No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 252 Ambitious?

"Ji Rong wants to see me?" Luo Jinyan raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at Luo Yi who was standing in front of him.

Luo nodded and said, "Yes, the confidants of the Ninth Prince of the Qi Clan personally came to deliver the news."

Luo Jinyan seemed to have thought of something interesting, chuckled and said, "It seems that His Highness the Ninth Prince is very dissatisfied with his mother's arrangement."

Luo Yi was a little puzzled, and couldn't help but said: "My lord, Bai Jingrong's arrangement should be beneficial to Ji Rong." No matter whether Bai Jingrong has given up on Ji Rong or not, at least let him marry Prime Minister Dasheng's prostitute, It is helpful to Ji Rong's situation in Dasheng.

Luo Jinyan shook his head and said, "However, marrying the daughter-in-law of Prime Minister Dasheng will not help Ji Rong become king of Qi. What's more... it is at the price of two cities and land paid by the Qi people, at least on the surface. That's right. Do you think the Qi people would like a prince who has been reduced to a proton and such an expensive prince and concubine?"

Luo Yi couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the words: "King Qi? Ji Rong is in Xiao Xiang's position as King Qi?"

Luo Jinyan looked at his subordinates with a smile and said, "He is also King Qi's son, Ji Zhan can do it, why can't he?"

"But..." He is now a proton who has been given up, and his wealth and life may not be preserved, so he has already started to think about the unattainable throne?
"The people of the Qi tribe sent him as a hostage, which proves that they have given up on him. Even if Ji Zhan inherits the throne in the future, they definitely don't want him to go back. Where does he have the confidence to let him go back to the Qi tribe?"

Luo Jinyan said: "So, he found us."

Luo Yi was speechless, and after a while he said: "Young master is going to see him?"

Luo Jinyan said: "Naturally, we have to see each other. Bai Jingrong's sudden whimsical desire to betroth his son is definitely not just a fit of motherly love, or it's as simple as wanting to win over the Ruan family."

While speaking, Luo Jinyan had already stood up, "Go to the Prince Regent's Mansion first."

Xie Yan is not at home, which is very common.After all, as the actual controller of Dasheng, His Royal Highness the Regent is really busy.

For example, today, he entered the palace early in the morning.

Although there was no court meeting today, he still had to summon the courtiers to discuss the marriage with the Qi people and the handover of the Liuyu Crushed Stone City later.

When Luo Junyao heard that Luo Jinyan was coming, he immediately left Su Rui who was discussing with her, and walked out briskly.

"Brother, did you come to see me?" Luo Junyao happily ran up to Luo Jinyan, her beautiful face blooming like a flower.

Luo Jinyan raised his hand to touch her little head, shook his head and said, "I have something to discuss with the regent."

Luo Junyao said with a little regret: "A Yan entered the palace early in the morning."

Luo Jinyan had heard what the steward of the palace said just now, but it seemed unreasonable not to visit his sister when he came to the palace, so he left without turning around.

Luo Junyao put his arms around Luo Jinyan's arm and walked in, "Brother, aren't you busy today?"

Luo Jinyan said: "Fortunately, it's nothing serious. Is something wrong?"

Luo Jun smiled and said: "No, I'm discussing some small matters with Sister Su, brother, can you give us some advice."

Hearing this, Luo Jinyan paused, and looked sideways at his sister carefully.

Luo Junyao looked at his elder brother with a smile, "Brother, can you please?"

Can he say no?Luo Jinyan smiled helplessly in his heart, and said softly, "Don't mess around."

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm sensible." Sister Su still has a marriage contract after all.The elder brother may not care about the reputation, but if the reputation of the girl's family is ruined, the Su family and Sister Su will not look good.

Su Rui was also taken aback when she saw Luo Jinyan. She had met the eldest son of the Luo family several times before, but she hadn't talked much with him.

It's just that this young master Luo doesn't look like a member of the Luo family who came from a general, but rather a scholar from a scholarly family.However, compared to ordinary scholars, he has a bit more tenacity and heroic spirit, which is probably the best symbol of Chinese and martial arts in people's imagination.If it takes another ten or twenty years, this Mr. Luo will definitely become a Confucian general of Dasheng's generation.

But it is precisely because of this that Su Rui really doesn't understand why Luo Jinyan would do such a thing as beating someone in the street.

Because of her aversion to Xiao Hong, she preconceived from the beginning that Luo Jinyan must not have provoked this matter first.Therefore, there is no ill feeling towards Luo Jinyan, on the contrary, he is a little grateful.

"Master Luo." Su Rui got up to salute.

Luo Jinyan nodded slightly in return, "Miss Su."

Luo Jun shook his head to look at the two of them, very disappointed with his elder brother.

With you like this, who can tell that you like people?

Luo Junyao blinked quickly, walked to Su Rui's side, took her arm and said with a smile: "Brother came to see A Yan for something, and he won't come back after entering the palace for a while. I'll first pull him over to help me take a look. "

Su Rui didn't think there was anything wrong with it. With Luo Junyao around and she had a marriage contract, she didn't think narcissistically that the Luo family would think of her.

Luo Jinyan did not refute his sister's words, and sat down to listen to their discussion.

Originally, Luo Jinyan thought that Luo Junyao was just looking for some reason to join in the fun, but after listening for a while, he realized that his sister really wanted to do something.

Luo Jinyan grew up in the bitter cold outside the Great Wall, and probably knows much more about the hardships of the people's livelihood than most of the civil servants in the court.Hearing my sister's plan, I felt quite comforted in my heart.He also earnestly helped them check the omissions and mistakes in the plan.

Su Rui was a little surprised when she heard Luo Jinyan's eloquent talk.

It seems that this Mr. Luo is not only able to lead troops to fight, if he had entered the imperial court as an official through the imperial examination, he would have achieved a little success now.

"It will be Dongyue soon, and your plan is still on paper, so I'm afraid it will be too late?" Luo Jinyan clicked on the brochure in front of him.

Luo Junyao said: "Of course not. I can't start work this year. Do I have to wait until everything is ready before recruiting people? I made an appointment with someone to see the workshop tomorrow, and I have already asked people to recruit people from poor families in the city in advance. girl workers."

Luo Jinyan asked: "These people are recruited, how do you plan to arrange them?"

Luo Junyao said: "They still need to learn some things. I asked someone to find a husband who can teach them. There are still some preparatory work, and I can let them do it first. After all, there are not many people who are completely homeless. It is not difficult to find a place to house them."

Although women have had a harder time than men these days, not many have truly become homeless.

The reason is cruel and simple, because there are more poor people who cannot afford to marry a wife, and it is a very simple and cost-effective thing for them to take a homeless woman as a wife.There are also some women who are forced to sell themselves into slavery or become prostitutes.Moreover, wandering outside is a very dangerous thing for women, so unless there is a sudden influx of refugees in a catastrophe, there are indeed not many homeless women wandering outside.

Luo Jinyan reminded: "It's a good thing that you have a kind heart, but you must remember... Dou Mien, promote Mi Qiu."

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Brother, don't worry, I know. I didn't intend to really rely on kindness to raise them. Even if I wanted to, it wouldn't last long." A large group of people can only go in and out, and no matter how much her dowry is, it will be used up one day.

Luo Jinyan nodded in relief, "You just know what to do."

When the three of them were talking, the steward outside came to report that the prince was back.

Luo Jinyan was going to see Xie Yan, and Su Rui got up to leave after seeing that it was getting late.

Luo Junyao thought for a while, and the three of them went out of the Hefengyuan together. She sent Su Rui out of the door before turning and walking back.

Luo Jun shook his head and stepped into the second door, and saw Luo Jinyan was still standing there waiting for her, ran over immediately, and said with a smile: "Brother, are you a little nervous seeing Sister Su?"

Luo Jinyan glanced at her lightly, his eyes seemed to say: What nonsense are you talking about?
"Then why didn't you look at Sister Su the whole time? Is my handwriting so beautiful?" Luo Jun shook his head and smiled.

Luo Jinyan couldn't help but raised his hand and tapped her on the head, "You still have the nerve to say it? I was wondering how you could write so indescribably."

Luo Junyao patted his head speechlessly, "Brother, you really don't love me anymore." Her handwriting might indeed not be as good as that of her elder brother and sister Su, so it wouldn't be too difficult to say it all, right?
Uh... well, when writing a plan, sometimes I want to be high, maybe it's a little bit of self-indulgence, and the style is a little wild.

Luo Jinyan said lightly: "When did I say I love you?"

"..." There are people of the opposite sex, but no humanity!
Xie Yan saw Luo Jun walking into the study with a smirk, and waved at her with some amusement, before he raised his head and asked Luo Jinyan, "What's the matter?"

Luo Jinyan glanced at his younger sister who had thrown herself into Xie Yan's arms angrily, and said, "I'm still angry and I said her handwriting is ugly."

Xie Yan pulled Luo Junyao to sit down, patted him reassuringly and said, "That's your fault, why is it ugly when you write?"

"..." Marriage may lead to blindness, Luo Jinyan thought blankly.

Luo Junyao raised his head from Xie Yan's embrace, and said, "Don't listen to my brother's nonsense, it's clear that Sister Su ignored him, and he's venting his anger on me."

Xie Yan said: "So that's how it is. I solved Xiao Hong later, and I introduced Wei Changting to Miss Su."

"..." Xie Yan smoothly received a ray of murderous aura from Mr. Luo.

Luo Jun shook proudly and made a face at Luo Jinyan.

Mr. Luo was speechless: I can't have this younger sister.

After teasing, the three of them got to the point.

Hearing the reason of Luo Jinyan's visit, Xie Yan pondered for a moment, raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "What do you think of Ji Rong?"

Luo Jinyan said: "The city is extremely deep and ambitious."

"Oh?" Xie Yan raised his eyebrows and was speechless.

Luo Junyao was also a little surprised, although she also felt that Ji Rong was quite scheming, and it was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the outside.But the comment that the city is extremely deep and ambitious is somewhat unexpected.

Xie Yan was not that surprised, he just asked calmly: "Ambition needs to be matched by strength, otherwise it can only be a fantasy. I sincerely think, does Ji Rong have the confidence now?"

Ji Rong looked too weak, even if he knew he was scheming, it was difficult for people to see him as a potential opponent.

Even if he is weak and resourceful, it would be difficult for him to reach a high position in a place like the Qi people where the folk customs are martial and the environment is bitter and cold.

Now he is even abandoned by the Qi clan and has become Dasheng's proton.With such an identity, he is doomed to have no development in Dasheng, and even whether he can return to the Qi nationality safely depends on the weather and the situation.

Where does such a person have the confidence to support his ambition?
What Luo Jinyan can see, Xie Yan can also see, this is what Xie Yan has always been very curious about.

Luo Jinyan said: "He can survive in a place like the King's Court of the Qi clan, and he seems to be able to live quite comfortably in Shangyong. Is this considered a skill?"

Xie Yan shook his head and said, "It's not enough."

Luo Junyao couldn't help but ask, "What cards do you think Ji Rong still has?"

Xie Yandao: "Ji Yan once said that Ji Rong thinks...Bai Jingrong is not a human being."

Luo Jinyan nodded, and Xie Yan asked: "If you don't have any hole cards in your hand, would an ordinary person dare to fight against a person who in his eyes is not a human?" The words "not human" can be understood as scolding Bai Jingrong for being inhuman.But isn't inhumanity itself a formidable quality?

Luo Jun said, "He doesn't seem to be against Bai Jingrong."

Xie Yan smiled and said: "He asked Jinyan for tea at this time, no matter what he said, he was actually reminding us that this marriage is not that simple."

"We know." Who would believe that Bai Jingrong really just wanted to find a backer for his son?
Xie Yan nodded and said: "Well, so he is showing his favor to us, just like before."

Luo Junyao thought for a while, "So, he also wants to cooperate with us, the purpose is to deal with his mother?"

Xie Yan said: "You can say that."

"...True mother is kind and son is filial." Luo Junyao praised.

Luo Jinyan said: "If that's all it takes, we're going to help him deal with Bai Jingrong, I'm afraid it's not enough."

Xie Yan said: "But he knows that sooner or later, Dasheng will turn against Bai Jingrong."

Luo Jinyan frowned and said, "Even if Dasheng wants to turn against Bai Jingrong, he doesn't have to choose Bai Jingrong's son."

"Then we can only choose Gaoyu or Qi people, or Dayin people?" Xie Yan said.

There was a moment of silence in the flower hall, before Luo Jinyan sighed softly and said, "It seems that I really want to see Ji Rong."

Duoying walked in from the outside, presented a sealed dossier respectfully, and quickly backed out.

Xie Yan opened the file and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Luo Junyao also leaned over to watch it with him. There was not much content in it, and the two finished it quickly.

Xie Yan handed the dossier to Luo Jinyan and said, "Qu Fang went to Mingyin Pavilion the night before yesterday, but he didn't seem to gain anything."

Luo Junyao asked curiously: "So, Bai Jingrong also thinks that Mingyin Pavilion has something to do with Luan Yisi?"

Xie Yan said: "Obviously so."

Luo Jun frowned, "Does Master Luan not want to recognize the old master?"

Hearing this, Xie Yan and Luo Jinyan, who was reading the file, looked at her together.

Luo Jun shrugged his shoulders and said, "If Mingyin Pavilion really has something to do with Yisi Luan, they must know that Yu Chen is now in Shangyong. Why did Bai Jingrong send the song to be released, but they avoided it? And... Yu Chen was young After a hard life, he was adopted by old general Cui, and then went to the Qi tribe with Bai Jingrong, and the Luan Yisi never helped him. Instead, he asked Bai Jingrong to bring Yu Chen to Shangyong to search for them. Obviously, they were not suitable at all. Is Yu Chen their master?"

Luo Jinyan closed the dossier in his hand and put it aside, nodded and said, "That makes sense, besides... Yu Chen was only born to Yu Ji's concubine daughter, and Luan Ceremony may not take him seriously." It has been nearly 40 years since Yu Ji passed away. Well, Yisi Luan's loyalty may be questionable.

But if they didn't regard Yu Chen as the old master, why did they seduce Bai Jingrong and Yu Chen to come to Shangyong?

Bai Jingrong is not a fool either, she probably wouldn't believe that after so many years, Ceremony Luan is still willing to serve Yu Chen as the master.

But since they are here, I am afraid they have something to rely on.

Luo Jinyan said: "It seems that the marriage between Bai Jingrong and the Ruan family probably has something to do with Luan Ceremony."

Xie Yan nodded his head slightly, "Missionary Luan, Mingyin Pavilion, Ruan Family, Qi Clan." I don't know what came to mind Xie Yan chuckled and asked Luo Junyao, "Yaoyao, weren't you very interested in Mingyin Pavilion before?" ?”

Luo Jun shook his head repeatedly, "Yes, do you want to go?"

Xie Yan pinched her soft hair and said with a smile, "I'll take you there tonight."

After finishing speaking, he glanced sideways at Luo Jinyan and said, "Jinyan might as well ask the nine princes of the Qi clan if they are interested in going together."

"..." Luo Jinyan was silent for a moment before he said, "I'm afraid he doesn't want to go."

After he paused for a while, Mr. Luo continued slowly: "But it's okay to ask, maybe there will be surprises."

(End of this chapter)