Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 51

For Emperor Huihui, Lu Rong sincerely admired Emperor Ming Hui, regardless of the matter of his younger sister in his previous life.

Emperor Ming Hui was the only prince of the first emperor, and he was born a son, and he was named the prince after only one full moon.In order to ensure the continuation of the royal blood, the first emperor arranged for Emperor Minghui to marry at the age of 12, but he was only allowed to touch the current empress and then the concubine, and the number of times was strictly controlled so that Emperor Minghui would not be spoiled by lust when he was young.

When Emperor Ming Hui was 13 years old, the concubine, who was three years older than him, gave birth to a son. The first emperor carried his grandson in his arms and died contentedly, leaving the young Emperor Ming Hui to ascend the throne.Emperor Minghui's biological mother was just a court lady. The first emperor spoiled her once in a daze after drinking.That palace maid's mother is expensive based on her son, and she can reach the sky in one step, but Emperor Ming Hui lacks the help of her mother's family.When Emperor Minghui ascended the throne, the wife clan was Wanjia, who was the chief assistant of the cabinet at that time. He was powerful enough to support Emperor Minghui, but he also tactfully put pressure on the young Emperor Minghui many times, hoping that the young master would act according to Wanjia's wishes.

Emperor Ming Hui seemed to be young and easy to bully, but he worked secretly, and in just two years, he cultivated a group of confidants, including Lu Zhan and other four current ministers.Although Lu Zhan and the others were willing to assist the young master, apart from being upright, they must also have the ambition to follow the emperor and replace the several ministers at that time, but being able to successfully win over these four people also shows the means of Emperor Minghui's control.

Two years later, Wan Shoufu, who had been emptied of power, resigned from office and died of illness soon after. Empress Wan's elder brother inherited the title of Marquis of Cheng'en, and took up a job. .The Wan family was honest, and Emperor Minghui continued to maintain a superficial harmony with the Wan family for the sake of the eldest son.

The imperial court was stable, and Emperor Ming Hui knew people well, and successively quelled the rebellion and invasion of the frontier states. Generally speaking, under the governance of Emperor Ming Hui, Daqi could be regarded as peace in the world, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

In Lu Rong's heart, the 31-year-old Emperor Minghui is a wise emperor, but he is definitely not a good sister-in-law.

"How is Wen Yuan's eyes recovering?"

Everyone else withdrew, Emperor Minghui looked at Zhuangyuan Lang in the audience, and asked with a peaceful smile.As the only prince of the first emperor, Emperor Minghui not only possessed both talents and virtues, but even his appearance seemed to gather all the aura of the royal family. He was born with narrow and long eyes looking at the world, with a majestic and majestic aura, and his gestures carried the inherent imperial nobility.

"The grass people's eye disease has been cured, thank you for your concern." Lu Rong replied calmly.He was born in a noble family, and was hand-picked as the number one scholar, but if he was not officially awarded an official position, he would have to call himself a grassroots man in front of Emperor Ming Hui.

Emperor Ming Hui nodded. In fact, he was only four years older than Lu Rong. However, Emperor Ming Hui had been with Lu Zhan for nearly 20 years. After so many years, otherwise, with Wen Yuan's talent, he would have become my right-hand man long ago."

Emperor Ming Hui’s words were definitely not polite. Lu Zhan and the others were getting old slowly. He was still young. Emperor Ming Hui had been paying attention to new talents that could be made. Rong, a young child prodigy's restoration of Ming Jia Lian Zhong Sanyuan, suddenly attracted Emperor Ming Hui's heart of cultivation.

Therefore, Emperor Ming Hui really appreciated Lu Rong's talent.

"Your Majesty has won the award. The grassroots are not talented enough to be worthy of the emperor's high hopes. But the grassroots are willing to do their best to share the emperor's worries and benefit the people." Lu Rong replied neither humble nor overbearing, and he was talking about the ambition in his heart. To be an official, one should dedicate oneself to one's duty and serve the imperial court.

Being humble where you should be modest, and showing where you should be, Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty became more and more satisfied with Lu Rong, and finally explained the reason for keeping Lu Rong for a conversation, "Wen Yuan, according to the previous rules, you, the number one scholar, should enter the Imperial Academy and wait for a while. Qualifications, and you will be promoted step by step. But I feel that you are so talented that staying in the Imperial Academy is overkill, and the small Imperial Academy will not be able to fulfill your ambitions. In the past two years, there have been many embankments and floods on both sides of the Yangtze River. The imperial court allocated disaster relief money in two batches, but with little effect. Corrupt officials and corrupt officials came again and again. Seeing that summer is approaching and the rain is increasing, I think twice and want to send my confidantes to various parts of the Yangtze River to survey and build embankments. situation, and secretly punishing corrupt and mediocre officials, if I entrust this job to you, do you have the confidence to handle it well?"

This errand is very offensive. Ordinary petty officials may not be able to suppress the bosses in the past. Lu Rong has both talents and Lu Zhan's backing, so it is the most suitable.

And Lu Rong was extremely ashamed after hearing what Emperor Ming Hui said.

The emperor was preoccupied with state affairs, but he misunderstood that the emperor kept him because of his children's affair...

"Caomin is willing to share the emperor's worries, and will go through fire and water without hesitation." Facing Emperor Ming Hui's appreciation, Lu Rong lifted up his clothes and knelt down, solemnly promising.The flood control of the two major rivers is related to the stability of countless people. From the perspective of ambition, Lu Rong is willing to do his best to protect the people. From the perspective of the future, if this job is done well, his official position will be promoted several times.

Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty called him to get up with a smile, and thoughtfully said: "The Yangtze River meanders from west to east, and embankment management is by no means a one-time achievement. Wen Yuan can take his wife and children with him. Your eyesight has only recovered. My son is young. I am reluctant to let you leave home for many years, and be separated from your relatives, so I can only pass on the letter."

Lu Rong was overjoyed in her heart, and thanked him with lowered eyes: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion."

Emperor Ming Hui had other things to do, and finally said: "It's not too late, you should leave at the end of the month, I have ordered someone to draw a map along the Yangtze River, you should think about your itinerary carefully for half a month, and hand me a copy before you leave That's fine, I will arrange it and work with your plan."

After saying that, the eunuch beside him took out the map that he had prepared long ago, and handed it to Lu Rong.

A map involves countless people's livelihood, Lu Rongsu Rong took it, kowtowed and said goodbye.

On the way home, Lu Rong was studying the map, and as if he had found a treasure, when he got home and saw his wife, Lu Rong finally calmed down and mentioned this errand to his wife.Thinking of Emperor Minghui, Lu Rong couldn't help sighing: "He is Mingjun. According to what Ah Nuan said, after Ajun's accident, the emperor never set foot in the harem again. It can be seen that Ajun's death should have nothing to do with him. Xianxian, wait I made a marriage arrangement for my younger sister and cut off the possibility of my younger sister entering the palace, let's just forget about this matter and treat him as the emperor."

How did his sister die? Lu Rong has no way of knowing. If the ex-sister-in-law was an ordinary person, Lu Rong might secretly take revenge, but the ex-sister-in-law is the emperor and a wise king. First, Lu Rong has no ability to retaliate. I have never harmed my sister, in that case, it is better to be down-to-earth and just be a monarch and minister.

Xiao Shi is more familiar with Emperor Minghui than her husband, no matter what, he is her cousin, and he treats her very well when they meet each other.Thinking about Emperor Minghui's character, Xiao Shi expressed her guess to her husband for the first time, "I always feel that the emperor really likes Ajun, right? Think about it, with his father's love for Ajun, would he not Knowing that the palace is not suitable for Ajun? His father is a highly valued minister by the emperor. The emperor acted wisely. It is impossible for him to coerce his father into agreeing for Ajun. He must have done something first to make his father believe that Ajun will be safe in the palace. Yun to him."

Lu Rong acquiesced, remained silent for a long time, and then said sullenly: "But something happened to Ajun."

Regardless of the sincerity or the hypocrisy, he only cares about the result and the safety of his sister.

When Xiao said this, she just hoped to dispel her husband's possible prejudice against the emperor, and did not try to persuade her. Seeing that her husband was unhappy, Xiao gently held her husband's hand and said softly: "Yes, so you have to take advantage of it. Before we leave, we have decided on the marriage between Ajun and Yao Jiting, lest we leave and stay far away, and what happens here is beyond our reach."

As long as the sister-in-law is engaged and does not need to get married, Emperor Ming Hui can't do the thing of robbing his wife with his courtiers.

Hearing what his wife said, Lu Rong's expression relaxed, and he pulled his wife who was devoted to him into his arms with satisfaction, bowed his head and kissed her lightly.

When Lu Zhan came back in the evening, Lu Rong rushed over immediately.

His son won the number one prize. Lu Zhan was in a good mood. He was about to talk to his son when he heard from the steward that his son had come by himself. The father and son had a good understanding. There was a hint of joy in the corners of Lu Zhan's eyes. He sat on a chair and asked his son who came into the room, "Listen?" Said the emperor left you alone to talk, what did you say?"

"The emperor wants to send me to inspect the dams along the Yangtze River." Lu Rong explained concisely.

Lu Zhan frowned, the job was hard, but it was indeed a good job, but it was the first time for his son to travel far away, Lu Zhan was a little worried and reluctant, as his son left, he would definitely take his little granddaughter and grandson with him. take away.But Lu Zhan is not a child after all, and his rationality suppressed him. He first analyzed the pros and cons of this errand, and then told his son to proceed carefully, "...I will arrange a team of elite guards for you to protect you comprehensively."

"Thank you, father." The father's love is like a mountain, and Lu Rong's heart is warm. After finishing his business, he looked at his father cautiously, and said slowly: "Father, what do you think of Tanhua Yao Jiting?"

Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, stared at his son and said, "Better than others, far worse than you, why ask this?"

With such an evaluation, Lu Rong suddenly felt that his shoulders were as heavy as a mountain, and he returned to his childhood in a daze. At that time, he was just like his daughter, and he was a little afraid of his majestic father.With eyes lowered, Lu Rong spoke cautiously, "Father, I, I have dealt with Yao Jiting before, and I thought he was handsome and well-spoken, so I decided to betroth my sister to him..."

"Needless to say, I disagree."

Lu Zhan stood up with a sullen face, his tiger eyes glanced at his son coldly, "Third son, I know you want to care about your sister, but Ajun has me to take care of her personally, you really have free energy, spend more time with Ah Nuan and his mother." The son's eyesight recovered, and he wanted to do more and show more, Lu Zhan understood, but he was living a good life, and his son actually wanted to interfere in his sister's marriage, and he was only interested in a little Tanhua, Lu Zhan was not happy.

Once upset, Lu Zhan didn't want to talk to his son anymore, and strode out the door.

Hearing the footsteps of his strict father going away outside, Lu Rong was helpless and had a headache, and finally realized that her daughter didn't like being disciplined by him.

Having a father who likes to be in control of everything makes it really, really uncomfortable being a child.

(End of this chapter)