Lord of Fortune

What was supposed to be a matter of course turned out to be full of twists and turns. Although Emperor Chongde dealt with the members of the Wu family, he was still a little angry.

After coming down to court, Emperor Chongde thought about it and went to Empress Ding.

If he went to Concubine Wu right now, Concubine Wu would just plead with him crying, if he went to other concubines, they would probably just scold the Wu family in front of him, making him even more upset.

After much deliberation, it was Empress Ding who could relax him the most.

Empress Ding has always been considerate, her words and deeds are very measured, and she will never make Emperor Chongde feel uncomfortable.Besides, Empress Ding was knowledgeable, and Emperor Chongde felt that she could get along well with her.

After Emperor Chongde arrived at Fengyi Palace, Empress Ding welcomed him in: "The concubine ordered someone to prepare calming tea. The emperor has not had a good rest recently. You might as well use some."

In the exquisite porcelain cup in his hand, the temperature of the tea in the cup is suitable; in front of Empress Ding's gentle smiling face, Emperor Chongde's tense expression has also eased a lot.

"Queen, you should know about the Shuren organization...you should know it all, right? I really never thought that a group of officials would not be as capable as Qin'er in handling affairs!"

"There is no way around this. The concubine said earlier that what Qin'er is doing is a good deed. Anyone can do this, whether it is the family of Concubine Wu Gui, Concubine Zhang Xian's family, or Concubine Wang Shu's family. But , if they are eager for quick success and impure minds, the effect will naturally not be so good."

Emperor Chongde thought of how these companies were jumping up and down before, and his heart became more and more disgusted: "The queen is right. In the future, let Qin'er take care of the overall situation, and leave it to Qin'er to do it, so that I can feel at ease. Queen, you really support me. I have a good daughter."

This is not the first time he said this, but this time, he said it most sincerely.

When there was no one else to compare, although Emperor Chongde thought Han Mengqin was good, he didn't feel that deeply.With the surname Zhang for comparison, Emperor Chongde discovered that the business of the stall was really not as easy to manage as he imagined. Han Mengqin, who founded the Shuren organization and managed it in an orderly manner, was really rare.

"Then the concubine thanked the emperor for Qin'er's praise. Qin'er, a daughter, has been praised by the emperor, and a concubine, a mother, can't fall behind. Your majesty, the concubine is thinking, now the front line expenses It’s very big, we females can’t help much in the harem. How about, starting with the concubines, the expenses of the concubines are halved, and the money saved is used to buy the needed supplies for the border guards.”

"Although this money is limited, it is also the heart of our harem, and it represents our determination to advance and retreat with the emperor and the border guards."

Emperor Chongde didn't expect Empress Ding to say such a thing, and sighed: "Other concubines try their best to get benefits from me, but the empress wholeheartedly shares my worries. No wonder they say 'wife is a good husband' Misfortune is less', the ancients never deceived me."

At the beginning, when Emperor Chongde became the Empress, he did not hesitate in his heart.Now, he is more and more satisfied with Queen Ding.

Emperor Chongde still had a lot of government affairs to deal with, and he didn't plan to stay in Fengyi Palace today, but he still waited until the seventh prince returned to the palace and took the examination of the seventh prince's homework, and then left with satisfaction.All indications showed that he was becoming more and more satisfied with the Seventh Prince.

As soon as Emperor Chongde left, the Seventh Prince looked at Empress Ding excitedly: "Queen Mother, our strategy has worked, hasn't it?"

Empress Ding nodded with a smile: "Sometimes, to endure a momentary anger and suffer a momentary loss is just to fight back better."

"Concubine Wu Gui and the others have done too much. Earlier, they joined forces to force your father to make concessions. Your father didn't say anything, and he was very unhappy in his heart. But they still took this job away. It's a mess... In the future, if similar things happen again, their power to speak will be greatly reduced."

Empress Ding lowered her head and patted her son's head: "Although the empress mother has set them up, it is your sister's efforts to win such a favorable situation for us, do you understand?"

Empress Ding was afraid that her son would not be able to see her daughter, so she separated from her, so she would tell her son about her daughter whenever she had the opportunity.

In fact, Han Mengqin, the elder sister, has done well enough.She may have limited abilities, but she has done everything she can for Queen Ding and the Seventh Prince.

The seventh prince nodded obediently: "Don't worry, queen mother, the child understands. If we have a good life in the future, I will never forget my sister."

Only then did Empress Ding nodded in satisfaction. At the same time, she did not forget to warn the seventh prince: "The queen mother and your sister can only do so much for you. Whether we can have the last laugh depends on you."

Although the Seventh Prince is smart, but he is young after all, he seems to understand a little bit: "What should I do?"

"You just need to study hard and be filial to your father. You should not interfere with what your brothers usually do."

Speaking of this, Empress Ding's eyes gradually turned cold: "You jump up and down like your brothers, making friends with ministers, and taking credit from people. Sooner or later, you will be disgusted by your father."

……

Han Mengqin was once again praised by Emperor Chongde, and along with this news came the news that the surname Zhang and the Wu family's forces were unlucky.

When the people heard the words, they became more and more encouraged.

"I just said that the emperor is the most merciful. When we suffered a disaster, he not only reduced our taxes, but also sent people to send relief food to us. Such a good emperor, certainly not Will you give us a way out! It’s all about Zhang’s self-assertion to frame us!”

"Yes, the empress is also a Bodhisattva who saves the suffering. Wherever there was a disaster in the past, she would take the lead in reducing her own expenses, and the money she saved would be used to buy food for the people there... The empress is so kind, No wonder you can teach such a good girl as Miss Han."

"It's Concubine Wu... Humph, it's not a good thing when you hear it, and you know how to bully us common people. I heard that she still wants to challenge the empress. Fortunately, the emperor is wise and knows that concubines are no better than regular wives. Let me say , such a restless concubine, she should be dealt with as soon as possible, lest she become a demon again!"

Recently, the daily life of the common people is to praise the emperor and empress, and scold Concubine Wu by the way.Of course, Han Mengqin was the one they talked about the most. After all, Han Mengqin was the one who was closely related to their lives.

"Miss Han is really a good person. She is different from those officials. She is always thinking of us. Knowing what difficulties we have, she will help us respond to the magistrate..."

"Hey, it would be great if Miss Han could stay with us. During the few months she has been here, our life has been much better than before. "

Several scholars passed by with their book baskets, and they happened to listen to the words of these common people.

One of the scholars said: "This Miss Han is really popular."

"That's natural. The common people are not stupid. They won't fail to feel who is doing their best for them and who wants to squeeze them. Not to mention them, even we have to thank Ms. Han."

"Recently, Miss Han's Shuren Bookstore has also opened to us. As long as you copy a book for the bookstore, you can borrow a few books for free. Borrowed several books and read them."

It turned out that these students all came from poor families.

After passing the assessment by the Shuren organization, they successfully got a sum of money to complete their studies.

In the past, in order to continue their studies, they had to work hard, but one's energy is limited after all, and working hard while going to school will eventually affect their learning progress. The old parents at home work hard for them It's also heartbreaking.

Before receiving funding from the Shuren organization, some of them had already planned to give up the imperial examination and directly support their families.

Fortunately, now that they have received funding from the Shuren Organization, at least within a few years, they no longer have to worry about pens, inks, papers and inkstones and bundle repairs.

A few years later, if they are successfully admitted to Juren, they don't have to worry about money at all. If they really don't have the money to go to Beijing to catch up with the exam, the big deal is that there will be a shortage of a county magistrate and start slowly.If they have been studying hard for several years and still fail to pass the exam, they will completely stop thinking about the imperial examination and become a teacher.

Of course, most of the people Han Mengqin sponsored were scholars with relatively good qualifications, and they still had some confidence in their own examinations.

According to the agreement between these students and the Shuren organization, during the busy farming season, they only need to go to their respective villages twice a month to answer questions for the students below.And during the slack season, such as winter, they need to take turns giving lectures to the common people. In the rest of the time, they can concentrate on reading their own books without delaying anything.

Han Mengqin has been busy for several months with the Shuren Organization and Shuren Bookstore in this state, and she is exhausted.

However, when she heard the compliments from the literati and the common people, when she was accidentally recognized by someone while walking on the street, and the common people rushed to send her fruits and vegetables, she gained an unprecedented sense of accomplishment. .

Liu Zhifu has been highly cooperative with Han Mengqin's work recently. Originally, the common people had a lot of opinions on him because of his connivance with Master Zhang before. Also much smaller.

They all said in private: "Prefect Liu is not bad at heart, but he is stupid. If you follow a bad person, you will do bad things, and if you follow a good person, you will do good things. So, it is better to have a good person to manage him."

After Liu Zhifu knew the people's evaluation of him, he was very upset.However, in any case, it is always a good thing to wash away the previous stigma.This also strengthened his mind to follow Han Mengqin.

Thanks to the efforts of Han Mengqin and others, the operation of the local Shuren organization is finally on the right track. Even if Han Mengqin is not here and handed over to another person to take care of it, as long as that person acts according to the established pattern, there will be no problems. There will be no problems.

Han Mengqin thought for a while, and handed over the operation of the local Shuren organization to a subordinate whom he relied heavily on.After all, she can't stay here forever, and sooner or later this job will be handed over to others.

However, in order to ensure that the Shuren organization does not deviate from its purpose during the operation process, this subordinate needs to report to Han Mengqin on the work situation every month. If there is any uncertainty, just ask her for instructions. Besides, Han Mengqin would send people to check and supervise from time to time.

A few short months passed quickly, and when Han Mengqin was about to leave, the local people actually saw each other off, and the see-off line was so long that almost the entire street was full.

Han Mengqin looked at those people who were reluctant to leave, and waved at them: "Everyone, go back and do your own work. There is no need to send it off. I will come back to see you when I have time."

The common people didn't listen, and still sent her a long way, until they were about to reach the neighboring state, they reluctantly left under Han Mengqin's repeated urging.

"Miss Han must come back to see us when she is free."

Listening to their voices of gratitude and reluctance, Han Mengqin was filled with emotion.These people are really simple.The things she did for them were actually not many, but they kept them firmly in their hearts.

Seeing this, Zhaodi and the son of the head of Xinghua Village were quite proud.

They performed outstandingly during this trip, and Han Mengqin had already agreed to let them work under her management as soon as they returned, so they were now considered buddies of the Shuren organization.They were also honored to hear others praise Han Mengqin and the Shuren organization.

……

When Han Mengqin left the neighboring state, thousands of people saw him off, and when he returned to the local area, he was also warmly welcomed by the local officials.

When Emperor Chongde issued the imperial decree to send Master Zhang, everyone thought that Empress Ding and her family had lost the emperor's favor. Han Mengqin returned like a hero and was welcomed by everyone.

For this, Han Mengqin just felt extremely boring.

Jiang Niannian, Miss Governor's Mansion, stood at the front. When she saw Han Mengqin, she jumped up and gave her a hug: "Sister Qin, you are really amazing. You even managed to do things that officials in the DPRK and China couldn't do well." Well, even the emperor ordered to praise you!"

Jiang Niannian had a good relationship with Han Mengqin before, and the two were able to chat quite well.It's a pity that before, Jiang Niannian didn't know whether he was afraid of getting hurt by Han Mengqin, or was ordered by his family, so he started to stay away from Han Mengqin, and Han Mengqin naturally couldn't treat her as before.

Han Mengqin broke away from Jiang Niannian's embrace, took a step back, and distanced herself from her: "It's nothing, I just did my duty. Since I founded the Shuren Organization, I naturally can't To see it humiliated."

"Sister Jiang, can you tell me the details?"

Jiang Niannian wanted to hold Han Mengqin's hand, but she avoided it again: "The Jiang family must have already known the details from Mr. Zhang and Mr. Liu, so I won't talk too much."

Now, everyone could see that Han Mengqin didn't want to see Jiang Niannian anymore.

Jiang Niannian's smile became a little awkward: "We haven't seen each other for a few months, and Sister Han has already separated from me."

"A few months ago, I went to see Ms. Jiang, but Ms. Jiang refused to talk to me. She even pushed back the scheduled meetings. It was obvious that she wanted to break up with me. How could I post it without interest?"

Han Mengqin spoke directly, and she didn't mean to be false to Jiang Niannian at all.

"Sister, are you blaming me?" Jiang Niannian's eye circles turned red quickly.She clutched the corner of her clothes and lowered her head: "I don't think about it either, it's just that I just don't have time in those days."

Han Mengqin nodded: "Miss Jiang is very busy, and I understand that. I happen to be very busy too, and I don't have time to waste on each other. Let's just focus on our own affairs in the future."

When Mr. Zhang came, although Governor Jiang did not meet him, he provided Mr. Zhang with a lot of convenience for the sake of the Wu family.Now that Mr. Zhang has fallen, Governor Jiang has also been reprimanded by Emperor Chongde because of his negligence in duty. The Jiang family knows that they have come to repair the relationship with Han Mengqin at this time, but Han Mengqin is not rare.

Han Mengqin's words seemed to be said to Jiang Niannian, but in fact, they were not meant for other people?Those people who treated Han Mengqin coldly were a little bit embarrassing.It seems that their plan to restore the relationship with Han Mengqin is doomed to fail.

Xu Jiaxin hid in the crowd, looking at Han Mengqin's beautiful appearance, her eyes were almost bleeding.Seeing that Han Mengqin is going to be in trouble, why does she always manage to save herself from danger in the end!

Naturally, Han Mengqin would not fail to notice such strong malice.

She turned her head slightly and said: "By the way, before the Wu family sent people here, Miss Xu San used this incident to laugh at me and wanted to come. I heard that Mrs. Hou was still very enthusiastic when Mr. Zhang was in our prefecture. I entertained him politely, saying that he must be safer than me. Maybe I should remind the emperor that Mrs. Hou is also responsible for being so unscrupulous."

Mrs. Yongninghou immediately changed her face when she heard the words: "Our family has nothing to do with that Zhang. I just entertained him because he is a close relative of our family. Please Miss Han not to misunderstand."

Saying that, Mrs. Yongninghou slapped Xu Jiaxin across the face, and then said to Han Mengqin: "The little girl was ignorant and offended Ms. Han, please don't be as knowledgeable as her."

These days, Mrs. Yongning Hou's status in the house is not as good as before, and she is no longer as spoiled by her daughter as before.If it was a few years ago, even if Xu Jiaxin made a mistake, Mrs. Yongning Hou would only turn right and wrong and ask others to apologize.

Han Mengqin smiled sarcastically, power-power is really a good thing, isn't it?

……

This time Han Mengqin stayed outside for a few months before returning to the Han family. Han Mengling and Han Mengyin treated her, not to mention how warm they were.Whatever Han Mengqin wanted, they went to ask for it.

When Han Mengqin was away, they were in charge of the housekeeping. Now after several months of experience, they have taken care of it in a decent manner.

Knowing how difficult it is to be a housekeeper, they couldn't help admiring Han Mengqin, who was able to handle both inside and outside, even more.

"Sister, sit down and rest, I'll pour you a cup of tea."

"This time when big sister comes back, she probably won't leave again, right? Big sister is not at home, our family seems to have lost its backbone. Sometimes when we encounter problems, Yin'er doesn't know what to do!"

Han Mengyin pouted and acted like a baby with Han Mengqin.

Even Han Tongpan, who is a serious machismo, and Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han, who like to get along with Han Mengqin the most, did not make Han Mengqin unhappy or sing against her this time.

Because, they finally realized that they basically have no status outside now, and their current decency is all supported by Han Mengqin, the hot-hand-hot-hot person in front of Emperor Chongde.

If Han Mengqin is well, when they are outside, even if others know that Han Mengqin has a bad relationship with them, they will have to fear them because of their kinship with Han Mengqin.If Han Mengqin is not well, people outside are waiting to laugh at them.Not only Han Mengqin has experienced the warmth and coldness of human relationships in the past few months, but the Han family also has a very deep understanding.

That being the case, what else could they do to Han Mengqin?All I have to do is... admit it.

The Han family is settled down, and Han Mengqin is also relieved.

Although she still doesn't want to see these so-called family members, as long as they don't come looking for trouble, she won't hold them in the palm of her hand all day long, and she won't be too idle to panic.

Today, she has many more meaningful things to do.

The weather is getting cooler, and the battle at the border is still stalemate.

The profits of Han Mengqin's tea shop and jewelry shop have doubled.Although the bookstore had little profit, Emperor Chongde opened the bookstore in Han Mengqin not for profit, but only to help students get access to more books, so he exempted the bookstore from taxes.

In this way, even though the book shop did not make much profit, at least there was some surplus.

After Han Mengqin got the money, he immediately had some winter clothes tailored urgently, and sent them to the border for the soldiers to wear.

It's probably already a world of ice and snow outside the Great Wall now, and I don't know if Chu Chen will be frozen.

It has been a long time since I received a letter from Chu Chen. She really misses him very much.

It's okay when she is busy, she has no time to take care of other things, but once she has some free time, Chu Chen's voice and smile before leaving, and the letters Chu Chen wrote to her, will get into her mind, It made her feel both sweet and sour.

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