Chapter 26: New Official's Three Major Initiatives
Ye Lanzhou felt like he had been walking for a long time, and he began to sweat. Before he knew it, the full moon in the sky had moved to a new resting place, but he was still on his way under the moon, endlessly.
So when Ye Lanzhou finally arrived at the place, he was a little dazed for a moment.
Xie Chengyan's residence is located on a street ten miles away from the Forbidden City. It is far away from the bustling city and is quite quiet.
Just as he said, there were not many people in the mansion, and there were a few maids and old women coming out to greet them at the door.
For some reason, the Rui Palace was obviously much more magnificent than the Ye Palace, but in Ye Lanzhou's eyes it was a grayish color, as if there was always a lingering cloud hanging over the palace.
Several servants bowed and a young girl came over to take the almost weightless bag from Ye Lanzhou's back.
Xie Chengyan handed the horse to the mansion's horse servant and walked towards the mansion, while he ordered: "Watch your mouths. If what happened today gets heard by anyone else, none of you will be able to escape."
A young servant came over. He was originally standing in the middle of the servants. He was wearing a dark brown coat. Although it was not made of the best material, it was obviously different from the other servants.
He moved closer to Xie Chengyan and whispered something.
Xie Chengyan frowned slightly, and a hint of shock appeared in his sharp eyes.
Before he had time to go into the mansion to rest, he took his men out again.
Ye Lanzhou was left behind just as he stepped into the mansion.
The little maid beside her called her, "Master?"
Ye Lanzhou came to her senses and was led into the mansion by a maid. She only heard the maid continue to say, "Butler Zhang asked me to follow the master. The master can just call me Hong Luo."
Ye Lanzhou followed her and called out, "Hong Luo?"
Hong Luo turned around and looked at her with a pair of bright eyes, "What's wrong, Master?"
As they walked, Ye Lanzhou asked, "Your Highness...are there so few people in your palace?"
Hong Luo: "Master, is there anything you need? Are we not serving you well enough?"
Seeing that the girl had misunderstood her, Ye Lanzhou quickly waved her hand and said, "No, no." After hesitating for a moment, she still didn't know how to ask, so she stopped talking and followed Hong Luo's pace: "Let's go."
The housekeeper of the palace arranged for her to live in the West Palace. The palace was big, but it was deserted. It would be boring to stay there. It would be better for her to stay in the imperial mausoleum. Wangshu was there, and at least the two of them could talk for a while.
Everything was settled, the sky was getting light, and I felt sleepy unconsciously. I didn't care that my coat was covered with dust from running all the way, and I fell asleep on the bed.
Shangjing became even colder after the beginning of winter. The night wind passed through Shangjing and finally stopped at the Shenjiying of the Ministry of War.
Xie Chengyan went to the Forbidden City before he had time to settle down in the mansion, so he didn't notice that the sides of his boots were stained with some mountain mud.
He was about to take out the handkerchief from his clothes to wipe it, but just as he put his hand inside his clothes, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have thrown his handkerchief to Ye Lanzhou to wipe his nosebleed when he was in a hurry just now.
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Xie Chengyan took great pains to save the lives of the craftsmen from the Shenjiying Camp. The original project of developing new gunpowder could have continued, but unexpectedly, the Ministry of War suddenly issued a document.
The former Minister of War, Lu Hong, retired and returned to his hometown. The new Minister of War is Yu Guangquan, who was formerly the Vice Minister of War.
The development of gunpowder resulted in heavy casualties, and Yu Guangquan used this as an excuse to suspend the Shenjiying, saying that this would not only cause casualties but also make the people panic.
A new official has three things to do when he takes office, but he didn't expect that this fire would first burn on his head, Xie Chengyan.
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