Chapter 168 - 167: Why Care This Time
Jinrong fell silent for a moment before instructing Hongzhi, "Didn’t you bring back quite a few snacks from the Qi family yesterday? Share some with Lord Jiang. And also, relay a message from me, tell him that Clear Water Village is also under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan County, and with the autumn harvest approaching, that village still has over a dozen draft cattle which can be of use during the harvest. Let Lord Jiang find time as soon as possible, so I can visit the cattle farm with him."
"You want to send snacks to Lord Jiang?" Hongzhi, without awareness, missed the main subject of visiting the cattle farm and blurted out untimely.
If it hadn’t been inconvenient for him to do so from behind his desk, Jinrong would have kicked him, "Can you be any more disgraceful? You know those are snacks; if you can eat them, others can too. What, are you feeling heartache over it?"
"No, no, that’s not what I meant. I meant, Lord Jiang always acts with integrity; he probably isn’t the type to be greedy for food..." While Hongzhi was explaining, he remembered how his own Sixth Master had indulged in the cheese yesterday. Wasn’t that suggesting his master acted without integrity?
He quickly glanced at Jinrong and hurriedly corrected himself, "No, no, that’s not what I meant either. Having some snacks doesn’t count... What I mean is, I’ll go to the county government office right away."
Jinrong said impatiently, "Go where? Do you think Lord Jiang would be in the county government office at this hour?"
Hongzhi immediately hung his head. Alright, the excuse he found to slip away quickly was very poor.
Anyway, not wasting time on this witless boy, Jinrong’s tone grew heavy as he gave instructions, "Go find Uncle Wan, and have him arrange for the advisors in the capital to meet with Duke An. Let them know that the Duke’s granddaughter has already passed away; that’s an undeniable fact.