Chapter 219: Falling into the Well (2)
, the fastest update of the latest chapter of Soul Chaser!
"I think that at the beginning, Commander Zhao had a conflict with Han Bing because of a geisha, and unfortunately died. Before him, that Yan Xingbao was also humiliated and beaten by Han Bing in every way because of a female girl. And this time, it should be because of a woman that Song Xingye took care of his son's safety. โ
"It's a woman again?!"
Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help frowning, thinking that even he, His Majesty the Emperor, had already felt that every time a certain woman was involved, a disaster would happen.
"yes!"
Haoxing Mingrui also sighed heavily, and then continued: "Speaking of that woman, it is quite a bit of a background. She is Miss Sun Xia Huan'er of Jingguo Mansion.
It is said that this Huan'er girl was originally interested in Han Bing, so she would help him calculate Yan Xingbao together. It's just that Han Bing didn't seem to take her to heart, and turned to pester the Qingluo girl.
Lord Zuo Xiang was extremely annoyed by this, but he really couldn't do anything about his son. I don't know where he heard about Xia Huan'er, but he has been interested in it since then, and wants to marry this Miss Sun of the Guogong Mansion and be his daughter-in-law, so as to tie up the prodigal son Hanbing.
I heard that Zuo Xiang also specially asked someone to propose to Xia Huan'er's father, Xia Shilang, but he didn't expect to hit a big nail.
It turned out that Song Qingfeng, the deputy commander of the forbidden army, also fell in love with this Huan'er girl, and the two young people still had some contacts in private, and they were very compatible.
Xia Shilang naturally wanted to marry his daughter to Song Qingfeng, a promising young general, instead of Han Bing, a swinger who messed around with flowers and grass, so he rejected Lord Zuo Xiang's proposal. โ
Hearing this, Haoxing Xiaoqi finally fully understood.
It turned out that for the sake of a woman Xia Huan'er, Song Qingfeng not only got into trouble with Han Bing this time, but also got into trouble with Han Bing's father, Zuo Xiang Leng Yiqing!
Maybe Han Bing, the prodigal son, doesn't care about Miss Sun of the Guogong Mansion, but Leng Yiqing should be very concerned about this family affair with the Jingguo Mansion.
With the scheming of his left minister, if he holds a grudge against this, it is really possible to calculate the young and knowledgeable Song Qingfeng.
"So, Song Xingye has found out what unfavorable actions Zuo has for Song Qingfeng?"
Hearing the emperor's question, Haoxing Mingrui nodded, then shook his head again, and really didn't know how to answer for a while.
After thinking about it, he sighed and said: "Although Song Xingye was also the commander of one party, his strategy and wisdom are comparable to ordinary people, but in front of this Lord Zuo, he is also willing to bow down!"
"Oh?"
Haoxing Xiaoqi's eyes couldn't help narrowing slightly, thinking to himself, although Leng Yiqing is a privy envoy, he does have the right to mobilize the forbidden army, and it is not difficult to find some trouble in trivial matters and embarrass Song Qingfeng, who is the deputy commander of the forbidden army. But it is unlikely that he can do something to attack or even frame his colleagues under the nose of His Majesty the Emperor, without being noticed by himself.
Although he thought so, Haoxing Xiaoqi was still aroused by this fake prince who could speak well, and wanted to continue to listen to him tell the story.
"Tell me what great things this Zuo Xiang has done?"
Haoxing Mingrui saw that the emperor was so interested, so he began to tell everything he knew very hard, about how the Zuo Prime Minister harmed people to the invisible skillful tricks.
"The strange thing about the matter is that since the rejection of the marriage proposal to the Jingguo Mansion, the Zuo Prime Minister, who should have felt a great disgrace, actually behaved extremely generously.
Not only did he not express any dissatisfaction, but he also cared more about Xia Shilang and Song Qingfengโโ"
"Xia Shilang?"
Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help but repeat, and faintly felt in his heart that things might not be as simple as he thought.
Haoxing Mingrui nodded and said: "Yes, Brother Huang, it was because he saw what happened to Xia Shilang that the younger brother became vigilant about what Zuo Xiang did, and after listening to Song Xingye's words, he was even more sure of the intentions of this Zuo Xiang. โ
"Well, you go on. Hao Xingxiao pinched her eyebrows with her hand, and said in a flat tone.
"Not long ago, the imperial brother ordered the Privy Council to transfer part of the functions to the Ministry of War, and the Zuo Prime Minister had specifically hinted that Zhang Guangshi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, would assign the Privy Council to the details of the past, and all of them would be supervised by Xia Shilang alone.
Although Zhang Guangshi felt that this matter was quite inappropriate, he was afraid of the coercion of Lord Zuo Xiang and had to do exactly what he wanted.
As a result, Xia Shilang, who was only leading a false title, has become the second most powerful person in the military department.
Afterwards, Zhang Guangshi did complain a few words about this in front of me, but I didn't take it to heart at the time. I only thought that the left phase valued the talent of that Xia Shilang, so he entrusted him with a heavy task, which was completely out of good intentions
But now, when things are connected and thought about carefully, one can't help but be frightened by the depth of this Zuo Xiang's city!"
Speaking of this, Haoxing Mingrui suddenly found that His Majesty the Emperor had been sitting there with his eyes half-closed, as if he was not listening, and he did not have the slightest reaction to the large number of words he had spent a long time saying.
So he hurriedly stopped, and did not dare to continue.
And the emperor didn't seem to realize that the fake prince who had been talking about it had closed his mouth, and was still sitting on the dragon chair silently with his eyes closed as if he had settled down.
In fact, at this moment, Haoxing Xiaoqi's heart is far from empty, but is pondering the words he just heard-
Although the transfer of part of the functions of the Privy Council to the Ministry of War was a proposal from the left minister, he was also very much in favor of the emperor, so even if he agreed to his request, he ordered the two departments to be handed over as soon as possible.
As for the specific details that belonged to the Ministry of War, the article played by Zuo Xiang was also clearly written, and there was nothing wrong with it.
However, with so many details under the control of Xia Shilang alone, his majesty the emperor had no idea about this matter.
It is no wonder that most of the recent concerts of the Ministry of War are written by Xia Shilang, and many of them contain admonitions on military and political affairs.
As this fake prince said, Leng Yiqing's move should have a deep meaning.
On the surface, Xia Shilang was elevated, but in fact, he was suspected of overheading Shangshu Zhang Guangshi. Could it be that he wanted to provoke the discord between the military department Shangshu and the waiter, and take the opportunity to frame Xia Shilang?
By the way, two days ago, I did receive a recital from a certain prefect, accusing the Ministry of War of interfering in local conscription matters, and I think this matter is also related to that Xia Shilang.
If Leng Yiqing really valued Xia Shilang as much as he had shown, with his wrist, he only needed to order someone to leave the piece that was unfavorable to Xia Shilang, or even dismiss it directly, why let it finally appear in front of his own Emperor Majesty?
I remember that when I saw the recital, I was really annoyed, and I summoned Zhang Guangshi, the secretary of the military department, to the front and reprimanded him.
The timid and fearful Zhang Shangshu just blindly pleaded guilty, but also argued that it may be that the prefect misunderstood the meaning of the official letter sent by the Ministry of War, and he should be able to clarify this mistake by asking him to send another letter and explain it to him in detail.
Now that I think about it, Zhang Shangshu's expression at that time was indeed different, presumably because he carried the black pot for that Xia Shilang for no reason, but he didn't dare to offend the backer behind him, so he felt resentful.
As for the prefect who went to the chapter, I am afraid that he was also instigated by the left minister to deliberately create an incident, which can frame Xia Shilang and provoke Zhang Shangshu's dissatisfaction with this subordinate.
From this point of view, Leng Yiqing is really a scheming and calculating person, and he can quietly put that Xia Shilang in a situation where he may be demoted or even lose his official position at any time.