The Favored Little Peasant Seizes the Heroine's Script!-Chapter 447 - 426: A Difficult Sutra to Recite (Part 2)
As for Yuan Bao’s marriage, Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng were actually not very supportive internally. After all, Yuan Bao had a possibility of marrying a Prince.
In their view, Wei Wushang, the legitimate son of the Wei Family, no matter how you see it, could not compare to a Prince.
Various reasons came together, resulting in Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng’s many dissatisfactions with the couple, Yuan Yindi.
As the saying goes, a three-foot-thick ice does not form in a single day.
The transformation of Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng was actually a gradual accumulation of dissatisfaction.
Over the years, Old Yuan had asked Yuan Yindi more than once to arrange jobs for the grandsons, yet Yuan Yindi never accomplished it.
Repeated requests were met with no response. Did Old Yuan not have his pride?
Old Yuan was unhappy and naturally found opportunities to knock some sense into his youngest son.
As for Yuan Yindi, he wasn’t someone who didn’t value family.
However, a few nephews weren’t capable people. He couldn’t and didn’t dare to agree to his father’s request.
If the nephews were in business, at worst, they would lose money. But if they were to take on positions like clerks or minor officials and bungled things, they would be held accountable.
By then, if he couldn’t protect the nephews, he would still have to shoulder the responsibility.
The officialdom is a battlefield where bloodless battles occur.
Given the inexperienced state of these nephews, once they enter officialdom, it’s certainly like throwing rabbits into a wolf pack.
Yuan Yindi had also considered mentoring a few nephews, letting them start from minor positions, learning and watching to accumulate experience. However, no one took his advice seriously.
The few nephews had little ability, but high ambitions.
There was no help for it because Yuan Yindi entered officialdom with a salary of five hundred stones, then was promoted by Emperor Xia, and held the post of Prefectural Governor of Yanmen County.
In eight years, he had drawn a salary of two thousand stones as a grand official, with a court position just lower than the Prime Minister.
With such a young uncle as an example, if Yuan Shoucheng and the others started too low, wouldn’t it disgrace their young uncle?
Yuan Yindi really didn’t know what was in these nephews’ heads, why they had no self-awareness at all?
In light of the fact that the nephews had ambitions beyond their abilities, Yuan Yindi naturally chose to suppress them.
In any case, it was impossible to walk through his door to advance.
Want to use him as an example? Then learn from him and go recommend yourself at the Recruitment Hall.
With this mindset, Yuan Yindi completely didn’t want to deal with these troublesome matters.
But what he didn’t know was, in Yuan Shoucheng and their minds, the reason Yuan Yindi could start that way wasn’t because of any great abilities, but just because he married a good wife.
In other words, in the minds of Yuan Shoucheng and others, their young uncle was actually living off a woman.
However, they never let slip these words in front of Yuan Yindi.
Though they had ambitions beyond their abilities, they also knew their young uncle was now highly placed and powerful. If he really wanted to deal with them, their parents could only watch.
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When Wei Wushang set off with Yuan Bao from the Wei Family, the grand procession headed straight to the Capital, while Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng sat on their own kang, exchanging sighs.
"Old man, do you really not want to go to Xiao Wu’s house?"
Mrs. Zeng looked at Old Yuan, and she could tell that Old Yuan wanted to go.
Old Yuan raised his eyes to glance at Mrs. Zeng and said, "I am his father!"
"When a father has a bit of a spat with his son, should I, as the father, go make amends first?"
"There’s no such logic in the world!"
Old Yuan indeed wanted to go, but he needed a step to take.
It just so happened that Yuan Yindi was resolute this time and wouldn’t indulge Old Yuan anymore.
Thus, Old Yuan’s thoughts were destined to be sulking here on his own.
Mrs. Zeng looked at the sulking Old Yuan, smiled a little, and said, "Old man, I’ve been thinking about this matter for several days!"
"What?"
Old Yuan looked at Mrs. Zeng, his expression slightly displeased.
"I’ve been thinking how Xiao Wu has always been so filial, how could he suddenly change?"
"Xiao Wu’s wife is also sensible and has never been disrespectful to us because of our status!"
"Tell me, how did our relationship with Xiao Wu and his wife become like this?"
Mrs. Zeng was also reflecting.
"These days, I’ve been wondering, could it be that we didn’t do well enough somewhere?"
"After thinking about it, I feel that maybe we didn’t do well!"
"Where didn’t we do well?"
Old Yuan was not convinced.
Mrs. Zeng chuckled, "Not to mention anything else, let’s just talk about this matter. The one getting married is Jiaojiao. We think Jiaojiao should marry a Prince, but is this truly for Jiaojiao’s good, or for our family’s sake?"
"Is there any difference?"
Old Yuan snorted, "Jiaojiao is the daughter of our Yuan Family. She is the one to change our Yuan Family’s fate. Now, our family is better than before, but we can be even better!"
"Moreover, what kind of noble existence is a Prince?"
"We turned down the Prince’s kindness; do you think there will be good days in the future?"
"No matter how prosperous the Wei Family is, they are still subjects!"
"To be blunt, they are just royal servants!"
"Clearly, we had a chance to become relatives of the royal family, to be the masters!"
Old Yuan didn’t think he was wrong.
Mrs. Zeng listened to Old Yuan’s passionate words, smiled, and said, "Old man, don’t forget, Jiaojiao’s mother-in-law is the Eldest Princess!"
"Xiao Wu’s wife’s grandma is the Eldest Princess!"
"You tell me, our family’s current situation, compared to Xiao Wu marrying a Prince, what is it lacking?"
Mrs. Zeng had also thought about the benefits of Yuan Bao marrying a Prince for their family, but now that things were settled, they should put it behind and look forward.
