Chapter 554: Second Visit
The old fox's mentality is a little floating.
Coming out of the inner court meeting room, Sun Shaozong watched Jia Yucun walking away surrounded by the crowd, but he had an "ominous sign" for him in his heart.
Sun Shaozong's initiative to resign this time not only pushed Jia Yucun to the prefectural governor's throne, but also made him completely lose the checks and balances. From then on, he established his power in Shuntian Prefecture.
Moreover, according to the political strategies and tactics that this old fox usually displays, even if the chancellor and the governor who were transferred later joined forces, I am afraid they would find it difficult to compete with him in a short period of time.
Judging from the surface, Jia Yucun seems to be in a very good situation.
But as the saying goes, 'Misfortunes often lie behind blessings, and blessings often lie behind misfortunes'!
Over the past year, the old fox has used the power of Rongguo Mansion and the Wang family to build up connections in the capital and win over many powerful people.
Although this provided a considerable boost for him to ascend the prefectural prefectural throne - but those powerful people were mostly ruthless people, so how could they be willing to do him a favor for nothing?
Once Jia Yucun ascended to the prefectural governor's throne and had absolute power in Shuntian Prefecture, it was estimated that the time had come for him to "repay his debt".
If Jia Yucun could have remained cautious as always, he would not have been coerced by those people . What we are afraid of is that he would become so proud that he would forget the taboos and fears of being a subject and cross the boundaries of convention.
And his performance at the meeting today seemed to have shown signs of this.
If we fail to reflect on ourselves as soon as possible, disaster will soon befall us.
Of course, Sun Shaozong would not say anything even if he saw through it, and he even hoped that this old fox would fall as soon as possible.
However, this incident did serve as a warning to him.
Have you been feeling a little bit carried away lately?
For example, if it were about having an affair with Youshi, he would definitely not dare to take the risk when he first came to Beijing.
When I think about it this way, I am indeed drifting.
It seems that I must reflect on this carefully in the future!
After making up his mind, Sun Shaozong went to the Criminal Law Division and ordered Lin Delu to retrieve the case files of You Sanjie from the Ministry of Justice's Zhaomo Office. The preparatory work in the past few days was also very important.
With both official and private matters settled, Sun Shaozong naturally would not stay in the Criminal Law Division for long. He casually gave Sun Chengye a few instructions, asking him to invite Yu Qian to his home for a gathering on the Double Ninth Festival, and then left the government office in a hurry.
No conversation along the way.
However, Sun Shaozong had just arrived at the gate of the Northern Pacification Office and had not yet dismounted from his horse when he saw Lu Hui hurriedly walking out.
He ran into Sun Shaozong head-on, and shouted, "Captain Sun, you've come just in time. I was just about to go to the palace to see Eunuch Dai. You should come along, too."
Go to the palace to ask to see Eunuch Dai?
Sun Shaozong's heart moved, and he quickly dismounted and came closer, whispering, "Did someone confess some important secrets?"
"We'll talk on the way."
Lu Hui, on the other hand, jumped on his horse, whipped it and rode out.
Sun Shaozong had no choice but to get back on his horse, gallop forward and ride side by side with Lu Hui.
However, how can these streets and alleys be a place to discuss military and national affairs?
Therefore, it was not until he entered the palace from the Xuanwu Gate that Sun Shaozong heard Lu Hui explain the reasons and consequences of this visit to the palace to report.
After listening to it, he was speechless for a while.
What to say?
The reputation of being the number one scapegoat in the Great Zhou Dynasty is indeed well-deserved!
Before Sun Shaozong could even make indirect inquiries, Zang Liang, unable to bear the torture, took the initiative to blame Prince Yi Zhong.
Damn it!
It’s a good thing that I used the sage time last night and spent half an hour pondering and designing a flawless frame-up plan!
Feeling depressed and complaining in his heart, Sun Shaozong deliberately questioned: "From what you said, Zang Liang didn't seem to have given any clear evidence. Could this be torture..."
He held the word "successful" in his mouth, but before he could utter it out , Lu Hui said decisively: "Since this matter involves Prince Yi Zhong, the palace must be informed no matter what - and if this matter is really done by Prince Yi Zhong's remnants, there must be a huge conspiracy behind it!"
Hmm~
Although there were , the subsequent reactions were pretty much what I expected.
With a heavy heart, Sun Shaozong stayed with Lu Hui in a small courtyard next to the palace wall, waiting for Dai Quan's summons.
The two did not have to wait too long. After less than half an hour, a eunuch came in. He was an acquaintance of Sun Shaozong - Eunuch Li of Jingren Palace.
"Lord Sun."
As soon as Eunuch Li entered the room, he said anxiously, "His Majesty has summoned you to the Jingren Palace to see him. Please follow me now."
You want to see me again?
Could it be that there has been some progress in suppressing the rebellion in the south?
Sun Shaozong looked at Lu Hui hesitantly, and Lu Hui couldn't help but step forward and bowed, saying: "This eunuch, I don't know if Commander Dai..."
"Dai Banban is naturally also in Jingren Palace, but he didn't ask you to come in to talk - Lord Lu might as well wait here for a while."
Eunuch Li said, and urged Sun Shaozong: "Master Sun, we dare not keep His Majesty waiting for too long."
Although Lu Hui, who was standing beside him, was envious and jealous, he could only agree casually at this time and asked Sun Shaozong to go to Jingren Palace to meet the emperor.
So Sun Shaozong followed the eunuch Li out of the courtyard.
When they arrived at the long alleyway along the palace wall, Sun Shaozong looked around to see that there was no one in front or behind, so he followed closely and quietly stuffed two gold ingots into Eunuch Li's hand.
Eunuch Li put it in his pocket without leaving any trace, and whispered without looking away: "My lord, please pay attention when you play the instrument today. I heard that His Majesty is not in a good mood."
Emperor Guangde is not in a good mood?
It should have nothing to do with summoning me, right?
After all, I had just volunteered to go to the mountains to risk my life to quell the rebellion a few days ago. Just based on my great loyalty and courage, I shouldn't be the target of anger.
Seeing that Eunuch Li kept silent after saying this, Sun Shaozong wanted to find out more about what had made Emperor Guangde so upset, but he was afraid that it would prove that there was collusion between the insiders and the outsiders.
So he could only remain silent, lower his head and follow the eunuch Li to Jingren Palace.
Going around the rockery in front of the gate, the same palace maid was waiting in the corridor as last time, but this time she did not lead Sun Shaozong to any courtyard, but directly brought Sun Shaozong to the pavilion in the northwest corner.
I saw that the pavilion was empty, with only a master, a servant, and a censer of sandalwood with smoke rising up.
"Your Majesty, I, Sun Shaozong, kowtow to you!"
Sun Shaozong hurried a few steps and knelt in front of the pavilion, but he heard the sound of clothes fluttering behind him. He glanced and saw that the palace maid who led the way had hurried away.
Tsk~
There's definitely something wrong with this atmosphere!
The last time when the emperor and his ministers were having a duet in the small courtyard, although there were only three of them, there were a large number of palace maids and eunuchs on duty outside.
Now...
Anyway, within a radius of five or six feet, Sun Shaozong didn't see any human figure.
Just as he was suspicious, he heard Emperor Guangde ask, "I heard that you just got a magical jade yesterday?"
