Chapter 178: Merriam-Webster's Secret Weapon (1)
Wei Sang lowered his eyes, walked up to the Empress Dowager Wei very steadily, and called in a low voice: "Empress Dowager." ”
Empress Dowager Wei took her hand, looked at her from head to toe silently, and then nodded slightly:
"Yes, if you have time, you might as well come and talk to me often."
Wei Sang blushed slightly: "Yes." ”
Still bowing his head and retreating behind Mrs. Liang Hou, he stood up in a proper manner, not squinting.
Concubine Lu said with a smile: "Yo, this girl is eye-catching, dare to ask how many girls are Mrs. Lianghou?" Or, what room is the girl in Merriam-Webster? ”
Mrs. Liang Hou smiled faintly and bowed slightly: "If you go back to your mother, this girl is fourteenth in the family, because she is young and well-behaved, the elders and brothers and sisters in the family love her, and they are reluctant to let her come out to make trouble."
I want her to stay for two more years and find a good family. Yes, the mother didn't recognize her. ”
Concubine Lu sneered: "I don't understand what Mrs. Liang Hou said, it's good that Fourteen Niang wants to find a good family."
The question is, does it have anything to do with whether I recognize her or not? Could it be that if she had seen me, she would not have found a good family? ”
It's just a matter of finding fault.
It stands to reason that the Lu family and the Wei family just had a disagreement, and the Lu family was a low-key person with his tail between his legs, but Concubine Lu suddenly jumped up to stir up trouble, what was it for?
Zhong Weiwei looked at Concubine Lu quietly, and sure enough, she saw a trace of jealousy from the depths of her eyes.
Could it be that this soft-looking Wessan is difficult to deal with?
Zhong Weiwei looked at Lu Chun again.
Lu Chun was calm and didn't show any undue looks, but he also stared at Wei Sang intently.
Wesan kept her head down, as if what they said had nothing to do with her.
Mrs. Liang Hou smiled, and said neither softly nor hardly: "The concubine doesn't understand what the concubine says, the girl of our Wei family, it is still very easy to find a good family." ”
Concubine Lu's eyes rolled and she said slyly: "Of course, so many elders are concerned, why don't I be a matchmaker for her?" ”
Zhong Weiwei had vaguely guessed the usefulness of this Wei Sang - it was the candidate introduced by Webster to replace Wei Rou's position.
She looked at Wei Sang again, wanting to see how Wei Sang would react to Concubine Lu's proposal.
According to the general situation, ordinary girls are always anxious and worried when they hear that the enemy wants to control the fate of their marriage;
Those who are scheming will remain silent and calm, but they should not have heard.
And this Wesan girl is actually blushing and looking very shy, which makes people feel very pity and cute, and it is difficult to have a bad feeling.
Zhong Weiwei sighed secretly, no wonder Concubine Lu and Concubine Lu Chun were close to the enemy, Wei Sang was probably Wei's hidden killer weapon.
It should have been prepared for Wei Rou's defeat a long time ago, and finally waited until he pushed Wei Sang out immediately.
She imagined wildly, wondering if this shy and lovely Wei Sang girl was the one who took the name of Wei Rou and quietly sent 2,000 gold to the envoy of Fanzhou, and deliberately left the waist card?
If it is, it's a poisonous snake.
Concubine Lu wanted to be a matchmaker, and this time without waiting for Mrs. Liang Hou to refuse, Empress Dowager Wei opened her mouth directly, in a very intimate tone:
"You old immortal! It's okay to make a mess! Don't you see the eldest son of the emperor still sitting here?
Talk nonsense in front of children! I really want to be a matchmaker, you have so many nieces and nephews in your family, you don't do it? ”
Empress Dowager Wei said kindly, but everyone present knew that she was really cursing Concubine Lu for being an old immortal.
Scold the Lu family for meddling in any nosy, or marry the daughter of the Lu family first, or don't be blind.
Concubine Lu sneered, lowered her head and drank tea:
"Also, what the hell am I doing? Wei's daughter, with the Queen Mother and Wei Rou as an example, and Mrs. Liang Hou taking care of her, is it not a trivial matter to marry a good family? ”
Cover your mouth again: "I'm sorry, I forgot not to mention Wei Rou." ”
Mrs. Lianghou's eyes quickly turned red, and she glared at Concubine Lu with hatred with a cannibalistic gaze.
Concubine Lu ignored it, and sighed for a long time: "If you want me to say, Wei Rou, this kid is too anxious, alas, confused, she didn't count if she was confused, and she dragged down others, this is really ......"
Lu Chun stopped her in time: "Niangniang, say a few words, the ...... under this big festival"
Concubine Lu smiled and threw a wink at Zhong Weiwei: "Yes, the bitter master didn't complain, what am I doing blindly with an outsider who watches the excitement?" Isn't it, Zhong Tongshi? ”
Dozens of eyes fell on Zhong Weiwei at the same time, and Zhong Weiwei pretended to be stupid: "Ah? What did the concubine say?
Please forgive me, the eldest son of the emperor did not sleep very well last night, and the lower officials have been taking care of him, and he has hardly closed his eyes, and his mind is in chaos at this time, and he has not heard anything. ”
Immediately, there was a concubine round who was good friends with Zhong Weiwei: "Look at her stupid, I know that she is distracted." ”
Wei Sang raised his eyes, looked at Zhong Weiwei gently and softly, and then smiled at Zhong Weiwei in a friendly manner, faintly understanding her difficulty.
It's still a self-cooked.
Zhong Weiwei also became alert.
Concubine Lu looked at it coldly, showed an inexplicable smile, and got up enchantingly to leave:
"Queen Mother, the concubine is old and cold, and she can't serve in front of you, please forgive me."
Empress Dowager Wei drooped her eyelids, and it took a long time before she said, "Go ahead." ”
When Concubine Lu passed by Zhong Weiwei's side, she stopped, affectionately straightened her hairpin, and said in a low voice:
"Be careful, the Wei family has spent a lot of money. 20,000 acres of high-quality tea plantations, plus the use of thousands of fertile fields south of the Lanyi River to support His Majesty's new tax policy, guess whether Your Majesty will be tempted? ”
Zhong Wei's only face was surprised: "So good?" May I ask Niangniang, how much is the Lu family ready to come up with? Webster is so generous, presumably Master Lu won't be too stingy, right? ”
Concubine Lu did not receive the expected effect and walked away.
Even though she knew that she was provoking, Zhong Weiwei's mood was still inevitably worse.
She knew that Chonghua wanted to implement a new tax policy to encourage people to plant not only tea trees, but also other types of crops.
Sericulture was encouraged south of the Lanyi River, which is suitable for sericulture, in order to reduce the dependence of the country on the tea trade.
But it's not an easy task.
As early as the Yongdi period, the Yongdi was aware of this problem and tried his best to reverse the situation, but encountered many obstacles.
The biggest resistance comes from the wealthy aristocracy.
These wealthy nobles occupy the best and most extensive land in the country of Li, and they are not willing to detract from their own interests at all.
Webster and Lu's are the best of them, and they can't obey to the death.
Emperor Yongdi had nothing to do about it, and the new policy was only implemented for half a year before it came to an end.
He borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, and said to her: "I am an incompetent emperor, and I can only hope for Chonghua." (To be continued.) )