"Although they are Imperial Guard cavalry, their main role is to provide protection. The adults will travel by carriage, so the journey will not be very fast; it will take at least twelve days."
"The Qiao family in the capital might try to win over officials in the prefectures, especially Yuezhou, to bolster their influence."
This reminded Qiao Lian'er that she needed to make a trip to Yuezhou.
She should be the one to win over the state government.
My maternal grandfather, Prefect Wei, and other officials who had connections with him.
She made these people believe that she was the one who produced those formation diagrams, that the credit was hers, and thus gained the upper hand.
By then, the Qiao family's influence in the capital will be sufficient, and they won't be able to cause any more trouble.
She believed that Pei Zhujin wouldn't say such a thing without reason; he must have heard something.
"Miss Qiao, don't you want to know what reward the Emperor has given you?" Pei Zhujin asked, seeing that Qiao Lian'er seemed to be ending the conversation.
Qiao Lian'er then realized that she had forgotten such an important thing.
What is it?
She believed that sending someone from thousands of miles away to deliver the reward, with so many high-ranking officials accompanying and supervising, and the Qiao family in the east of the village having long coveted it, meant it was definitely not just a few boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, or cloth.
"A county lord in the suburbs of the capital, with a fiefdom of a hundred li."
Qiao Lian'er's heart skipped a beat. A county princess is either the daughter of a prince or someone who has made remarkable contributions to the royal family or the people, and is thus granted the title by the imperial family.
This is a prestigious identity, a high level of recognition, and an honor.
"Do you like it?" Pei Zhujin asked.
"I like it," Qiao Lian'er said. How could she not like it? In this world, she had to keep climbing up the ladder so that she could better protect herself and her family.
"Above the county princess is the prefectural princess, and above the prefectural princess is the princess." Pei Zhujin said, "In the more than one hundred years since the founding of Daze Kingdom, there have been four county princesses and one prefectural princess personally conferred by the imperial family. There are no princesses. Miss Qiao is the fifth county princess. I have looked through the previous county princess records. Two of them were daughters of generals. The generals used their own merits to ask for the title for their daughters. Only two of them made contributions, and their families had some official connections. Their merits were not as great as Miss Qiao's."
"With Miss Qiao's abilities, if she continues to make contributions to the Great Swamp Kingdom, becoming a princess or a county princess is only a matter of time. Once Miss Qiao becomes a county princess or a member of a royal family, her descendants will be able to enjoy her protection."
Qiao Lian'er was filled with excitement. She didn't feel the need to hide her ambition. As long as she could get it, she would strive for it and do her best, and then leave it to fate.
This was a profound realization she gained from the near-death experience of the Qiao family at the hands of Song Laosan, and it had become ingrained in her very being.
I asked about the situation of Pei's parents and they said that things had almost returned to normal.
With the crisis over and good medicine available, the Pei family recovered quickly.
The Qiao family in the capital planned to hold off the Pei family so that Qiao Lian'er could infiltrate Datian Village. It would be even better if they could severely damage the Pei family. Although the delay was not as long as expected and the Pei family remained unmoved with minimal losses, the fact that the Qiao family remained stable in Datian Village meant that their initial objective had been achieved.
Now, the Qiao family in the east of the village is waiting for the procession carrying the imperial edict to arrive in Datian Village, so they can return to the capital with their merits and glory, and be promoted and ennobled.
In their eyes, they were about to "succeed".
Early the next morning, Qiao Lian'er took off her red cap and said goodbye to her family.
"They went to Yuezhou and just got back. The Chu family's pharmacy also has a caravan delivering medicinal herbs there," said Old Lady Qiao.
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