Chapter 704: The decision of the head of the Ye family, a heavy burden
Nangong Wanzhen's flattery made Ye Cheng feel comfortable and full of energy.
When people are in a happy mood, Ye Cheng was excited and immediately made a decision: "Good son, when you return from triumphantly this time, your father will officially pass on the position of the head of the Ye family to you!"
Nangong Wanzhen was happy and looked at each other with her two sons. As long as Ye Guanyuan made contributions, the Ye family would definitely have a title. One of her two sons could inherit the title and the other inherit the position of the head of the Ye family, and she would have no worries about her future.
Ye Guanyuan said firmly: "Dad, my son will not disappoint you!"
The family talked for a while before they left.
Nangong Wanzhen followed Ye Guanyuan back to his room to pack his luggage and said casually: "Apart from those hidden families, the first-class families in the entire Qilan Kingdom are only ours, as well as my parents' family, the Bai family, the Yun family, the Liu family, and the Liu family when the old emperor was still alive. The Ye family was almost the first-class families, and the Nangong family was second to the Bai family. The Liu family was almost unworthy of the name of Liu Changfeng's masterpiece. The Yun family had just been rehabilitated and had no foundation. It was just a false reputation of the first-class families.
But over the years, the Yun family has risen, and no one would have thought that the Yun family would become the leader of the aristocratic family. In addition, the Yun family did not participate in the regime dispute, and was in a semi-retired state and had a transcendent status. If nothing unexpected happens, prosperity will not be a problem for a hundred years. The Liu family has grown stronger because of Mrs. Xianzhen and the head of the Liu family, and has become the second in the first-class aristocratic family. The status of the Bai family has remained unchanged. For ten years, only my parents' family and the Ye family have actually gone downhill.
To be honest, I am not very anxious, but no matter how anxious I am, it will be useless. Such things are fate, so how can I be anxious? I had thought before that, if the Empress Dowager was not at home, would the Ye family become a second-class family?
Fortunately, the heavens are merciful. The emperor has never given up on the Ye family. Husband. As long as you seize this opportunity and return safely, the Ye family will definitely be able to reach a new level. They will not return to their previous status in time, and will also be firmly in the position of a first-class family and cannot be underestimated by others."
In Nangong Wanzhen's view, Yun Kangze and Liu Changfeng can be granted the title of Duke for their meritorious service, and Ye Guanyuan can be!
Ye Guanyuan listened silently to Nangong Wanzhen's muttering, sighed, his eyes becoming more and more firm, "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely return safely after victory. It is my lifelong wish to revitalize the Ye family. I will definitely not disappoint my wife!"
The couple hugged each other and had never spoken for a long time.
That night, when the gate of Suicheng was about to close, a man riding a horse and shouted loudly: "Wait, wait..."
The soldiers guarding the city looked down carefully, and when the person approached, they saw the man's outfit clearly and hurriedly let the man into the city.
This morning they welcomed a person who was dressed up, but they didn't expect that it would be the imperial envoy. Now, even if it was not the imperial envoy, he would definitely have come out of the palace, and they were not able to offend him.
The man rode a horse and asked the direction of the Ye family to the owner of the shop that had not closed on the street, and hurried over.
The concierge did not expect that someone would come to the door so late. After seeing the people's outfits, he was almost frightened and said in a panic: "Please wait, please wait, the younger one will inform the head of the family and the general!"
The man gasped for a while, thought for a while, and shook his head in confusion. He was not an imperial envoy at all!
After a while, all the masters of the Ye family arrived at the front hall. It seemed that the people who came were also confused. Why didn’t the emperor finish the words at once and send two groups of people here?
Thinking of this, everyone didn't say it. Ye Cheng politely greeted the person who came here: "Thank you for a long journey!"
The man paused and frowned and said, "He is polite to the Lord Ye, but his subordinates are not the imperial envoy. They are just sending a letter to the Lord Ye and General Ye for the Empress Dowager."
When everyone heard this, their expressions instantly became extremely serious and serious. The Empress Dowager is now the God of the Ye family, so she naturally has to treat her trust carefully.
The man took out the letter, but the paint on it was still intact, proving that the letter had never been opened after it came out of the palace.
Ye Cheng immediately opened the letter, read it carefully, and handed it over to Ye Guanyuan and the others to circulate it. He said politely with the people who came here: "Sir, please go to the guest room for a rest. The butler will send you hot water and food later."
After sending the people away, the masters of the Ye family sat down one after another, looked at Ye Cheng silently, waiting for him to speak.
"You have read the letter from the Empress Dowager. Now you should know very well what Guan Yuan means to lead troops to the war this time. If he wins, the Ye family will be worry-free in the future. If he loses, the Ye family will be in the position of the Ye family!" Ye Cheng's brow frowned slightly, and his expression was very serious.
Ye Guanyuan stood up and said firmly: "Dad don't worry, even if your son dies, he will not let the Ye family lose his position as a noble family!"
Ye Guanyuan's two sons also stood up and said in unison: "Dad, we also want to go to the battlefield with you and make contributions to the court!"
Before Ye Guanyuan could speak, Ye Cheng said, "You two can't go both of you. It's okay to go one. Take the eldest brother with you. Stay behind the second brother and learn your skills with grandpa!"
Nangong Wanzhen originally wanted to stop her, for fear that something would happen to her son on the battlefield, but when she heard Ye Cheng's words, she immediately shut up and said nothing. It seemed that the head of the family thought was the same as hers. The eldest grandson inherited the illusory position and the second grandson inherited the position of the head of the family. Since this was the case, she naturally could not stop her eldest son's future.
Because of the letter from the Empress Dowager, the burden on the Ye family was heavier.
The next day, the bandits in Shuzhou found that the Ye family soldiers were crazy. When they came to them on the first day, they were still polite and had business. The next day, the more people almost surrounded their hills, and they were all cold-faced, as if they would not agree to go to the battlefield and they would take over their nests.
That attitude forced them to bow to the "evil forces", and they all wanted to curse themselves, but in the end they still blamed them for being obedient. Who made the Ye family's soldiers come to their door and used their wives and children as bargaining chips? It was shameless!
However, in five days, the Ye family raised a thousand troops. These people had gone on a path of no return, either voluntarily or forced to join the military camp, heading towards an unknown future.
In addition to the two thousand Ye family soldiers who were originally stationed in Shuzhou, Ye Guanyuan would have three thousand troops in his hands.
The people he took away were also all the troops in Shuzhou.
Chapter completed!