Chapter 244: The Dam Collapses
Jiang Wanxiu's sudden action frightened Ye Xinying and them, and also frightened the people watching the excitement next to them.
Li Ting looked at Jiang Wanxiu in a daze, and a trace of embarrassment crossed her face.
"Jiang Wanxiu!" Ye Xinying roared sharply, wanting to withdraw her hand, but she couldn't break free from her shackles at all.
Jiang Wanxiu suddenly let go, and Ye Xinying took two steps back sharply, almost falling to the ground.
Immediately, Jiang Wanxiu glanced at her coldly, and reached out to help Li Ting up. "Are you alright?"
Li Ting lowered her head and shook her head.
Jiang Wanxiu caught a glimpse of the red mark on her cheek, and cast a cold gaze at Ye Xinying.
"Ye Xinying, do you think the recent days have been too good?"
Hearing this, Ye Xinying gritted her teeth, and was so angry that her whole body was trembling, "Jiang Wanxiu, this is my business with this slut, you go away!" β
In the next second, Jiang Wanxiu stood in front of Li Ting, "What do you have to say, what is it to beat someone?" β
Ye Xinying pointed at Li Ting, "This slut seduces my husband in broad daylight, and I can't beat her?" β
"I didn't!" Li Ting bit her lower lip and stared at Ye Xinying stubbornly.
Immediately, Ye Xinying said aggressively: "I've seen it all, do you think I'm blind?" Didn't you pull and pull Zhang Rong in the lobby? β
Jiang Wanxiu looked at Zhang Rong, Zhang Rong was still afraid of her in the end, and the picture of Zhang Rong being beaten in the restaurant was still vivid.
This will be seen by her, Zhang Rong felt that he was going to be scared to pee, trembled all over, and hid behind Ye Xinying very shamelessly.
"You said Ah Ting seduced you?" Jiang Wanxiu hooked her lips and smiled disdainfully, "You don't pee and take photos, looking at this Kyoto, except for Ye Xinying, who can look up to you?" β
Jiang Wanxiu's words can be regarded as scolding both of them.
Ye Xinying clenched her fists angrily, "Jiang Wanxiu, are you deliberately trying to get along with me?" β
Jiang Wanxiu raised her chin slightly, looking at her angry and depraved look.
"Miss Night...... Oh no, Mrs. Zhang, you should really look in the mirror and look at yourself, the daughter-in-law of the young official's family, but she is like a shrew who sprinkles on the street, not to mention the Zhang family, the face of the night family has been lost by you. β
Ye Xinying suddenly felt embarrassed, stomped her foot angrily, and twisted Zhang Rong's arm.
"Did you just watch her bully me like this?" Zhang Rong smiled awkwardly, and was stunned at Jiang Wanxiu's mocking eyes.
"That...... Miss Jiang, this is all a misunderstanding...... Misunderstand. β
"They all started beating people, and they still misunderstood?" Jiang Wanxiu shook her hand, "Do you want to beat you twice too, and then come to tell you that I misunderstood?" β
Ye Xinying pushed Zhang Rong away with hatred, and said to Jiang Wanxiu: "Jiang Wanxiu, I know that you have a good relationship with Li Ting, but Li Ting must also give me an explanation for today's matter." β
"Ye Xinying, your tutor, your self-cultivation, is it to teach you to do it on the street?"
"Who is Zhang Rong, you know it in your heart, if you can't control your man, don't let him out and bite people."
Jiang Wanxiu glanced at them coldly, and dragged Li Ting away.
In the carriage, Jiang Wanxiu took out the ointment and wiped Li Ting's face, but the cheeks were not too serious, but there were red marks.
"What the hell is going on? How did you end up with those madmen? β
Li Ting held the medicine bottle, bowed her head and said: "My father has not been in good health recently, I originally wanted to go to the teahouse to buy him his favorite pine nut cake, but who knew that I ran into Zhang Rong." β
"Zhang Rong and Nan Li'an have a virtue, today's incident, maybe they already hold a grudge, be careful when you go out in the future, and bring a few more little guys."
Li Ting nodded, "I see." β
"That's right." Remembering what Concubine Wan had mentioned to her before, Jiang Wanxiu said: "At the last birthday banquet of Concubine Wan, Concubine Niangniang asked me to thank you on her behalf. β
Li Ting tugged at the corners of her mouth, coldly pulling her cheeks, and gasped in pain.
She said in a relaxed tone: "It's okay, it wasn't done by Concubine Wan in the first place, and I didn't help much, besides, Concubine Niangniang also sent a lot of thank-you gifts to the Li Mansion." β
"I went to the palace two days ago, and Concubine Wan seems to want to choose you as the fourth princess, let me ask you what you think?"
Hearing this, Li Ting looked at her stunned, and hurriedly waved her hand, "I can't do it." β
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, the four princes are okay, and if he can't be the son of heaven, he is also the prince who dominates one side."
Li Ting lowered her head and tugged at the corner of her clothes, "Wanxiu, you know, I don't care about that, I just ...... Just ......"
"It's a family affair after all, so why bother others?" Since that day she stood up to help Concubine Wan say that sentence and washed away her grievances for Concubine Wan, those ministers who supported the three princes have intentionally or unintentionally excluded her father.
Li Ting can see clearly, she saved Concubine Wan, but she also offended Concubine Yue, and the third prince can make her father unable to survive in the court with a word.
In the past few days, her father's protΓ©gΓ©s have had accidents one after another, and her father has also fallen ill because of this, and his health is getting worse day by day.
Today in the teahouse, she met Zhang Rong, perhaps because her mother rejected Zhang's proposal before she held a grudge, and the Zhang family hit the Li family particularly hard.
Zhang Rong even used this to threaten her, asking her to commit herself to him, otherwise he would let his father pull her father off the horse.
Of course Li Ting disagreed, Zhang Rong was unwilling, so he wanted to come up and pull her, that is, this scene was seen by Ye Xinying.
That day in the Hefeng Building, she didn't plan to say it, but seeing that Jiang Wanxiu tried her best to save Concubine Wan and Nan Liye, Li Ting couldn't be a shrinking turtle.
But she didn't have Jiang Wanxiu's ability in the end, and she could still get out of the situation if she offended Concubine Yue and Concubine Sheng, and the situation in the Li Mansion was getting worse day by day.
"Wan Guifei Niangniang intends to choose you as the fourth princess......"
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, the four princes can still ........."
The moment she turned around, Li Ting couldn't help but think of what Jiang Wanxiu said in the carriage just now.
The Four Princesses...... Li Ting clenched her fists slightly, and her expression showed a hesitation that she had never seen before.
The next day, the Royal Palace.
As soon as the morning bell rang, the heavy door of the Jinluan Hall was opened, and the officials walked in in an orderly manner, watching the old emperor come up, kneeling down and shouting long live.
"Let's be flat." The old emperor's tone was a little tired.
Nan Liye raised his head slightly, and saw that the old emperor's face seemed to be a little yellow, and his eyes were full of bloodshots.
Barely cheering up, the old emperor said, "What is the starting point for today?" β
An official stood up and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister has this to play, a few months ago Cheng Huai'an, the son of Prime Minister Cheng, was ordered to go to the southwest to supervise the construction of the dam, and just the day before yesterday, the dam in the direction of Quzhou suddenly collapsed, fortunately there were no casualties, Quzhou Taishou did not dare to conceal it, and reported it overnight, and the news happened to be obtained by the minister. β
When the words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and almost everyone's eyes fell on Cheng Yuanhao, who was shocked.
The old emperor barely cheered up and asked in a deep voice, "Cheng Yuanhao, what's going on?" β
Cheng Yuanhao was already stunned, and said tremblingly: "Old minister...... The old minister doesn't know! β
Nan Liye hooked his lips and smiled: "Father, according to the ministers, it is estimated that the prime minister's beloved son is heartfelt, and he has concealed this matter. β
"Bang!" The old emperor slammed the fold on the table, and the ministers below were so frightened that they quickly knelt down.
"Aiko's heart?" The old emperor sneered, "My son is sincere, can I make fun of the people of my southern country?" β
Cheng Yuanhao sweated like rain, "Your Majesty, there must be a misunderstanding in this, Huai'an has been conscientious and conscientious, and he treats the dam construction very seriously, it is impossible for such an accident to occur!" β
Nan Liye continued to add to the fire, "Prime Minister Cheng, this southwest dam is related to the survival and safety of the people in the southwest, can you solve it with a misunderstanding?" Fortunately, no one was injured this time, otherwise, I am afraid that your son will be responsible for his death. β
"This ...... I ......" Cheng Yuanhao was sweating profusely, his tongue was knotted, he looked at Nan Rongran pleadingly, Nan Rongran frowned, but did not move.
He knows very well that in this situation, if he says more, he is likely to pull himself into the water.
Seeing this, Nan Liye hooked his lips and smiled, and said, "Father, the son is willing to take someone to Yongzhou to investigate this matter thoroughly." β
The old emperor thought for a moment, nodded, and said: "Okay, I will appoint you as a special envoy of the imperial court, go to Quzhou to check, leave the night, remember, not only Quzhou, but also the dams in other places must be investigated, and similar things must not happen again." β
The dynasty broke up unhappily this morning, and the old emperor looked at Cheng Yuanhao's gaze before leaving, making his legs tremble now.
"The Three Princes." Cheng Yuanhao caught up with Nan Rongran and looked embarrassed: "Third prince, what should I do now?" The emperor ordered the four princes to investigate this matter thoroughly, and he would definitely stumble on Huai'an. β
"The prime minister doesn't have to worry." Nan Rongran said: "This matter has not yet been decided, maybe it is man-made and it is not yet known." β
After a pause, Nan Rongran asked again, "Didn't Huai'an tell you about this?" β
Cheng Yuanhao shook his head, it was precisely because Cheng Huai'an didn't say anything that he made things so bad, otherwise they wouldn't have been prepared at all.
"I'll ask someone to inquire now, and I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."
Nan Rongran had to take care of this matter, the original drawings were drawn by Jiang Wanwen, he offered them, and Cheng Huai'an was responsible for the dam, and this matter really had to be held accountable, and it had nothing to do with him.
Thinking of this, Nan Rongran immediately ordered someone to prepare a carriage and went to Jiang's mansion.
Jiang Chao heard that the third prince was coming, and his heart tightened, as he guessed.
When he heard about the dam, Jiang Chao's heart was half cold, the construction plan of the dam was personally presented to the third prince, and now that something happened, he could not escape the blame.
immediately welcomed the third prince into the study, and Jiang Wanwen was also waiting in the study at this time.
In the study, Jiang Chao accompanied Nan Rongran vigorously, but he didn't know what to do, so he could only hope that Nan Rongran could think of a good countermeasure, although the old emperor was angry with the Prime Minister's Mansion at this time, but maybe one day the spearhead would be pointed at the Jiang family.
Nan Rongran, who had been silent, suddenly looked at Jiang Wanwen and said coldly: "The previous dam building map was drawn by yourself?" β
Hearing this, Jiang Wanwen's eyebrows jumped, her heart beat fast, and she didn't understand how the third prince could ask about this.
"Yes...... Yes, is there anything wrong with the three princes? Jiang Wanwen asked cautiously.
Immediately afterwards, Nan Rongran stared at her eyes and said coldly: "Jiang Wanwen, you'd better not lie to me." β
Hearing this, Jiang Wanwen's face stiffened, "I'...... How could I lie to the third prince, that drawing was really drawn by myself. β
In the next second, Nan Rongran closed her eyes, obviously not wanting to talk to her.
Seeing that Nan Rongran was angry, Jiang Chao hurriedly motioned for Jiang Wanwen to leave the study.
Jiang Wanwen was so worried that Nan Rongran's question made her heart go up and down, and after returning to Wanzhao Pavilion, she hurriedly went to Su Lan to discuss countermeasures.