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When he left, it was quiet, and even Princess Rui didn't know, and afterwards he complained to Lin Yan with a broken mouth: "Why didn't you tell me when my father left!" ”

And Lin Yan also stayed there alone for a long time, and after a small half a day, she called Mu Zhi over and said: "This palace writes a letter, you help this palace send it back to the palace, give the letter to the grandmother of this palace, and then send the letter to the banker." ”

Mu Zhi said yes.

After Lin Yan wrote the letter, she added her own small seal, sealed the letter, and handed it to Mu Zhi.

After Mu Zhi left, Lin Yan sat on the couch, and the corners of her mouth slowly curled.

The richest of these Liang is the Xuanguo Mansion, and it would be nice if he could take this opportunity to let the Wu family lose a layer of skin.

Lin Yan called Mu Qing again and explained to her in a low voice.

Mu Qing was a little puzzled, looked at Lin Yan and said, "Niangniang, what are you going to do?" ”

Lin Yan didn't speak, just raised her eyes and chin slightly, and looked in the direction of Zhaoyang Palace.

This time, it depends on whether the Wu family and the Xuanguo Mansion can be fooled.

Mu Qing didn't ask much, lowered his head slightly and said, "The slave understands that the slave will do it according to the mother's instructions." ”

A few days later, the Wu family in Zhaoyang Palace heard that the emperor wanted to build a north-south straight road, but because the court was short of silver, the queen proposed to the emperor the idea of collecting donations from Shangjia, and would take the initiative to persuade the Jiangnan Zhuang family to first offer a million taels of silver.

After hearing the news, Wu frowned and pondered for a while, then called the second prince into the palace, told the second prince what he heard, and then talked to the second prince: "Do you say this news is true or false? The emperor really intends to build a north-south straight road. ”

The older the second prince grew and the prestige in the court grew, the Wu family became more and more accustomed to relying on the second prince's opinion.

The second prince said: "It has always been my father's wish to build a straight road between the north and south, and this thought has been somewhat revealed when he went to court recently. Looking at this news, I am afraid that it may not be groundless. ”

Wu couldn't help but complain, and said: "This emperor is really true, the matter of opening the port is still noisy, and now he wants to build a straight road." Now the household is empty, where does the money come from? ”

The current Hubu Shangshu is Wu's father, Xuanguo Gong, so Wu naturally knows it.

The second prince said again: "The mother concubine will inquire more clearly, if the queen really plans to use the dealer to offer this million taels of silver, then the Wu family must also offer, and act earlier than the dealer and give more." The construction of a straight road is a matter of benefiting the people, and the offering of silver will definitely increase the fame of the Wu family and his sons in the court. The sons and daughters do not occupy the heirs or the elders, and if they want to compete with the prince, they can only work the word 'virtuous' and the hearts of the people. If this matter allows the prince's side to take the lead, it will only make the prince's reputation overwhelm his sons. ”

At that time, the crown prince is both a long and a concubine and has a reputation, how can he, the second prince, still compete with him.

The second prince said again: "The sons and daughters will also go to the grandfather's house to discuss this matter with the grandfather and uncles." If the queen wants to do this, she will definitely go through the Wuguo Mansion and the Zhuang family, and the sons will ask her uncle to pay close attention to the Wuguo Mansion and the Zhuang Second Lord's Mansion outside the palace to see if they have any actions. ”

Wu nodded and said, "You don't have to worry about it in the palace, I will ask someone to inquire about the queen's movements." “

Saying that, she snorted in her heart, the queen wants to use silver to curry favor with the emperor and help the prince earn fame, compared to silver, even the dealer is not as good as the Wu family.

Although the amount of one million taels of silver is not small, the Wu family is not unable to take it out. No, if the dealer offers one million taels, then the Wu family will offer two million taels.

Wu looked at the second prince and became proud in his heart.

Lin Xian pressed her for half her life back then, and finally died, and Lin Xian, a little girl, pressed her again. But so what, Lin Yan has not yet been able to give birth to a son, and Lin Xiansheng's prince is not as good as the son she gave birth to, and now when the second prince is said outside, who does not praise a "virtuous", but the prince, because of the early insult to Wang Jieyu and disobedience to the emperor, now he still has a reputation for being irritable and irritable.

The more Wu looked at his son, the more satisfied he became, shook his arm, and said, "Do a good job, do a few things, let your father take a good look, who is suitable to be the prince." As he spoke, he thought of something and asked, "Last time you persuaded Wang Shoufu to support the opening of the port, the emperor was impressed with you, right?" ”

Wang Shoufu agreed to support the opening of the port, and the second prince has always felt that he agreed quite strangely. Although he looked for Wang Shoufu many times, Wang Shoufu either refused to see him, or invited him in but talked about him left and right, although he was sincere, but he did not feel that Wang Shoufu was persuaded by him again.

Later, Wang Shoufu suddenly expressed his stance and stood in the camp of support, and it was rumored in the DPRK that he persuaded Wang Shoufu, but Wang Shoufu did not deny it, and he also acquiesced in this credit.

The second prince didn't want to talk to the Wu family about this matter, so he arched his hand and said to her: "Mother, the son has to hurry to go to the grandfather's house, and the son will retire first." ”

Only then did the Wu family think that it was better to discuss this matter with the Wu family sooner rather than later, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "Go ahead, discuss it with your grandfather and uncles." ”

As he spoke, he thought of something, and said, "If your grandfather and uncles don't want to give up this large sum of money, you tell your mother, and your mother will persuade them." ”

The second prince did not speak, if he couldn't convince the Wu family, the concubine couldn't convince him even more.

Speaking of which, the Wu family may not be able to love the daughter of the mother concubine very much, and now they still value the mother concubine, but it is just because of him, the second prince, for the interests of the family.

After the second prince left, Wu stood and pondered for a while, and then called Yu Yu and instructed her to inquire carefully about the movements of Changkun Palace.

Then I found out that the queen did send a message to the Zhuang family, and Lin Yan also summoned the second lady Zhuang and said something for a long time in Changkun Palace, which made her more and more convinced of the fact that the queen persuaded the Zhuang family to offer silver.

In August, the DPRK-China discussion on the opening of the port finally reached a boiling state, and at this time, the situation in which the opposition faction and the supporting faction confronted each other finally turned into a voice of support that surpassed the voice of opposition.

As another Chen Ge Lao, who did not open his voice, also expressed his support, and the most strongly opposed Gan Ge Lao angrily surrendered, and after the emperor approved his begging, the opening of the port finally became an ironclad matter.

In mid-August, the patriarch of the Cui family, the father of the crown princess, and the commander of the Bohai Metropolis, Cui Qi, who was guarding the southeast coast, was recalled to Beijing.

The emperor talked with several cabinet ministers and Cui Qi for a whole day in the Qinzheng Palace, and Cui Qi recounted the deployment of Cui's army on the coast, naval drills, and the war with the Japanese in the past few years.

Later, the emperor issued an edict and gave Cui Qi the title of "Marquis of Zhenhai", and ordered the Cui family to continue to guard the southeast coast and fight against the Japanese invaders. (To be continued.) )