No matter how white-eyed Miss Wang is, she also knows that the most high-profile thing in the court today is the Shanghai embankment case. Because the case happened in the place of origin of the royal family, from the emperor to the clan, everyone from top to bottom felt very angry, and they only felt that the officials in their hometown did not give them a long face. All those involved in the case did not escape, and all of them were thrown into prison. The relatives of those involved in the case in the DPRK and China have also lost their posts one after another. Fortunately, they can still wait for interrogation at home; Those who are unlucky have already become prisoners.

Wang Shangshu did not have a proud family background, he climbed up from the bottom by virtue of his own ability, and because he was appreciated by the current emperor, since he ascended the throne today, he has also risen with the tide and rose to the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in one breath. Relying on the emperor's appreciation and holding great power, even if the court and the central government laughed at him for being rootless, they didn't dare to offend him.

But once he was questioned, the government and the opposition couldn't find a few people who could pull him. The high-ranking and powerful people are shrewd, and they will not take him lightly against this upstart; And his classmates and peers who have a friendship with him are still struggling in the fourth and fifth grades, what can be done to save him? If Wang Shangshu is really questioned for his crime because of the embankment case, the Wang family will really plummet.

Moreover, after ascending the throne today, the rebuilding of the Shanghai Dam was mentioned, and the Ministry of Industry at that time was Wang Shangshu. Although the dam repair in Shanghai is led by the local government, the Ministry of Industry also has to send people to inspect it. Something happened, can Wang Shangshu excuse himself and say that he didn't know at all? If he is in the know, then there is a suspicion of connivance and collusion; If he didn't find out from the beginning to the end, the local officials in Shanghai colluded with the wealthy family and embezzled the money allocated by the imperial court to build the dam. Then he is not only negligent, but also incompetent. Wang Shangshu can get the emperor's trust, relying on ability. If it is judged that it is incompetent. What future does he have in this life?

Zhao Xiu knew the trick well, and she stared at Miss Wang's face at the moment, with a slight ridicule on her face.

What is there to be proud of? She can now show off her power in the Beijing ladies circle, isn't it just relying on her official position? She still thinks she is proud and has been her Lao Tzu's pig teammate, and she doesn't know it.

Miss Wang could see that the expression on Zhao Xiu's face was not kind at all. She wanted to scold back. But when she thought of what the other party had just said, she couldn't help but panic in her heart. At this time, she couldn't care about scolding. She was anxious to go home and ask her mother and sister-in-law if her father would really be unlucky.

But before leaving, she didn't forget to save some face for herself: "You guys are all nonsense!" It's just jealousy of my family background. My dad will be fine. I don't know as much as you do! He lost his temper at Cao Luo again: "What did you do host?" That's how you greet your guests. If you want to invite me again, I won't come! After saying that, he rushed out the door.

Her girl was originally chatting with other girls in the yard. We had a good chat. Seeing that she was leaving, she threw away the melon seeds in a panic and followed, and she didn't even have time to say goodbye to her companions.

Cao Luo was in a panic and wanted to chase her out, she was the master, so she should have sent people out of the door. But she couldn't leave the guests in the room, and her whole body stiffened and she didn't know what to do.

Miss Liu Er whispered at this time: "Say that you won't come again in the future, as if we are rare." We didn't want her to come for a long time, she insisted on coming. ”

Feng Xiuqin hurriedly pulled her. Miss Liu Er was silent. Miss Liu didn't care at all, but said to Cao Luo with a smile: "Don't take this matter to heart." What kind of temper is Miss Wang? Don't you know? When I heard her say that she loved poetry, I was disgusted by poetry. It's better for her to be gone, so that she won't be able to write poetry for a while, but will trample on what we have done uselessly. ”

Feng Xiuqin looked at her dumbfounded, she couldn't believe that she said such a thing in public.

Miss Jiang Liu snorted and laughed: "This big sister Liu is really an interesting person, and she couldn't be better." Such a person dares to call himself the daughter of a scholarly family? Who doesn't know that her family is a nouveau riche and a rich man? Wearing a red and willow green, wearing a golden hair, it can't be more vulgar, but I'm embarrassed to say that I am elegant. ”

Miss Liu pursed her lips and smiled at her, feeling a little proud in her heart.

Zhao Xiu said to Cao Luo: "She caused trouble first, you don't dare to feel guilty, if your grandmother and mother ask, you just tell them the truth." I'm not afraid to sue people, I'm scolding her today. I've always loved and never been wronged. ”

She also said to the ladies: "The girls may think that I have just said too much, and I shouldn't have pulled Wang Shangshu up for the sake of the quarrel in the boudoir." But I can't swallow this breath in my heart! But anyone who has seen the prosperity of Nanhui in the past and witnessed its tragic state today has no one who does not hate the initiator of the embankment case. Wang Shangshu may just be busy with official business, and he was careless for a while. But the emperor believes in him so much, but he has failed the emperor's trust, can't he help me say a few words to him? If he feels that he is wronged, he might as well cry in front of the emperor and beg the emperor to cure my crimes. ”

Miss Jiang Liu was funny when she heard it, if Wang Shangshu really did this, he wouldn't want to stand up in the court in the future, everyone would laugh at him.

The ladies present, in fact, no one thinks that Zhao Xiu said too much. Miss Wang is certainly annoying, but Zhao Xiu was not a popular and angry person in the circle of ladies in the past. But she is not what she used to be, her good name is affirmed by the Queen Mother, and her brother is now a well-known rookie in the court, and most people are unwilling to offend her for a little thing. And what she said was not unreasonable. They had never seen the tragic situation in the disaster area, but they also knew that more than 8,000 people had lost their lives in the flood when they heard from others. With so many people dead, there will certainly be many officials responsible for this. Wang Shangshu is just an upstart, and everyone has no friendship with him, since he is suspected of negligence, it is reasonable to be punished. Zhao Xiu is just telling the truth, what's wrong?

Thinking like this, everyone put Fang Cai's thoughts behind them, and said with a smile: "Sister Zhao (sister) is right. The culprits of the dam case are so abominable that the officials of the Ministry of Industry who neglected to supervise should also be punished. The emperor is discerning. Never indulge anyone. ”

Someone also kindly reminded Zhao Xiu: "Miss Zhao should be careful, Wang Shangshu is nothing, but his wife is very stingy." Very unreasonable. We hold poetry meetings on weekdays, so why are we willing to call a person who is talentless, immoral and unsociable? Don't call her, she has got the news, and she will come to ask. Mrs. Wang would also send someone to call our mother to question, and if she didn't say a satisfactory word, she would give people a face. His family is in a position of power, and we don't want to offend people. I had to invite her again and again. In fact, the big guy has been annoying her for a long time. "They are a group of famous scholars, but in fact, their father's official position is not very high. Wang Shangshu was not born in a famous family, but the grade was pressed on their heads.

Zhao Xiu just smiled: "I want to see it." How is she going to show my grandmother and me faces. ”

Mrs. Shangshu is the second rank of the order, not more noble than the county duchess. Zhang is a soft person, but he is not called by others to come and go. If Mrs. Wang came to the door by herself. Find an excuse to keep people out. Can she still scream and curse at the door? Which green onion is she? If he dared to play the prestige of Mrs. Shangshu in the Jiannan Hou Mansion, Zhao Xiu dared to instigate his brother Zhao Wei and stir Wang Shangshu into the embankment case. He was trying the case, and it was just a matter of one sentence.

When everyone saw that Zhao Xiu really didn't care, they laughed it off.

At this time, the last member of this poetry club finally arrived. A girl who was already familiar with her greeted her: "Why are you so late?" It's all waiting for you. ”

The girl smiled and said, "I was delayed on the road, and when I arrived at the gate of the general's mansion, I met the one from the Wang family who was leaving." I almost crashed my carriage. What's wrong with her? I went so early. ”

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't say anything. The girl who greeted her whispered, "I'll tell you later." She couldn't help but look surprised.

Miss Liu cleared her throat: "Okay, now that everyone is here, you can start the poetry meeting, right?" Cousin Cao? Cao Luo woke up and hurriedly said, "Yes, everyone come with me, I prepared the poem title yesterday." The ladies followed her to Xinuan Pavilion in twos and threes, and looked at the poem that had been prepared earlier.

The Cao family's plum poetry club, the poems are the same every year, and this year's plan did not exceed everyone's expectations. Everyone thought about it, lit incense, wrote poems, and then gathered together to taste. The process is not much different from the usual poetry meetings, except that there is one less Wang Da girl, but it seems much quieter.

Zhao Xiu didn't have the heart to think about any poems today, so he made a random poem, but it was a work of Zhongping. In the end, when the poems were ranked, she was in the middle, neither outstanding nor disgraced.

Without Fang Renzhu today, the winner is Miss Liu. Miss Jiang Liu and Li Shanwen just followed suit, and praised Miss Liu a few words, which made her very happy.

At the end of the poetry meeting, Cao Fang's sent fragrant tea to be ordered, and the ladies were full of food and drink, and chatted happily, and in the evening, they all returned happy.

On the carriage home, Zhang once asked Zhao Xiu: "I heard that you had a conflict with the daughter of Wang Shangshu's family in the poetry meeting?" What's going on? ”

Zhao Xiu told her the matter briefly, and said with some resentment: "I always hear people say how good Wang Shangshu is." He didn't even teach his own biological daughter well, but he was afraid that no matter how good he was, it was limited. ”

Zhang also felt that Miss Wang was very unpleasant, but her impression of Wang Shangshu was still okay: "How can a man's family interfere in his daughter's upbringing?" Miss Wang told her mother to spoil her. ”

Zhao Xiu sneered: "That's his own daughter, if he knows what his own daughter looks like, and he still hinders men from interfering in the rules of his daughter's upbringing, and doesn't have a lesson, then he won't be smart!" Grandmother, don't persuade me. He is the secretary of the Ministry of Works, so he has no responsibility for the embankment case at all? ”

Zhang sighed: "If the emperor intended to punish him, he would have been punished a long time ago, how could there be no movement so far?" Zeng Shilang received the punishment early, and now he is just guilty of meritorious service, so he stayed in Shanghai for more than a year, and he did not complain. Since the emperor has no such intention, why should you take it to heart? ”

Zhao Xiu pursed her lips, very disapproving.

If it was a normal situation, the emperor would have punished the Ministry of Industry a long time ago. Even if he didn't make an order, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu should automatically take the blame and resign. If it is said to be for disaster relief, there is clearly Zeng Shilang in Shanghai. Wang Shangshu is now sitting peacefully on the throne of Shangshu, is this normal? (To be continued......)