After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Chapter 132 I've Been Displeased With It For A Long Time

Although Gong Lan is weak by nature, she has a sense of justice in her heart.

Gao Yi embraced his wife lovingly in his arms.

What more can a husband ask for when his wife is like this?

After Yuan Qing arranged things for Gong Chan, he turned around and went to look for Mu Xiaoxiao and Lou Haiping.

Although the trip to the capital is imminent, we cannot relax in Jiangzhou and Yuzhou either. Everything must be arranged before we can leave with peace of mind.

The two people waiting in the room stood up when they saw her coming.

"master!"

"Qing'er, did something happen?"

Yuan Qing first looked at Lou Haiping and said, "Uncle, I have to leave for Beijing today, so I can't go back to Jiangzhou with you. I hope you can tell my grandparents, aunt, and cousin for me.

When I have some free time, I will go back with my mother to visit her."

Lou Haiping turned around and took out a banknote and a token from his bag, stuffed them all into her hands, and said in a deep voice: "I can't help you with anything else, just take this money, it will definitely be useful on the road.

And this is the token of the Lou Family Business. Whenever you see a shop with the Lou Family logo, go in directly and the manager there will arrange food and accommodation for you."

"I have my own silver, I can't use this, it's too much." Yuan Qing took the token and pushed the banknotes back, "I have plans for Yuzhou, the key is Jiangzhou.

Fang Yue'e's case has not been resolved yet, and the Lou family is still in crisis. I'm afraid they won't give up and will definitely take advantage of Yuzhou's incident to drag the Lou family into trouble again.

Grandfather is old, so this time it's up to you and your second uncle to take care of things. Remember to be careful of the people who handle the business in the mansion, and don't let them take advantage of you."

She turned to Mu Xiaoxiao again and said, "I'll give you a task."

Mu Xiaoxiao knew that this matter was of great importance, so she stood up straight and said, "Master, please give me your orders!"

"I can't go to the auction. Tell the third brother to follow the original plan."

Mu Xiaoxiao was puzzled and asked, "But Yuzhou has made such a big fuss this time, will they still show up?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking about," Yuan Qing said, "but there's no guarantee that they won't do the opposite. As long as there's any sign of that happening, we can't let it go.

besides……"

Mu Xiaoxiao listened attentively.

"There is also Lv Jiankang in the prison. He is stupid and vicious. He has no sense of good and evil. He would bite people to death just to survive.

In order to trap him, I said some things that were unfavorable to the Yuan family. Although it is a small matter, it cannot be taken lightly.

The court's verdict will surely be sent to Jiangzhou soon. Before that, we must shut his mouth and stop him from talking nonsense and ruining my father's reputation."

Mu Xiaoxiao said that once Yuzhou is settled, she will go back to Jiangzhou with the Lou family to deal with these matters.

Next is the arrangement of Yuzhou.

It is not enough for Yuzhou to have An'er alone, he needs a respected person to help him.

Yuan Qing immediately thought of Song Guolao.

Wen Cheng'an was still in the room where he had summoned He Guangcheng before. He was reading the imperial edict over and over again, looking a little bored.

This was the scene Yuan Qing saw when he entered the room.

Wen Cheng'an put down the imperial edict and stood up, and asked her hurriedly: "But what happened?"

"Time is tight. I can't go visit the Song family late at night, so I can only entrust the matter to you." She ruffled Wen Cheng'an's hair, "You took my name and called me mother, but I never fulfilled my responsibilities as a mother. This is my dereliction of duty."

Wen Chengan shook his head, gently grasped Yuan Qing's arm, and said affectionately: "I don't blame my mother. I have important things to do, and I can't let them be missed just for me.

Now that I have been granted a fief by the imperial court and have become a prince, I can now share my mother's worries. This is what I have been looking forward to day and night."

Wen Cheng'an's precocious temperament is inseparable from his situation in the palace. At a young age, he learned to live by reading other people's faces and always carefully tried to please everyone who was nice to him.

The same goes for her.

Yuan Qing sighed softly.

There is no way around it. If we are busy with state affairs, we will have less time to accompany you.

If it was just an ordinary career, she could put it aside a little and spend more time with the child.

But state affairs could not be delayed, and the only thing she could do was to shorten her time in court as much as possible.

When the government is in order and Wen Chengyu no longer needs her, she can then withdraw and spend more time with her family and friends and do what she wants.

"Song Guolao is a senior official of the Yuan Dynasty. Although he seems to be in charge of little, he cares about the country and the people. You can consult him more often if you have any questions." Yuan Qing took the imperial edict from the table, "This time I keep you in Yuzhou because I want you to take root here.

When the imperial court is stable in the future, they will allocate money for reform, agriculture, textiles, shipyards, recruiting sailors, or other things. This will be a difficult and long process, and you may have to stay here for decades. "

Wen Chengan raised his head and looked at her with moist eyes, "How long will it take?"

Yuan Qing knew what he was asking.

She herself couldn't say when she would be able to come back here, as there were too many variables in this matter.

"We can't say this," Yuan Qing held him in his arms, "If we say it, God will deliberately go against us.

But it’s up to us, isn’t it?”

……

Lu Zhao had arrived in Tongzhou two days ago.

Tongzhou is located in the central part of the Yuan Dynasty, adjacent to the capital. Although it is not as large and populous as other prefectures, it is an indispensable transportation fortress.

Tongzhou has a superior geographical location and convenient transportation, and most of the people who come and go are dignitaries.

With these conditions, Tongzhou turned around overnight and became the most economically developed provincial capital besides Beicheng, Jiangzhou and Yuanjing.

At this time, Yuan Qing was standing under the city wall of Tongzhou.

There was a huge portrait hanging on it, and outside the city gate a small group of people were beating gongs and drums, singing in unison: "Don't panic, visitors from afar, the thieves dare not be too rampant. If you want to know who the song refers to, please look at the city gate wall.

Ding li ge dang, ding li ge dang, who is that painted on the wall of the city gate? It is the young man from the Gong family."

Yuan Qing: "..."

Damn, who drew her so ugly!

The other side was still singing: "Speaking of this Gong Jialang, he had a rough life and didn't live long. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, during the Lantern Festival, he unfortunately encountered a tiger or wolf. The tiger and wolf opened their mouths to eat people, and the children were so scared that they kept shouting for their mothers..."

Yuan Qing turned his back, silently took out a sun hat from his bag, put it on his head, and walked into the city with his head lowered.

As she was about to enter the city, she was stopped by a soldier who asked her to take off her hat for identity verification.

Yuan Qing turned his back to the people, with a look of despair on his face.

Unexpectedly, the lyrics seemed to be deliberately trying to get into her ears, with each sentence becoming higher and higher in pitch.

"The young boy has great ambitions. He follows his wise master and becomes a pillar of society. He has caused chaos in the imperial court and the academy, making people hate him. If anyone sees him, go to the Jade Court to claim his reward!"

The soldier gave her a burning look.

It looks like him, but upon closer inspection it doesn't look like him. Why not catch him and collect the reward? Maybe you can get what you want by accident.

Yuan Qing couldn't stand his murderous gaze, so he quickly covered his face again and quickened his pace into the city.

Although she expected Lu Zhao to cause some trouble in Tongzhou, she did not expect that he would set up his forces in this way, which really made her famous in Tongzhou City.

She asked for directions as she walked, and finally found Yao Ting.

On the way here, she deliberately stopped by the blacksmith shop and bought something as a gift for Lu Zhao.

Lu Zhao was lying on his back in the chair with a comfortable smile on his face.

A shadow suddenly fell in front of him. He opened his eyes and saw Yuan Qing standing beside him with a smile.

"Was it your idea to spread my story in that way?" Her voice was full of joy.

"Yes," Lu Zhao took out the portrait he had drawn earlier from his arms and waved it in front of her as if showing off, "I spent a lot of time on this, but they all said that my portrait is not very realistic, and it is difficult to find the person based on it."

After that he even picked it up and looked at it again and again against the light, and said regretfully: "It is so vivid, but I can't find the person anywhere."

Yuan Qing took a furtive glance.

The person in the portrait had hair standing straight on top of his head, his facial lines were square and straight, his eyes were one big and one small, and his mouth was red as if a ferocious beast had just bitten its prey.

The main style is an abstract and horror painting style.

The corners of Yuan Qing's mouth twitched slightly.

Even more outrageous than those hanging on the city walls!

She found it unbearable and didn't want to look at it anymore, but her hands behind her back were itching to move and she could hardly hold back.

But Lu Zhao was still there, saying complacently: "Look, don't they look alike?"

A whistling sound passed quickly past his hand, and Lu Zhao subconsciously dodged to the side.

Looking more closely, I saw that the portrait had been nailed firmly to the wooden table by an axe and was split into two halves.

Yuan Qing took his hand back and said calmly, "I've been annoyed with it for a long time."

Lu Zhao: "..."

If you are unhappy, then be unhappy. This is really scary.

After lying down for a long time, my waist feels a little sore. I twisted it just now and it’s numb and a little painful.

He rubbed his waist, got up, sat on the small couch by the window, and propped up his head to look outside the yard.

"Tongzhou is a complicated place with many people coming and going from various states. It is the best place to spread news."

"That's why you chose to meet in Tongzhou." Yuan Qing also pulled a stool and sat down. "If we leave now, we can enter Beijing tomorrow."

"No hurry," Lu Zhao showed her the imperial edict before leaving Beijing, "I won't say much about this matter, you can figure it out yourself."

Yuan Qing unfolded the imperial edict.

As she expected, there was not a single word on it and the content of the imperial edict was empty.

Wen Chengyu gave them the imperial edict just for show, and the same logic applied to Lu Zhao taking it to Pingjin Prefecture to do his job.

The intention was to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, so that Yuan Qing could act more conveniently, otherwise she might not be able to do so smoothly in Yuzhou.

Now that Wen Chengyu has issued an edict to confer the title of king, he is taking over the affairs of Yuzhou in the name of the court, thereby covering up the real actions and making it difficult for those people to distinguish.

Lu Zhao was ordered by the emperor to investigate the case in Pingjin Prefecture.

He didn't tell anyone what he found out, and no one else knew.

The longer he stayed in Tongzhou, the more he began to see things that he had not seen before.