Su Yulan was leisurely sipping her ginseng tea when she saw him come in. She snorted coldly, "Did your mother complain to you?"
Qin Minglang had no time to think about that.
"She's just an old woman from the inner quarters, you don't need to pay her any mind. Lan'er, I've been assigned to the Ministry of War as a supervisor."
Su Yulan was greatly surprised.
"How could that be? My mother sent a letter to the imperial concubine in the palace; there's no way she wouldn't help."
Qin Minglang mentioned that Mo Yunhan had interfered.
Su Yulan's expression changed drastically.
"How did you manage to offend that fiend?"
Qin Minglang was also completely confused.
The Ninth Prince was renowned for his prowess. He donned armor and went into battle at the age of thirteen, achieving numerous military exploits.
He once single-handedly slaughtered the guards of ten cities, his spear stained with blood, causing all the surrounding countries to tremble in fear.
Later, he was summoned back to the capital by the retired emperor to participate in government affairs. He was a man of great talent and his policies were very effective.
Everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty knows that the Ninth Prince is both a capable ruler and a powerful strategist.
Yet, this very person was only described as a "demon" by the imperial relatives and nobles; no one dared to mention him more.
He hurriedly explained, "I didn't provoke him, and I don't know why the Ninth Prince is targeting me?"
Su Yulan quickly figured it out.
"It must be Liu Ruzhi! Jiang Qingwan is really capable; she actually managed to seduce the Prefect of Jingzhao. Knowing that you are to have an audience with the Emperor today to receive your title, she managed to coax Liu Ruzhi into passing the word to the Ninth Prince. The Ninth Prince is in charge of military and political affairs; after hearing these false accusations, how can he possibly see the military achievements you risked your life for?"
Qin Minglang gritted his teeth in hatred, and his anxiety grew stronger.
He endured five years of hardship, and this wasn't the result he wanted.
"Can we go see your grandfather now? As long as he can pass a message to the Emperor..."
Su Yulan immediately shook her head.
Her grandfather was the only non-royal prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He accompanied the retired emperor on the battlefield and made great contributions.
It can be said that he helped the retired emperor conquer half of the Zhou dynasty's territory.
He had no sons in his life, but had three daughters.
The youngest daughter entered the palace and is now a favored concubine, ensuring the Su family's power and status remain rock-solid.
Su Yulan's mother was the second daughter. She married a man who was useless and had no say in the Su family. She finally managed to get Su Yulan the title of county princess, but then that incident happened, forcing her to leave the capital for several years.
Now that he's back, he's immediately begging his grandfather for an official position. Wouldn't he be laughed at to death by the eldest son's family?
If I want to return to the Su family with dignity, I must achieve something.
"Minglang, do you know Luo Jiu?"
Qin Minglang thought for a moment, "You mean Master Luo Jiu, the ancestor of all mechanical devices?"
Su Yulan nodded.
"After all, you are a second-rank official, on par with the Vice Minister of War. How could the Emperor possibly let you remain a supervisor indefinitely? The garrison commander of the patrol battalion is crucial to the safety of the capital. If the Emperor were to grant him the position directly, what would others think?" In my opinion, the supervisor position is merely a transitional step. As long as we can persuade Luo Jiu to obtain a few blueprints for weapon modification and achieve great merit, what reason would the Emperor have not to reward us?
Qin Minglang immediately realized that this made sense.
"But I've heard that Luo Jiu is an oddball who doesn't give face to anyone."
Su Yulan, however, disagreed.
“Even the strangest person is still human, and humans have greed. It’s just a few blueprints; we can use money to make him agree. Jiang Qingwan has saved a lot of money, right? This is a good place to use it, and it won’t be a waste for the Qin family to have raised her for so many years.”
...
Jiang Qingwan slept soundly until dawn.
She no longer needed to pay her respects at dawn and dusk, nor did she need to serve the elderly and children; she felt completely at ease.
The medicine I took last night had some effect, but it didn't help much.
It seems that with her current abilities, directly refining pills using her cultivation level won't work; she needs a specially made pill refining furnace.
Lian'er cooked lotus seed and longan porridge, and also steamed shrimp dumplings and glutinous rice lotus root. Seeing that she had woken up, she immediately brought them in.
“Miss, Li Dou said that the earthenware pot used to roast the chicken yesterday cracked, and he wants to get some yellow soil. That stuff can only be found on the riverbank in the eastern suburbs. Why don’t you come with us, Miss? We can catch a few fish to eat.”
She was worried that Jiang Qingwan still couldn't let go of the Qin family, so she deliberately brought up the topic of getting her mind at ease.
Jiang Qingwan had no interest in catching fish.
Moreover, she is afraid of water.
"I have business to attend to today and need to visit someone. You and Li Dou go together and call a carriage for me."
Lian'er quickly replied, "Then I'll stay with you."
"No need."
Jiang Qingwan ate a shrimp dumpling with great relish, in a very good mood.
Luo Jiu has a strange temper; even if Lian'er accompanies her, she still can't get in.
Suddenly remembering something, she turned to Li Dou, who was not far away, and said, "Go and dig up two jars of General's Wine, in the second cellar on the east side."
Lian'er's lips twitched involuntarily.
"Miss, keep digging?"
Jiang Qingwan raised an eyebrow.
"I've already paid the money."
Ten thousand taels of silver can buy so much wine.
As for the 100,000 taels she earned last night, that was purely due to her own abilities; let's keep things separate.
...
A corner of the bustling Mao'an District in Beijing.
Suddenly a scream rang out, mixed with a barrage of curses.
The incident startled passersby on the street, who all turned to look at the Puheng Money Exchange next to it, wondering what had happened to the largest money exchange in Mao'an District.
Before long, Qin Minglang was thrown out of there looking disheveled.
Li Dou's nose, which had not yet healed from being hit, bled again.
He tilted his head back and wiped the money haphazardly, pointing angrily at the inside of the bank and shouting.
"Do you even know who I am? How dare you assault an official of the imperial court? You have a death wish!"
The money shop manager, Zhuang Hao, strode out, a gold belt around his waist and a gold crown on his head, his round face full of disdain.
"You can't even beat my bodyguards? What kind of general are you? State your name!"
Qin Minglang was about to say that he was a second-rank military officer, but he quickly swallowed the words back.
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