Regarding Jia Lian's sudden flattery, not only the princes in the palace were speechless, but even the Supreme Emperor was stunned.
Emperor Ning Kang couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and he almost couldn't help smiling when he was in an extremely unhappy mood. Looking at Jia Lian, who was kneeling on the ground solemnly and begging the Supreme Emperor to fulfill his wish, Emperor Ning Kang felt that this was not unexpected at all, and even very Jia Lian.
This boy has an active mind and his ability to please others and be obedient has never changed. Looking at it carefully, I seem to have been deceived by his appearance at the beginning...
"Hahaha, okay, I will grant your wish." The Supreme Emperor smiled happily and actually agreed to Jia Lian's request.
For a moment, everyone in the palace didn't know whether to envy Jia Lian for winning the Emperor's favor, or to laugh at him for wasting a golden opportunity.
But Jia Lian didn't care about the thoughts of these people. He neither needed to please the Supreme Emperor nor did he feel that he had missed a golden opportunity.
First of all, the Supreme Emperor has abdicated. He might not even bother to ask about important matters such as land clearing.
Therefore, pleasing him was far less beneficial than hugging Emperor Ning Kang's thigh. What's more, it was his first meeting with the Supreme Emperor today, and he didn't feel that he could really get any great benefits from the Supreme Emperor.
The disadvantage is certain, what is taken from the Supreme Emperor at this time will definitely be lost from Emperor Ningkang in the future.
But if you don't take it at this time and maintain a good relationship with Emperor Ningkang, in the future, after Emperor Ningkang removes all the stumbling blocks left by the Supreme Emperor, how many good opportunities will be waiting for him!
Be a person with a long-term vision. Under Jia Lian's operation, the atmosphere of the banquet was obviously improved.
Jia Lian finally withdrew and allowed the Emperor to continue counting his birthday gifts. After all the birthday gifts that had been selected were viewed, it was past noon, and the Emperor did not stay any longer. He took the Queen Mother away with him on the grounds that he was lacking.
And Emperor Ningkang immediately left the Chonghua Hall with his queen. After all the saints left the table, the scene became really lively and became more casual.
The fourth prince was a careless and careless person. He quickly forgot about what happened before and went around looking for someone to have a drink with and brag about.
And Jia Lian, who had shown off his face before, naturally faced the toasts and knots of people from the clan and relatives with various thoughts.
Jia Lian doesn't like people to toast him. Except for his sisters at home, he doesn't like to go to anyone to toast him, no matter how distinguished the other person is.
If anyone came, he would just deal with it. If no one was around, he would just sit and eat and drink, occasionally enjoying music and dancers... Suddenly he noticed a young eunuch approaching him and whispered: "Marquis Zhenyuan, the Queen Mother has summoned you."
"Queen Mother?" Jia Lian was confused and didn't show it on his face. He glanced at the young eunuch, nodded, and followed him out of the seat.
When he arrived outside the Chonghua Palace, there were indeed several palace maids waiting for him. Seeing their dress and posture, there was no doubt that they were from the Chonghua Palace.
But Jia Lian still couldn't imagine why the Queen Mother summoned him. Even if she summoned him, it was still so mysterious.
Following these maids, they walked around and around to the inner palace, and soon they came to a side courtyard. The maids stopped and signaled Jia Lian to continue walking, and they bowed and then withdrew.
Jia Lian didn't think he would be in any danger in Chonghua Palace, so although he was doubtful, he still moved forward.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly laughed and walked quickly towards the beautiful figure under the crabapple flowers in front of him... Daming Palace, when Dai Quan walked into the south study room, what he saw was documents and documents scattered all over the floor.
Emperor Ningkang crouched behind the naked dragon table and quickly splashed ink.
Dai Quan calmly signaled to the little eunuch standing beside him to clean up the floor, then he approached Emperor Ning Kang and whispered: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Mr. Xiao from the Cabinet are outside asking for a meeting!" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw
Emperor Ningkang, who was originally calm, suddenly had a cold look on his face.
"He dares to come to see me!" Dai Quan, who knew Emperor Ning Kang's temper well, did not dare to reply a word at this time. Fortunately, after a while, Emperor Ning Kang put away the pen he was practicing with and put it on the pen holder.
Said: "Let them come in."
"Old minister, I pay homage to Your Majesty."
"My son, please see my father." Emperor Ning Kang did not stand down as usual. He didn't even raise his head. He just looked at the book in his hand. After a while, he slowly asked: "I wonder, Mr. Xiao Ge, such a
Why are you so anxious to see me?"
"I know that I have offended Long Yan, so I came here to plead guilty to His Majesty."
"Apologise?" Emperor Ning Kang couldn't suppress the anger in his heart when he heard these two words.
"There is no need to apologize. Mr. Xiao Ge only thinks about the country and the country of Wei Dynasty. Even I can't compare with him in this. He is the most loyal minister in our dynasty. What crime is there?" Xiao Jing said: "If your Majesty is serious in his heart.
I miss you so much, I will die with no regrets! The policy of clearing the land may seem like a good policy, but it is actually harmful to the country..."
"enough!"
"If Mr. Xiao Ge comes to plead guilty to me, there is no need. If he comes to teach me, I don't want to hear it. If there is nothing else, you should leave first." Emperor Ning Kang's indifferent attitude made Xiao Jing's heart skip a beat.
Shen, but still persisted and said: "I know that your majesty cannot trust me, but I still want to make it clear to you that my actions today are definitely not due to personal gain. My loyalty to your majesty and to the Wei Dynasty can be learned from heaven and earth.
The sun and the moon can be represented.”
"Huh huh huh." Hearing Emperor Ning Kang's silent ridicule, Xiao Jingxin said: "If your majesty doesn't believe it, I am willing to take out all the farm property in my family and donate it to the court to show my loyalty!
"Xiao Jing said solemnly, with his perseverance and helpless expression at this time, it seemed that he was really a loyal and patriotic minister, but was not cared for by the king.
Emperor Ningkang stared intently at the gray-haired man in front of him, a veteran minister who had been a cabinet minister during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, but there was no trace of pity or respect in his heart.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "No need, Xiao Ge is old. Your family's farm property should be left to Xiao Ge to support him in his old age, lest people in the future talk about me and treat Zhongliang harshly." Ning
Emperor Kangxi specially added an accent to the word Zhongliang.
Naturally, he couldn't possibly think that Xiao Jing was Zhongliang. This old guy had caused him so much trouble overtly and covertly over the years.
He didn't care about those things in the past, because those things could be regarded as differences in the philosophy of governing the country, and he could allow the court officials to have slightly different ideas from him.
However, Xiao Jing's actions today not only completely touched his bottom line, but also trampled his dignity as an emperor to the ground. This has long exceeded the limit of what he can tolerate.
In his heart, Xiao Jing has already been sentenced to death. Therefore, he is too lazy to talk nonsense with Xiao Jing. For the sake of the Supreme Emperor, he is only allowed to live a few more years.
As for why Xiao Jing did what he did this time, in Emperor Ning Kang's opinion, there were probably only two possibilities. One was to buy a name to prevent the land clearing policy, and to oppose him as the emperor to show his fearlessness.
Imperial power and the ambition to be loyal and good to the country.
The second is that this old guy has benefited from others, or has colluded with the court, the clan and other interest groups, so that he can come forward to guide today's events.
On these two points, Emperor Ning Kang was more inclined to the latter. Because in Emperor Ning Kang's view, these people today, especially Xiao Jing and the clan kings, cooperated so well with each other. At this last moment, they gave him the heaviest blow.
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If there was no premeditation, how could it be possible? What's more, Emperor Ning Kang even suspected that what happened today was led by the Supreme Emperor, and Xiao Jing was just a pawn... If this was the case, Emperor Ning Kang had no idea.
You can talk.
What made him extremely chilling was that if the Supreme Emperor disagreed with the land clearing, why didn't he explain it to him earlier, but waited until he had overcome many obstacles and had everything ready before giving him a heads-up?
Emperor Ning Kang didn't want to pursue the truth, because it was meaningless. Unless he dared to risk the disapproval of the world and directly oppose the Supreme Emperor!
Therefore, it is impossible for him to do anything to Xiao Jing now, let alone ask him to donate any family property. Wouldn't that just be his invitation?
Xiao Jing's words were blocked one after another, and he already knew in his heart that no matter what he said, Emperor Ning Kang would never be able to listen. He sighed in his heart, expressed his loyalty again, and exited the South Study Room.
The prince had been kneeling since he and Xiao Jing entered the south study room, not daring to interrupt. At this time, Xiao Jing left, but Emperor Ning Kang seemed to have forgotten him and went to read with his head down.
As a last resort, he could only say aloud: "Father?" Emperor Ning Kang glanced at him and said,
"What are you still doing here? Could it be that you also want to learn from your father-in-law and tell me how land clearing is harmful to the country and is a disorderly government that shakes the foundation of the Wei Dynasty?" Emperor Ningkang heard this.
The prince's heart trembled because of the irony. He was miserable and complained to Xiao Jing to death.
Xiao Jing actually did such a big thing without telling him in advance. This made him so passive!
Although this matter had nothing to do with him, Emperor Ning Kang probably didn't believe it in his heart. After all, Xiao Jing was not only his father-in-law, but also one of his most critical and important supporters in the court.
More importantly, he was skeptical and unsupportive of the land clearing issue at the beginning.
Now that Xiao Jing has taken the lead in causing this incident, if Emperor Ning Kang suspects that he is behind it, he will