Empress, she doesn't want to fight

Jiang Man chatted with Feng Zhaoyi for a while, and someone came in to report that Mrs. Luo, the wife of the prefect of Lingzhou Prefecture, brought all the female relatives of the local officials to pay Jiang Man's respect.

Jiang Man asked people to set up a seat in Lingfeng Pavilion to meet the female relatives of Lingzhou government officials, accompanied by Feng Zhaoyi.

Jiang Man sat in the upper seat, looking at Mrs. Luo and the others who were saluting below. Mrs. Luo is a woman who is nearly forty years old. She is very luxuriously dressed. Also a very beautiful woman.

Standing behind Mrs. Luo is the wife of the same acquaintance, Gu Wenguang. Gu Wenguang's wife is younger than Mrs. Luo, but she looks older than Mrs. Luo.

There are some wives of other officials behind, and some are young and good-looking, but their overall attire is far worse than that of Mrs. Luo.

But yes, in Lingzhou Mansion, the prefect of Luo has the highest rank, and Mrs. Luo must be highly praised among all the wives. No one would dare to surpass Mrs. Luo to show off at this time.

Jiang Man looked at the people below, then called out, and offered seats to everyone, asking them to sit down and drink tea.

All the wives of the officials were sitting on their seats. Although they were so curious about the empress above them, none of them dared to look up, but the little girls who followed these wives, because they were young, couldn't hold back their excitement. Curious, I couldn't help but quietly raised my head and peeked at Jiang Man.

Especially the little girl behind Mrs. Luo is very courageous. Others would sneak a glance at Jiang Man and then lower their heads, and then raise their heads to take a sneak peek after a while, but the little girl behind Mrs. Luo was stunned. He stared blankly at Jiang Man.

After meeting Jiang Man's eyes, she did not hide.

The little girl is quite courageous.

Jiang Man smiled and asked, "What's your name?"

The little girl stood up and replied crisply: "My daughter's boudoir name is Luo Ying."

"Luo Ying, a very good name." Jiang Man praised with a smile, and continued to ask: "How old are you this year?"

"My daughter just turned fifteen this year."

After Jiang Man asked Luo Ying a few words, she praised her a few more words, rewarded her with a piece of jewelry, and then let her go back to her place.

Luo Ying returned behind Mrs. Luo, facing the envious eyes cast by everyone, raised her chin slightly, with a proud look on her face, and Mrs. Luo couldn't hide the smug look on her face, but it was another little girl behind Mrs. Luo He lowered his head the whole time, and there was no unnecessary expression on his face.

Jiang Man talked with those Mrs. Guan for a while, and after drinking a cup of tea, Jiang Man asked everyone to leave.

As soon as the ladies left, Emperor Yong'an came over. Although Emperor Yong'an still had a normal expression on his face, Jiang Man was very sensitive to the fact that Emperor Yong'an was not in a good mood.

After Feng Zhaoyi saw that Emperor Yong'an was coming, he bowed to Emperor Yong'an and retreated tactfully.

Emperor Yong'an sat on the chair, took a sip of the tea in Jiang Man's hand, put it on the table, and said, "The queen just met the family members of the Lingzhou government officials?"

Jiang Man nodded.

Emperor Yong'an asked, "What does the queen think?"

Jiang Man smiled and said: "It's not much different from those imperial wives in the capital, but the little girls who came today are all very beautiful. I heard that there are beauties in the south of the Yangtze River before, and I realized that what I said was true when I saw it today. , the little girls who came today are all very juicy."

Even though Emperor Yong'an was in a bad mood, he couldn't help laughing when he heard Jiang Man's words, "What the empress said is the same as Deng Tuzi."

Jiang Man said indifferently: "They brought their beautiful girls here to show the concubine?"

The little girls who came to see her today were all fifteen or sixteen years old, not to mention the long water spirit signs. It couldn't be more obvious what the officials and family members of the Lingzhou Mansion were up to.

In this case, Jiang Man satisfied them. Not only did she read it carefully, but she also helped them raise it in front of Emperor Yong'an.

"It's good for the empress to be happy." Emperor Yong'an shook his head, instead of expressing his opinion on this matter, he asked Jiang Man, "What does the empress think of this palace?"

Jiang Man replied truthfully: "Luxury, very luxurious. I am an ordinary person, the first thing I think of when I see this palace is how much money will it cost?"

Emperor Yong'an laughed when he heard the words, "It seems that I am also an ordinary person. When I saw this palace for the first time, I thought exactly the same as the queen."

After finishing speaking, Emperor Yong'an asked Jiang Man again: "How much money does the Empress think will be needed to build this palace?"

Jiang Man thought for a while and replied: "I don't know much about this, but just looking at the gold powder on this pillar, I know that the construction of this palace must be expensive."

Emperor Yong'an said with a cold face, "It will cost at least a million taels of silver to build this palace."

Jiang Man was surprised, "So many?"

Emperor Yong'an nodded, and said angrily: "Yes, they used so much money to build such a palace that they may not come to live in for several years or even ten years, and I don't know if they have brains or not. It's flooded."

Seeing Emperor Yong'an's angry look, Jiang Man stepped forward to caress Emperor Yong'an's chest, giving him comfort, and persuaded him: "Don't be angry, Your Majesty, since you don't like this extravagant style, just go back and rectify it. It’s not worthwhile to get angry and ruin your body.”

Emperor Yong'an shook his head, "This Lingzhou Mansion is not just extravagant, it has serious problems."

Yong'an couldn't help being angry when he remembered the secret letter he had received before.

Jiang Man also felt that there must be a big problem in Lingzhou Mansion. If there was no big problem, where would the money come from to build such a luxurious palace?

Under Jiang Man's persuasion, Emperor Yong'an slowly calmed down. He had lunch here with Jiang Man, took a nap with Jiang Man, and then went to deal with business.

After Jiang Man woke up, she walked around the palace with the prince and the third prince, and saw the palace that cost millions of taels of silver.

In the evening, the officials of Lingzhou Prefecture prepared a reception banquet for Emperor Yong'an and Jiang Man.

Although Emperor Yong'an wanted to deal with the officials of Lingzhou Prefecture, but now he has not obtained the evidence, and he still needs to pretend to be snakes with these officials of Lingzhou Prefecture.

Therefore, he still brought Jiang Man to the reception banquet in the evening.

The wine and food at the welcome banquet are nothing, but the most worth mentioning are those dancers and singers with graceful figures and beautiful looks. Emperor Yong'an looked at these in front of him, but he didn't have any meaning of pleasure in his heart, only the irrepressible anger.

Almost halfway through the banquet, Emperor Yong'an and Jiang Man got up and left.