Although Aunt Fang was just acting nice to her, she acted very well.
This made Ren Yaoqi think of the tragic deaths of his parents and sister in his previous life when facing Aunt Fang today, and he couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards himself.
This feeling was like cutting flesh with a dull knife. The sharp pain was palpable just thinking about it. So even she hadn't realized before that she really didn't want to see Concubine Fang.
In the next room. Aunt Fang didn't ask about the maid outside. This time, she said straight to the point, "I haven't been to Guangli Money House very often, but my brother wrote to me before and told me that if I need any help, I can contact Manager Liu of Guangli Money House."
"Who is that shopkeeper Liu?" Min Wenqing did not tell Aunt Fang that shopkeeper Liu and his men had been arrested before.
Aunt Fang shook her head and said, "I don't know who he is, but I know he's very capable and can handle anything I ask him to do. My brother told me that this person was originally given to him by someone else, but he couldn't come to Yanbei this time, so I persuaded him to hand this line over to me."
"Who was the 'someone else' who handed the man over to your brother?"
Aunt Fang paused and said, "Eunuch Lu who is beside the Empress Dowager."
Aunt Fang thought that since this clue had been exposed, there was no need for her to hide it any longer. If she told it before others confessed, she could use it as a bargaining chip.
When Ren Yaoqi heard Eunuch Lu's name again, he was no longer as out of control as before, but there was a hint of barely perceptible disgust on his face.
"Is Fang Yacun familiar with Eunuch Lu? Why did he ask Fang Yacun to come here?"
When she heard her brother's name, Concubine Fang was obviously a little worried. "It's not that they are too familiar with each other, but my brother's superior, Lord Feng, is quite close to Eunuch Lu, and he himself is very appreciated by Lord Feng. So Lord Feng doesn't hide anything from him and is willing to let him handle many things. This trip to Yanbei should also be carried out by Lord Feng's orders. I think he is here to help Eunuch Lu manage the officialdom in Yanbei. Because I heard that Eunuch Lu would be sent to Yanbei as a military supervisor."
"Military Supervisor?" Min Wenqing smiled. "Which military supervisor?"
Aunt Fang glanced at Min Wenqing and said, "It should be the Ningxia Army."
When it comes to military affairs, Min Wenqing is of course very clear about it.
The court sent Zeng Yu to act as a vanguard. Once the situation here stabilizes a little, it would be an effective approach for the court to send a military supervisor.
Over there, Xiao Jingxi also whispered to Ren Yaoqi, "There are quite a few factions in the southern court. Zeng Yu and Lu Yu are not from the same faction."
Ren Yaoqi thought for a moment and said, "Lu Yu is undoubtedly Empress Dowager Yan's man, but I heard that Zeng Yu is also from the Yan family?"
Xiao Jingxi tapped the table lightly with his fingers and said with a faint smile: "You are right, but don't forget that the little emperor is grown up now."
Ren Yaoqi understood immediately after hearing this. No wonder she had heard in her previous life that the emperor was somewhat dissatisfied with the Yan family's control of the government. However, because of the Ningxia incident and the Yanbei Xiao family being too tough, the emperor and the Yan family temporarily reconciled with the help of the empress dowager.
It is only the position and attitude of Empress Dowager Yan that is worth pondering. Over the years, Empress Dowager Yan has always firmly stood with her natal family, the Yan family. The world also regards the opinions of the Yan family and Prime Minister Yan as the opinions of the Empress Dowager.
But Xiao Jingxi's words "Zeng Yu and Lu Yu do not agree on factions" hinted at a lot of things.
For example, if the critical moment really comes, the empress dowager may not really abandon her own son and stand with her natal family. After all, a mother's status is determined by her son, and the emperor is the foundation of her life. Without a son to become emperor, she is nothing.
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