As soon as he finished speaking, another black and thin old man immediately echoed: "Yes, the head of the family. If it is profitable to say that Xichuan has a peace talk with the court, it is just a matter of saying that wars in the Central Plains are constantly coming, and people have been living in poverty and starving for thousands of miles. At this time, wouldn't we bring the war into Xichuan?"

"The head of the family, although Xichuan has been stable for decades, who will live enough good life?"

...

Everyone questioned Qingchen.

I turned to look at Qingchen. The candlesticks around the lobby were blown by the wind, and the candlelight swayed, reflected in his eyes. There seemed to be countless lights flashing, but his face was so calm that there was no slight fluctuation in his expression, and he only listened to everyone's words calmly.

After a long time, their voices slowly calmed down, and Qingchen smiled and said, "Have you ever heard that Xishan Academy held a discussion a while ago?"

Someone immediately said, "I know. Nan Zhenyi made this."

"My son also took my two grandchildren over, saying that they wanted to have a long experience. Fortunately, they left early and did not catch up with the fire. Otherwise—"

"Speaking of this, it seems that the young lady has just returned from the academy?"

"Miss is fine?"

I originally made up my mind not to speak easily, so I saw what Qingchen said first, but I didn't expect that they would bring the topic to me so quickly. I smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, I was not hurt. I also participated in that discussion and I just came back for two days."

Tang Yuan said: "I heard that the eldest lady made a lot of witty words in the discussion of the Tao, and the words "stand up and enter the game" made all the students in Shu applaud."

I smiled and said, "The old man praised me."

Another old man with gray hair and seemed to be full of books also said: "I have heard about the matter of Taoism. It is indeed wonderful to say that the eldest lady is standing up and entering the game. Now that the Central Plains is in war, the forces of the two courts in the old and new places are constantly competing for each other. The world is in chaos, and it is actually a matter of time before Xichuan enters the game."

The old man Feng couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Liu Er, I didn't expect that you have such ambitions when you have read the books you have been reading for the rest of your life?"

Mr. Liu smiled faintly and said, "What ambition? It's just that the bamboo fence and thatched hut are willing to do it. You just said that we are all old guys who are half buried in the soil. If we really want to join the game, it's not our turn to go to play guns and sticks. Of course, our children and grandchildren go. I just figured out something. If we really entered the game, what would happen to Xichuan?"

He said, and the eyes hidden under the white eyebrows looked at Qingchen: "What will happen to the head of the family, Yan family?"

This old man hit the nail on the head.

Nan Zhenyi's arguments are all aimed at young people. They have a passion and ambition to take the world as their mission. A saying "stand up and enter the game" is enough to make them make a decision. But these patriarchs are old and the world will change again, which is probably just a passing cloud for them. What they are worried about is what their future fate will be after Xichuan and the court unite.

Qingchen smiled and said, "Actually, these are the contents of peace talks."

“…”

"The Central Plains war is raging and the people are living in poverty. I know all these. If the emperor wants Xichuan to enter the game, he simply wants to increase his weight for victory. Xichuan enters the game, there will naturally be a price for entering the game. I also know that the old patriarchs are all old men of Xichuan. You each have their own territory and their own actions. If you unite with the court after the peace talks, your family will naturally not be unchanged. But how it changes specifically is also the content of the peace talks."

He said, looking around and said solemnly: "At this point, the Yan family will not just act alone."

Tang Yuan looked at him and said, "It is imperative to listen to the tone of the head of the family and to have peace talks."

Yan Qingchen said calmly and solemnly: "To me, yes."

"Since that's the case, please let me say something."

Seeing that Tang Yuan's face became solemn, I couldn't help but clenched my fists and looked at him nervously. Yan Qingchen calmly raised his hand: "Please say."

Tang Yuan slowly stood up and looked at the old man around him who was almost the same age as him, all white-haired and old. Everyone looked at him, as if waiting for him to ask them the most worried question. He took a deep breath and said, "Principal, please forgive me. In fact, although the people here are the patriarchs of each family, we all know that the family business of each family is entirely based on the support of the head and wife of the family back then. None of the people here has been given the favor of the Yan family to be today."

Everyone nodded.

Qingchen frowned tightly and didn't say anything.

Tang Yuan said: "I can also speak out. Xichuan has no court or emperor for decades, because Xichuan has a Yan family and a head of the Yan family. Although we act independently, the head of the family has a destiny. If the Yan family speaks, we dare not refuse to obey. In our eyes, the court is the Yan family, and the head of the family is like the emperor!"

If this sentence is said elsewhere in the Central Plains, it is a serious crime that is enough to behead the head and destroy the nine clans. Even if he says this now, even though everyone has not spoken, they have held their breath, and are obviously very nervous.

But Qingchen was still so calm that he had no expression.

Tang Yuan looked at him and said word by word: "Head of the family, can you really give up on this century-old foundation?"

I also turned my head and looked at Qingchen nervously.

Tang Yuan’s words are actually the questions that have been lingering in my heart these days. Now it seems that it should be the doubts of everyone in Xichuan, but they can’t even ask.

It has reached this point, and someone will always ask.

Qingchen was silent all the time, and at this time he said calmly: "I have never said that I should give in."

Mr. Feng immediately said: "Head of the family, you have never said it, but if Xichuan really negotiated with the court, we all understand what the result will be."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "There is no two days, and the country has no two kings. If Xichuan becomes the territory of the court, can the Yan family still be the Yan family in the past?"

Tang Yuan frowned and said heavily: "Even now, they may be able to agree to any requests under the circumstances. Although we have never seen Pei Yuanhao, we know everything he does. We also know a little about his character. Of course, the eldest lady also knows, how can he allow someone to sleep soundly beside the bed?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at me.

At this time, I was also a little confused. After a while, I was silent before I slowly nodded: "Old Master Tang's words, yes, Pei Yuanhao has never been a tolerant person."

He is not a person who believes in his words.

But I dare not say this easily now.

In fact, I originally thought that Qingchen and I would work hard to convince these old patriarchs tonight, but what I didn’t expect was that they cared about the future of the Yan family and Xichuan than their own clans. This was like those loyal ministers of Pei Yuanhao. Wen died and advised Wu to fight to the death. Civil officials and military generals could abandon their lives for the country and country, and they were also worried about the Yan family.

My thoughts were completely disrupted, and Tang Yuan’s questions were exactly what I had never been able to convince myself.

After the peace talks are successful, where will the Yan family go?

An old saying goes, "Public but selfless is called a saint, and private is called a wise man because of public abolishing private." I, Yan Qingying, is not a saint, and Yan Qingchen cannot be, but what he is doing now does make people misunderstand that he has such a plan.

To put it simply, in Xichuan, they are ministers and the Yan family are the heads; if they are ministers after negotiations with the court, the Yan family can only be ministers, and their interests and status can remain unchanged, but the Yan family has to be changed from a chief to a minister. There are both advantages and disadvantages for them, and for the Yan family, there are disadvantages but no benefits.

The lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister, and the lord is humiliated by the minister, so they cannot let go.

Thinking of this, I also looked at Qingchen.

Qingchen was silent for a long time before slowly saying, "I understand what you mean, and I have considered it in this regard."

Tang Yuan asked urgently: "What is the result of the consideration of the head of the family?"

Qingchen looked at them and said, "I am still willing to negotiate."

“…!”

At this moment, no one in the lobby could speak.

If everyone had said something straight and strikingly before, maybe there was room for discussion in the matter, but Tang Yuan had already made it so clear that Qingchen's choice was still a peace talk.

In other words, he thought it very clearly. Even if the Yan family lost absolute control over Xichuan and fell from the clouds, he would do whatever he could.

I was a little surprised to find that he was actually very urgent about peace talks.

It even reached the point where some interests of the Yan family were sacrificed.

Why can he do this?

I looked at his young, thin face, and his eyes that had always been shining with introverted light. At this moment, there was a light that was not easy to detect in the darkness. I knew that he must have other plans in his heart, but that plan was that no matter what, he could not tell these people.

The crisis facing Nishikawa?

For a moment, everyone had nothing to say. In the atmosphere, Qingchen ordered Aunt Hong to serve the dishes. All kinds of dishes with colors, fragrance and flavor were delivered. She also specially opened a jar of fine wines that had been stored for 30 years. Even so, the old people had no appetite. Everyone reluctantly ate a little, and after they were fooled by the face, they left the table one after another.

I thought this night would be very difficult, and I even showed the spirit of discussing Taoism at Xishan Academy, but I didn't expect that things would end so soon.

Of course, the Yan family's absolute control over those families is also one of the reasons.
Chapter completed!