After the enthronement ceremony, Lu Shaoyu and Mu Zhenghan came back.
Lu Shaoyu became a member of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, performing the duties of "supervision and impeachment". Mu Zhenghan took a casual position and served as the director of the Imperial College. He lived a life of peace and contentment with the world every day.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Ministry, and Dali Temple are collectively known as the Three Law Divisions. When major cases occur, they need to be tried by the three divisions. In fact, in a sense, Lu Shaoyu and Lu Yi's previous promotion paths are very similar.
It's just that Lu Shaoyu was a young talent, but Lu Yi took many detours because of the hardships he suffered in his youth, and his road to promotion was much more bumpy than him.
Both Lu Shaoyu and Mu Zhenghan had been promoted to official positions. Logically speaking, in order to avoid suspicion, they should move out and live alone. However, neither of them had such plans.
The Lu family is so popular that even if they move out, they will still be able to say what others should say, and they will still not be able to say what others should not say. Why bother yourself for the sake of other people's words?
"Sister..." Mu Zhenghan found Mu Siyu who was sitting in the pavilion reading miscellaneous books, "I want to ask you for a favor."
"What happened?"
"I think... I want to ask you to come forward and help me go to Jiang Yimeng's house to propose marriage."
"You and her?" Mu Siyu was surprised, "When did it start?"
Mu Zhenghan touched his head and said sheepishly: "Actually, I liked her before, but I was away as an official at that time and didn't know when I would be back, so I didn't dare to say anything."
"You dare to say it now?" Mu Siyu raised her eyebrows.
"Now that I'm back, and if nothing else happens, I should stay in the capital, so I don't have to be separated from her."
"What does Yi Meng think?" Mu Siyu asked, "I can arrange for someone to propose marriage, but we have to understand Yi Meng's thoughts and don't let you be sentimental, which can easily cause trouble to the other party."
"She also likes me."
"real?"
"Sister, I won't be so rash."
"Okay then! I will bring the official media to your door tomorrow. You come with me."
"Then what do I need to prepare?"
"There's no rush now. We're just going to propose marriage tomorrow. If the other party agrees, we can change the invitation. Then we'll arrange betrothal gifts and the like. Anyway, there's no rush."
Jiang Yimeng is now Mu Siyu's right-hand man, and she is almost in charge of the resort. If she really gets together with Mu Zhenghan, she will be very happy, after all, she is a very good girl.
The next day, Mu Siyu and her brother brought the official media to the Jiang family's door.
The Jiang family was very poor before. If Mu Siyu hadn't given Jiang Yimeng such good conditions, they wouldn't have bought a big house, let alone have servants to serve them.
When Mu Siyu came to the door, Jiang Yimeng's sister-in-law was worried and excited at the same time.
"I won't show off," Mu Siyu said, "I'm here to ask for my brother's hand in marriage."
"Proposing marriage?" Jiang Yimeng's sister-in-law was surprised, "Is this... for our Yimeng?"
"yes."
Sister-in-law Jiang looked at Mu Zhenghan.
Mu Zhenghan is tall and handsome. He is not as handsome as a scholar. His skin is darker and his facial features are harder.
"Our Yimeng hasn't come back, why don't I ask someone to call her back?"
"Actually, the main purpose of today is to see Madam. Yi Meng must ask her, but we need to hear Madam's opinion first. If Madam has no objection, we will ask Yi Meng."
"Neither my mother-in-law nor I have any objections." Sister-in-law Jiang said, "Madam, if I'm not afraid of your jokes, our family is mainly supported by Yi Meng. Both my mother-in-law and I are suffering from illness. Let her suffer
I have suffered a lot. Seeing that my sister-in-law is getting older and older, although she is not short of money now, because she is always in the public eye and she is busy outside, the people who come to ask for marriage are either problematic or dead.
It’s my daughter-in-law’s. My mother-in-law and I didn’t say anything, but we were so anxious. We never thought that a man as outstanding as Mr. Mu would ask for her hand in marriage.”
"Don't say that, Yi Meng is a good girl." Mu Zhenghan said, "Those people have no vision, but I am not such a person without vision."
"Yes, the Muda people are different from them."
There is no problem with Sister-in-law Jiang and Mrs. Jiang.
Although she had never met Mrs. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang personally went to the backyard to ask, and after getting her consent, the marriage was agreed.
Of course, Jiang Yimeng still had to nod.
Mu Siyu also said that she would come again the next day and leave Jiang Yimeng at home so that the two families could negotiate a good marriage.
However, Mu Siyu did not wait until the next day. On the same day, he received news from Sanlin City that someone had stolen their drawings.
Those drawings about warships were put into the safe.
The safe was designed by Mu Siyu. Although it is not as good as the safes of later generations, it is equipped with many mechanisms. If someone opens it forcibly or presses the wrong password to open it, the mechanism will be activated.
"I want to go back to Sanlin City." Mu Siyu said to the housekeeper, "The master is back, just tell him where I am going."
"Madam, I'd better tell the master first and ask him to send more manpower to you! If something happens in Sanlin City, we don't know yet whether the other party is coming for you or for the master. It's always right to be on guard."
"Then send more people." Mu Siyu said, "He leaves early and comes back late recently. It's not easy to wait for him to come back. I have to rush back to Sanlin City to check the situation."
"Mom, I'll go with you." Lu Zhiyun said.
"No, I can do it alone." Mu Siyu shook her head, "By the way, your uncle's affairs haven't been settled yet. I have something to leave here, so you tell your father and let him go. If
If he doesn't have time, then ask your second uncle or second aunt to come over. Your uncle finally got the idea of starting a family, but he can't delay it just because of my affairs. Wouldn't that kid get angry? "
"I know, mother."
Mu Siyu took two girls, followed by more than twenty top experts, and the group set off in a mighty manner.
Not long after they left the city, a team of horses stopped on the roadside to rest. When they got closer, they realized that the leader was an acquaintance of hers.
"Master Qi."
"Mrs. Lu."
"Master Qi, this is..."
"Catch a murderer." Qi Xiao said, "Where are you going, madam?"
"Go back to Sanlin City."
Qi Xiao said: "Madam, let's go another way! Turn right ahead and walk for another day to get to the dock. There is a boat there that goes directly to Sanlin City."
Since her shipbuilding industry was established in Sanlin City, the sea area of Sanlin City has been developed, and now there are many ships coming and going. Of course, if the ships of the Liangguo want to come over, they must be searched strictly
and apply for a certificate locally so that you can do business in Sanlin City.
"It seems that this murderous maniac is very scary." Mu Siyu said, "Then I won't disturb you in handling your official duties. Let's go."