Chapter 414 Confidence
"Second Miss." Chen Zishan nodded slightly, and Qiao Wanyan looked at him.
"Mr. Chen, I wonder why you come to the Qiao family?" Qiao Wanyan asked in a light tone. The summer weather was too hot, so she walked towards the pavilion not far away and sat down.
Chen Zishan naturally followed him, "My birthday party is coming up in a few days. I sent an invitation to the Qiao family but heard that the second Miss Qiao declined. Is it because of unhappiness among the elders?"
"I think that matters between elders should not involve you and me, the younger generation. I hope the Second Miss will show me favor."
Qiao Wanyan didn't look at him, her expression was calm and peaceful, and Chen Zishan couldn't guess what she was thinking for a while.
"I hope the Second Miss will do me the honor." Qiao Wanyan did not respond for a long time, so Chen Zishan spoke again.
"We have never had much contact, and the last time we met at Huibao Tower was not pleasant. You said that we should not let the displeasure between the elders affect the younger generation. Don't you think it's a bit ridiculous?"
Shen Zishan was silent.
Qiao Wanyan continued calmly, "Unhappiness between elders? When has my father ever been unhappy with your elders? It is normal to have different opinions in the court. Putting public affairs before private affairs, my father is not so petty."
Chen Zishan knew that she was mocking his grandfather for being narrow-minded, but because he was focusing on his work, he seemed not to hear her.
"That's what the Second Miss said."
Qiao Wanyan's expression changed slightly as if she was surprised. How could she endure this?
"It was a slip of the tongue. Please forgive me, Miss."
Qiao Wanyan refused to give him face. "It's fine if you can forgive me, but if you are so disgusting that people can be forgiven just by saying "forgive me", then everyone in this world will be a person who speaks without restraint."
Chen Zishan once again witnessed her harshness and felt a little embarrassed.
"I've been very busy lately, so I definitely won't have time to go to Master Shen's birthday party. If there's nothing else, I won't keep Master Shen for dinner."
Chen Zishan originally wanted to lay the groundwork for what he was going to say next, but at this moment he was ordered to leave, and the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat, and he felt very uncomfortable.
Qiao Wanyan saw it, and knew that he must have something to ask her, otherwise he wouldn't have come to her so eagerly and humiliated herself.
"Mr. Shen, is there anything else?"
Chen Zishan hesitated for a moment and shook his head, "No, in that case I will leave first. Please invite Miss Qiao Er to the Chen Mansion for a cup of tea another day."
After waiting for a while, I didn't get what I wanted, but was instead ridiculed unscrupulously.
Chen Zishan considered himself a good-tempered person, but at this moment he felt that the Qiao family girl was going too far.
After everyone left, it was quiet. Yun Heng brought back another bowl of medicinal food and fed it to Qiao Wanyan spoonful by spoonful.
"Why does it taste different from yesterday?"
Yun Heng smiled and said, "It's the same recipe as always, how could it be different?"
Qiao Wanyan looked at him a few more times. She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that the current Yun Heng was a little more confident than the Yun Heng in the past.
Weird.
Jiang Qiyun drove Shen Che away and came back. He finally had a meal at Shangshu Mansion and left happily.
The next day, when Minister Qiao returned to Beijing after court, he saw his daughter waiting at the door.
Minister Qiao's eyebrows curved unconsciously, "Why is Yanyan so well behaved today, coming out in person to wait for daddy?"
Qiao Wanyan took his arm and went in, "I miss Daddy!"
Minister Qiao smiled and said, "You girl."
After returning to the study, Minister Qiao casually said, "You rarely go out during the annual prayer ceremony. Dad knows that you dislike the noise outside. On the way back home today, there are indeed more people coming to Beijing this year than in previous years. I heard that the inns are full."
Qiao Wanyan responded, "Dad was talking about that. When Mom came back last night, she also said that there were too many people on the road, so she took a small road back."
Minister Qiao instructed, "Don't go out before the blessing ceremony is over. Especially on the day of the ceremony, the emperor will also leave the palace, and the soldiers of the Tianshu Camp will come and go so as not to hurt you."
Qiao Wanyan didn't think much about it, just thinking it was just a casual word of concern from her father, "Got it."
"Yanyan is the best. I heard that Jiang Qiyun and Shen Che came today and made a big fuss with a kitchen knife. What happened?"
Qiao Wanyan said calmly, "They are both sick. When sick people meet, their illness worsens and they start quarreling."
Minister Qiao chuckled and said, "Go ahead, what do you want to ask?"
Qiao Wanyan chuckled, "I can't hide anything from Daddy."
Minister Qiao said helplessly: "Girl, unless you have something to ask me, why would you be so obedient to wait for Daddy to come home from court?"
Outside the door, a servant said, "Master, the second son of the second house is here. He said he wants to see you for something."
Minister Qiao said, "Let him wait for a while."
After that, he said, "Yanyan, go ahead."
Qiao Wanyan asked: "Did the man from Zhenyang Pass show up at the morning court today?"
Minister Qiao understood: "The officials of Zhenyang Pass are killing people and bullying the common people. They arbitrarily increase taxes and tax rates. The people of Zhenyang Pass have their labor and land arbitrarily expropriated, and women in the boudoirs have been forcibly taken into the officials' houses and protected by the officials. The entire Zhenyang Pass is in dire straits. This is what the person who escaped from Zhenyang Pass said."
More than ten people ran away, and after a lawsuit that lasted for half a year, only one person was left.
Qiao Wanyan: "How is the emperor going to deal with this? Has he sent anyone?"
Minister Qiao sat down and picked up the teacup, "Second Prince."
Qiao Wanyan frowned slightly.
Minister Qiao saw it, retracted his gaze, drank a sip of tea, and then continued slowly, "But some court officials claimed that the Second Prince still needed to investigate the remnants of the previous dynasty and it was inconvenient for him to go. The Minister of Personnel and others recommended Prince Jing to go, and the Emperor agreed."
Qiao Wanyan stood up and said, "So that's how it is. I guess Prince Jing will be going to Zhenyang Pass soon."
Minister Qiao was slightly stunned. He teased the girl on purpose but she wasn't angry?
Strange.
"Yes, he will leave the capital in five days. The emperor gave him five thousand imperial guards to accompany him. I'm afraid he will be gone for several months."
He understood what the emperor meant. The Jiedushi was a thorn in the emperor's side and it was only a matter of time.
Qiao Wanyan bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, cousin, for telling me. Wanyan will go back first."
Minister Qiao opened his mouth wide, Cousin, cousin?
Qiao Wanyan left the study. If what Liu Yanran said was true, He Zhiyu would be deposed and reinstated because of his great contribution in Zhenyang Pass.
But now, because of Shen Che, the cicada, and He Zhiyu, the oriole, He Zhiyu is most likely conspiring with Shen Che to exempt the emperor from punishment on the grounds of tracking down the remnants of the previous dynasty.
Now the court officials are trying to stop He Zhiyu from going to Zhenyang Pass because he wants to track down the remnants of the previous dynasty.
If He Yanli could quell the Zhenyang Pass disturbance as swiftly and decisively as He Zhiyu, then He Yanli would definitely be made the crown prince!
Since he could force Qiao Yihuan, the daughter of heaven, to this point, He Yanli would naturally have a chance to suppress He Zhiyu.
Nothing is impossible.
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