Chapter 262 Cui Yueling b
"No." Xiao Xian disagreed. "The Lu family's little sister is too insignificant to be used in negotiations with Lu Shiyan. It's better to have Jiang. She has great influence and plays a significant role in Lingnan."
Before coming to Lingnan, he thought the rumors were mostly exaggerated. How could a woman have such great power?
In fact, he secretly thought it would be better to capture Lu Shiyan's two sons.
But after arriving in Lingnan, he realized he was completely wrong. Jiang Tangtang played a huge role in Lingnan. Sometimes he even felt that Lingnan's current prosperity was entirely due to that woman from the Jiang family.
If it weren't for Jiang's expertise in management, the armies managed by Lu Shiyan would not have been able to sustain themselves.
"Then what should we do? Jiang is like a tortoise, hiding in the government office. Every time she goes out, she's surrounded by people and followed by tigers. And the city is full of patrols..."
Peng Yang was speechless when he spoke of this. He had never seen so many patrol teams anywhere else.
These patrols patrol the streets every day. If they encounter anyone stealing, they arrest them and send them to labor camps. If they encounter anyone deliberately fighting or causing trouble, they also arrest them and send them to labor camps...
Jiang Tangtang was surrounded by too many guards, and there was a guard post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps in the city. The possibility of them catching Jiang Tangtang and escaping the country successfully was very small.
Even going to the countryside is trouble for them.
The Jiang family has a very high reputation in Lingnan. The people of Lingnan have no regard for the imperial power at all. They only recognize Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan.
Xiao Xian narrowed his eyes and said, "Let's prepare for both scenarios. Peng Yang, go contact Number Three to follow Lu's younger sister. If our operation fails, we can ask him to take action..."
Several people gathered together to discuss something, and then dispersed.
The busy time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was November.
Jiang Tangtang has been working day and night in the yamen these days to write books, and finally he has finished one.
To be more specific, it is not called editing, but copying.
After the book was written, Jiang Tangtang immediately asked someone to send it to the bookstore.
When the bookstore saw the books Jiang Tangtang had sent, they were overjoyed and immediately asked the workers to work overtime to print them.
The bookstore has been doing very good business recently. The books that Jiang Tangtang sent to them before were reprinted and still in short supply.
In addition to the good business of bookstores, the teahouses in the city are also doing very well recently.
However, the way people go to teahouses now is different from usual. They don’t gather together to listen to books and drink tea, but to discuss the knowledge in the books.
Sometimes people can argue for an entire morning over a point in the book, until their faces are red with anger.
The key point is that many of those participating in the debate are young men from aristocratic families.
Many young men from aristocratic families who had just moved to Lingnan were puzzled by this situation and sent their servants to investigate. When they learned that they were discussing the contents of the book, they felt very disdainful.
But at the same time as he was disdainful, he couldn't help but be curious and wanted to see what kind of book it was. The young masters of the Cui and Pei families in the capital were fascinated by it, and they also ordered their servants to go to the study to buy books to read.
After seeing this, I immediately became a member of the teahouse.
When the new books from Jiang Tangtang's study were released, they were immediately sold out. Many who got the books were like they had found a treasure, dancing with joy, while those who didn't were immediately sighing and wondering when the books would be available again.
This time, Cui Jun did not have time to go and grab the books. He took his servant to guard the city gate for two days, and finally received Cui Yueling, the Cui family's sister, who was carefully escorted all the way by the Cui family's servants.
Cui Yueling clutched her handkerchief, looking at Cui Jun nervously and expectantly, "Brother... do you think Second Brother Lu can forgive me?"
Cui Yueling was originally engaged to Lu Shili, but the Cui family was worried about being implicated by the Lu family. Not only did they ask Cui Yueling and Lu Shili to break off the engagement, but Minister Cui also severely criticized the Lu family in the court.
The Cui family originally thought that the old marquis of Dingbei Mansion had died, and the Lu family had been exiled, and there would be no chance of recovery in this life. Unexpectedly, within just a few years, the Great Zhou Dynasty declined.
Seeing the Western Rong approaching the capital step by step, many noble families quietly sent their families away and made other plans.
The Cui family could no longer sit still.
At this time, the Cui family members all thought of the marriage between Lu Shili and Cui Yueling.
In particular, the Cui family mobilized all forces and found out that Lu Shili had not married in all these years. They felt that this was a rare and good opportunity.
"Yueling, he hasn't gotten married in all these years, isn't it because he still misses you? He's definitely still angry, but don't worry, as long as he still misses you, everything else will be easy. Remember, when you see him, blame the cancellation of the engagement on your family."
Cui Jun said, and sighed: "Fortunately, your marriage with the Mu family has not been finalized yet, so everything is still in time."
Thinking of Mu Mingyuan's ugly and burly appearance, Cui Yueling suddenly felt nauseous. Lu Shili was still the better choice.
As she thought of Lu Shili's handsome appearance in her memory, her cheeks turned red unconsciously, and her hands holding the handkerchief became tighter.
After breaking off the engagement with Lu Shili, her marriage was not going well.
Breaking off an engagement is bad for a woman's reputation, especially since she did it under such circumstances.
The noble ladies in the capital didn't dare to say anything to her face because of her father's face. But behind her back, they could say whatever they wanted, no matter how harsh the words were.
The real wealthy families were not willing to get engaged to a woman who had just broken off her engagement.
Even if they wanted to win over the Cui family, they would not choose her. After all, there is more than one girl in the Cui family.
Her third and fourth sisters, who were younger than her, got married one after another and married into families of similar background.
Even some of her illegitimate sisters were said to come from good families.
Only she was looking for families that were getting worse and worse. She didn't want to marry an ugly and old man, and her father's attitude towards her was getting colder and colder...
Thinking of her family's cold eyes, Cui Yueling secretly vowed to reconcile with Lu Shili and teach those who bullied her and gave her the cold shoulder a lesson.
"Brother, do you know where I can meet him?" Cui Yueling asked, "I heard from my father's people that he seems to be out there helping his brother with something. His whereabouts are uncertain, so it's not easy to see him."
Cui Jun said, "Don't worry, I've already found out everything. He's already returned to Lingnan. He's currently staying at the Lu residence. You should take a good rest. Once you've recovered, get dressed and we can meet him on the street someday."
Cui Yueling immediately touched her face nervously, "Brother, have you really found out everything? Has he really not had any other women around him in these years?"
Cui Jun said, "Even if there are women, they are country girls. My sister is a famous lady from an aristocratic family in the capital. Is it possible that she cannot compare to those uncouth country girls?"
Thinking about her glory before breaking off her engagement with Lu Shili, Cui Yueling slowly straightened her back.
In addition to her talent and looks, there is also a unique relationship between them.
Even if there are other women who took advantage of her absence in the past two years, she will definitely be able to defeat them.
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