Chapter 313 Brotherly alliances formed!
For Yuan Ji, becoming the successor to the Yuan family business is the meaning of his existence.

It’s not even his life goal.

But the meaning of survival.

He vaguely remembered that since he was very young, almost everyone had been instilling the same concept in him – you are the future head of the Yuan family, you will inherit the position of your father Yuan Feng and lead the Yuan family forward.

So you have to do this and that, and this and that.

It has always been like this since I was a child and has never changed.

This concept was like a stamp of thought, imprinted into Yuan Ji’s mind, engraved into his heart, and deep into his bones.

Everything he did was for this goal. It can be said that he lived for this goal for the first twenty years of his life. If he lost this goal, wouldn’t all his efforts and everything he did for it be meaningless?

Doesn’t this amount to a direct denial of his entire life over the past twenty years?

This is too cruel.

Therefore, Yuan Ji hated Yuan Shu more and more, and even began to blame his father Yuan Feng.

You told me since I was little that I would be the head of the family, and you made me work hard to prepare for it. Everything was configured towards this goal, and I was fully prepared mentally. But in the end, you told me that I no longer needed to be the head of the family?
What do you mean?
Yuan Ji felt that he had to do something, he had to do something to be responsible for his life over the past twenty years, but he had no idea how to do it.

He was very clear that his power was far inferior to that of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was extremely talented and had a Yi Xin Hui Group as his base. He had gathered a large number of disciples and students to help him, and even established an army as professional thugs. He was proficient in military and political science, and was so awesome that he had no friends.

After serving as a county magistrate for three years, Yuan Ji began to serve as a county governor and became an official with a salary of two thousand stones. He was indeed one of the few senior officials in the Han Dynasty, but in terms of power, he was still far inferior to Yuan Shu.

On the political level, Yuan Ji’s political influence only covered Nanyang County where he was employed. On the military level, all he could control were the 3,000 soldiers and servants of Nanyang County itself. In terms of reputation, he did have a relatively broad area of reputation.

Compared with ordinary officials, he is already awesome enough. The next step is to enter the court and take up a high position as one of the Nine Ministers. This is inevitable.

But the problem is that this is still far inferior to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu had political power, academic power, and military authority. He was a perfect example of a super leader, and was destined to take over. He had many talented people under his command, and could form a political team to control the entire country at any time. However, Yuan Ji did not have this ability.

His trusted followers and external aid could only ensure that he held power in Nanyang County. As for other places, they would not listen to him at all.

All these years of hard work did help him accumulate a group of relatively capable and loyal subordinates, but in terms of status and ability, there was still a clear gap between this group of people and the elite soldiers and generals under Yuan Shu.

It can be said that if they confront each other now, Yuan Shu can easily eliminate his big brother with a wave of his hand. The two of them are not on the same level at all.

So, how do you compete?
Yuan Ji fell into deep thought.

Then, Yuan Ji gained the first political ally in his life, his younger brother, Yuan Shao.

“Brother, let’s not talk about the wine for now. I wonder if you know about a rumor that has been widely circulated in Luoyang recently?”

Yuan Shao’s words interrupted Yuan Ji’s thoughts.

Yuan Ji raised his head and looked at Yuan Shao with a frown.

“What rumor?”

“After returning to Luoyang, while drinking and chatting with some old friends, I heard them say that there was a rumor in Luoyang City that my uncle seemed to have decided to take our little brother as his heir.”

“…………”

Yuan Ji’s heart tightened, the hand holding the wine glass suddenly exerted force, and his expression became slightly distorted.

“Is… is that so? How come I haven’t heard of it? Benchu, who told you that?”

“I have an old friend named Xu You, who was recommended by me and is now working in the Henan Yin Mansion. This is what he heard.”

Yuan Shao chuckled and said, “And he thinks that this is not even a rumor, but an open secret, because many people in the court have already tacitly accepted this fact. Almost everyone in the Luoyang court has determined that Zijia will definitely take over his uncle’s position in the future.

In this way, Zijia will not only become the next Yuan Sikong, holding the power of the court, but also the next head of the Runan Yuan family, holding the power of the family. As brothers, we may have to obey Zijia’s orders in the future!”

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he tilted his head back, drank another glass of wine, then smacked his lips and smiled.

“Well, the wine is indeed top-grade, fragrant and sweet. Even if it is not the best Wuwei County wine, it is still excellent as long as I can drink it in the future. I don’t know if Zijia will provide enough wine for us brothers when he takes power. If he can, I don’t mind him becoming the heir.”

Yuan Ji couldn’t help shaking again, and when he looked at Yuan Shao, his expression immediately became strange.

“Benchu, I remember that you and Zijia have had a bad relationship since you were young. Why… aren’t you worried that Zijia will do something bad to you after he takes power?”

After Yuan Ji said this, Yuan Shao immediately followed suit and showed an expression of confusion and surprise.

“Those were all ridiculous things that happened in our childhood. Now we are all grown up. How can we still be hostile to each other because of the ridiculous things that happened in our childhood? And he and I are brothers after all. I think… he won’t hold a grudge against those things that happened in our childhood, right?”

When Yuan Ji saw that Yuan Shao’s expression seemed a little uneasy, he suddenly became excited.

“Benchu, it’s hard to say. In your impression, Zijia is the kind of person who is broad-minded and doesn’t care too much about the past?”

“Well…”

“As an elder brother, I may not be able to arrange things for my brothers, but Benchu…”

Yuan Ji stood up, came to sit next to Yuan Shao, got close to him, and whispered: “I heard that Doctor Han of the Imperial College who had offended Zijia before was soon disgraced, lost his position, and his school was disbanded. He had to return to his hometown with his family.

After returning home, she was criticized by her tribe members, and she was angry and resentful. Not long after, she died of illness. It was a horrible sight. Now her widow and orphan are struggling to make ends meet. Those who hear about it are sad, and those who see it shed tears. However, a quarrel could make Zijia hate her to this extent, so… ” “Not really, not really!”

Yuan Shao was stunned at first, then he looked away pretending to be indifferent, drank a glass of wine, and said softly: “Brother, it seems not good to say such things between brothers. And today is Zijia’s big day, let’s not say it like this, right?”

Yuan Ji looked at Yuan Shao carefully, and suddenly curled his lips, revealing a hint of contempt.

“Benchu, it was you who brought up this matter. Now that I have an idea, you keep trying to dissuade me. Your words and actions are so inconsistent. What do you want to do?”

When Yuan Ji said this, Yuan Shao realized that his clumsy trick had been exposed.

This is not surprising. Yuan Ji is just mediocre, not a fool.

Of course, Yuan Shao didn’t care about this. He knew that his acting skills were not up to par, but it didn’t matter. What was important was that Yuan Ji’s dissatisfaction with Yuan Feng and Yuan Shu far exceeded his imagination, and he had already developed the idea of fighting with them.

That’s great!
At least, he was sure that Yuan Ji would never watch Yuan Feng pass the supreme power to Yuan Shu, and would never watch Yuan Shu become the final winner.

So Yuan Shao put down his wine glass and smiled embarrassedly.

“My performance was poor and I have offended you, brother. I apologize to you. I hope you will forgive me!”

As he said this, Yuan Shao bowed casually.

Yuan Ji didn’t care and waved his hand.

“Okay, I don’t care about this matter, but, Benchu, are you sincere in what you said?”

“As my brother said, if Zijia takes the throne, will it be a good thing for you and me?”

“Well, in this case, maybe you and I brothers can have a brief discussion.”

Yuan Ji looked at Yuan Shao deeply, and Yuan Shao also looked at Yuan Ji deeply. It seemed that the two brothers had never looked at each other so closely and deeply, and tried to understand each other’s thoughts.

It’s just ironic…

As brothers for more than 20 years, they have always been emotionally indifferent and almost treated each other as strangers and air. It was not until today that they truly felt a little bit of reality.

But the funny thing is that the target they were targeting was another brother.

Yuan Shu certainly didn’t know that his two good brothers had inexplicably joined forces and had the idea of causing trouble. He just wanted to quickly escape from the situation surrounded by big men and left and right, and quickly return to the sweet and soft bridal chamber to be with his wife. This annoying drinking party had already made him extremely helpless.

Despite this, his overly enthusiastic subordinates and officials who tried to curry favor with him kept toasting him glass after glass, buzzing like Indian bees that had smelled the scent of Orege, and it was really embarrassing.

Yuan Shu didn’t know how much he had drunk, but when he felt his head swelling, he knew he was drunk and couldn’t drink any more. If he drank any more, he wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything tonight. So he used the art of urinating and quickly left the bar, leaving the mess to his father and rushing to his final destination.

Du Yue was standing outside the door of the new house. When he saw Yuan Shu jogging towards him, he was overjoyed and couldn’t help but go to greet him.

“General…”

She called out, and Yuan Shu sounded familiar with the voice. He looked carefully and saw it was Du Yue. He stopped in front of her and took a few breaths.

“Xiao Yue, it’s you. That’s great, that’s great. You don’t know, just now that group of drunkards surrounded me, three layers inside and three layers outside, holding cups of wine in front of me, almost pouring them into my mouth. I rushed left and right but couldn’t get out. I almost got drunk. I finally rushed out, but the group of drunkards chased after me. I finally shook them off with great difficulty. I was so tired…”

Listening to Yuan Shu’s voice and feeling his breathing, Du Yue suddenly felt her heart pounding. She hurriedly took out a towel to wipe Yuan Shu’s sweat, carefully wiping away the sweat beads on his forehead.

Seeing her gentle and intimate behavior, Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, then he laughed, holding Du Yue’s hand with one hand and holding Du Yue in his arms with the other.

Du Yue was startled for a moment, and then couldn’t help her joy. Her body softened immediately, her eyes filled with love. Only a trace of rationality remained telling her that this was not the place to have fun with Yuan Shu.

So she raised her other hand and placed it softly on Yuan Shu’s chest, as if she wanted to push Yuan Shu away.

“General…don’t, tonight is your wedding night with your wife…you…you should go find your wife…”

“Of course, Madam will go and look for him.”

Yuan Shu stretched out his hand and lifted Du Yue’s cheek, making her face him. Looking at the girl’s blushing cheeks and dodging eyes, Yuan Shu was extremely happy.

Girls are most beautiful because they are shy.

“Tonight is naturally my wedding night with my wife, but as my wife’s personal maid, you must not forget what you are supposed to do tonight. You are not allowed to leave. If I call you later, you must come in.”

After Yuan Shu finished speaking, Du Yue’s mind suddenly emerged with the scenes in the bathroom yesterday. Thinking of that moment of happiness and joy, her body couldn’t help but tremble, and she almost melted in Yuan Shu’s arms.

“General… your servant…”

Before she could finish her words, Yuan Shu kissed her on the cheek.

“Okay, I’ll go in first, you just wait patiently.”

After saying that, Yuan Shu let go of Du Yue and went straight to the new house. He walked to the door, stood at the door, took a deep breath, pushed the door open and went in, then closed the door again.

Du Yue was still standing there without moving, her eyes wide open, her mind blank, her body still as if wrapped in the fiery heat of Yuan Shu. She felt as if she was still in Yuan Shu’s arms, and was directly defeated by his gentle sneak attack, completely routed.

At that moment, Du Yue knew that he would never be able to escape from Yuan Shu’s control in this life.

Both physically and mentally.

(End of this chapter)