The next day, Zhao Hongrun slept until noon before waking up. Maybe it was because he was persuaded to drink by too many people at the banquet last night.
There are his brothers, as well as generals like Baili Ba, Cao Jie, Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, Chen Shi, etc., as well as officials from the Ministry of Works headed by Meng Wei, the left minister of the Ministry of Works, and finally, even the Ministry of Rites, Officials from the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment also came over one after another to toast and chat with each other. After counting, only officials from the Ministry of Personnel hardly appeared in front of Zhao Hongrun.
Come to think of it, after all, the Ministry of Personnel was disgraced due to the examination last year, and the emperor split its power and fell from the top of the six previous departments. I believe that the officials of the Ministry of Personnel, even if they don't say it openly, But I don’t know how to hate Zhao Hongrun.
After all, Zhao Hongrun's interference caused the officials to lose a lot of things.
Due to the large number of people urging people to drink, even if Shen Yu and others came forward to stop the drinking in the end, the eleven masters and servants could not resist it, and they did not know how they got back to Wenzhao Pavilion in the end.
Speaking of which, this was the first time Zhao Hongrun felt the taste of a hangover.
Not to mention the dizziness of the whole person, the splitting headache alone, as if there were a thousand needles poking the inside of the skull, was enough to make Zhao Hongrun hate drinks.
"Ahem."
Zhao Hongrun, who felt some discomfort in his throat, coughed twice, and then shouted Zong Wei Shen Yu's name repeatedly.
But after calling several times, Shen Yu didn't respond.
At this moment, a cold female voice suddenly sounded in the room: "All your clan guards are still hungover."
"Eh?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that there was a woman sitting at the table in his dormitory. When he looked carefully, it was Mi Jiang.
"It's you..."
Zhao Hongrun looked at Mi Jiang with relief, and then suddenly discovered that Mi Jiang was still wearing the same colorful clothes that she had worn when accompanying her to the banquet.
"You...couldn't you be sitting here all night with me?"
"Assigned by the princess." Mi Jiang reached for the ceramic teapot on the table, poured a glass of water, and then walked to the bed with the water and handed it to Zhao Hongrun, who was sitting on the bed: "Shang Wen."
If you say two more words, you will die...
Zhao Hongrun took the tea cup unnaturally and took a sip. Sure enough, the water was warm. Seeing this, he felt his mouth was dry and he finished the cup of water in a few sips, then handed the tea cup over to him. Return it to Mi Jiang, while looking at her intently.
"..." Mi Jiang glanced at Zhao Hongrun speechlessly, and had no choice but to pour another glass of warm water for Zhao Hongrun.
After drinking two glasses of warm water, my thirst was relieved a lot.
"You looked after me all night?... Well, I mean taking care of me."
"Entrusted by the princess." Mi Jiang repeated the answer just now, and then she curiously asked: "Those palace ladies are afraid of you, why? Have you ever scared them before?"
Zhao Hongrun understood as soon as he heard this, and shook his head with a wry smile: Those palace maids were not afraid of him, it was just a death rule in the palace that no palace maid was allowed to contact the prince who had not left the palace.
At this time, he noticed the tired look on Mi Jiang's pretty face, and said with a sense of regret: "Thank you for taking care of me all night. You should go and have a rest."
Unexpectedly, Mi Jiang glanced at him strangely and said calmly: "I just watched you (three times) all night, watching (four times) you screaming and making ghosts here."
Zhao Hongrun was stunned: "The ghost is screaming? What is it called?"
"Water... water... water... something like that." Mi Jiang imitated it a few times without expression, then pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Did you have a nightmare?"
"Maybe, maybe I dreamed about the time when I led the army to cross the Yan River..." At this point, Zhao Hongrun turned to look at Mi Jiang and said pointedly: "It's also possible, it's just that I was drunk.
I just feel thirsty and hope someone can give me a glass of water."
"That's right." Mi Jiang suddenly said, "It seems that I was wrong. I thought you were dreaming, so I ignored it."
…
Zhao Hongrun was furious when he heard this. He really couldn't figure out whether this woman really ignored her, or whether she just said it on purpose to play a trick on him.
He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Anyway, thank you for taking care of me... I am about to get up, so you should go back and rest."
Looking at Zhao Hongrun's unswerving expression, Mi Jiang's eyes felt happy for some reason. She took a sip of her cup of tea and suddenly changed the subject and said: "By the way, someone just came to report the news.
.Said he is the messenger of Cao Jie, the general of the Xiaoqi camp,"
General Cao Jie of the Xiaoqi Camp of the Junshui Army?
Maybe it was because of his hangover, Zhao Hongrun felt his head was buzzing at the moment: "What did he say?"
"The messenger asked me to tell you that when the general named Cao Jie led his army to Xiangfu County, there was already a team of people carrying the money and belongings. They were suspected to be soldiers entrusted by your imperial household department... Cao
Jie drove them back, and although there were disputes during the period, it did not lead to disaster."
…
Zhao Hongrun was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said: "Unfortunately, it's true... It seems that the Ministry of Revenue really intends to bypass me and swallow up all the property? Ha. When will it happen?"
"Two hours ago." Mi Jiang said calmly: "I told you once at that time, but you should not bother me if you spoke in a low voice at that time."
"Did I say that?" Zhao Hongrun said with a strange expression. He had a vague feeling about it. After all, not only the clan guards knew about his bad temper while sleeping, but he himself also knew about it.
Mi Jiang glanced at Zhao Hongrun and said indifferently: "That's the general idea, except that I omitted some not-so-nice words, such as...are you bothered, die, etc."
No wonder you looked at my face as soon as you came up...
Zhao Hongrun laughed dryly, and while secretly glad that Mi Jiang didn't stab him to death with a sword at that time, he quickly changed the topic: "Two hours ago?... Well, based on this estimate, this news must have been sent back to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Yes, even possible..."
Just when he said this, Mi Jiang's eyes suddenly flashed, and he raised his finger to his mouth and made a silencing gesture: "Shh."
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and vaguely heard footsteps coming from outside the room, from far to near.
And then, the sound of footsteps was replaced by the sound of knocking on the door.
"Who?" Zhao Hongrun asked in a deep voice, because if it was the clan guards, they would usually identify themselves after knocking on the door, or just open the door and come in. After all, they are Zhao Hongrun's confidants.
"Li Gan, who holds a humble position, is the Langwei outside the Chui Gong Palace."
Lang Wei of Chui Gong Hall...
Zhao Hongrun thought of a certain possibility and already had some guesses in his mind, so he deliberately asked: "What's the matter?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the Lang Wei outside the house say in a deep voice: "Reporting to His Royal Highness King Su, His Majesty has invited His Highness to come to Chui Gong Hall to discuss important matters." After saying that, he paused and added: "This matter is important.
, please His Highness King Su go there immediately."
really……
Zhao Hongrun hummed twice, half-smilingly, and said lightly: "I understand, please allow me to change my clothes."
"I am waiting for you outside the palace."
After saying that, there was another sound of footsteps outside the room, slowly moving away.
Seeing this, Mi Jiang also put down the teacup in her hand and said lightly: "I'm going back to the room first."
But when she reached the door of the house and was about to open the door and go out, she suddenly looked back at Zhao Hongrun and stopped talking.
At that time, Zhao Hongrun was about to get up and get dressed. Unexpectedly, Mi Jiang was standing at the door, so he asked doubtfully: "Is there anything else?"
Mi Jiang looked at Zhao Hongrun silently, and said in a deep voice with an unusually heavy tone: "Last night, you called my name..."
ha?
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he saw Mi Jiang pushing the door open and going out.
What do you mean? Called her name?
Zhao Hongrun, who was confused, reached out and rubbed his forehead. Unfortunately, due to his hangover, his head was still groggy at this moment, and he couldn't recall whether he called Mi Jiang's name in his sleep last night.
Isn't that the case? Why should I call her by her name when I have nothing to do? If I want to call her, I'll call her Miss Su. If not, I'll call her Princess Yulong... Well, I won't call her by her name anyway. But...
Zhao Hongrun hurriedly put on his clothes, with some doubts in his eyes. After all, based on his understanding of Mi Jiang, she was not a woman who could lie.
If that's true...what's going on?
After thinking about it for half a year, Zhao Hongrun still had no clue. He could only put this doubt in his heart for the time being and go to Chui Gong Hall first to solve the biggest problem at present.
And just as Zhao Hongrun said, the Chui Gong Hall was abuzz with people at this moment. Who could have imagined that several officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, led by Fan Xiang, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, would mobilize in large numbers to see the Emperor of Wei and jointly impeach someone.
.
What made Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi and other Zhongshu ministers quite surprised and troubled was that the target of the joint impeachment by these Ministry of Household officials happened to be one of the protagonists at the celebration banquet of Jiying Palace yesterday, Su Wang Hongrun!
The crimes include: interfering with and disrupting the operation of the imperial household department, secretly concealing indemnities from the Chu State, instigating Junshui camp soldiers to forcibly expel them, and several other items such as the soldiers and guards sent by the household department to Xiangfu County to transport supplies.
disciplinary crime.
Of course, it was impossible for Emperor Wei to accuse his son Zhao Hongrun based solely on the one-sided words of these courtiers. After all, during the celebration banquet last night and after the banquet, he privately met with Bailiba, Sima An, Xu Yin and other three generals.
At that time, he had already learned about Zhao Hongrun's distribution of those properties from the mouths of these three former Zongwei, so he knew very well that his son Zhao Hongrun was going to invest almost ordinary money in military construction to strengthen the military strength of the Wei Dynasty's southern garrison.
But the problem is that although he knew it well, Emperor Wei could not explain it to these officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs. After all, Emperor Wei was not aware of the conflicts between the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War and the military in previous years.
As the saying goes, to untie a bell, you must tie the bell. Since it was his son Zhao Hongrun who defeated the Chu State, and it was he who collected the huge and enviable money and goods from the Chu State, the Emperor of Wei simply gave it to him to handle.
It was for this reason that he sent Li Gan, the guard in front of the palace, and others to Wenzhao Pavilion to inform his son Zhao Hongrun to come to Chui Gong Palace immediately.
"Why? Because the one who defeated the Chu State was me, who led the army to fight on the front line, instead of all the officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs who live in the rear!"
Not to mention, Zhao Hongrun’s first words after entering the palace shocked the officials of the Ministry of Revenue. (To be continued.)