Chapter 136: Discussing Merits and Rewards.
With the joint efforts of Wei Ruo, Wei Jinyi, Xiumei, Xie Jue and Xie Ying, as well as the Xie family’s entourage, all the contents of three large carts were delivered.
Then they returned to the city together. On West Street, Wei Ruo and Wei Jin also said goodbye to the Xie family brothers and sisters.
"Ruoruo, let's continue tomorrow!" Xie Ying said happily.
Although she was exhausted after a busy day, Xie Ying felt very fulfilled when she saw the smiles of the villagers when they got the things and the feeling of light in their eyes.
"Okay." That's what Wei Ruoben planned.
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In the following days, Wei Ruodu and the Xie family worked together to rescue the people affected by the disaster.
Wei Qingwan also persisted for three days, but then stopped for unknown reasons. Wei Ruo didn't ask specifically because she didn't care.
Seven days passed in a flash.
Thanks to the joint efforts of everyone in Xingshan County, the overall situation in Xingshan County is good. Although everyone has suffered losses and it is destined to be a difficult year, at least everyone can live their lives now and there is nothing wrong with it. Big casualties.
At this time, good news came from the capital.
After Chu Lan reported the land improvement in Xingshan County, the Holy Emperor was very happy and rewarded him based on his merits.
In the afternoon, Wei Mingting was invited to the magistrate's office. Everyone in the Wei family was very excited.
Last time the Seventh Prince alone rewarded Wei Ruo with so many things. This time the Emperor will reward the Wei family based on their merits. I don't know what he will reward the Wei family.
In Cangyun Garden, Mrs. Yun felt uneasy. She read the account book in front of her for a long time but could not read a single word.
Wei Qingwan came back from Qian Mansion early and went to Cangyun Garden to accompany the Yun family.
Both of them hope that this time Wei Mingting will be rewarded for their merits. It would be even better if they could be promoted as a result!
It wasn't until after dark that Wei Mingting returned home, and Yun and Wei Qingwan greeted him.
"Husband, how are you?" Yun asked anxiously.
Wei Mingting frowned slightly, his expression not very good: "Things are a little different from what I thought."
Hearing this, Yun's heart skipped a beat: "What's going on?"
Wei Qingwan looked at Wei Mingting curiously, wanting to know what he was talking about. What exactly are some of the discrepancies?
Wei Mingting said: "This time the emperor rewarded the Seventh Prince and Qian Zhixian, but he didn't mention the Wei Mansion at all."
"What?" Yun couldn't believe it, "How could you not mention the Wei Mansion?"
Wei Mingting shook his head: "Me neither. "I know, it's normal for the emperor not to reward the Wei family, but why didn't he even mention Ruo'er..."
Wei Mingting didn't expect to get anything from Wei Ruo's incident this time, but he felt that their Ruo'er There must be a share of credit, not only it must be there, but it must be the majority.
It was obviously Ruo'er who took the lead in clearing up wasteland and planting new grains, but when it came time to discuss rewards for merit, only the Seventh Prince and Qian Zhixian were the only ones, and Wei Ruo's name did not appear.
Yun was a little confused: "Why is this happening? It shouldn't be right? Husband, didn't you say that there has not been enough food in various places in the past two years, and the emperor pays special attention to people who can relieve the country's worries." "Yes." Wei Mingting also thinks so
. , so he didn’t understand why the final reward based on merit was such a result.
Yun Shi guessed: "Could it be that the Seventh Prince... deliberately concealed it and didn't report it?" The
Seventh Prince reported the matter. How could he tell the Holy Emperor? The Seventh Prince had the final say. If the Seventh Prince only mentioned him Since he and Qian are magistrates of the county, naturally nothing will happen to their Wei family.
"I don't know about this matter either. The holy will is unpredictable." Wei Mingting sighed.
Although he has been an official for many years, he has only seen a handful of the emperor's faces, and they were only seen from a distance. He did not have the opportunity to speculate on the emperor's heart like the ministers in the court.
As for the seventh prince, they had very little contact with him, and Wei Mingting did not know his personality and thoughts.
Wei Qingwan thought for a while and then guessed: "Maybe it's because my sister is a woman, and it's not easy for women to reward women for doing such things."
Wei Mingting still answered the same: "We don't know the truth now." Then Wei Mingting looked at it. He glanced at Wei Qingwan and said, "Wanwan, please go back first."
Wei Mingting was thinking about how to tell Wei Ruo about this, so he asked Wei Qingwan to go back first.
Wei Qingwan then exited Cangyun Garden obediently.
After coming out of Cangyun Garden, Wei Qingwan thought about it all the way. She was surprised by the result, but at the same time she couldn't help but be happy.
Because she knew that Wei Ruo could be so arrogant in the house that even her mother dared to contradict him, just because she had this merit and was related to the seventh prince.
If Wei Ruo was really involved in the reward based on merit this time, then she didn't know how arrogant she would be and how she would suppress her overtly and covertly.
Therefore, although it was a pity that Wei Mansion failed to receive the award, for her, she was still overjoyed rather than sad.
Although Wei Mingting didn't know how to tell Wei Ruo the news, he knew that paper could not contain the fire. After thinking about it, Wei Mingting still chose to send someone to call Wei Ruo to Cangyun Garden.
Rather than letting his daughter learn the news through other channels, it would be better for him to tell her personally.
After Wei Ruo arrived, Wei Mingting explained the matter to her in a concise and concise manner.
Then Wei Mingting looked at Wei Ruo and couldn't help but feel nervous.
He rarely had such moments. Even when he went into battle to kill the enemy and faced the ferocious Japanese pirates, Wei Mingting never felt nervous.
But now, I am just nervous because I have to tell my daughter about such a thing, and I am worried that my daughter will be shocked and sad.
Wei Ruo pondered for a moment and said, "My daughter knows."
His face was calm, without any sadness, anger or crying.
Wei Mingting was a little worried when she was like this.
"Ruo'er, father will find a way to figure it out..." Wei Mingting said.
Although the Wei family has limited strength and may not have the channel to ask, Wei Mingting still wants to ask for his daughter.
Wei Ruo shook his head: "Father, don't worry too much. The matter is over. Finding out the cause can't change anything, so be it." Wei Mingting understood what Wei Ruo meant. Considering the situation
of the Wei family, even if he knew what happened, Nothing can be changed.
But it is precisely because of knowing that I am more worried about my daughter.
He even felt that if Er'er spoke out and cried when she was wronged like Wanwan, he might not be so worried.
"Father, if there is nothing else, I will go back first." Wei Ruodao.
Wei Ruo was not in a good mood. She did not show anger or sadness just because she knew that such emotions were useless, but it did not mean that she had no emotions about this matter in her heart.
Wei Mingting frowned, as if he wanted to say something to Wei Ruo, but he was not good at comforting people. After holding back for a long time, he finally nodded and asked Wei Ruo to go back to Songyuan.
Back at Tingsongyuan, just as she was about to enter the courtyard, Wei Jin also called out to her.
"Ruo'er."
Wei Ruo turned around and saw Wei Jin looking at him with concern.
Wei Ruo knew immediately that he knew what her father had just said to her.
"Second brother, I'm in a bad mood."
(End of chapter)