The Yin family gained a lot from this trip to the south. Mrs. Yang San and Miss Xu stayed in Hangzhou for another two or three days. After the Gu and Yin families had their formal wedding ceremonies, they set off back to the capital.

Before leaving, Miss Xu held Yu Tang's hand and said reluctantly: "You will definitely not be able to catch up with me when I get married, but I will write to you, and you must reply and can't lose contact with me. If we both get married in the future and our children are of similar ages, we can even have our children become in-laws..."

As soon as she started to say this, Mrs. Yang San glared at her fiercely, pulled her aside, and whispered, "How old are you? You still say such things."

No matter it is the Yin family or the Xu family, it is impossible for them to marry anyone casually, not to mention that Yu Tang doesn't know what kind of family she will marry into.

Miss Xu thought that Mrs. Yang San was worrying unnecessarily, and she refuted Mrs. Yang San with a righteous attitude: "It is precisely because I know what kind of person Miss Yu is that I say this."

Not to mention that Yu Tang is a man who knows when to advance and when to retreat. If she and Yu Tang both have several children, as long as it is not a marriage between the eldest son and the eldest daughter, and they both have good character, there is nothing wrong in becoming in-laws.

Mrs. Yang San has a headache.

The Yin family only had three male offspring by the time of Yin Mingyuan. Needless to say, Yin Hao had three daughters from his first wife, and the only son was born to a concubine. He could neither be brought into the family nor be included in the family tree, let alone inherit the position of the head of the clan. The other son was not only young, but also had paralysis due to poor care of his low fever when he was young. One of his legs was not very good, and it would be difficult for him to get married in the future. Only Yin Mingyuan was not only educated, but also found a daughter-in-law who was well-matched. The Yin family placed all their hopes on this couple, and Miss Xu would naturally represent the Yin family when she got married.

She actually had such an idea. Mrs. Yang San didn't know what to do. She thought she could only go back and discuss it with Mrs. Zhang or Mrs. Li. No matter what, she couldn't let Miss Xu do whatever she wanted like she did when she was at her parents' home.

Yu Tang certainly didn't take Miss Xu's words about marrying her children to heart. In her opinion, it was just Miss Xu's love for her. There were infinite possibilities when the child grew up. Maybe in the eyes of others, her child was not worthy of the child with the blood of Yin and Xu families, but to her, it was her own flesh and blood, a piece of flesh that fell from her body, and she didn't want him or herself to be wronged - if Miss Xu's child had a bad character, she would not want him or her either.

She asked Qingyuan to hand over the prepared earthenware to Ah Fu who was beside Miss Xu, and said to Miss Xu: "Don't worry, if I have the chance, I will definitely come to the capital to see you. If you have the chance to leave the capital, come and see me too."

For example, Yin Mingyuan was later sent to serve as an official in Zhejiang or Jiangsu.

Miss Xu nodded repeatedly, tears streaming down her face, before she waved goodbye to Yu Tang.

Pei Yan, who accompanied Yin Hao to see him off, breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that the troublemaker has left, Yu Tang is free now. Can they find some time to talk to each other?

Who knew that Yin Hao wanted him to accompany him to visit Wang Qibao.

Pei Yan refused of course. He said confidently: "I have retired and will never serve as an official again. I can only help Wang Qibao here. There are still a lot of things waiting for me at home!"

The children of the Pei family will soon be freed from mourning. It is easy to deal with other people, but it is time to start planning for Pei Xuan's resurrection. Yin Hao is clear about everything, but the matter of Sun Gao is not over yet. Gu Chang is now his brother-in-law, and he must help Gu Chang to settle the subsequent matters in order to show the power of the Yin family and make Gu Chang feel that this marriage is worthwhile. Since his cousin is marrying into the Gu family, Gu Chang has to look up to her.

Pei Yan didn't care what happened to the girl from the Yin family. He gave some instructions and took Yu Tang back to Lin'an by boat overnight.

When Yin Hao rushed to the dock, the Pei family's boat had long disappeared.

Pei Yan stood comfortably at the side of the ship, letting Hu Xing order the maids and servants to tidy up the cabin in a mess. He used the excuse that the place to stay had not been arranged yet, and talked with Yu Tang at the bow.

"I left in a hurry," he said politely, but there was no apology in his voice. "But I had to leave. They were all trivial matters. They could have been done without me. With me, it would just be an extra effort. I think we should return to Lin'an as soon as possible. In a few days, it will be midsummer, and we can't plant any fruit trees. We'll have wasted a season's harvest."

He spoke as if he were going to depend on this season's harvest to live.

But Yu Tang was still grateful, after all, they were helping their family.

She smiled and thanked Pei Yan.

Pei Yan told her about the tree planting: "The lecture at Zhaoming Temple has ended, and the teachers should have all returned. The Wu and Song families should no longer be in Lin'an, but I still have to go back to check some accounts. Mr. Yu and Mrs. Yu haven't seen you for a while, and they must miss you.

"I'm thinking, let's each be busy for a day or two, then I'll take Hu Xing and a few experienced fruit farmers to your forest to see what trees are suitable to plant, and then you can go back and discuss it with Master Yu to finalize the matter."

Yu Tang thought that after the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather would gradually get warmer, and the lacquerware shop would be in the off-season, so he could just leave the work to Xia Pinggui. Yu Yuan happened to be free, so he nodded and agreed.

Pei Yan solved the biggest worry in his mind, and he immediately became more cheerful and spoke more casually.

"You've been busy all day. You should have set off tomorrow, but I think it's better to set off at night. Not only will there be fewer people, but you can also take a walk on the deck." He pointed to the trees on both sides of the river, "Look, that's Xixi. The last Zhejiang Provincial Education Commissioner, Chen Min, did not return to his hometown after leaving office in Hangzhou. He built a house in Xixi and called it 'Xixi Thatched Cottage'. He raised more than a dozen red-crowned cranes in the reeds next to it, which were called fairy cranes. Every September, he would open a society here, which was very lively. As a result, he offended the then Prime Minister Yuan Meizhi, and the academy was disbanded. Chen Min was imprisoned and died in prison. The thatched cottage here gradually fell into disrepair. However, the dozen or so red-crowned cranes multiplied and multiplied, and became a hundred or so, becoming a sight in Xixi. It's a pity that it's night now. If it were daytime, you could still see a few of them. If it were autumn, it would be even more spectacular. A hundred or so red-crowned cranes looked up to the sky and cried loudly, shocking the world. When they spread their wings and flew high, they blocked the sun, like clouds covering the sky, a rare sight in Jiangnan. "

Yu Tang felt longing for it after hearing this.

Pei Yan took the opportunity to say, "I'll bring you here to see it next time I have the chance."

Yu Tang was a little hesitant.

She is already quite old, and will most likely get engaged when she returns. She doesn't know if she will have the chance to go out with Pei Yan again in the future.

However, Pei Yan had good intentions. She didn't want to ruin Pei Yan's mood, nor did she want to explain to him. She simply smiled and said "OK", "Then when were Chen Min and Yuan Meizhi related? Why have I never heard of them?"

It must be a big case if it was punishable by imperial decree, but she had never heard anyone in Lin'an talk about it.

Pei Yan smiled and said, "That was all fifty years ago."

He still knows after all this time?

Yu Tang was shocked.

Pei Yan smiled and said, "My father told me these things as stories when I was little. Firstly, it was to let me get familiar with local anecdotes, and secondly, it was to learn from the past and avoid doing stupid things."

He began to tell Yu Tang the story of Chen Min and Yuan Meizhi in detail.

In fact, this is a very simple matter. Chen Min was born into a wealthy family, but his father favored his concubine over his wife. Chen Min suffered a lot when he was young, and even suffered from intellectual impairment due to the secret affairs in the back house. Even so, Chen Min still managed to study. But he was different from ordinary people after all, so he was slow to react to the ways of the world, offended many people, and was unable to be promoted after serving as the Zhejiang Provincial Education Commissioner for fifteen years. Later, he simply began to pursue interests, wanting to shape his style of a scholar in front of others, and set up a school and accepted ten so-called personal disciples.

Yuan Meizhi and Chen Min are in the same field. Contrary to Chen Min, Yuan Meizhi came from a humble background, received a lot of help on his way to study, has a very high emotional intelligence, has a prosperous official career, and has been a junior assistant all the way.

Chen Min was jealous of Yuan Meizhi and organized Jiangnan students to attack Yuan Meizhi several times, winning himself great reputation.

Yuan Meizhi had been holding back until he was competing with another deputy prime minister for the position of prime minister. In order to maintain his reputation as a clean official and get rid of Chen Min, he devised a plan to make Chen Min mistakenly believe that the maritime ban was because the emperor listened to Yuan Meizhi's advice. Under the instigation of students bribed by Yuan Meizhi, Chen Min wrote a ten-thousand-word letter and posted it in front of the eight-character wall of Zhejiang Provincial Government, causing the emperor to suspect the factional struggles in Jiangnan.

Not only was he imprisoned, but almost all the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River were also liquidated.

The Gu family, one of the four major surnames in Jiangnan, was damaged in this catastrophe and gradually declined.

Although Pei Yan's words were humorous and he made a major event that shocked Jiangnan sound like a harmless dispute between neighbors, Yu Tang still frowned and couldn't help but say, "You hurt the enemy by a thousand and you hurt yourself by eight hundred. This Lord Yuan is too cruel. I'm afraid I won't have a good ending in the future."

Pei Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this.

That Lord Yuan certainly did not have a good ending.

He said: "Why don't you say that Chen Min is too much, otherwise Yuan Meizhi wouldn't be so cruel."

"I understand Mr. Yuan's feelings." Yu Tang just felt sympathetic and said, "If it were me, I would not let Chen Min go. It's just that Chen Min's affairs have implicated the Jiangnan families. These families have become victims and will definitely not support him in the future. Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. In this world, you can't rely on just one person."

Pei Yan's eyes lit up even more, and he asked tentatively, "Then what do you think he can do?"

Yu Tang said: "After the incident with Chen Min, he should have appeased the Jiangnan family and let them abandon Chen Min first. He could have taken the opportunity to form an alliance with the Jiangnan family and advance and retreat together. He could also have restrained those so-called disciples of Chen Min to avoid a feud."

Yuan Mei was later murdered by one of Chen Min's disciples.

Pei Yan looked at Yu Tang with a somewhat foolish look.

Yu Tang couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable, and said anxiously: "What's wrong? Is what I said a little ridiculous? I, I just said it casually, I don't know anything about these court affairs. I just think that it's okay to attack and retaliate against others, but it shouldn't involve other people..."