The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 773: Rotten Fats

After the morning court session ended and when the crowd was crossing the Jinshui Bridge, Jiang Dao, the Left Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, looked a little panicked. As soon as he stepped off the Jinshui Bridge, Luo Youjiang patted him on the shoulder, which scared him so much that he almost jumped up.

Luo Youjiang looked at Jiang Dao sideways and said, "Look at you, what are you thinking about so intently? I just tapped you lightly and you got so scared as if you saw a ghost."

"..." Jiang Dao really didn't want to talk, and he had no intention of exchanging pleasantries, even though Luo Youjiang was his superior.

Luo Youjiang saw it and said, "Okay, it's nothing serious."

Jiang Dao was immediately irritated by Luo Youjiang's nonchalant attitude: "As long as the knife is not hanging over your head, you will be fine!"

Luo Youjiang pretended to look up at the sky, then lowered his head and said in a good-natured manner, pursing his lips: "It may not necessarily fall on you."

Jiang Dao sighed: "If I had known this would happen, I should have listened to you in the beginning."

The two of them were officials in the Dali Temple, and their relationship between the upper and lower levels has been going on for a long time. He could not resist the temptation of being a dragon's follower, and was dazzled by the bright prospects that Li Heng showed him in advance. Luo Youjiang had advised him at that time, but he himself did not listen and nodded in front of Li Heng.

Li Heng and Li Shou were now at odds with each other. There had been the disaster in Lueyang before, and now there was the collapse of Dengshan. In between was also the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Meng Tianguan's eldest granddaughter. Just thinking about it made his head hurt.

It would be better to kill him with a sword, so as to avoid being so nervous and fearful that the big guillotine hanging over the East Palace would click and chop off all the dozens of people in his Jiang family.

Hearing the regret in his colleague's voice, Luo Youjiang also knew that it was too late for Jiang Dao to realize his mistake, so he just kept repeating this to him. It was useless to do anything, and he could only sigh as he was powerless to change the situation.

He patted Jiang Dao's shoulder again and walked away.

Seeing that Luo Youjiang didn't say a word of comfort to him, Jiang Dao left without looking back. He became more and more anxious and couldn't swallow the bitterness in his mouth.

Meng Tianguan followed behind and walked down the Jinshui Bridge. Luo Youjiang and Jiang Dao stood at the bridgehead and talked for a while. Then Luo Youjiang walked ahead, followed by Jiang Dao with a pale face. The two walked one after the other towards the palace gate. He stroked his beard and continued to walk down the bridge, not caring much.

Luo Youjiang was neutral and belonged to the emperor's faction, and he never formed cliques for personal gain. Jiang Dao belonged to the second prince's faction, but once he made a mistake, he made mistakes at every step, and whatever his outcome was, it was all his own fault.

He also remembered what Li Shou had said to him before he went to court, what Li Shou had said to Emperor Zong at the morning court, and what Li Shou had said to the civil and military officials at the morning court intentionally or unintentionally. After that, except for the Seventh Prince who had a leg disease and was young and therefore did not attend the court, the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince all had wonderful expressions.

The fifth prince Li Luo seemed to be smiling, as if he was waiting for a battle in which he would win without having to do anything.

The second prince Li Heng had a frosty face, and exuded an aura that kept nothing away. It was as if a taut string ready to explode was placed in front of him, and his whole body was as taut as an arrow on the string.

Meng Tianguan exhaled deeply and sighed in his heart. He had known that this day would come sooner or later, but he never expected that this day would come earlier because of his eldest granddaughter. He never expected that the grandson of the East Palace would do so much for his eldest granddaughter.

This made him think that when the Crown Prince comes of age next year, he will have to choose a Crown Princess and marry her into the Eastern Palace.

The eldest granddaughter is excellent, and he also agrees that his grandson should marry her and let her become the Crown Princess and the future Empress Dowager. However, it is a fact that His Majesty obviously does not want another daughter of the Meng family to become the Empress Dowager.

therefore……

Meng Tianguan exhaled deeply again. When the clouds and mists were passing under the Jinshui Bridge, he saw Meng Tianguan exhaling deeply twice in succession. He couldn't help but walk closer and asked, "What's the matter? Do you think that the words His Royal Highness said at the court this morning... were a little inappropriate?"

After thinking it over, he felt that the only person who could make the great Lord of Heaven sigh was the current East Palace.

After all, he is the grandson that his daughter risked her life to give birth to. He must always be considered and planned for, and he must never slack off.

Meng Tianguan didn't want to speak at first, but when he saw Yun Zhiwu, the great general who assisted the country, and thought about his second grandson who followed the general to Lingnan to join the army, and Qiao Qiancheng was Yun Zhiwu's subordinate and had to be under Yun Zhiwu's charge, he regained his spirit and said, "Since some fruits are rotten, we should pick them and throw them far away to avoid damaging other good fruits. What do you think?"

Yun Zhiwu had been thinking about the plan of stationing in the East Palace, and had secretly asked Yun Song to do something about it. Although it had not been exposed yet, the old fox Meng Tianguan beside him had already noticed it more or less. He asked him back at this time, probably with other meanings besides the morning court. So he also became serious and said with a serious face: "I am a military general, and I am used to being careless. I can't see the good fruit and the rotten fruit as clearly as you. But if you say it is, then it is it."

What was said before is just extra, the most important thing is the simplest expression at the end.

If you say yes, then it is - it's all up to you.

Meng Tianguan knew the implication of his words, and smiled immediately: "General, you are wise."

"Lord Tianguan is wise." Yun Zhiwu always felt that in front of a cunning old fox like Meng Tianguan, he truly felt that he was not as smart as Meng Tianguan. This sentence of "wise" was a sincere expression of wisdom, with no other intention.

But if Meng Tianguan talked to him about his wisdom, he must have other intentions.

In other words, this is crossing the bridge in the open.

The rest can only be crossed secretly.

Huo Zhanshi accidentally turned around and saw Meng Tianguan and Yun Zhiwu walking together and talking happily. He couldn't help but say to Qu Shao Zhanshi beside him: "...Your Highness, are you sure?"

"Uh..." Junior Secretary Qu followed Secretary Huo and looked back at Meng Tianguan and Yun Zhiwu who had just crossed the Jinshui Bridge. This glance was long and deep enough, "Your Highness's situation is currently good."

This was all he could say, and other than that he really didn't know any more inside information.

Huo Zhanshi was the same, so he began to look for the two most trusted people around Li Shou: "Master Ji is still with His Highness, but where is Minister Meng? He didn't come to the morning court today. Could it be that he didn't even enter the palace?"

Junior Secretary Ou shook his head to indicate that he didn't know either: "I haven't seen Minister Meng in the government office either."

Maybe he really didn't even enter the palace.

Meng Renping, who was being talked about by his two superiors, was at this moment entering the palace gate and heading straight to the East Palace.

When he arrived at the East Palace, Li Shou had just returned from court.

He and Ji Kuan Changqing had just entered Changxin Hall, sat down at the main seat, picked up the fragrant tea brewed by Chang Zhu and took a sip, then saw Meng Renping walking quickly through the hall door.