As soon as Mrs. Li turned around, she went to find her third son, Lin Mulian, to discuss. When the maid went out, she bumped into Lin Mulian who was rushing over.
A lot of things happened in the past two days. First, Mu Peilan and his wife returned to their original appearance, then Lu Ying came to visit her adoptive father and adoptive mother. She didn't even return to the General's Mansion, and directly lived in the Duke Zhongguo's Mansion.
Lin Mulian knew that his plan might change drastically, so when he came back from visiting outside, the first thing he did was to discuss with his mother what to do next.
"I just had a drink with the staff around the eldest prince, and all of them wanted to know about Lu Ying. Their attitude is very different from before." Lin Mulian was both happy and worried, and the joy was that the first prince had gotten close to him. Not much, obviously look at each other between the words. What is worrying is that the Bai family has a backer like Lu Ying, so it is difficult to manipulate them, and even the wealth of the Bai family that they thought was at their fingertips may never have a chance to be used again.
Mrs. Li pondered for a while and said: "Originally, as long as the eldest prince is really ruthless, he will still rely on our family to succeed in the end. Adding Lu Ying will only make him more interested in that girl! But if we can't control it... That girl, it's a waste of time to make wedding clothes for others. Their backing is so strong, how easy is it for your second brother to inherit the title? I'm afraid that the Su family will not stop doing it and give the title to her son-in-law... Damn it! Originally, I thought that her son-in-law would not be able to appear on the stage and be seen by others, and it was not a problem, but I didn't expect... "
The reason why Mrs. Li is so sure that the eldest prince depends on their family is because of a rule established by the founding emperor of this dynasty. I will personally meet with all the princes of the state to elect a new king to take over.
Because the titles of the royal officials of the Qi State are only handed down to three generations, and the royal children compete fiercely for the throne, so in this dynasty, there are no more than seven clansmen with princes and dukes in total—three princes and four princes. Among the Dukes of the state, the title of the Duke of Zhong Guo has not yet been inherited.
The eldest prince has been fighting with the two princes for several years, seeing his father wandering around the harem every day and still in good spirits, his patience has almost been exhausted, Lin Mulian was precisely on this point, and flattered the eldest prince.
Lin Mulian was a little flustered when he heard his mother say this: "It's not like that, Bai Chou has a foreign surname after all..."
Mrs. Li glared at him, and said with hatred: "You think Mrs. Su can't do it?! As long as Bai Chou is willing to marry, according to the rules of this dynasty, the son-in-law who is married can also inherit the title and inherit the property! Not to mention Pei Lan That girl is still the handkerchief of Princess Antai, and the Su family is highly valued by the Queen Mother. With these two, it is entirely possible for their family to bypass our descendants of the Lin family and give the title to Bai Chou! Don't forget, Bai Chou Chou and Bai Fuling are father and daughter, and they are much closer than you cousins. If the eldest prince marries that girl Bai Fuling, the future Duke Zhong will be his father-in-law. How can you not support her? What do you cousins have? Use value? Why should he offend Yue Zhang and Lu Ying for nothing, and plan for our family?!"
Lin Mulian's face changed when she said it, but he still insisted: "Father is the Duke of Yasukuni, could it be that he is willing to give up his vote?!"
Mrs. Li sighed dejectedly: "It's not like you don't know about your father's body, and you don't know whether it can last until that day..."
Lin Mulian ran around in a hurry: "Then what should I do?" If their family is no longer useful to the First Prince, then wouldn't he be busy these days for nothing? In the end, he still won't get any benefits, let alone rewarding him for his meritorious deeds in the future.
Mrs. Li gritted her teeth and said: "Small size is not a gentleman, non-toxic is not a husband! Maybe we have to act first and get the Duke of Zhongguo first. At that time, the eldest prince can't help but look at my family differently!"
"It's better to strike first? What kind of attack?" Lin Mulian looked at a loss.
Seeing his dull look, Mrs. Li was angry and worried at the same time, as long as one of the three sons is promising, why should she worry about it day and night
"Call your two elder brothers here, you can't do this alone." Shi Li sighed.
On the other hand, Yang Mei sorted out the gifts from the guests, and under the envious eyes of those in the Jingguo Mansion, she asked the maid to deliver all the gifts to an empty room in Duyunxuan for storage. Then he distributed the prepared rewards to the servants in charge. The ordinary servants each received a silver peach weighing three taels, while the stewards received silver peaches weighing six taels. The servants were so happy that they smiled and praised. The generosity of the Bai family. Their monthly silver is at most less than two taels of silver, even if they are in charge, it is only five taels of silver!
Bai Fuling took the sorted gift list handed over by Yang Mei, scanned the things on it, and couldn't help but click her tongue: "Sure enough, they are all rich people, they are really rich, and I will take these things to the dental store to sell, at least You can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver!"
Bai Guo smiled and said: "General Lu has a lot of face, and when he came, there were many more guests than expected. I heard the little maids brought by the ladies and ladies secretly gossip, saying that many of them are because they heard that Miss is the righteousness of General Lu." Sister, so I bought gifts again temporarily, the business of the Yinlou Jewelry Store in Beijing was very good yesterday!"
These words vaguely mean that Bai Fuling is not enough face, and the fox is pretending to be powerful. However, Bai Fuling is a pragmatist, and has always had a good relationship with Lu Ying. Since it is true, there is nothing to mind. In this way, I can make more money by postponing the Jiji ceremony for a few days and giving them more time to prepare! What a loss!"
Yang Mei saw that they were getting more and more speechless, so she interrupted helplessly: "Miss, look at the person who gave the gift, that Xia Xinxin didn't come, but he gave a gift, and even sent a nanny to ask the lady to come to her house when she is free. Yes. Mammy said that the other hospital where she recuperates is in the area of Skylark Mountain... "
Bai Guo immediately jumped up and said: "She must be uneasy and kind, miss, ignore her!"
Bai Fuling raised her eyebrows and said, "What did Xia Xinxin give me?"
Yang Mei said with a strange expression: "It's that picture of winter plums reflected in snow..."
What does it mean? Bai Fuling thought for a while and said, "Anyway, I'll be moving to the other courtyard of Yunque Mountain tomorrow, let's talk about it then."
Yang Mei didn't talk too much when she heard the words, and took Hongqu and others to pack Bai Fuling's things. Bai Guo suddenly thought of a question: "Miss, the selection of the princess and concubine will be decided a few years ago. , will it be... er, what if you are really chosen?"
Bai Fuling said: "Isn't it too late for you to think of this now? Hmph! Don't worry, I won't be chosen. Father and mother have already invited Princess Antai to go through the door, and they will use my name in two days." Take it from the candidate list of the princess."
"It's okay, okay!" Bai Guo felt relieved, and followed Yang Mei to pack things with a smile.
In fact, according to Lu Ying's deduction, even if Bai Fuling's name is still on the candidate list, she will probably lose the election. This has to start with Lu Ying.
The reason why Lu Ying became the target of the First Prince and the Second Prince's vying to win him over was that apart from his fame in the Qi Kingdom and his military power, the most important thing was his qualifications and connections in the Yulin Army.
Lu Ying was able to rise to the top because of his life-saving grace to the commander of the Imperial Forest Army who had just left office, so he was exceptionally included in the Imperial Forest Army, and his martial arts ability is indeed outstanding. Most of them, after these years, most of the Imperial Forest Army who have been friends with Lu Ying have now become the commanders of the army, and Lu Ying has a brilliant record and has become the youngest second-rank official in the court. One of the border towns is in the capital, but no one will doubt Lu Ying's influence in the Imperial Forest Army, especially now that several major commanders in the Imperial Forest Army still talk about Lu Ying from time to time.
Lu Ying returned to Beijing to report on her duties, and was immediately sent by the emperor to rectify the Imperial Forest Army in the West Camp, but the two thousand Imperial Forest Army were properly organized in a few days, which is the most powerful evidence.
Everyone knows what kind of chaos the Imperial Forest Army of the West Day Camp has become a while ago.
In order to compete for the control of the Imperial Forest Army in the Western Day Camp, the First Prince and the Second Prince each recommended their own person to be the commander of the Imperial Forest Army. As a result of the dispute between the two sides, the emperor promoted all the people they recommended to be deputy commanders, and each took a thousand soldiers from the Western Army. The Imperial Forest Army of the big battalion claimed that whichever performed better would be promoted to the orthodox commander. This speechless decision directly led to chaos in the Western Day Camp, where two thousand imperial forest troops played trapped beasts every day.
Lu Ying was strict in his army and had always ruled all kinds of dissatisfaction. After receiving the order to take over the West Camp, he quickly attacked and mobilized 2,000 imperial soldiers from the East Camp under the command of Pu Huang to strictly guard the entrances and exits of the West Camp. Unstable factors in the big camp—for example, the two deputy commanders who took the lead in provoking troubles were taken down immediately, and then they implemented various thunderous methods to clean up all these young soldiers so that they would not dare to jump around indiscriminately.
When the first prince and the second prince got the news, the overall situation was settled, and it was too late to respond or remedy. Fortunately, the other party did not get any benefits. Neither of them expected that the emperor would make a sudden move, and Lu Ying, who had been in the border town before and refused to return to Beijing, came back without anyone noticing, and directly killed them. Xi Daying, who was determined to win, was in his pocket, and he couldn't help but began to wonder whether the emperor had premeditated.
In any case, their desire to win over Lu Ying was even stronger.
However, Lu Ying's weight and even the support of the future Zhong Guogong are not enough to make them pay attention to making Bai Fuling the prince concubine. On the contrary, because of his appearance, Bai Fuling, whose identity and background are not worth mentioning, suddenly It has become almost competitive with other candidates for the concubine, so they have to give up their decision to make her a concubine and reconsider the candidate for the concubine, so as not to chill the hearts of other supporters on their side.
Without the interference of these two people, other people can handle it easily. The minds of the two princes, Lu Ying had already figured them out one by one when she publicly visited Duke Zhong's mansion. How can someone who can become famous at a young age be a simple person? !