Chapter 178: Fox Enchantress
Wu Lanying’s heart was actually in turmoil.
Having been working towards the goal of conceiving a child and then divorcing, changing her mind in the blink of an eye was the first time it had been so sudden.
She didn’t know if she was being hasty, after all, by doing so, she would be facing the big problem of the successor of the Wu family. But in fact the dockyard can take the court this order, for them is also beneficial, orphans and widows in the outside, money is not easy, can next, can guarantee several years of profit.
What’s more, after the delivery of the ship there is also the maintenance of the ship, as well as to facilitate the back again to take orders, so that the dockyard in the huge number of shipwrights can also maintain a stable income.
She sat in her room for a while, but sent the jade hairpin to the post house to look for Zhao Su.
The two of them ate on the ship, and the emperor played two more tunes before Zhao Su summoned two actresses in to play the pipa. In between songs, also incidentally asked about their living conditions, it turned out that these are nearby theater actresses, usually have customers when they go to the opera, when there is no customers will come to the neighborhood touting for business. Relying on the big pier, they are well rewarded.
When the sunlight slopes to the west, we return home. Outside the post house, the emperor said, “I still have somewhere to go, you go back first.”
Zhao Su was concerned about He Zong’s side, fearing that the guards might have some news to pass on, so he agreed without saying a word.
Just after entering the gate of the post house, the postman came and reported, “At noon the Lin family’s third grandmother’s men came to see the girl.”
“Did they say anything?”
“Didn’t say. When she heard that the girl wasn’t there, she left.”
“Squire Zhao!”
Zhao Su was just about to send Hua Qianrong to the Lin family, only to see Yu Zan come through the door, “Our grandmother sent the slave girl to bring you refreshments.”
Saying this she lifted the food basket on her arm in her hand.
“Then go up and have a cup of tea.”
Zhao Su guessed that something was up and immediately went into the backyard.
The jade hairpin entered the door and said, “The slave girl came at noon, but the girl wasn’t here, so the slave girl went back. Grandma sent the slave girl to tell the girl that she didn’t have time to talk about it on the carriage, but after she went back, she realized that the clause added by the Ministry of Public Works might indeed happen. So in order to avoid trouble, grandma is going to make peace early.”
Zhao Su’s mouthful of tea stopped at the mouth of her throat, “Early?”
“Uh-huh.” Yu Zan nodded, “Grandma said that building ships for the court is a move that benefits the country and the people, and that this errand must not be interfered with, and after she went back and thought about it for a long time, the girl’s words from earlier also made sense. Not to say that at the moment may not be able to conceive, is pregnant, there are many things that are difficult to grasp, for the sake of the errand to go smoothly, so she gave up that idea at the moment.”
Zhao Su froze for a long time before coming to her senses.
Of course it was good for Wu Lanfeng to change her mind, from her position as a bystander, she felt that it would be better to return to the Wu family unencumbered. But if Wu Lanfeng really did so, she couldn’t help but worry about the inheritance of the Wu family’s properties.
As one of the few female entrepreneurs in the feudal era, this typical Zhao Su is very eager to set up for the women of the world, so their family dockyard will have to continue.
To continue, there must be an heir!
But Wu Lanfeng has not been pregnant for so many years, will there be a possibility that she will never get pregnant again? What if she can’t? Do we have to inherit?
If you want to inherit, you can only inherit from the Wu family’s descendants, so it’s back to square one, and the property will still fall into the hands of the Wu family’s uncles.
Zhao Su can not help, think of Zeng Peiying will also be a moth from it, do not feel that the dog official to scold a dozen times!
But since this is Wu Lanfeng’s decision, Zhao Su can only respect it. She asked, “Did she say?”
“Said it, our wife looked at it and still didn’t agree, but grandma has already made up her mind and is set to do it.”
Since this was the case, the matter of the heir could only be taken one step at a time.
Zhao Su said, “Many thanks to your grandmother for the treats, you go back and tell her, if there’s anything you need help with, just say it.”
Yuzan curtsied and thanked her, then carried the basket and left.
Hua Qianrong looked at the snacks on the table and said, “This Wu family is really difficult too.”
“Who says it isn’t? That’s why He Zong and Zeng Peiying’s practices are even more irritating.” Zhao Su picked up a piece of dim sum and tasted it, then suddenly said, “By the way, do you have anything to do? If you’re fine, go to the governor’s mansion and take a look around.”
“Okay!”
Hua Wanyong promised, turned around and walked two steps, suddenly turned back: “Does the girl still play the flute?”
“No!”
“I clearly heard it just now by the river!” After Zhao Su and the emperor boarded the boat, she squatted and chatted with Han Jun in the willow tree. They knew all about the boat’s movements.
“Oh,” Zhao Su ate the remaining half of her snack, “That was the Emperor blowing.”
“The Emperor?!” Hua Wanyong sucked in cold air!
Zhao Su hurriedly covered her mouth, “What’s with all the noise?!”
Even with her mouth covered, Hua Huarong still couldn’t recover from the shock, the emperor, who was always high above the people and separated from them by the nine heavens, was actually playing the flute for them on the ship! ……
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After being scolded by He Zong, Zeng Peiying drafted a new document and sent it to He Zong. He Zong sent the governor to send someone to deliver a letter to the Wu family and the post house, agreeing to sign the contract again the next morning.
With the messenger, there is also a prepared document – Zhao Su got his hands on the heart of the relief, He Zong know how to send first to see that the sincerity is in place, and then look at the content of the terms and conditions, although still retained that, but there are modifications: if because of the Wu family’s treachery led to the process of shipbuilding, the Wu family must pay compensation.
This is also a reasonable treaty, Zhao Su has no opinion.
After the governor’s office left, the emperor also came over. Zhao Su showed him in passing, he read it and said, “So you can return to the capital today.”
“Of course you can leave after signing.” Zhao Su folded up the paperwork, “Maybe I can catch up to return to the house for a late night snack.” After saying that, she remembered, “Where did you go yesterday? Came back so late?”
The emperor said, “Han Jun had news to come, I followed to see.”
Zhao Su didn’t forget that Han Jun was sent out by him to investigate Zeng Peiying and the governor yesterday. She asked, “What did you find out?”
“This governor has a good relationship with the rich families in the city.”
Zhao Su slightly paused, “As a local official, isn’t it normal to have a good relationship with the local big families?”
During this period, the people were still governed by the clan system, and the powerful clans had appeal among the people, so it was considered a basic operation for the local officials to maintain good relations with the gentry.
“But Wu Lanfeng had twice proposed to make peace and leave, asking the governor to come out and sign the paperwork, but the governor didn’t go. And after you guys left the governor’s mansion yesterday, it didn’t take long for Lin Zhihuan to leave the governor’s mansion as well.”
“Lin Zhihuan?”
The emperor looked at her, “Lin Xie’s father.”
Zhao Su opened her mouth wide for a moment, “How did he get there?”
The emperor flexed one leg and sat on the Luohan bed, one hand supporting the pillow, one hand resting on the flexed knee, “What if Lin Zhihuan’s presence is related to that clause that Zeng Peiying insisted on adding?”
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