Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 958: Chapter 677: The Silly Yang Wanqing (Part 2)

Qu Changkong rarely let her participate in these matters.

Today, for some unknown reason, Qu Changkong actually called her to the study, which surprised her somewhat.

She looked at the contents of the letter, a puzzled expression on her face.

“Grandfather, what does my elder brother mean by this?”

“He’s going to campaign against Da Liang, why ask us to keep an eye on Yunling Town?”

She was somewhat ignorant of the overall situation, after all, she had previously had little contact with military and political affairs and wasn’t interested in the various disputes of the court.

“Shaogong, you explain!” Qu Changkong did not explain but instead looked at Qu Shaogong.

Qu Shaogong pondered for a moment, “Elder brother wants to compete for power, establish a new dynasty?”

Yang Wanqing was stunned, staring dumbfoundedly at her husband.

“Elder brother wants to become Emperor?”

Qu Shaogong nodded slightly, “That should be correct, if he only wanted to go to the Capital City to serve the Emperor, he should have sent troops long ago; he wouldn’t just now be sending troops!”

“If he only wanted to attack Da Liang, there is no need for us to keep an eye on Yunling Town!”

He looked at Qu Changkong and said, “Just as Grandfather guessed, the Yang family had this plan long ago!”

Yang Wanqing glanced at Qu Shaogong, then at Qu Changkong, unable to recover from the shocking news for the moment.

At this time, Yang Wanqing’s mind was muddled like porridge, simply unable to clarify her thoughts.

Qu Changkong asked, “What are your thoughts?”

Yang Wanqing remained in a daze, Qu Shaogong looked at the Yang Wanqing beside him and smiled, “Grandfather must already have plans in mind, I will follow Grandfather’s orders!”

What thoughts could the Qu family have but to follow the Yang family’s lead.

Although above Qu Shaogong were Grandfather, Second Uncle, and Second Aunt, any matter of the Qu family couldn’t bypass Yang Wanqing. Because Yang Wanqing has many children.

The Qu family had few people, so Qu Changkong naturally hoped for his grandson and granddaughter-in-law to raise more children, and both Qu Shaogong and Yang Wanqing understood this, so these years the young couple had not been idle.

Married for over twenty years, the young couple had altogether raised six children, four sons and two daughters; the eldest son, Qu Chengyuan, is now twenty years old, married two years ago, and had a son this year.

The youngest child, Qu Chengli, is only four years old this year.

Now the Qu family can be considered thriving, and this achievement naturally belongs to Yang Wanqing.

The four sons and two daughters are Yang Wanqing’s foundation in the Qu family, and with so many children around, Qu Changkong had to hold up this granddaughter-in-law highly.

In such circumstances, how could the Qu family sever ties with the Yang family?

Unless Yang Wanqing chooses to abandon her maternal family, but is that possible?

Qu Changkong nodded slightly, “Then let’s proceed this way, arrange for someone to go to Yunling Town, first probe the attitude of the Guo family!”

“What does Grandfather intend?” Qu Shaogong asked.

Qu Changkong chuckled lightly, “Guo Ying is a clever person, he might make the right choice, which would save us trouble.”

Qu Shaogong nodded, “Indeed, I’ll immediately send someone to Yunling Town!”

With that, Qu Shaogong led Yang Wanqing out of the study, Yang Wanqing following closely behind her husband, only coming to her senses once they had returned to their own courtyard.

“Husband!”

“Hmm, what is it?”

Yang Wanqing asked a bit dazed, “If my elder brother becomes Emperor, wouldn’t I be a princess?”

Qu Shaogong couldn’t help but laugh at her naive expression, “You only just realized!”

As they say, ‘pregnant and foolish for three years’, Yang Wanqing had been foolish for three years over and over; she hadn’t finished the last foolish cycle before beginning the next.

As she grew older, she only became more simple-minded.

“But, but, why does elder brother suddenly want to become Emperor?” Yang Wanqing remained unable to wrap her head around it.

Qu Shaogong said, “It’s not sudden; if I’m not mistaken, the Yang family must have planned this long ago, and surely this matter has the support of your grandfather!”

Upon hearing him mention grandfather, Yang Wanqing finally understood, gaining some clarity in her heart.

She knew Yang Zhenshan well, that her grandfather is a calculating person and likes to plan everything in advance, if Yang Zhenshan supports it, then surely it had been planned within the Yang family long ago.

“Will there be danger?” Yang Wanqing grew worried.

She worried for both the Qu family and the Yang family.

Qu Shaogong pondered a moment before saying, “There will certainly be danger, but the chances of success should be large, depending on the Yang family’s strength!”

He wasn’t well-informed about the Yang family’s strength, despite the families being related by marriage, the Yang family had moved to Star Moon Island, and he hadn’t visited the Yang family in over ten years.

As for Chongshan Town, he wasn’t knowledgeable either; the distance was too far, understanding the situation there was troublesome.

But he believed the Yang family must be strong, just uncertain of the specifics.

“Rest assured, I’ll coordinate well with elder brother’s plans, although our Southern Border Town can’t deploy troops to support them, we can respond to elder brother, help keep things stable here.”

Qu Shaogong reassured.

Southern Border Town was currently unable to send troops, but they could keep an eye on Yunling Town; beyond that, there wasn’t really anything they could do.

Of course, the Qu family wouldn’t face issues in protecting themselves.

While the Qu family couldn’t leave Southern Border Town, other forces would also struggle to enter.

After comforting Yang Wanqing, Qu Shaogong returned to his study, wrote a letter, and sent someone to deliver it to the Guo family in Yunling Town.

Southern Border Town and Yunling Town were connected, but in fact, there was a Nanyun Province between the two towns.

Southern Border Town, Yunling Town, plus Nanyun Province, formed a sudden inverted triangle hanging in the southern territory of Da Rong, with only a small southern border connecting the two towns.

If the towns went to war, launching from Nanyun Province was more suitable.

Marquis Wuding Mansion’s Guo family was a notable noble among the Da Rong nobles, compared to the Qu family’s thinner population, the Guo family was just the opposite, with very prosperous numbers.

The Guo family constantly produced talents, especially in the last twenty years, seeing many young talents emerge.

During Emperor Yanping’s reign, Marquis Wuding Mansion’s Guo family and Marquis Hai Ning Mansion’s Li family were the two noble families that re-emerged among Da Rong’s nobility, overshadowing the others like rising stars.

Even the head of Marquis Wuding Mansion, Guo Ying, was superior to Li Chao; Li Chao hadn’t held high court status before becoming an Innate Martial Artist, while Guo Ying had been established in Yunling Town long before achieving Innate status.

Now, Guo family’s talents were flourishing, especially Guo Ying’s legitimate second grandson, Guo Ziqiao.

Guo Ziqiao reached the Postnatal Realm at twenty years old, entered the Martial Arts Pavilion, reached Postnatal Fifth Layer by thirty, and now at forty, was a Half-step Innate.

Even surpassing Li Feihe.

Back then, when Yang Zhenshan was choosing a son-in-law for Yang Wanqing, Li Feihe and Guo Ziqiao were both on his list.

Yang Zhenshan had high hopes for Guo Ziqiao, but Yu Qingyi felt Guo family’s location in Yunling Town was too far from the Capital City, leading to Guo Ziqiao being ruled out.

But oddly enough, Yang Wanqing fancied Qu Shaogong and married far to Southern Border Town, which wasn’t much different than Yunling Town.

Guo Ziqiao was not only talented, he also possessed great capability.

If Qu Shaogong hadn’t benefited from Yang family’s resources, he might not truly rival Guo Ziqiao.

In Yunling Town, Guo Ziqiao looked at two letters, his brows slightly furrowed.

At forty years old, Guo Ziqiao had a commanding presence, exuding an air of authority.

His features were square, with thick eyebrows and large eyes, a straight posture, exuding a natural charisma.

This was one of the reasons Yang Zhenshan had initially valued him, Guo Ziqiao’s physique and appearance matched Yang Zhenshan’s aesthetic standards, embodying a masculine aura.

He held two letters in his hands, one from Qu Shaogong, the other from Chen Hengchang.

Chen Hengchang wanted to win over the Guo family, promising to make Yunling Town a Guo family fief.

Whereas Qu Shaogong didn’t mention such promises, he simply outlined the Yang family’s actions in Chongshan Town, and expressed the Qu family’s inclination towards the Yang family.