Zhao Hua glanced at the Minister of War and stopped walking again: "I do have something I want to ask you, sir. I wonder if I could ask you for a glass of wine tonight?"
A real man can bend and stretch.
The cabinet has always been a place that values seniority. He was originally a Jinshi in the 47th year of Jiahe, and only entered the cabinet during the Longqing period, but he came earlier than Xia Song.
But Xia Songzheng had never even been a scholar-official, and he entered the cabinet later, but he stepped on him. He had always been unwilling to accept this.
But no matter how unwilling he was to accept it, he had to go against it. He knew exactly what to do and when to do it.
This time, there was something clearly fishy going on. Emperor Longqing's attitude was too strange, so he still wanted to test the waters first.
Xia Song's brows relaxed, he stroked his well-groomed beard, and laughed: "Why do you say that, Wenfeng? You are very welcome! In this case, I will prepare some wine and wait for Wenfeng to come."
Zhao Hua quickly said that he dared not, bowed to Xia Song and said goodbye, got on the sedan chair and closed his eyes to rest. He opened his eyes only when he arrived at the mansion. He immediately asked someone to go to the backyard to ask his wife to prepare gifts, and then went into the study.
There was already someone waiting in the study. He waved his hand and let his attendant change his clothes while saying, "Let's not talk about it for now. The palace hasn't given a clear answer yet. It's hard to predict the will of heaven..."
The person hiding in the dark became silent.
He changed his clothes, asked someone to take the invitation and gifts, and went straight to Xia's house.
Xia Song suddenly became rich. The Xia family's house was personally granted by Emperor Longqing. It was well-arranged and well-arranged. It was pleasing to the eye and not cramped at all. It often gave people a bright feeling. Zhao Hua followed Xia Song's son into the pavilion and praised with a smile: "This place is really wonderful! It is said that small seclusion is hidden outside, and great seclusion is hidden in the city. This house is quiet in the hustle and bustle..."
Xia Youde asked someone to serve tea, and said with a smile: "This is also the grace of the emperor..."
As soon as Xia Song came back, he told Zhao Hua that he would be coming and asked him to entertain him at that time, while he went to the study to meet the guest. Thinking of his father's instructions, Xia Youde tried his best to chat and laugh with him.
Chu Jingxing was much more nervous than them. He stood in front of Xia Song, called him "Teacher" respectfully, and stood there motionless.
When Xia Song was in the Hanlin Academy, he was his lecturer. The two of them could be considered as a master-disciple relationship. As soon as Xia Song returned to the study, he began to look for something. He didn't pay attention to him for a while. After finding something, he patted the cover, asked Chu Jingxing to sit down, glanced at him again, and said with a smile: "You Linjiang Palace are really brave."
Since he was talking to Chu Jingxing, he didn't shy away from it: "Isn't this idea from your family? He's the only one who would go through so many twists and turns to think of something."
Chu Jingxing didn't say anything, which was considered as tacit agreement. He asked him, "From your point of view, sir, what is the success rate of this matter?"
Xia Song kept moving his hands, and did not glance at him. He smiled suddenly and said, "Man makes the decision, but God makes the decision. For some things, after all the calculations, we can only look to the boss for the result."
After he finished speaking, he said "but" again, and finally looked straight at the apprentice he had taught for a while: "But, this time, your man will probably really get his wish, he is a capable man."
He sighed and finally told Chu Jingxing what happened in the palace today.
Chu Jingxing could know all the details.
Chu Jingxing lowered his head, hummed, and respectfully asked his master: "Sir, do you mean that there is a clue to this matter?"
"If he didn't explode right away, then there will be clues." Xia Song smiled in response, "Speaking of which, Madam Wei is really amazing. After all, she is the sister of Queen Ming. She really knows the emperor's mind thoroughly. Every word she says may seem like nonsense, but it hits the heart of the emperor. No wonder she is able to make the emperor pay no attention to Princess Changning's confession."
Since the charge that Princess Changning testified that the Dingbei Marquisate had prepared to swap her and Ming Yuyou's biological daughter was not recognized by Emperor Longqing, it was obvious that any other allegations would be redundant.
Emperor Longqing did not believe a word Princess Changning said.
If you don't believe it, then you have to think about who instigated Princess Changning to bite back at her own in-laws
Emperor Longqing could only wonder who was so disgusted with the Wei family that he had to force them into a desperate situation, and who was using such cruel means to force him to cut off the last connection with the Ming family.
What those in a high position hate most is having their thoughts guessed by others.
Especially when those who tried to guess his intentions actually dreamed of achieving their own goals by guessing his intentions and eliminating dissidents.
This was a big taboo for Emperor Longqing, and was also the main reason why Emperor Longqing was willing to reopen the case and investigate the family affairs.
Qiu Chuying's move seemed clever, but it was actually too risky.
His real killer move was not the secret letter from the Ming family, but Wei An's background. When there was nothing he could do about Wei An's background, it was not a wise move for Qiu Chuying to bite the Ming family.
Because the incident at the beginning was caused by Qiu Chuying.
Whether the Ming family colluded with the enemy or not is actually a Rashomon. Even the evidence was only found out from the Ming family later. Emperor Longqing was worried about this matter.
But Qiu Chuying and the King of Chu were clever enough to think that they could take advantage of Emperor Longqing's worry to eliminate the Wei family.
In fact, it is not impossible, but the bad thing is that there have been too many conspiracies against the Wei family in the past year.
Starting from the connection between the Yunnan rebels and Old Lady Wei, to the incident involving Cao Wen and Cao An in the middle of last year, and now looking at this year... ... incidents targeting the Wei family have continued one after another, and often before one incident is over, another one pops up.
You can do it once or twice, but not again and again. After a series of failures, you should have stopped. But the King of Chu did not stop. Instead, he became even more anxious. This is really not advisable.
On the contrary, the Wei family was wise. They also figured out Emperor Longqing's thoughts thoroughly, but they were shrewd enough to not step forward at all. Instead, they let Qiu Chuying become the bad guy. They seemed to be completely passive, and their life and death, and even honor and disgrace had to be decided by Emperor Longqing.
It was obvious that the Wei family treated Qiu Chuying as a knife, but Qiu Chuying thought that the Wei family was the fish that would die if it lost water...
Chu Jingxing still looked calm and unperturbed, and said softly, "In this case, I will trouble you to take care of me in the future."
Xia Song was named as the supervisor. Whether someone had tampered with the Wei family's matter would depend on whether Xia Song was too lenient or too tight-lipped.
Shen Chen really lived up to his father's expectations and was not raised to be a waste.
=====Three more chapters, the ones from the past few days will also be added~~~