Beautiful step by step

Chapter 133

The reason why Yan Heng didn't tell Wei Wei about the two prostitutes of Wu's aunt and nephew was very simple.

Hurting someone's life for no reason, no matter how reasonable it is, is not something that should be done.He knew Ah Mao was very strong, but being strong didn't mean being cold-blooded, she didn't even bat an eyelid to take the life of a living person, or make that person's life worse than death, even if the person deserved it.

So telling her about this will only lead to two consequences in the end.Ah Mao was either guilty, or asked him to let them go.He was reluctant to do the former, but he would never allow it even if Ah Mao was in a mixed mood when he made the latter decision.

As the wife of the eldest son, Mrs. Wu wanted Ah Mao's life several times.Even though she made a wedding dress for Ah Mao in reverse, her motive was that he would never forgive her.As for Wu Ying, not to mention that she almost disturbed her cousin's good marriage, but also to say that the little personal grievances she had with Wu Shangshu when he inspected Liangzhou with him were enough for him to take revenge.

He has always helped his relatives, let alone the two of them had provoked him in the first place.

"There's no way, is there?"

Seeing him not speaking for a long time, Wei Wei joked with a smile, but there was no trace of blame in his voice.

Yan Heng nodded: "Beijing is too far away, I will find an opportunity in the future."

"never mind."

Wei Wei shrugged her shoulders and looked indifferent. She knew how much she had broken the news several times when she couldn't bear it, and how much it would hurt the relationship between the son and Wu.At the beginning, the Wu family tried every means to marry into the Zhenbei Hou's mansion, and even ruined the face of the daughter of the Liu family for this reason, which shows that her affection for the son is unusual.

A woman is more emotional. She destroyed Wu's feelings with one hand, and she has already personally revenged herself.

That's how she is, she doesn't hold grudges easily, because she usually avenges her revenge on the spot.If not, she would have to endure the internal bleeding if she continued to suffocate with hatred.

"According to Ah Mao first."

Nodding in response, Yan Heng was even more certain of his own judgment.Look, Ah Mao is so kind.If you tell what he did in secret, it will only add trouble to her for no reason.

Seeing that the two reached a consensus, Wei Wei opened the second letter. To her surprise, this letter was actually written by Chen Bo'an.

Yan Heng was also surprised: "Brother Bo'an? Didn't you just write to him a few days ago? If you count the days, you probably haven't arrived in the capital yet."

Seeing Chen Boan's handwriting on the letter, Wei Wei also had doubts in his heart.Push the letter over and read it together.

After she agreed to do business with Mrs. Qian on the way to Youzhou, she went to the capital to write a letter.The meaning of the letter is very clear. With Ruyilou's thoughtful service experience in recent years, I will exchange some exclusive recipes of Guangyuanlou.However, after a month, there was no reply from Beijing, and she thought it was the other party's polite refusal.

The reason why I plucked up the courage to write another letter a few days ago was because the share given by Mrs. Qian was too generous.Furthermore, she knew that Chen Bo'an was crazy about developing new dishes, so if he exchanged dishes for dishes, he would be more likely to agree.After thinking twice, she picked up a pen and wrote another letter.

However, when she received the reply today, she knew the inside story.Autumn is the harvest season, and the ingredients are particularly abundant in this season.Unable to restrain his eager heart, Chen Bo'an left Guangyuan Building again and went south to find new ways to eat.This time he went very far, going deep into the miasma-filled jungle in the southwest, and even once stepped into the territory of Tubo.

Chen Bo'an left, and the Guangyuan Building was occupied by the Chen family's wife.Seeing that it was a letter from her husband-in-law's most important brother, Yan Heng, she didn't dare to open it casually, but sent someone to send it to Chen Bo'an in a hurry.And he happened to be in Tubo on the days when the letter was delivered.After he came out, he took another road to detour to Miao Village, which was also staggered from the previous station.He didn't send someone to pick it up until he heard a letter from Mrs. Chen saying that there was such a letter.This back and forth took a lot of time.

After finally receiving the letter, seeing her request, Chen Bo'an agreed without saying a word.And with the letter, he also presented several special dishes adapted to the tastes of the people in Northwest China.

Seeing this, Wei Wei smiled and said: "This letter is really lucky, and I have traveled all over the great rivers and mountains of Dayue without any effort."

"Brother Bo'an dared to go deep into Tubo, but luckily he came back safe and sound."

Hearing what he said, Wei Wei was puzzled: "What happened to Tubo?"

In her impression, the relationship between Tubo and the Central Plains seems to have always been good.Of course, Wei Wei understands it well, compared to the northern aliens.After all, nomads have invaded south several times in history, and Tubo is just a small fight.Although the diplomacy of later generations always talks about good-neighborliness and friendship, how can countries break bones and connect tendons like brothers.The relationship between the two countries can only be mutual benefit and reciprocity between cooperation, and when the real interests are damaged, they will turn their faces when they say they turn their faces.

At least compared to the prairie wolves in the north, Tubo in the south has always been a friendly country.

"Isn't the marriage between Songtsan Gampo and Princess Wencheng still a good story?"

Hearing the two names she said, Yan Heng sneered: "Ah Mao, you know, what does the word marriage mean?"

Wei Wei really didn't have a good impression of the marriage: "Is this considered a marriage?"

"Princesses marry far away to appease foreign countries to make peace with relatives. The difference is that when the country is strong, you can choose the daughter of the clan to marry on behalf of you; when the country is weak, you can only choose your own daughter. Sometimes even the princess born by the queen is not exempt."

After explaining, Yan Heng showed pride: "Since the establishment of the dynasty, I have never had any princess marry far away."

This is indeed something to be proud of. Through Yan Heng's words, Wei Wei also has a different understanding of history.Perhaps in the eyes of later historians, those princesses who married far away maintained the peace between the two countries by themselves.But what about the princess herself?
Under the feudal system, men's social status was high, not because of their natural physical strength that allowed them to hold military power.Now that he has enjoyed all kinds of preferential treatment, why didn't he stand up to defend the country when the country was in crisis, but pushed out the mentally handicapped women who were usually looked down upon in the front.

"However, a few years ago, Tubo Xin Zanpu succeeded to the throne, and he always wanted to ask Dai Viet to marry a princess."

ask to marry the princess...

Wei Wei murmured: "The most suitable age is Ayi."

Yan Heng nodded: "It is indeed the Ninth Princess."

Then he went on to say: "Tubo Zanpu admires the culture of the Han nationality. When he was young, he went to the capital in disguise and met the nine princesses by accident. A few years ago, what he asked for in the letter of credence he submitted was the nine princesses."

He was obviously very happy after reading the letter from Mama Wei and Chen Bo'an just now, how did the situation become like this in the blink of an eye.

"Ah Heng just said that when the national power is strong, you can find the daughter of the clan..."

"Ah Mao is so smart," Yan Heng praised, "But this time, I don't think I will use a clan girl."

King Duan was approaching a weak crown, and many people at his age were already the fathers of several children, but he stubbornly withstood the pressure and did not get married. Emperor Qinglong also uncharacteristically let it go, without any anxiety.He had been puzzled before, but today he received the news that Brother Bo'an accidentally inquired after he went deep into Tubo, and he finally had a glimmer of understanding.

The emperor is protecting the nine princesses.

Judging from the map, one of Tubo and Oala is in the southwest and the other in the northwest, and the two countries are at an angle against Da Viet in the west.If there is a real war, Dayue will certainly be able to fight, but there will be heavy casualties, and this is what the emperor does not want to see.It is precisely because of this that the emperor has been procrastinating, there is no reason for the elder brother to marry the younger sister first.

However, as the national strength of Borneo further south became stronger, the situation changed completely.According to Chen Bo'an, the situation in Tubo has been tense recently, and Zanpu has been sending more troops to the south.

Feng Shui turns, and now it's time for Da Yue to drive away the tigers and wolves.

Thinking of this, Yan Heng's eyes narrowed slightly. When he married Ah Mao and left Beijing, he secretly swore that he would climb to a position as high as possible as soon as possible, so that Ah Mao could always be carefree and not have to swallow his anger when threatened by others.The war that Governor Chu had expected was also within his expectations, and this winter would be his best chance.

When it comes to military affairs, Wei Wei's eyes are darkened: "I don't need a clan girl? Do you really want Ayi to marry her?"

Leaning close to her ear, Yan Heng whispered two words.

"The Wu family?"

She stared wide-eyed and asked back: "Wu Ying's belly is getting bigger, so Zanpu won't jump when she gets married?"

This is a green hat!

But thinking about it the other way around, the child in Wu Ying's womb belongs to the prince and the grandson of the emperor.With a bigger and stronger national strength, supporting a child with his own royal blood to become the new Zanpu, that is not the same as controlling a country with little effort.

Seeing the smugness on her face when she raised the corners of her lips, Yan Heng knew that she was thinking wrong.

"The bloodline of the royal family cannot be confused, and even Tubo is not so casual. Ah Mao, don't think too much, the Wu family has great achievements, and there is more than this one prostitute. Wu Shangshu is very happy to use one prostitute to protect the whole family."

"That's okay too?"

"How complicated do you think this is?"

Under Wei Wei's disbelieving eyes, what happened next proved the correctness of Yan Heng's words.

Half a month later after Shengjia returned to Luan, when half of the houses in Youzhou City were repaired, enough for ordinary people to squeeze through the winter, the final result of the Northwest corruption case also came from Beijing.

All those involved in corruption ransacked their homes, men were demoted to military households, and women's family members were confiscated into the priest's workshop.Emperor Qinglong was really ruthless this time, even the young men who were usually forgiven were not spared, and they all pretended to be children.For a time, the entire Northwest officialdom was filled with mourning, and the total value of gold, silver and antiques obtained by confiscating corrupt officials' homes was fully worth the total tax revenue of the imperial court for three years.After the house raiding team sent by the imperial court left, the official-inhabited area near the Liangzhou government office almost became a ghost town.

In this purge, only two people involved in corruption survived.One is the governor of Chu, and things are very strange. Although he has been involved in corruption, he himself has not been corrupted much; because Zhenbei Hou Chuying secretly assisted in this investigation, he replaced the emperor's reward with a pardon for the governor of Chu.The whole family of Chu Inspector, who was demoted to common people, was taken in by the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, of course, this did not include Aunt Gan.Chu Ying was not a good-tempered person, so he threw Aunt Gan to the door of the brothel where she was born back then, no matter what happened.

The second one is Wu Shangshu. At the critical moment, Commander Wu took all the responsibility for the crime, and then when Tubo submitted the letter of state to ask for a marriage again, he clarified the situation in the northwest in time, and offered one of his own daughter-in-law for the marriage.With this credit, he not only escaped, but also kept his position as Minister of the Ministry of War.

(End of this chapter)