Queen's Development

Chapter 193
As soon as Yuzhi went into the open room and sat down, Li Fanxing brought four seamstresses over.

The four seamstresses were very neatly dressed, two of them were of medium build, the other two were tall, and the tallest one was taller than ordinary men. Black, but the eyes are beautiful, black and white are distinct, very clear.

The seamstress saluted and stood up, seeing Yuzhi looking at her, she hurriedly lowered her head shyly.

Seeing the pretty-eyed seamstress bow her head, Yuzhi felt amused, and ordered: "Bring your pattern here!"

The tall tailor with beautiful eyes who stood behind said "Yes" with a hoarse voice.

She walked forward with lotus steps, and offered two thick satin brochures: "Auntie, these are the styles and fabrics of the best clothes in our spring clothes building, please have a look at them!"

While she was talking, a pair of clear and lingling eyes secretly glanced at Yuzhi.

Yuzhi didn't think it was disobedient, and signaled Ye Ling to go forward to pick up the two albums, put them on the small table, and slowly flipped through them by herself.

Each page of the top brochure depicts a beautiful woman in a dress. The painting is very exquisite and lifelike, and the dress is also extremely delicate. Each beauty has a different dress and hairstyle.

Yuzhi turned a few pages and couldn't help laughing—this Chunyi Building really knows how to do business!
The tall female tailor saw that Yuzhi was looking seriously, so she took a step forward and explained to Yuzhi: "Auntie, the cloak shown on this page is double-sided, embroidered with the finest silver beads layer upon layer. Begonia petals..."

This person is Han Qing.

He was originally the behind-the-scenes boss of Chunyi Building, so he just took this opportunity to sneak in.

At this time, it was very close to Yuzhi, and Han Qing could smell the faint fragrance of roses on Yuzhi's body - at the bottom of the wild boar ridge, he could smell the fragrance of roses on Yuzhi's body. Do you smear your body with juice?

He raised his eyes and looked over, and found that probably because of having a child, Yuzhi was plumper than before, crystal clear and white, as if covered with a layer of pearl, and the cherry lips were not painted with balm, but they were bright red...

Yuzhi didn't realize that the seamstress was looking at her, she kept turning the pages, and couldn't help being stunned when she turned to the back—there were all kinds of exquisite patterns of corsets and obscene trousers, with various styles and styles, each with its own characteristics. Conservative, simple, complex, each delicate and beautiful!

She raised her eyes to look at the seamstress: "Chunyi Building also makes underwear?"

Han Qing took a deep look at Yuzhi, and said, "Auntie, all the noble ladies in the capital are afraid of wearing the underwear of our Chunyi Building!"

Yuzhi read it silently, and kept the few styles she liked in her heart, and prepared to try a few by herself when she had time.

After reading the two brochures, Yuzhi started ordering clothes.

She ordered six capes, six cloaks, six embroidered jackets, six embroidered robes and six long skirts, and ordered eight sets of underwear.

Han Qing called two other seamstresses to come forward, quickly measured Yuzhi's size and wrote it down, then said with a smile: "Auntie, our Chunyi Building is now starting to make jewelry, you ordered so many clothes, Chunyi Lou wants to give you a set of jewelry, please take a look at the pattern!"

He presented another album.

Yuzhi took it with a smile and flipped through it, and finally chose a set of silver-studded pearls: "I want this set!"

Han Qing looked at Yuzhi with a smile in his eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Auntie has really good eyesight. The pearls inlaid on the top of this set of pearls are as big as longan, and the size is uniform and pearly. This is the town hall of our Chunyi Building. Lou Zhibao!"

Yuzhi smiled slightly: "You have worked hard!"

He also ordered Han Lin: "Each person will be rewarded with a beaded purse!"

When she usually rewards people, she distributes purses of various styles, and there are often a pair of small gold lockets in the beaded purse.

The four seamstresses quickly bowed their knees and thanked them.

It's time to step back, but Han Qing doesn't want to leave. He claims to be rational, but when it comes to things related to Yuzhi, his rationality always fails.

He wanted to take one more look at Yuzhi, and that was enough.

Because he is about to go back westward to Xixia, thousands of miles away, see you next time, I don't know how many years later.

At this moment, a loud cry came from the bedroom, and soon the nanny came out with a beautiful baby in her arms: "Auntie, the young master is looking for you!"

Yu Zhi took Lin Yin, as if she didn't love enough, kissed several times, and said nastyly: "My son, miss your mother? Come and let mother kiss you well!"

When Lin Yin got into her mother's arms, she really stopped crying, and looked at the stranger in the room with a pair of black Lingling phoenix eyes.

Han Qing stared at the shade of the tree, and said in a hoarse voice: "Young master really looks like my aunt..."

Yuzhi smiled: "Really? How is it like me?"

Others say Ah Yin looks like Lin Jia!
Han Qing's eyes were gentle: "The eyes, nose and mouth are all like your aunt!"

In fact, what makes Lin Yin most resemble Yuzhi is his charm. At first glance, he looks like Yuzhi's child, so cute!

Yuzhi laughed and told Han Lin: "You send them out!"

Han Qing took a deep look at Yuzhi, and then slowly backed out.

After Han Qing and the others left, Yuzhi's face showed a thoughtful expression: The breath of this seamstress smelled very good, and she seemed a little familiar...

After the court meeting was over, Lin Jia accompanied Emperor Yongtai out of the Daqing Hall and walked towards the Yutang Hall.

The autumn rain is continuous, and the resplendent palace is silent in the rain.

The great eunuch Yang Wen personally held an umbrella behind.

Seeing that Lin Jia hadn't spoken and looked stubborn, Emperor Yongtai sighed and said, "Ajia, the family is powerful and civil servants have great power. I have wanted to change for so many years, but have not succeeded. Take it easy!"

Lin Jiafeng narrowed her eyes and said in a low voice, "Father, I want to expand the cabinet."

Emperor Yongtai nodded and said, "This can be done!"

He stopped and looked at Lin Jia: "Ajia, do you have a candidate?"

Lin Jia pursed her lips, and then said: "Let my uncle Jiang Shulin enter the cabinet first, and when the time is right, another person will be added!"

Emperor Yongtai nodded: "You have to take your time!"

He ordered Yang Wen: "Decide my will, and Jiang Shuling, Minister of the Ministry of War, will join the crown prince and Taifu, and enter the cabinet to take care of things!"

Yang Wen answered "Yes".

Emperor Yongtai looked at Lin Jia, saw his delicate eyebrows stretched, and couldn't help smiling: "Ajia, tomorrow morning, you will be buried in the protest memorial. Tomorrow, I will have a morning rest. Ajia, you should deal with it yourself." Bar!"

The corners of Lin Jia's mouth turned up slightly, and she smiled shyly: "Don't worry, father, I will make arrangements properly!"

After having lunch with Emperor Yongtai, Lin Jia left the palace, and was surrounded by Jackdaw, Alan, Li Rui and others, and headed towards Jiang's residence in a carriage with a carriage.

Tomorrow's matter is too important, he needs to discuss it with his uncle.

It was raining at this time, and there were not many pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, pedestrians walked by with oiled paper umbrellas in their hands.

When Lin Jia's convoy reached a crossroad, a group of men and women in ragged clothes suddenly rushed out from the small street, crying loudly: "Lord Supervisor, you are wronged! You are wronged!"

Ye Chunshan had commanded the imperial army to form a human wall to block these people.

While struggling, these men and women cried out heart-rendingly: "Master Jian Guo, Xiaomin has suffered a great injustice, and he came from Yuzhou. I beg Lord Jian Guo to make the decision!"

Lin Jia lifted the curtain of the car and looked over, and found that these people were yellow, thin, and ragged, with tears running down their faces, unable to tell whether it was water or tears, and screaming loudly.

His heart moved, and he told Li Rui, "Li Rui, take them back home."

Li Rui answered "Yes", motioned Jackdaw to stop the carriage, got off the horse himself, walked up to those people, and said in a deep voice, "Let them come over!"

Ye Chunshan waved his hand, and the Imperial Army who was stopping these people led them to Lin Jia's carriage.

Lin Jia lightly ordered: "Take them back home."

These people were intercepted and assassinated by Yuzhou officials all the way, and finally came to Yuzhou after trekking thousands of miles, and now they finally saw the legendary future emperor, saw hope, and were so happy that they burst into tears and knelt down together: "Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

Seeing the tears on these people's faces, Lin Jia felt inexplicably sad, and told Li Rui in a low voice: "Let the big kitchen in the mansion cook some meals, and bring them to see me after they finish eating."

Li Rui answered "Yes."

After returning to the foreign study room, just as Lin Jia saw the messenger sent by the prefect of Liaozhou, Li Rui brought those Yuzhou people who stopped the car and complained.

Those common people had already had their meals, and their skinny faces finally showed some color, and they knelt down as soon as they entered the outer study.

Lin Jiaduan sat behind the desk with a gentle voice: "Get up! Ah Qing, sit down!"

Officials often come to see him in the outer study, and there are many armchairs carved in red sandalwood on the east and west sides.

After these people sat down in trepidation, they began to talk in a hurry. One of the bookish middle-aged men saw that everyone was talking nonsense, and hurriedly said: "Folks, let me talk about it!"

When everyone heard the words, they stopped talking, and looked at the middle-aged man with hope in both eyes.

The middle-aged man got up and bowed his hands before saying: "Master Lin, we are all from Yuzhou, some are from Wei County, some are from Ping County, some are from Yong County..."

Lin Jia listened closely, Xiuzhi's brows gradually furrowed.

The middle-aged man continued, his eyes turned red early: "...the reason why I waited to come to Beijing to seek an adult to file a complaint is because the officials in Yuzhou colluded with each other in a dark way. Our daughter, the youngest is nine years old, and the oldest is 13 years old. , were all taken away by the minions sent by these officials on the road, some were spoiled and thrown on the side of the road, and some were not seen alive or dead..."

He wiped away his tears vigorously: "For more than ten years, the young daughters of countless ordinary people in Yuzhou have been victimized, but the universe is clear and the sky is clear, and no one upholds justice in the huge Yuzhou. We will jointly come to the capital to file a complaint. Being chased and killed by Yuzhou officials, only three or four out of ten came to the capital alive..."

When the common people heard this, they remembered the sins their daughter had suffered, and the blood and tears on the way to Beijing, and they all cried: "I beg Lord Jian Guo to be the master for us!"

Lin Jia is also a person with children, and she can quite understand the hearts of these people's parents, and her eyes are moist.

He looked around at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "I will send competent people to investigate this matter, please stay at my house and wait to testify, what do you think?"

These people have been complaining for ten years, and finally waited for the day when someone made the decision. Weeping with joy, they all fell to their knees.

Lin Jia told Li Rui again: "Arrange them in the East Guest House, so that they can be entertained!"

Li Rui answered "Yes" and left with all the people.

Lin Jia's heart was ups and downs, and she couldn't calm down for a while.

He got up and walked to the window, looking at the pattering autumn rain outside, feeling desolate in his heart—in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there was such a tragedy, and in the blue sky of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were so many local officials who made such mistakes. Such inhumane things happened, and these cases were able to leave Yuzhou, and they were hidden for so many years!

He walked back to the desk, took a sip of tea, the slightly bitter tea made him calm down gradually, and then told Ah Qing: "Go and invite Qin Yuchuan!"

Ah Qing answered "yes", and was about to step back, but Lin Jia said again: "Master Bai, please come here with me!"

After Ah Qing left, Lin Jia took another sip of tea.

He was going to appoint Qin Yuchuan and Bai Yuming as imperial envoys to take people to Yuzhou to investigate the case.

In the evening, it was time for dinner, so Lin Jia went back to Tingsongyuan.

Yuzhi had already heard about the Yuzhou people living in the East Guest House that Li Rui arranged to sue, and when she saw Lin Jia came back, she talked about it with Lin Jia.

She raised her eyes to look at Lin Jia: "Ajia, this case must be thoroughly investigated, and after the investigation is confirmed, it must be severely punished. Only severe punishment can shock these officials, so that no one will do such a heartless thing again!"

Lin Jia nodded and said, "I didn't expect Da Zhou's bureaucracy to reach such a level..."

Yuzhi sneered, and said: "Yu Yizhou has dominated the government for many years, and the court and the local government are all his disciples and cronies. They are used to running rampant, thinking that there is no kingly law in this world!"

She looked at Lin Jia: "Ajia, but sending Qin Yuchuan and my brother over there is not enough, these local officials are too powerful, maybe they will do something wrong!"

Lin Jia heard this, thought for a moment, and looked up at Yuzhi.

"Send Ye Chunshan to escort five thousand elite imperial troops," Yuzhi said with deep eyes, "Ajia, you don't know how rampant these local officials are."

Lin Jia nodded: "Yuzhi, after dinner, you can accompany me to the study outside, let's discuss this matter in detail!"

Yuzhi is very talented in politics. Lin Jia handles government affairs, and Yuzhi often listens behind the screen in the study outside and participates in Lin Jia's decision-making.

Yuzhi hummed, snuggled into Lin Jia's arms, put her arms around Lin Jia's still thin waist, and said softly: "Ajia, let's take it step by step, and a peaceful and prosperous age will definitely come!"

Lin Jia bowed her head and kissed Yu Zhi's temple, and said "Mmm".

After dinner, Lin Jia and Yu Zhi were going to the study outside, Ah Qing came back and said that the Lin family had sent someone to invite Lin Jia to come over.

Yuzhi looked at Lin Jia: "Ajia, I'll pretend to be a servant, let's go there with you!"

Lin Jia nodded, and said: "I have already discussed with my father, and I am going to let my uncle join the cabinet. This matter has a lot to do with it. You should go and listen to it too!"

Yuzhi smiled sweetly, and said, "We'll wait until we see Ye Chunshan before going!"

Lin Jia nodded and reached out to hold Yuzhi's hand.

It's great to have the wise and sensible Yuzhi by my side!
A quarter of an hour later, Yuzhi came out of the bedroom wearing a blue silk robe, a white dungaree around her waist, and light boots, and triumphantly walked to Lin Jia who was reading a book: "Ajia, how are you?"

Lin Jia glanced at her chest, saw that it was quite flat, and knew that it had been strangled with a silk scarf, so she asked, "Does it hurt there?"

Since the birth of A Yin, Yuzhi's area has become more plump, and the tightness is so flat, it may be a little painful.

Yuzhi smiled and shook her head: "It's okay! Ajia, let's go!"

Ye Chunshan was waiting in the study room accompanied by Ah Qing, when he saw Lin Jia came out with a boy in green clothes, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I've seen you, my lord!"

When he raised his eyes, he recognized that the servant next to Lin Jia was Yuzhi, and his eyes widened involuntarily.

Yuzhi squinted her eyes and smiled: "I'll go out with the adults!"

Knowing that Lin Jia wanted to pick [-] elite imperial troops to escort Qin Yuchuan and Bai Yuming to Yuzhou to investigate the case, Ye Chunshan immediately agreed: "My lord, my subordinates will start selecting tomorrow, and we can gather all the troops tomorrow night!"

Lin Jia nodded and said, "I'm going to Jiang's Mansion right now, you can bring someone to follow!"

Ye Chunshan answered "Yes" and stepped back first.

It was late at night and it was still raining.

Lin Jia's carriage drove directly into the gate of Jiang's Mansion, and headed north along the wet corridor.

Yuzhi lifted the curtain of the car to look out, and said softly: "Ajia, it seems to be going to the inner courtyard!"

Lin Jia said indifferently: "Grandfather, grandmother and uncle are close relatives, it doesn't matter."

The carriage drove all the way to the gate of the inner courtyard, and then stopped.

Just as Lin Jia wanted to get out of the carriage first, Yu Zhi jumped off first, and he hurriedly got out of the carriage too.

Li Rui and Jackdaw waited outside the car under umbrellas, covering Yuzhi and Lin Jia before morning.

Lin Jia got out of the carriage and found that the gate of the inner courtyard was full of people—grandfather, grandmother, first uncle, first aunt, second uncle, second aunt, and several cousins ​​were all there.

Seeing Lin Jia get out of the car, Mrs. Jiang said in a deep voice, "I've seen Lord Jian Guo!"

The crowd saluted in unison.

Lin Jia had mixed feelings in her heart, and knew that her grandfather wanted to tell him that the Jiang family was on his side.

(End of this chapter)