Of course the Ministry of Industry should give an explanation no matter what!
Such a big thing, do you really want to just let it go so lightly? Old Mrs. Wei raised her eyelids and smiled concisely: "They will give an explanation."
The Wei family has been dormant for too long and has been tolerant for too long, so no one dares to take a bite.
She closed her eyes and told the third lady: "Hand the card to the office. I want to enter the palace."
Usually, if an old noble like Madam Wei had something to report to the emperor, she could write a memorial. Some who had connections in the palace would choose to go to the palace to pay their respects to the empress and concubines, and then reveal their purpose in a tactful way.
In this way, if there are some things that are difficult to say, or if they hurt the reputation of the royal family but justice must be sought, it will be easier to say, and it will not be so easy to anger the noble.
Mrs. Wei has now chosen the second option.
In fact, Old Lady Wei seldom entered the palace in these years. No matter how big the incident was, she would just keep it to herself. She knew very well that it was indeed Emperor Longqing who did the wrong thing in the Ming family incident. Firstly, she was impatient to see this ungrateful man who almost wiped out the Ming family; secondly, she did not want to show weakness in front of him; thirdly, she understood that a man's guilt would only last for a very short time and it had to be used where it really should be used, otherwise it would be a waste of God's gift.
This has been used once before with Mingjing.
It is undoubtedly time to use it again.
The Third Madam was a little surprised, but when she heard what Old Madam Wei said, she knew that she had her own plans in mind, so she agreed and said, "My wife will do it right away."
Madam Wei nodded and looked at the Third and Second Masters: "Since you two are here, I have something to tell you."
The third and second masters quickly became serious and responded respectfully, "Just give me your orders, mother."
"I heard that Guanzhong Hou recently married another girl in the capital." Old Madam Wei narrowed her eyes. "He doesn't have much money, and Princess Yonghe hasn't married yet. Where does he get so much money to squander? What is Yunxiufang? It's a place where people spend a lot of money. Even if someone from our family goes there, they don't spend thousands of taels of silver to win over the courtesan like he does. Go and find out where he gets the money, who he has been interacting with recently, and whether there is anything strange, and then go and tell Shen Chen."
The second master didn't react for a while.
The Third Master immediately understood what Old Lady Wei meant and asked her, "Mother, do you mean that the Marquis of Guanzhong also knew about Princess Yonghe's affair?"
The second master also reacted, he sighed and nodded as if he had understood something: "That makes sense. Princess Yonghe is a princess who is about to be married off. The palace is keeping a very strict watch on her. Even though the emperor has softened his attitude towards her recently, he still does not allow her to leave the palace. The only people who can come into contact with her in the palace are the guards and her fiancé, Guanzhong Hou..."
And if it was the guards who passed the message, then why did Guanzhong Hou suddenly become rich
There are no such coincidences in this world. Most of these coincidences are man-made.
The third and second masters understood as soon as they heard it, and agreed without any prior arrangement. After discussing it, they sent people out to do the work.
Zou Qing on the other end was also a little anxious.
He was not anxious because Guanzhong Hou had gone to blackmail his subordinates again, but because of something else.
Hou was standing outside the prosperous and magnificent flower hall. He anxiously peeked inside, but he didn't dare to look too far. He just asked the little girl who was going to bring in tea, "Is the master not out yet?"
The little girl shook her head. All of them knew that Zou Qing was a big shot around the master, so they found it strange that he was just waiting outside: "Why don't you go in? If you have something urgent, I will go and report it to you..."
"Don't!" Zou Qing's eyes widened immediately, and he shook his head in an overreaction: "Don't go in and report. I'll just wait outside. You don't have to mention me when you go in."
The person sitting inside was Prince Chu Jingwu of the Linjiang Palace. How could he dare to show up in front of this prince
Although he didn't reveal any evidence, he was the one who personally notified and ordered those assassins. Chu Jingwu came to find Jiang Songwen because of the gunpowder that passed through Prince Zheng's Mansion before.
Although the assassins were all dead, wasn't it always a safe bet? Moreover, to be on the safe side, he had appeared around Prince Zheng's mansion that day. What if Chu Jingwu saw him and recognized him
That would only add to his suspicion.
The little girl said "oh", and seeing that he was so anxious but couldn't go in, she knew that this matter was not something she could interfere in. She bowed and carefully brought the tea in.
The flower hall was decorated very elegantly, in keeping with the Jiang family's civil servant background. None of the items were superficially luxurious, but each one had a unique artistic conception and made people feel very comfortable just by looking at it.
Chu Jingwu was in no mood to appreciate it. When Jiang Songwen finally came out, he stood up and asked him: "How is it, Mr. Jiang, is there any news?!"
When the accident happened before, he felt something was wrong. The Ministry of Works always had a fixed route for delivering gunpowder. Because this thing was dangerous, it was generally not transported to places where princes and ministers lived, for fear of irreversible consequences if something happened.
After all, at the beginning, the gunpowder transported by the Shenji Camp razed all the houses in the northern part of the city to the ground, killing countless people. I heard that the scene was horrific, and that incident is still vividly remembered by people living in the northern part of the city.
As a warning, the routes for transporting gunpowder were strictly controlled and guarded closely from then on, for fear of accidents.
But something went wrong this time, and the route was changed and it was transported to Prince Zheng's Palace again, which made people feel strange.
Chu Jingwu had always had some friendship with Jiang Songwen's son, so he simply came to Jiang Songwen to ask.
After all, Jiang Songwen is not only the head of the Ministry of Industry, but also an acquaintance and the son of Jiang Zining, so it would be right to ask him.
Jiang Songwen frowned and took a sip of tea, then put down the tea and looked at Chu Jingwu slowly: "Don't worry, my prince. The transportation of gunpowder is handled by the fire room of the Ministry of Works and Civil Affairs. There have been no major mistakes over the years. Their subordinates have reported this matter, saying that the route was temporarily changed. The batch of gunpowder needs to be delivered to the palace in a hurry. There are some problems with the wall of the Colosseum in the Western Garden. It may collapse at any time and needs to be blown up and rebuilt. It happened to rain in those few days, so the accident happened..." (To be continued)