Chapter 376: Looking for a Backer, Moved

Nanny Feng came in and said, "The fifth young lady is here."

Ji Bolian took a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, then asked, "Why is she here?" His tone was still serious, as if he was somewhat dissatisfied with Ji Qingwu's arrival.

Madam Feng glanced at the old lady and said, "Master, I don't know what brought the Fifth Miss here. She is rarely seen visiting our old lady on weekdays, and she hasn't even come to visit her every morning and evening."

Ji Bolian took a deep breath and said, "I don't know. Just say I don't know. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Thinking about what he would talk to the old lady about later, he said, "Let her go back first."

Madam Ji put down the bowl and said to Father Ji, "Qingwu never wanted to come to my place. It's thanks to you that she can come to my place."

How could Ji Bolian not know that they were trying to find him to complain in a roundabout way?

Seeing that the old lady had almost finished eating, he waved his hand and asked the servants to clear the table.

Ji Bolian said slowly: "Mother, Qingwu is not unwilling to come, but to avoid disaster."

Old Madam Ji, holding the bowl for rinsing her mouth, turned around and looked at him in surprise.

"Brian, what do you mean by that? What trouble has come to me?"

Why doesn’t Ji Qingwu come to Shou’an Hall?

When he first returned home, Ji Bolian only had a vague idea of ​​what was happening at home. After returning, he will investigate carefully and find out what good things the people in the Ji family have done. He now knows clearly.

Ji Bolian said, "Mother, I heard that you showed Qingwu the third son of Li Daxueshi's family. What kind of person is their son? Do you really not know, or are you pretending to be confused?"

Ji Bolian was so angry at the sight of the weirdo with a homosexual tendency that he waited until the old lady finished her meal before showing any signs of it.

Madam Ji slammed the bowl on the table with a bang, and a lot of water spilled out.

"Boss, this is true. I did it, and I admit it."

Madam Ji said calmly, "Are you speaking up for Qingwu? But you have been an official outside for so many years, you don't understand the difficulties of your family. How can the Ji family survive without a backer in the imperial city?"

She sighed several times.

"If there is a better choice, I would not want it. The third son of the Li family is good-looking and has a good character, but his hobbies are different from those of normal men."

The old lady looked at her eldest son's face and said, "I heard that Mrs. Li has been treating him with Chinese medicine. Maybe he will get better."

Ji Bolian said: "Chinese medicine conditioning, mother still believes in this."

"Does the Ji family need a backer, or does mother want to find a backer for herself?"

He has been an official for many years and his words are to the point.

"Because of Chang Yan's imprisonment, the Queen Mother has alienated you and your relationship is no longer as close as before, so you set your sights on Xiao Wu, hoping to marry into the Li family and stabilize your power so that you will not be outdone by the old lady of the Wei family."

When she heard Ji Bolian mention the old woman of the Wei family, Old Lady Ji pounded her chest a few times.

No longer calm, he said bitterly: "What do you mean by my power? Half of my body is buried in the ground. You are stabbing your mother's heart with a knife when you say this."

The old lady wiped her tears and said, "Why am I doing this for myself? It's all for the old and young of the Ji family..."

Ji Bolian was unmoved. He knew too well what his mother was like. She indulged the second wife too much, which led to Ji Changyan growing up crooked and losing his life. It was hard to say that the old lady was not responsible.

Furthermore, what he hates most is crying and making a fuss. No matter whether the person is male or female, young or old, they will just cry and whine instead of being talked to nicely.

Ji Bolian unconsciously displayed his authority.

"You did all this just to make the emperor more afraid of our Ji family, right?!"

This question made Madam Ji's spirit wane instantly, and she held back her tears.

It was no secret that Emperor Wu Su was on guard against the Ji family, and the noble families in Lin'an knew it.

Ji Bolian said: "Over the years, the Empress Dowager of the Cining Palace has been making a lot of trouble. To put it nicely, it is to consolidate the favor of the Ji family. Because she is not the emperor's biological mother, there is always a layer of separation and they are not close enough."

"The Queen Mother and I are from the same mother. How could I not know what she is planning? She wants to seize power in the harem and win over the ministers of the previous dynasty. Not only does my mother follow suit, she also wants to drag Xiaowu into it."

Before, Old Madam Ji and the Queen Mother had done many small things, and the fourth girl Ji Qingyuan was willing to cooperate with them, so Ji Bolian didn't bother to care.

But now, he has reached out to Xiaowu.

Ji Bolian said sternly: "From now on, no one of you is allowed to have any ideas about Xiaowu!"

"I will also go and talk to the Queen Mother in the palace."

After Emperor Wu Su was assassinated, Ji Fangmin did something stupid, and Ji Boyan in the south got the news. Now he hasn't touched the Cining Palace because the emperor is not free yet.

The tears on Madam Ji's face had long dried up, and she asked anxiously, "Boss, have you learned anything from the emperor during your court sessions these past two days?"

"Have you told me how to deal with the Queen Mother? Will it affect the Ji family and you?"

Ji Bolian deliberately frowned and said bitterly, "Few people can guess what the emperor is thinking. No one can predict what will happen in the future."

Not only did it have no impact on him, the emperor even specially recognized his hard work at the morning court and rewarded him with half a year's salary, as well as seafood tribute from Yangcheng.

All the salary was spent on buying beautiful clothes and jewelry for Xiaowu.

Most of the seafood went to Xiaowu's table, and the remaining few small yellow croakers were shared with the old lady.

Ji Qingwu was blocked outside by Nanny Feng.

I could hear the voices inside getting louder and louder, and I could vaguely catch a few words, mixed with my grandmother's crying.

She went to Anjuyuan instead.

She told Mrs. Qiao about the valuable things she had received.

In the morning, Qiao knew what Ji Bo had done, but she turned a blind eye to his behavior because it was not the money used in the mansion.

But he was also shocked that Lord Ji, who had always been stingy and wanted to donate all his wealth to the national treasury, was so generous.

Where a man spends his money, there his heart is.

Qiao felt that this was very suitable for Ji Bolian, and his love for his daughter was above everything else.

She picked up the spices, selected several and threw them into the sachet, and said with a smile, "Your father gave it to you, so just keep it."

Ji Qingwu still felt uneasy and said, "But I heard my grandmother crying and she seemed to be scolded."

Qiao paused while tying the scent bag and asked, "Did you really hear correctly?"

As the eldest in the family, Ji Bolian believed that filial piety was the most important virtue. Considering that his grandfather passed away early and it was not easy for old lady Ji to raise the children, he was patient and accommodating and never lost his temper with his mother.

Ji's father pretended to be deaf and dumb about the old lady's favoritism towards the second wife, and Qiao thought that he would always tolerate the old lady.

Ji Qingwu pursed his lips and said, "I seem to have heard my name..."

Also affectionately call her Xiaowu.