The next morning, Zhulan asked each room to have dinner in their own yard last night, and no one noticed anything wrong.
This morning, as soon as the door to the main courtyard opened, Zhulan saw her eldest and second brothers. It was obvious that they had not had a good rest. "Brother, did you not sleep last night?"
Yang Zhumu was in good health and old, so even if he wanted to lie, it would be unconvincing. He generously admitted, "Well, I was dreaming last night and I didn't sleep in the second half of the night."
Zhulan looked at her second brother. Yang Zhulin drank tea to clear his mind. "I'm almost there too."
The most torturous things are dreams, all kinds of nightmares. Dreaming makes one feel particularly tired.
Zhulan didn't ask her elder and second brothers what they dreamed about, but she could guess that either something bad would happen to the Zhou family and the family would be destroyed, or something bad would happen to Chang Lian and she would have to send the young off.
Not to mention the dreams of her eldest and second brothers, she also had a lot of dreams last night, and she was not in a good mood this morning. She is really not a carefree person. If she were, she would not have made so many arrangements for the descendants of the Zhou family.
Yang Zhumu finished the tea in his cup before asking, "Why didn't I see Shuren?"
Zhu Lan replied, "Today is a new month. It is Shu Ren's turn to attend the morning court in the Ministry of Revenue. He entered the palace shortly after dawn."
Yang Zhumu clapped his head and said, "Yes, yes, all officials in the capital need to attend the morning court."
Zhulan smiled, "Brother is wrong. Not every official in the capital can attend the morning court. Only a few people can go to the morning court. Only during the grand court meetings, many people can attend the court. However, there are only a few grand court meetings a year."
Yang Zhumu understood and said proudly, "My brother-in-law is still the best."
Yang Zhulin asked, "What did Shu Ren say about Chang Lian's matter?"
Zhu Lan shook her head. "The power structure in the capital is very complicated. The Zhou family has just arrived in the capital and their understanding of the various forces is only superficial. Shu Ren currently has no clue and needs to wait for news."
There was a feeling of powerlessness at the tip of her heart. The Zhou family looked so powerful, but when something really happened, their shortcomings were too obvious. Zhulan comforted herself that a network of relationships needed years to accumulate, and it was already remarkable that the Zhou family had gained its current power within one year of arriving in Beijing.
Yang Zhumu didn't have a very long beard, so he pulled it and said, "Many officials have their own disciples. Does Shuren have any disciples he is proud of?"
Zhulan looked at her elder brother. He had also worked hard for the Yang family in Lizhou and knew a lot. "Shuren meant that it is better to have nothing than to have something of inferior quality. He has his own ideas. Besides, the young people of the Zhou family have grown up. Compared with some people from other families, the young people of the same family are more reliable. The Zhou family needs time, and so does the Zhou family. It is best for our family's future if we can complement each other and move forward together."
Yang Zhumu just remembered that the Zhou family was also a big family in his hometown. They had always had their own clan school. There was no one leading it before. Now Shuren has stepped forward. Shuren is the first person in the Zhou family and has an absolute influence in the Zhou family. "It does take time."
Zhulan continued: "Now is the time to lay the foundation. We can't be impatient, and we can't be impatient."
Yang Zhumu felt relieved after hearing these words, "Your plan is right."
Yang Zhulin looked at the sister. The girl now seemed strange, very strange. He felt as if he was facing his brother-in-law. He looked at her carefully again. The girl was still the girl. The girl now had been an official’s wife for many years. She could no longer be judged by the impression in his memory.
The morning court in the palace had already ended. After the emperor left for a while, no one moved in the court. Everyone knew that the emperor would be furious during today's morning court. The officials in the court knew that the emperor was not angry because of the prince of the marquis's mansion. All his anger was because the imperial power was challenged, so the emperor was furious.
The emperor has been on the throne for many years and seldom shows his emotions fully. This is the first time. All the ministers in the court are terrified. It is going to rain blood. Many ministers recalled the time when the dynasty was first established and their faces were not very good, because they knew that the emperor wanted to take the opportunity to clean up the court and gather more power to consolidate the imperial authority.
Zhou Shuren raised his head and glanced at the ministers in the court, finally stopping at the Minister of War Li Zhao. This time, Li Zhao's birthday was going to be difficult.
The King of Qi moved first, followed by the King of Chu, and then the ministers followed suit. Everyone was in a hurry. Zhou Shuren saw that Lord Ning was waiting for him, so he walked over and said, "Lord."
Ning Xu went to court today because of Rong Chuan. He nodded to Zhou Shuren and said as he walked, "Now it's not just about catching the real culprit behind this."
Zhou Shuren frowned, "Why are you telling me this, Lord?"
Ning Xu looked up at the sky, a faint sadness flashed through his heart. The emperor's words today were mixed with too many things. "I just think that Lord Zhou is a smart man, and you and my son are the victims, and in the end he became a foil."
The game has already started, Rongchuan and Changlian are not important anymore!
Zhou Shuren lowered his head. Under the imperial power, everyone is a foil. It all depends on one's own weight. "There will be an explanation."
Ning Xu sneered, "This world belongs to the emperor, and the capital is under the emperor's control."
He was in the dark at the beginning, in the capital. Whatever the emperor wanted to know, it just took time. The emperor already knew who did it last night, and he was so furious today.
Ning Xu left quickly after he finished speaking. He knew Zhou Shuren was a smart man. He had already pointed it out. If Zhou Shuren hadn't been protecting him, he wouldn't have said all this. Zhou Shuren's daughter was going to marry Rongchuan, and the marriage would take place in a few months.
Zhou Shuren paused and looked at Ning Xu's back. Didn't he know clearly? Yes, he knew clearly. Although he didn't know as much as Ning Xu, he knew a lot as well. He really thought that he was just being the emperor's companion for nothing. The biggest gain from chatting with the emperor was not trust, but understanding of the emperor.
The emperor knew who had done it, and he felt very sorry for the person who did it, so he was extremely angry. However, since he couldn't vent his anger, he took this opportunity to clean up the mess and vent his anger on many people. Oh, the imperial power!
Zhou Shuren walked neither fast nor slow. Since Ning Xu left, there was no one nearby. The wind blew his official uniform. The wind was quite strong today. Zhou Shuren looked up at the sky. Dark clouds were coming and it was about to rain.
Before he walked out of the palace, the rain had already fallen and the officials in front had already started running. Zhou Shuren's mouth twitched. He wanted to take a walk in the rain, but not in a rainstorm. He ran nimbly and got on the carriage of the Ministry of Revenue. His official uniform was still soaked.
Zhou Shuren thought to himself, it's a good thing that Lord Xiao has been resting for the past two days. Then he thought again, Lord Xiao is really lucky.
Jinyan asked, "Sir, your clothes are soaked. Can you please go back to the mansion to change clothes?"
Zhou Shuren nodded, "Yeah."
The raindrops from the torrential rain hit the roof of the car, without any sense of artistic conception. This heavy rain came at a bad time as it could clean up too many traces. Then he thought, the emperor already knew who did it, and it would not be the mastermind if found out. It didn't matter whether there were any traces or not.
Zhou's family, third house, Chang Lian was not wearing his official uniform, and Dong asked, "I wanted to ask yesterday, where is your official uniform?"