Once a person's luck improves, nothing can stop him. The Jiang family's life has become much better since they brought down Censor Chen.
Emperor Longqing not only found the Qingci written by Jiang Zining more and more pleasing to his eyes, he even mentioned that when the Sixth Prince starts to learn, he wants Jiang Zining to be the Crown Prince's tutor.
If the Sixth Prince can succeed in the future, he will be equal to the Prime Minister of the previous dynasty. The young emperor grew up under his nose. What will he be afraid of from now on? Even if it is not the Sixth Prince who ascends the throne, he is not afraid of anything. Now Chu Jingmeng and Chu Jingqian, these two people are firmly in his hands and rely on him for food.
Prince Linjiang is useless, and Prince Zheng will be finished sooner or later - they have already blocked his way back, and they are not afraid that he can come back again. Which of these remaining ones has nothing to do with him
Everything was going smoothly for Jiang Zining, but he was able to hold on and not show any arrogance. After all, he was an old minister who had experienced so many things and knew that one should keep a low profile.
But the other members of the Jiang family couldn't bear it so much.
The first thing was that Jiang Songwen actually beat Wei Jie from the Dingbei Marquis Mansion on Chang'an Street.
When something happened to the Chen family, how could Wei Jie, as the future son-in-law, not be sad? When he heard that someone from the Chen family survived, he wanted to go out of the city to pick them up, but he met Jiang Songwen on the way.
The servant beside Jiang Songwen recognized at a glance that this was the son of the eldest son of the Marquis of Dingbei, and whispered something to Jiang Songwen in the sedan chair. Jiang Songwen then stopped Wei Jie and asked him a few questions. Wei Jie's words were not very pleasant, so Jiang Songwen immediately found a handle on him and accused him of disrespecting his superiors. He said he would take the letter to ask the doctoral students of the Imperial College how they taught their students.
Wei Jie was a scholar and was going to take the imperial examination in the future. If his reputation was ruined, his official career would be over. Jiang Songwen did not give the Wei family any face at all and embarrassed them in front of so many people. It was obvious that he did not take the Wei family seriously at all.
Even so, there were actually censors who stood up and spoke for Jiang Songwen when the Censor impeached Jiang Songwen, saying that Wei Jie was rude to begin with and spoke disrespectfully to the court official in public, which was indeed a loss of etiquette for a scholar, and there was nothing wrong with Jiang Songwen sending someone to the Imperial College.
The memorials impeaching Jiang Songwen and speaking for Jiang Songwen were submitted, but Emperor Longqing kept them in his pocket as usual without sending them out, as if he had never heard of it.
Chu Jingmeng felt more relieved, and he breathed a sigh of relief, feeling his whole body weakened. He leaned on the cushion and said to Chu Jingqian: "It seems that our bet was right."
Emperor Longqing had obviously completely regarded the father and son of the Jiang family as his confidants, otherwise he would not have done such a thing. He always took the old woman of the Wei family's face into consideration and would tolerate everything.
But this time, Jiang Songwen almost ruined Wei Jie's future, and Emperor Longqing didn't say a word. This is enough to explain the problem.
This time they finally got the upper hand and their hard work paid off.
Thinking of this, even Chu Jingqian, who had always been in poor health, smiled a little. He reached out and took a glass of wine and drank it all. Looking at Chu Jingmeng, he burst into tears after a while: "I thought this life would be like this, but there is a day when we can be proud of it."
Chu Jingmeng was silent for a while, then he raised his glass and drank it in one gulp, then he hummed and said with some pride: "From now on, there will only be good days..."
Before he could finish his sentence, someone outside shouted that the Marquis of Pingxi had arrived.
The two of them couldn't help but be stunned. They opened their eyes wide in suspicion and stood up quickly with their hearts beating fast.
Shen Chen is here?!
What was Shen Chen doing here at this time? Did he know something and come here to cause trouble
Chu Jingmeng felt a little flustered, because he knew Shen Chen's temper. In the past, if any dandy boy dared to show off in front of Shen Chen, he would not beat him to death, which was considered a light punishment.
This is a guy who doesn't play by the rules. Now that they have stood on the side of Jiang Zining, Shen Chen is the enemy. Anyone would be unable to control their panic when such a tough enemy comes.
Before the two of them decided whether to meet or not, Shen Chen had already lifted the curtain and came in. When he saw the two of them sitting together eating hot pot, he laughed and said, "It's really suitable to stay at home and eat these things on such a cold day."
Chu Jingmeng didn't react for a moment, but Chu Jingqian frowned and then relaxed, and immediately greeted him with a smile: "Come and sit down, it's rare to see you..."
As he spoke, he asked the servants to serve the dishes and chopsticks. He looked at Shen Chen's expression and said carefully, "We have been in this mansion for more than three years. We don't know the situation outside, and we don't dare to ask easily. Speaking of which, I haven't seen you yet... ..How have you been?"
Shen Chen looked at him with a half-smile, and his beautiful eyes seemed to have a clear understanding of everything. He smiled and said, "What's good or bad about it? It's just that things change over time. It's better for you to be free and leisurely."
There was something else behind his words. Chu Jingmeng pursed his lips and felt his scalp tingling. He turned his eyes away and dared not look at Shen Chen. He tentatively changed the subject and asked him, "Why did you suddenly have time to come here?"
Shen Chen sighed: "There are many things going on at home. My father has committed a crime and is detained in the post house. Awu has offended His Majesty with his words... Everything is not going well, so I want to come to you to talk. You can have a say in front of His Majesty now, so there are some things that I can only come to you for."
Chu Jingqian's heart skipped a beat, and then he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What you said is just like duckweed. We are just floating duckweed. We can't even take care of ourselves. How can we speak up for you?"
They are now trying to curry favor with Jiang Zining. What would happen if they turned around and spoke for King Linjiang
By then, won’t the Jiang family father and son hate them to death
Shen Chen put the cup on the table and watched them put the mutton into the pot. After a while, he said, "I know what you think, and I know you don't want to offend them too much, but..."
He looked at Chu Jingmeng's slightly trembling but patient hands, and said, "I have a huge handle on Jiang Zining and Jiang Songwen. As long as you say a few words to His Majesty for me and present the things to His Majesty, I will definitely be able to bring them down. By then, my father will be saved and Awu will be fine. I will definitely thank you very much!"
Do you have any evidence against Jiang Zining?!
Chu Jingmeng glanced at Chu Jingqian and also saw surprise and solemnity in the other's eyes.
They are now dependent on Jiang Zining, and Shen Chen doesn't know yet. He has come to them for help. They originally thought of ignoring this matter, but when they heard that Shen Chen had something on them, they knew they couldn't ignore it. (To be continued)