Unlimited Supplies: Custody Minister with Space Supermarket

Chapter 521 Puzzled

Author: Meitong

Chapter 521 Puzzled

What did Fu Qionglin mean? Logically speaking, Su Jingchen was the number one scholar and should have entered the Hanlin Academy at first, but the emperor did the opposite and asked Su Jingchen to go to Beidi and start as a county magistrate.

According to the laws of Great Liang, officials cannot return to their hometowns to serve. They are afraid that officials will be involved in family power in their hometowns, cannot settle lawsuits, or become local gangsters, local emperors, or the like.

I don't know what Fu Yi told the emperor at that time. Anyway, Su Jingchen's official career trajectory was completely different from that in the book.

Failure to enter the Hanlin Academy means that there will be no opportunity to enter the cabinet in the future, and Su Jingchen will probably be stuck as a third-rank official for the rest of his life.

Just when Su Jingchen and Yu Xiaolian thought so, Fu Qionglin said that Su Jingchen had the opportunity to return to Beijing and become a Beijing official. This...

Yu Xiaolian always felt that Fu Qionglin and the emperor had some conspiracy waiting for them, but she couldn't guess what it was exactly.

In the evening, Su Jingchen came back from the Salt Transportation Department, and Yu Xiaolian told Su Jingchen her worries.

Su Jingchen only comforted Yu Xiaolian not to think too much, and told her to take care of herself and her children during this period and not to go out casually.

Yu Xiaolian knew that in addition to Fu Qionglin's letter, Su Jingchen should also have received a secret letter from the emperor, but it was a court secret and Su Jingchen could not tell her.

Since Su Jingchen reassured her, Yu Xiaolian no longer worried.

"If I had known that coming to Yangzhou would be so frustrating, when I was in Luzhou, I might as well have gone back to Yuzhou with my fifth aunt and the others." Yu Xiaolian missed her parents very much after not seeing them for several years.

Su Jingchen glanced at Yu Xiaolian and suddenly said, "Yangzhou is not very far from Yuzhou. If you want to go back, can I have someone escort you back?"

Yu Xiaolian's eyes lit up and she stood up. After a moment, she sat back down with her shoulders down, "It still doesn't work. The situation on your side is uncertain now. If I leave, your heart will not be stable either!"

In fact, Yu Xiaolian was already in a dilemma on the way to Yangzhou. She didn't like officialdom and thought that living a down-to-earth and happy life together as a family was the best and happiest life. However, Su Jingchen had a problem.

With such a lofty and ambitious heart, she really couldn't open her mouth to stop him.

Originally, she was not sure about her determination to stay away from officialdom, but after reading Fu Qionglin's letter, she had already made up her mind.

She has no intention of being a mistress to any princess, nor does she want her daughter to read to or handkerchief to the princess.

Maybe this was an opportunity that many people couldn't ask for, but Yu Xiaolian didn't want this kind of opportunity.

Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. People in the royal family are the most complicated. She just wants her daughter to be safe and happy and grow up without any worries. She doesn't want her to get involved in intrigues and fights.

Yu Xiaolian looked at Su Jingchen, "If the emperor summons me to the palace, I will not accept the order!"

Su Jingchen was a little surprised, "Why?"

If you don’t accept the decree, you are resisting it!

After Yu Xiaolian expressed her thoughts, Su Jingchen was silent for a long time.

He can't get away yet, but now he is approaching Prince Cheng's Mansion, and I believe the Kou family will come to visit him soon.

"Three years, no, two years at most. Give me two years and I will take care of everything." Su Jingchen gently pressed his hand on Yu Xiaolian's shoulder.

He had to avenge his mother. If he didn’t avenge him, he would not be a son of man in vain!

Yu Xiaolian also understood Su Jingchen, but what should she do if the emperor's decree came?

It would be best if there is some way to make the emperor give up the idea of ​​summoning Yu Xiaolian to the capital.

There are many female gentlemen in Daliang, but it can be said that almost none of them have gained the attention of the emperor in their official career. Yu Xiaolian has no desire to be the first in this history.

Moreover, she didn't think that a country like her would lack such a talent. There might be other deeper meanings in this.

The emperor asked Su Jingchen to stay in Yangzhou to manage the Lianghuai Saltworks, but asked her to take her children to Beijing. Yu Xiaolian always felt that she was a bit like being a hostage.

Su Jingchen was silent for a long time and then said, "The Lianghuai Salt Farm is the emperor's money bag. The emperor suffered a loss for a while and it's understandable that he doesn't want to suffer a second time. But it is really too much to separate our husband and wife."

Seeing that Su Jingchen and her were thinking of going together, Yu Xiaolian quickly asked, "Then what should we do?"

She doesn’t want to go to the capital at all!

Su Jingchen comforted Yu Xiaolian and said, "The emperor just has this idea and may not really call you to Beijing."

"What if the emperor really comes?" Yu Xiaolian stared at Su Jingchen.

Su Jingchen whispered, "I have my own way, don't worry!"

Yu Xiaolian frowned and asked, "What can you do? Can't you tell me?"

Su Jingchen pulled Yu Xiaolian over, sat on his lap, and whispered.

The more Yu Xiaolian listened, the more frightened she became.

It turns out that the officialdom in Yangzhou is so complicated. No wonder Su Jingchen kept guarding the bandits and refused to confront Cao Guangqiao. It turned out that in the early days, Cao Guangqiao was the one who made money for Jun Tingye, who was still the prince.

No wonder Cao Guangqiao collapsed when Jun Yian became emperor, but as Queen Jun Tingye, Cao Guangqiao was spared this fate.

The emperor's people had to wait for the emperor to deal with it. Therefore, Su Jingchen had already mentioned in a secret letter to the emperor that Cao Guangqiao sent people to assassinate him, and he only waited for the emperor's Holy Judgment to make a decision.

"Then why did the emperor not continue to reuse Cao Guangqiao and let him be the salt transport envoy between Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers, but instead sent you to Yangzhou?" Yu Xiaolian was puzzled.

"The emperor's heart is unpredictable. I'm afraid the emperor has his own considerations."

Su Jingchen avoided Yu Xiaolian's gaze. He couldn't tell her that the emperor sent him here to kill all the people who threatened his throne.

As long as you understand it in your heart, it's okay. You can't express this kind of thing verbally.

As for letting Yu Xiaolian go to the capital, Su Jingchen knew that the emperor wanted to hold on to a handle, but as long as he took the initiative to send another handle to the emperor, he believed that the emperor would not hold on to Yu Xiaolian.

After all, the weight of the Zhongyi Houfu may be heavier in the emperor's heart.

On the surface, it seems that the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion has already sunk into the sunset and is insignificant, but the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion has a death-free gold medal given by the late emperor. The weight of this death-free gold medal is unique in Great Liang.

As long as Su Jingchen reveals that he is a descendant of Marquis Zhongyi, the emperor will definitely step in for him and replace him with Kou Siyu.

In this way, the gold medal for immunity from death was returned to the emperor's hands, and there was no longer any threat to him.

"The late emperor didn't only allow three generations of the Kou family to ascend the throne. Kou Siyu's generation is already the last. Why is the emperor still worried about the Kou family?" Yu Xiaolian asked doubtfully.

Su Jingchen smiled lightly, "It's just that Kou Siyu and Prince Cheng's Mansion are too close!"

A family of military commanders, even though they no longer have military power, are still feared by the emperor.

After all, Kou Maonian's reputation in his early years was so resounding that people did not dare to underestimate his descendants as incompetent people.

(End of chapter)