Chapter 251: The emperor and queen are on the same stage
"I don't know what the eldest lady wants to see?" Luckily, the cabinet asked.
"You help me find out what abnormal behavior the Zhongwu Hou family has, and the grain and grass sent to the northwest have recently gone wrong."
As soon as Lan Wan said, the lucky cabinet immediately understood.
"Okay, Miss, you wait a minute." After the fortunate cabinet finished speaking, he turned around and went out, but after a while, he came in with a box.
It was full of news about the Chungwu Marquis's family.
"Miss, you see, before transporting grain and grass, Xu Anran, the eldest son of the Zhongwu Hou family, had several contacts with the son-in-law of the Zhou family......
"The Zhou family? Which Zhou family? Lan Wan asked, she actually had a judgment in her heart.
"The imperial merchant Zhou Yunhe's family, that is, the former Marquis of Ning Bo." Explanation of the lucky cabinet.
"The grain and grass are huge, and it has only been the end of the New Year, the royal family has consumed a huge amount of money, and the treasury is vacant, so it is the Zhou family who took the lead in donating the grain and grass this time." Fortunately, the cabinet told everything he knew.
Lan Wan nodded.
Since Marquis Ning Bo was stripped of his title and demoted to a concubine, he started to do business, and he became bigger and bigger, and he became the biggest emperor of Hexia as early as a year ago
business, rich and rich.
Although Queen Zhou was demoted to the cold palace, the emperor's affection for her only increased, and the people of the entire court were confused, and they did not dare to provoke the Zhou family.
%, "The Zhou family has such a good heart? Not only did Su Su feel strange, but even Lan Wan had the same doubts in her heart.
"Will the Zhou family be so kind?" Lan Wan also asked herself in her heart.
In the past, Ning Bohou was not a worry-free person, and he could collude with the northwest barbarians for his own selfish desires.
If it weren't for the lack of evidence, she would have exposed Zhou Yunhe's crime a long time ago.
In the past few years, he has vigorously amassed wealth and done good deeds everywhere, but it makes people forget his bad deeds in the past.
However, can a person who is so bad to the bone really change in an instant?
Lan Wan felt that there were a lot of doubts in this!
"Fortunately, the Zhou family and Zhongwuhou are there, keep an eye on it, and if there is anything unusual, let someone report it immediately." Lan Wan commanded.
"Yes, Miss." Fortunately, the cabinet responded respectfully.
"Sister, do you think that this time the incident is related to the Zhou family, haven't they been keeping to themselves for many years?" Susu asked.
"Susu, we can't let go of any possibility. Food and grass are related to the lives of soldiers. Lan Wan said solemnly.
"Lin Xuan only wrote to you at this time, but the grain and grass have already arrived for a month. In a short period of time, the imperial court will not send grain and grass over so quickly, and the time will definitely requisition the grain reserves of the town. It's not yet March, and it's the time to take it over, and I'm afraid that the people and soldiers at the border will suffer! Lan Wan couldn't help but be kind.
It's not that she is a woman who wants to worry about the country and the people, but who made her fall in love with a general who serves the country and the people!
"Sister, what should we do then?" Susu asked.
"Go home first and get the money." Lan Wan said.
In the past few years, with the accumulation of experience in her previous life, she has earned a lot of silver, plus the money she received from Ning Bohou, there are millions of taels.
Moreover, she is not worried about the problem of silver at all, anyway, the old mansion of the Zhou family is in the imperial city, and after she disguises herself, she can come to the door from time to time to blackmail.
"Oh!" Susu nodded.
Lan Wan took Su Su home to get the silver ticket, looking at the box of silver tickets, Su Su only felt: Her sister is a hidden rich woman!
Just this one box has already contained two million taels, but just now she looked at her sister's box, there seemed to be many such boxes!
Sure enough, the rich are very low-key, and she usually doesn't see it!
"Alright, let's rest for a while." After Lan Wan took out the silver ticket, she didn't move.
"What about the silver ticket?" Su Su raised the ticket in his hand.
"Put it there, I've already asked someone to bring a message to Wanwan, she'll come and pick it up later," Lan Wan said.
"So what are we going to do?" Susu asked.
"Wait." Lan Wan said.
To buy grain and grass for an army is not such an official matter, although she has asked her little sister Wanwan to stock up a lot of goods in the past two or three years, but it is not a moment and a half to set off.
And this northwest is far away, and it will take a month to go back and forth at the earliest, and they can also prevent robbers from appearing halfway, all these problems must be prepared before departure!
It's not that she thinks too much, but she deeply remembers in her mind that one year when there was a shortage of grain and grass, the northwest barbarians attacked in, and Guan Ming was hit by a hidden arrow, almost losing his life, and lost three cities one after another.
That is the eternal shame of the undefeated record of the official city!
That time he returned to Beijing, he was decadent for a long time.
Thinking that the man who will always stand up to the sky and the earth, and who is resolute and resolute, will also have a time when he is dying, Lan Wan's calm heart stings slightly!
Since she has been together for the rest of her life, she will definitely be in the rear, solve all her worries, and have a peaceful life with Xia!
Yang Xiaowan didn't return to the house until it was dark in the afternoon.
Over the years, she often walked around in men's clothes, and the Yang family's parents did not agree at first, for fear of danger, and damaged the girl's face, but later, it was Lan Wan's persuasion that the Yang family's parents agreed to Yang Xiaowan's businessman.
Although Yang Xiaowan didn't know what Sister Ah said to her parents, she was grateful to Sister Ah from the bottom of her heart!
It is Sister A, who makes her ordinary life wonderful, no longer confined between the walls, she can wander the world frankly, with her original temperament and talent, instead of relying on her family background and relying on her official appearance to serve others.
Yang Xiaowan came in the twilight, and Lan Wan stood at the door and welcomed her in.
"Sister is waiting for me in the house. When March is warm and cold, don't get caught in the cold. Yang Xiaowan smiled lightly, and there was already a bit of the handsomeness of a son-in-law between her eyebrows.
"Ah, our family Xiao Wan Xiao Gongzi has become more and more elegant and handsome recently, I don't know how many women in the imperial city will be fascinated in the future!"
Xiao Wan is Yang Xiaowan's pseudonym outside, and she only says that she is a cousin of the Yang family.
Seeing her sister like a little adult, Lan Wan couldn't help but think of teasing.
Yang Xiaowan didn't expect that Sister A, who was usually as cold as snow, would joke with herself like this, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but raise proudly.
"That's, I just don't know the young lady of the Yang family's name Lan Wan, can you look at Xiaosheng?" Yang Xiaowan made a childish salute, but her eyes winked mischievously at Lan Wan.
"Miss, little miss, aren't you going in yet?" Dew Drop happened to come back with the freshly baked refreshments, and saw the two of them standing by the door from a distance, so she couldn't help but say something.
Is it more attractive to stand outside and drink the northwest wind than to go inside and eat snacks and hot tea?
As a foodie's dewdrop, I really don't understand!
"Let's go." Lan Wan couldn't help but smile, turned around and called Yang Xiaowan in.
Yokohakaku is still the same as it was three years ago. It's just that there are more precious things in it, and any one of these things is a treasure that everyone must fight for!
However, her sister has no heart to put it down, and sometimes Yang Xiaowan is heartbroken when she sees it!
Seeing that Yang Xiaowan had been staring at a famous painting from the previous dynasty on the wall, Lan Wan said: "If you like it, I will ask the dew to send it to you later, I still have a lot in the box, and I can't hang it." ”
"No need, Sister!" Yang Xiaowan hurriedly waved her hand.
Guan Ming specially gave the paintings to Sister A, but they are a symbol of affection, she took them and hung them, what is the matter?
"Sister, let's get down to business, you sent someone to deliver a message to me in the afternoon, but what's wrong in the northwest?" Yang Xiaowan asked.
"There is a problem with the batch of grain and grass sent to the northwest." Lan Wan said quietly, then picked up the teapot and poured a cup of hot tea by herself.
Recently, the skill of making tea with dewdrops has become good, and Lan Wan is not very hands-on!
"What's the problem?" Yang Xiaowan showed a little sadness on her face.
They have always supervised this grain and grass, and there have been no problems in the past three years, why is there a problem today? Something must be wrong with this!
"One-third of it is bad, it can't support the next batch of grain and grass to arrive, and the emperor has been weak recently, so he can't manage many things." Lan Wan pursed her lips.
The emperor is weak?
She actually knows the reason, it's just that the emperor has always defended the queen, which makes people feel cold!
The holy eye is blinded and willing to fall, and only by letting him taste the pain he has sown can he wake up!
Lan Wan lowered her eyelids, overshadowing her thoughts just now.
She turned around, took out the 20,000 taels of silver tickets she took out during the day, and put them in front of Yang Xiaowan.
"Here are two million taels of silver, you hurry up and see how much grain and grass you can muster, the emperor, I will go into the palace tomorrow to tell you." Lan Wan said. "Sister, two million taels, how much grain and grass do you have to prepare?" Yang Xiaowan was taken aback.
Although she knew that Sister A's private money and dowry were a lot, she really didn't expect that she could easily take out two million taels of silver, she was simply a master of collecting money, and she should learn from her.
"Prepare as much as you can, and you'll be setting off in half a month." Lan Wan said.
"Sister, don't worry, leave this matter to me, and I promise to do it beautifully for you. You just wait to kill the big brother official! Yang Xiaowan exaggeratedly said, and then ran away without mercy holding two million taels of silver tickets.
As soon as Yang Xiaowan left, Lan Wan sat down and wrote a letter to Guan Ming: Tell him that the problem of grain and grass has been solved, and it only needs to last a few days. At the same time, she also blamed Guan Ming for not telling her about it, and she had to send it to Su Su to know the news.
After writing these small things, in the end, she expressed her feelings of longing shallowly.
Just writing down those few shallow thoughts has already made her blushing and her heart beating to the bone.
I thought that distance would generate emotions, but I didn't expect it to become more and more mellow like spirits.
Lan Wan wrote the letter, sealed it, and waited for Dew to send it tomorrow.
On the first and fifteenth day of each month, the Holy Maiden is to serve in the Si Tian Prison.
However, there has been no saint in the Hexia Dynasty for many years, and I don't know what the saint wants to do, plus there are so many people under his hands, the saint has really become a pendulum
Establish.
The next day, but it was only the eighth day of the first month, Lan Wan handed over the waist card to enter the palace.
Fortunately, the chief eunuch came out to greet him in person, and this kind of treatment was seen in the entire imperial city, and few people could enjoy this kind of honor.
"Ouch, my holy lady, why do you think that you are going to enter the palace, it's too late to shirk normally, what's going on today?" Complete and familiar with Lan Wan
Greeting.
"There is something wrong, and my father-in-law came out to greet him." Lan Wan nodded.
The man carrying the sedan chair asked the guards to inspect it, and then carried Lan Wan into the palace.
The saint had a very high treatment in the Hexia Dynasty, not only could she enter and leave the palace freely, but also she could accompany her without having to get off the sedan chair.
"What did the saint say, it's too late for our family to see you happy." Follow the car and lead the way.
"How is the emperor's body today?" Lan Wan asked from the chauffeur.
"I had a little cough in the morning, but I drank the ginseng tea sent by the queen mother." Complete embarrassment to hide the discomfort in his eyes.
"The queen's ginseng tea is really effective, I haven't seen Your Majesty change a variety after drinking it for so long." There is a mystery hidden in Lan Wan's words.
It's just a matter of seeing, whoever has the heart can see it.
"The emperor likes it, and it is naturally inconvenient to say anything as a slave." Quan lowered his head, not daring to look at Lan Wan's eyes.