Queen's Development

Chapter 181

After the court meeting was over, Emperor Yongtai was a little tired, so he told Lin Jia to take charge of the cabinet, and he took his people back to Yutang Hall to rest.

The cabinet is a courtyard full of phoenix trees. It is located in the outer palace, between the imperial study and the Imperial Academy, which is very convenient.

Lin Jia and the cabinet ministers headed by Yu Yizhou entered the cabinet, sat down on the rosewood chair in the main hall, and began to discuss matters.

Lin Jia had long guessed that Yu Yizhou would give him a blow today, and it really went smoothly at the beginning. When it came time to discuss the relocation of the southern people to Ganzhou and Suzhou, and the repayment of resettlement allowances for the immigrants, the Minister of the Household Department Deng Zixian began to attack: "Lord Lin, although this matter is good, but you have fought successive wars for the past few years, and your treasury is empty. How can you have money?"

Yu Yizhou looked solemn, shook his head, and said, "What Mr. Deng said is absolutely true!"

Lin Jia had already guessed the ending, so she was not in a hurry, and immediately said: "Since that's the case, let's put this matter on hold and discuss it later."

He narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, glanced at all the cabinet ministers, and started the next topic.

After discussing all the topics, Jiang Shulin, the new minister of the Ministry of War, said: "My lord, Han Qing and the leader of Guizhen entered Xixia and killed the king of Xixia. , Xixia may invade our northwest border at any time, in the face of this situation, how should our Great Zhou deal with it?"

When Lin Jia heard this, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and there was a hint of a smile - this was naturally arranged by him, if Yu Yizhou dared to block his proposal, he would have a way to make Yu Yizhou feel uncomfortable!
After hearing this, Yu Yizhou knew that the matter was serious, so he immediately started discussing with the ministers.

At the end of the discussion, the cabinet ministers found that the problem had returned to the original point - the matter of relocating the people to the northwest proposed by Lin Jia had to be discussed tomorrow.

Yu Yizhou knew that Lin Jia was difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect Lin Jia to be so difficult to deal with.

However, he was not discouraged. Today, Lin Jia knew about his power in the court. If Lin Jia wanted to control the court, he had to marry his daughter and form an alliance with him!
A Lan and A Chi took Lin Jia's personal guards and stayed under the plane tree outside the cabinet, waiting for Lin Jia to come out.

Yu Yizhou and the others' servants and attendants were also waiting there, chatting occasionally.

The weather was very hot today, and after staying here for most of the day, Ah Lan and these personal guards were still wearing leather hats. They were already sweating from the heat, and their white silk jackets were soaked.

Achi covered his forehead with his hands and looked at the sunset in the northwest, then at the empty cabinet gate, and said, "It's going to be hot to death!"

Alan wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, but didn't speak.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the cabinet yard, Alan and the others hurriedly stood up and straightened their backs, ready to salute.

Yu Yizhou's relatives took a look and saw Lin Jia walking out talking with all the adults, and hurriedly pushed a clever young man beside him.

The little servant understood, immediately took the horse and galloped away.

Lin Jia left the door of the cabinet and bid farewell to all the adults.

All the cabinet ministers naturally knew that this evil star was the future emperor, so no matter what they thought in their hearts, they were very respectful on their faces, and asked Lin Jia to go first.

Lin Jia smiled slightly, took the reins of the horse handed over by A Lan, got on the horse, cupped her hands again, and then went down surrounded by the followers.

In the summer evening, Yanqingfang is still full of people's voices, and the sound of silk, bamboo and singing can be heard endlessly.

Surrounded by all the guards, Lin Jia rode a horse through the bustling crowd.

Because there were a lot of pedestrians on the street, he was not moving fast.

When walking to the famous Chunliu Building in Beijing, which specializes in rouge and gouache, a snow-white silk handkerchief suddenly floated down from upstairs, fluttering towards Lin Jia.

At the same time, there was a voice from Chunliu Tower: "My handkerchief!"

Lin Jia looked up casually, and saw a girl standing in the window on the second floor of Chunliu Building, that girl was looking at him with shy eyes.

Ah Lan was guarding Lin Jia's left side, and also looked up, seeing the beautiful girl's eyes following her lord, knowing that she was another person who liked her lord's appearance, so she deliberately drew her saber and swung her towards her. Then he broke the silk handkerchief into two pieces.

The girl said coquettishly: "You have to pay for my handkerchief!"

A maidservant with a melon-shaped face and almond-eyed eyes beside her also said, "You dare to damage the handkerchief embroidered by the eldest daughter of our prime minister's house, so pay for it!"

Ah Chi was walking on the left side of Lin Jia, and immediately leaned over and whispered: "My lord, this girl may be Yu Mingyue, the eldest daughter of Yu Yizhou!"

Lin Jia didn't say a word, just clamped the horse's belly and accelerated the speed of walking.

Yu Mingyue saw that Lin Jia didn't look at her for a second time, she felt a little disappointed, her eyes only followed Lin Jia, and watched him go down surrounded by all the guards, and then she looked at the servant standing behind her: "This is The current Supervisor Lin Jialin?"

The little servant smiled and said, "Girl, that's natural. I saw it with my own eyes when I followed our Prime Minister to the palace!"

Lian Xin, Yu Mingyue's personal servant girl, said with a smile, "Girl, this Mr. Lin has such a good life!"

Another maid, Huang Lian, also smiled: "So there are such good-looking men in the world, but his face is not fair..."

The servant said with a smile: "Master Lin just quelled the northwest rebellion and returned to the capital not long ago. It was dark when he first came back, but now it is much whiter!"

Yu Mingyue stared at Lin Jia's crowd below with full eyes, and thought, "It's not just a good birth, this is the future Emperor of Great Zhou!"If I marry him, I will be the future queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the mother of the world, and I will be famous in history...

It is now the first ten days of July, and the weather is extremely hot, and it cools down in the evening.

Yuzhi was so tired of confinement, after asking the female doctor Jin, she learned that she could go out for a stroll in the yard, so she took a shower, changed into a cool and breathable dress, and went out in her arms.

Li Rui learned that Yuzhi wanted to go for a stroll in the courtyard, so he personally led someone to build a green gauze tent beside the bamboo grove in the courtyard. Under the green gauze tent, a thin bamboo silk mat was laid, and bamboo armchairs were placed And the table, put some fruits and snacks that Yuzhi likes to eat on the table.

Li Rui was there when Yuzhi passed by holding the tree shade.

He stepped forward to salute Yuzhi, raised his eyes to look at Lin Yin, the little boy in Yuzhi's arms, and saw that he had grown up, and he was almost the same as when he was just born. His small face was snow-white, his eyebrows were picturesque, and he could see The rudiment with phoenix eyes and vermilion lips, wearing a small scarlet gauze robe, and a chubby body covered in white jade is almost like a baby version of Lin Jia, and she couldn't help smiling.

Seeing that Li Rui's long hair was tied with a black ribbon, and he was wearing a frost-colored summer robe and a black forged belt, Yu Zhi couldn't help laughing, "Aren't you hot?"

Li Rui shook his head and said, "I'm used to it!"

Yuzhi sat down on the armchair, feeling that the cool shade was very comfortable, and the fragrance of green bamboo was permeating the surroundings, so she laughed: "This place is really nice!"

Li Rui was about to speak when Li Fanxing ran over: "Master!"

Seeing that Li Fanxing was sweating anxiously, Yuzhi hurriedly said, "Li Rui, take a look at Li Fanxing first!"

Li Rui nodded slightly and walked over.

Li Fanxing bowed to Yuzhi first, and then replied to Li Rui in a low voice: "Master, someone came from the palace just now, saying that Yu Yizhou went to Yutang Hall to meet His Majesty, and he was talking to His Majesty about your lord's marriage... "

Li Ruijunxiu's face became serious, he nodded, and said, "Don't leak the news!"

Li Fanxing answered "Yes" and left.

Seeing Li Rui approaching thoughtfully, Yu Zhi asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Li Rui looked at the lovely shade of Yuxue in Yuzhi's arms, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing!"

He knew that Yuzhi was still in confinement and breastfeeding Lin Yin himself, if he told Yuzhi about this now, it would only make Yuzhi anxious, so it's better not to mention it.

As soon as Lin Jia left, Yu Yizhou went to Yutang Hall and drank tea with Emperor Yongtai in the main hall of Yutang Hall.

The great eunuch Yang Wen brewed a pot of Mingqian Maojian himself, poured one each for Emperor Yongtai and Yu Yizhou, and respectfully offered them up.

Now that Emperor Yongtai had Lin Jia, he felt very relaxed, holding a cup of tea and slowly sipping tea.

Yu Yizhou was preoccupied, on the surface he sipped his tea calmly, but in his heart he was looking for the right time.

After Emperor Yongtai finished drinking a cup of tea, Yang Wen hurriedly stepped forward to pour another cup for him.

Seeing Emperor Yongtai's relaxed expression, Yu Yizhou said, "Your Majesty, do you still count on the marriage contract you made for the prince and the little girl earlier?"

(End of this chapter)