After sending someone to deliver the letter of appointment to Ma Zhou, Li Zexuan sat alone in the study room and closed his eyes to think.
Due to the complex of modern people, he had always wanted to be a big landlord. Therefore, he was very happy every time he received a piece of land. Moreover, he would very seriously manage his land, such as the Han Village, Plum Village, Liujia Village, and so on.
When he saw that the people in his land had enough food and clothing and lived in peace and contentment, Li Zexuan's heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment. However, Li Zexuan had thrown such a big mess in Qingzhou to him. Not only did this not give Li Zexuan any sense of accomplishment, but it also made him feel unusually tired.
After all, there were too many problems that had to be considered when governing a state, let alone a poor and remote place like Qing State. Li Zexuan did not major in management in university. It was normal for him to feel uncomfortable when he suddenly received such a big mess.
However, it was fortunate that he had Ma Zhou, the future Prime Minister of Tang Empire, to help him. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would not have any countermeasures to deal with the emergency situation in Qingzhou.
"Marquis, there is a letter from Qizhou! Please take a look. "
While he was deep in thought, Pang Feiji's voice suddenly came from outside the door. Li Zexuan immediately came back to his senses. His heart moved, and he said in a deep voice, "Come in!"
"Yes!"
With a creak, Pang Feiji pushed open the door from the outside and entered. Then, he carefully closed the door. After everything was done, Pang Feiji held a lacquered envelope with both hands. He quickly walked to Li Zexuan and said, "Marquis, this is a letter from the Qizhou Provincial Governor's Office!"
"Qizhou Provincial Governor's Office? Wang Renbiao? Let me take a look! "
Li Zexuan stared blankly for a moment before hastily replying.
Although Wang Renbiao was born in an aristocratic family, he did not have the bad habit of being unruly and unruly. He got along very well with Li Zexuan! Moreover, in the battle at Longmen Pass not long ago, if Wang Renbiao had not taken the risk of being impeached and recruited elite soldiers without authorization to come to the rescue, Longmen Pass might have fallen, and Li Zexuan, who was heavily injured at that time, might have died under the hooves of the Turkic Wolf Cavalry!
This was a life-saving grace. Not to mention, before this incident, Li Zexuan and Wang Renbiao's relationship was already very good! Therefore, when he heard that it was a letter from the Qizhou Provincial Governor's Office, Li Zexuan was very happy.
After receiving the letter from Pang Feiji, Li Zexuan quickly opened it and read it carefully. There were lines of elegant handwriting on the letter. As the saying goes, a person's handwriting is like their handwriting. However, looking at the elegant handwriting, he knew that this letter was definitely not written by a man.
Looking at the contents of the letter, it was indeed not written by a man.
"I, Jingchu, pay my respects to Marquis. I have not seen him for more than a month, but I have heard of Marquis's actions of going up north to exterminate the locusts and ambushing the Turkic State Preceptor. Marquis is valiant and brave, just like Li Guang during the Han Dynasty. He is admirable …"
The beginning of the letter was a greeting, but at the same time, it also revealed the identity of the person who wrote the letter. It was Li Jingchu, and not Wang Renbiao as Li Zexuan had expected!
Li Zexuan could not help but feel puzzled. He secretly wondered why Li Jingchu would write a letter to him. This was because he and Li Jingchu had never interacted directly. They had always interacted indirectly through Wang Renbiao! Could it be that something had happened to Wang Renbiao? After all, according to official history, Wang Renbiao had died in office due to illness!
Thinking of this, Li Zexuan's heart suddenly sank. He hurriedly skipped the beginning of the letter and continued reading.
"… On the sixth day of the seventh month, the Eldest Princess brought Provincial Governor Wang to Qizhou. Renbiao mentioned to the Eldest Princess about his marriage with me. When the Eldest Princess heard this, she was furious. She said that as a legitimate son of the Wang family, how could he fall in love with a commoner's daughter? She ordered Renbiao to break off his relationship with me. Renbiao did not agree. The Eldest Princess ordered the generals in the manor to expel me from the Provincial Governor's Manor. Renbiao wanted to object, but filial piety was greater than the heavens. He could not openly contradict the Eldest Princess. He could only plead in every possible way and barely managed to protect me.
In order to not make things difficult for Renbiao, I quietly left Yongzhou City that night. After my father was harmed by evil people, I no longer cared about matters of love. However, Renbiao took pity on me. He had done so much for me and even avenged my father's death for me. I am not made of gold and stone. How could I not be moved?
I had thought that I was not worthy of the eldest son of the Wang family. I also expected that Renbiao and I would face many difficulties in the future. However, when things came to a head, the Eldest Princess and Provincial Governor Wang's determination exceeded my and Renbiao's expectations. I knew that it was impossible for me to step into the Wang family. I thought that as long as Renbiao could be happy, I would be satisfied. I originally thought that after I left Yongzhou City, I would be able to resolve this crisis. However, who knew that a few days ago, I heard rumors that Renbiao had fallen seriously ill and was bedridden again!
I was extremely worried and returned to Yongzhou City. I wanted to visit the Provincial Governor's Manor, but I was refused entry by the Eldest Princess's people. Helpless, I found Renbiao's old housekeeper and borrowed the Provincial Governor's Manor's name to write a letter to Marquis! Marquis is Renbiao's best friend, and Renbiao is usually very respectful of Marquis. This humble girl does not have extravagant hopes that Marquis will allow this humble girl and Renbiao to be together forever. I only hope that Marquis can counsel Renbiao and help him resolve the knot in his heart so that he can recover quickly!
This humble girl, Li Jingchu, respectfully greets you! "
After reading the letter, Li Zexuan's expression turned grave. He thought to himself, "What's bound to come has indeed come!"
When Li Zexuan found out that Wang Renbiao was infatuated with Li Jingchu, he had predicted that the upper echelons of the Wang family would strongly oppose this marriage. At that time, Wang Renbiao had expressed that even if he was expelled from the Wang family because of Li Jingchu, he was willing to accept it. At most, he would just find another way to make a living!
But who knew that Wang Renbiao would be so angered by Princess Tong 'an that he would be bedridden? Furthermore, from the looks of it, he was currently under house arrest. Otherwise, he would definitely have chased after Li Jingchu when she left Yong City.
In addition, at Longmen Pass, Leng Yuyao, who had accompanied Wang Renbiao, had secretly mentioned to Li Zexuan that the elders of the Wang family already knew about the matter between Wang Renbiao and Li Jingchu. At that time, Li Zexuan did not take it to heart. In his opinion, Wang Yu was the head of the Wang family. No matter how vicious a tiger was, it would not harm its own child. At most, it would take away some of the political resources that the Wang family had invested in Wang Renbiao, so that Wang Renbiao would not be able to continue his smooth-sailing career in the government. But who would have thought that these two elders would want to torture their own son to death!
In the end, he had overestimated the importance of kinship in the aristocratic families and underestimated the coldness of those people!
"You leave first! I'll write a reply! Call Xiao Xi in to grind the ink! "
After a long silence, Li Zexuan raised his head and ordered.
"Yes! Marquis! "
Pang Feiji bowed and accepted the order.
Just as he walked out, the door to the study was pushed open with a creak. It was Han Yuxi, who had walked in with a cup of tea.
"Husband, this concubine just heard that you wanted to write a letter. How about I grind the ink for you?"
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