At first, they saw that he was old and useless, so one by one they had other ideas.
But now they see that the situation is not right. Seeing that the saint still favors him, they all want to come to him again and wag their tails.
He thought of what happened between Lord Xu and Lord Chen before, and the anger in his chest disappeared, and he snorted lightly.
It's okay for Lord Xu. People go to high places and water flows to low places. There is nothing wrong or incomprehensible for people to want to fight for a good future.
But it is really hard to forgive Lord Chen.
He treated Chen Ge Lao as his own. If he had not insisted on it, how could Chen Ge Lao have been able to surpass so many others and stand out and enter the cabinet
He asked Chen Ge Lao to join the cabinet in order to have an assistant for himself, so that he could play a role at the appropriate time and serve as his right-hand man, but Censor Chen unknowingly developed other ideas.
From the moment of the engagement, she got closer to the Wei family step by step, treating the Wei family as a bridge, and even dreamed of leaving him aside.
Whenever he thought of this, his mentality, which had been tempered by this experience, would inevitably become unbalanced. The betrayal of close people was always more embarrassing and unfair than the aggressiveness of enemies.
If he hadn't let the cat out of the bag this time, he would have remained in the dark for even longer. Thinking of this, he smiled and said something completely unrelated: "Speaking of which, if you count the days, Elder Chen's case has been dragging on for quite some time."
Dong Chengqi glanced at him and poked Jiang Songwen next to him with his arm.
Jiang Songwen also reacted, frowning and saying: "It's just that, although Du Ziling, who pleaded for him, is dead, and no one dares to plead for him now, but... but the emperor has not agreed to kill him. It's not a good idea for us to do it now, right?"
"Your Majesty?" Jiang Zining sneered, with a subtle light flashing in his old and shrewd eyes: "Your Majesty, why would you care about these things?"
Censor Chen had already branded him as a dishonest person. Everything could be saved, except disloyalty. No matter how talented you were, it was all in vain.
In Emperor Longqing's mind, he had already been dead.
Dong Chengqi understood, and added with a slight smile: "I know. Brother-in-law let Song Wen handle Du Ziling's matter. In fact, it was just to test the emperor's mind... Since the emperor was so angry at Du Ziling for pleading for Chen Yushi, it means that he hates Chen Yushi even more. The emperor doesn't care whether he lives or dies."
Jiang Songwen was stunned for a moment, then he was delighted: "If that's the case, if we kill Censor Chen, those people will be quiet and honest from now on! Look at it now, Censor Chen is just in prison, and Xu Anying can't wait to hand us a ladder to go downstairs!"
Isn't that right? Before, the relationship between Lord Xu and Jiang Zining was very cold, and there were even signs of them becoming rivals. But what about now
Isn't it that you want your son-in-law to come and help build bridges and roads to ease the relationship
Isn't this just begging for mercy
Now that they have surrendered and begged for mercy, there is no need to worry about anything else.
He sighed and said coldly: "Wei An and Shen Chen have been so proud for so long, but now this day has come for them!"
The anger and powerlessness he felt when Wei An and Shen Chen almost pushed him into a corner still bothered him. He also knew clearly that the winners will be kings and the losers will be bandits.
Now they have done things so ruthlessly, starting with Censor Chen, they set up a plan step by step, and used the relationship between Prince Linjiang and Censor Chen to make Emperor Longqing disgusted with Prince Linjiang. Now they have even put Chu Jingwu under house arrest. They, Wei An and Shen Chen have no other way to go. Either they kill Shen Chen and Wei An completely, or Wei An and Shen Chen fight back.
Hong Xinyuan's surrender was just the beginning.
In the next few days, there was a constant stream of people coming and going in front of the Jiang family's house, and people who came to seek a meeting and give gifts were almost breaking down the threshold.
As a result, the prices of the restaurant opposite also began to rise. In order to have the convenience of seeing the entrance of the Jiang family from the restaurant opposite, those who came to ask for favors or give gifts were particularly willing to spend, and ordered a pot of tea for twenty taels without blinking an eye.
In such a bustle, the new year finally arrived.
The New Year in the capital is always lively. This year, the Five Cities Army ordered shops on every street to hang up lanterns early on. Everywhere was bright red and particularly festive.
In addition to the red lanterns, the small vendors greeting customers everywhere also made the capital city, which seemed particularly bleak in the first half of the year, completely lively. Everyone even forgot about the prince of Linjiang Palace who had been placed under house arrest a while ago.
Originally, the wind in the court blew in gusts. Either the east wind prevailed over the west wind, or the west wind prevailed over the east wind. As long as it did not affect the lives of the people below, it was not a big deal.
Chu Jingmeng and Chu Jingqian couldn't help but think of it occasionally.
The two of them had been fighting for many years and originally looked down on each other. One thought that the other's position as the crown prince was due to his mother's womb, and the other thought that the other was always flattering the powerful and bullying the weak, and was always smooth-talking around Prince Jin.
But after being locked up together in Prince Jin's mansion for two or three years, their previous conflicts had long disappeared.
After all, only when people face adversity do they know what is most important.
What's the point of arguing about trivial matters
The most important thing is to live well.
I originally thought that this life was hopeless, that I would be locked in a house where I could only see the world in all directions for the rest of my life, and that I would have no hope from then on.
Who knew that such a big pie would suddenly fall from the sky.
They were not fools. Of course they knew that they could get out, but Prince Linjiang was detained in the post station, and Chu Jingwu was not under house arrest. It was a relationship of loss and gain, and it made them more determined to climb up.
Life is so long. If people can't even go out and are locked in one place for their whole life, just thinking about it will make them crazy.
For the past three years, they have lived every day and night in boredom and the fear of dying at any time. They don't want to live like this anymore.
If you don't think about it, you will inevitably make others sad.
Actually, they have no hatred with the Linjiang Palace, and they used to get along well with Shen Chen, and they are also brothers with Chu Jingwu, but what's the use
When it comes to a life-or-death moment and you have to make a choice, of course, yourself is the most important thing.
Wasn't it the same thing when their father left them and their mothers behind without hesitation and ran away very fast alone
And those who give them all this are, of course, more worthy of their flattery and fawning, and they wish to make this little bit of friendship even stronger. (To be continued)