Now that the Supreme Emperor has spoken, the Emperor and King Zhongshun have no other choice. The military power in the hands of the Supreme Emperor cannot be underestimated.
Of course, the Supreme Emperor did not want to break the tacit understanding with the Emperor, and said: "For An Minhou's marriage, let's decide on Lin Ruhai's daughter."
There was an exchange of interests between the two parties, and they temporarily stopped pursuing the case. Everything had to wait until the secret guards in the hands of the Supreme Emperor investigated.
King Zhongshun said dissatisfied: "My father is too partial. He doesn't even believe us, his own sons, and would rather believe those outsiders."
The Supreme Emperor has experienced several rebellions by princes, how dare he trust his own son so easily.
From the former crown prince, Prince Yoshitaka, to the strange events at Mount Iron Web, more than one prince was involved.
The emperor didn't want to discuss this, so he said: "Okay, stop complaining. Didn't you get the blueprints for the shipbuilding? How is the situation at the shipyard?"
King Zhongshun said: "I sent people to Songjiang Prefecture. After investigation, I found that it is indeed suitable for building a shipyard, and that place is also suitable as a port for going to sea."
"That's good. If there is a problem in the South China Sea, your place will be very critical."
King Zhongshun said: "Tingxuan guessed that there will be changes in the South China Sea within three years at the latest. When my younger brother asked about the reason, Tingxuan said that it was based on the calculation of several Western ships purchased by the Qianxiang Kingdom."
"What's wrong with those ships?"
King Zhongshun thought for a while and said: "According to the report of my caravan, those ships have many artillery. If Qianxiang Kingdom pays attention to it, it will be able to form an army in about three years."
"Didn't the Ministry of Industry just say that it has released a new type of artillery? What is the situation now?"
King Zhongshun obtained several artillery pieces from the West and thought they were better than those currently used by the court.
Of course, Wang Tingxuan looked down on those artillery pieces. He said casually that it didn't matter, and was pulled by King Zhongshun to start studying the artillery pieces.
The test has been successful some time ago and is being prepared for mass production.
This was also a blessing to the imperial concubine for marriage. Without this experience, there would have been no money to prepare for the birth.
"A batch has been produced now, but do we really want to give these to the Prince of Nan'an? I'm even afraid that they will sell these artillery pieces directly to the Qianxiang Kingdom."
The emperor was also undecided, because the intelligence this time included not only the struggle for military power, but also the matter of taking empty pay and privately selling weapons.
"Tingxuan has made another great contribution. I have decided to give the girl of the Lin family a title when you recognize your adopted daughter, as a reward for Tingxuan."
After King Zhongshun got the news, he ran over to congratulate Wang Tingxuan, who was at Lin Ruhai's house at this time.
Lin Ruhai was very excited when she got such news.
Who would have thought that he would suddenly receive a title.
But the title is actually not the focus. The focus is still on the issue of military power in the South China Sea.
Lin Ruhai thought for a while and said: "I think the Supreme Emperor will not agree to replace the Nan'an County King in the end. When the time comes, the four princes and eight princes will come together to petition the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor will probably choose to settle the matter as before."
Wang Tingxuan didn't know much about the Supreme Emperor. He turned to look at King Zhongshun and saw him nodding helplessly.
Uh, I can't comment.
Wang Tingxuan thought for a while and said: "Since we can't get the military power in the South China Sea, there is no need to raise it."
"If you don't bring it up, why don't you just watch it?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Since it's useless to raise it, we can secretly prepare to deal with it."
King Zhongshun understood the meaning of the secret preparation, but he was unwilling to do so and could only curse the corpse meal.
The military power in their hands is the only thing left for the four princes and eight princes to rely on, and of course they will not give up willingly.
If you look at Shui Rong in the card area, you will know that the Beijing Prince's Palace has given up military power long ago and can completely break away from the Four Kings and Eight Gongs. But for the power of the Beijing Prince's Palace, he has to participate in the actions of the Four Kings and Eight Gongs.
There was something wrong with the atmosphere in Jia Mu's house.
I originally received the post from Prince Zhongshun happily, but I didn't expect it to be a post from Princess Zhongshun recognizing her adopted daughter, who is also the niece of the Jia family.
Their own niece recognized her as a cousin, and they still needed to get the news from other people's posts. How could they let the good-looking Mother Jia feel relieved.
What made them even more angry was that the post was given to Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing, and Wang Xifeng but not to Mrs. Wang.
What does this mean?
It means that the Lin family is going to sever ties with the Jia family, at least for the second time.
Mrs. Xing covered her face with a handkerchief, but she couldn't hide the joy in her heart.
The empress’s biological mother, so what, she’s not qualified to attend the party at Prince Zhongshun’s residence.
There is a reason why Mrs. Xing is so angry.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, Jia Yuanchun gave gifts to the mansion. Except for Wang Xifeng and Jia Yingchun, no one in the whole house received gifts.
I don’t know if Jia Yuanchun did this on purpose or if she really forgot about it. Anyway, her move caused the Jia family to begin to split.
If she hadn't been in Jia Mu's room and was afraid of Jia Mu's tricks, Mrs. Xing would have burst into laughter.
In the past, Wang Xifeng would not have paid attention to Mrs. Xing, her mother-in-law.
After finding out that her dowry had been tampered with, she realized that there was nothing wrong with a stupid mother-in-law.
Mother Jia frowned and asked, "Do you know when this happened? Why don't our mansion know any news? When did son-in-law Lin's family have such a close relationship with Prince Zhongshun's palace?"
Wang Xifeng stood up. She knew that the Lin family was connected to Prince Zhongshun's palace. But the relationship was so close that she couldn't know it.
The affairs of Prince Zhongshun's palace are not something she can interfere with.
But if it was necessary to inquire about information, she would be the one to do the errands in the end. In order to silence Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang, she had no choice but to come forward.
"Old lady, Uncle Lin used to ask Princess Zhongshun to take Sister Lin to socialize. As for why he wanted to recognize his father, I don't know. I have been recovering from illness recently and it is difficult to go out."
Mother Jia was unhappy. It was time for the family to hire people, but Wang Xifeng was trying to avoid it. Although there were many people in the Jia family, there really was no one as good as Wang Xifeng.
Mrs. Wang pulled her face together and said: "Old lady, the Lin family has not sent any news to our family until now. They clearly want to break off the relationship with our family. If we really go, the empress's face will not look good."
If you don't go, you will really be cut off from the Lin family.
Jia Mu weighed it in her mind for a long time and said: "Hutu, our family should go to Hutu just for the sake of the empress. There is no way a child like Yu'er can do such a thing as recognizing a relative. What's more, this time we are in Prince Zhongshun's Mansion.
She is only qualified to obey orders."
"Go, not only go, but also let everyone see our relationship with the Lin family. King Zhongshun is the emperor's younger brother, and he is very important. Our family usually has no chance to make friends with him, how about this opportunity?
I can let it go easily."
Mrs. Wang opened her mouth and said, "But..." But I didn't receive the invitation, so I didn't say this sentence in the end.
Saying it out is just adding to the joke.
This is what makes Jia Mu angry. Doesn't this comparison tell everyone that the second bedroom is not as good as the big one? How will Baoyu control the house in the future?
Jia Mu felt sulky for a while, and then she said, "That's it. You go down and prepare well, so as not to lose the face of the house. I'll arrange for someone to ask Yu'er."
Now Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang both began to feel pain in their hearts. They had to prepare gifts, and they also had to prepare good gifts.
This chapter has been completed!