Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 528 I Open a Husband and Wife Shop in the Imperial Palace

The six people looked at each other in silence.

Chai Shen is... picking on the weak. The Changqiu Prison is mostly composed of eunuchs, and there are relatively few scholars. There is no need to worry about the consequences when reorganizing it, and it is easy to place his confidants in important positions in the palace.

Killing Duan Da's entire family and disciples would bring bad reputation, not to mention that they were known as the Seven Nobles of Luoyang, and it was obvious that they were in an alliance in supporting Yang Tong. Doing so was tantamount to killing each other. How could they feel good about it?
This old fellow Chai Shen usually keeps a low profile, but at critical moments his fangs shine clearly, without any ambiguity.

The problem is that every word he said made sense. Chai Shen had been the Prince's Right Internal Officer since Prince Yang Zhao was still alive, in charge of the garrison and defense of the Eastern Palace. He was familiar with the secrets of Ziwei City and had many interactions with the Changqiu Supervisor and various guards. Moreover, after Yang Guang went to Jiangdu, some of Chai Shen's old subordinates who were not qualified to follow him were disbanded and incorporated into the left and right guards guarding Ziwei City. It was not difficult for him to gather a group of close followers.

Wang Shichong looked at the old man surnamed Feng who was looking at the six people with a cold face, and forced a smile: "Then I will have to trouble General Chai."

"To share the worries of His Majesty." Chai Shen said politely with a forced smile.

Chu Pingsheng looked at his cheap father and thought that the old man was quite capable and much smarter than he had expected.

Seven people including Wang Shichong and Yuan Wendu came, and six left.

Chai Shen also went to the Zuoyou Houwei under the escort of You Niaojuan to summon his old subordinates to take over the defense of the imperial city.

Soon, the wife of the late emperor returned safely and met the seven new nobles in the Renshou Hall. The news spread throughout Luoyang City that she had executed Duan Da, the top official of the current dynasty who had deceived the new emperor, caused chaos in the palace, and framed the father and son of the Chai family, on the spot.

Some old guys felt that Luoyang was going to be in chaos. After all, Yang Tong was only seven years old, and the queen was a woman. Even with the assistance of the Chai family, they could not defeat Wang Shichong and others who had already taken full control of Luoyang. Duan Da's son would definitely rebel when he found out.

However, until noon of the next day, all ten members of the Duan family were killed, but no chaos occurred. The executioner who supervised the massacre was the Minister of Personnel, Wang Shichong, who was very close to Duan Da and the newly named Duke of Zheng.

……

Ziwei City, inside the Guanwen Hall.

Chu Pingsheng killed Sikong Duan Da with a sword in Renshou Hall yesterday. Xiao Meiniang felt uncomfortable and moved to Guanwen Hall at the back.

"Please spare my life, Empress Dowager. I know I was wrong and will never do it again."

Two maids in green palace skirts kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Last night, using the Supervisor of Internal Affairs Chang Song and Madam Qi as breakthrough points, Chai Shen led his men to kill all the eunuchs serving the new emperor. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was completely reshuffled, and today it was their turn - the Changqiu Supervisor specially placed them beside the Empress Dowager to serve as spies to pass on information. However, before they could play a role, their collusion with the Changqiu Supervisor was exposed by the bearded old man.

"Ugh."

Xiao Meiniang, wearing a Juyi and a phoenix crown on her head, sighed heavily. Her trusted maids were all in Jiangdu. Some of them died in the palace coup launched by Yu Wenzhi, while others became playthings of the rebel generals. After returning to Luoyang, she found that there was almost no one around her whom she could trust.

"Do you know why I taught you the Tianshan Six Yang Palm?"

At this time, Chu Pingsheng, who was standing next to her, walked over and sat down next to her. He took her into his arms and flirted with her without any scruples.

This scene made the two maids' faces change drastically.

The relationship between the Empress Dowager and this old man Feng...

They are not stupid and know that some things become more dangerous the more you know about them.

"why?"

Xiao Meiniang pushed him but failed, so she gave up.

"It is not only a set of palm techniques, but also a set of poison-planting techniques."

"Growing poison?"

"Stretch out your right hand."

Xiao Meiniang stretched out her hand as she was told, revealing a palm as white as jade.

"According to the Tianshan Six Yang Palm's mental method, use the Yin Qi of the Changsheng Jue to make it several times colder than ice."

"Is that so?"

Chu Pingsheng bends his finger, and the water in the teacup draws a parabola in the air, falls into her palm, and turns into a thin layer of ice in the blink of an eye.

"Then attach masculine and feminine qi to it, decide the proportion yourself, and then inject this thin piece of ice into their bodies."

"This……"

Xiao Meiniang looked hesitant.

"If you don't even have this little courage, how can you take revenge on Yu Wenhuaji?"

Hearing him say this, Xiao Meiniang bit her red lips lightly, made up her mind, and slapped out with her palm, and the maid sitting on the left side of the hall collapsed.

"There is still one."

Xiao Meiniang looked at her palms, looking confused.

Chu Pingsheng poured a little more water on her hands, and a thin layer of ice quickly formed along with the surging mist.

"Do it."

She had no choice but to suppress her anger and use the same trick again, injecting the thin ice into another palace maid's body. After only a dozen breaths, the two palace maids were seen gasping for breath, with snot and tears running down their noses, scratching their skin with their hands, wailing and begging for mercy.

"This...this is too cruel."

"Is it cruel? Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. This is the fastest way to gain the loyalty of palace maids and eunuchs." Chu Pingsheng took out a white porcelain bottle from his arms and threw it to her: "It contains an antidote to relieve the pain. Take it once every six months. If you don't get the antidote within six months, the torture like today will get worse day by day."

"Grand…Grand…Empress Dowager, I…I really won't dare to do it again…never…never again."

The palace maid on the left looked like a madman, with disheveled hair and trembling voice, begging desperately.

Chu Pingsheng poured out two antidote pills in his hand.

"The Changqiu Supervisor and the Changqiu Supervisor are outside. Kill them."

The two girls struggled for a few breaths, and said with red eyes: "Kill... I will kill..."

He then threw the two pills on the ground and watched the two palace maids tremble as they picked them up and swallowed them down their throats.

When they got better, he threw the dagger to the ground and waved his hand: "Go kill them."

The two women gritted their teeth, picked up the daggers, and walked outside with ferocious faces.

Chu Pingsheng said: "Have you learned it?"

"..."

"If it's a peaceful and prosperous time, you can be soft-hearted, but the current situation doesn't allow you to do that, understand?" Chu Pingsheng held her on his lap, looked into her eyes and said, "If you want to save Yang Tong's life, you have to make yourself stronger. There are still many things to do outside, and I can't always be with you."

Xiao Meiniang took off his fake beard, touched his face and said, "In fact, I don't have to be the Grand Empress Dowager. Last night you were not in the palace, the autumn night was long and clear, and I had a terrible dream. You say... if we didn't go to the city, we would have lived in that village with a big yellow dog and a small mill, and let everyone think that the queen was dead, how good it would be."

Chu Pingsheng didn't say anything, but just held her head in his arms.

……

Another day passes.

Inside Qianyang Palace.

Seven-year-old Yang Tong sat on the dragon throne wearing a crown that was twice larger than his head. The pearl tassels almost covered his little face. Civil and military officials sat in two rows in the hall.

The newly appointed Eunuch Supervisor announced it holding the imperial edict.

"Chai Shen, Chai Shao and his son, come forward to listen to the seal."

Chai Shen and Chu Pingsheng stepped out and stood one in front of the other.

"Chai Shen and his son killed the traitor Yuwen Zhiji, escorted the Empress Dowager back to the Eastern Capital, and cooperated with Mr. Feng and Mr. You to defeat the conspiracy of the traitor Duan Da. They have made great contributions and should be rewarded generously. Chai Shen was promoted to General of the Right Guard, Right Guanglu Doctor, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and Duke of Qiao. Chai Shao was further promoted to General of the Tiger Guards, Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, and Senior Advisor."

When in Jiangdu, Yang Guang had just said that he wanted to appoint Chai Shen as the General of the Right Tunwei and Chai Shao as the General of the Huben Guards when Yu Wenzhi rushed in. It was just a verbal order, not an official decree, and no one took it seriously. People in the court of Dongdu were not even aware of it. Chai Shen was worried about the safety of his only son and the queen, and Yang Guang had just died, so he did not dare to mention the matter. Then Duan Da and others stripped him of his official position and title in the name of the little emperor.

So it seemed a bit too much to the court officials.

Chai Shen was originally the Prince's Right Internal Rate, and the Right Guard General, a third-rank official, which was a promotion of two levels. However, the Right Guanglu Doctor was a second-rank official. Although he was a casual official without real power, even a fool could see that he was given the third-rank title of Right Guard General just to let him take charge of the imperial guards. In other words, without mentioning the rewards from Duke of a County to Duke of a State, Chai Shen was promoted three levels.

A fourth-rank official is already considered a high-ranking official. How could he be promoted three levels at once?

And Chai Shao, a mere prince's assistant, a sixth-rank official, suddenly became a fourth-rank general, a senior official, and also served as the assistant minister of the Ministry of War. It was a four-level jump, but he was only 20 years old, and he had no experience in any department, but he became the assistant minister of the Ministry of War? He was inferior to Huangfu Wuyi?
The people in the Censorate were indignant and felt that the reward was too much.

At this time, the Chai father and son thanked the emperor for his grace, but Chai Shen did not return to the team and remained standing where he was.

The little emperor cleared his throat and said, "Lord Chai...do you have anything else to say?"

"Your Majesty," Chai Shen said with a serious face, "Now that the Grand Empress Dowager has returned to the Eastern Capital, I think that since Your Majesty is still young and has a busy schedule, and is weak, it would be difficult for him to handle complicated government affairs. It would be better to ask the Grand Empress Dowager to listen behind the curtain and help Your Majesty make decisions."

"My dear minister, what you said is...very true. The Empress Dowager comes from a...famous family, and has extensive knowledge. She often gave advice to the late emperor, and I also want to ask the Empress Dowager to listen behind the curtain and help me...make decisions."

However, at this moment, a man walked out from behind, bowed and said, "I have something to say."

Chu Pingsheng looked at him carefully. The man had a black mole between his eyebrows, which made him look quite majestic.

Is the Chief Censor Tibetan Blue?

The little emperor said, "My dear Zang...you...what do you have to say?"

Zang Qing said, "When the late emperor was alive, he told his subjects many times that interference from the harem in government affairs would lead to chaos. There are scrolls in the National History Bureau that can be checked, so according to the ancestral teachings, this precedent cannot be set."

The young emperor did not force it. He exchanged a glance with Chai Shen and said, "Wave your hand. If that's the case, then let's discuss it later."

Cang Qing and the people from the Censorate were very proud. They had finally put a stop to the plans of the Chai father and son. Given the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Chai family, if she was allowed to audit government affairs, wouldn't the Chai father and son be able to do whatever they wanted in the court in the future?

Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu and others all breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Shichong looked at Chai Shen who had returned to the team, frowned, and couldn't understand why Chai Shen didn't insist.

(End of this chapter)