Chapter 107 Applying for Admission
Chapter 107
Lu Desheng asked his daughter hesitantly, "My daughter, there are not many ministers around the Fourth Prince now. In public, there is only Xue Huaimin. Do you think we can--" He is not a very moral person. He can serve the old emperor, and he can also serve the young emperor.
"No!" Lu Songli rejected his idea and said helplessly, "Dad, this idea of yours is very dangerous, stop it immediately."
Lu Desheng sighed, he knew it.
Their family had bet on Emperor Kang Cheng in the first place, and all their fortunes and lives were invested in him. Now they have turned against him and made peace with the four princes behind him. The first person they want to get rid of is Emperor Kang Cheng.
Emperor Kangcheng was a qualified emperor. He was not lacking in the emperor's unique suspicion and sensitivity, nor was he lacking in ruthlessness and decisiveness. As for him, if he showed even a little disloyalty, then he would be killed.
But I could already see the boat, but I couldn't get on it. What a pity. The key point is that there were not many people on the boat.
"Dad, believe it or not, if you go and tell this to the Fourth Prince or the Minister of the Central Secretariat Xue Huaimin, and alert the enemy, his next step will be to kill you, or immediately start the plan ahead of time?" Others have been planning for several years, and the harvest is about to come. If they get on board now to share their credit, will Xue Huaimin and others be happy?
Lu Songli was very clear-headed. There was nothing she could do. Her family had been clinging to Emperor Kang Cheng. Even though Emperor Kang Cheng now looked like a sunset industry about to be delisted, they had already invested all their money and changing their ways was impossible.
"Why do you have to kill me? I am a talented person after all."
"You're going to seek refuge with someone, but where's your letter of surrender? What if they ask you to kill the current emperor as a letter of surrender? Would you do it?"
Lu Desheng shook his head and said that this was definitely not possible.
"Then shall we tell the emperor?" Lu Desheng said. He finally caught the fox's tail, but it seemed a bit unfair if he did nothing.
"It's a good idea, but where's the evidence?"
Lü Desheng was letting himself go a bit. He just made some random suggestions, and it felt good to have someone back him up and help him consider the feasibility.
Perhaps because his daughter was capable of taking on responsibilities, Lu Desheng did not feel too heavy-hearted at the moment.
If only Emperor Kangcheng had lived longer, they wouldn't have to work so hard. Lü Desheng once again lamented Emperor Kangcheng's disappointment. His hardship was nothing, he just felt sorry for his daughter.
Lu Songli didn't care. What wasn't hard these days? Wealth and splendor weren't easy to come by. Earning wealth was hard, and keeping it was even harder. Besides, their Lu family already had a strong foundation. They were foresighted and had the qualifications to fight for it.
"Dad, don't even think about those crooked ways. We already have a huge advantage. Next, we must actively respond. The final outcome is still uncertain."
At this moment, Lu Songli officially announced that their Lu family had applied to join the battlefield.
When Lu Songli said this, there was a glint of confidence in her eyes, which gave her old father unlimited confidence.
Lu Desheng also became excited. Yes, now it depends on who has the better chess skills.
Let’s see if the Lu family can take advantage of the situation by stalking the cicada while the oriole is waiting behind.
"By the way, Dad, you should get along with the emperor as usual these days. Don't show any strange expression." Lu Songli reminded.
Lu Desheng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Dad can save it."
Meanwhile, the Qin and Lu families had just set their wedding dates, and the Xie and Zhao families followed suit. On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the Xie family offered their betrothal gifts to the Zhao family. Subsequently, the wedding date for Xie Zhan and Zhao Yutan was set, also on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
When the news reached the Lu family, Lu Desheng was furious. He paced back and forth in the living room with his hands behind his back, "What are the Xie and Zhao families doing?! Can't they just avoid this date? Do they have to choose the 15th?!"
Lu Zhiyuan and Lu Mingzhi looked at each other in bewilderment. The Xie and Zhao families had unexpectedly arranged the wedding dates for Xie Zhan and Zhao Yutan on the same day. It was hard not to think this wasn't intentional.
Jiang also didn't understand. With so many good days in the twelfth lunar month, why did the Xie and Zhao families have to squeeze in with them? Besides, the Empress Dowager hadn't given them a deadline! They could have held their wedding after the Lunar New Year, so why bother with their haste?
"They have to steal our limelight, don't they?"
"Mom and Dad, don't be angry, or you will hurt yourselves." Lu Songli comforted the two elders to prevent them from getting upset.
In reality, many people were getting married on the same day. The two elders weren't angry that they were getting married on the same date as themselves, but rather that the Xie and Zhao families were deliberately doing it. However, they couldn't stop it, and Lu Songli didn't care. She was more concerned about another piece of news coming out of the Xie family. After the new year, Xie Zhan would officially take over as head of the Xie family. This news came after the Xie and Zhao families announced their wedding dates. After pondering it, Lu Songli easily guessed their intention.
Xie Zhan knew very well that in recent times, the Xie and Zhao families had joined forces and suffered repeated defeats in their battles with the Lu family. The atmosphere in both families was very depressed, and they urgently needed a big happy event to boost morale.
When he proposed, he decided to have the Xie and Zhao families jointly announce their wedding date and the news that he would take over as the new head of the Xie family after the wedding. As for why he chose the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, it was purely a subconscious decision that this day would be a good choice.
The two pieces of good news were truly inspiring. First, it was a new year, a new beginning; their young master was getting married. Second, Xie Zhan was the patriarch their family had longed for. He had performed exceptionally well as young master, and they were eager to see him take the reins, leading them through challenges and ensuring a better life.
In fact, there is a deeper reason, which is that the performance of Xie Mingtang, the head of the family, was too poor this year, causing great losses to the Xie family.
The Zhao family was even worse, their son-in-law was about to be promoted from young master to head of the family. The previous head of the family was the young master's father, so there seemed to be a layer of distance between them.
The Xie and Zhao families got rid of their previous dejected look and became united.
In fact, long before Xie Mingtang acted on his own, causing the Xie family to lose their position as the Minister of Justice, Xie Zhan had already been involved in and making decisions about the major events of the Xie family. However, on the surface, Xie Mingtang was still the head of the family.
When Lu Songli heard the news, she just smiled faintly. Xie Zhan was a qualified politician with great skills and intelligence, so it was not surprising that he made this decision.
The Xie family has been able to become a century-old family and remain standing for a reason. Xie Zhan even took advantage of his own marriage for the sake of his family. This ability to bend and stretch is unmatched by ordinary people.
After laughing, she couldn't help but sigh. Her and her father's recent frantic attack had only caused a little more damage to the Zhao family. As for the Xie family, the damage was limited, with losses reaching a maximum of one in a hundred thousand. Their strength was truly enviable.
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