Chapter 824 Miaoyi’s plan!
Although An Miaoyi did not realize Murong Qingwu's trick at first, but when the dispute over the deputy director of the Personnel Bureau was settled and she saw Gao Zhenglian gradually moving closer to Murong's faction, An Miaoyi realized that she had fallen into the trap...

Although she was very annoyed, An Miaoyi had to admit that Murong Qingwu's move was quite clever!
Looking at the slightly complacent Murong Qingwu, An Miaoyi spoke calmly;

"I know you are very happy now, sister Qingwu, but don't be too happy yet!"

After saying that, An Miaoyi took out a memorial and placed it on the table. Looking at the memorial that An Miaoyi placed on the table, Murong Qingwu's eyes flashed with suspicion, but after hesitating for a moment, she still picked up the paper memorial and looked at it.

After just a glance or two at the contents of the memorial, the relaxed look on Murong Qingwu's face disappeared without a trace, replaced by a hint of heaviness.

Seeing this, An Miaoyi continued:
"This is the memorial submitted by Zhao Yicheng, the county magistrate of Pingyuan County, to the Yunping Censorate to impeach your second brother Murong Shengwu. The crimes mentioned in the memorial are clear to all!"

Although she was reluctant to believe the contents of the memorial, seeing how confident An Miaoyi was, Murong Qingwu knew that the contents of the memorial were almost correct. She had been in a lot of trouble last time because of her elder brother Murong Zhe's matter, but her husband gave her a chance to reform for her sake.
If it is proved now that her second brother Murong Shengwu really committed these crimes, then given her husband’s character, he probably won’t be tolerant anymore, and the situation will become extremely passive for their Murong family at that time...

Although she was in a bad mood, Murong Qingwu did not want to be controlled by An Miaoyi because of this matter, so she said calmly:

"If my second brother really violated military regulations and national laws, someone would have dealt with him impartially. Why are you telling me this, sister?"

After saying that, Murong Qingwu ignored An Miaoyi, stood up and walked out of the warm room. Looking at Murong Qingwu's departing back, a faint smile appeared on An Miaoyi's face. Although Murong Qingwu pretended to be indifferent on the surface, she actually cared a lot in her heart.

If she leaves in such a hurry now, I'm afraid she will start investigating the truth of this matter after returning!
And this is exactly what An Miaoyi hopes Murong Qingwu will do. Since you, Murong Qingwu, have taken action, it would be rude not to reciprocate. Even the powerful Monkey King cannot escape from the Five Finger Mountain of Tathagata Buddha!
After finishing the meeting with Murong Qingwu, An Miaoyi returned to her own yard. She was in a good mood and wanted to watch her son recite the "Exhortations to the Emperor" and check on her son Jingren's study progress in recent days.

However, what she didn't expect was that as soon as she returned to the yard, she heard Qiqige reporting to her:
"Madam, Wang Jiang has come to Yijing!"

An Miaoyi was a little stunned when these words came out. After thinking for a moment, she still couldn't remember who this Wang Jiang was. She immediately asked Qi Qige:

"Who is Wang Jiang?"

Seeing that An Miaoyi didn't react, Qiqige said directly:

“It’s that Jiang Yuyan…”

When An Miaoyi heard the name Jiang Yuyan, she finally reacted. A hint of disgust flashed across her beautiful eyes and she said coldly:

"What is she doing in Yijing?"

"I heard that they are here to report to you, working at Yuchuntang Bank. I heard that the Wang family's Yuchuntang has been doing very well in Hebei and Henan recently, and has absorbed more than 500,000 taels of silver from the people. There is news that Murong Yuliang has a request from them!"

Listening to Qiqige's words, the disgust in An Miaoyi's eyes became more and more obvious. She had met Wang Jiang once before.

Ye Cui had dreamed of a jade Buddha before, so in order to please Ye Cui, she, as a daughter-in-law, also wanted to make a jade Buddha for the old lady, so she handed the matter over to the Second Manufacturing Bureau. The Second Manufacturing Bureau selected the materials and carved them, and dozens of craftsmen worked overtime for more than a month, but the old lady just didn't like it.

Just when An Miaoyi was worried about this matter, Jiang Yuyan got the news from somewhere and came to the door with a magnificent jade Buddha. She wanted to present the jade Buddha to Ye Cui, and also give some jade jewelry and bracelets to the female members of the family in the mansion.

It was this jade Buddha that made Ye Cui very satisfied. For this reason, An Miaoyi also had a good impression of Jiang Yuyan at that time. In order not to owe Jiang Yuyan a favor, she insisted on giving Jiang Yuyan a satisfactory price and promised Jiang Yuyan that the Ye Mansion would purchase jade jewelry from Yuchuntang in the future...
The matter would have ended here, but what An Miaoyi did not expect was that a few months later, there was news that Jiang Yuyan was a gift from Zhang Zhiwen, then deputy governor of Hebei and Henan, to Ye Mingsheng. At first, An Miaoyi did not care about it. After all, there were many loyal ministers like Zhang Zhiwen in the Fengwu Army.

However, the good intentions of these officials were ruthlessly rejected by Ye Mingsheng, and some were even angrily rebuked by Ye Mingsheng. Ye Mingsheng warned them to do their work well and think about how to revitalize the local economy and people's livelihood, and not always think about these evil ways of the outer sect. So An Miaoyi also instinctively thought that Zhang Zhiwen would have the same fate. But what An Miaoyi didn't expect was that this time, Ye Mingsheng never responded to Zhang Zhiwen's gift.

Although Ye Mingsheng did not respond to Zhang Zhiwen, An Miaoyi, who was familiar with Ye Mingsheng's style of doing things, knew that this itself was a response, representing Ye Mingsheng's three principles of not refusing, not taking the initiative, and not taking responsibility. At that time, An Miaoyi had a hunch that Ye Mingsheng had taken a fancy to Jiang Yuyan, who had royal blood.

As expected, An Miaoyi discovered that Ye Mingsheng had an affair with Jiang Yuyan when he was inspecting Hebei and Henan. Moreover, unlike with other women, Ye Mingsheng made an exception and gave the Wang family a pilot quota for a ticket exchange, allowing the Wang family to open a private ticket exchange in Hebei and Henan to absorb private savings...

Although this step seems to be somewhat insignificant compared with the major policies of the Fengwu Army, An Miaoyi, who cares about economics and politics and is familiar with Ye Mingsheng's style of doing things, knows that Ye Mingsheng attaches great importance to this step. He even personally considers the number of pilot projects, so even if she wants to interfere secretly, she can't!
Originally, there were only two pilot quotas for private banknotes this time, one was the Yun family in Liaoyang, and the other was the Liu family in Hebei and Henan. Both were wealthy families with close ties to the Fengwu Army. But what was unexpected was that when Ye Mingsheng inspected Hebei and Henan, he specially approved a quota for the Wang family!
Compared with the Yun family and the Liu family, the Wang family is far inferior in terms of wealth and relationship with the Fengwu Army. However, compared with these two families, the Wang family has an extra, beautiful and charming head of the family.

So An Miaoyi naturally thought that the reason why the Wang family was able to get this very precious spot was because Jiang Yuyan climbed onto Ye Mingsheng's bed and whispered something in Ye Mingsheng's ear. After realizing this, An Miaoyi was also a little nervous.

Ever since she and other women in the Ye family started their business in Fengzhou, they had all tried to persuade Ye Mingsheng with some advice. Ye Mingsheng might satisfy their requests on some small matters, but when it came to major issues, he would never give in...
And this time, in An Miaoyi's opinion, Ye Mingsheng made an exception for Jiang Yuyan in the pilot project of private ticket number. Although she didn't know how Jiang Yuyan did it, it was enough to show Jiang Yuyan's influence on Ye Mingsheng. When she thought about the fact that Jiang Yuyan took the initiative to come and present the jade Buddha to Ye Cuishi,
In An Miaoyi's mind, Jiang Yuyan is an image of a shameless, dissolute, scheming, ambitious, and having evil intentions. Although she comes from a powerful family, An Miaoyi doesn't mind Ye Mingsheng having other women, and she even took the initiative to send women to Ye Mingsheng.

However, as the eldest wife, An Miaoyi does not want to see a woman like Jiang Yuyan, who is full of ambition and desire, appear by Ye Mingsheng's side, and the most important point is that Jiang Yuyan is not under her control!
Although she disliked Jiang Yuyan very much, but seeing that Ye Mingsheng ignored Jiang Yuyan after returning to Yijing, An Miaoyi could still comfort herself, saying that it was just an affair of Ye Mingsheng and it was no big deal. However, what she didn’t expect was that not long after, Jiang Yuyan repeatedly submitted memorials to Ye Mingsheng and invited Ye Mingsheng to inspect Hebei and Henan again and to do research at their Yuchuntang Bank...

In An Miaoyi's view, this was Jiang Yuyan's provocation to Ye Mingsheng. While she was angry, An Miaoyi was also a little curious. How could Jiang Yuyan be so shameless? She was so unrestrained while being faithful to her husband and seducing other people's husbands. Do you still know what face is?
The reputation of the royal Jiang family has been completely disgraced by you, a woman named Yin!
At that time, An Miaoyi wanted to teach Jiang Yuyan a lesson and let this Mrs. Yin know why the flowers are so red. However, although she had this intention, Jiang Yuyan was far away in Hebei and Henan, and Murong Yuliang was the one in charge of Hebei and Henan. Although An Miaoyi had the intention, she was unable to do anything.

Fortunately, what made An Miaoyi feel at ease was that in the face of Jiang Yuyan's provocation, Ye Mingsheng never agreed to go to Ji and Henan again. This also comforted An Miaoyi. In order to resist Jiang Yuyan's temptation, she also thought about whether to select a group of beauties to enter the mansion.

When she was still single, watching her mother and the concubines fighting with each other, An Miaoyi understood a truth: beauty fades with age, heroes grow old with age. In this world, no woman can be young and beautiful forever, but there will always be women who are young and beautiful. A wife who serves men with her beauty will never last long...

At this point An Miaoyi thought that the matter with Jiang Yuyan should be over and Ye Mingsheng would return to normal life. But now it seems that she still underestimated the perseverance of this woman Jiang Yuyan. Ye Mingsheng didn't go looking for her, but she actually took the initiative to come to him!

Thinking of this, a chill flashed in An Miaoyi's beautiful eyes. "I couldn't do anything to you when you stayed in Ji Yu before. Now that you have come to Yi Jing on your own initiative, if I don't make good arrangements for you, I would be failing to entertain you well!"

Just when An Miaoyi was thinking about how to arrange for Jiang Yuyan, she unknowingly thought of Murong Qingwu's borrowing a knife to kill her not long ago!
Murong Qingwu used herself to suppress Gao Zhenglian and forced Gao Zhenglian to get closer to Murong's faction. Why couldn't she use such means to return the favor?

After thinking carefully, a gleam of light flashed in An Miaoyi's beautiful eyes. Using Murong Qingwu to suppress Jiang Yuyan is definitely a good move. In this way, not only can she sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but also reap the benefits, and if Ye Mingsheng is still interested in Jiang Yuyan, she can still stay out of it.

Now the most crucial thing is how to convince Murong Qingwu to take action. An Miaoyi has a plan in mind for this. The Murong family has a deep affection between brothers and sisters, which is also one of the few weaknesses of Murong Qingwu··················

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While An Miaoyi was secretly planning what to do in her mansion, Ye Mingsheng, who was completely unaware of the situation, was convening a military meeting of the Fengwu Army at the Fengwu Army's General Staff Headquarters.

"Sir, there is news from Luoan that Shangguan Hongyuan is seriously ill and will not live long!" Huo San bowed and reported to Ye Mingsheng:

As soon as these words were spoken, all the senior officials of the Fengwu Army present focused their attention on Huo San. They all knew that once Shangguan Hongli passed away, it would be a signal for the Fengwu Army, this terrifying war machine, to start running and roaring again!

Upon hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but frown slightly. Huo San had told him the same news some time ago, but later it was proved that this was fake news. Shangguan Hongyuan deliberately released it to trick Shi Huairen and others into joining the game!
If that was the case, was Huo San's brain rusty? He was reporting the same news to himself?

Although Ye Mingsheng did not speak, Huo San seemed to be able to guess what Ye Mingsheng was thinking, and immediately continued to say to Ye Mingsheng:
"Sir, this is a very reliable secret message. The secret message believes that Shangguan Hongyuan took the initiative to set up a trap for Shi Huairen and others. This is the most important sign that Shangguan Hongyuan is critically ill. This sign proves that Shangguan Hongyuan's body can no longer sustain him to slowly deal with Shi Huairen!"

“So in order to allow Shangguan Changgong to take over smoothly, Shangguan Hongyuan chose to take the initiative to get rid of Shi Huairen and his followers, clearing the last stumbling block on Shangguan Changgong's road to succession...”

(End of this chapter)