Chapter 501: Showing Weakness to the Enemy
After the two families returned to the conference room again, Lu Desheng went to communicate with Qin Heng.
After the two finished talking, Lu Desheng asked everyone to take a seat.
He waited until everyone was quiet before saying, "The results are out."
The serious atmosphere made everyone hold their breath.
Lü Desheng called Lü Songli over and said to her, "After discussion between our two families, we have unanimously decided that you will be the one who leads the Qin and Lü families from now on. You will also be the head of the You and Ping states."
Lu Songli also said solemnly, "It's an honor."
Then she turned to face everyone, "I will definitely work hard and live up to your trust."
Qin Zhao thought to himself, don’t try too hard, just keep it the same as before and leave some room for your opponent.
Lu Songli then smiled and said, "Everyone in our two families must work hard. I am just steering the ship. How far our big ship can sail depends on everyone."
After the person in charge is elected, everyone will continue to be the same as before.
They used to follow the arrangements of their parents, and there is no change now.
"Sixth sister-in-law, I'm worried that if the person in charge of our Youping and Ping states is a woman, it will lead to criticism and loss of talent. Do you have a solution?" Qin Yan asked the question that he was most worried about.
"I'm not afraid of criticism." Lu Songli never lived under the influence of others' words. Moreover, even if Pingzhou wasn't ruled by a woman, anyone in power would be criticized. So, there was no need to worry about it.
Regarding Qin Yan's point about talent loss, Lu Desheng snorted coldly, "If people leave just because the person in power is a woman, there's no need to retain such talents."
"Talent and the lord, this is a two-way choice. Those who want to leave cannot be retained. The fact that Pingzhou is ruled by a woman may take some time for everyone to accept this fact." Lu Songli stated objectively. Then, she changed the subject, "For the next period of time, militarily, as long as the Qin family holds on, there will be no problems later."
Any subsequent alliances, cooperation, and following are all based on profit. If she can bring them benefits, who cares whether she is a man or a woman?
Hearing this, the Qin brothers looked at each other and were mentally prepared for a long war.
"Don't be so nervous. The situation may be more optimistic than we expected." Lu Songli thought about her previous speculation. Xie Zhan should rebel. If Xie Zhan rebelled, she didn't believe that King Jin and King Cheng could bear it?
Just then, the doorman came to report that Mr. Xue had arrived.
Look at the sky, Mr. Xue is coming to visit at this time?
Lu Desheng: "Please come in quickly."
When Xue Xu came in, he took a quick look and found that both the Qin and Lu families looked very relaxed, and he felt relieved.
"Mr. Xue, it's just right that you've come. It's been decided that your President Lu will be the head of the Qin and Lu families, as well as the Youping states."
Hearing this, Xue Xu was completely relieved.
"Congratulations, Lord Lu, congratulations, Prince Qin, and congratulations, Chairman Lu." Xue Xu finished his congratulations and immediately asked, "Will this be announced tomorrow?"
Then, without waiting for anyone to speak, he said, "I suggest that we announce it tomorrow!"
Although the Qin and Lu families agreed to make President Lu the head of the two families and the head of Youping and Ping states, Xue Xu didn't know whether they would push her directly to the front or let her stay behind the scenes for the time being considering issues such as the actual acceptance.
But Xue Xu felt that it would take a lot of effort to step from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, so it would be better to do it in one step now.
He was going to give it a direct push.
"Why?"
"By the way, Mr. Xue, why are you here so late?"
Xue Xu said, "Lord Lu, I just received the latest news. King Jin of Donghai, King Cheng of Southwest, and Xie Zhan of Lingnan have all rebelled."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, "Are they all rebelling?"
"Yes."
The news brought by Xue Xu was so shocking that it stunned the people from the Qin and Lu families and they couldn't recover for a long time.
Lu Songli hadn't expected that what she thought would come true. She glanced at Qin Sheng next to her, puzzled. Could good luck be contagious?
Lu Desheng sighed, "Song Mo, ah Song Mo, you have come to this day. I made you unable to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and made you harm the loyal and good!"
Xue Xu then said, "Lord Lu, everyone, currently, within the territory of Dali, including the Xianbei Hu people, there are a total of six factions."
"Among the six major factions, if we rank them by the size of their territories, Xie Zhan occupies the three counties of Lingnan, Prince Cheng occupies the four counties of the southwest, and Prince Jin governs the three counties of the East China Sea. Each of them is considered one state."
"Because we occupy Youzhou and Pingzhou, we are ranked third after the Dali court and the Xianbei royal court."
"Let's not get involved in the current situation of six-party separatism. Let's let the various forces fight it out first. We can calm down and focus on governing the two states."
"That's why I suggested announcing President Lu's identity tomorrow. We have a female leader in Pingzhou, which can show the enemy our weakness and paralyze certain forces."
Lu Songli smiled and said, "The imperial court and Lingnan probably can't be paralyzed."
Others also laughed. Indeed, the imperial court, Lingnan and Pingzhou had fought several times and knew Pingzhou's strength.
Lu Desheng slapped his thigh and said, "This has great potential!"
The imperial court knew that Pingzhou was a tough nut to crack and would not take action against Pingzhou first.
As long as the imperial court does not attack Pingzhou first, they will show weakness to the enemy and develop for a while.
Then, they held another small meeting to discuss tomorrow's matters, and dispersed only after they had almost finished the discussion.
Now that the Qin and Lu families live close to each other, the Qin family walked back directly.
There was snow on the ground, and several children were carried away by the adults.
Xue Xu left with the Qin family and only separated at the gate of the governor's mansion.
After the Qin family returned to the Qin residence, Qin Heng took the initiative to send Qin's mother back to her courtyard, while Shen Erniang followed Qin Yan, Qin Zhao and others. Her courtyard was next to her two sons.
Qin Sheng and Lu Songli walked slowly towards their yard.
"Lili, are you happy today?"
"Happy, how about you?" It is natural to feel happy when you officially take power.
"I'm happy too." The eldest brother and his wife peacefully resolved the issue of who would be the boss. He was no longer caught in the middle and couldn't be happier.
Qin Sheng whispered, "Lili, since you're so happy, why don't we celebrate tonight?"
Lu Songli knew what he was planning at first glance, "Okay."
Before he could even crack a silly smile, she added, "Only once." She had something to do tomorrow.
Qin Sheng was dumbfounded.
"No? If not, then——"
"Okay!" Qin Sheng was anxious and agreed quickly.
Just once, the number of times is limited, but the time is not limited.
Qin Sheng was thinking in his mind, how long can he keep making such a fuss? Will his wife be angry?
While they were talking, they had already returned to the bedroom.
"I have to go to bed before three o'clock in the morning."
What? Before midnight?
a bolt from the blue!
Qin Sheng glanced at the clepsydra. It was already two quarters past midnight. Excluding the time for washing and so on, how much time was left for him?
Lu Songli took off the hairpins on her head and went to the outer room to wash her face.
Qin Sheng chased after her, "Lili, you can't do this, give me another half hour."
Lu Songli reminded him with a smile, "If you don't hurry up and wash up, the time left will be even shorter."
Hearing this, Qin Sheng paused and went back to the house to get his bathrobe! Once is enough, today he can still seize the tail end of this month. Otherwise, he will have to wait until next month to get close to his wife.
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