Chapter 345 Briefing
The Minister of War tried to refuse the job on his son's behalf, but failed.
After leaving the imperial study, the Minister of War was full of worry. On the way back home, he saw his son riding on a horse from afar, chatting and laughing with the Prince of Yuzhang in a nonchalant manner.
When I saw him, I turned around and ran away without saying a word.
Um.
Prince Yuzhang and Chu Yang would take a detour when they saw their own father on the street. After all, it was too embarrassing to be scolded in the street.
The Minister of War was so angry that if beating his son in the street would not damage his image as the Minister of War, he would have to beat his son.
The Minister of War returned home and asked his servant to find Zhao Ang.
Zhao Ang thought he had escaped danger, but he escaped his own father but not the messenger.
Zhao Ang returned home with a heavy heart. Over the years, whenever his own father looked for him, it was bound to be bad news. He had gotten used to it.
As soon as he got home, his own father scolded him, "Do you think I'm a cannibal? If you see me on the street, run away!"
They don’t eat people, but they will curse and beat people.
Zhao Ang didn't dare to talk back.
Madam Zhao glared at him, "Why are you running when you see your father?"
Zhao Ang said, "You can't blame your son for running away. Normally, if we meet on the street, my father would scold me for no reason. But today, my father is in a bad mood. If I meet him, won't I be scolded badly?"
Madam Zhao also felt that Minister Zhao's face was not in a good mood. "Is there something difficult that the emperor wants you to come to the palace with?"
Minister Zhao slammed the teacup in his hand on the table. "The Prince of Jingbei recommended him, and the Emperor ordered him and Minister Wu to go to Suizhou to bring the coffin of Concubine Chen back to the capital."
Mrs. Zhao frowned.
Zhao Ang's eyes widened.
Brother Jing Yu said that there was a task suitable for him. Could it be this one?
Mrs. Zhao was worried about her son leaving Beijing and asked, "Is this job easy?"
Minister Zhao had a headache. "The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice took the job, and before he even left the capital, his wife broke her arm. What do you think?"
Anything that has anything to do with the fight for the crown prince is dangerous.
Mrs. Zhao suddenly became anxious, "Then why did you take this job?"
If he could refuse, would he not refuse?
Minister Zhao glanced at his son, his brow furrowing as he watched. "The Prince of Jingbei must have sent our son to distract Duke Song and the others. Such an important task should be assigned elsewhere."
Mrs. Zhao also felt that no one would dare to entrust such a matter to their unreliable son.
Zhao Ang, who was entrusted with an important task and was ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work, was suddenly poured with a bucket of cold water, and his heart sank.
But thinking about the fact that Xie Jingyu had taken on the task for Chu Yang and even asked the emperor for a golden medal of immunity from death that would allow Chu Yang to be executed first and report later, he knew that this was serious and not a joke.
He'd better go and ask clearly.
In the study, Xie Jingyu was reading a book when a voice came from outside, "Brother Jingyu..."
He looked up and Zhao Ang came in.
Zhao Ang stepped forward and asked, "When you recommended me to the Emperor, were you asking me to actually go and receive the coffin of Concubine Chen, or to deceive the enemy?"
Xie Jingyu frowned, "Confuse the enemy? Confuse who?"
This question confused Zhao Ang, "Those people who didn't allow Concubine Chen to be buried in the imperial mausoleum."
Xie Jingyu said, "When we go to Suizhou, we must bring the coffin of Concubine Chen back to the capital in a grand manner."
Zhao Ang asked, "In other words, the person in the coffin is really Consort Chen?"
In fact, it would be safer to send a fake one and find someone else to escort the real corpse of Concubine Chen.
Xie Jingyu knew this was the safest option, but he wouldn't do it. "The Concubine Chen has been dead for fifteen years. The only thing the Emperor can offer her now is a grand burial. Even bringing her back to the capital is done in secret. Do you think the Concubine Chen is willing to return to the capital?"
Zhao Ang, "..."
I have seen people judging others by their own standards, but I have never seen people judging the dead by their own standards.
Xie Jingyu looked at Chen Ping and said, "Go guard the door."
Zhao Ang's eyes widened. This was Xie Jingyu's study, guarded by secret guards, and he asked Chen Ping to guard the door. What was he trying to say to him?
After Chen Ping left, Xie Jingyu looked at Zhao Ang and said, "Your mission this time is no easier than the granary water leakage case that Chu Yang is investigating. You must not take it lightly."
Zhao Ang was stunned. "Can this be compared to the granary case?"
"Even more dangerous."
Zhao Ang, "..."
Are you sure you're not kidding him?
Xie Jingyu said, "You are doing this on my behalf."
Zhao Ang looked confused.
Xie Jingyu has always trusted Prince Yuzhang and his men, so in order to make Zhao Ang pay attention to this matter, he had to tell him the truth.
Xie Jingyu said, "Chen Fei is a title given by the emperor. She also has another identity——"
"Princess Jin."
Zhao Ang, “……!!!”
He is definitely his brother.
Tell him all about this kind of beheading.
However, what shocked Zhao Ang even more was yet to come. Xie Jingyu said, "She is not only the one the emperor loves, but also my wife's biological mother, my true mother-in-law."
Zhao Ang's eyes almost popped out of his head in shock.
Zhao Ang's voice was floating, "Do both the Queen Mother and Duke Song know about this?"
"Clearly."
This is also the reason why Xie Jingyu told Zhao Ang the truth.
Only when we know the seriousness of the matter can we take strict precautions.
Zhao Ang's heart was trembling.
Xie Jingyu said, "Do you have an idea?"
Zhao Ang covered his chest.
Half scared, half moved.
He asked Xie Jingyu to find him something serious to do and carve his uncut jade. He just wanted Xie Jingyu to give him a few cuts, but Xie Jingyu wanted to carve his uncut jade into a rare treasure.
How could Xie Jingyu trust him with such an important task?
Does he look like such a reliable person?
No!
This time we must be reliable!
The Queen Mother will not allow Princess Jin to be buried in the imperial mausoleum. She will be buried with the Emperor in the future.
If he is unreliable, the remains of Princess Jin will not be able to return to the capital, and he will not be able to return alive.
After discussing the matter of welcoming Concubine Chen with Xie Jingyu, Zhao Ang entered and left the Prince of Jingbei's Mansion as he pleased.
Back at the mansion, Madam Zhao asked, "Is this job difficult?"
Zhao Ang picked up a fruit and tossed it around, saying casually, "If it's really difficult, you can leave it to your son, right?"
"Just as my father guessed, he sent me to confuse the enemy."
…
In the evening, Shen Wan had nothing to do, so she took over the maid's job and watered the flowers in the yard.
Several maids watched from the side, worried that the Crown Prince's wife would be scolded if she was asked to do rough work.
While I was watering the plants, a maid came in and said, "Princess, someone from the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion has sent a message saying that the wedding date for my cousin and the eldest young master of the Zhou family has been set. She will be married on the 28th of this month."
The Zhou family was indebted to Ye Caiwei, and Ye Caiwei and the eldest young master of Zhou were in love. The Zhou Mansion and the Duke Dingguo Mansion were close together, and now that the wedding date had been set, Shen Wan was happy for her cousin, but she was pregnant, so she most likely wouldn't be able to attend the wedding...
But as long as my cousin marries well, it doesn’t matter if I don’t attend the wedding.
Shen Wan continued watering when another maid came in and said, "Princess Consort, the wedding date for the Third Young Master and the Third Young Lady of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion has been set..."
Shen Wan looked at the maid, and Yin Chuan asked, "Which day?"
"The sixth day of next month."
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