Chapter 12: Evolution (1)
The water in Kaifeng is already muddy. Zhu Yinglong didn't know whether he had muddyed the pool of water or it had become muddy by himself. As the saying goes, one mountain does not allow two tigers, and one mansion does not allow two kings. Zhu Yinglong never puts his eyes beside him. He believes that the King of Zhou is just a title obtained by his ancestors. How can he be compared with his current emperor's younger brother, especially he is the most likely candidate to inherit the throne. If the emperor has no queen immediately, he will believe in the king on weekdays. The mansion and the Zhou royal family rarely interacted with each other, and they were almost unrelated. Over the past six months, except for the more than 100 tenants he had poached, the more than 100 tenants were just a waste to the Zhou royal family. Afterwards, the Zhou royal family did not react much, and everyone was in peace. This time, the Zhou royal family suddenly proposed marriage to his father-in-law, and wanted to marry Tian Shulan. Did he really like him or have other purposes? Zhu Yinglong, who was sitting in a carriage, was constantly thinking in his head.
The appearance of the Chen Wu family made the situation even more complicated. The hidden power of the big family like the Shen family, which has been deeply rooted for hundreds of years, should not be underestimated. Perhaps he shouldn't have chosen Chen Xi at the beginning, but now he regretted it is useless. Chen Xi not only helped him gain huge wealth, but also did not show any evil intentions, which made him very upset. Zhu Yinglong now realized that he had opened a narrow corner of the history of the late Ming Dynasty and could not yet see the whole leopard. The struggle in the temple is in full swing, and the hidden forces in the Ming Dynasty were also touched by him. It can be said that a whirlpool of struggle was formed around him. The White Lotus Sect and Shen Xi were in the bright and themselves were in the dark. What role did the Chen Wu family play in this whirlpool?
"Prince, I'm worried about my sister..." Tian Shuying quietly leaned her head slowly under Zhu Yinglong's shoulder, and said with a worried look on her face.
"Don't worry, little sister Shulan will be fine." Zhu Yinglong put away his thoughts and comforted the beauty in his arms.
"But I am still worried that my father has accepted the betrothal gift from King Zhou." Tian Shuying was extremely worried. King Zhou was deeply rooted in Kaifeng, and Prince Xin was still in the foundation of Kaifeng, and he was surrounded by powerful enemies. How could he offend the King of Zhou who was also related to him for his sister?
"Why have you only told me about this matter now?" Zhu Yinglong had a headache. Chen Xi's affairs were already passive enough. If it weren't for his subordinates' efforts, he might have been overwhelmed.
"It's all my fault. I've been busy with the work of the Biyuan workshop. It's too late to know that my father had accepted the betrothal gift from King Zhou." Tian Shuying kept blaming herself.
"I'll discuss such a big thing with everyone, and my father-in-law is really good." It seems that the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words really hurt the happiness of many affectionate men and women, and feudal ethics have killed people!
"Dad is actually for the sake of his sister's goodness. The brothers from the Wang family of Zhou are much taller than our Tian family. If you marry the King of Zhou, your sister should be happy." Tian Shuying hurriedly spoke for her father.
"I think he probably wants to have two princes as son-in-law!" Zhu Yinglong couldn't help but say.
"Prince, Dad, he did this..." Tian Shuying couldn't continue to say embarrassment. How could she, a daughter, not know what her father was thinking?
"It's understandable that he does this." Zhu Yinglong snorted coldly, and the following sentence "I'll be more at ease with the two backers." He didn't say it in front of Tian Shuying, for fear of hurting her.
The car drove directly into the Tian Mansion in Kaifeng City. This courtyard was the first industry built by Tian Hongyu in Kaifeng. Although it was not as beautiful as the two royal mansions, it was quite grand. There were two pairs of red lanterns hanging at the door, which shone the door as if it were daylight, and it looked so grand.
What made Zhu Yinglong even more angry was not that Tian Hongyu promised Tian Shulan to the King of Zhou, but that when his one-stop catering and entertainment plan was about to open, she locked Tian Shulan in the mansion and refused to let her come out to do things. Many preparations before the opening were in a pause, which made Zhu Yinglong very unhappy. Things that ruined his plan were absolutely not allowed to exist. His father-in-law Tian Hongyu was too ignorant of the importance of this matter.
Zhu Yinglong was driving back to Kaifeng by Tian Shuying's car. The Tian Mansion guards naturally recognized that his eldest lady had returned at a glance. While asking someone to remove the threshold, he sent someone inside to report the news.
Zhu Yinglong suddenly changed his mind when the carriage drove into Tian Mansion. He did not want to show up for the time being. After all, this was not his family matter and he was not inconvenient to interfere. So he ordered Tian Shuying: "Shuying, I won't go down later. You go down and take Shulan to the car and we will go back to the villa."
"Prince, without you, my dad would probably not let me take my sister away." Tian Shuying suddenly panicked. She had a way to rescue her sister. Do you still need Wang Chengen to report to Zhu Yinglong?
"It doesn't matter. I let Xu Yingyuan go with you. Your father should let Shulan go with you." Zhu Yinglong lifted the curtain and called Xu Yingyuan to give instructions in his ear. Xu Yingyuan hesitated, but nodded with a wry smile and responded to the chore.
Seeing Zhu Yinglong's confidence, Tian Shuying responded half-believingly, and felt very nervous.
"Ying'er, why are you here again? Dad won't agree to let Lan'er come out unless she agrees to the King of Zhou's marriage." Tian Hongyu saw that only Tian Shuying walked out of the carriage alone, and he spoke less and planned to block Tian Shuying's mouth.
Tian Shuying is docile by nature and rarely gets angry with others. She can't argue with others. She is so confused by her father that she forgets what she is just ready to say.
Xu Yingyuan coughed twice, making Tian Hongyu notice his existence.
Tian Hongyu suddenly saw his son-in-law's close servant on the side, and was shocked. Could it be that King Xin was in the car, and he had experienced the mystery of his son-in-law. Although it was a relationship between a father-in-law and a son-in-law, one was in the sky and the other was on the ground. When he became serious, he wanted to kowtow when he saw his son-in-law, and he was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat, and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Eunuch Xu. Are you back with your little girl?"
"That's right." Xu Yingyuan smiled and said, "The prince told the slave to come and pick up Miss Shulan to go to the villa to discuss matters. The princess happened to have time to say that she would come to visit Mr. Tian, so she came with the slave together."
"This, Eunuch Xu, the young girl Shulan suddenly fell seriously ill. The doctor said it might be contagious. The princess came yesterday. I was afraid of contagion, so I did not ask her to take Shulan away. Today, the condition worsened and I was weak and should not be moved. I also asked Eunuch Xu to tell the prince on his behalf. It would not be too late to go when Lan'er recovered from illness!" Tian Hong was a little anxious and said with great emotion and full of reasons. He expected that Tian Shuying would not tell King Xin about his sister, so he was confident that his daughter would not betray him, the father.
"So that's how it is?" Xu Yingyuan pretended to ponder for a while and said, "Miss Shulan has always lived in the royal palace, why haven't he heard from the people in the royal palace report?"
"That's right. Five days ago, Lan'er came to see me. I didn't know why she suddenly fainted. At first, she thought it was overworked. But when the doctor diagnosed it, he was suspected of having some emergency and might have been infected, so he sent someone to isolate her in the mansion to treat her." Tian Hongyu was indeed a businessman, and even lies could tell nothing.
"Since that's the case, but we servants dare not disobey the orders of the prince. Moreover, the doctors in the royal palace and the villa are much more skillful than the doctors in Kaifeng City, especially the doctors from the capital. He lives in the royal palace at this moment. Why would he move Miss Shulan to the royal palace and let Dr. Jia treat it?" Xu Yingyuan was also a little anxious and could use the method of seeking a doctor to trap Tian Hongyu.
"It's not that Imperial Doctor Lao Jia. Although Lan'er's illness is serious, it can still be cured and will be cured in just ten months." Tian Hongyu said hurriedly.
"Don't Mr. Tian want more protection, or ask Miss Lan'er to recover a few days soon?" Xu Yingyuan's face suddenly changed, and he looked at Tian Hongyu with a cold face.
"This, this..."
"Dad, Doctor Jia's medical skills are superb. Even the prince's illness can be cured. Why are you not at ease if you have him for his sister to treat it?" Tian Shuying was not a fool either. She immediately said to herself. When she said a lie for the first time, her face suddenly turned red, and she didn't dare to look at her father's eyes.
"Old Master Tian, you have to know that Miss Lan'er is related to this prince's major event. If she recovered one day earlier, what would it mean to the prince?" Xu Yingyuan said with great help.
"This, this..." Tian Hongyu's brows were almost frowning.
"Dad, the environment in the royal family is much better than that at home. There are not many people, so it is very suitable for my sister to recuperate."
"Yes, Mr. Tian, if the prince learns that Miss Lan'er is seriously ill, he will come to visit him in person. When the prince knows, you are fine. We servants will suffer."
"Eunuch Xu means that Prince Xin may come when he learns this?" Tian Hongyu's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he could not see it without careful.
"Yes, dad, the prince has always valued his sister very much, otherwise he wouldn't have left such a big deal to her. Do you think he wouldn't come here in person if he knew that his sister was seriously ill?" Tian Shuyingshun's words became more and more casual, and he didn't blush when he said it.
Xu Yingyuan held all the words in his hand. His daughter wanted to take Tian Shulan away. She kept talking to others. She was worthy of him without exposing her lies. If this stalemate continues, it would be of no benefit to him. Assess the situation, how can a person be in the king of faith be able to fly? Anyway, the marriage of his daughter has always been determined by his parents. Now that he has received the betrothal gift, the marriage has been agreed. He is a businessman, and the businessman's nose is very sensitive. He knows that the letter is
The king had a big plan, so he had to find another backer. If the king failed, he would be safe and sound. At the same time, he would not betray the king. If the king succeeded, he would not be in his current position. So he wanted to please both sides. Anyway, he would not suffer any losses at that time. He was indeed a cunning old fox. Tian Hongyu had the idea of gaining benefits on both sides. Similarly, Zhu Yinglong, who was sitting in the carriage, was also thinking about Tian Hongyu's inner thoughts.
Finally, Tian Hongyu had to force himself to agree, asking Xu Yingyuan and Tian Shuying to carry the hungry Tian Shulan onto the carriage and take it back to the villa.
Chapter completed!