The left minister of the Ministry of War came out, handed over the memorial, and said in fear:
"Yesterday, I first heard that Lord Long Live went to the Arsenal Department. I was overjoyed. I just happened to have a batch of new strong bows and crossbows waiting for you to review. Unexpectedly, I heard that the head of the Arsenal Department said that there are several weapons that need repairing that have been put on the inventory during this period.
The shipments from Fang Daying have arrived, and they are all piled up in the warehouse outside. As soon as I heard this, I knew it was bad. I am afraid that Long live the Lord will misunderstand, and this is a special memorial today."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone brought in a basket of crossbows that had been prepared and brought them up.
The Minister of War is old and fell ill today.
Yu Chigong took the memorial and said casually while flipping through it: "Yesterday I just had a whim, but I remember that I only took stock of the inventory last autumn, so why do I do it now? Why is it that no one came to take care of such a big thing?" p>
The left minister of the Ministry of War quickly knelt down and apologized: "It was my negligence. There was abundant rain in spring, and the weapons were easy to rust. I also wanted to nip it in the bud, and prepared to clear the accounts and report it. Weapons, soldiers rely on them; soldiers are the foundation of the country."
It is a sharp weapon. I know that the stakes are very important and I dare not be careless."
After finishing speaking, kowtow.
Among the ministers, Wu Dingbang stood with his head bowed. His brows furrowed when he heard this, and then he calmed down.
Before Yuchi Gong asked anyone to get up, he read the memorial carefully and said slowly: "Ai Qing has done a good job in calculating the accounts. I will present the crossbow."
After closing the memorial and trying the crossbow again, he smiled and said: "Yes, my strength has improved a lot. Please be dear to me."
The left minister of the Ministry of War secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The lining under his official robe was already soaked with sweat, but he heard another question from above: "I wonder when the detailed accounts will be presented?"
He felt nervous and said quickly: "If I want to see it, I can check it at any time, but there are so many detailed accounts that I may be tired of my eyes."
A cold light flashed in Yuchi Gong's eyes, and he praised: "Well, you are indeed my dear friend!"
After going down to court, Yuchi Gong strode back to Cangchen Hall, with no discernible expression of joy or anger on his face.
After entering the palace, he ordered one after another:
"Go and bring all the detailed accounts from the War Department and the Arsenal Department, immediately!"
"In the afternoon, find a way to meet Xuanwu Dingbang."
Ordinary people can even change the emperor, and the Minister of War can really get over it, but who is Yuchi Gong?
When he was still a prince, he knew which weapons were kept in which warehouses in the Arsenal Department. Few people knew this.
But yesterday he went to the main warehouse, which is the place where main weapons are stored, not the outer warehouse!
Weapons that have been embroidered or damaged cannot be stored together with good weapons, let alone in the main warehouse.
At the same time, from Wu Dingbang's mouth, he learned that although weapons need to be repaired all year round, large-scale repairs are usually done in autumn and winter. After repairs are completed, they must be wrapped in oil and stored.
There is a lot of rain in spring and it is too humid. Repaired weapons may be rusted before they are oiled and wrapped. This is also the reason why weapons are plated in autumn.
Therefore, the left minister of the Ministry of War is hiding something from the truth!
He just went there yesterday and was able to produce the accounts today. He was prepared in advance. It’s really an incompetence!
Yuchi Gong immediately realized that there was a problem with the Ministry of War, a big problem!
He did not have an attack on the spot, and his attitude could not even be seen, and he waited until after court to make arrangements.
With his temper, he would denounce ordinary things on the spot. If he tolerated it without saying anything, it means that the matter was not as big as usual. Someone ransacked the house and exterminated the clan, which was not enough to calm down!
The bigger the problem, the calmer it will be!
Lunch time.
The torturous morning finally passed, and the beautiful ladies ate together in the dining hall, in small groups, almost all sitting together.
The maids and the show maids are taught separately. Every morning, the maids of each family first serve their masters to wash and change clothes, then go to the master of ceremonies to receive instruction, and return in the evening.
Therefore, when Zhichun was not around, Lihua sat at a table by herself, while the other beautiful girls did not want to and did not dare to sit with her.
Lihua didn't care about this, she just focused on her own meal and ate with gusto.
She was accustomed to the glances cast by the beautiful ladies from time to time. One of them was particularly intense, and she was waiting for the owner of that gaze.
Su Xiunv glanced at Lihua, and then scanned the surrounding area. When she saw that no one was there, she put down her chopsticks.
She took out her handkerchief and pretended to wipe her mouth, then whispered to the next table: "Hey, Zhou, aren't you the cousin named Wu? She is so hateful, why don't you care about her?"
Zhou Yuzhen looked around and saw that it was Su Siru. She came from a very good family, but her eyes were higher than her head.
No one who paid her any attention before actually took the initiative to talk to her.
Zhou Yuzhen was a little excited in her heart, but said melancholy on her face: "My cousin has been a bit pushy since she was a child. She is used to doing her own thing. Even my deceased grandmother is difficult to discipline. How dare I..."
Su Siru curled her lips and interrupted with disdain: "What a useless idiot, what use do you have."
The two people's voices are not loud and can only be heard in a small area.
Zhou Yuzhen came up in one breath, then forced herself to hold back, glanced at Lihua, and pretended to be sad:
"Sister Siru, I feel bad when my cousin looks like this, but she is my cousin after all. If there is any offense, I will apologize to you on her behalf."
Since yesterday, she has apologized to many people for Lihua.
Su Siru snorted coldly, raised her chin with a look of disdain: "Who is your sister? From now on, call me Miss Su. Also, for someone like you, what qualifications do you have to apologize on her behalf?"
In her heart, no matter how hateful Lihua was, she was still hateful in her true nature. Even if a loser like Zhou Yuzhen knelt on the ground and licked her, she didn't even bother to look at her.
After finishing speaking, Su Siru frowned and was too lazy to talk to Zhou Yuzhen anymore. She held her head and looked at Lihua again, thinking how could someone eat so beautifully, hateful and beautiful at the same time.
Zhou Yuzhen's lungs are so angry that it's no wonder that some people say that Su Siru is not easy to serve, neither horizontally nor vertically, she is really unruly!
In the past two days, Zhou Yuzhen's life has been really sad because of her cousin relationship with Lihua.
The foundation laid before entering the palace was almost destroyed by the competition at Jinxiu Terrace.
Everyone grabbed hold of Zhou Yuzhen and asked why her cousin was so powerful and didn't ventilate her in advance, causing everyone to be beaten.
The small group with Li Ruoyi was particularly suspicious and almost regarded her as a traitor.
Zhou Yuzhen cried and complained that her cousin had loved to bully and humiliate her since she was a child. The two hadn't seen each other for three years. They deliberately hid their humiliation from her, and there was nothing she could do about it.
Then he brought the fire to Lihua: "My cousin is just hiding her stupidity from me, but she shouldn't add fuel to the fire, otherwise grandma won't lecture us anymore, and naturally there will be nothing to do later."
Everyone's thoughts were pulled back, and when they thought about it, they almost forgot about the fire on the pear blossom platform, and they all became indignant.
This is how Zhou Yuzhen regained trust.
Unexpectedly, Lihua passed by after finishing her meal, and kindly dropped her caring words: "Cousin, the dining hall will be closed when it's time. I'll rush over now, and I can still have a few bites to fill my stomach."
One sentence brought Zhou Yuzhen back to the bottom of the valley, almost unable to climb up.
Well, Lihua obviously cares about her cousin Zhou Yuzhen, and she has been lying to everyone before co-authoring it!
If the situation hadn't been extremely urgent at that time, and no one had time to argue with Zhou Yuzhen, giving her a chance to turn around and come back, she might really have been isolated.
You have to ask whether Lihua is intentional or not.
Of course it's intentional, you're a fool if you don't get over it.
If Zhou Yuzhen hadn't made any small moves, then there was nothing wrong with Lihua's words. It was only Zhou Yuzhen's fault that she couldn't stand her ground and fell for it all at once.
Lihua didn’t even lose a single bit of her energy after this stumbling block.
Her cousin, alas, is too weak...
In the dining hall, Lihua quickly finished the meal and tortured Grandma Sun in the Wu Mansion. She learned the etiquette extremely well, was generous and natural, and was better than the standard model.
In the morning, Aunt Tian gave her countless demonstrations, which hit Li Ruoyi's fragile heart hard again.
Lihua stood up, nodded slightly to the palace maids beside her, then smiled at the ladies and said, "Eat, take it easy." Although no one paid attention to her, she must be polite.
Just as she was about to go out, someone stood up and stopped her: "Wuli, do you dare to compete with me again?"
Finally, it’s here!
Lihua stopped and a sly smile appeared on her lips.
She turned back and said in surprise: "It's Sister Li, what's wrong?"