Zhao Yuanlu shook the Second Prince's arm: "Your Highness? Your Highness?"
The second prince finally came to his senses.
If, in the heavenly book that my sister mentioned, which governs the fate of mortals, both I and Genroku have a tragic ending, then I must change this ending.
Genroku, who was so righteous and grateful, and so young, should not have ended up being tortured and killed.
When the second prince thought of this, his eyes were filled with determination and hope, and the corners of his mouth curved towards Yuanlu.
"Yuanlu, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's have a good chat today." said the second prince.
"Okay, I have left some good tea for Your Highness. Come to my tent and have some tea." Yuanroku led the way.
"By the way, is your Commander Wei in the army today?" The second prince asked as he handed Xia Miaoyuan to the nanny.
"He's not here. It seemed like someone came to look for him yesterday, so he left in a hurry and hasn't come back yet." Zhao Yuanlu was making tea slowly.
[It must have been someone from Grand Tutor Jiang who reported the news to him. Most likely, they went to the Jiang family to discuss countermeasures.]
Xia Miaoyuan was playing with her hands while complaining.
"Your Highness, I heard that at the morning court yesterday, His Majesty arrested 14 people in one go? Even Jiang... was imprisoned?" Zhao Yuanlu took the opportunity to serve tea to the Second Prince, approached him, and asked in a low voice, his tone full of curiosity to get the news.
The Second Prince made a gesture to silence him and nodded at him: "Be careful what you say about matters in the court."
"I heard that your Commander Wei is very close to Grand Tutor Jiang." The second prince asked tentatively.
"Who said it wasn't!" Yuanlu sat next to the second prince and lowered his voice.
"I heard that Commander Wei was promoted because of his promotion, but many people don't know about this." Yuanlu had a gossipy expression.
[To say that Wei Jianzhong was single-handedly promoted by Grand Tutor Jiang is not entirely correct.]
After hearing Yuanlu's revelations, Xia Miaoyuan recalled the plot in the book.
Wei Jianzhong was originally just a veteran soldier with no real skills. After ten years of military service, he only managed to become a captain.
[However, by chance, he met Jiang Zhichang, the third son of the Jiang family, in a gambling house. The two of them had similar interests and soon became buddies.]
Wei Jianzhong, wanting to curry favor with the Jiang family, did some dirty work for them, which caught the attention of Grand Tutor Jiang.
Later, Grand Tutor Jiang, seeing that he was cruel, ruthless, and obedient, transferred him to the Imperial Guard.
[After some manipulation, he was able to eliminate his competitors one after another, allowing him to climb all the way to the position of leader.]
[It's just that Old Man Jiang was cautious and had others do all this, so few people knew about it.]
The second prince listened attentively to his sister's thoughts, and suddenly understood.
In order to conceal his expression, the Second Prince deliberately said, "I didn't expect that Grand Tutor Jiang would be interested in someone like Wei Jianzhong."
"Who said it wasn't?" Zhao Yuanlu picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Grand Tutor Jiang's promotion of Wei Jianzhong achieved two goals at once. First, he could use him to replace his most pressing concern. Zhou Yibai, the former commander of the Imperial Guards, was a man of unyielding integrity and unwavering loyalty to the Emperor, and had always refused to serve Grand Tutor Jiang.
[To the Emperor, such a person would be of no harm, but to Grand Tutor Jiang, he would be a thorn in his side.]
【Only by removing it can I feel refreshed. 】
[Secondly, Wei Jianzhong was promoted to the high position of commander by Grand Tutor Jiang, so he would naturally regard him as a great benefactor and obey his orders.]
I see.
The second prince was stunned and suddenly thought of the previous commander of the imperial guards, Zhou Yibai.
Zhou Yibai served as the commander of the imperial guards for three years and had never made any mistakes. But one day, he was suddenly reported by his subordinates for serious corruption and for embezzling the military pay of the imperial guards for a long time.
When the higher-ups came to investigate, they found 50,000 taels of silver notes and account books for reselling military rations in his home.
After the charges were proven, Zhou Yibai was exiled thousands of miles away, and even several of his capable subordinates were implicated.
After another month or so, Wei Jianzhong, who had done little, became the new commander of the imperial guards.
"Ma'am, please don't do this!"
"Madam, please calm down. I really didn't lie to you!"
Suddenly, a noisy sound came into the tent, the voices of several soldiers explaining earnestly, mixed in with the voice of a woman yelling in a rage.
"What happened?" The second prince looked at Zhao Yuanlu with a puzzled look.
"It must be Madam Wei coming to check on me again!" Zhao Yuanlu covered his mouth and laughed.
The two men then stood up and walked to the door, opened the curtain a little, and looked out.
I saw a woman dressed as an official's wife, with her hands on her hips, jumping and shouting in front of the imperial guards' tent. Several soldiers with bitter faces tried to stop her.
"Have you seen it? That's Commander Wei's wife, she's so powerful." Zhao Yuanlu looked gossipy.
"Mrs. Wei is extremely jealous and never allowed her husband to take a concubine. But Commander Wei loves beauty, and two years ago he even bought the body of a courtesan and kept her in his outer residence."
"If Madam Wei doesn't see her husband come home for a few days, she will come to the camp to check on him. If he's not there, she will go to the outer house to catch him in adultery."
The second prince took out some melon seeds and ate them while listening, he was very interested.
[Oh, my Erguoguo, you're so ignorant. You're so intoxicated by this ordinary melon. You must have never seen a big melon before!]
Xia Miaoyuan rolled her eyes at the Second Prince.
If you knew that Wei Jianzhong hid more than a dozen large boxes of gold, silver, and jewelry in the cellar in the backyard of the outer house, you would be so angry.
"Ah..." The second prince couldn't help but utter "Ah..." after hearing his sister's complaint, but as soon as he made a sound, he quickly covered his mouth with his hands.
Zhao Yuanlu thought the Second Prince was marveling at Wei Jianzhong's romantic affairs, but when he saw how interested he was in this kind of gossip, he asked attentively, "Your Highness, would you like to see something even more interesting?"
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