Lin'an City, Shangcheng District, Taiyuan Wang Clan Land.
Almost two months have passed since Wang Chuzhong's rebellion ended.
The Taiyuan Wang family moved their entire family to Lin'an City, but they were not in a hurry to return to Lin'an. Instead, they settled down in Lin'an City calmly.
Wang Maohong, who was temporarily serving as an official, got up late and went to bed early every day, admiring flowers and drinking tea, and quickly entered into the rhythm of health care, which greatly disappointed the nobles who expected the five-surname family to make a difference.
Recently, the servant Chu Jino rushed to Lin'an again to visit, only to find that the place where he was received was not the study, but the prince's tea room... This made him feel a little bad.
"Since the reconstruction of Jiangning District, His Majesty has not issued any new decrees." Chu Jiye said in a low voice, picked out a handful of tea leaves from the tea can, carefully fiddled with it with his fingers, found the thinnest tea stem, and deliberately
Pinch it between two fingers.
Thin means "longevity". Thin means "not many". It means that your Majesty's life is running out.
Wang Maohong glanced at him lightly and slowly brewed the tea.
"How is the reconstruction of Jiangning District going?"
"Public facilities have been rebuilt." Chu Jino replied, "It's just that the corresponding operating organizations have not yet returned. At present, only one-tenth of the facilities have been occupied."
"Although the rebellion was suppressed, its legacy was profound." Wang Maohong sighed leisurely.
Before Wang Chuzhong's defeat, he only lived for three months. His successor was his brother Wang Chuhong, who previously served as Guanglu Qing in the imperial court, and was later sent by the emperor to appease Wang Chuzhong. As a result, he rebelled against Long Xiang's army as soon as he arrived, resulting in
The Taiyuan Wang family was greatly passive in public opinion in Jiankang.
After Wang Chuzhong's death, Wang Chuhong returned to Jingzhou to join Wang Chuming. This was Wang Maohong's younger brother. On the surface, he was stationed in Jingzhou for Wang Chuzhong who went on an expedition, but in fact he had always been connected with Wang Maohong.
After learning that Longxiang's army was completely defeated, he immediately ordered the army to tie up Wang Chuhong and his son who had escaped and push them into the Yangtze River to drown.
At this point, Wang Maohong had wiped out all the remaining forces of Wang Chuzhong, and thus completely controlled the Wang family in Taiyuan. Their prestige was at its peak... Chu Jino did not believe that this "Prince" was really hiding his power and biding his time.
"The little girl is still in the Cheng clan in the divine capital recently." After a moment of pause, Chu Jiye said again, "At present, there is no evidence found related to the Cheng clan leader and the Iron Giant Divine Weapon."
"The evidence may not be there." Wang Maohong said calmly, "If there is no evidence, you won't believe it?"
Isn't that what Chu Ji Zhiyi said? If he has nothing to do with the Iron Giant of that day, should I let my daughter live temporarily in the Cheng family's clan in the capital of God?
Well, even though we are not biologically related, she is still my daughter after all!
It's strange to say. Although everyone was originally quite curious about the Cheng family in the capital city, they didn't think of such a shameless operation as "sending a daughter." It wasn't until the Wang family in Taiyuan took the lead in sending the daughter of the patriarch to visit and stay temporarily that everyone suddenly thought of "actually"
There is also this kind of operation."
After all, if male tribesmen are allowed to go there, considering that there are female relatives in the Cheng family in the divine capital, it will naturally be inconvenient for them to stay there for a long time. However, if they are both female relatives, there will be no such problem.
Even if they stay for too long, the reputation of the female family members will be affected, and of course it doesn't matter to the Cheng family in the capital city.
As for Qingyu, Xing Yunzhi and Cheng Jinyang have been engaged for a long time. Chu Qingqing is not the clan leader's biological daughter. Yang Wangshu is the clan leader's daughter but was given up long ago. Cui Jinqi's reputation among the gentry is not good, and Li Qingwan is simply an ordinary member.
...In short, these eldest ladies can withstand a certain loss of reputation and will not have much impact on their respective families.
However, Wang Wanrou is different. This is the prince's biological daughter, a 100% pure girl with the standard fifth surname, and her reputation among the gentry is perfect. How could the prince be willing to let her stay in Jiankang, in the land of the Cheng clan?
Staying temporarily to get some news?
There must be something wrong with this! Everyone is willing to send the eldest lady to the Cheng family in the capital city. It has to be said that the attitude of the Wang family in Taiyuan plays a big factor.
But as Chu Qingqing stayed there for more than two months and still didn't get any useful news, Chu Jino became a little uneasy again.
Seeing that Chu Jiye was silent, Wang Maohong said calmly:
"Ji Ye, if I say that Wanrou's temporary stay in Jiankang is all out of her own will, do you believe it?"
"This... naturally I believe what the prince said." Chu Jino could only say.
He clearly didn't believe it, so Wang Maohong just smiled and drank tea leisurely.
On the other side, Qixia District, Jiankang City, the land of the Cheng clan.
"Of course I stay here voluntarily." Wang Wanrou said calmly.
"Really?" Cui Jinqi expressed doubt.
"Otherwise?" Wang Wanrou asked her back.
"I think you are interested in Jinyang... Oops!" Cui Xiaoniang was convinced, but she still wanted to test it out. As a result, Wang Wanrou flicked her on the forehead, and she hugged her forehead with tears in her eyes.
"I'm not you." Wang Wanrou said.
"Then maybe you are loving him in your own way... Ouch!" Cui Xiaoniang tried to die again, but she suffered two consecutive blows to her forehead, and Wang Wanrou directly smashed the book over.
On the other side, at the Shishou Mountain training ground, Cheng Jinyang and Li Qingwan were fighting each other.
The two of them stood in a stance, unable to move their feet, and punched out quickly with both fists, trying to make the other party lose balance first.
Li Qingwan obviously intended to let loose. Not only did he defend more and attack less, his attack speed also slowed down a lot, barely keeping it at a level that Cheng Jinyang could react to.
Facing this teacher Li who was far stronger than him, Cheng Jinyang also put aside his unnecessary pity and launched an attack on Li Qingwan with all his strength.
Until he struck hard, breaking through the defense of Li Qingwan's arms and hitting her in the chest.
Li Qingwan couldn't help but take a few steps back, trying to regain his balance, while Cheng Jinyang quickly reached out to hold her back.
"Sorry, sorry!" He couldn't help but apologize in embarrassment, "I didn't pay attention when I took action just now. It was accidental..."
"It's okay." Li Qingwan stood firm, with a slight blush on his face, "I held back too much and didn't know the right balance."
"Um, are you okay?" Cheng Jinyang asked with concern.
The punch just now had indeed exceeded his usual limit, but Li Qingwan maintained his usual speed, so he didn't have time to defend himself and was hit in the chest by him with his arms outstretched - even though the Li family
He was famous for his ** activation, but out of basic courtesy, he still symbolically asked the other person if he was injured.
"It's okay." Li Qingwan pressed his chest and smiled sheepishly, "I wore a corset... I'm actually quite fat here. The fat pile can also cushion the unloading force, so it won't hurt."
Cheng Jinyang:?
He wondered if he had been run over in the face by a car, but looking at the other person's innocent expression, it seemed more like a pure traffic accident than a deliberate murder.
"Go on." Li Qingwan got into a fighting stance again, "I'm going to speed up this time, please pay attention."