Chapter 143: She’s Playing with Fire
He Zong also stroked his beard and paced up and down in the room.
“If it’s just a matter of settling the family property, I can write to the governor of Cangzhou and have him step in to clear things up. But this Cheng Yunhui has no descendants to inherit the family business, it is really a trouble. Even if it is cleared up this time, I’m afraid there will still be people who will covet it in the future. –She hasn’t thought of inheriting an heir?”
“Yes, and there are many who have come to her door. But with such a large family business laying there, one’s face will not be able to be seen. I heard that Cheng Yunhui still has her heart set on passing it on to her daughter.”
“What age is her daughter?”
“Twenty to thirty years old.”
“That’s not too old. If she gives birth to a son, and then passes it on to her brother’s name, she can be considered to have a descendant.”
“The key is that for several years now, Cheng Da Dongjia’s daughter hasn’t gotten pregnant. That’s why his two brothers-in-law are so excited. I heard that the Cheng family’s daughter’s relationship with her husband is not harmonious, and the marriage was set when her father was alive. The man’s concubines and concubines are all complete, and the concubine children also have. So the man’s side is not in a hurry, it’s only the woman’s side that’s in a hurry.”
He Zong was silent. A moment later, he said, “Think of another way, this matter cannot be delayed.”
“Yes.”
After sending off the Minister of Public Works, He Zong took a stroll in the courtyard. Once he looked up and saw He Wan Yu walking outside with light steps, he called He Wan Yu to a halt, “What are you so happy about?”
He Wan Yu’s cheeks flew up in a reddish haze: “Back to grandfather, Wan Er was about to go to the embroiderer’s place, I went to make a few garments.”
“It’s not a new year, what new clothes are you making?”
“Yes, it’s because Wan Er has grown taller, the clothes she made earlier don’t fit well in them anymore, so I made a few new ones.”
He Zong gave a hmmm and waved his hand for her to go.
He then looked back at her again before pacing back to his room.
……
Zhao Su came out of the Ministry of Ceremonies and arrived at the Forbidden Guards Department, and had just turned a corner when she was surprised to see Liang Ying walking in front of her and was heading towards the Qianqing Palace!
She did not want to follow him until she watched him enter the gates of Qianqing Palace.
Today’s morning court was slow, Liang Ying waited until the emperor got off the morning court and came over immediately. The emperor hadn’t even taken off his robe when he entered.
“My subordinate refers to the emperor!”
“Get up.” The emperor loosened his lapel, “How is the situation over there?”
Liang Ying stood up, “Back to the Emperor, there is no new news. According to the generals of the garrison, the several nearby towns are still the same people, and no eligible people have appeared.”
The emperor nodded and took off his dragon robe, “Have all the words been brought to you?”
“Not a word, all brought.”
“Then go down.”
Liang Ying said yes and exited the door.
He saw Zhao Su when he passed through the Qianqing Gate, and after their eyes met briefly, he left the palace without looking back.
Zhao Su looked at his back and immediately called the small eunuch who was passing by over, “Hurry up and bring a message to Servant Pei for me, just say that I saw Servant Liang come back and go out.”
The little eunuch couldn’t afford to mess with this door god and went without stopping.
Liang Ying went out of the palace gates and saw that although the sun was only halfway up, he also straddled his horse and headed straight for Wanfu Lou.
He did not have Yu Qingping’s instructions when he went there, and the guards did not see Yu Qingping show up when he came back, so he preferred to arrive earlier to wait.
There weren’t many people in the restaurant yet, so he went up to the compartment that he had booked long ago, and after putting down his bag, he stood in front of the window and looked down at the street below while waiting.
After Yu Qingping had packed up, she also got on the carriage and came towards the Wan Fu Building. When he got off in front of the door of the restaurant and his voice appeared in Liang Ying’s field of vision, Liang Ying’s gaze instantly lit up.
He welcomed him to the door and pulled it open, and Yu Qingping appeared in front of him.
The Pei family’s guards went up the stairs, and after witnessing Yu Qingping enter the private room Liang Ying was in, they immediately dodged down the stairs and headed for Donghua Gate.
There was no summons from the emperor’s side today.
Zhao Su was able to make it to the meal time, and headed to the Defense Department in a flash.
Before she reached the door, she bumped into Pei Zhan and quickly asked him, “Did someone from Liang Ying’s side follow her?”
Pei Zhan nodded and pulled her aside, “Guess who Liang Ying met with after she went out?”
“How can I guess that?”
“With Yu Qingping.”
“Her?!”
Zhao Su was really surprised. “How could the two of them – the rouge scent on Liang Ying’s body last time, could it be that Yu Qingping rubbed it in?!”
It wasn’t strange for these two to see eye to eye, after all, they were colleagues in the past. Although Yu Qingping had a bad heart, those who didn’t know her would still consider her excellent and outstanding.
But since Yu Qingping was with Liang Ying, then why was she still staring at the emperor? Eating from the bowl and watching the pot? Or treating Liang Ying as a pedal? Or treating the Emperor as an ingrate?
That’s too much!
Although the dog emperor was a capitalist of all evils and often bullied her, he was still responsible for the country! How could Yu Qingping do such trivial things?
Pei Zhan coughed under her bold words, “It’s hard to say if that’s the case or not, the two of them meeting outside in private about it, they must have a good personal relationship.”
“This Yu Qingping is really playing with fire!” Zhao Su recalled that look in her eyes when she was looking at the emperor in the imperial garden a few days earlier, it was alive with adoration!
“What playing with fire?” Pei Zhan, who didn’t know the inside story, didn’t understand, “The Yu family and the Liang family are considered to be a good match. Although she’s a concubine, he once won the martial arts championship and is a good match for Liang Ying.”
“I’m not talking about whether it’s a match or not.”
Zhao Su had never used her status as a measure of whether two people were suitable or not, she was thinking that if Yu Qingping’s deeds were exposed, then neither end would be happy ah!
Now she also finally understood why Uncle Guangping didn’t leave the Wen family’s eldest miss to Liang Ying, she thought that Uncle and Mrs. Guangping already knew who their daughter-in-law would be in the future?
Did Marquis Jingnan know?
If Marquis Jingnan knows, then the two families have a tacit understanding, in this case, Yu Qingping still can’t get over the emperor, what’s going on?
If Marquis Jingnan doesn’t know, then where did Yu Qingping put Guangpingfu?
“You’d better talk to the Marquis about the situation first, if that girl is really good, then we can also consider whether to decide to discuss the marriage or not.”
Zhao Su nodded and looped her arms.
Fortunately, the Emperor didn’t have any thoughts about Yu Qingping, and there was no need to tell him about her having her foot in two boats. As for Liang Ying’s side – his own friendship with him didn’t seem to be at that level, right? What if the two of them were still willing to fight each other? That surnamed Liang didn’t have a good face when she saw him, so she wasn’t going to be nosy enough to tell her!
……
Here at Manfrotto, Yu Qingping and Liang Ying had already sat down and chatted about when Liang Ying would enter the city and other things.
Seeing her gentle attitude, Liang Ying said, “There are only twenty days or so before the Manifesto Festival, I’ve already told my mother about us, and my mother also told my father that after this festival, our family will come to our door to propose marriage.”
Yu Qingping’s face was stunned, “You’ve already said everything?”