Chapter 42 Come Pick Peaches
The rule of Dagan is the system of primogeniture, which requires three conditions: legitimate son, eldest son, and son.
The emperor's first empress was the younger sister of the Duke of Zhenguo, and Yan Xing's aunt.
The emperor, who was still a prince at the time, married the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion in order to gain their support. This was out of helplessness, but the one he truly loved was his wet nurse's daughter. Later, after he got married, he made his wet nurse's daughter a concubine, and after he ascended the throne, she was named Consort Lan.
After the Emperor and the late Empress married, they had their first son, the Emperor's eldest son. This child was born with a strange omen, and at the same time of birth as the late Emperor, the late Emperor looked upon the current Emperor with a special regard because of this grandson.
Therefore, the emperor was made the crown prince. The emperor loved this eldest son very much, but unfortunately, this son died at the age of three.
The emperor and the empress were very sad. Even though they later had another prince, they still retained the ranking of this son.
The late queen first suffered the pain of losing her son, and then her health deteriorated due to childbirth. She died of illness when the second prince was four years old.
The emperor, despite opposition from his court officials, made Concubine Lan the empress.
The fourth and sixth princes born to Concubine Lan suddenly became legitimate sons.
But according to the rules, the emperor can only make the second prince born to the previous queen the crown prince.
The emperor was unwilling. He wanted his beloved woman to inherit the throne, so he could only reduce the power of the second prince.
The first to be affected is the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, the second prince's greatest helper and backer.
It can be said that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and the Emperor are already in opposition.
Therefore, Lu Chenyang could openly express his dissatisfaction with the emperor in front of Yan Xing. This was his statement.
First express his position, and then show goodwill by addressing each other as brothers. Every step Lu Chenyang takes is calculated.
He did this in order to get closer to Yan Xing.
Lu Chenyang thought about it and believed that the disappearance of her brother, the real Lu Chenyang, was most likely due to him being involved in the battle for the crown prince.
As for the various assassinations that Yan Xing encountered along the way, nine out of ten were the work of Concubine Lan.
So Lu Xueyin felt that Lu Chenyang’s disappearance must be related to Concubine Lan.
Lu Chenyang is now just a small county magistrate and has no access to the upper class. Only through Yan Xing can she find Lu Chenyang.
Lu Chenyang played a wave of favorability and felt very satisfied, then he held the jar of wine and got a little drunk.
Yan Xing looked at Lu Chenyang, who was sitting beside him, dozing off obediently while holding the wine jar, and sneered, "You're only able to drink so little, and you're still drinking with me."
Yan Xing carried him back to the bed. He was unexpectedly light. As a big man, he seemed too thin.
It's all tiring.
Yan Xing immediately found an excuse for Lu Chenyang. He worked hard every day, competing with the Shen family in wits and courage, and also had to worry about the people, and had little to eat.
Yan Xing sighed lightly, thinking that he should drink less wine from now on so that he would have more money to buy meat.
Shen Shiqian sent people to contact the Dongyi people, but there was no response from the other side. He knew that his plan had failed.
The Dongyi people unilaterally announced the dissolution of the alliance between the two sides.
No matter how gentle Shen Shiqian was, he got angry. The Dongyi people were really unreliable.
So far, both of his plans against Lu Chenyang have failed.
Not only that, as soon as Lu Chenyang’s announcement came out, many merchants came to the Shen family to ask Shen Shiqian for help.
Should we pay the commercial tax or not? And the current Yi-killing army has been idle for almost two months. If this continues, the garrison will completely rise.
"Master Shen, we are all relying on the Shen family. If the Shen family says to hand over, we will hand over. If the Shen family says not to hand over, we won't hand over!" said a shopkeeper.
"Yes, yes, we all listen to the Shen family. But the garrison is indeed troublesome. Even Lu Chenyang can go to Shen Jiaming to rob him, and we really can't stop him." Another shopkeeper said.
"What are you afraid of? We have the Mieyi Army. If they dare to rob us, we will not be defeated!"
"Isn't that a rebellion?" someone whispered.
Openly resisting the imperial garrison, what else could this be but rebellion? The Shen family was just a merchant family, and they really had the guts to do this.
So this tax cannot be avoided.
Lu Chenyang is more difficult to deal with than he imagined.
In the study, Shen Shiqian rubbed his eyebrows, thought for a long time, and made a decision.
"Someone, prepare the car."
Shen Shiqian thought of Shen Yihuan again and could only sigh.
Because of their different positions, he cannot shake hands and make peace with Lu Chenyang. He represents the Shen family.
Shen Yihuan had advised him to talk to Lu Chenyang, "Brother, I saw Lord Lu sucking poisonous blood for a little girl without any disgust. He is a good official, with means and a kind heart. We can't defeat him. While we haven't made enemies yet, can you persuade grandfather to stop dealing with him?"
How could Shen Shiqian not know this, but… "He may be pretending to save people. He is not as simple as you think."
"Doesn't that just prove that he's difficult to deal with?" Shen Yihuan said immediately.
Shen Yihuan was right, Lu Chenyang was indeed difficult to deal with, but the Shen family would not give in so easily.
Shen Shiqian went to the general's mansion to meet Du Wei.
Lu Chenyang has been in a good mood recently. He first went to the market in the west district and found that no one was fighting anymore. Satisfied, he went to the garrison camp outside the city.
He was thinking that the events in the West District should be expanded to the entire city so that the people could have a relatively stable environment.
After the spring, he asked the people to grow medicinal herbs. This was the livelihood that Lu Chenyang found for the people.
Roads still need to be built. The roads leading to the outside world of Lingnan are still difficult to travel, which delays the entry of merchants.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there were too many things to do, but they all took time. The New Year was approaching, so he had to go to the army to comfort the soldiers first, and then do anything else after the New Year.
As soon as Lu Chenyang arrived at the military camp, he found that the atmosphere in the camp was a little strange. After asking carefully, he found out that Dewey had come.
Dewey came here to pick fruits. He wanted to drive Yan Xing away and regain control of the garrison.
Lu Chenyang was stunned and frowned. He had no idea about this.
Du Wei sat in the general's tent in the camp, looking like the master of his own house. Yan Xing and the generals he promoted were beside him.
This was the first time Lu Chenyang met Dewey. He was in his forties and had a burly build, but he was knowledgeable in medicine and could see through his body, which had been hollowed out by alcohol and sex.
After Lu Chenyang accepted the garrison, he checked the garrison's account books. Dewey didn't even guard against him because there was not a penny of silver in the account books.
Where did Du Wei get the money? Wasn't it all given by the Shen family? The Shen family bribed Du Wei, making the garrison useless.
When Lu Chenyang thought of this, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
