Chapter 1068: Resignation!

Time flies, and decades fly by in the blink of an eye. Yuan Wenshao, the Marquis of Yongding, a veteran of three dynasties, is now over fifty.

During these decades of official career, although he had never held any high-level official position such as prime minister, he was deeply trusted by three generations of emperors. He held the position of commander of the military and horse divisions of the five cities for twenty years.

That is to say, when the new emperor ascended the throne a few years ago, Mr. Yuan consciously wanted to give way to the new emperor, so he resigned from the post of commander of the capital and became the right minister of the Ministry of War. Last year, he was promoted to minister.

A few days ago, when I went to court, I made a special request to the emperor to become an official, on the pretext of poor health. The emperor is the son of Zhao Ceying, and he has a good relationship with the Yuan family. Although this is exactly what I want, in order to express my sympathy for the old minister, I specially proposed to the emperor. Many imperial doctors were sent to the Yongding Marquis Mansion to treat patients.

But Yuan Wenshao insisted again and again, and even pretended to be sick. He would pick his throat every time before the imperial doctor came. He looked frail and sickly, which indeed meant that he was terminally ill.

The emperor personally visited Yuan Mansion and saw Yuan Wenshao on the hospital bed with a sallow face and dull eyes. He instantly recalled the days when he often came to Yuan Mansion to play when he was a child.

Regardless of the obstruction of the eunuch next to him, he went directly to the hospital bed and held his hand, saying a few words of encouragement with red eyes.

"Yuan Qing's family, although I am a monarch and a minister, I have always regarded you as my uncle in my heart. Now you are not old enough to know your destiny, so you should take good care of yourself for a while. The most important thing is to take good care of your body~"

"Brothers Jingshi and Jingchen also hope that Mr. Marquis can rest assured that I will definitely use them~"

Who let the eldest brother Yuan Wenchun's only son die at an early age? After working hard for so many years, even the year before his death, he still gave birth to six daughters.

"Silly boy, no matter how close our family is to the official family, after all, I'm still not as good as those confidants in his dormitory!"

"Father, why are you pretending to be sick?"

Yuan Wenshao glanced at his youngest son Yuan Jingchen and shook his head helplessly. When he was 12 years old, this brat attacked Uncle Zhongqin, the ancestor of the Yuan family.

"Yes!" Yuan Jingshi nodded in agreement, and then went to the kitchen in person.

"Huh~" After the emperor left, he breathed a long sigh of relief and quickly ordered his son beside him

"Brother Shi, hurry up and open the window, it's almost suffocating me, and ask the kitchen to make me a bowl of meat porridge~"

"Thank you... thank you Your Majesty for your consideration. I also suffered from typhoid fever a few days ago. I will work for you after I recover. For the two ineffective people in my family, just let them be small officials to make a living!"

"Brother Chen, do you think the officials can't see that my father is pretending to be ill?"

Yuan Wenshao also worked hard during this period, enduring hunger for several days in a row to achieve such a weak effect.

The eldest son of Yongding Marquis, Yuan Jingshi, and his younger brother Zhongqinbo Yuan Jingchen, as well as several other concubine brothers, knelt there and kowtowed in gratitude.

However, with the title on his head, he can live a peaceful life, and although this young son is a little playful, he also knows what he can do and what he cannot do.

Back then, his mother, Mrs. Yuan, was still alive, and she probably doted on her grandson. She raised Yuan Jingchen, who was neither good at literature nor martial arts. He spent all day carrying cages and walking birds on a casual job. He was simply incomparable to his elder brother.

"Ah~"

On the other hand, this second child is simply uneducated and incompetent. By the time he reacts and wants to take care of it, the child is already determined and cannot be broken off no matter how hard he beats him.

Yuan Wenshao sat up and took a sip of tea, looked in the direction of Zhao Ceying's mausoleum, and said with emotion.

Although the eldest son Yuan Jingshi looks honest and loyal, he is actually quite dignified. He became the commander-in-chief of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division before he was thirty years old.

"Furthermore, we have been operating in the Five Cities Military and Horse Division for many years, and our Majesty is a suspicious person. If I don't retreat bravely, it will seem a little too ignorant!"

"Oh~" Although Yuan Jingchen didn't understand, he still nodded perfunctorily.

He himself asked casually and didn't care about it at all. Wouldn't it be nice to have some time to listen to music?

Seeing this scene, Yuan Wenshao felt inexplicably upset and placed the tea cup heavily on the table. He said angrily: "Go, go, go, get out of here!"

"Dad, just talk, what are you in a hurry for?"

"Fuck off!"

"Okay!" Yuan Jingchen is also aware of current affairs, because he knows that if he talks nonsense again, he will definitely be beaten, and now he doesn't have his grandmother to protect him.

"Alas~" Yuan Wenshao sat on the chair, closed his eyes and shook his head helplessly. He had no choice but to deal with this little son.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in my ears, and my forehead was gently pressed by someone's hand. The smell was all too familiar.

"Madam, you are here~"

"Officer, Brother Chen was scolded by you again just now?"

Yes, it was Hua Lan who came here. She is now forty-six years old. However, she has been in a good mood over the years and has been taking good care of herself. She looks like she is in her thirties and does not look like she has become a grandmother at all. people.

When Yuan Wenshao heard what Hua Lan said, he opened his eyes and stretched out his arms to hug Hua Lan.

Hua Lan blushed shyly.

"Oh, you are so old, and what are you doing in broad daylight? How do you look like this~"

"Madam, now that I am without an official position, we will walk around in a few days. Haven't you been thinking about going back to Yangzhou in the past few years? Now I finally have time!"

After saying that, Yuan Wenshao buried his head in his wife's arms. He had been tightening the strings for many years as an official, but now he finally relaxed.

Slowly close your eyes and think about your past years...

I remember that I had a good fight with Xiong Benli, the imperial censor, and both sides were beaten with bruises and swollen faces. If it hadn't been for Mr. Han's intercession, neither of them would have gotten anything good in the end.

Later, because Aunt Kang coaxed her mother-in-law Wang Ruofu to poison Mrs. Sheng, Minglan made a fuss about the Sheng family and wanted to avenge her grandmother. Hualan kept persuading her mother, and Mrs. Wang finally told the truth.

Different from the original work, Yuan Wenshao directly led people to lock up Aunt Kang at that time, so that she would not always come out to cause trouble.

For this reason, she had some unpleasantness with the Wang family, and the old lady of the Wang family clamored to file a lawsuit. It was not until Yuan Wenshao exposed all the evidence that Aunt Kang had done bad things that he gave up temporarily.

Over the next year or so, the struggle between the Queen Mother and Zhao Zongquan almost reached a fever pitch.

In order to plot against the Yuzhou generals, the Queen Mother had won over many people. Gu Tingye also played a double role with the emperor and was demoted from the capital on purpose, but actually led his army to ambush outside the city.

Empress Dowager Cao thought her plan had succeeded, so she simply joined forces with Concubine Liu to depose the emperor and establish a new emperor. The result was obviously obvious, and she was tricked by Zhao Zongquan.

The Wang family and the Kang family were directly sentenced to exile because of their attachment to the Queen Mother. Mrs. Wang, who had devoted her life to the imperial court, was also removed from the Ancestral Temple because his wife and children committed suicide.

However, Lao Zhao had not been the emperor for a few years. After overthrowing the Queen Mother, he was greedy for pleasure. After seven years of being emperor, he went there.

After Zhao Ceying came to the throne, he worked hard to govern. Gu Tingye shined in this dynasty. Once upon a time, the dynasty could only passively defend against the Khitans and Dangxiang people, but now it can also attack beyond the Great Wall.

However, this Mingjun is not that easy to be. Zhao Ceying worked hard to reform the shortcomings and straighten out the chaos during the Renzong and Yingzong periods. As a result, he was the emperor for sixteen years...

(End of this chapter)

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