The imperial capital of Yao Kingdom quickly returned to silence after the excitement of the second prince marrying the daughter of the Sima family. At the end of winter, the houses with braziers burning everywhere became slightly more popular. However, in the General's Mansion, the blazing braziers still couldn't drive away the invisible chill.
"A few days ago, the harem investigated a case, involving the most trustworthy Eunuch Ma in the East Palace. The minister felt that there was something fishy and came to the house to inform him. I don't know if it disturbed Mr. Yao." The treasurer in charge of the palace's warehouse.
The official bowed and stood beside the table, with a flattering smile on his face.
Yao Junxian waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm grateful to Mr. Deng for paying attention to everything. How can I call it a nuisance? I wonder if Mr. Deng has any real news today?"
A few years ago, Sima Yuan invited Yao Junxian to the General's Mansion for the sole purpose of supporting him. He would eat and live with him in the General's Mansion. In private, he would talk about everything and it was all secret topics. However, there were not many servants in the General's Mansion, and the Treasurer looked around.
Seeing that no one was there, he leaned down and leaned into Yao Junxian's ear: "Eunuch Ma took the fake oracle to the warehouse and took away five kilograms of gunpowder and ten thunder bombs. This matter was shaken off by a quick-talking palace maid in the East Palace. That thunder fire
The bomb was so powerful that the emperor was frightened and sent people to track it down. Who knew that he had just issued the order the night before, and that early the next morning, Eunuch Ma died suddenly and mysteriously, and the missing gunpowder and thunder bombs have not been found yet. In addition, I learned from the guard camp that
I heard that the prince had secretly sent a carriage to transport something out in the past few days. If it was a lost thunder bomb... Wei Chen felt something was wrong, so he hurriedly came to tell Master Yao and General Sima whether it was true or false.
, we should be more vigilant these days.”
Yao Junxian pondered for a long time, then raised his hand and patted the treasurer's shoulder: "I have written this down. Thank you Lord Deng for reminding me. By the way, I remember that Lord Deng has an unmarried daughter, right?" Seeing the treasurer's face beaming with joy.
Nodding hurriedly, Yao Junxian stroked his beard and nodded: "That's just right. You see, Yuan'er has been married to his wife Lin for more than two years and has no children. I have always wanted to find him a concubine. If Mr. Deng and Ling Ai don't mind,
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"Ouch, ouch! Mr. Yao, you are looking up to your little girl! How can she be worthy of General Sima!" He was pushing away, but the treasurer's eyes were already smiling, and his expectation was palpable.
Sima Yuan was a general with a large number of troops, and Yao Junxian was a high-ranking civil servant with many disciples. He was both civil and military, and he had recently married the popular second prince. If he could join the Sima family, he would not be superior to others.
All the glory and wealth? It's just that you can get a bright future by sending some news out of the palace at any time. It's really beautiful.
The treasurer's little abacus was perfect, and Yao Junxian's shrewd calculations were all in Yao Junxian's eyes. Yao Junxian did not tell the truth, and made a hasty agreement to see the guests off after such a wedding, and then directly transfer to Sima Yuan's study.
"The prince smuggled a batch of gunpowder and thunder bombs from the palace warehouse."
"Thunder fire bombs?" Sima Yuan, who was concentrating on practicing calligraphy, stopped writing and raised his head blankly, "That thing is extremely rare. There were only thirty of them sent to the palace by foreign countries back then. The prince would not worry the emperor if he took so many at once.
What? Besides, what does he need the thunder and fire bombs for? To blow us up?"
Yao Junxian narrowed his eyes and sneered: "Do you need thunder bombs to kill us? Ten of them are enough to blow up your little general's house three times. The emperor seemed really anxious and sent people to investigate. If it's not enough, I think the old man is just doing it.
By showing off, he actually acquiesced to the prince to transport the things away - Eunuch Ma is not a fool, there is no way he could not see that the decree was fake, and he was probably being used as a scapegoat."
Sima Yuan took a breath and thought thoughtfully: "Uncle, what you mean is...the emperor deliberately asked the prince to take away these thunder and fire bombs? This doesn't make sense. Since you can just give them to them secretly, why go to all the trouble?"
"Can you hold anything other than military books in your mind?" Yao Junxian glared at Sima Yuan, "Don't even think about it. Now is the time when the second prince is at war with the Zhao Kingdom. What if you write a letter back to the emperor one day?
What about the thunder and fire bombs? The emperor dares to say that he will not give them to me, the official business of guarding my distant mountains and rivers. If I give them, can I feel relieved? "
Although the relationship between Yi Huaiyu and the emperor was not on the same level, the harmony was definitely gone. The emperor really didn't have the guts to let him take away the powerful thunder and fire bombs under the pretext of resisting the enemy.
Sima Yuan put down his pen and held his chin in meditation, and it took him a long time to realize that something was wrong: "Uncle, if the thunder bombs and gunpowder were really taken by the prince, would they have been transported to the southern border? The prince regarded the second prince as a thorn in his side.
A thorn in the flesh, if he blows up the military camp out of cruelty——"
"You just thought about it? Your brain is not as good as Tu'er's." Yao Junxian sat lazily in a wicker chair, with a sneer hidden at the corner of his lips, "No matter whether the second prince wins or loses in this expedition, it will have a greater impact on the prince.
The emperor was confused and didn't care about the threat, but the prince was frightened and couldn't sit still. It was understandable that he wanted to make a desperate move. However, it was not a good idea to attack the army. Unless the second prince was unlucky enough to die in the south, he would not hesitate to do anything when he came back.
We also need to get rid of the prince. In my opinion, the chance of the second prince's defeat is very small, and with that boy from my family around, it's not that easy to successfully attack him."
Yao Junxian was as wily and cunning as few in the DPRK. Sima Yuan had always been ashamed of himself. In the past, when his uncle analyzed the conspiracies of various forces, he always felt that it was unfathomable. But this time, he only felt frightened.
"Did uncle guess that the prince wanted to attack the army? If so, why didn't he stop it? Tu'er is also in the army!"
"Isn't it easy to say that it's not that easy?" Yao Junxian lowered his face and stood up and put his hands on his hands impatiently, "Anyone who achieves great things must pay a certain price. In order to allow Tu'er to successfully become the second prince and the first concubine, I agreed to let her accompany the army.
It's not like you're asking her to die, who are you yelling at? I've been worrying about you two for half my life, and I still have to listen to you blaming me when I get old, you really have raised a son of a bitch!"
Yao Junxian complained about something again and Sima Yuan didn't pay attention. The chill that gradually spread in his heart made it difficult for him to concentrate. He only felt chilled all over. Suddenly he remembered what Ou Suiliang said to him when he came to the door not long ago.
"Master Yao tried his best to promote the marriage between His Highness and Miss Sima. Is his purpose really for Miss Sima? Sometimes, the closer someone is, the harder it is to understand."
Yes, the closer you are to someone, the stranger you feel when you take a closer look. Once upon a time, I believed in my uncle as my father, and I always listened to my words without refuting. Now I was shocked to realize that they both expected different things, and then I recalled that my uncle was with me.
An elusive decision on many matters.
Sima Yuan suddenly panicked. He didn't know who could protect his only sister thousands of miles away, let alone whether the decision he had made so far was right or wrong, and whether it could really bring her happiness.
There was another thing that he would never have thought of - while he was panicking, Sima Tulan was sleeping peacefully in Yi Huaiyu's arms in the army camp that had just experienced chaos.