Chapter 316 This is the bond between us!
The crowd had not yet given Yang Wenyan enough surprises.

He was first given a warning by Yang Wenyan.

Good news: Yang Yuqing and Mrs. Chen no longer have to worry about Yang Wenyan being childless, and they will soon be able to experience the joy of having grandchildren.

The bad news: the child’s mother was not from a high-ranking family, nor was she from a scholarly family. What’s worse, she was a woman from Western Xia.

Good news: this woman is not a migrant worker and can read.

Bad news: This woman is the daughter of a Xixia official and is suspected of being a spy.

it is good……

All right.

There is no good news, and the rest is just dross.

This should have been a happy occasion for the whole family to celebrate the return of their son, but it ended up being a huge misunderstanding…

Suddenly, she saw that her son, who had not yet been engaged, had brought back a pregnant woman from outside, especially a woman from Western Xia. Mrs. Chen’s eyes turned black immediately, and she was so angry that she was almost speechless. She was quickly helped back by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Yang Wenyuan.

The shock was too great for Mrs. Chen, and she could only try to ignore it for the time being.

After comforting Madam Chen and letting Hualan and Yang Ruijin stay in the room, Yang Wenyuan then found Yang Wenyan with curiosity and admiration and asked him about the details of what had happened.

“Cousin, you know my brother…”

Yang Wenyan spread his hands and confessed honestly:
“The life-and-death pressure in the army is too great, and we have to find a place to vent. However, noble children like you and me should keep ourselves clean and not have affairs with others. So when the two sides were fighting each other, I saw that Wan’er was frail and I couldn’t bear it, so I took her back and took good care of her.”

Yang Wenyuan: …

What a great way to “keep oneself clean”!
What a thin body!
What a “careful care”!
He even took care of my eldest nephew in advance!
Yang Wenyuan was not sure whether the story was true or not, but it was probably similar to what Yang Wenyan said.

This phenomenon is actually not uncommon in the current Great Zhou army, especially in the troops fighting on the front line.

When people are under a lot of pressure, they always vent it out.

However, there are night bans and various rules in the army, so the only channel left is physical venting.

These channels can be roughly divided into two types.

One type was sent by the imperial court to the Jiaofangsi to express condolences, but most of them were used to serve military generals and princes and nobles.

The second type is non-male prisoners in the army and prostitutes in nearby military markets, who serve low-level soldiers.

But someone like Yang Wenyan is a little different.

As he himself said, he didn’t want to “go along with the crowd” with others, so he focused on being self-reliant. While he was hunting in Xixia, he found someone he liked.

As for whether the woman Yang Wenyan likes is just Wan’er…

Then Yang Wenyuan really didn’t know.

All you need to know is that the only woman Yang Wenyan brought back to Beijing was Wan’er.

Otherwise, if Yang Wenyan brought back a group of women…

Even Mrs. Chen wanted to pick up a knife and kill someone!

Of course, it doesn’t make much difference now.

“I understand, I understand!” Yang Wenyuan nodded repeatedly.

There is no way. After all, they are my brothers. What else can I do?
Of course I will help to find a solution!

However, to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Yang Wenyuan confirmed:

“But there’s only one, nothing else?”

Yang Wenyan immediately patted his chest and said proudly:

“Don’t worry, Wenyuan, there must be only this one!”

“It seems that there are still some in Lingzhou, but they are missing. They are either being resettled where they are or being sent away with a sum of money.” Yang Wenyuan thought to himself.

“Well, there’s nothing I can do. Who made me a sentimental person?” Yang Wenyan glanced in the direction of his own courtyard and sighed.

“…”

Yang Wenyuan sighed inwardly. It seemed that the fight between life and death, as well as the sense of responsibility as a father, could indeed completely change a person.

I have clearly seen Yang Wenyan before, and he is still that tough, generous and handsome young man.

How come after such a short period of not seeing each other, he has become such a thick-skinned man in front of me?
Yang Wenyuan reflected in his heart.

Yang Wenyuan pondered in his heart.

Yang Wenyuan is devoted to study.

But what Yang Wenyan said is also right.

After all, if he was a cold-hearted person, then when his family didn’t know that he had a mistress in Lingzhou, he could just give up the woman’s thoughts, end this evil relationship, and live a carefree life from then on.

After all, as he had a mistress and a child before marriage, Yang Wenyan’s future marriage would be extremely difficult. He could forget about marrying into a family of the same social status and could only wait to find a family of a much lower social status.

But he didn’t care about the consequences and brought the person here directly.

This undoubtedly shows his determination.

“Does brother have any plans for her?” Yang Wenyuan asked again.

Yang Wenyan saw what Yang Wenyuan wanted to ask at a glance, so he answered directly:

“I know what you want to ask is whether I have any intention of finding an identity for her, but don’t worry, Wenyuan. Although I, Yang Wenyan, do things unconventionally, I will not go to the extent of disregarding the family’s reputation.”

Yang Wenyuan nodded slightly, saying nothing.

Obviously, Yang Wenyan also knew how difficult it was to give a Xixia woman a status under the current circumstances of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he did not have the idea of ​​forcing it. Instead, he probably had the same idea as the Liang family of the Earl of Yongchang’s Mansion, that is, to first welcome a principal wife into the family and then let Wan’er be a concubine.

Considering the noble bloodline of the Yang family, Yang Yuqing’s current status and position, and Yang Wenyan’s promising future, this is not a difficult thing to accept – as long as you can get past Madam Chen.

As for Yang Wenyuan…

Yang Wenyan joined the army for himself and the Yang family, and risked his life for so many years.

Compared with such affection, this “small flaw” is really not worth mentioning.

Yang Wenyuan didn’t mind at all.

What is fame for?

Use it if you need it, kick it away if you don’t need it.

With his thoughts racing through his mind, Yang Wenyuan stood at the door of Madam Chen’s room and first peeped into the room. He heard Hualan and Yang Ruijin comforting his aunt Madam Chen.

Well, three women make a drama.

A united front was being established inside, with “common hatred and common enemies”. Everyone was talking about how Yang Wenyan was so cruel and unkind, and how he was not a good son.

Yang Wenyuan only listened and knew that Hualan and Yang Ruijin were mostly praising Madam Chen and asking her to calm down.

“It’s no use just waiting like this.”

Yang Wenyuan turned his head and glanced at Yang Wenyan, who was standing upright in the courtyard, as if he would not be able to stand up for long if Madam Chen did not accept Wan’er.

People who are quick-witted and cold-hearted are often rational and proactive in finding solutions to problems.

But the nice guys in daily life tend to be soft-hearted and not hard-hearted.

Yang Wenyan’s trick is unlikely to work on Madam Chen, and it may even make her feel even more depressed.

This is when you need to “sell misery”.

And it just so happened that Yang Wenyuan knew a thing or two about this.

So, Yang Wenyuan waved to Yang Wenyan, signaling him to go to the corridor to talk. Yang Wenyan immediately became confused.

But now I think of what my mother said in her letters, “Since his serious illness, Wenyuan seems to have gained some extra wisdom, and he has all kinds of clever ideas.”

Since his mother said so, Yang Wenyuan should know how to please his mother better than himself.

Yang Wenyan decided to trust Yang Wenyuan.

So he immediately followed quietly.

“You have been standing here, are you just waiting for your aunt’s consent?” When Yang Wenyan approached, Yang Wenyuan asked directly.

Seeing that Yang Wenyuan was indeed trying to give him some advice, Yang Wenyan secretly praised him in his heart, “Good brother!”, and then replied:

“Yes! When I was a kid, I did something wrong, and my mother was always offended by me. You know that.”

“…”

Yang Wenyuan held his forehead.

Brother, you already said this was when we were kids, and now your wife is about to give birth, why are you pulling it over to me?
That’s all in the past tense.

You rolled on the ground and begged for mercy at that time, but now you can ask for mercy from me?
Yang Wenyuan suddenly paused. If it were Yang Wenyan now, then…

Huh~!

Yang Wenyuan threw away the irrelevant thoughts in his mind, and then said to Yang Wenyan earnestly:

“This trick doesn’t work now. During the years you were away from Bianjing, the method Yang Rujin inherited from you has long been ineffective on my aunt.”

“Ah? What should we do then?” Yang Wenyan was shocked when he heard this.

He didn’t expect that his killer move, which had always been effective, was secretly learned by his younger sister Yang Rujin?

And it also resulted in a useless effort?

Rujin has misled me so much!
However, before Yang Wenyan could start to act out and howl to the sky to express his depression, Yang Wenyuan stopped him in time:
“But there are other ways.”

Yang Wenyan’s eyes moved immediately:
“Oh? I’d like to hear the details!”

“Ever since you were ordered to leave the capital, your aunt has been missing you day and night, hoping for your return. But you just arrived at the mansion, and before you had even sorted out your things, you suddenly gave her such a big surprise…”

Upon hearing this, Yang Wenyan immediately buried his head in front of his well-developed biceps, feeling extremely ashamed.

“Of course, I don’t blame you.”

Yang Wenyuan glanced around secretly, then moved closer to Yang Wenyan and whispered:
“I mean, auntie still misses you in her heart.”

“Of course I know that.”

What mother doesn’t love her son?
“you do not know.”

Yang Wenyuan glared at Yang Wenyan in dismay:
“You can’t find the door because you don’t know the trick!”

“It is really not advisable to act like a bull seeing blood and steel itself. We should make a roundabout plan!”

“speak English!”

“Play the victim, play the victim, my brother!”

“When you were far away in Lingzhou, what did your aunt and uncle worry about the most? Naturally, your survival and safety.”

“Now that you have successfully returned to the capital to report on your work, I have turned to urging you to get married and longing for you to have children and grandchildren! Now that you have suddenly brought a child back, although your aunt is furious, she is certainly hopeful.”

Yang Wenyan immediately showed surprise:
“Oh?”

“As it should be!”

Yang Wenyuan nodded, with an expression of approval:

“That’s right. It’s nothing more than combining the two to give my aunt a way out.”

“so?”

“so……”

In Mrs. Chen’s bedroom.

Hualan and Yang Rujin were both sent out by Yang Wenyuan, leaving only Mrs. Chen and Yang Wenyan and her son in the room.

I only heard Yang Wenyan kneeling in front of the bed, crying:

“I am far away fighting on the battlefield, my life is uncertain, and I am thinking of you and my father who are far away in Bianjing. I am afraid that if anything happens to me, it will be difficult for you two to have children and grandchildren. So when I found out that Wan’er was pregnant with my child, I cried with joy and resolutely brought her, your future grandchild, back for you to see!”

Mrs. Chen was originally sitting sideways on the bed.

Listening to Yang Wenyan’s sincere narration and thinking of Yang Wenyan’s life in the army, his heart softened immediately and he turned to face Yang Wenyan.

Although his mood eased temporarily, he still sneered and said:
“Did Wenyuan teach you this? Why aren’t you standing guard outside?”

Yang Wenyan’s direct and honest confession at the gate of the mansion just now seemed like Madam Chen understood her son’s character, instead of him suddenly beating around the bush and trying to gain sympathy like he is doing now.

She looks very similar to you.

In an instant, Mrs. Chen came to her senses and realized that it was Yang Wenyuan who was giving the advice behind the scenes.

Seeing his mother’s determined look, Yang Wenyan nodded with a heavy face.

Selling Yang Wenyuan without any pressure, Yang Wenyan continued with tears in his eyes:

“Although Wenyuan has said this before, my heart is filled with enthusiasm, and all I am thinking about is the child himself!”

Seeing Yang Wenyan suddenly start to speak in a pretentious manner, Mrs. Chen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Don’t you know what kind of ink you have in your belly?

You’re addicted to acting with me!

But at least there is a step down.

After Hualan and Yang Ruijin’s counseling, and Mrs. Chen’s own thoughts, she realized that now that things had come to this, this was the only way.

You can’t just watch the Yang family bloodline lingering around, right?

If the Liang family can do it, there is no reason why the Yang family cannot do it.

But the logic is clear. Yang Wenyan still needs to marry a lady from an official’s family through a formal matchmaker.

Yang Wenyan naturally didn’t care, and quickly agreed with tears and snot, saying a lot of things like “The marriage is entirely up to mother’s order, and I won’t argue with it”, which finally made Mrs. Chen’s expression relax back to normal.

out of the yard.

Yang Wenyan saw Yang Wenyuan waiting at the door, and immediately gave him a look that said “successfully completed”.

Yang Wenyuan understood what he meant.

Then he put his hands behind his back, walked to Yang Wenyan, and sighed:
“It’s all for the sake of my aunt’s health.”

Yang Wenyan nodded:

“Well, everything I did was also for the sake of the Yang family’s prosperity.”

For a moment, the feeling of blood connection was particularly strong.

However, Yang Wenyan could escape the death penalty, but he could not escape the punishment of living.

Mrs. Chen had suffered so much anger for no reason, so naturally she wanted to retaliate against her “good son”.

So, not long after Yang Wenyan arrived home, under the arrangement of Mrs. Chen, he began to travel to major marriage markets (polo clubs) in Bianjing and became a commodity that could be chosen by anyone.

(End of this chapter)