activa-t Chapter 363 No wonder he is so confident
Chapter 363 No wonder he is so confident
After Lu Shao came to the capital, Mr. Qin arranged for him to go to the best academy in the capital.
He goes to the academy every day recently and comes back in the evening.
When Lu Shao returned home, the kitchen staff had already prepared dinner.
Qiao Ye sat in the dining room waiting for him, flipping through the new storybook he had written.
Lu Shao walked in carrying the roast chicken that Qiao Ye liked.
Seeing that the dishes were already on the table, he smiled and said, "Are you hungry? I took a detour to buy roast chicken today, so I was delayed for a while."
Qiao Ye put down the book and said, "I'm not hungry. The food is just ready."
Her eyes fell on the paper bag he was carrying, "I suddenly wanted to eat roast chicken last night, so you went to buy it today!"
This roast chicken is very famous in Beijing. There is a long queue every day at noon and in the afternoon to buy it.
It’s not close to the academy.
She just mentioned it casually yesterday, and who would have thought that her husband would go out of his way to buy it.
However, it was these details of care and pampering that made her like him more and more.
Lu Shao asked the servant to bring a plate and he put the roast chicken on it.
"If you want to eat it, I will naturally pay attention to it."
He sat down next to Qiao Ye and asked, "My wife didn't go out today?"
Qiao Ye nodded, "I didn't go out."
While serving food to Lu Shao and herself, she complained to him, "But I met someone who made me unhappy."
Since they started living together, they no longer eat without talking.
Lu Shao took the bowl and couldn't help asking, "Who is here to cause trouble?"
Qiao Ye replied, "A woman who claimed to be the maidservant of Madam Jiao, the Minister of the Dali Temple, came to our house arrogantly today."
"They said their lady wanted to spend 100 taels of silver a month to hire me to work as a manager in her silver shop."
"He also said that he liked me so much that he hired me at such a high price."
She curled her lips and said, "That nanny's appearance and aura are really like her eyes are growing on the top of her head."
"I politely declined at first, and she said I was ungrateful."
"I got angry and yelled at her, and then she asked me to wait."
"Do you know where this Madam Jiao from the Dali Temple family came from?"
She is the goddaughter that Princess Yong'an values very much. If the other party was just the wife of the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, he would not be so arrogant to hire her.
She felt that the other party was doing it on purpose and that hiring her was a bit humiliating.
It was as if he was deliberately using her to target his godmother.
The fact that she would do this shows that Mrs. Jiao should not be afraid of her godmother's identity.
Lu Shao was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "She asked someone to hire you. In addition to wanting you to help her silver shop make money, she probably also has intentions against my godmother."
He was the leader of the Flying Dragon Guard in his previous life, so he knew most of the relationships with the powerful families in the capital.
Upon hearing what he said, Qiao Ye showed an expression of as expected, "I guessed that their purpose was not simple."
She asked, "That Mrs. Jiao doesn't get along with my godmother?"
Lu Shao nodded and replied, "I heard that the two of them have not gotten along since they were girls."
"When my godmother married Jiang Ji'an, Madam Jiao told everyone that my godmother would fall in love with such a poor man."
"It's a disgrace to be so mismatched."
"When the current emperor came to power, Jiang Ji'an was given important positions and continued to climb up the social ladder. She then became jealous of her godmother becoming a marquis' wife."
"Then he mocked my godmother for marrying a powerful marquis, but she still had a second wife to bother her."
"Once I was caught by my godmother and slapped her in public."
"The two of them are getting more and more angry."
"Before my godmother divorced my husband, she said a lot of sarcastic things behind his back."
"She also said that her godmother was not virtuous at all and actually divorced her husband on her own initiative. She is simply a disgrace to the women in the capital."
"It violates women's ethics. I don't know if it will lead other women astray."
Qiao Ye originally had a bad impression of Mrs. Jiao because of that nanny.
Now after listening to it, I can’t help but feel a little disgusted.
She asked: "What is her background? She slandered her godmother so arrogantly."
Lu Shao said: "She is the daughter of Duke Rong, and was once named County Lady by the late emperor."
"Duke Rong and Duke Zhenguo don't have a good relationship, so Madam Jiao's relationship with her godmother has always been bad."
"Especially when my godmother was young, she was favored by the late emperor and was given the title of princess, one level higher than Madam Jiao."
"Godmother and Madam Jiao were once known as the two beauties of the capital, but Godmother was known as the most beautiful woman in the capital."
"Mrs. Jiao was suppressed again, so she hated and resented her godmother even more."
Qiao Ye asked again: "Duke Rong should still have quite a bit of power now, right?"
If Mrs. Jiao was just a duke with an empty title but no real power, she shouldn't be so arrogant.
Lu Shao said: "Yes, now the Duke of Zhenguo controls 40% of the military power in Dayin and guards the border."
"Duke Rong is in charge of 30% of the troops, mainly the navy, guarding the coastal areas to resist Japanese pirates, etc."
"Miao Feiyu's grandfather, Duke Ning, commanded 20% of the troops, and was mainly responsible for guarding the suburbs and the capital."
"The remaining ten percent are the emperor's personal guards."
"The previous emperor conferred titles on five dukes. These three are the most powerful and are also hereditary."
"That is to say, as long as these three dukedoms do not make any serious mistakes, they will not be demoted in the future."
"The other two failed in their bid for succession and have been marginalized by the current dynasty. There are no outstanding figures in the family."
"The next generation will be demoted."
"The current emperor needs Duke Rong to guard the border and sea, so he values him very much."
"Mrs. Jiao's husband's family is not bad either. Her husband is a third-rank Dali Temple official and may be promoted to a higher rank next year."
"Her father-in-law is a second-rank official in the Censorate, responsible for monitoring and impeaching officials, assessing political achievements, and hearing major cases."
After listening to this, Qiao Ye said, "No wonder Madam Jiao is so confident."
She said that he must have something to rely on for being so arrogant.
This identity and background is indeed impressive.
But she was not afraid.
The other party and her godmother have never gotten along, so she and the other party are destined to be on opposite sides.
Since I've offended you already, there's no point in continuing to offend you.
Qiao Ye thought for a moment and leaned closer to Lu Shao and asked in a low voice, "Are the Jiao family and Duke Rong on the side of the fifth prince?"
Lu Shao also replied softly: "Duke Rong's attitude is unclear, but the Jiao family has shown that they are more inclined towards the fifth prince."
"The Jiao family and the Song family are related by marriage."
"By the way, Song Shaoyang's wife is from the Jiao family. She is the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Jiao family."
"Mrs. Jiao's husband is the eldest son and the first wife."
Duke Rong has been stationed in Minzhou and seldom returns to the capital.
When the seventh prince came to the throne, Duke Rong appeared to be neutral and did not interfere.
But he found out that the other party should be secretly helping the Jiao family, but he had no evidence or handle.
In addition, he was still needed to continue guarding the coast. After the Seventh Prince came to power, he only vigorously attacked and weakened the Jiao family, but did not touch Duke Rong.
In his previous life, he died of illness a few years after the Seventh Prince ascended the throne, so he was not very clear about the changes that followed.
He added: "I have always felt that Duke Rong is not a simple person and has some issues."
"I have found that Duke Rong had some influence on both the changes during the late empress's reign and the rather chaotic fight for the throne when the current emperor came to power."
"Although there is no evidence, the intelligence points to him."
"So whether it's the Jiao family or the Rongguo Mansion, we have to be careful to prevent them from plotting."
He held Qiao Ye's hand and said, "Of course, my lady, you don't have to be afraid of Madam Jiao and the others."
"If the Jiao family dares to touch you, I will make them pay for it."
He had collected a lot of evidence about the Jiao family's problems and knew a lot of the Jiao family's secrets and secrets.
Only after the Seventh Prince came to power could he successfully suppress and weaken the Jiao family.
They are still weak now, so they will not take the initiative to provoke the Jiao family.
But if Mrs. Jiao wants to deal with the young wife, he will definitely not be polite.
At worst, he could just take the risk and expose some of his power.
His young wife is his Achilles' heel and his bottom line, and he will not let anyone who touches her go.