After receiving Pei Ju's letter, Pei Yun prepared two carts of gifts and came to Prince Liang's Mansion to ask for an audience with Yang Hao.
The current Liang Prince's Mansion is Yang Jun's former Qin Prince's Mansion. This mansion is the highest-standard prince's mansion in the entire capital.
After Yang Jun passed away that year, many ministers in the court exposed all the good things Yang Jun had done during his lifetime, so that his family property was confiscated, and Yang Hao almost didn't even have a tile left.
It was Yang Ming who stood up to the ministers at the court meeting and forcefully took back the posthumous title that Yang Jun no longer had. This also prompted Yang Hao, who had been demoted to a commoner, to regain the qualification to ascend the throne.
So Yang Hao has a true feeling for Yang Ming, although the two of them didn't get along for a long time.
It is said that the hatred for killing one's father is irreconcilable, but what about the grace of saving one's father? Of course, there is nothing to repay, not to mention that he has now brought himself back from the place and served as the general of the army.
If the prince didn't regard him as one of his own, would he be able to help him so hard?
So this time Pei Yun came to apologize, and Yang Hao opened the door of the house and welcomed the other party in. He was doing it for Yang Ming's sake. Otherwise, he would have made a good argument with the Pei family this time to let them know what the last name in this world is. What.
Yang Lihua and Guan Wang Yang Xiong have put a lot of pressure on the Pei family. Almost every day in the court meeting, Yang Xiong will deliberately target the person named Pei, and his tone is very rude. This has never happened before.
And Yang Xiong represents the clan, and his attitude has clearly told you that we are very unhappy now.
As a doctor of Yushitai, a serious official with real power, and a favored minister of the emperor, Pei Yun did not need to humble himself in front of Yang Hao, but this time, after all, he was in the wrong, so he resorted to flattering the emperor. Used on Yang Hao.
The two of them were walking in the garden of the palace. Yang Hao said from the front:
"You can take those two carts of gifts. You should know that although I am in embarrassment right now, the things I have seen and owned are beyond your imagination."
Indeed, his father, Yang Jun, was so rich back then that he was as rich as Yang Su. Even the treasury dared to embezzle it for himself. Do you think he was rich or not?
Pei Yun was a smart man, and he realized that Yang Hao's words actually meant that the gift was too small. After all, when the Prince of Qin's palace was confiscated, most of the family property was put into the inner treasury by the Second Saint, leaving little left for Yang Hao. Poor.
What kind of father is what kind of son? Yang Jun loves money so much, and as the legitimate son, Yang Hao will not be any worse.
"These two carts of gifts are just the formal etiquette." Pei Yun followed Yang Hao and said with a smile: "When there are six carts left in the evening, that is what I want. If your highness refuses, Sorry, I, Pei Yun, really don’t know how to deal with myself."
Yang Hao sneered and said: "Some things cannot be solved by money. My face is worthless, but if you add my surname, it cannot be solved by money."
Pei Yun smiled apologetically and said: "Of course, as the King of Liang is a noble person, our offense this time has truly committed the wrath of heaven. I have a letter from Duke Pei here, please pass it on to you."
"Oh? Show it to me," Yang Hao still wanted to give Pei Ju some face. Not to mention her position as a minister, Yang Hao had to respect her just because of who her daughter was.
Besides, Yang Hao felt that the prince didn't express much in the East Palace that day. In fact, he was just waiting for Pei Ju to apologize.
Who can represent the Pei family and who is qualified to apologize, not even people like Pei Yun. Of course, the apology is for slighting the clan, not for robbing people in the camp. Even Yang Hao feels wrong about robbing people.
Pei Ju's letter was of course an apology, and the tone between the lines was simple, which made Yang Hao feel that I can't even forgive you if I don't forgive you.
"Mr. Pei made serious remarks. He asked for Pei Shen's death in the letter. I don't think that is necessary." Yang Hao put the letter away again, held it behind his back, and walked slowly:
"Since the Crown Princess has said that she will be demoted to a commoner, then let's do it. The Crown Princess and I are a family, and her words can represent me."
In fact, Yang Hao didn't want to have too deep a relationship with the Pei family. The main reason was that there was a prince in the middle. Without the prince, he would definitely kill Pei Shen.
Pei Yun pretended to say: "How can this be done? If we don't kill Pei Shen, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in King Liang's heart. We will not be able to get through the eldest princess and King Guan."
You also know that this test is difficult? Thanks to the prince, seeing your arrogance, Yang Hao chuckled:
"His Majesty's decree has also been sent, so we can make up our own minds and punish the prince as he pleases."
Pei Yun smiled and said, "You and the prince are brothers. No matter how the prince punishes you, he must take care of your wishes."
"Yes." Yang Hao clasped his hands and looked up to the sky and said, "The prince wants to take care of me, but some people don't."
Pei Yun smiled, took a few steps forward and whispered: "It's our fault. As long as King Liang can calm down, we must be sincere. Pei Shen's team has prepared 300,000 coins. It will be ready soon." It will be delivered to you from Hedong."
"This is not about money," Yang Hao raised his hand and continued to walk forward: "Doctor Pei also knows why I went to your camp. If it weren't for the prince's order, I would have run away from you while I had nothing to do. Are you humiliating yourself over there?”
"Yes, yes, Pei Shen is a fool. If the prince doesn't kill him this time, we will deal with him properly," Pei Yun said with a smile: "In the future, King Liang should not say that it is the prince's intention."
Yang Hao was stunned and nodded quickly: "This is natural."
Immediately afterwards, he chuckled: "He is an old man and will soon be buried. It would be easier to kill him. Let him have a taste of what it is like to be a commoner in the remaining days."
"The King of Liang has shown his noble hand, and the Pei family will be richly rewarded," Pei Yun said with great joy.
Yang Hao sneered, and Pei Yun followed him to please him in every possible way.
After leaving Prince Liang's Mansion, Pei Yun was in a good mood. He was now the only one to bear the burden of the incident that had occurred in his family. Pei Ju was leading the command from afar in Luoyang, while he was running errands in the capital to deal with the aftermath.
As long as he can handle things to everyone's satisfaction, not only will his family's prestige rise to a higher level in the future, but the prince will also feel that he is effective at doing things.
This is not a setback, this is an opportunity.
Yang Hao has already been settled by him. Just as he guessed, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and mice can burrow when they give birth. Yang Hao, like his father, loves money too much.
He said he didn't want it, but actually accepted it all.
Then the next step is Su Lie's matter. Pei Yun asked his second son Pei Min to take people to Shiping County and take Su Lie's parents back to Daxing. After receiving the news, he took his wife Xie, Waiting in person outside the gate of Jinrenfang.
"Oh, my father-in-law and my mother-in-law, have you had a hard journey?" A senior central boss of the third grade came to greet him personally and helped a low-grade official get out of the car.
Su Lie on the side was stunned. Together with his father Su Yong, they repeatedly said that they were arrogant and did not dare to do so.
Pei Yun laughed, holding Su Yong with his left hand and Su Lie with his right hand, and walked towards the workshop.
"No matter the rank today, it's just about personal friendship. We will be a family from now on. There is nothing important in Taiwan today, so Pei came here early to wait for the worthy couple. We will take a walk and talk again when we return home."
Su Lie and his son could not refuse the warm hospitality, so they had no choice but to be dragged home. Pei Yun's wife, Xie, who came from a well-known family, took Su Lie's mother's arm and followed behind, talking affectionately.
Pei Ren was basically ready to give Su Lie the house, but he was stopped by Pei Yun. The prince had already given it away, so we can't give it away anymore, otherwise it would be a slap in the prince's face, but the future dowry must be generous. .
After staying at Su's house until evening, Pei Yun and his wife left hand in hand. Su Lie and his parents sent Pei Yun out of the house.
Pei Yun refused to give it away, but they insisted on giving it away. It took half an hour to get out of the workshop.
After Pei Yun got on the carriage, he quickly asked his second son Pei Min, "Is everyone here?"
Pei Min nodded and said: "There are seventy-eight in total, and there are sixteen direct descendants. They are all waiting."
Pei Yundao said: "Divide them into two groups, one group kneeling outside the eldest princess's house, and one group kneeling outside the gate of Prince Guan's house. Let them kneel like this until dawn, and then let Duke Linfen go over to finish."
"The prince intends to give a light punishment, why do we need to do so more?" Pei Min asked in confusion.
Pei Yun said with a smile: "This involves a face issue. Our family wants face, and the royal family wants face even more. Pei Shen has been dealt with, so the remaining brats who offended King Liang must do this if they want to survive safely. Yes, you go to Linfen Gong’s house and tell him that the blood won’t stop until tomorrow morning. The eldest princess and King Guan will definitely care about Ayun’s face, and our cruel trick will work."
"Okay, I'll do it right away," Pei Min turned around and got out of the car.
Two groups of people were kneeling outside Yang Lihua's and Yang Xiong's houses respectively. The people inside definitely didn't want to talk to them, so these young disciples who had embarrassed Yang Hao in the camp kept kneeling like this.
The next day, Pei Yun was going to attend the court meeting, so the task of whipping these young men was given to Pei Xian. Pei Xian had high prestige in the clan. No one dared to feel resentful if he came to do it.
So in the morning, Pei Xian personally took his servants and whips, first to Yang Lihua, who gave them twenty lashes each, and they had to be gentle so as not to hurt the muscles and bones. Bleeding skin and flesh would look miserable, so that would be fine.
Sure enough, Yang Lihua was alarmed by the wails that echoed around her, so she sent her maid outside the house and said to the Pei family:
"Don't cause trouble here. The eldest princess has a bodhisattva heart and asks you to leave immediately. If you do anything offensive again in the future, you will not be leniently spared."
Pei Yun quickly led his clan members to thank the eldest princess for her kindness. Next, there was another scene at Yang Xiong's house.
Yang Xiong was not at home and was attending the court meeting in the palace, but he had figured out what the Pei family wanted to do, so he ordered Yang Yan, the fourth son who stayed at home, to wait until the Pei family children were whipped before letting them go.
After everyone was covered in blood, they had to kneel over to Yang Hao's Prince Liang Mansion.
However, since Yang Hao had already collected the money, he would not embarrass them any more, and Princess Zheng stepped in to send them away.
Once the face is restored, it will be easy to talk about anything. As for Yang Hao, the Pei family has finally settled the matter.
(End of chapter)
