Summoning

"Don't worry about me. Most of them are at the Villa. It's not easy for them to cause trouble for me."

"Besides, isn't there still an emperor?"

She is a lawless master. When she came up with a plan, she dared to let people break the legs of the prince Zhenguo.

If you find trouble with her, you are definitely asking for trouble.

"It's better to be careful."

King Jin smiled and nodded.

It is true that Lu Yaoyao has always kept a low profile. She used to not like to go to the capital to hang out with other dignitaries. Now that the Lu family has moved out of the capital, she has not been there even once in more than a month.

Besides, she was the daughter of Emperor Hongwen. King Jin knew how well Emperor Hongwen protected his daughter, so he could rest assured.

"When are you leaving?"

"This time the matter is more urgent. I plan to leave with Wen Xiang tomorrow."

"Hmm? Grandpa Wen is going too?"

"He was ordered to go over to investigate the murder of the envoy, so he happened to be there along the way."

Lu Yaoyao nodded. She got up early the next day, packed up, and left Chengyuan Villa in a car.

When we arrived at the gate of the capital, all the envoys on this trip to southern Xinjiang had already arrived.

Headed by the King of Jin, there were also several officials from Honglu Temple.

"Be careful on the road."

"Well, don't stay in the mountains all day. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. You should pay more attention to rest."

After the two said goodbye briefly, Wen Songtao also came over.

"Girl, if anything happens during this period, you can go find your Uncle Wen."

"Well, Grandpa Wen, you have to pay attention to your health when you go there."

Soon the motorcade set off. Lu Yaoyao waved goodbye and waited until the motorcade was no longer in sight before turning around.

Just as he was about to board the carriage and return to Chengyuan Villa, a familiar voice came from behind.

"Princess, go slowly."

"Eunuch Wang De?"

"Why are you here?"

Lu Yaoyao was a little surprised when he saw the person coming. He was not waiting by Emperor Hongwen's side. What was he doing outside the capital so early in the morning?

"The old slave has met the princess."

Wang De walked in with a smile, saluted first, and then continued: "I was ordered by Your Majesty to go to Chengyuan Villa to invite the princess into the palace. I never expected to meet you here."

"Princess, could you please go to the palace with me?"

Emperor Hongwen summoned him, so what else could he say?

"Qiu Yu, please go back first and help me keep an eye on it. Qiu Shuang, please follow me into the palace."

The two responded, and then Lu Yaoyao got on the carriage and took Qiu Shuang into the palace with Wang De.

At this time, the morning court had dispersed, and Emperor Hongwen was reviewing memorials in the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the princess has arrived."

"Invite her in quickly."

Emperor Hongwen put down the memorial, and soon Lu Yaoyao followed Wang De into the imperial study from the outside.

"You girl haven't been in the palace for a long time. I heard from King Jin that you are on the mountain every day watching the house being built. It's such a hot day. You can just leave this kind of thing to the servants to keep an eye on. Why do you have to suffer this crime?"

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao first saluted with a smile, and then said, "You also said that it is hot today, so why not stay down the mountain? There are shade trees on the mountain, and there is a mountain breeze, which is actually quite good."

"That's true."

Emperor Hongwen smiled, stood up, and called Lu Yaoyao to sit aside.

"I heard from King Jin that your house is very beautiful. When it is built, I have to go and see it myself."

“Welcome.”

She herself is also looking forward to her mid-level villa, but it will take a long time to build it.

Especially when it comes to laying ceramic tiles, Dongzhou's craftsmen don't know how to do it, so she has to give her guidance and then they can get familiar with it.

If you're not familiar with it, what does it look like in the post? She has to make the villa that she worked so hard to build look nondescript?

"Your Majesty, please call me here. What are your instructions?"

"What's wrong? If nothing happens, I can't summon you to the palace?"

Emperor Hongwen raised his eyebrows and asked, his tone somewhat unhappy.

"That's not the case, it's just that I'm busy. That big house uses a completely new method. Even the craftsmen don't know how to do it. I have to give guidance from my side."

"Do you still know how to build a house?"

Lu Yaoyao smiled and shook his head.

"I don't understand, but I came up with that house. I told them to do it."

"I see."

"Okay, I came to you this time because I actually have something I want you to do."

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao raised his eyebrows. He said that he was very busy and still asked her to do things? Isn't this just looking for trouble?

"My lady is not free. You have a lot of people in the court. Can you just arrange for people to do it?"

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Her direct refusal made Emperor Hongwen speechless. How come this girl couldn't let herself finish speaking for so long before refusing?

"This matter must be done by you."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Later, Emperor Hongwen told her what to do.

Because the King of Jin was suddenly assigned as an envoy to southern Xinjiang, he was originally responsible for a lot of things. Yan Yi was left to take care of the Forbidden Army. Emperor Hongwen's appointment has been removed, and Yan Yi temporarily took over the post of commander of the Zuo Imperial Guard.

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However, no one has been arranged for the Iron Factory and Salt Factory yet.

It was naturally inconvenient for him to stay in the capital, and he left it to the people in the court. His most trusted Wen Songtao also went to investigate the murder of the envoy from southern Xinjiang. He was worried about the other people in the court.

Therefore, after thinking about it, I thought of Lu Yaoyao. Firstly, he had absolute trust in her. Secondly, no one was more familiar with the production of not only the ironworks but also the saltworks than her.

After all, she established both workshops.

"Isn't this against the rules? I'm a woman, can I get involved in national affairs?"

Lu Yaoyao looked at Emperor Hongwen with some surprise.

She also knew in her heart that Emperor Hongwen was looking for her because there was currently no one he could trust in the court.

I really want to help her, but it's not something she can do if she wants to.

The iron workshop and the salt workshop were both very important things to the imperial court. In the past, the King of Jin was in charge and no one dared to say anything. After all, the King of Jin was also a court official.

If she goes there, it will not be very compliant. Although she built the iron workshop and salt workshop, she is only responsible for the establishment, and the management from beginning to end is the responsibility of King Jin.

Now that Emperor Hongwen has asked her to manage it, why shouldn't those pedantic civil servants in the court just explode?

It was not allowed for a woman to interfere with the affairs of the court, but now she was actually asked to control such an important place.

It’s not like no one can use it.

Not to mention that the civil officials are not willing, I am afraid that the military generals will not be willing either.

Duke Zhen Guo proposed that King Jin go on an envoy, not only because he wanted to get King Jin out of the capital, but also probably because he wanted to take this opportunity to see if he could control the iron and salt factories.

Now that he and Emperor Hongwen had broken up with each other privately, Duke Zhen was afraid that he would no longer be as timid as before.

The iron workshop and the salt workshop are very important. The former is related to military supplies, and the latter is related to wealth. Coupled with military power, he can almost be invincible.

"That's why I didn't let you come over."

He knew very well that this matter would never be easy, and neither the civil servants of the aristocratic family nor the Zhen Guogong faction would give up this opportunity.
Chapter completed!