bookcurios Chapter 248 Ghost idea
Chapter 248 Ghost idea
In the imperial study, there were sighs of helplessness from the empress.
"Pass on my oral order. If Jiang Zuo makes trouble again, I will remove him from his position..."
Chen Qingyun paused as he spoke, thinking, "No, this guy Jiang Zuo must be eager for me to remove him from his position. No, I need to think of a new punishment to teach Jiang Zuo a lesson."
After thinking for a moment, Chen Qingyun said, "Order Jiang Zuo to quickly prepare for the attack on Chen. If there is any delay, let him come to the capital to see me."
Anyway, the people of Jiangzuo are most reluctant to enter the capital, so with such a warning, they will probably be a little more obedient.
Zhang Huan took the order and left.
The empress sat quietly alone in the imperial study, and suddenly felt a little worried.
It has been several months since I last saw Jiang Zuo, but I don't know what he is doing.
Today, the letter he wrote to Siyue did not give too much details about his recent situation.
This made Chen Qingyun even more suspicious, wondering if Jiang Zuo was hiding something else from her...
Half an hour later.
The meeting hall.
All the ministers above the third rank in the imperial court gathered here to present memorials to the empress.
The left prime minister Wei Hong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have ordered people to investigate. Now Chen is in civil strife and its national strength is exhausted. Now is the best time for us Great Yan to send troops to attack Chen. If we miss this opportunity and Chen recovers, we will miss the opportunity. Please give the order, Your Majesty."
As the most hardline war faction in the court, the Left Prime Minister Wei Hong has never supported peace talks with the State of Chen. Ever since Jiangzuo signed a peace agreement with the State of Chen on behalf of the court, Wei Hong felt extremely humiliated.
How could the great Yan State negotiate peace with the Chen State?
The empress remained silent and fell into deep thought.
"Prime Minister Wei, our two countries have just signed a peace agreement. You are proposing to attack Chen. Wouldn't that make Yan break its promise? This is unreasonable."
At this time, the right prime minister Lu Jun stood up as usual and confronted Wei Hong head-on.
Hearing this, Wei Hong looked unhappy and said, "This peace agreement shouldn't even be discussed!"
Lu Jun said sarcastically, "Prime Minister Wei has a really bad temper. The peace talks were discussed by your majesty and many of your ministers. Could it be that Prime Minister Wei is not convinced?"
The empress sat at the top, watching these ministers scheming against each other. She felt tired. If they continued to argue, the decision-making power would be in the hands of the empress anyway.
Wei Hong also had a bad face. He glanced at Prime Minister Lu and said to the empress, "Your Majesty, now is indeed a good opportunity to destroy the State of Chen. We can't delay any longer."
Chen Qingyun said calmly, "I have sent Jiangzuo as the marching route to Huainan to take charge of all matters concerning the State of Chen."
"Jiang Zuo?"
Hearing this name, a complicated expression flashed across everyone's face.
Jiang Zuo had been in office for several months, but there had been no results at all.
It's hard not to wonder if he was delaying on purpose.
Wei Hong originally admired Jiangzuo very much, but ever since Jiangzuo showed goodwill towards the State of Chen, he became somewhat dissatisfied with it.
"Your Majesty, it has been three months since the Jiang Patrol Envoy took office, but there is no news at all. I think he is deliberately neglecting his post."
At this time, Wei Hong couldn't help but say.
He had never said anything bad about Jiang Zuo in the court before, but at this moment, he finally couldn't help it.
Seeing that the Left Prime Minister was dissatisfied with Jiang Zuo, a smile flashed in Lu Jun's eyes.
Chen Qingyun frowned slightly and said, "Prime Minister Wei, rest assured. I have received news that the Jiang Patrol Envoy is making every effort to prepare for the attack on the State of Chen. You do not need to doubt him."
The person who is most suspicious of Jiang Zuo now is the empress herself.
But when facing the ministers, Chen Qingyun was still quite partial to Jiangzuo.
Jiang Zuo is a strange man, maybe he is secretly planning something.
"I wonder what kind of weird ideas Jiang Zuo is thinking of now." Chen Qingyun said silently in his heart.
Chen Qingyun could only choose to believe temporarily that as long as he could achieve results, the empress would choose to tolerate Jiang Zuo no matter what outrageous things he did.
However, the empress chose to have zero tolerance for Jiang Zuo's leading the Ninth Prince astray.
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When the empress received the news from Jiangzhou, Jiang Zuo and the Ninth Prince were looking at each other with awkward glances.
Chen Xiu wanted to speak, but didn't know what to say.
"I wonder which girl Master Jiu is looking for when he comes to Xinghualou?"
Jiang Zuo suppressed his smile and asked seriously.
At this moment, Chen Xiu felt extremely embarrassed. He had never expected that he would meet Jiang Zuo here at this time today.
If this were to happen, wouldn't it give Jiang Zuo something to talk about? If Jiang Zuo knew his identity as the Ninth Prince, he would definitely laugh at him in the future.
Chen Xiu's brain worked rapidly, and he finally came up with an excellent answer.
"I am not here to look for any girl, but I heard that Lord Jiang is here, so I came here specifically to look for Lord Jiang."
This answer is simply perfect.
Hearing this, Jiang Zuo almost spit out the strong tea he had just drunk.
Jiang Zuo thought to himself, "Master Jiu, if you want to visit the brothel, just say so. This excuse is simply the best."
After calming down a bit, Jiang Zuo replied calmly, "I see. Master Jiu could have informed me in advance so that I could prepare the banquet in advance. By the way, what does Master Jiu want to talk to me about?"
what's up?
Chen Xiu himself doesn't know.
He thought for a moment before replying, "I don't quite understand the investment matter I discussed with Lord Jiang last time, so I want to talk to Lord Jiang again."
"So that's how it is. Then let's go upstairs and find a room to talk it out?"
Jiang Zuo suggested.
Chen Xiu did not answer, with some hesitation in his expression. He turned his head slightly and looked at the singer on the stage.
Jiang Zuo had been observing secretly for a long time and knew that Chen Xiu had some feelings for this singer.
It turns out that Jiu Ye likes this type of girl...
An idea suddenly came to Jiang Zuo's mind.
After a moment, Jiang Zuo said again: "Why don't we finish listening to this song before leaving."
Chen Xiu nodded slightly without saying anything, his eyes always fixed on Miss Ruyan.
"This Miss Shen Ruyan is really quite charming. I heard that she was once a lady from a wealthy family. Thirteen learned to play the pipa, but later her family fell into poverty. In order to support her family, she came to Xinghualou to perform."
Jiang Zuo introduced it to Chen Xiu, even though Chen Xiu didn't ask.
"Shen Ruyan..."
Chen Xiu silently memorized the name.
At least from what Jiang Zuo said now, this Miss Shen Ruyan is completely different from those girls in brothels.
She's just a down-and-out lady from a wealthy family.
I don’t know how long it took, the sound of the pipa disappeared, and only the noise remained in my ears.
Miss Ruyan also left Chen Xiu's sight.
"Master Jiu, this way please."
Jiang Zuo said to Chen Xiu.
In order to avoid being exposed, Chen Xiu had no choice but to follow Jiang Zuo and went up to the second floor again and came to a private room.
This time, Jiang Zuo did not call the girl to accompany him. He just poured a glass of wine for Chen Xiu and said, "I wonder if Master Jiu has any questions about investment?"
Chen Xiu could only casually ask a few boring questions, hoping to leave this place as soon as possible.