Dong Chengqi stood behind him with his hands behind his back and did not speak for a while.
He knew in his heart that it was unwise to go find Jiang Zining at this time. After all, they had been hiding everything they had done from the old man. Although the old man knew a little bit, he definitely didn't know everything.
If I go at this time, the old man will be furious.
He has always been a very smooth person and will not offend anyone he can avoid offending.
If they have to kill someone as a last resort, they will do it quickly and without leaving any consequences.
He didn't forbid his son from making money, but he wanted him to do it cleanly and beautifully.
He knew very well how much money Jiang Songwen had made over the years in control of the Ministry of Works and the Shangbao Bureau, but he didn't care because nothing big had happened. Even if something big had happened, the incidents involving Liu Biping, the Yi and Peng families had come to light, and even Lu Yuanrong had fallen, but in the end Jiang Songwen was not involved, so he didn't care.
He is a trouble-maker.
If you go and cause trouble for him, you will definitely have to pay a price.
It didn't matter that Jiang Zining was his son. There was no overnight hatred between father and son.
But his brother-in-law was in an awkward position, as he had been hanging around in the Hanlin Academy, and had always had a good relationship with Jiang Songwen.
If something happened, he would not blame Jiang Songwen, but would only blame him for not helping Jiang Songwen to clean up the mess and swear that he was instigating it.
This was really embarrassing, and perhaps his family would be implicated and be reprimanded by Jiang Zining. But after thinking about it again and again, Dong Chengqi still hummed and said, "Go find him."
Up to now, he really couldn't think of any good way to solve the mess in front of him. To be honest, Shen Chen and Wei An had broken down and then stood up again. Now they pretended to be dead to lure out the traitor in the palace, shocking the entire capital.
The wind that had been blown away immediately blew away to other places. No one said that Wei An and Shen Chen were aggressive anymore. Instead, they were all worried about them - there were so many spies hidden in the palace, and the most proud housekeeper of the Minister of Works was actually related to the person who mixed in the pile of explosives and assassinated the princess that day. The things here made people think a lot.
A person's mouth can kill.
If these rumors are allowed to ferment, when the time comes the censors will hear about it and report to the emperor, even the prime minister may not be able to withstand the tide of criticism.
If that time really comes, it will probably be too late.
After he said this, Jiang Songwen looked at him in surprise. Seeing that he really agreed, he was stunned for a moment before nodding and striding out the door.
His own villa was not in the same place as the old man's, so it took him some effort to get there. When he arrived, the old man had almost come out of the palace. When he heard the housekeeper say that he had just entered the house, he breathed a sigh of relief, asked the housekeeper to inform him, and waited anxiously for news outside.
But for some reason, as soon as the butler went in, there was no movement for more than half an hour. Jiang Songwen drank two cups of tea in the side hall and finally became restless. He stood up and saw the butler hurried out.
He was getting very impatient waiting, but considering that the butler was an old man by Jiang Zining's side, he still held his temper and asked him, "What did the old man say?"
The housekeeper was a little embarrassed, so he stretched out his hand to let him aside and said softly, "The old man said that he already knows why you came here, and he will not take care of the matter. You can do whatever you want."
Jiang Songwen was stunned for a moment. He never expected that after waiting for so long, the old man would not even see him, but instead drove him out and let him solve the problem himself.
If he could solve it, why would he come to his father for help
The butler coughed, and when he came back to his senses, he frowned and said carefully: "The old master came to the palace today. I heard that he waited in the side hall of Taiji Palace for a whole day, but he didn't see the emperor..."
Zou Qingjin was imprisoned last night, and Jiang Zining was unable to meet Emperor Longqing when he went to report today.
Emperor Longqing must have known about this.
Young Master Lin is close to the water and has the advantage of being the first to see the moon. No one knows what he said to Emperor Longqing. After all, he is the brother-in-law that Emperor Longqing strongly supports... ..
Jiang Songwen broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. He was so frightened by the housekeeper's words that he could hardly stand. He glanced at him and asked, "So the old man doesn't care anymore?"
The housekeeper pulled him aside, coughed softly and laughed, "How could that be possible, Master? Let's put it bluntly. We have only heard of unfilial children in this world, but never heard of cruel parents. Although the old master doesn't say it, don't you know in your heart how he treats you?"
Jiang Songwen's brows gradually relaxed, then gradually frowned again, and he was very annoyed: "But what does the old man mean by this? He neither wants to see me nor ask me to come in to discuss what to do about this matter... He asked me to think of a solution, what can I do? If there really was a solution, I wouldn't bother him!"
The housekeeper shook his head and said, "Now the emperor is angry about this matter, even the old master is angry. This has never happened before. The old master has been through so many storms, and he has his reasons for doing so. If you ask the old master for help at this time, and the old master takes action again, isn't that just handing the handle to him? It's easy to get into trouble if you ask anyone, and anyone may be betrayed. You know, Princess Shouning and Marquis Pingxi are both powerful characters, and they have trapped Zou Qing without making a sound. If you meet the old master now and ask him to let someone take action, it will be really over."
In other words, he couldn't even find the old man now?! After figuring out the meaning behind this, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva: "This won't work, and that won't work, so what should I do?!"
"The most urgent thing is to push the blame on others." The housekeeper folded his hands in front of him and dutifully conveyed Jiang Zining's intention to Jiang Songwen: "You have a lot to do with this. If something happens again, the previous things will be exposed, which will be bad. Now of course, we should try to get out of this. Zou Qing is your trusted steward, but he accepted bribes from the stewards of the fire room without your knowledge. He wanted to settle this matter for them, so he mistakenly entered the den of thieves and was dragged into the water... This matter has nothing to do with you. At most, you are not strict with your subordinates..."
Jiang Songwen's frown gradually relaxed. He stared at him for a while and nodded, "You're right. This is not enough. I have to write a letter of apology, saying that I didn't know how to judge people, so that my subordinates did such a thing without knowing it... I am really not worthy of the position of Minister of Works..."
If you want to retreat, you have to take a big step back, otherwise your posture will not be enough to achieve the desired effect. (To be continued)