Chapter 62: How to Marry Yan'er (Part 1)

  There's a door, there's a door! Yun Cong seemed to have a feeling in his heart, a feeling that he was about to "enlighten". It was as if something was there but not quite, and the inspiration was clearly at the gate of his mind, yet it still refused to enter. Yun Cong was driven mad by this feeling.

  "All the methods and tactics, ultimately revolve around a single word: 'heart'. Cloud Madam looked at her son and guided him, "You need to know what your enemy wants and what they fear. Think of ways to infinitely expand their fears, making them feel that in order to achieve their goals, they will have to pay a huge price that they are unwilling to pay. As long as someone is human, there must be weaknesses in their heart, and what you need to do is find the weak points in your enemy's heart and strike at them. I think, regarding this point, your master should have taught you many times already."

  "Oh!" Yun Zheng nodded: "Yes, when Master taught me martial arts, he often mentioned this."

  "Many mediocre martial artists can't understand why top-notch masters can often decide the outcome of a fight quickly. It's actually because they are better at finding their opponent's most fatal weakness, and then strike to kill with one blow. So whether it's killing or being killed, it's all just a matter of an instant."

  Yun Cong pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Father Commander leads the army, few guests fight, many masters fight, long in accumulating momentum within, waiting for the enemy's strength to be exhausted and then breaking it with one move. Father Commander just gave me a 'momentum' character, isn't it teaching me to be good at grasping the 'momentum' of the battlefield, changing with the momentum, rather than setting all strategies early on, making things stiff on the battlefield?"

  "Not bad, but not complete either." Yun's wife smiled and said, "Mother can only guide you, after all, it still depends on your own understanding. Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about something that has a direct relationship with you."

  "Oh?" Yun Cong was slightly stunned and said: "Mother, please speak."

  "Zhēng er, mother asks you something, you must answer honestly. This matter is not only related to you, but also has a great connection with the entire Yun family."

  Yun Cong saw his mother's serious expression and knew she wasn't joking, so he also spoke seriously: "Mother, please ask, I will definitely tell you the truth."

  "Well, then I'll ask you, what attitude do you have towards the thirteenth princess?" Cloud Madam's eyes gleamed as she stared straight into Cloud Zhēng's eyes.

  "Yan Er?" Yun Zheng slightly furrowed his brow, somewhat guessing Mother's meaning, but unsure of her intention in asking so directly, and countered with a question: "Mother dear, what do you mean by asking this...?"

  Madam Yun shook her head: "What I mean is unimportant, what's important is your intention towards her."

  "Mother, can you make it clearer? I'm a bit...I don't quite understand what you mean." Yun Zheng scratched his head, he didn't want to give a wrong answer when he hadn't figured out the situation yet.

  Yun Madam saw that he was reluctant to show his attitude, and could only sigh with some helplessness, saying: "According to a reliable source, it has been confirmed that the 13th Princess will be appointed as the Princess of Huai'an after the Lantern Festival."

  Yun Cong suddenly understood, this means asking himself if he is willing to propose to the thirteenth princess for the sake of Huai'an Prefecture's three-tenths tax! He was somewhat annoyed, it's a mutually beneficial thing, why make it like a marriage alliance!

  "What's wrong with that?" Yun Zheng's tone turned slightly harsh: "Unless she wasn't the Princess of Huai'an, I could do whatever I wanted to her. But once she was appointed to such a good place as Huai'an, I had to marry her?"

  Mrs. Yun looked at him with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression, and asked: "Confirmation of the news is just confirmation of the news. If you really like her, as the legitimate son of the Yun family, you naturally have enough qualifications to propose to the emperor. If you don't like her, your father and mother wouldn't sell their own son for some silver coins, would they? What do you say?"

  Yun Cong felt much better after hearing this, and thought for a moment before saying: "Mother, you also know about Yan'er's attitude towards me. However, that day at the Luoyang Poetry Society, I discovered that Gu Xian seemed to have some intentions towards Yan'er as well. The Gu family is also very powerful in the imperial court. Do you think this matter will change?" Now that his mother had made her stance clear, he no longer beat around the bush. Once the 13th Princess's engagement was finalized, there would naturally be aristocratic families coming to propose marriage. However, the Yun family was after all one of the top two powerful families. If the Yun family's eldest son were to propose marriage, those families with average power would naturally choose to give up. But the Gu family was different - they were also one of the eight great families, and not on the same side as the Yun family, so competition was unavoidable.

  "About Gu's family?" Cloud Madam thought for a moment and shook her head: "Gu's family itself has nothing to worry about. Your master once said something very reasonable: in the face of absolute power, all conspiracies are useless. As long as our Cloud family makes it clear that we must have the 13th princess, with the emperor's temperament, he will not offend your father for the sake of Gu's family."

  Yun Cong widened his eyes, speechless, and thought to himself: "What the...? Is this really okay? This isn't matchmaking, it's basically forced marriage! How evil! But... hmm, fine, I admit it, I like it. Sigh, who knew this would sound even more enjoyable than stepping on someone directly?"

  Wait a minute, Yun Zhēn suddenly found that his mother's words were somewhat problematic and hastily asked: "If the Gu family itself is not worth our worry, then... what is worth our worry?"

  "Who else could it be? The crown prince, of course." Madam Yun's words were straightforward this time.

  "Does the Crown Prince have such great power?" Yun Cheng raised an eyebrow, somewhat skeptical: "It seems that even the Crown Prince himself still needs to rely on the Gu House, how much can he add to the Gu House's chips?"

  Mrs. Cloud looked at Yun Zhong with a hint of regret: "Originally, by reason, the Crown Prince should not have been in any great danger, but unfortunately, you got mixed up with the King of Yueyang too early." Seeing Yun Zhong's puzzled expression, Mrs. Cloud explained: "The Fourth Prince has the support of the Cold Family Army, and the Crown Prince has the moral high ground, so they are evenly matched, and in the imperial court, they often have their wins and losses. This way, our Cloud family and the Zhou family can both sit back and watch the turmoil with a smile, because we both have enough chips to sit on the fishing platform. However, this time you got too close to Old Six Lin, and your identity is too special, so by doing this, everyone will think that our Cloud family has already taken a stance and is supporting Old Six. This way, the Zhou family will be forced to make a bet, but they have never gotten along with our Cloud family, so they definitely won't choose Old Six. Then there's only the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince left to choose from, and the Fourth Prince has the backing of the Cold Family, so the Zhou family will definitely not want to cozy up to them. As a result, the Crown Prince will surely gain an advantage and get the support of the Zhou family."

  It's all messed up, it turns out we've made a big mistake! And to think I didn't even know until today! We're in trouble, that stupid crown prince originally had the upper hand, and now with the support of the 150,000-strong army from the Zhou family, he's absolutely unstoppable. This is a complete disaster!

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