Chapter 1477 The desperate Wu brothers
After listening to Wu Meiniang's words, Princess Gaoyang sighed softly, put her arms around Wu Meiniang's thin shoulders, and said softly: "How many times have I told you, what is there to worry about? Lang Jun's title must come to Da Lang. Inherited, no With your husband and me here, how can you let Erlang be just a white body? That day when you were in danger of giving birth, I made a wish in my heart. As long as Erlang and Mei Niang can be auspicious, no matter how many families there are in the future, I am willing to give half of my property to Erlang... Mr. Lang once said that everything can be prosperous only if the family is harmonious. We are family members. Today, you and I can serve Mr. Jun wholeheartedly without distinguishing between each other. In the future, Mr. Lang and Erlang will be able to serve as brothers... Take our family With my status, my husband’s talent, and my status as a princess, as long as our family works together to prevent our children from going astray, we will be rich and prosperous for generations to come, living together with our country, which is enough to envy the world.”< br>
Wu Meiniang felt warm in her heart. She held Princess Gaoyang's delicate hand with her backhand and said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Highness..."
The wife is not jealous and generous, the husband is generous and fair, the elders are benevolent and kind, what could be more perfect than this kind of life?
The two held hands and smiled at each other.
Princess Gao Yang blinked and said: "It goes without saying that you are grateful, but if Mei Niang is really grateful... then you might as well call me sister to listen."
Wu Meiniang smiled brightly: "But I am obviously two years older than Your Highness..."
"Haha, but I am an eldest lady. Shouldn't my concubine call the eldest lady my sister?"
"Is Your Highness going to use force to suppress others? Are you going to convince others with virtue as promised?"
"Oh, you are not screaming, are you? Believe it or not, I have married ten or eight concubines for your husband to compete with you for your favor?"
"That's really strange. Shouldn't it be you, the royal wife, who is afraid of concubines competing for favor?"
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On the side, Xiuyu, Zheng Xiuer and other maids put their hands on their foreheads with helpless expressions on their faces.
Princess Gaoyang is just a cute and naive Princess. She often has childish tempers, but Lady Wu, who is regarded as a woman by outsiders, will also childishly quarrel with His Highness from time to time...
It's so unbelievable.
The wife and the concubine were arguing animatedly when a servant came in from outside and reported: "Mrs. Wu, His Highness the King of Wu has sent a letter, saying that he would like you to read it personally and give a reply."< br>
After saying that, he raised the letter in his hand, Zheng Xiuer took it and handed it to Wu Meiniang.
Wu Meiniang took it casually, opened the seal and took out the letter paper. She read it at a glance and gently picked out the two graceful and beautiful lines.
Princess Gaoyang wondered: "The third brother wrote you a letter? Why did he write to you?"
"What are you thinking about?" Wu Meiniang heard the confusion in her words, glared at Princess Gaoyang with an irritated look, and explained: "It's about my two unsatisfactory brothers..."
Brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang coveted the projects in the east and west cities and the Kunming Lakeside. They begged Wu Meiniang to borrow a sum of money from the Hejian County Prince's Mansion to undertake the projects, hoping to make a lot of money. As a result, there have been heavy rains in Guanzhong for the past few days. Many of the newly built houses by the Kunming Pool collapsed due to jerry-rigged materials. Among them was the house built by the Wu brothers...
Princess Gaoyang heard the whole story and said disapprovingly: "What does this mean? After all, the two brothers are also the husband's brothers-in-law. Wouldn't the three of them not give up this face? How about I go out and beg for mercy from the three of them? ?”
When she thought about it, a few houses had collapsed and no one was killed or injured. Wu Wang Li Ke, who was responsible for supervising the Kunming Pool project, could completely suppress it.
Wu Meiniang rolled her eyes and immediately refused: "You can save it, Kunming Lake is a temporary market for the east and west cities, and it will become a 'Martial Arts Hall' building later. Once the Yushi Yanguan knows about it, Your Highness, King Wu, is bending the law for personal gain, will you let His Highness have a good sleep?”
The truth is not as serious as she said. If His Majesty the King of Wu really wants to protect someone, who would bother to embarrass him with such a trivial excuse?
In order to deceive the Wu brothers and make them calm down, she spent a lot of effort. Now that she is done, how can she let Princess Gaoyang come forward to intercede for them?
Princess Gao Yang snorted and said displeasedly: "If you don't know a good heart, just do as you like. They are all your brothers anyway. What does it have to do with me whether they live or die?"
It happened that the cry of a baby came from the room next to her, and Princess Gao Yang quickly got up and walked over quickly.
Wu Meiniang sat still and said to the servant who was waiting for a reply: "Go and reply to the messenger, just say that the state-owned legal family has family rules, and everything should be done according to the rules and regulations, so as not to embarrass His Highness the King of Wu. .”
"Here."
That servant thought to himself, "How can any one of his brothers sit idly by when something happens to him?" But naturally he didn't dare to ask. Seeing that Wu Meiniang had no further instructions, he walked out and went to the front yard to answer the question.
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By the Kunming Pool, the Wu brothers were suffering from anxiety like ants on a hot pot.
In front of them, the house that the two brothers were responsible for building was in a state of disarray. The continuous heavy rains not only caused the foundation that had not been laid down to be soaked by the rainwater, causing it to collapse, but even the cement used to build the walls was washed away by the rain because of too much sand. Fifty-six out of ten of the buildings in Nuoda have collapsed, and the remaining ones that have not completely collapsed are due to skewed beams and cracks in the walls...
King Wu Li Ke, wearing a brocade robe and jade belt, stood in front of these collapsed buildings with his hands behind his hands. His handsome face was already covered with clouds, and it seemed that lightning and thunder could be welcomed at any time...
Wu Yuanqing poked Wu Yuanshuang. The latter looked reluctant, but he also knew that he could not escape, so he had no choice but to step forward and stand behind Li Ke, and said tremblingly: "Your Highness, please calm down... It's not because of my lack of supervision. It has rained so hard in recent days that the newly built houses have not yet dried out, causing them to collapse... I heard that many houses in Chang'an City also collapsed due to rain..."
"Shut up!"
Li Keli shouted, turned around and glared angrily, pointing his halberd and said: "You still dare to fight with me? Do you think I am a fool?! Look at the houses you have built, the bricks are all twisted or even half-broken. The sealing cement is as good as garbage and can be broken off with your hands, and the beams... Do you use wooden sticks that are no thicker than your arms as beams? "
Wu Yuanshuang shrank his neck and muttered: "Why aren't my arms thick? They are clearly as thick as the mouth of a bowl..."
"You still dare to be stubborn?"
Li Ke was so angry that he kicked Wu Yuanshuang with a flying kick and cursed: "I have heard that your brother has always been cheating on his business, cheating and cheating, so he ignored the gossip and ignored it for the sake of the house servant and Mrs. Wu. , I gave you this opportunity, but this is what you did?”
He was really angry to death. Did these Wu brothers have any brains?
Fang Jun is not willing to take care of you, just because you are unreliable. If you can take this opportunity to perform well, a little flesh exposed between Fang Jun's fingers will make you brothers popular, right?
The result?
Passing off inferior quality, passing off quality goods, cutting corners...
His Highness King Wu was very angry and said bitterly: "Believe it or not, if I call Fang Jun now and let him see this house, he can beat you two bastards to death?!"
Wu Yuanshuang trembled with fright...
When he was instigated to cause trouble in Dongshi, Fang Jun was furious, so he was severely punished. He had no money to pay the fine from Jingzhao Mansion, so he went to Mei Niang for help. Mei Niang went behind Fang Jun's back to help them. The brothers borrowed a sum of money from the Prince of Hejian County, so that they could pay the fine and still have money left over to undertake the project at the Kunming Poolside construction site.
Even though she was contracted to undertake this project, it was Mei Niang who used Fang Jun's name to gain access to King Wu...
Now, if Fang Jun knew that their brothers were using shoddy goods and cutting corners, which greatly ruined Fang Jun's face, that stick might really beat the two brothers to death.
Wu Yuanshuang's expression changed drastically and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you must not do this!"
Li Ke snorted and said with a gloomy face: "In any case, it was Madam Wu who asked me to come to you that day to give your brother this opportunity. Now I will give Madam Wu another face, and you will take this piece of cake immediately." All the houses will be demolished by me and rebuilt again. No corners will be cut, no materials will be shoddy, otherwise I will have no mercy!"
After finishing his words firmly, Li Ke walked away surrounded by a group of officials from the Ministry of Works.
The Wu brothers were left staring with big eyes and small eyes...
"Brother, what should I do?"
Wu Yuanshuang looked at his brother and swallowed hard.
Wu Yuanqing looked ashen and said dejectedly: "I don't know what to do..."
Logically speaking, Wu Wang Li Ke did not immediately hold the two people accountable, which was considered a huge favor, and tearing them down and rebuilding them was the best solution.
But the crux of the problem is that the two brothers have no money... (End of Chapter)