Reborn on the day of marriage! After the marriage exchange, the elder sister went crazy

Not long after Lu Guanyu and Miss Lu had their argument, Li Fengxian gave birth to a son.

Li Jinglan was pregnant, so she asked Lu Guanyu to go to the Xia family to deliver a gift on her behalf.

Hearing that Lu Guanyu was coming to give gifts, Xia's mother went to greet him in person.

"You were so small when I first saw you, and in the blink of an eye you have grown into a graceful young lady." Mother Xia held Lu Guanyu's hand, her eyes full of smiles.

Upon learning that Lu Guanyu came to the Xia family to visit Li Fengxian instead of Li Jinglan, Xia Bugong Wailang's wife and daughter also came to the Xia family.

Mrs. Xia is the daughter of a juren, and she is very serious.

My daughter has a pair of dimples on her face, she is sweet and cute.

Miss Xia is a few years older than Lu Guanyu, and she calls Lu Guanyu "sister" when she sees her.

Lu Guanyu treated Miss Xia very warmly: "When you have time in the future, you can come to my house. We are a small family, and we like others to come to our house to play the most."

Lu Guanyu once heard Li Jinglan and Lu Bozhou chatting privately, saying that Lu Bozhou had too few friends.

Since the Lu family and the Xia family have no grudge against each other, and there is a relationship with Li Fengxian, the Xia family is Lu Bozhou's natural ally.

Every time Lu Bozhou has a friend in the court, he will have more help.

There is no reason to keep the Xia family at a distance.

After receiving Lu Guanyu's invitation, Mrs. Xia submitted the invitation the next day.

Li Jinglan greeted Mrs. Xia with a smile.

In this way, the two families started to interact with each other.

Time flies, and July is here in a blink of an eye.

Li Jinglan's expected due date is mid-July.

When she first became pregnant, Li Jinglan wished she could sleep for twelve hours a day.

Now I can’t even sleep for three hours a day.

My legs hurt and my body feels heavy, and I feel uncomfortable all over whether I lie down or sit down.

The queen was worried about her and sent Chen Ji out of the palace to visit her every day.

Lu Bozhou was not in the mood to work during this period, so he simply took a leave.

The elders in Wenyuan Pavilion also knew that he was worried about family matters, and happily approved his leave.

In fact, the ministers were also very nervous.

If Li Jinglan gave birth to a boy this time, the prince's position would be even more precarious.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for Li Jinglan to give birth.

Some people also secretly inquired about Li Jinglan's pregnancy.

After Lu Sheng found out, he called everyone together and gave them a lecture.

"Not a single word of the Madam's affairs shall be leaked."

"If you get into trouble because of your quick words, and someone from the palace comes to beat you to death, I won't say a word of pleading for you."

"You can't earn much money by betraying your master. Don't let your life be lost, and your wife and husband spend the money you earned with your life, and then use your money to find a young and beautiful woman to marry."

"Betraying your master is the most shameful thing in the world. People who betray their masters cannot survive in the Lu family, nor in Xishui Village."

Everyone in the house has their good life today thanks to Lu Bozhou and Li Jinglan.

Everyone secretly warned themselves not to talk nonsense outside.

Money is good, but it is not as important as life.

This day.

Zhou Jin came back from Wenyuan Pavilion and came to find Lu Bozhou.

Take out something.

Lu Bozhou opened it and his eyes shrank: "Where did you get this?"

This is an account book of the dredging of the Huai River over the past ten years.

Zhou Jin replied: "I really don't know! It was already dark when I came out of Wenyuan Pavilion. When I walked to the door, the gatekeeper told me that I had a bag."

"When I opened the bundle, I saw a sealed box inside, and inside the box was this account book."

Zhou Jin pointed at the things in the notebook and said, "If what is written in this account book is true, it is a bit scary."

"...Look here. Last year, the Yellow River flooded and one million taels of silver were collected. Two months later, the Huai River also flooded and another million taels of silver were collected."

At first glance, there seems to be no problem because the Huai River is managed every year.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River was managed by the Jin people.

In the fifth year of Mingchang, the Yellow River broke through the old dike in Yangwu, causing the famous Yellow River flooding the Huai River in history.

Since then, the Huaihe River has become the most difficult river to manage in the world.

The "Huai'an Prefecture Chronicle" during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty recorded: "Whenever the Huai River is high, the west wind stirs up the waves, the white waves are as big as mountains, the Huai and Yang rivers are hundreds of miles long, and the public and private sectors are in panic, and no one dares to sleep peacefully for hundreds of years."

Flooding of the Yellow River will indeed affect the Huai River.

But the timing is wrong!

Zhou Jin pointed to the time in his work notes, "The flood starts from the Yellow River, and the peak of the flood reaches the Huai River in just a few days. But last year, the memorial requesting the Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds to control the river damage due to the heavy flood reaching the Huai River was submitted two months later."

If we allow the river to flood without any action, many people will die on both sides of the Huai River.

But neither Zhili nor Jiangnan submitted any memorials regarding the victims last year.

If the river banks in the south of the Yangtze River are well built and the floods do not affect the people, only routine maintenance will be required.

Why do we need to apply to the Ministry of Revenue to transfer money to repair the river?

After reading what was written in this account book, Zhou Jin only thought of one possibility: embezzlement of river engineering funds!

The annual routine maintenance cost of the Huaihe River is 600,000 taels. If there is a disaster, flood prevention, or dredging, the cost can be as high as millions or even tens of millions of taels.

"Your salary and benefits are the blood and sweat of the people. It is easy to abuse the people but difficult to deceive God." Zhou Jin was extremely angry.

Although he was angry, Zhou Jin was very rational: "I am just an editor of Wenyuan Pavilion. I am not in the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, or the Ministry of Justice. Why did you hand this account book to me?"

Zhou Jin said this and looked at Lu Bozhou: "I suspect that the person who sent the account book wanted you to see it."

"Embezzlement of river engineering funds is not a small case! It is even bigger than the case of the Zhao King and his son embezzling the salt road."

Lu Bozhou was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's put it aside for now. We'll talk about everything after Jinglan gives birth."

When they returned to the house, Li Jinglan was walking around the house holding the hands of Lu Shengjia and Zhao Zhengyijia.

"Does Zhou Jin want to talk to you about something?" Li Jinglan asked casually.

Lu Bozhou smiled and said, "It's okay."

Then he walked over to Li Jinglan and said, "You've been walking for long enough, right? Do you want to take a break?"

Li Jinglan held Lu Bozhou's hand and sat down, supporting herself with one hand on the armrest and the other on her waist.

I feel a heavy feeling on my body.

"Are you feeling unwell?" Lu Bozhou poured her a bowl of water.

Li Jinglan didn't want to drink anymore after taking a sip. "I feel uncomfortable all over. Maybe it will last for the next two days."

Hearing Li Jinglan say this, Lu Bozhou became extremely nervous and turned to ask Zhao Zhengyi's family, "Have you found a midwife?"

Zhao Zhengyi smiled and said, "The Queen sent a midwife from the palace, and the residence of Grand Secretary Yin also sent two midwives. The Madam also asked for two midwives with a better reputation in the capital."

"Everything used in production was purchased randomly on the streets of the capital."

No children had been born in the palace for decades, and Li Jinglan didn't trust the people in the palace at all.

These arrangements were very appropriate, and Lu Bozhou felt relieved.

"I don't understand these either! I just hope you can give birth to the baby safely." Lu Bozhou walked over and helped Li Jinglan to the chaise longue.

Li Jinglan can't lie flat now, and she feels more comfortable lying on her side on the chaise longue.

Lu Bozhou took off Li Jinglan's shoes and gently rubbed her calves.

The Lu Sheng family and the Zhao Zhengyi family looked at each other and retreated at the same time.

While Lu Bozhou was massaging Li Jinglan's calves, he was thinking about Zhou Jin's words.

Somewhat absent-minded.

Li Jinglan called him twice before he heard her.

"…What are you thinking about? I called you several times." Li Jinglan asked with a smile, "If you have something on your mind, just tell me. You and I are husband and wife, there is no need to hide it from me."

Yes!

We are one as husband and wife.

Thinking of this, Lu Bozhou repeated Zhou Jin's story.

"Someone sent a package to Zhou Jin? Have you found the person who sent the package?" Li Jinglan took the account book, looked at it, and asked a very crucial question.

"Zhou Jin asked, and the gatekeeper said it was brought by a child. He looked unfamiliar, and I had never seen him before."

"Child?" Li Jinglan flipped through the account book again.

Although she doesn't know anything about water conservancy, she can read the account books.

If what is written in this account book is true, it is really shocking.

The annual cost of river management for the Huai River alone is more than three million taels.

This does not include the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.

According to the numbers written in the account books, nearly 30 million taels of river management funds are missing.

With such a huge corruption, I wonder how many people will lose their heads.

"These corrupt officials deserve to die." Li Jinglan closed the account book and looked at Lu Bozhou. "What do you think?"

Lu Bozhou also expressed his guess, "If this account book is real, then someone wants to use Zhou Jin to let me see it."

"But it's possible that someone is using this account book to set a trap for me to fall into."

Li Jinglan was relieved that Lu Bozhou did not act impulsively after seeing the account book.

Li Jinglan talked about the crown prince, "Your Majesty asked the crown prince to investigate the salt road, but the crown prince was eager to succeed and did not ask for your Majesty's instructions on everything, which led to the current situation."

The prince did something bad, so the emperor scolded him in front of everyone and didn't give him any face at all.

In order to save the prince, the princess consort deliberately contradicted the queen and then committed suicide, thus covering up the accident revealed by the prince's investigation of the salt.

Li Jinglan glanced at Lu Bozhou:

"Your Majesty is a towering tree, and towering trees are meant to be relied upon. If neither you nor Zhou Jin can handle this matter, why don't you ask Your Majesty for advice?"

"I have been reading the Book of Filial Piety recently. There is a very good passage in it: "With the knowledge of serving one's father, one can serve one's mother, and the love is the same; with the knowledge of serving one's father, one can serve one's ruler, and the respect is the same."

Lu Bozhou understood what Li Jinglan meant.

Li Jinglan asked him to tell the emperor about this matter and let the emperor make the decision for him.

Yup!

He is the younger generation and also a son.

Doesn’t the son have to ask for instructions and report to his father when he encounters difficulties?

Why should this matter make things difficult for him?

Let the emperor be embarrassed.

Lu Bozhou slammed the table excitedly.

"Ouch..." Li Jinglan suddenly covered her stomach.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Lu Bozhou was frightened. "Did I slam the table too loudly and frighten you?"

Li Jinglan felt a pain in her lower abdomen and grabbed Lu Bozhou's hand: "Quick, call the midwife."

"Midwife?" Lu Bozhou first repeated Li Jinglan's words, and then suddenly came to his senses.

"Someone come quickly! Someone come quickly!"

Lu Bozhou rushed out of the house.

Several midwives who had been prepared rushed into the room and hurriedly carried Li Jinglan to the delivery room next door.

Lu Bozhou followed behind.

As soon as she stepped into the delivery room, she was stopped by the midwife, "How can a man enter the delivery room? Just wait outside."

Just as Lu Bozhou was about to speak, he heard Li Jinglan's voice coming from inside the room.

"Jinglan? Jinglan?" Lu Bozhou ran to the window. "I'm right under the window. I've always been here. I'll always be here."

"Husband..." Li Jinglan had just called husband in the house when she let out a second scream.

Lu Bozhou had never heard Li Jinglan cry out in pain before, but now, hearing the screams through the window, he was extremely anxious.

"If it hurts, just scold me."

Li Jinglan didn't say anything, but let out screams one after another.

Lu Bozhou held the window frame with his hands, his face pale.

……

In an alley in the capital.

A man dressed as a clerk quietly walked out of the house.

After reaching a deserted yard, the man entered.

Bury the things in your arms in the pit dug in advance.

An hour later, the man returned home quietly.

Just as he was approaching his home, the man suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the house.

"Tell me, where is the account book?"

The man's body trembled and hid in the darkness.

"Hand over the account books and I will spare your life."

"I don't know, please forgive me, don't... I really don't know..."

In the dark night.

There was a low scream.

The man's face turned pale in the darkness, and the corners of his lips trembled, but he did not enter the house. Instead, he turned and ran into the darkness.

"I'm sorry, hundreds of thousands of disaster victims!... Madam, I'm sorry... I have to seek justice for the disaster victims..."

The man ran and cried.