The Rise of Phoenixes Chapter 571:
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People in Jianghuai are getting more and more panicked. At this time, they feel that the chief envoy is indeed different from the past. In the past, the big families gathered together and had the support of the forces in Beijing. Only the chief envoy was able to curry favor with them. How can there be no current anxiety and panic? A piece of news that seems to be true or imaginary has exploded the entire Jianghuai!
When everyone’s panic reached its peak and the eagerness to know the true situation reached its climax, half a month later, the Chief Envoy Yamen sent a letter to invite Liu and Li to a banquet at Shuiyue Villa on the outskirts of Jianghuai Mansion. The big households in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, headed by his family.
This time Lao Han’s legs stopped working, and the birthday congratulatory party came back. He didn’t want to marry the younger one. He immediately dispatched after receiving the message and went straight to Shuiyue Villa.
Early in the morning on the ninth day of May, at the gate of Shuiyue Villa, a government villa fifteen miles away from the Jianghuai capital, carriages and horses were parked for several miles. The manager responded and drank tea in the front hall early to wait.
Among these sedans, one is quite conspicuous – it is a green-covered golden-topped sedan. The fragrance spreads wherever it passes. You can tell at a glance that it is a sedan used by the female relatives of wealthy families. Usually, It’s not surprising, but now it seems abrupt on this occasion. When cars and horses pass by, some people can’t help but lift the curtains to take a look.
Some people recognized the mark of the Li family on the car, and gradually others pointed out. Everyone heard that the daughter-in-law of the Li family’s house was originally a young lady from the Governor’s Mansion of the Fifth Army. Later, after the fall of the Qiu Mansion, she married to Jianghuai. As expected of a military general, Miss Qiu has a very fierce style. Not long after she arrived, she won the support of Grand Scholar Li, replaced her cousin, who was originally in charge, and took over most of the business of the silk and satin shop. I heard that her husband was incompetent. , has no interest in business, and spends all day fighting **** and lackeys. The new aunt of the Li family doesn’t care. She lets her husband play around and seizes property rights both inside and outside the house. She actually plans to seize all the Li family, the second largest in Jianghuai. What she meant in her hand was that this was originally a rumor, but now that she was actually the one participating in the Li family on this occasion, everyone became more suspicious – could the rumor be true?
The banquet was scheduled for noon. In the middle of the morning, all the guests had already arrived. They were waiting anxiously when they suddenly heard the sound of an announcement.
“His Royal Highness the King of Chu has arrived…”
“First of all, Mr. Wei, the chief envoy of Jianghuai Province, has arrived…”
When two reports came, everyone was in a state of excitement. They had never heard that His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who was supervising the work in Baizhou, would also come to the meeting. They hurried out to see him. At the entrance of the villa, they knelt on the ground in darkness and saw two people. Eight people carried the large sedan chair, one after another among the crowd of defenders.
Feng Zhiwei, who was sitting in a sedan behind, was frowning slightly. She didn’t know that Ning Yi would come today. She met Ning Yi on the way out of the Yamen. After Ning Yi heard about the Hongmen Banquet, When even talking about this matter is considered as raising money for him, naturally he cannot stay out of it and accompany him all the way.
Since there is nothing wrong with him coming, with this powerful prince sitting in charge, I think the money will be enough to get twice the result with half the effort.
Seeing that Ning Yi’s sedan had just stopped in front of him, the curtain of the green-covered car parked in the caravan suddenly lifted, and the aunt of the Li family and the third lady of the Qiu family who had been staying in the car had not come out. Qiu Yuluo walked out with her back straight.
She applied light makeup, had a delicate face, and was dressed gorgeously but not coquettishly. It was obvious that she had been carefully groomed.
Feng Zhiwei stared at her and narrowed her eyes.
Qiu Yuluo naturally didn’t know that it was her in the sedan behind. In full view of everyone, she calmly walked to Ning Yi’s sedan, bowed her head gracefully, and said with a hint of shyness and grace: “Mr. Qiu, a civilian woman, Yuluo, see His Highness, and thank His Highness for your help… on the river that day.”
Feng Zhiwei’s eyebrows moved imperceptibly.
On the river? Which river?
Is it the Li River that goes straight from central Beijing to Beijing and Huaihe River, or is it a branch of the Lijiang River within the Jianghuai River?
She was slightly absent-minded, and her mind flashed by the awning boat on the river on a rainy night… Then she came back to her senses, thinking that Qiu Yuluo’s words sounded a bit ambiguous, help? Just say it nicely if you are asking for help, and your tone will be weird for what you are doing.
The occasion and action of Qiu Yuluo seemed a bit too bold. The King of Chu and herself had just arrived here, and before everyone had time to pay homage, she rushed out as a woman. The spoiled eldest lady habits of the Military Governor’s Mansion were not restrained after marriage.
She got off the sedan with a faint smile. Normally, as Qiu Yuluo, she would casually chat with the prince, so there was no need for her to scold him, someone would stop him.
Unexpectedly, after she got off the sedan, everything was quiet. She saw Ning Cheng, who was accompanying Ning Yi, open his mouth. After looking at her, he suddenly shut up and turned his face away.
Looking again, I realized where the silence came from, because Ning Yi didn’t say anything or show any surprise. He just lowered his head slightly and looked at Qiu Yuluo.
From Feng Zhiwei’s point of view, he could not see his expression. He could only see that the expression on Qiu Yuluo’s face gradually began to change. It was not that he was panicked or embarrassed, but that he was gradually becoming shy and uneasy, with a faint blush on his cheeks.
A woman will blush only under a specific look from a man.
Feng Zhiwei watched calmly with his hands behind his back, without stopping or saying anything. However, the gentry around him became uneasy and wondered what kind of fun this was. When did this aunt of the Li family meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu? From that tone, His Highness has helped her before?
Ning Yi spoke after a long time, saying slowly and simply: “No need.”
Such a faint sentence, and it was hard to tell whether it was an admission or a denial. Then he stopped talking. Qiu Yuluo quickly bowed again and stepped aside. Then everyone bowed to the two of them like placing candles: “See, Your Highness, see Mr. Wei!”
Ning Yi just casually raised his hand and walked ahead, acting like a prince and royal family. Everyone retreated to both sides in awe, but Feng Zhiwei acted in a completely different way. He smiled as he walked and said casually: “This Are you the master of the Chen family? Are you back from the Great Wall so soon? The scenery outside the Great Wall is beautiful. I heard that the snow season arrived early this year. I wonder how the price of rice is now on the grassland?”
“Is this Liu Daguan? Haha, I just had a drink with Brother Ling not long before I left Beijing. He also told me that the affairs of the official department are complicated and he wants to retire early… If you retire and return to your hometown, I think you will Bieye in the west of Beijing is pretty good…”
“Is this the young master of the Dao family? He is really young and promising. Where is your wife Ru, who was born in Shannan? Why didn’t you bring her? There are many beauties in Shannan, and Mrs. Ru must be beautiful in the country, otherwise Uncle Dao wouldn’t be able to join the family. I have to turn down invitations to banquets…don’t you think so?”