Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 206 Fishing
Su Qingwan looked at Prime Minister Lu's arrogant and domineering appearance, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing a light smile, and said neither servilely nor arrogantly: "Lord, although I am still young and a woman, I am in the Southwest fiefdom, you might as well ask around, is there anything that the Southwest Grand Princess can't make the decision on? I can handle all the trivial matters in the inner court of the mansion, from the small arrangements of the household to the big allocation of military supplies and fodder. In the fiefdom, the Southwest Grand Princess has a little more say than the Southwest Prince. Lord, please put away your prejudice against women. I only need a letter to make my brother stop the war, but you doubt that I can't make the decision in the southwest, which is too much of an underestimation of me."

When Prime Minister Lu heard this, he was suddenly speechless. He opened his mouth but couldn't say anything for a long time.

Su Qingwan stood up slowly. The wind and snow outside the house seemed to have received an order and rushed into the room, lifting up her skirt and bringing a gust of cold wind.

Su Qingwan had a stern expression and said in a cold voice: "I will pretend that I didn't hear what the Lord said today. If you really want to surrender, you must be wholehearted. We in the southwest don't need half-hearted ministers. Having said that, I will take my leave!" After that, Su Qingwan strode away with the eldest prince, her posture showing arrogance and determination.

As soon as she left, the eldest son of the Lu family and his wife-in-law hurriedly gathered around her, anxiously asking Prime Minister Lu about the outcome of the negotiations.

Prime Minister Lu's face was as solemn as ice, and he thought secretly in his heart that if the Lu family chose the wrong camp at this critical moment of decision, they would be doomed!
After Su Qingwan boarded the carriage, she let out a long sigh, looked up at the sky, and silently said in her heart: Father, mother, brother...you guys watch carefully in heaven, your daughter will be able to avenge you soon!
She knew in her heart that the moment Prime Minister Lu took the initiative to negotiate with her, he had already lost the qualification to negotiate with Southwest on an equal footing. At this negotiation table, the Lu family didn't have many bargaining chips, so she had to force them again to make the Lu family completely stop wavering.

After returning to the palace, Su Qingwan took the eldest prince straight to the Yangxin Palace and told the emperor everything about her conversation with Prime Minister Lu. Not only that, Su Qingwan had evil thoughts in her mind and described the conversation in an exaggerated way.

"Royal brother, you see, the Lu family is not that loyal to you. You are such a failure!" Su Qingwan deliberately spoke bluntly and sharply.

After hearing this, the emperor's face darkened and he was speechless. He was choked and couldn't recover for a long time.

Lu Jing stood aside, watching this scene, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

He had long been accustomed to Su Qingwan's occasional sarcasm of the emperor. If she didn't do this, she would seem to be uncomfortable. The emperor had no way to deal with her and could only sulk in secret.

"Don't rely on the fact that you have the eldest prince in your hands and I dare not do anything to you!" The emperor could not help but raise his voice with a bit of annoyance.

"I rely on you, my royal brother, isn't it?" Su Qingwan winked playfully, not afraid of the emperor's threat at all. She looked as if she was sure that the emperor would not really do anything to her.

Lu Jing hurriedly came out to smooth things over, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I will definitely send people to closely monitor the Lu family's every move, and will never let them have the opportunity to do anything that is detrimental to the court."

"By the way, Royal Brother, I went to the Lu family today and met Liu Jiang. It's really strange, why would the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard appear in the elder's mansion? You might as well send someone to investigate it!" Su Qingwan's eyes rolled, and she came up with the idea of ​​killing someone with a borrowed knife.

Lu Jing couldn't help but glance at her, only to see that she looked calm and had no guilty conscience. She knew in her heart that it was okay to kill someone with a borrowed knife. This was a means of power struggle, and there was nothing to be ashamed of.

Several people discussed in the Yangxin Palace for nearly half an hour, and Su Qingwan returned to the palace first.

As soon as she got back to her residence, she immediately wrote a letter and prepared to send it to the southwest. She knew that this letter would definitely have to be reviewed by Lu Jing, so she was not in a hurry to seal it.

After Lu Jing came back, Su Qingwan took the initiative to talk to him about the letter. Lu Jing didn't even read the content, and directly sent someone to deliver the letter to Zhongzhou. Seeing this, Su Qingwan was surprised and couldn't help asking, "You didn't even take a look?" "The emperor and the prince have already agreed on the overall situation, I believe they will not go back on their words." Lu Jing gently held Su Qingwan's hand and asked softly, "Are you afraid of seeing Liu Jiang today?"

Su Qingwan was a little surprised that Lu Jing would care about this matter. After a slight pause, she pretended to be relaxed and said, "Why should I be afraid of him? I don't even know him."

After hearing this, Lu Jing felt a sharp pain in his heart, but he could only respond softly: "Yes, I understand."

"Why are you acting so strange today?" Su Qingwan pulled back her hand, looked at Lu Jing in confusion, and asked, "I haven't asked you yet, what did you do when you went out of town today?"

"There are some official business that needs to be taken care of." Lu Jing explained calmly. Nowadays, the Jinyiwei's affairs are extremely busy, and the current war is the top priority.

The imperial city is heavily guarded, but there are still people who try to take advantage of the situation.

The day before yesterday, an unidentified person sneaked into the palace with ill intentions. The Jinyiwei chased him all the way to the outside of the city, but unfortunately the other party was a team of well-trained assassins, and in the end they were unable to find out where they came from.

Su Qingwan frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "It's definitely not done by Southwest... We haven't made any moves recently."

She had a very strict control over all the spies and assassins in Southwest and Huainan. No one dared to act without her order. During this sensitive period, someone was trying to fish in troubled waters. If someone took the opportunity to kill the emperor and then put the blame on Southwest, the war would really start, and the original plan would be completely disrupted, and the fake would become real.

Lu Jing looked solemn, nodded firmly, and said in a deep voice: "I have greatly strengthened the guards around the emperor. Those evil-minded people will never succeed."

The core purpose of this war is to cleanse the clans, and we must not let the fake play become real. Using the clan's money to support the war, weakening the clan's power and eradicating their foundation is the top priority. If the emperor has any accident during this period, it would be completely putting the cart before the horse.

Once that situation occurs, Prime Minister Lu will definitely support the eldest prince to ascend the throne, and he will take the opportunity to serve as the regent and control the entire court. By then, the situation will be in chaos and all plans will be in vain.

"Don't take the eldest prince out of the palace these days. The situation outside the palace is complicated and there is no guarantee that he will encounter an accident. It is safer to stay in the palace."

Su Qingwan nodded. She knew that the palace was heavily guarded, and from a safety perspective, it was indeed much safer than outside the palace. "I have taken the eldest prince out of the palace so many times before, and I have never encountered any danger. Now it seems that those people are likely targeting the emperor." Su Qingwan frowned slightly, analyzing the current situation.

"Then it can only be..." Lu Jing and Su Qingwan's eyes met in the air, and they looked at each other, and each of them had a rough guess in their hearts. At the moment, the situation in the capital was in a state of panic, and they could only wait and see the clan's next move to see how they would make a move.

"By the way, I haven't been back to the Lu Mansion for a long time. My mother sent someone to deliver a message a few days ago, saying that she missed me very much and hoped that I could bring you back to the mansion for dinner. Do you think it's okay?" Lu Jing turned slightly and looked at Su Qingwan expectantly.

Su Qingwan didn't want to expose herself by going to the Lu family, so she declined politely, "It's not appropriate for me to go to your house. Aren't your brother and sister-in-law still arguing about divorce? Family disgrace should not be made public. If I go there and run into them quarreling, it won't look good, right?"