on her eyebrows and eyes, and three red lips. Moon peach pistil, beautiful beyond words.
Yang Ji was aroused by his wife's young womanly style and became furious. He smiled and said, "Madam, why are you dressed so grandly tonight?"
Xiao Ying said with a faint smile: "When Lang Jun returns home in triumph, he will dress up in fine clothes."
Pei Shuying smiled sweetly and said, "Mr. Lang, I have been dressing up in the room for more than an hour."
"You like to talk too much." Xiao Ying rolled her eyes at Pei Shuying, then turned to Qiu Shui and Qiu Yue and ordered: "Go to the kitchen to prepare some food, as light as possible."
Their whole family are carnivores, especially Yang Ji, Dugu Min, and Liu Rumei, who eat an astonishing amount of food.
"I'll prepare some hot water for the young master to take a bath." Liu Rumei stayed with Yang Ji every day, and left "voluntarily".
"Second mother, wait for me." Pei Shuying was a clever girl and chased after her.
Suddenly, only Yang Ji and Xiao Ying were left outside.
Xiao Ying walked to the coffee table, poured a cup of tea for her husband, and asked casually: "The saint has granted the title of Langjun again? Why is this?"
"I discovered an incredible big conspiracy in Binzhou. Its effect was greater than suppressing bandits and arresting corrupt officials. But before, many of my merits were not rewarded as they deserved, so I planned to become the Minister of Military Affairs of the School. ." Yang Ji sat down at the coffee table, took the tea cup from Xiao Ying, and took a sip.
Xiao Ying and her husband had a tacit understanding. She knew that whatever she could say, her husband would say it. Seeing that he didn't mean to talk about the "big conspiracy" in detail at this time, she didn't ask in detail. She straightened her skirt, sat next to her husband, and said softly. He said: "Lang Jun, we have been in Liangzhou and we are not close to anyone. It will be my birthday in a few days. I would like to invite my sister-in-law, sisters, and niece-in-law to come over for a get-together. What do you think?"
Young people in the Sui Dynasty generally do not hold large birthday parties. At most, they invite a few close relatives and a few close relatives and friends to get together; of course, those who plan to receive gifts and make a fortune, or who want to expand their contacts Not included in this list.
Yang Ji belongs to the former group. Ever since he grew up, he hasn't even celebrated his birthday. Yang Ji didn't know what Xiao Ying was like before, but after marrying into the Yang family, she was just like Yang Ji. At most, she only got together as a family to have a meal.
This was the first time she asked to invite people to participate. Yang Ji said without hesitation: "It's okay, but... some people can't be invited."
In fact, this was the reason why Xiao Ying asked Yang Ji. She quickly asked: "Who is it? Who can't be invited?"
Yang Ji said: "Your second sister is Dou Wei's wife, your seventh sister is Hou Mo Chen Yi's wife, these three cannot be invited, nor can the wives and daughters of my aunt's cousins."
In people's eyes, the utilitarian nature of the birthday party is far greater than the actual significance. Yang Ji has no contact with the people mentioned above, and Dou Wei's Dou family, Hou Mo Chen Yi's Hou Mo Chen family are Guan Long If the core forces in the nobility rashly interact with these things, what will other people think?
If Xiao Ying held a large-scale birthday party to make money, it would be okay to invite all the ladies, but she just wanted to have a small gathering, so there was no need to invite these people who are easy to overthink; fortunately, she seemed The relationship with her two half-sisters is also not good, after all, their ages are too different.
"I never thought of inviting them, I just wanted to invite the royal family members and my sisters-in-law." Xiao Ying looked at her husband and said softly: "Not to mention the wives of your cousins, even my sister, I am not familiar with them. . The eldest sister, the second sister, and the seventh sister were married before I was born. Except for the holidays, we almost never met each other. Even if we did meet occasionally, I was not qualified to sit down and talk, so we were named As sisters, they are actually as indifferent as strangers."
"That's good!" Xiao Ying understood the righteousness so well that Yang Ji felt relieved.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. The saying that a gentleman is not a party member is just lip service. People will form cliques because of the convergence of ambitions, interests, and political directions.
Ouyang Xiu wrote in "The Theory of Clique" that "gentlemen and gentlemen become friends with the same path, and villains with the same interests become friends." This is the case.
Regardless of Ouyang Xiu's political wisdom, it also shows that cronyism has really existed since ancient times. Even in later generations, there is also a saying that "there is no party or imperial thinking in the party; there is no faction in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things".
Therefore, a person's power is extremely small when faced with things that exist objectively in the laws of nature, and he cannot reject them mindlessly. It is best to work hard to adapt, control, and utilize them. Yang Guang allowed him, Yang Ji, to build the Royal Guard Party and the Liangzhou Faction, but he was the banner of the anti-Guanlong nobles. It would be sad if he went back and forth with the Guanlong nobles and had an ambiguous relationship.
Some people with hateful faces and sinister intentions are still not allowed to advocate with all their strength? Why don't you try your best to exaggerate that he is "complicit" with the Guanlong nobles?
"Lang Jun, please tell me about the suppression of bandits this time." Xiao Ying changed the topic.
Yang Ji put down the tea cup and said to Xiao Ying: "Actually, the mission this time is very simple. There is really nothing to talk about, but if you want to hear it, I can talk to you later. It also lets you know what I am doing this time. Who and what families did we offend again?"
"..." Xiao Ying vaguely guessed what her husband was thinking. After all, her husband has a high position and is the Mud of Liangzhou who possesses the military and political power of Liangzhou. In the capital, he is also closely related to several prime ministers and several generals. At this time, she has to do something " the wicked".
only--
It is not easy to be a lonely minister. Once you lose power, you will be surrounded by enemies.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ying said softly: "Mr. Lang, He Ruobi also offended people everywhere during his lifetime."
"He Ruobi and I are different. He is messy, unreasonable, and wants to fight for three points without reason. Not only do his ministers dislike him, but even the emperor hates him. But when I argue with other people, most of the disagreements are about political differences; even if I This arrest is done in accordance with the law and will benefit the country and the people. At most, it is just a small trick that is 'innocuous'."
This is also the cleverness of Yang Ji.
The emperor allowed his ministers to disagree and have troubles among themselves, which was more conducive to balancing the government and controlling the world. If the courtiers were as good as wearing the same pair of trousers, it would be the emperor who was worried. But if he was like He Ruobi who had to point his finger at the enemy all the time, the emperor would still be unhappy.
Yang Jian and Yang Guang were actually both generous emperors, and their father and son also hoped that their courtiers would be equally generous.
It is normal to have different political opinions and conflicts; but if someone wants to pick on the other party's pigtails and stumble at every turn, the emperor still doesn't like it. Therefore, since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, there have been many ministers who were at odds with each other, but the only one who argued and made unreasonable troubles all day long was He Ruobi who dared to write anti-poetry in front of Yang Jian.
After Yang Ji finished speaking, he took Xiao Yingyu's hand and comforted him with a smile: "I know the court affairs clearly and can handle them well. Just relax and don't worry about these all the time."
A shy smile appeared on Xiao Ying's face, she leaned her head in her husband's arms and whispered, "Don't you like it, sir?"
"How could you not like it?" Looking at his wife's beautiful and tender profile, Yang Ji felt a little moved.
He was at the age when his blood was strong and he could taste the marrow. He wished he could live in darkness with his three wives all day long, not knowing what the world was like. But he is relatively self-disciplined and knows the principle of abstaining from sex for a long time, so he is more or less restrained. In addition, he has been fighting in the south and north for many years, running around here and there, and he has almost lived a semi-abstinent life.
But as his head wife, maybe even she didn't realize how seductive she was. Ever since they got married, she has gradually developed a tendency to be extremely enchanting. Her every move and smile is charming and charming; especially between the bed curtains, she is extremely docile. It made him want to stop.
Just as they were hugging each other silently, Pei Shuying walked in, looked at the two of them with stern eyes, and said with a sly smile: "Alang, the hot water is ready. Would you like to 'eat' first, or take a bath first."
Yang Ji stood up after hearing the words. When he passed by Pei Shuying, he slapped her on the waist and said viciously: "Take a shower first! I'll eat this little monster later."
Pei Shuying bit her lips and looked at Yang Ji with watery almond eyes: "Who will eat whom? Lang Jun!"
Xiao Ying blushed and scolded: "Shut up..."
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