bullyxtreme Chapter 274 You are becoming more and more like a little girl
Chapter 274 You are becoming more and more like a little girl
The mother of the current Emperor Longchang is from the Qinghe Cui clan. Although Cui Yushan is from the Cui clan's side branch and not the direct line, because his mother had been kind to the empress dowager, after Emperor Longchang ascended the throne, his mother wrote a letter to the empress dowager, hoping that she would give the child a future.
The imperial envoy originally sent to Mangcheng was not him, but after the Empress Dowager talked to Emperor Longchang, Emperor Longchang temporarily replaced him with Cui Yushan.
The Queen Mother's intention was simple. Cui Yushan was not a direct descendant of the Cui family, but a collateral branch. In the capital, he could not compete with the direct descendants for positions, but it was different outside. Moreover, he was also the cousin of Emperor Longchang, and one of their own. Since the imperial envoy sent to Mangcheng was to stay and monitor Wei Ling, it was always better to use one of their own.
In the eyes of people in the capital, Mangcheng is a cold and bitter place. Proper descendants of the Cui family would never come here. However, Cui Yushan is only from a side branch. If he is sent here, it will be hard, but it is really a good way out. After all, if he can come here, even if he is just a military supervisor, he will be a military supervisor of more than 100,000 troops in the north.
What's more, he is very likely eyeing the position of the prefect of Mangcheng, but I don't know what his imperial edict says.
"Let's go meet him first!" Wei Ling's eyes moved and he smiled evilly.
When Xie Yingfeng saw his evil yet somewhat cold smile, he knew that this guy was up to no good.
"Are you going to pretend to be a bandit again?" Xie Yingfeng's mind moved, and he glanced sideways and whispered.
"Where is he now?" Wei Ling asked.
"The place is not bad. We will arrive at the forest a hundred miles outside Mangcheng tomorrow." Xie Yingfeng said, "If you want to meet him, you have to set off today."
"Okay. I'll make the arrangements. We'll set off tonight, and you help me provide cover." Wei Ling said.
"Okay, don't worry, leave it to me." Xie Yingfeng said.
"Well, you should clean up what needs to be cleaned here, and the governor's mansion should be cleaned up. After all, he is the nephew of the queen mother, so we have to give him some face anyway." Wei Ling stood up and said, "I will go back to the general's mansion once."
"Okay." Xie Yingfeng sent Wei Ling out, and looked at his back as he mounted his horse and left, and couldn't help but touch his chin.
Originally, he was concurrently the governor of Mangcheng. After the previous governor of Mangcheng died, this position had been vacant. The military and political power was controlled by the Black Tiger Army. Logically speaking, if Emperor Longchang wanted to win over Wei Ling, he should not have temporarily taken this position and given it to Cui Yushan.
Even though Cui Yushan was the nephew of the Queen Mother, this place was far away from the Emperor. If Wei Ling really didn't want anyone to share his share, and was a little cruel, Cui Yushan would have died suddenly within two days of arriving in Mangcheng!
Emperor Longchang was not a fool, he would not let his cousin come all the way to die.
His purpose was to have his cousin come over to monitor Wei Ling and take over the iron mine.
Therefore, the position of the governor of Mangcheng should not be touched for the time being!
Wei Ling returned home first.
He sent someone to call Su Jixiang back.
"The people from the imperial court are coming soon." Wei Ling said, "He should be a nail planted by our emperor in Mangcheng. But on the surface, we still have to get along with him. I don't know Cui Yushan's current situation. I just know that he is married. Now he has brought his wife with him. He also got married not long ago, and married the daughter of the Minister of Revenue. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to prepare a feast. You don't need to cook yourself, just give them a show. My wife naturally doesn't need to cook for other people's wives."
"It's okay for me to cook for them myself." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "Don't worry. I know what to do. They just came, and there's no reason for me to please them too much. I understand." She was Wei Ling's wife after all, and Wei Ling was a general of the third rank. Even if Cui Yushan was an imperial envoy, his official rank was not as high as Wei Ling's.
Therefore, Su Jixiang understood Wei Ling's meaning. She only needed to come forward to host the banquet. There was no need to lower her status and personally cook for Cui Yushan and his wife.
"Madam, I have to go out tonight." Wei Ling smiled and hugged Su Jixiang and kissed her, "You should rest early and don't be too tired."
"Go ahead and don't worry about me." Su Jixiang said.
The couple talked for a while, and Wei Ling looked at the sky and set off.
Su Jixiang knew that Wei Ling did not want her to lower her status in front of Cui Yushan's wife. However, she was completely in the dark about the current situation in the court, and she did not know who the daughter of the Minister of Revenue was. But she was easy to get along with.
So she simply asked someone to call Qu Wanning back.
Qu Wanning knew the current Minister of Revenue.
After all, Xie Yingfeng would tell her about things in Dongdu when he came back, for example, who were the current six ministers?
"I roughly know who Cui Yushan's wife is." Qu Wanning thought for a while and said, "I heard from my family that the current Minister of Revenue is the former Cheng Enbo. Cheng Enbo is a title bestowed by grace and can only be inherited for three generations. The current Cheng Enbo is the last generation, so this generation of Cheng Enbo studied very hard, but unfortunately he was not favored by the deposed emperor, so even though he was talented, he could only enter the Hanlin Academy and get a sinecure. It's just that he once wrote an article targeting current ills and was very famous. Because of this article, he was beaten with thirty boards by the deposed emperor and almost lost his title. But the current emperor attaches great importance to his article. After the current emperor ascended the throne, the treasury was empty, so Cheng Enbo was appointed as the new Minister of Revenue."
"It turns out that the impoverished Earl's Mansion has turned things around." Su Jixiang nodded.
"Yes, yes, that's what I mean." Qu Wanning smiled, "I've heard of this Marquis Cheng'en before, and I know that his family thinks highly of themselves. Even though the Marquis Cheng'en Mansion had fallen into decline when the emperor was deposed, the girls in the Marquis Cheng'en Mansion were still quite arrogant. I guess they think highly of themselves as a family of marquis, and have very high standards. I just don't know which girl is marrying this Imperial Envoy Cui. But no matter which girl it is, I'm afraid they are not easy to get along with."
"Who cares? Since they have bigger rules, we'll just follow them. When enemies come, we'll fight them with our soldiers and when water comes, we'll just block it with earth." Su Jixiang shook his head and smiled.
"That being said, we just need to be more attentive in the reception," Qu Wanning said.
"I don't understand, but don't I still have you? This time I have to rely on you!" Su Jixiang took Qu Wanning's hand and acted coquettishly. Qu Wanning was amused by Su Jixiang's appearance.
"I remember when I first met you, you were so powerful. How come you are like a little girl now that you are married?" Qu Wanning said with a smile, "Your General Wei really loves you!"