The Concubine Wushuang of Red Mansion

Chapter 35
"The minister leads the order!"

After coming out of the palace, King Zhongshun was filled with anger. He got on the carriage and ordered, "Let Meng Jixi come to see this king!"

Meng Jixi trotted all the way into the side hall. King Zhongshun had just changed his clothes and was drinking a cup of tea to calm down his anger. When he saw Meng Jixi coming in, he couldn't help but said angrily, "Look at the good things you have done!"

After receiving Jia Cong's advice, Meng Jixi already knew what was going on. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "This slave is incompetent and has brought the prince into trouble. He deserves to die!"

"Heh, tell me, why have you brought this king into trouble? You are smart, but I haven't said anything yet!" The more King Zhongshun looked at Meng Jixi, the more he thought why he had never seen him so stupid before?

This was originally a capable person in his hands.

"The Gu family sent an impeachment memorial to the Censor's Platform. On the surface, they were impeaching the Jia family, but in reality, they were fighting with Yu Qingtang... ah, no, they were fighting with the prince. A slave deserves to die. For such a small profit, The prince is implicated!"

"Very good! Other people's slaves try their best to solve their master's problems. It's better for you. If you can't tear your own affairs clean, let this knife turn around and aim at this king!"

Thinking of being ridiculed by the emperor's brother in Jingde Hall today, King Zhongshun became furious and asked, "With your brain, you can't think of so many things. Tell me, who is helping you as an adviser?"

"Yes... it's Young Master Jia! I didn't dare to lie, so I went to see Young Master Jia. He said that the Jia family suppressed merchants and had no profit. Whoever made this profit would be impeached. The Jia family would be the most likely to impeach. He was just taken along. The slave asked him what he would do in the end, and he said that the question asked by Enke's examiner in the first year of Taiqi, 'Shun also ordered Yu', could break this situation."

King Zhongshun didn't understand for a while, and it was hard to ask Meng Jixi this kind of question. It was useless to ask, but there was no doubt that he was being plotted by the child.

He kicked Meng Jixi, "What do I say about you? You were tricked into doing this just for a small profit. Mu Jing, why don't you just die of stupidity?"

Meng Jixi's face turned red with shame and tears fell, "It's all the slave's fault for not studying!"

"You have read all the books in the world. If someone wants to plot against you, they will still plot against you! Go away, don't hang around in front of me, it will make you annoying!"

"Yes!"

But just before Meng Jixi turned around and went out, he heard King Zhongshun instructing Cao Wan, "Go and tell Dongshan that the emperor has told you to give Jia Cong, the third son of Jia, the next post for the Hua Hui Bureau!"

Meng Jixi's mind suddenly became confused, and he couldn't understand it even more!
When King Zhongshun recruited his staff, he had already written the words "Shun also ordered Yu" on rice paper and handed it to Xu Shen, the head staff member, "It's funny to say that this time I was raped by a seven-year-old child. Calculated."

"The prince is joking. How can a seven-year-old kid get a hold of the prince?" Xu Shen was the first staff member in front of King Zhongshun. He took the rice paper, glanced at it, and passed it to his companion behind him without understanding its meaning.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is a test question from last year's competition."

"Last year Enke, the test questions were chosen by the emperor after the Ministry of Rites came out." King Zhongshun's eyes flashed sharply. He heard his brother complain that many times it was said that the emperor selected the test questions, but in fact, the cabinet minister would The options are written at the top. The emperor will most of the time cooperate with the opinions of the cabinet.

This is what suits the king and his ministers.After browsing through them all, King Zhongshun asked, "Tell me, what is the answer to this question?"

Xu Shen's mind turned around and he thought that what happened in the past few days all revolved around a child. Although he didn't know the details or the reason, he just said literally, "This is from "The Analects of Confucius: Yao Yue" In one sentence, Yao said: "Consultation! Shun! The calendar of heaven is in your bow, and you are in charge of it. The world is poor, and the fortune of heaven will last forever." Shun also ordered Yu. The meaning is that the throne belongs to the virtuous, so he should Like Shun and Yu, practice abdication!"

The cold sweat rolled down King Zhongshun's body, but his face was calm. He waved his hand and everyone left, leaving only Xu Shen, who asked, "Tell me, the Ministry of Rites has given such a topic for the competition." Is it used intentionally or unintentionally?”

Seeing that Xu Shen didn't understand what he meant, King Zhongshun said in a low voice, "The emperor has not named the prince yet."

The study was extremely quiet, and Xu Shen didn't speak for a long time.

King Zhongshun rubbed his brows and sighed, "You scholars are so full of tricks that you are really hard to guard against!"

The emperor has not named the prince yet, not because he does not want to.

Emperor Taiqi had a total of ten sons, and the eldest son died early; the rest were all concubines, and four were less than four years old; only three were adults. The youngest, the sixth son of the emperor, was less than six years old, and his biological mother was Wu Guiren.

Emperor Taiqi was most fond of the fourth son of the emperor, and just a few years ago he made his biological mother the concubine Guixi. He originally wanted to establish him as the prince, but when he proposed to the emperor, he was rejected.

King Zhongshun did not talk to Xu Shen about the royal affairs. At this time, he rarely mentioned it. When Xu Shen combined this test question, he had to think more. If he wants to be a virtuous person, what is the holy intention of the Supreme Emperor?
Did the Ministry of Rites draft the exam questions unintentionally, or was it ordered by the Supreme Emperor?
Once the emperor is reminded, you can imagine what kind of storm will be set off in the court. Even if Gu Mingchen, the Minister of Rites, can save his life, he will probably suffer a lot.

What a heavy scheming, what a deep strategy, one link after another, and finally he was able to get rid of himself completely. King Zhongshun suddenly wanted to see this kid with his own eyes!
Jia Cong didn't think so much. There were uninvited guests in the house. He was entertaining them. Seeing Jia Huan eat every last bit of the bone-in abalone on the plate, he felt so distressed that he wanted to throw Jia Huan outside in the snow. Go inside.

"Is there any more? I heard that you brought back two boxes of bone-in abalone snails, and I came here specially. Is it possible that this is the case?" Jia Huan rubbed the oil in his hands on his clothes, and there were still stains on the corners of his mouth. Crumb foam.

"Mr. Huan, you want to eat. Aunt Zhao has saved so much money that she can't afford it, so she comes here to enjoy the autumn breeze."

Huaping was very unhappy. These bone-in abalones were so expensive. The third master bought two boxes in total. The aunt asked her to send one box to Miss Lin as a gift in return. She kept one box, and she poured it out on a plate. Before I could eat, Huan Sanye devoured it all three times.

"Huaping, you are too stingy. Cong'er didn't say anything. How can you, a maid, make irresponsible remarks?"

"You've eaten and drank, isn't it time to go?" Jia Cong put away the plate, showed the screen, and politely kicked him out.

Huaping was not happy at first, but when he saw the Third Master returning his favor, he became happy again, picked up the plate, turned around and left.

"The master of the school said that you haven't gone to school for several days. He asked me to bring you a message and ask you when you will go back to class. If you don't go back to class, he will file a complaint to the great master!"

　The first!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)