On the sixth day of May, Cheng Wanwan went to visit Lin's house.
Cheng Zhao's marriage was facilitated by Mrs. Lin, and she should have come as soon as she came to the capital. However, when she handed in the invitation a few days ago, Mrs. Lin never had time, so she postponed it until today.
Taifu Lin is of the first rank, and this Lin Mansion can be regarded as the largest and most luxurious mansion in the capital. It has red doors, green tiles, waterside pavilions, rockery gardens, and busy servants everywhere. The hierarchy is strict, and it looks like a wealthy family at first glance.
Cheng Wanwan brought Mrs. Qi to the door together. The two of them followed the housekeeper and walked in, walked through the corridor, passed through the hanging flower door, and passed through one door after another before finally arriving at the courtyard where Mrs. Lin lived.
This yard is very quiet, with tall trees and blooming flowers.
"I've met people from Sui'an." An old woman came over and saluted Cheng Wanwan, "The old lady is drinking tea in the flower hall. Please come here."
Cheng Wanwan followed to the flower hall. This flower hall was much more luxurious than the flower hall at her home. Various spring and summer flowers were placed around the flower hall. Pots were stacked one on top of another, forming a small sea of flowers. There were many butterflies flying around, and some maids were picking flower petals with baskets. The scene looked very eye-catching.
She glanced at it for a few times, then withdrew her gaze, took a few steps forward, and saw Mrs. Lin sitting in the pavilion.
Mrs. Lin is a first-rank official and has granted a royal title to his wife. Now Mrs. Lin is a gracious lady of the first rank personally conferred by the Holy Emperor, with a very high position.
"I've met Mrs. Lin."
Cheng Wanwan bowed slightly and saluted. This posture was taught to her by Mrs. Qi.
"People from Sui'an, please stop doing these false rituals." Mrs. Lin stood up, walked down the steps and helped Cheng Wanwan up, "I have been listening to the master's chanting these days, so I couldn't meet the people from Sui'an earlier. Don’t blame the people of Sui’an.”
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said: "What did the old lady say? I came to the door rashly to bother you. It's just me being rude. How can I blame you?"
"The main reason is that this master only recites sutras once every three years. If he missed this time, he would have to wait another three years, so I couldn't spare the time. Otherwise, I would have sent someone to invite people from Sui'an to come over." Mrs. Lin pulled Cheng With his crooked hands, his attitude became much warmer, "Do you know how big a sensation the words "Sui'an people" have caused in the circle of women in the capital? Do you know how many women admire you but are jealous of you? If they knew you were coming to the capital, , I don’t know how many people have sent you posts... They probably won’t send you posts either. They all think highly of themselves, and it is unlikely that they would take the initiative to invite a sixth-grade An person to visit..."
When they first met, Cheng Wanwan thought that Mrs. Lin kept her own identity and was extremely difficult to get along with, but now, she felt that this old lady was quite talkative.
She smiled and said: "How can it be so exaggerated..."
"It's such an exaggeration." Mrs. Lin pulled her to sit down. "Although I am a first-class official, it is because my husband is a first-class official. If I rely on myself... Tsk, I don't have any talents. I will be useless all my life. It is impossible to fall in the eyes of the emperor, and it is even more impossible to win the title of Mrs. Gongya... The only woman in the capital who has won the title on her own is Princess Taiping. Because she took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the border for marriage, she became the most noble princess in this dynasty..."
Cheng Wanwan was very embarrassed to be praised.
She really didn't expect that her deeds would be widely spread in the capital and she would gain a lot of female fans.
"I have a hunch that you will be promoted again." Mrs. Lin talked eloquently, "It's just that those pedantic ministers in the court don't want others to be promoted too quickly, and they all find various excuses to prevent the emperor from issuing an imperial edict... But in my case It seems that no matter how they stop it, they can't stop Sui'an from working for the benefit of the people. All the people can see the dedication of the people of Sui'an, and the emperor can naturally see it. Sooner or later, you will be the first wife of the Dayu Dynasty."
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
If she continued to boast, she really wanted to run away.
Fortunately, at this time, Mrs. Lin came back in a hurry: "People from Sui'an are here. How can Madam hide such an important matter from me?"
Mrs. Lin said angrily: "You stay in the imperial study every day and don't come back for several days. How can I tell you? Besides, Sui'an is a woman. What can I say to you as a man? The people of Sui'an still have a lot to say, so you can go back to the study and do your own business."
Tai Fu Lin couldn't laugh or cry: "Sui'an is a royal wife personally appointed by the emperor. Now that she has come to the capital, she should let the emperor know."
"Taifu Lin, this is unnecessary." Cheng Wanwan said with shame on her face, "If a sixth-grade woman comes to the capital and has to report to the emperor, then does the emperor need to be busy with other things?"
She came to the capital to attend a wedding and would leave after the wedding. She didn't want to be so high-profile, let alone cause any trouble.
When one's own height has not reached a certain level, it is not suitable to deal with these extremely noble ladies in the capital.
Under Mrs. Lin's enthusiastic persuasion, Cheng Wanwan had to stay at Lin's house for dinner. After eating, she could not leave immediately. Mrs. Lin took her to talk about farming, people's livelihood, scholars, agriculture, industry and commerce...
Cheng Wanwan could only cheer up and continue the conversation: "...Several adults from the Ministry of Revenue developed a water wheel, which uses water flow to turn the windmill so that the water can flow smoothly to the dry fields for convenient irrigation... Maybe it was influenced by Inspiration, several adults are currently studying threshing machines, which also use windmills to break down rice and wheat grains. This process is relatively complicated, and the Ministry of Industry may need to send people to study it together..."
Taifu Lin was a scholar. He grew up in the Zhongmingding Food House. He didn't understand anything about farmland, but that didn't stop him from knowing that this was a great plan to benefit the country and the people. He immediately said: "I will write a report right now." Your Majesty, please send people from the Ministry of Industry to Dahe Village. If a threshing machine can be developed before the autumn harvest, the people will be blessed... The people of Sui'an have so many ingenious ideas. After talking to the people of Sui'an, I realized that I have How pedantic and narrow-minded, I have been taught, I have been taught..."
Cheng Wanwan hurriedly said: "Then, Master Tutor, go and write the book. I'll take my leave first..."
"Sui'an people, please sit down for a while." Taifu Lin stopped her and started talking about another topic, "Now that cotton cultivation has been promoted in Huzhou and the northwest, after the harvest, the silk market will definitely be squeezed. According to Sui Anren Zhijian, how to appease the people at the bottom who are raising silkworms?"
In fact, the imperial court already had a policy, but this policy was from top to bottom. He was worried that it would cause dissatisfaction among the people at the bottom, so he asked this question.
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
To ask her about this kind of thing, is it the wrong person to ask?
While she was racking her brains, Lin Mansion's housekeeper came over in a hurry: "Sir, Mr. Zhang is here. Should he take him to the study, or go to the side hall to wait..."
"Since Mr. Taifu wants to see guests, I will go back first. I still have some things to do at home."
Without waiting for Mrs. Lin to persuade him to stay, Cheng Wanwan stood up quickly and walked out of the study.
The two elders of the Lin family were so talkative that her mind was confused by the questions. Her brain was overloaded and she just wanted to go back and lie down for a while.
As soon as she walked to the door of the study, she met Mr. Zhang who was walking over in a hurry.
Master Zhang had something urgent to discuss with Mrs. Lin. He suddenly saw a woman coming out of Mrs. Lin's study and was stunned for a moment.
Taifu Lin would only enter the study when he was discussing important court affairs with others. How could a woman discuss important court affairs?
"People from Sui'an walk slowly."
The housekeeper sent Cheng Wanwan to the door of the courtyard, and then asked the mother-in-law to see Cheng Wanwan out. Then he walked to Mr. Zhang and said, "Please come inside."
Master Zhang's hurried pace suddenly stopped and he said in disbelief: "That person just now...is from Sui'an?"
