Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 381 Moxiangzhai

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Lu Shanchang looked very ugly.

He really had no choice, otherwise he would have spoken in the hall just now.

Several Xixia officials nearby hurried over to smooth things over.

Lu Shanchang took advantage of the situation, snorted coldly, and walked away.

Liang Yi watched Lu Shanchang leave, sneering in his heart.

At this moment, a soldier came in and reported: "Your Excellency, the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty is here to see you!"

"The great minister of Song Dynasty is here?"

Liang Yimai frowned slightly when he heard this and said, "Everyone, follow me to greet him."

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Han Zhang waited for a while outside the courtyard where the Western Xia envoys lived, and then saw Liang Yimai coming out with several Western Xia officials.

"Greetings, Mr. Han!" Liang Yimai bowed.

Han Zhang returned the greeting and said with a smile, "I came here in a private capacity. Actually, your father and I are half from the same hometown, and I have great respect for him."

Liang Yi's smile froze, and he said, "Mr. Han, you are joking. I am an envoy from Xixia. If Mr. Han comes here in a private capacity, I am afraid it will be inconvenient to receive you."

"Haha." Han Zhang smiled and said, "Now our two countries are brotherly allies, and personal relations will not be affected. Although I came here in a private capacity, I also have an errand with me. By the way, I want to discuss entering the palace with Minister Liang."

Upon hearing this, Liang Yimei had no way of refusing to let Han Zhang in, so he could only invite Han Zhang in.

After they sat down in the main hall and the servants served them tea, Han Zhang smiled and said, "I have something I want to talk to Minister Liang about alone. Is that possible?"

"Mr. Han, you are joking. I am here on the emperor's orders. I am afraid it would be inappropriate to chat alone." Liang Yimai refused.

Lu Shanchang had suspected him before. If he chatted with Han Zhang alone, no matter what they talked about, he would be in big trouble.

"That's a shame."

Han Zhang smiled when he heard this, but did not insist. Instead, he chatted with Liang Yi about the arrangements for entering the palace.

Zhao Xing asked him to meet Liang Yimai, but that was not his purpose to have a private chat with Liang Yimai.

The purpose was to make Xixia suspect Liang Yimai.

It seemed a bit abrupt that Han Zhang came over directly, but sometimes, suspicion or not has nothing to do with whether it is abrupt or not.

If you trust, you will still not believe it even if there is evidence.

But if you have doubts, even if there is no evidence, you will still have doubts.

Does the Western Xia Emperor trust Liang Guangchuan?

Judging from the high regard the Western Xia emperor placed on Liang Guangchuan, it can be said that he trusted him very much.

But no one knows what the actual situation is.

However, the Dangxiang officials within Western Xia certainly did not trust the Han people in Western Xia.

Those who are not of my race must have different hearts. This sentence also applies to Western Xia.

Moreover, Western Xia was so small that its rights and interests were limited.

Li Liangzuo's use of Han officials would inevitably squeeze the interests of the Dangxiang people.

Everyone in the world is benefiting.

Many times, the essence of conflict is actually interests.

This kind of contradiction had been suppressed by Li Liangzuo before.

Han Zhang came here this time just to express an attitude, that is, the Song Dynasty is showing goodwill to Liang Yimai, or Liang Guangchuan behind him.

It doesn’t matter whether Li Liangzuo believes it or not, or whether he has doubts or not. What matters is that the Dangxiang people of Western Xia will believe it.

Han Zhang came here just to give the Tanguts of Xixia an excuse to attack. Whether Liang Yimei was willing to talk alone or not, his purpose had been achieved.

After Han Zhang finished talking about entering the palace, he again asked to talk to Liang Yimai alone.

After being rejected, he said that I could come to him if I had any troubles, and then said goodbye and left.

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"Madam, this is the newly prepared medicine." Molan handed the sachet to Madam Wang with a smile.

"Ah."

Madam Wang took the sachet calmly and said, "Your husband did well in the imperial examination this time. I have already told the master that your husband's stay in Beijing has been decided."

Molan was delighted when she heard this and said, "I wonder if Dad has told me which ministry the official can enter?"

"This is a special examination. Those who passed the imperial examinations in the past two years and were awarded official positions have not been promoted yet. It is not easy to arrange for them. We can only let him join the Ministry of Revenue." Madam Wang said.

Officials were promoted every three years, and the imperial examinations were also held every three years.

Normally, when a new round of imperial examinations begins, it is time for those in the previous session to be promoted, and some positions can be vacated.

However, this time it was Enke, and it was not time for promotion yet, so naturally there was no position.

"Go to the Ministry of Revenue." Molan looked disappointed when she heard that.

"What's the matter?" Madam Wang said unhappily, "I see you seem very dissatisfied. Do you want to enter the Imperial Academy? The master doesn't have that much ability. If you are not happy, forget it."

"No, no!" Molan shook her head repeatedly and said with a smile: "I am already very satisfied that my husband can stay in Bianjing. Thank you, madam!"

"If you have nothing else to do, go back." Mrs. Wang waved her hand.

"My daughter is leaving!" Molan stood up, bowed, and walked out.

Madam Wang played with the sachet and said with a smile, "Look at the way she begged me just now. I feel really relieved."

"Madam, when Miss Lin was taken into the family by the master, wasn't she also very submissive and submissive? This fourth girl is very similar to Miss Lin. She has been trying to please you all this time. I'm afraid it's not that simple. I think it's better for her to be careful and not fall into her trap." Madam Liu reminded.

"You're too worried."

Madam Wang waved her hands and said, "Her mother is gone, and her only brother is a useless person. Now the only one she can rely on is the Sheng family. If the master had not wanted to help Wen Yanjing, I would not have paid any attention to her."

"That's why it's suspicious. The fourth lady is such a smart person, how could she not have thought that the master would help Wen Yanjing? After all, he is not only the master's student but also the son-in-law. The fourth lady doesn't need to come to the eldest lady for help." Mother Liu said.

"She was just trying to please me because she was afraid that I would interfere. She wasn't being mean. Even though I agreed, I really wanted to stop it, but I couldn't.

Of course, she did this to ease the relationship with me. After all, the Sheng family is the only one she can rely on now." Madam Wang said with a smile.

Mother Liu looked at Madam Wang, who was so smug, as if everything was under control, and sighed silently in her heart.

Although what Madam Wang said made sense, she always felt that it was not that simple.

The best way is to ignore it, but Madam Wang simply didn't listen.

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Molan came out of Sheng's house and got on the carriage waiting at the door. She said, "Let's go to Moxiangzhai. We are running out of pens, ink and paper at home. Let's go buy some."

"Yes."

Yun Zai responded, lifted the curtain and told the coachman.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the door of Moxiangzhai and stopped.

Molan got off the carriage, looked around, and walked into the shop.

There were not many customers in the store, and they were quietly picking things out.

Seeing a guest coming in, a servant came up with a smile and bowed, "What does this lady need?"

"I ordered some ink sticks from Shopkeeper Hao before. I wonder if they have arrived?" Molan asked.

(End of this chapter)