There was a cool breeze blowing, and the coolness in the hall made Su Ting's sweat dissipate all of a sudden, and he felt comfortable all over. He was wearing court clothes layer upon layer, and it didn't feel stuffy at all.
He remembered that when he was on duty in the palace in winter, it was snowing like rain outside, but it was always warm as spring in the palace. He thought that just the warmth in winter and coolness in summer made people think of the wealth of the heavenly family, not to mention the emperor who wanted to take life and death.
power.
It's no wonder that the two princes were beaten like black-eyes.
Now that I was dressed, I wanted to eat and drink. Seeing that Su Ting had no intention of saying goodbye, he asked again, "Is there anything else?"
Su Ting said: "Back to Your Majesty, Fengxiang Army seized a batch of stolen goods from Jiang thieves in Minzhou, including two boxes of the relics of King Chen. Fengxiang Army was supposed to hand them over to Minzhou state officials, but Minzhou did not accept them for some unknown reason.
Instead, Fengxiang Army was asked to take care of the things in the box. Fengxiang Army did not dare to take charge of it, so he sent it to the minister."
King Chen's body has rotted away, and Li Jun no longer jumps around in front of Jin Shang. Jin Shang no longer gets furious when he hears the word "Guo Gong", but instead has compassion for the loser.
I heard that King Chen's relics had fallen into the hands of Jiang thieves, and I was about to say give them to the inner treasury, but suddenly my mind clicked and I felt something was wrong.
When King Chen fell, all the high-ranking officials in Prince Chen's palace were moved away and sold. There were so many relics scattered outside. Why did the Fengxiang Army deliberately send them to the state capital, but the state capital refused to accept them and handed them over to the imperial army?
Furthermore, why doesn’t the state government accept it?
Could it be that I am too disgusted with King Chen, and the state government is afraid that if it is contaminated with King Chen's relics, it will be blamed?
It seems that his dragon power is getting stronger and stronger, and the state government is afraid of offending him even with such trivial matters. In the future, he should be kind and benevolent, so that all officials can speak out and not be afraid of him.
"What is it that I have to hand over to you?"
Su Ting did not hesitate and asked Wei Qiao to bring in the box he had left outside the palace.
There were two boxes in total. Wei Qiao asked his chamberlain to carry them into the palace and place them gently in front of Su Ting.
Two more chamberlains came forward to open it and check if there was anything illegal. After looking at it, they left.
The items in the box are not expensive. The most valuable thing inside is a celadon sutra vase with plum blossoms. The glaze is bright green, just like plums. You can tell at a glance that it was made by a famous kiln.
Su Ting took out the plum vase from it, and Wei Qiao quickly stepped forward to take it in his hand and presented it to Jin Shang.
Jin Shang held the plum vase and turned it over to take a look at the inscription underneath. He heard a "pop" sound coming from the vase, and something rolled from the bottom to the mouth of the vase.
He was startled and quickly glanced at the inscription at the bottom. It was indeed King Chen's monogram. He turned the bottle over and looked inside the bottle from the small mouth.
The plum vase is slender and has a narrow mouth. If you shine it into the candlelight, you can faintly see Fang Sheng inside.
The paper is soft and easy to insert, but it takes time to take it out.
Jinshang raised his head and asked Su Ting: "What's inside?"
Su Ting replied: "It is a letter written by Prime Minister Zhang to King Chen. It was originally sealed with oil paper and glued to the inner wall of the plum vase. It was difficult to find. Feng Xiangjun accidentally used candlelight to illuminate the inner wall.
Discovering the clues, he used chopsticks to poke off the fish maw glue, then took out the letter, read it, and put it back."
I only heard the first sentence of his whole story: "Written by Zhang Rui to the rebel King Chen?"
Then he handed the plum vase to Wei Qiao: "Take it out and let me take a look. Get it here."
Wei Qiao quickly ordered someone to get chopsticks, picked up Fang Sheng, picked up a corner with his hand, took it out, carefully opened it, and handed it to Jin Shang.
Today I took the yellowed letter and looked at it carefully.
Su Ting had already read this short letter. He was standing there, tensing his mind, preparing to withstand a thunderous rage. The result was unexpected. After reading it, he was speechless for a long time.
After a while, he abandoned the letter on the desk: "The thieves used this method. When Zhang's house was attacked by thieves, didn't they just lose Zhang Rui's documents and seals? I already knew that someone wanted to make a fuss about these things. Sure enough,
in this way."
His hands trembled slightly and he put them back into his sleeves. His palms were slightly sweaty. He didn't believe what was written on this piece of paper, let alone believe it.
In the past, when King Chen rebelled, the Pei family fought tooth and nail to defend him, and there were no cliques in the court. Even though King Chen rebelled, the state system did not waver at all.
But it is hard to know how many people in the imperial army are sincerely protecting him. Most of the people in the court are from the Zhang family. If Zhang Rui wants to rebel, how can he stop him.
Thinking about this, how could he not be afraid and startled?
Not to mention that Prime Minister Zhang wanted to rebel against King Chen in the past, even if he knew that the Zhang family wanted to rebel against him now, he could only not believe it.
He looked at Su Ting again: "Prime Minister Zhang's things must be recovered as soon as possible, and don't give other countries the opportunity to cause trouble."
Su Ting was a little unbelievable - he actually trusted the Zhang family so much?
Believe it or not, the Zhang family has not lost any seals or documents at all. Now that I have ordered him to look for them, he will have to bear the name of incompetence. How can this be done?
So he said sincerely: "Back to Your Majesty, the theft of Prime Minister Zhang has been investigated by the magistrate's office. I have asked many calligraphers and painters to check this letter. It is indeed an old thing. Both the ink and the ink pad are old.
, not forgery.”
Jinshang took a deep look at him, took the letter in his hand, looked at it carefully twice, and then stuffed the letter into his sleeve: "I understand, the matter is serious and needs to be investigated in detail, so I won't do it for now.
I have to speak out so as not to scare off the enemy, I have my own opinion."
Su Ting saw that Jin Shang had not had an attack, so he retreated and walked out of the palace. He looked at the gold bricks under his feet and was about to step out one by one when he saw Zhang Guifei approaching on foot. The swaggering red umbrella turned into a
It has become gray, and the people and things accompanying it have become the rank of a noble concubine, and no longer violate the rules.
He stepped aside and let Concubine Zhang go first.
The buchu stopped in front of the main hall. Concubine Zhang got off the buchu and walked to the entrance of the palace. The servant guarding the door quickly went in to report that Concubine Zhang was very high-spirited and wanted to bring down the King of Jin.
The fragrance outside the palace was fragrant, so she broke off a few jasmine flowers and put them in the flower crown.
Today, her flower crown is filled with red jewels and hairpins, which are dazzling. Just like her, she is smiling and waiting to meet you.
However, the next moment, her smile froze on her face - she was nowhere to be seen.
She thought that Jinshang must not have known about King Jin's arrogance, so she immediately waited outside the palace. When Jinshang came out to go to court, she went up to complain.
The fragrance of flowers still lingered on the tip of her nose, and the servants carried the food box past her, one after another, and the food was served inside. Four-quarters of an hour later, Jinshang walked out of the palace.
Jinshang came out from inside and was greeted by Concubine Zhang. Her eyes were shining with autumn water, and she looked at Jinshang with a smile: "Your Majesty..."
However, Jin Shang didn't look sideways, as if he didn't hear anything, and sat on the pedestal.
Concubine Zhang's words and moving expressions all stopped abruptly, and she froze on the spot, obviously not knowing the reason for her coldness.
Just when she was embarrassed, Jin Shang leaned forward and looked at Concubine Zhang up and down. Concubine Zhang felt relieved and asked Jin Shang with a smile if she slept well last night. She didn't sleep well and was always thinking about His Majesty.
Jinshang didn't answer, just waited for her to continue.
Then her eyes sparkled, her expression changed, and she spoke half aggrieved and half angry about King Jin's beating of King Yan.
"Your Majesty, we are all your sons. You cannot favor one over the other and favor one over the other."