Looking at his father's expression, Lee couldn't think of a way to reject him.
However, Li Wei didn't expect to get the entire Imperial Plantation. That wasn't realistic. Even if his daughter agreed, the others wouldn't.
Moreover, he didn't need that much land at the moment. Li Wei said, "I'm going to manage one Imperial Plantation to familiarize myself with it."
Hearing his father's words, Lee let out a sigh of relief. One Imperial Plantation wasn't a problem. Not to mention managing it, he could even give it to his father.
After pondering for a moment, Madam Li nodded and said, "Alright, you can choose one and report it to me when the time comes."
The woman's answer was within his expectations. Li Wei nodded. However, he thought of something else and said, "Qian 'er isn't young anymore. I want to send him to the school to study."
Li Qian?
Hearing this name, Lee frowned. Of course, he knew who Li Qian was.
Li Qian was his eldest brother, Li Gao's son. Even in the palace, Lee had heard of his nephew's reputation, and it definitely wasn't a good one.
His eldest brother was as greedy as his father. Li Qian was a good-for-nothing. Should he send him to his son's side?
Although they were cousins, Lee was afraid that his son would be led astray.
"Qian 'er is ten years old this year. It's time for him to study."
Seeing his daughter hesitate, Li Wei said, "I'm old and your eldest brother is a good-for-nothing. Our family still has to rely on Qian 'er in the future!"
Listening to her father's pleading words, then looking at her father's white hair, Madam Li's eyes flashed with a trace of unwillingness.
He sighed in his heart. His eldest brother was a good-for-nothing. One day, when he was gone, the Li family wouldn't have a good ending.
Thinking of this, Lee's heart softened. Since Li Qian was still young, he might be able to teach him at the school.
"Alright then!"
Mr. Lee nodded and said, "However, the academy has its own rules. Master Zhang has always been strict. Qian'er will probably suffer."
Li Wei waved his hand and said indifferently, "It's good to suffer a little. It's fine as long as you become capable."
Li Wei didn't care what his grandson learned. As long as he stayed by the emperor's side.
They were cousins, grew up together, and studied together. In the future, he would definitely take care of his grandson.
Even if he was a good-for-nothing, he would be taken care of in the future, and the Li family's wealth would last for many years.
After receiving his daughter's consent, Li Wei was very satisfied. He accompanied his daughter for dinner before leaving the palace to return to his residence.
In Zhang Juzheng's mansion, You Chi walked into Zhang Juzheng's study with a letter in his hand.
"Master, this is a letter from Eunuch Feng in the palace!" After that, he respectfully handed over the letter in his hand.
Zhang Juzheng was stunned. A letter from Feng Bao?
It seemed that there was a result about the double titles.
Zhang Juzheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief. This matter had to be solved as soon as possible.
In Zhang Juzheng's view, it was completely unnecessary to waste energy on this kind of thing!
Opening the letter, Zhang Juzheng read it for a long time, but his face became extremely gloomy.
Looking up at You Chi, Zhang Juzheng said, "Eunuch Feng said that the news was leaked. Someone encouraged the emperor to go to Lady Li's place. He said that he saw Feng Bao meeting me and told me about the double titles."
You Chi was stunned and said hurriedly, "That day, I went to see Xu Jue directly. After I came back, I kept my mouth shut. How could the news be leaked?"
Zhang Juzheng waved his hand. Of course, Zhang Juzheng believed You Chi.
Since he began to study, You Chi had been following him. He had been loyal to him for so many years and had never made any mistakes.
"Did Eunuch Feng leak the news?"
You Chi tentatively asked, "But even if the news was leaked, he didn't have to be so anxious, right?"
Zhang Juzheng knew that You Chi was talking about Feng Bao's attitude. He sneered and said, "Feng Bao likes to pretend to be elegant, but he is actually greedy and vulgar. He is not shrewd and short-sighted. He must have taken the credit for himself."
In terms of understanding of Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng definitely knew him very well.
If it were not for Feng Bao's character flaws, Zhang Juzheng would not have chosen Feng Bao.
Choosing to ally with Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng knew that Feng Bao had no ambition. At most, he was greedy for money.
Compared with people like Liu Jin and Wang Zhen, Feng Bao was far worse. This was also something to his advantage.
But now, the disadvantage was revealed. Feng Bao had fallen into someone's trap.
Although he didn't know who did it, Zhang Juzheng knew that the other party had a deep understanding of Feng Bao.
When he told this idea to Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng knew that Feng Bao would definitely take the credit for himself.
In fact, Zhang Juzheng didn't care much about it. It was enough for him to have the support. In addition, he needed to stabilize the imperial court. He didn't want to compete with the eunuchs for the credit.
"I will go to the palace tomorrow to ask the emperor." Zhang Juzheng said with a gloomy face.
It was obvious that the emperor was lying. However, Zhang Juzheng felt that the emperor was instigated by someone.
The whole thing was planned by someone. He told the emperor that he saw the secret meeting between him and Feng Bao. He also heard it. Then, he asked the emperor to tell this good news to Lady Li.
In the process of telling the emperor, he naturally said that the emperor saw it himself. This way, Lady Li would be happy.
This process was not difficult. Zhang Juzheng directly imagined the whole process.
The difficulty of the whole thing was how the other party knew about the plan between him and Feng Bao. Obviously, the information was leaked.
"But this may be a good thing. It may be a blessing in disguise!" Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said with a smile.
This matter would deal a blow to Feng Bao, lest he became arrogant after driving away Gao Gong. It was a good chance to make him behave.
The key was that Feng Bao had an opponent in the palace. He would be busy with the palace fight and wouldn't have the mood to intervene in the affairs of the imperial court.
If the opponent was strong enough, he would also need his support. This was also a good thing.
Putting down the letter in his hand, Zhang Juzheng said with a smile, "Okay, that's it for now!"
Although Zhang Juzheng decided to ask the emperor tomorrow, Zhang Juzheng also knew that the possibility of getting the answer was not high.
Unless he made a big deal out of it and exposed that the emperor was lying. However, the price of doing so was too high. It was not worth it.
Moreover, the emperor had good intentions. It was just that he had to pay more attention to the people around the emperor.
Should that Zhang Cheng be transferred away? It was impossible to say that this matter had nothing to do with him!
It seemed that Zhang Hong was coming back. If Zhang Hong couldn't come back, he should transfer Zhang Hong away. Zhang Juzheng trusted Zhang Hong's character.
Compared with people like Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng, Zhang Hong was definitely a modest gentleman.