Dressed as cannon fodder and vowing to kick the heroine’s head off

Several large boxes of account books and receipts were soon brought to Yun Xi.

Yun Xi spread her hands and picked up a few receipts. She looked at them one by one, threw them away, and picked up a few more...

Yang Shanming's heart was in a state of tension, but he heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the Queen had not invited anyone else.

Seeing Yun Xi just glanced at the receipt and threw it away, he secretly sneered in his heart: If you don't understand, then don't pretend! Who doesn't know what level you are at?

If we talk about the minister who is most opposed to Yun Xi becoming the queen, Yang Shanming is definitely one of them.

Yang Shanming had been well-read since childhood and took many exams with great effort before he finally passed.

He took the imperial examination in order to become an official, and the purpose of becoming an official was to bring honor to his family and change his family's status.

When Xiao Chenyi was just appointed as a general, he started to have ideas.

This young man is handsome, has outstanding abilities, and is favored by the emperor, so he has a promising future. The key is that there are no elders in his family. If he goes to propose marriage, the other party will agree 100%.

After his daughter got married, he, the father-in-law, became the only male elder she could rely on, and she would definitely listen to him.

It would be just right for a concubine's daughter to marry such a son-in-law.

It is not possible for a legitimate daughter. She still has to marry a man who has been an official for generations and has a wealthy family.

But before he could open his mouth, he was hit hard: the emperor actually granted a marriage to Xiao Chenyi, and the wife was Shangshu Feng, that village girl who was not recognized by her mother, who had been feeding chickens and ducks and doing rough labor since childhood and could not read a single word!

Yang Shanming was sulking at home for several days because of this.

His wife also complained that he wasn't moving fast enough.

If he had spoken to the emperor earlier, wouldn't the one being granted marriage be his daughter now?

A concubine's daughter cannot compare with the girls from other wealthy families, but compared with Yun Xi, she is far superior!

Such a vulgar woman actually became the general's wife of Xiao Chenyi, whom he had high hopes for. He really wanted to vomit blood!

But he also understood the emperor's thoughts.

Xiao Chenyi is the commander of the army and cannot have anything to do with the princes competing for the throne in the court.

Although Yun Xi is the granddaughter of the Prime Minister and the daughter of the Shangshu, she grew up in the countryside and was despised by her entire family. Everyone in the capital knows it.

The relationship will not be good in the future. Yun Xi fought with her two brothers and has already offended Madam Feng!

In the eyes of the powerful people in the capital, Yun Xi is no different from an orphan!

Although she was later chosen as a disciple by a great scholar, the scholar left after teaching her for not long. He probably thought that she was hopeless and gave up on her.

Moreover, many people in the capital believed that the reason why the great scholar accepted her as his disciple was that Feng Shangshu went to the great scholar to plead for her in order to avoid being accused of being heartless. Feng Shangshu was also a very knowledgeable person at the time, and the great scholar liked him.

Yang Shanming had finally forgotten about the matter, but he didn't expect that things would take a dramatic turn: Xiao Chenyi was actually a prince, the Queen's biological son, and the Emperor's only legitimate son!

This made Yang Shanming even more angry, and his wife scolded him for a month, saying that he had no vision and could not judge people well, and that she should have asked the emperor to marry his daughter long ago.

To Yang Shanming, Yun Xi not only took away his best son-in-law, which greatly reduced the chances of his family's advancement, but also made him restless at home.

When his daughters found out later, they all cried and blamed him for not being able to do anything.

Every time we have a family dinner during the New Year, my wife always complains about it, and my daughters start crying too.

Too annoying.

After great difficulty, Xiao Chenyi went to Shu, and the queen died. He could finally hold his head high for a while.

Being banished to Shu by the emperor, it was obvious that he had no hope of becoming the successor.

Unexpectedly, for some reason, things suddenly turned around!

Xiao Chenyi personally took the imperial edict and went to court to ascend the throne and become emperor!

Even if the imperial edict came from nowhere, so what? They won!

Yang Shanming felt even more regretful and sighed at home every day.

His royal relatives!

Suppose that it was a daughter who married in the past. No matter which daughter it was, as long as she took the position of Xiao Chenyi's wife, the current queen would be either a concubine's daughter or a legitimate daughter. Xiao Chenyi would definitely listen to him, and the queen would definitely be his daughter.

The house was in a mess with crying.

It was like bad news from the sky.

Yang Shanming was so angry that he wanted to curse: I'm not dead yet! Everyone is crying like a funeral spree.

Among the people in the court who were specially invited by Xiao Chenyi to take a concubine, Yang Shanming was naturally one of them.

As long as the emperor holds a beauty contest, his daughter will definitely be eligible to participate.

However, Xiao Chenyi seemed to be under a spell from Yun Xi and refused to agree no matter what.

Yang Shanming regretted even more: If his daughter had married such an obedient son-in-law, wouldn’t she have been led by the nose by him?

After urging for three consecutive days, the emperor still firmly opposed it, but everyone became quiet, which made Yang Shanming very unhappy.

He thought, if the emperor wouldn't listen, then he should just keep talking! He kept talking every day, like brainwashing.

Sooner or later he'll listen.

Otherwise, everyone will protest and force him to hold a beauty contest to choose a concubine!

These ministers are too weak to persevere. They gave up after just three days!

That day, Yang Shanming was walking in the palace, feeling anxious.

Unexpectedly, I heard someone say that the emperor has agreed to the beauty contest!

He was almost knocked down by the pie that fell from the sky!

He staggered on the ground for several steps before he finally steady himself.

He grabbed the eunuch who had just told him the news and said, "Little eunuch, are you telling the truth? Is the emperor really going to hold a beauty pageant?"

"Yes sir!"

The young eunuch was so nervous when he saw that the person who was questioning him was Yang Shanming. He was trembling slightly because of excitement.

Most of the eunuchs in the palace knew Lord Yang from the Imperial Household Department.

Lord Yang was usually high and mighty and awe inspiring, but as his minions, they had no chance to talk to him, and it was even impossible for them to stand next to him.

Today, Lord Yang actually took the initiative to talk to a small and insignificant follower like him. The young eunuch couldn't help but feel shocked and unbelievable.

His eyes widened, his face turned red like a ripe apple, and his body trembled slightly involuntarily.

He stood there awkwardly, his hands clenched into fists, his nails digging deep into his palms to relieve the tension in his heart. His feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and he couldn't move. He looked extremely restrained and uncomfortable.

"Who told you that?" Yang Shanming glanced at the young eunuch, but he didn't pay much attention to his expression, because at the moment he was full of disbelief about the so-called selection of concubines. You know, just yesterday, the emperor strongly opposed this matter in the court! How could he change his mind overnight?

"No... I don't know. Anyway... everyone in the entire palace has already known the news. I think... it should be the emperor who instructed the general manager to issue an order, right?" The young eunuch responded with a trembling voice, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

It was his first time speaking to such a high-ranking official, and he was very scared. If he said a few more words, he felt he would definitely faint.