Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 878 The Emperor Rebukes Gadber

The next day, Yu Shizhang set up a banquet at Bo's house again and sent someone to invite them.

So Shen Zheng brought the whole family to the Yongning Earl's Mansion for a banquet.

On the way to the Earl's Mansion, Shen Zheng was thinking - this was the first time Pei Zhaoqi and Fang Ziyan came to visit, and according to the Earl's wife's style, she would probably give them something.

But...she really couldn't imagine what the lady would give.

Until the carriage stopped at the door of the Bo's house.

Until Mrs. Bo took Pei Zhaoqi's hand.

Until a golden bracelet was put on Pei Zhaoqi's wrist.

Shen Zheng was silent.

Almost forgot.

Men can also wear gold bracelets.

Pei Zhaoqi's handsome face turned red and he looked around awkwardly.

After pushing him away, Mrs. Bo stared at Fang Ziyan who was standing beside her.

Fang Ziyan stepped back, waved his hands and exclaimed: "Grandma Yu, Grandma Yu, we men are not allowed to wear bracelets!"

"Nonsense!" Mrs. Bo grabbed his sleeve, pulled him forward two steps, touched his face and said, "This child is born beautifully, like white jade, and looks best with a gold bracelet."

A moment after he finished speaking, the gold bracelet was already hanging on Fang Ziyan's wrist and dangling.

Shen Zheng looked carefully.

That bracelet was a pair with the one on Pei Zhaoqi's wrist.

"..." Strange thoughts entered her head and she quickly shook her head to calm down.

......

During the meal, Fang Ziyan was eating with his mouth full of oil. Shen Zheng looked around and asked Yu Shizhang, "Master, Zhuang Quan is not at home either?"

The corners of Yu Shizhang's originally grinning mouth drooped completely.

"Why do you mention such an unlucky thing? You too, why didn't you tell me that Gadber was looking for you that day?"

Shen Zheng paused for a moment while picking up the food. She picked up the handkerchief to wipe her mouth and asked curiously, "How do you know this?"

Yu Shizhang put down his wine cup.

"It's not His Majesty. Today, His Majesty mentioned Jiadebo's name and told him that if he has nothing to do, he should read more ancient books at home to cultivate his character. He also told him not to yell at his disciples."

He tutted his lips. "Disciple? He has so many disciples of Lord Gadde. Who knows which one it is? But after His Majesty finished talking about him, he looked at me again. Tell me, how could I not understand?"

He could tell with his toes that it must be that Zhuang Quanye was being used as a gun again.

Yu Jiusi also came over and said, "So it was His Majesty who took out his anger on Sister Zheng. I was wondering why you locked up Zhuang Quan as soon as you returned to the mansion. Why don't we send him to Liuyang Mansion, out of sight, out of mind."

He felt uncomfortable having such a fool hanging around in his house.

Yu Shizhang drank the wine in the cup in one gulp and put the cup down with a "bang".

“Send him away? Send him away, are you going to send someone else away? Even though I didn’t raise that kid with me, I watched him grow up. Now he’s become like this, I, I… cough cough cough——”

Before he could finish his words, he started coughing violently.

Seeing this, Shen Zheng quickly calmed him down: "Calm down first. Zhuang Quan is also brainless and can't tell right from wrong. He has been abused by Jia Debo for a long time. If we want to straighten out this young sapling of his, we have to let him take a good look at what the master and grandmaster he reveres are like."

Yu Shizhang sighed, as if he had thought of something, and his expression eased a little.

"Actually, this kid is not a bad person." He said, "After reading the book you brought, he kept applauding and said he would show it to his friends. Isn't it funny? The Gadberg group is boycotting Tong'an Bookstore openly and secretly, but Zhuang Quan is so stupid that he doesn't know about it and applauds for us instead."

Shen Zheng was silent.

This isn't just being stupid; this is being completely heartless.

Yu Shizhang said: "If not for this, I would have kicked him out of the Bo's House long ago. And... before I locked him up today, you can never guess what he said to me."

Yu Jiusi thought for a moment and asked, "He said he wanted to betray his master?"

Shen Zheng shook her head, "He doesn't know how to do it yet, I just asked."

The two looked at Yu Shizhang curiously.

Caught off guard, Yu Shizhang stood up and left.

He grabbed the screen with both hands, shrunk his neck, and imitated Zhuang Quanye's tone and said, "Grandfather Yu, Grandfather Yu, you can lock me up, but can you send someone to the Shen Mansion?"

The imitation was so lifelike that Shen Zheng laughed out loud: "Why did you come to the Shen Mansion?"

Yu Shizhang pretended to wipe away his tears and sobbed, "I, I harmed Sister Shen. I shouldn't have mentioned her whereabouts. Please help me apologize to her. I really shouldn't have done this."

After saying this, he immediately changed his expression and sat back on the stool.

Shen Zheng recalled Zhuang Quan's every word and action.

After a moment, she said, "He actually still doesn't know where he is wrong. His mention of my whereabouts is not a big deal. The most important thing is the test question. At the beginning, he had seen my solution steps and knew that the answer was correct, but when Gadber said that I was crooked, he believed it without thinking. So his biggest problem is that he doesn't like to use his brain and only believes what he hears."

She immediately pointed out the problem with Zhuang Quanye. Yu Shizhang thought for a long time and finally looked at Yu Jiusi.

Yu Jiusi felt a slight chill down his spine, "Grandfather, why are you looking at me?"

"I'll leave this to you." Yu Shizhang patted him on the shoulder. "Zhuang Quanye, you must be judged as a master, and you must behave like a human being. He used to love to follow you around, and if you can't correct him, it means that you, as his brother, are incompetent."

The strong liquor went down Yu Jiusi's throat, and it was so spicy that his heart burned.

Is it Zhuangquan who is being corrected?

This was a complete disaster for him who had just returned to Beijing.

After the banquet, Shen Zheng and Yu Shizhang agreed on a meeting time and replied to the fifth message.

Shen Zheng also mentioned in the post that on the day of the meeting, she would go to check out the bookstore and cloth shop.

She didn't want to be so hasty, but who can blame her for not being able to be provoked?

Since Gadber dared to "give her some advice", she dared to move forward.

Not only that, she would also happily fire a long string of cannons in front of Lord Gadbert to celebrate the opening of the Tong'an Bookstore's branch in Beijing.

What will he do then?

......

Suzaku Street.

The bulletin board, which had been quiet for a few days, became lively again today.

As soon as the new notice was posted, it attracted countless people to watch.

The people were unwilling to give in and kept pushing forward. The people at the back craned their necks and asked, "What's going on? What's going on? Is another corrupt official going to be beheaded?"

"Where did so many heads come from? Wait a minute, let me take a look." The person squeezed in the front rubbed his eyes, then frowned and said disdainfully: "Forget it, don't watch it. The court is recruiting workers to repair the Huihe River. There is nothing to see."

"what......"

When someone heard that it was about repairing the river channel, they immediately complained: "It's the spring planting season now. Although we don't have much land at home, we still need to eat vegetables. If all the farmers in the suburbs of Beijing are forced to do corvee labor, won't we have to buy expensive vegetables?"

When people face problems, the first thing they think about is their own interests, whether direct or indirect.

His words aroused the agreement of many people, but the next moment someone refuted: "It is impossible to serve as corvée. Your Majesty issued an order in the early years that during the spring planting period, the court should not let the people serve. So this time it must be conscription, voluntary."