HLnovel Chapter 315 Madam Wei
Chapter 315 Madam Wei
"Master, this is an invitation from the King of Qin, saying that all officials in the city are invited to a dinner tonight."
"Oh?"
Hua Cailiang looked at the steward in surprise, "The King of Qin just entered the city yesterday, and today he wants to host a banquet for all the officials in the city. I'm afraid his stove is not even hot, what can he use to host us?"
"He wouldn't think that we are in a remote area, full of ignorant officials, and that he can fool us by just cooking a few dishes, right?"
"That's hard to say. I heard that the people who went out to buy things in the palace today only bought half a cart of beef and mutton. They said that the cabbage in our city was too expensive at 100 coins per pound, and they were deliberately trying to rip them off."
When the steward mentioned this matter, there was a look of contempt on his face.
In the middle of winter, let alone cabbage at 100 wen per pound, even if it is 500 wen per pound, if you don’t have it at home, you have to go out and buy some. You can’t go the whole winter without eating vegetables.
"I heard earlier that the King of Qin was very poor. When he married the daughter of the Ye family, there was only 2 taels of silver in the account of the entire palace. This little money was not enough to cover the expenses of my concubines in the backyard. I don't know how he brought so many people from the palace to Ningchuan City."
Hua Cailiang knew a little about the Qin Palace, but it was only a little bit. He didn't even know how much money Bencao Tang made in the capital. So far, his information was still that the Qin Palace was very poor.
"Would you like to attend the banquet, Master?"
"I have to give some respect to the prince, so I have to go to the banquet."
Hua Cailiang's words were full of sarcasm when he said this. He didn't go to the banquet to give face to Xiao Mo, but rather to watch the fun.
The entire palace was his work, and he was extremely curious about what kind of jokes Xiao Mo would make when hosting a banquet.
As long as Xiao Mo fails to gain his foothold at the banquet this time, it will be difficult for him to have a say in Ningchuan City in the future.
The other families among the four major families also received Xiao Mo's banquet invitations.
Mr. Niu recently caught a cold. He coughed violently a few times and fell into silence as he looked at the gorgeous invitation in his hand.
"Zhengye, you are going to attend the banquet at the Prince of Qin's Palace tonight. I think the Prince of Qin is not as simple as we thought. Just from the invitation, we can see that the Prince of Qin's Palace has a profound background, which is not comparable to us."
"Dad, you want to stand on the side of the King of Qin, but isn't that too risky? The King of Qin entered the palace in a wheelchair. Even if he is powerful, can he be stronger than Imperial Noble Consort Dehui?"
Old Man Niu nodded slightly.
"If the rumors are true, and the Prince of Qin is controlled by Imperial Noble Consort Dehui, then he would not have come up with such a gorgeous invitation today."
"If you were so poor that you only had a few thousand or tens of thousands of taels of silver, would you use one tael of silver to make an invitation?"
Niu Zhengye thought so too. If he were the King of Qin, with no money but having to support a large family in the palace, how could he be willing to spend one or two taels of silver to make an invitation that could only be used once?
"Go to the banquet, talk less, observe more, and see if the King of Qin is as incompetent and tyrannical as the rumors say."
"If that's the case, our family should protect itself and let the Hua family and King Qin fight slowly."
"If the King of Qin is a good king worthy of support, we can lend a hand."
"I understand that the Hua family has been dominating Ningchuan City over the years and has done many unscrupulous things. It would be great if someone could come and punish them."
As he spoke, Niu Zhengye sighed imperceptibly.
The Niu family had relatively few members. In his generation, he only had one useless son, but he had a lot of daughters.
But the Niu family manages the mines. It is useless to have many daughters. You can't let your daughters manage the mines. All the miners are rough men. How can a woman suppress them?
Just because his son is incompetent, the Hua family has been causing trouble for their family over the years. They have been planning to take over the mines and want to change the four major families in Ningchuan City into three major families.
He really hoped that the King of Qin could stay in power, so that the Niu family would still have a chance of survival.
Compared with the Niu family's situation, the Wei family and the Ke family are much better off.
The Ke family manages the most farmland in Ningchuan City, and their family is rich in beautiful women. The favored Noble Lady Ke in the current harem is from the Ke family in Ningchuan City. At that time, Noble Lady Ke was able to enter the palace thanks to the relationship with Imperial Noble Consort Dehui.
Their family's attitude is very clear. They will stand on the side of the Hua family first. If there are changes in the later stage, the worst that can happen is that the Ke family will give away their daughter. The King of Qin will definitely not treat the Ke family harshly for the sake of the beautiful concubine.
The Wei family controls the entire Ningchuan City's trade relations. The two largest markets in Ningchuan City, the East and the West, are all under the management of the Wei family. Even Hua Cailiang has to give some face when he meets Mr. Wei.
After receiving the invitation, Mr. Wei showed it to Mrs. Wei first.
"Old lady, you really guessed it. The Qin Palace really has taken some action. I just didn't expect that they would host a banquet for all officials in Ningchuan City tonight."
"Oh? Why did you think of holding a banquet? In the middle of winter in Ningchuan City, apart from some beef and mutton, what other good ingredients can be used for a banquet?"
Madam Wei took the extremely exquisite invitation and read it again and again. She couldn't help but exclaimed, "As expected of a prince raised by Queen Jiang, he is better than other princes who are not presentable. The difference can be seen from just one invitation."
"Ah, an invitation doesn't mean much, but whether the King of Qin can gain a foothold in Ningchuan City, I will know when I attend the banquet tonight."
"The King of Qin is going to hold a banquet, so I can't just sit there and watch."
As she spoke, Old Madam Wei called the housekeeper beside her and asked her to prepare a carriage full of vegetables to be sent to the Prince of Qin's Palace.
"Be careful when you go there. Don't let anyone see it, and don't let anyone know that it's the vegetables we sent."
"Old slave understands."
After paying her respects, the housekeeper hurried out. It was not an easy task to deliver a cartload of vegetables to the palace without anyone noticing.
At this moment, there were countless eyes in Yinningchuan City staring at the Prince Qin's Mansion. If one was not careful, he would be discovered.
"Since you want to help the King of Qin, why don't you just deliver the food? Why are you being so sneaky? With the power of our Wei family in Ningchuan City, I think even if you openly help the King of Qin, no one will dare to openly oppose our Wei family."
Old Madam Wei looked at Old Man Wei, who looked fearless, and smiled helplessly.
"The Wei family is big and powerful, with more than 100 people. I can't sacrifice all of them just because I have a relationship with Queen Jiang. You saved me once by marrying me. How can I let so many people in the Wei family lose their lives because of me?"
Thinking back to what happened back then, Mrs. Wei felt a bitter feeling in her heart.