A bamboo pipe was connected to the house, connected to the water from the lake outside, and extended all the way to the edge of the Leap Carp Terrace. Song Tangning squatted on the edge of the water pavilion and played with the fish in the lake for a while. Then he washed his hands and returned to the bookcase, holding peach blossoms. The cake started to eat.
Xijuelou's dim sum has always been one of the best in Beijing. It is soft and sweet, and the mouth is filled with the fragrance of spring peach blossoms.
Tang Ning was extremely satisfied with the meal and handed a piece to Xiao Yan: "Brother, eat it too."
"Just eat it."
He didn't like this kind of overly sweet snack. He just watched the little girl eating happily. Xiao Yan took some hot tea and put it in front of Tang Ning. He said warmly: "Eat slowly."
Tang Ning held the cake in her mouth and pointed at the ginseng soup, signaling Xiao Yan to drink it too.
Xiao Yanshe smiled and drank most of the ginseng soup with her with a spoon. The warm soup fell down her throat and into her belly, causing some rosy color to appear on his originally pale face, and a few stains on his thin lips. Very beautiful.
Seeing that her eating had slowed down, Xiao Yan leaned on the table and asked, "Do you know what happened with the Lu family?"
Tang Ning nodded: "I understand."
Xiao Yan said: "Lu Zhinian suddenly broke into the Duke of Song's mansion at night. The whole Lu family was caught off guard. Lu Chongyuan went to see the queen after the court this morning and asked to see her majesty. If nothing else, they will definitely give in to the matter between you and Lu Zhinian." ”
"I'm afraid you won't be able to get back most of the things you sent to the Lu family earlier, and the Lu family won't force the fourth prince to ask for them. What do you think?"
Song Tangning held half a piece of peach blossom cake in his hand: "Brother, do you think I should continue to fight with them?"
Xiao Yan said indifferently: "It depends on yourself."
His expression was casual, revealing an inadvertent strength.
"Those are all left by Taifu Rong to you. If you want to take them back, no one can blame you. It is the Lu family that is at fault. Even the queen can't do anything to you. As for His Majesty, as long as you don't Directly targeting the Queen and the Fourth Prince, and humiliating the royal family in public, His Majesty will not protect them, and may even target you."
Song Tangning understood what Xiao Yan meant. Emperor An was happy to see her arguing with the aristocratic family. The emperor's heart was naturally biased towards her, but after a moment of silence, she whispered: "But I don't want it anymore."
Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at her. Although he was surprised, he didn't rush to speak. He just motioned for her to continue.
Song Tangning considered his words before saying: "My grandfather's relics are naturally precious. If they were still in the hands of the Lu family, I would never let them go. But now most of those things have gone to other people's hands."
Her eyelashes drooped lightly, with a bit of helplessness,
"The identities of those who can be sent out by the fourth prince must be very important. If I insist on asking for return from them, I will certainly make the Lu family lose face, but I will also offend those people and make them feel resentful. Moreover, given the identities of the fourth prince and the queen, it is impossible for the Lu family to fall because of such a small thing."
"I broke up with them and let people know what they had done. In the end, the most I could do was force them to repay the same price and make them lose some face, but it also made them lose their scruples."
Tang Ning has experienced the cruelty of the aristocratic family, and she also knows the Queen's methods.
Now they dare not touch her because her brother is protecting her. Lu Zhinian has caused trouble again and again, pushing the Lu family to the forefront.
In addition, the "bribery" of the fourth prince was a private matter. Those courtiers may not completely surrender to the Central Palace because of those ancient books. They may be just waiting and watching at the moment, and they may not be close to the Lu family.
If they knew that the fourth prince was giving away things from others and getting them into trouble, they would naturally feel disgusted and choose to stay away. Both the Lu family and the fourth prince would suffer a big loss if they failed to steal the chicken.
But if she had to get the things back and bring the secret dealings between the Fourth Prince and those people to light, it would be tantamount to forcing those people to take sides.
When the time comes, although they will still be annoyed with the Fourth Prince and the Lu family, they will be even more angry with her for causing the incident. It may even be counterproductive and force those people to get together with the Lu Family and the Fourth Prince in advance, which will actually help them.
Song Tangning was not good at strategy. Most of the things about the court were taught to her by Xiao Yan. Her words seemed childish, but she tried her best to think everything through.
"I don't have the protection of the clan now. Forcibly stirring things up will only make brother and those people enmity. It's better to take advantage of my advantage and let the Lu family go."
"No one who can enter the court and gain power is stupid. They will remember my kindness, and the Lu family will still be infamous. Then everyone will know that it is the Lu family that owes me, and it is because I am too magnanimous to be with them. Care about it, so that they can't embarrass me about the marriage, and they won't provoke me easily if they are afraid that I will bring it up again."
She can not only teach the Lu family a lesson, but also gain a good reputation, and she can also use the Lu family as an excuse to prevent them from touching her.
Kill several birds with one stone.
Tang Ning played with the half piece of peach blossom cake left in his hand and said, "And I don't intend to ask the Lu family to repay those gifts in gold and silver."
Xiao Yan looked at her: "Then what do you want?"
"The Lu family's book collection."
Xiao Yan couldn't help but sit up straight and listened to Song Tangning's soft voice.
"The aristocratic family has a profound heritage, not only about power, status and gold and silver, but also about inheritance and some collections of books that the poor people outside have no access to. The collection of books in the hands of the Lu family alone is enough to be worth all the books in the capital. Academy, and even more.”
"Priority has always been given to the sons of aristocratic families when selecting talents in the imperial court. There are very few noble sons from poor families. The aristocratic families almost monopolize all the academies, making it difficult for students from poor families to get ahead."
"I want to build an academy in Beijing in the name of my grandfather. When the time comes, I will put all the things returned by the Lu family, as well as some ancient books left by my grandfather, into the academy for the students in the academy to borrow. "
Xiao Yan looked at the little girl chatting next to him in surprise. He never expected that she would think like this: "Do you know that with the Lu family's wealth, if the compensation is gold and silver, it will never be less than hundreds of thousands."
"I know they will only give me more money to silence outsiders, but I will feel hot when I get this money back."
Now she has no protection from the Duke's Palace, and she has offended the Queen and the Lu family. Even if her brother is protecting her, putting so much money in her hands will only attract people's attention. Besides, the Lu family will never give up after suffering a big loss.
If the dispute between them is settled with gold and silver, so that the Lu family no longer bears the reputation of being indebted to her, when times change, the Lu family and the queen will definitely take revenge, and if she is too greedy for money, it will weaken her innocence and innocence in the eyes of outsiders. Weakness will also consume the compassion of others.
