After the envoys entered Beijing, the news of harmony spread widely, and now the news that the emperor wants to refuse to reconcile has gradually spread, and it has become a topic of conversation among the people after dinner.

"Have you heard? Our emperor suddenly didn't want to make peace with Canglan, and yesterday he sent his father-in-law to the post house to deliver the decree! ”

"Who doesn't know? It's been a day since the news spread, not to mention you and me, now even the suburbs of Beijing know about it! ”

"Then do you know why the emperor suddenly didn't kiss?"

"As far as I know, it seems that there is no princess of the right age in the palace, right?"

"This is just a superficial statement, so that the minister will not lose face too much. Actually, it was because the envoy offended the grandfather of the country, and the emperor was furious when he heard about it and broke a lot of things! In a fit of rage, even the relatives canceled. ”

"Hey, look at what you said, it's as if you saw the emperor angry with your own eyes, it's too exaggerated."

Early in the morning, the people at the tea stall gathered together to discuss things about harmony, talking with noses and eyes, as if they had seen it with their own eyes, and these people had exaggerated tones and high tones, which attracted the attention of Jiang Qiming, who was just passing by.

He raised his eyebrows with interest, told the coachman to stop the carriage, and then lifted the curtain of the window, and his eyes fell on the people who were talking loudly, and listened quietly to their conversation.

Those people still talked about harmony, but they had already canceled the harmony from the emperor and talked about the royal princess, and after a while, these people talked about the national conditions of Canglan again, and several people scolded Fang Xuan, as if they were the king of Canglan.

Jiang Qiming curled the corners of his lips and smiled, and immediately ordered the coachman to leave.

It's just the effort of holding a game, and the situation in Shangjing is changing too quickly.

Just thinking about it, a reminder from his entourage sounded in his ears: "Master, the emperor announced that you entered the palace early in the morning, is it also related to the matter of kissing?" ”

Entourage didn't know, after all, he had been accompanying Jiang Qiming to review the embroidery in the past few days, and he had no time to care about the changes in the situation outside, if he hadn't happened to hear the people at the tea stall talking, he wouldn't know why the emperor called Jiang Qiming.

Jiang Qiming sighed leisurely, "Maybe." ”

The carriage drove all the way to the gate of the palace, and soon, the group arrived at the palace. Jiang Qiming got out of the carriage and followed the guidance of his father-in-law to see the emperor.

It's still early, the emperor hasn't had breakfast yet, and when Jiang Qiming arrived, the emperor had just been served and dressed in the clothes of the early dynasty.

"You've heard about kissing, right?" The emperor sat on the soft collapse, casually ordered Jiang Qiming to sit down too, and asked straight to the point.

Jiang Qiming smiled, "I've been busy with the game these days, and I haven't paid much attention to the trends outside, if I hadn't listened to a few people talking about it when I came this morning, I wouldn't have known about it." ”

As he spoke, he leaned over slightly and approached the emperor, and said in a low voice: "The emperor is really ready to cancel the matter of harmony?" ”

The emperor glanced at him, his eyes fell on Jiang Qiming's body, there was no emotion in a pair of slightly old eyes, these eyes looked at him for a long time, Jiang Qiming didn't think about hiding, he was watched like this.

After a long time, the emperor looked away, sighed and said: "The royal family does not have princesses and county lords of the right age, but Canglan intends to show goodwill, and the envoy's clever words are pressing, and I can't refute it." Now something happened to Mrs. Lu Li, and I happened to use this incident to reject the envoy. ”

"What does this envoy and the duchess have to do with it, how can they make trouble with the emperor?" Jiang Qiming was a little curious.

The emperor didn't bother to say more, but said: "I don't bother to mention some messy things." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Qiming had no choice but to talk about harmony again, "Actually, the emperor didn't want to be reconciled with them, but now it's okay to find an excuse to refuse, and save them from thinking like this." ”

In fact, where is there no princess of the right age in the royal family, but this is the only princess of the right age, the emperor does not want to, and he is not willing to marry in that extremely cold place, otherwise he would not have hesitated for so long.

The emperor didn't respond, but said something else: "How is your competition, who is the top of the list this year?" ”

"This year's top name is Qin Chun, who has been working in the shop of the Duchess Su Xiaoman for the past few years, and has won Su Xiaoman's trust and taught her the entire store. However, this Qin Chun has not lived up to Su Xiaoman's trust, in recent years, Manrou Garment Workshop has become more and more prosperous in Shangjing, and her credit is indispensable. ”

After speaking, Jiang Qiming saw that the emperor was not interested in this, and looked drowsy, and immediately changed the topic.

"If you talk about this year's competition, it's really interesting." Jiang Qiming had a slight smile in his eyes, "Not only did the Duchess of that country come incognito to participate in the competition, but even the youngest daughter of Wang Chen, the secretary of Dali Temple, also came." ”

"Wang Chen?" The emperor really became interested, he frowned, "Wang Chen has always been strict in governing the family, how could he allow his daughter to show up to participate in the competition, are you sure she is indeed Wang Chen's daughter?" ”

A Beijing embroidery girl participates in the competition, what is Wang Chen's child going to do, is it possible that he really wants to go to the store to make clothes for others?

Jiang Qiming smiled when he heard this, and responded: "Yes, it is indeed her, and the results she has achieved are not bad, just behind the Duchess Su Xiaoman, the fourth place." ”

The emperor was even more surprised when he heard it, he had also heard of Wang Chen's stubbornness as a little daughter, and now she had achieved such good results, it was unbelievable. He couldn't help asking, "Are you sure it's her own embroidery?" Didn't you find someone to take the test for you? ”

As soon as he heard this, the smile in Jiang Qiming's eyes was even worse, thinking of what Wang Youhe did in the last game, it seems that the emperor still knows something about the children of the courtiers, otherwise he would not have asked such a thing.

However, this competition has a strict censorship system, and every game is proctored, and if you want to cheat, the feasibility is basically zero.

"The emperor can rest assured, this daughter of the Wang Chen family still has some skills, although she is arrogant and arrogant, but she is also a talent after all." Jiang Qiming said.

The emperor answered, but he did not speak, he leaned on the soft collapse, his eyes were half-open, and the hand on his knee was also drooping, and he seemed to be a little tired.

The emperor is getting older and older, and he used to be able to make batches and see ministers all night, but now he hasn't even gone to the early court, and he is already tired like this.

It seems that it won't be long before the emperor should let the crown prince supervise the country and take care of the government.

Jiang Qiming sighed secretly in his heart, and called the emperor softly, but the emperor didn't respond, just waved his hand, signaling that he could leave.

He saluted and left the palace.

The emperor didn't want to say what kind of conflict Xiaoman had with the envoys, Jiang Qiming was curious, so after leaving the palace, he specially instructed the coachman: "Don't go home yet, go to Lufu." ”

The coachman turned his horse's head and drove the carriage towards the street in Lufu.

When Holley came to him before, in order to excuse himself and give Xiaoman a chance, he recommended Manrou Ready-to-Wear Workshop to Holley, and during Xiaoman's competition, he specially asked Holley to watch the game, so as to facilitate this contract as soon as possible.

He thought that he could hear the news of the cooperation between the two after the game, but he didn't expect that now it would be in front of the emperor, making the emperor angry and canceling the relationship.

"My lord, the Lu Mansion has arrived."

The coachman's voice pulled Jiang Qiming's thoughts back, he answered, got out of the carriage with the support of his entourage, and after passing through the small servant, he smoothly entered the inner courtyard.

Xiao Man and Lu Liben were preparing for the competition in the study, but as soon as they heard that Jiang Qiming was coming, Xiao Man hurriedly put down his pen and came out to greet him, and Lu Li also followed closely behind, waiting at the gate of the inner courtyard.

After all, they still have to ask Jiang Qiming about the specific things of the competition, and they don't want to entertain them at this time.

"Lord Jiang, long time no see." Xiaoman stepped forward and greeted him with a smile.

Lu Li also followed, "Master Jiang." ”

Jiang Qiming smiled, "Long time no see, Duke Guo, Mrs. Guogong." ”

The three of them talked and entered the house, and after a few greetings, Jiang Qiming asked casually: "I heard that the emperor has canceled the matter of harmony, and according to the rumors of the people, this matter is still related to your husband and wife, what, what has happened in the past few days?" ”

Although the other party pretended to ask casually, Xiao Man and Lu Lizhong knew that Jiang Qiming must have heard something, otherwise they would not have come to the door to ask about it.

However, the matter of the contract was the fault of the envoy, and Xiaoman had nothing to hide, so he told the other party the truth of the matter word for word.

"I see." Jiang Qiming nodded thoughtfully.

No wonder although this matter was in front of the emperor, but his old man was only angry, but he was not angry with Lu Li and Xiaoman, it turned out that Lu Li had already sensed the emperor's thoughts, and deliberately used this incident as a fuse, so that the emperor could come down from this step and completely cancel the peace between the two countries.

Thinking of these, Jiang Qiming couldn't help but admire Lu Li and his wife even more, it seems that the success of Manrou Garment Workshop is not only due to Xiaoman's contributions, but also to these people standing behind her, who have also paid a lot.

Looking at Jiang Qiming's nodding and thinking, Xiao Man looked sideways at Lu Li, and after getting the other party's affirmative look, she spoke carefully: "Master Jiang, do you have time today?" I have something I want to ask you about. ”

"What's the matter?" Jiang Qiming asked.

"You've done a great job this time, so I want to ...... I would like to ask you some questions about hosting competitions, I wonder if you have time to help me answer them? Xiao Man said humbly, his eyes full of expectation.

If she can get Jiang Qiming's guidance, then the manpower and material resources required for this competition can definitely get twice the result with half the effort, and her self-confidence will increase a lot.

Hearing this, Jiang Qiming was a little surprised, and said in surprise: "Competition? Do you want to run a competition? When? ”