The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 776 Broken Wings

The secret fight between Li Shou and Li Heng truly began.

Officials in each camp were not all in danger, but they were almost the same. In the struggle for imperial power, the most feared thing was the loss of both sides before they reached the top.

Such losses, whether serious or minor, and whether the parties involved or not, either occur unexpectedly without any warning or are known to the public but unable to resist. If they really happen, one can only blame oneself for being unlucky.

Therefore, among the ranks of civil and military officials, except for the neutral faction of the pro-emperor party and a few other officials who supported the prince, the officials belonging to the prince's party and the second prince's party slowly revealed their hideous faces in the silent purge.

Early in the morning, Yang Tongzhi hurried to Lu Sen's office behind the Beijing Yamen.

He walked quickly, sweating profusely. It was clearly the middle of winter, almost the end of the year, but he seemed to be roasted all the way, with cold sweat on his forehead and a bad complexion.

Maybe it was because it was the end of the year, but the government in the capital had been incredibly peaceful recently. Apart from the last bloody fight in a theater, which was successfully closed by Magistrate Wu, Lu Sen had not been to court since.

If it weren't for Li Heng's affairs that bothered him, he would now be the most leisurely third-rank official in the capital.

Just at this moment, he saw Yang Tongzhi, with a pale face, stepping into his office. He stood up instantly, and a feeling that something bad was going to happen quickly spread through his mind.

When Yang Tongzhi entered the office, he saw Lu Sen, who was sitting behind the office desk, suddenly stand up and an unknown expression on his face. He didn't care about anything else, he lifted his robe, bent his legs, and knelt straight down: "Sir, save me!"

Lu Sen was stunned. After walking out of the desk, he came to Yang Tongzhi and wanted to help him up, but Yang Tongzhi refused to get up: "What are you doing? If you have something to say, stand up and say it."

“If you don’t agree, I will not get up.” Yang Tongzhi is a fourth-rank Tongzhi in the Beijing government and the Second Prince’s man. He has always been close to Lu Sen, the higher-ups, because the Lu family no longer openly supports the Second Prince. After all, they are the Second Prince’s in-laws, so he always asks Yang for help whenever he has something to ask.

In the past, in this situation, Lu Sen would most likely nod first, so that Yang Tongzhi could get up and talk properly. However, due to the massacre of the guests in Li Heng's private residence, he was already irritated and alert, and his behavior at this moment was naturally different from the past.

He slowly stood up and no longer forced Yang Tongzhi to get up.

After all, they were superiors and subordinates who had been together for many years. Even if they did not completely understand each other, they had a certain understanding of each other. As soon as Lu Sen made a move, his non-forceful attitude immediately caught Yang Tongzhi's attention.

Yang Tongzhi immediately became flustered and pulled Lu Sen's sleeve: "Sir!"

"Lord Yang..." Lu Sen responded, but he just called out and gradually stopped talking. It was not that he didn't want to say it, but he didn't know what to say.

Yang Tongzhi knelt and looked up at Lu Sen. His eyes were full of the desire for Lu Sen to say a few more words, but Lu Sen did not say anything else. He was obviously a few years older than Lu Sen, but at this moment he looked more like a naive junior, his eyes full of regret for being ignorant of the world.

Lu Sen finally softened his heart and helped Yang Tongzhi up again.

Yang Tongzhi's condition was getting worse this time. It was not known whether he had remembered something or his soul had been separated from him and he had lost the will to live. He let go of Lu Sen's sleeves and stood up like a walking corpse, letting Lu Sen support him.

Lu Sen sighed: "I have advised you a long time ago..."

Yang Tongzhi froze, "Does the Lord know?"

"How could I not know about such a big thing?" Lu Sen said with a wry smile, "Although the Lu family has never openly extended a helping hand to the Second Prince, people like you, thinking about the merit of following the dragon but not thinking about the possibility of failure...that won't do." There was no need for him to say what would happen if he failed, as Yang Tongzhi knew it himself.

Because he knew this, Yang Tongzhi was so panicked that he knelt down again and kowtowed to Lu Sen desperately, making loud bangs: "The people of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have already attacked me. Please save me for my loyalty and dedication in the past!"

“If I can save him, how can I sit back and do nothing?” Lu Sen let Yang Tongzhi kowtow with his eyes lowered. In his eyes, Yang Tongzhi was just a gambler who had made the wrong bet and had to bear the price. This gambler was also the one he had dissuaded openly and secretly. At this moment, he looked really calm.

Yang Tongzhi heard the hidden meaning in Lu Sen's words, and there was despair on his face: "Your Excellency has always had a good relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

Lu Sen interrupted, "Do you want me to go to the East Palace to plead for you?"

This is what Yang Tongzhi meant, but at this moment he did not dare to nod his head. He knew very well that he did not have the right to do so, let alone the face to do so.

He slowly lowered his head, and his straight waist suddenly bent.

Seeing Yang Tongzhi lose his energy in an instant, Lu Sen couldn't bear it anymore. "You just said that the Crown Prince's men have attacked you. There are different levels of severity."

He emphasized the importance of both light and heavy.

This is all he could remind you of.

Yang Tongzhi suddenly raised his head and looked up at Lu Sen who was looking down at him again. After looking for more than ten breaths, he slowly realized what was going on. This time he did not insist on his own opinion, but chose Lu Sen's advice.

He slowly bowed his head and kowtowed to Lu Sen again, then stood up and walked out of Lu Sen's office with slightly unsteady steps.

As he walked down the stone steps of the veranda, his breathing became more and more steady, and his steps became more and more steady.

He knew what to do. Gaining and giving up were just a matter of thought. The adults were right - there were different levels of severity in the approach!
Now that he wants to live, he can only take a chance to see whether the Eastern Palace wants to kill him like they killed all the guests in the Second Prince's private residence, or whether it just wants to clip the Second Prince's wings.

Li Shou's efforts to clear out Li Heng's influence were not limited to just Yang Tongzhi.

At the same time, Jiang Dao, who was in a state of panic all day long, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan in his office.

After hearing this, Luo Youjiang just smiled and passed it off.

Zhong Bai didn't understand, so he asked. Luo Youjiang just said, "If you want to gain, you should have thought about it earlier. You must have sacrificed something. But the time is not right. No one can tell what you will sacrifice. It may be your official hat, your life, or even the lives of your entire family. That is not impossible."

Zhong Bai nodded as if he understood, he was just a follower, and when he heard something he would report it to his superiors. If his master could explain something to him, he would just listen but would not think about it any further.

After all, it was someone else's life that was sacrificed, and it had nothing to do with him.

Similarly, Li Shou's actions forced Li Heng into a corner, forcing him to resort to all sorts of tricks just to save himself. Li Heng's actions also made the officials in the East Palace camp extremely nervous, fearing that they would become the fish that floated to the surface and turned belly up in the next breath.