Chapter 254: Fanning the Fire
Chu Xinyu was named the county lord and soon spread throughout the entire Kyoto City. In addition, she was previously granted marriage to the Marquis of Beiping. Now Chu Xiao returned to Beijing. The Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion instantly rose, and there were endless people coming to congratulate him.
The first person to come to congratulate the Right Minister of the Ministry of War. He and Chu Xiao were classmates, but because the Yuan family came to ask for an explanation for her, Chu Xiao and his wife were called to Anshantang. The third master and the third wife also went together. The housekeeper and the third prince Chu Zhizhang were invited to entertain him. Seeing that Chu Xiao had something to do, the right minister was disappointed. He sat for a while, left the gift and left.
Just now, Changping Hou brought his wife to the door. Chu Xinyu happened to meet him when he saw that the carriage from the palace was coming to pick her up. At that moment, countless thoughts came to her mind, which made her slowly understand something.
When Chu Xinyu saw her, he nodded slightly and entered the carriage.
Zhubo and Lan Yi were sitting in the carriage behind. Zhubo was a little excited. She entered the palace for the first time, but when she saw Mengshi, she was not so beautiful. She lowered the curtains and asked Lan Yi, "Did this Mengshi come to find the eldest lady?"
She doesn't like the Montessor. When she is there several times, the girl was framed by the Yuan family. This time she came to the mansion again. Will the eldest lady be detrimental to the girl again?
Lan Yi said expressionlessly: "She is here to make a relationship."
Now the girl has been named the county lord and the future wife of the Hou of Beiping. Mengshi is a smart man, so how could she not see the pros and cons? Seeing that she came with her husband today, she would know what she was doing.
Zhu Bo lifted up the curtains and saw several luxurious carriages parked in front of the mansion. He curled his lips and said, "These people change their faces very quickly. When the girl was nothing in the past, the door was as cold as water. Now the girl has been named the county lord and is about to marry the Marquis of Peking. These people come to make connections one by one."
"It's not just here to cling to him. I heard that the second master made a contribution in Ningxia. This time he returned to Beijing, the emperor also rewarded him."
In the mansion, although the second master did not inherit the title, his position in the court was higher than that of the Marquis, and the ministers in the court respected him higher than that of the Marquis.
Lan Yi was idle and liked to wander around the mansion. Occasionally, he heard servants talking about his master privately. They said this: If the Marquis’ Mansion of Zhongyi is a country, and the Marquis is the emperor, then the Second Master is the general who has made great contributions. The Marquis’ luck is that he was born earlier than the Second Master. If anyone can occupies it, the title is undoubtedly the Second Master.
She had never seen the Marquis, but since she knew how the girl's biological mother Mei died, she had a bad impression of the Marquis, but now she has fallen to the bottom.
It would be great if the girl was born in the second room. The eldest son, the third son and the third daughter are both good people, and they are good to the girl, and the second wife is the same. With a powerful and capable father like the second master, how could the girl be bullied?
Soon, the carriage entered the palace, but I didn't expect to meet Xu Zhilan and Lin Wan'er here.
At that time, Zhu Bo was carrying a tool bag, and Lan Yi went up to help Chu Xinyu get off the carriage.
Xu Zhilan and Lin Wan'er were helped down from their respective carriages by their maids and happened to meet Chu Xinyu. When they saw her, they were stunned, obviously not expecting to meet her here.
"Miss Chu Wu, you come to the palace too." Xu Zhilan, wearing a golden embroidered cloud dress, took the initiative to come forward to say hello.
"Yinghua, why do you still call him Miss Chu Wu? He is now the Lord of Shengping County." Lin Wan'er smiled and corrected Xu Zhilan, while stepping forward to salute Chu Xinyu and said, "Wan'er has met the Lord of Shengping County."
How could Chu Xinyu not hear the sarcasm in her words? She was not curious about Lin Wan'er and Xu Zhilan entering the palace together. Xu Zhilan was best at disguising and confusing people. Without Princess Jing'an and County Lord Funing, of course, she had to find a substitute, and Lin Wan'er was the substitute.
Since Lin Wan'er wants to be someone else's gunman, why should she meddle in other people's business? Some people will not see the situation clearly without hitting the wall. Besides, she is going to see the queen now, and she will not be as knowledgeable as them.
Because Lin Wan'er was also the county lord, Chu Xinyu returned a greeting to her and said, "Xinyu has something to do, so I won't be with her."
After saying that, he nodded politely to Xu Zhilan, and followed his father-in-law forward, Lan Yi and Zhu Bo followed closely.
Seeing their figures go away, Lin Wan'er sneered, "What's so great? He was named the county lord by the emperor. He was just a title, and he had no fief or fertile land."
When she said this, she forgot that she had no fief. Chu Xinyu was fine, but she had a fiance in the Marquis of Beiping behind her. Soon after, she was the third young lady of Duke Rong's mansion and the Marquis of Beiping. With the achievements of the Marquis of Beiping, she could still save her an imperial decree in the future. She only relied on the little favor of a prince's father and the empress dowager, and her future prospects were not clear.
"We think so, but not those who don't know. People only look at the surface, but who cares about the invisible things?" Xu Zhilan said softly: "I heard that Princess Chu pushed the credit to Chu Xinyu because of the Marquis of Peking. So what if the idea was made by her? Without the assistance of us, could this activity be successful?"
As she said that, she glanced at Lin Wan'er, saw her face sinking, and continued: "Besides, in terms of fundraising rankings, are you worse than her? But she took the good thing away."
In this fundraising event, Lin Wan'er raised money only after Chu Xinyu. Many people said that if Chu Xinyu had not supported the queen, Lin Wan'er would have definitely won the first prize, because yesterday a mysterious man booked a statue of Guanyin Buddha for a high price of 30,000 taels.
Chu Xinyu's paintings are sold for 20,000 taels of silver at the highest price. How can I say that Lin Wan'er's statue is more valuable than Chu Xinyu's self-portrait.
When Lin Wan'er heard this, her hands were tightly packed, and the veins on the back of her hands burst out, and her face looked as ugly as she looked.
Seeing that Lin Wan'er didn't say anything, Xu Zhilan patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "But fortunately, the emperor did not forget our contributions. Although he did not have a title, he also gave us some rewards, a jade Ruyi and some silk and satin. Of course, it is nothing compared to Chu Xinyu's imperial pen inscription."
She didn't pick up any pot. Lin Wan'er's face turned a little better after listening to her first half, but the second half of the words became gloomy.
There are many small things like Yu Ruyi in her warehouse, and silk is even less rare. However, the emperor gave the title of the Lord Chu Xinyu and gave her a unique folding fan with the emperor and empress, which was not as good as gold and silver.
In order to grab the emperor's folding fan, her father lined up for two days but couldn't grab one.
My father once sighed that if he could get the folding fan of the emperor's personal pen, he would be willing to give half of his wealth. It shows how much his father liked it. If she got the imperial pen of the emperor and empress, it would be more needless to say that the Guangzong and the ancestors would be offered to him by his clan members as gods.
Xu Zhilan said this and stopped when she saw that she was ready. She pulled her quickly into the palace. One of them went to the palace to visit the empress dowager, and the other was to meet the appointment of the imperial concubine.
Chapter completed!