This was also a matter of Tang Qingfeng's luck. He had just returned from Yunnan to report on his work and was free and had not yet received any assignment. Because the court was in a hurry, this assignment fell on him.
Upon hearing that the imperial envoy had been replaced, Su Yao, who had originally planned to invite Mrs. He to the palace to discuss the matter, was a little surprised and could not help asking Mrs. He the reason.
Mrs. He smiled and said, "Let's not talk about your second uncle's reckless personality. He really doesn't have the ability. Fortunately, although he doesn't have the ability, he knows his own limitations. This time he is afraid of causing trouble for you, so he doesn't want to go."
This time when she mentioned Mr. He, her tone was gentle, like a mother proud of her child.
Su Yao always felt sorry for her grandmother. Although her grandmother seemed to have a lot, her children were not caring and her beloved husband died in middle age. She was always lonely and isolated.
It was precisely because she was too lonely that she and Su Yao warmed each other up.
For a long time, Su Yao lived on the love of his grandmother, even now.
However, Su Yao also hopes that her grandmother can have more and enjoy the love and being loved by a normal person.
Seeing that the relationship between her grandmother, her second uncle and her cousin was getting better day by day, she felt much more relieved. She was already in the deep palace and there were many things she could not control. All she could do now was to be better to her grandmother while she was still in good health.
She couldn't help but laugh: "This is also what Your Highness and I guessed. After all, Fujian is where Qi Yunxi and the others came from. There are all kinds of monsters and demons there. It would be best if Uncle could not go there."
To avoid danger.
Mrs. He nodded, took Su Yao's hand and asked her, "Are you adapting to life in the palace?"
Although Su Yao's face was rosy and full of joy, and he did not seem to be feeling embarrassed or aggrieved, Mrs. He still wanted to ask and get Su Yao's personal confirmation.
Su Yao naturally lay on Mrs. He's lap, exhaled a satisfied breath, and said softly: "I'm fine, His Highness is also very good to me. From the time I grew up to now, except for the days with my grandmother, these are the best days."
Of course, it was good to be in the Shen family, but at that time, my parents were busy with business and didn’t spend much time at home.
But now it’s different, she now feels that life is full of surprises.
For Mrs. He, her happiness is the best news.
She still reminded Su Yao: "Although the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine both like you and won't make things difficult for you, you will still have to be the head of this family sooner or later. Being the mother of the country is different from being the mistress of an ordinary family. You need to learn more and see more, so that you can live a leisurely life in the future."
Su Yao listened carefully.
After a while, a palace maid came from Empress Dowager Tian's side and said that the Empress Dowager wanted to ask Madam He to come over.
Mrs. He was well prepared and went to pay her respects to the Queen Mother.
Queen Mother Tian was also very polite when she met her. She asked her a few questions and then invited her to have dinner in the palace.
After a while, Emperor Yuanfeng also arrived.
He was always very tolerant of Mrs. He, and asked her with a smile: "Little sister, how do you have time to enter the palace?"
Sometimes he called Mrs. He "Auntie" and sometimes he called her "Little Sister", both of which were full of intimacy.
If it were in the past, Mrs. He would always be lukewarm. The grace that everyone longs for but cannot obtain was not a rare thing to Mrs. He. It was something that was bought with the blood of her sister and husband.
But things are different now.
She didn't say anything sarcastic, nor did she remain silent. She actually answered Emperor Yuanfeng's question for the first time, saying, "I was afraid that Your Highness didn't know that it was the Second Brother who resigned from his post, so I came to tell the Youngest Brother so that they don't have to embarrass him anymore. The Second Brother is not cut out for this."
Seeing that Madam He was in such a good mood, Emperor Yuanfeng was actually somewhat flattered. When he heard that Second Master He had resigned from his post, he said, "In that case, just don't go. Originally, we had to send a tough guy to the newly established Maritime Customs Office. If we send a weak person, he will be eaten alive by those people!"
When he mentioned important matters in the court, his tone became a little irritable.
Su Yao knew that there might be another disturbance in the court regarding the affairs in Zhejiang.
Originally, agreeing to Pang Qingping's request to train the navy was a very risky move. At least in the past thirty years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no monarch had done so. If this matter was done well and achieved results, it would naturally be a good thing, but if it failed, it would be a waste of time and money.
At this age, Emperor Yuanfeng had been working diligently on the throne for decades and had done a very good job, without any stains that would cause the historians to criticize him.
The fighting among his sons was not a stain. After all, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang once killed three sons in one day. Those who achieved great things since ancient times have all done so. There is nothing to say.
But if he made a mistake in his national policy, it would really be recorded in history.
So he has been in a bad mood recently.
The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Although I am in the harem, I have heard the imperial eunuchs talking about whether the training in Zhejiang is not ideal enough these days?"
The Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion is now in ruins, and Empress Dowager Tian is free from all worries. She can now speak more directly. Emperor Yuanfeng obviously doesn't think there is anything to be shy about. He frowned and said, "Calculating the time, Xiaoliu has been in the fiefdom for more than half a year, and the navy has been trained for half a year, but the effect is really... Some time ago, a team of more than a thousand Japanese pirates landed on Baishi Beach and met our navy. Who knew that they turned around and ran away. More than 6,000 people were chased by more than a thousand Japanese pirates. It was simply embarrassing!"
Because of this incident, the mocking voices of the civil servants were overwhelming. They all said that Zhejiang was wasting the national treasury's money. They also said that there was a severe drought in Hunan this year, but Zhejiang had made no progress at all, and they reported Pang Qingping to the emperor.
Emperor Yuanfeng had supported this suggestion before, so it is naturally impossible for him to go back on his word now.
But the situation in Zhejiang is indeed a difficult matter, so he is very upset now.
Empress Dowager Tian was also somewhat puzzled: "These people... ..what do the court support them for?! When they met the enemy, they just turned around and ran away. Have they ever thought about the people behind them?! This is really absurd!"
If they did this, it's no wonder that the court officials were outraged. Who could tolerate seeing these people who were paid by the army deserting
Emperor Yuanfeng sighed and said, "We should send an imperial envoy to Zhejiang to take a look. We have to give an explanation to the court officials. I intend to let Ah Heng go."
Queen Mother Tian looked at Su Yao with some embarrassment. She felt that it was too much of a hurdle for the young couple to let Xiao Heng go to Zhejiang when they had just gotten married.
Su Yao did not have such a feeling. On the contrary, she had already discussed it with Xiao Heng before, so she knew that Xiao Heng wanted to go. So she was not surprised when Emperor Yuanfeng said so.