Is it not just the matter between Juhai Manor and Qi Yunxi that Su Yao doesn't understand
She still had an important thing to do right before her - the New Year was approaching and all government offices were about to be closed, but no one mentioned Xiao Heng's matter anymore.
It's like he has acknowledged it, but he is no different from an idle member of the royal family.
Su Yao was not anxious before, but now he knows that he has to be anxious. Who is Xu Cifu? He is in charge of the censors' opinions. If he doesn't speak up, Xiao Heng's matter will be dragged on for so long, and in the end there will be nothing left.
However, important affairs of the court, especially those concerning the succession, concern the future and lives of countless people. Until now, she has not thought of any way to facilitate this matter as safely as possible.
The incident with the thunderclouds had opened up a gap, but how could we cleverly use it to achieve our goal
She rubbed her temples irritably, then suddenly stood up and asked someone to prepare the carriage.
He Jian often went out with her now. When he saw her about to go out, he hurriedly asked her where she was going.
Su Yao thought for a moment and said softly, "Go to Guangping Marquis' Mansion."
In the Mansion of Marquis Guangping, Song Xiangyu was looking at the list of gifts sent from his hometown. His eldest son Song Zhibin had now returned to his hometown and had finally become a decent person. He had started to live a normal life. Not only was he no longer paranoid and gloomy, he was no longer always seeking death like before, and he was now doing things properly.
For example, this time, asking members of the clan to bring gifts to the capital was very methodical.
Madam Song was also much calmer now, so he felt a little happy, but more of a relieved mood. He was in a much better mood as well. He specially rewarded the steward and encouraged them a few words before having someone take them downstairs to rest. Then he heard that Su Yao was coming, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
But the county lady of the Su family had never been treated as an ordinary person. He did not have time to be surprised, but asked someone to invite Su in quickly, and then went to the flower hall to entertain her in person.
This was not the first or second time that he had seen Su Yao, so he didn't bother to be polite and went straight to the point: "The county lady came here suddenly, is there anything you can tell me?"
"I don't deserve your advice." Su Yao sat down next to him, shook his head slightly, and then said straight to the point: "I think the prince should know about Hu Jianbang's matter, right?"
Speaking of this, Song Xiangyu's face immediately darkened.
Of course he knew that the man who was always causing trouble and never getting anything done, always claimed to be seeking justice for Queen Hu and the late Crown Prince, but all he did was stupid things, and he almost got her killed. He nodded, and his voice became colder: "So the county lady also knew the news? Hu Jianbang is dead."
Su Yao was stunned.
She knew that after the news of Hu Jianbang suing Zheng Siyu got out, Hu Jianbang would definitely not live long.
But she didn't expect that those people couldn't help themselves before the New Year was over.
It seems that Hu Jianbang's alleged acts of bullying men and women in the Northwest cannot withstand investigation.
"So soon?" Su Yao frowned: "Did he commit suicide out of fear of punishment?"
"He said he couldn't stand the torture, so he committed suicide." Song Xiangyu said sarcastically, "Now the Censorate is writing a letter to apologize."
"What a coincidence." Su Yao said in a deep voice, "Before I came here, I didn't know that Hu Jianbang had died. I wanted to ask you, Prince, with so many endless calculations, do you and the Marquis have any plans for the future?"
Song Xiangyu smiled bitterly. He really never thought that he would have the time to discuss these things with a little girl. But it didn't matter. Many of his son's major events were done together with this fourth Miss Su. He quickly accepted this and said solemnly: "My father plans to write a letter after the New Year to ask the emperor to restore the former crown prince's name."
As long as the status of the former crown prince is restored, then Xiao Heng, the eldest grandson of the emperor, will naturally be the rightful crown prince, and no one can say anything about it.
"Someone should indeed write a petition." Su Yao said softly, "But that person should not be the Marquis."
The relationship between the Song family and Xiao Heng is well known to everyone. If the Song family steps forward, it will definitely cause countless criticisms, and then this matter will become even more difficult.
Song Xiangyu knew what Su Yao meant, but things had come to this point: "We can't delay it any longer. If we delay it any further, it will only do harm and no good."
"I came here this time just to ask you, Prince, if you know the relationship between Xu Ci Fu and the Prime Minister?" Su Yao stared at Song Xiangyu and whispered, "I heard that compared to the Prime Minister, the relationship between His Majesty and Xu Ci Fu is closer?"
This is true. Song Xiangyu hummed and instructed Su Yao: "After all, Prime Minister Yang is a figure who has experienced several dynasties. Naturally, he is not as close to the emperor as Xu Cifu, a disciple of the emperor."
Yes, Su Yao understood it immediately.
After all, Yang Bo had served as a cabinet minister for the deposed emperor. Although he had a good eye for the wind direction and assisted Emperor Yuanfeng wholeheartedly after he came to the throne, how could such a minister be as satisfactory as the ones he had trained himself
Xu Ci Fu simply lost because of his seniority and connections.
Hearing Su Yao's question, Song Xiangyu seemed to be thinking: "Why, why did Miss Su suddenly ask this?"
"I was thinking that there can't be two tigers in one mountain..." Su Yao raised his eyebrows and said bluntly, "Zheng Siyu, who impeached Hu Jianbang this time, is the Minister of War. I heard that he is a classmate of Lord Xu Chong and considers himself Lord Xu's nephew..."
There is so much information revealed in this sentence.
Song Xiangyu keenly grasped Su Yao's meaning and immediately asked: "You mean..."
"I didn't say anything, but that's the fact." Su Yao laughed and said bluntly, "Prince, if that's what I said, then the reason why Zheng Siyu impeached Hu Jianbang is self-evident. At least Xu Ci Fu, he doesn't support the emperor's eldest grandson."
Xu Shun did not support it.
So what about Yang Bo
Logically speaking, the Prime Minister should be the one who truly calls the shots in the cabinet, but Yang Bo does not have complete control over the cabinet and even has to share a lot of power.
Does he really want to
Speaking of the matter of the emperor's eldest grandson, this old fox has not expressed any opinion yet.
Knowing what Su Yao meant, Song Xiangyu was shocked and frustrated: "It's not that simple. The cabinet has been in conflict for a long time. For example, although Prime Minister Yang is silent, the other two adults, Gao and Sun, are both Prime Minister Yang's favorite students..."
They already occupy three out of five members of the cabinet. How could they be really weak
There's just no need to fall out.