Chapter 72 Shen Shilang is just afraid of getting others into trouble
"At least I won't be much smarter when facing Emperor Jiacheng." Su Jinshi said, and suddenly he exclaimed "Ouch".
"What's wrong?" Shen Shilang subconsciously turned to the side where the voice came from.
Although he couldn't see Su Jinshi, based on the direction of the sound, he felt that if Su Jinshi could show up, he would be on his left.
"That Grand Tutor Liu came into the palace at this time, and he knew exactly that you were appointed as the Imperial Censor to support Wei Zhaoxian." Su Jinshi said, "Do you think he will go to the Imperial Study to discuss this matter with Emperor Jiacheng later? Maybe he will even discuss how to plot against Wei Zhaoxian."
Shen Shilang's expression slightly changed, "It's possible."
"Hey, you go back first. I'll go and listen and tell you after I'm done." After Su Jinshi finished speaking, he switched the screen directly.
Therefore, she could not hear Shen Shilang calling her.
"Jinshi..." Shen Shilang called out several times but received no response, and he knew that Su Jinshi had already run far away.
"What an impatient person..." Shen Shilang whispered helplessly.
He had no choice but to go back home and wait, otherwise waiting outside the palace would easily arouse suspicion.
Su Jinshi returned to the imperial study and waited for a while before Grand Tutor Liu came.
Liu Taishi paid his respects to Emperor Jiacheng, and then asked him, "Why did your majesty ask Shen Shilang to support Wei Zhaoxian?"
"Since Wei Zhaoxian has done Shen Shilang a favor, what if Shen Shilang really does his best to save Wei Zhaoxian in order to repay his favor?" Grand Tutor Liu asked pretending not to understand.
In order to become the Prime Minister under Emperor Jiacheng, one must provide sufficient emotional value to Emperor Jiacheng and make him feel that the people under him are not as smart as himself.
As expected, Emperor Jiacheng looked confident, as if everything was under control, and said with a curled lip: "He was only superficially grateful to Wei Zhaoxian. Between the future and Wei Zhaoxian, he chose the future."
"But this time, it can be regarded as a test for him to see if it is really as he said." Emperor Jiacheng said, "Ambition is written on Shen Shilang's face. I am not afraid of your ambition, but I am afraid of your incompetence."
Emperor Jiacheng said with his hands behind his back: "If Shen Shilang can really successfully deal with Wei Zhaoxian for me this time, then I can use him in a more important position in the future."
"But Wei Zhaoxian has done him a favor, and he can sell Wei Zhaoxian out in a flash. I am afraid that such an ungrateful villain will be disloyal to Your Majesty in the future."
Emperor Jiacheng said confidently: "The whole world belongs to me. In the face of absolute strength, do I still need to worry about his disloyalty to me?"
He never worried about the loyalty of these people; all he wanted was for them to be as obedient as dogs.
"Even if he pretends to obey me but actually disobeys me, as long as he is obedient, I can tolerate him." Emperor Jiacheng said.
Shen Liangyu and Wei Zhaoxian were just not obedient enough.
Always self-righteous and try to influence his decision.
Why would he keep a disobedient dog?
"If you don't obey, kill you." Emperor Jiacheng said coldly.
Master Liu felt a chill in his heart, but he said, "Shen Shilang will definitely not escape the control of your majesty."
After listening to it, Su Jinshi went home to find Shen Shilang and told him the whole story, "You guessed right, Emperor Jiacheng just wanted to test you and use you to deal with Wei Zhaoxian."
"Emperor Jiacheng no longer wants to tolerate General Wei." Shen Shilang said in a deep voice, "This time, in addition to testing me, he also wants to kill two birds with one stone. If I don't get rid of General Wei according to his wishes, I will be useless to him and will be a discarded pawn from now on. And he will find someone else to get rid of General Wei."
"He treated his loyal and brave generals like this!" Su Jinshi said angrily, "It's a good thing that Daxi has a solid foundation laid by the previous emperors. Otherwise, with his behavior, even if he is not the king who loses his country, the foundation of his ancestors will start to fall from him."
Thinking of Emperor Jiacheng, Shen Shilang's expression was grim, "Fortunately he asked me to test him."
At least he can protect Wei Zhaoxian. It would be troublesome to replace him with someone else.
Soon, Shen Shilang was appointed as the Imperial Censor, and the imperial decree came down to send him as a military supervisor to support Wei Zhaoxian.
His classmates who were unaware of the situation were envious of Shen Shilang, who was so highly regarded by the emperor right after entering the court.
He was actually promoted directly from a sixth-rank official to an imperial censor.
Shen Shilang's classmates wanted to visit him to congratulate him, but they found that the door of Shen Shilang's house was closed and no one was there.
Everyone who came was turned away.
Now, word has spread among classmates that Shen Shilang has turned his back on everyone and is unwilling to be with his classmates after he has achieved a promising future.
"I can't believe Shen Shilang is such a snob."
"Yes, when we first met him in the inn, he was polite and courteous, chatting and laughing with us. I didn't expect that he would become like this now."
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"People's hearts are fickle!"
"Perhaps he is just like this, not because his heart is fickle. He had a good chat with us at that time only because he was just a minor candidate like us. If one of us scored high in the imperial examination or was promoted quickly in the court, he didn't want to offend him rashly and make enemies for himself." Someone analyzed, "But I didn't expect that he still scored the best in the imperial examination and was promoted the fastest among the same subjects. Not long after he became a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, he jumped to become a fifth-rank imperial censor."
The man smiled bitterly and shook his head. "To be honest, I have never heard of such a speed of promotion. I am afraid there is no one else like him in the court. As long as he does not make mistakes, no one in the same department will surpass him, so he naturally does not need to care about us little people."
"Yes." Someone sighed, "Some of us were sent out, and some stayed in the Imperial Academy. If we want to be promoted, we need at least a few years of experience. Being promoted one level is already fast. I don't know what connections he had, how he got the favor of His Majesty, and how he was promoted so quickly, even skipping the most basic assessment."
"Brother Lu, be careful with your words!" The other party lowered his voice and reminded, "How dare you question His Majesty's decision."
The man's face changed and he looked around, as if to see if anyone heard it. Although he didn't see anyone else, he was still frightened and scared.
Su Jinshi and Shen Shilang both knew about the rumors outside. When Shen Shilang was on duty, not only his classmates but also his senior colleagues were indifferent to him.
Who would like someone who turns his back on people just because he has a promising future?
This kind of person is not worth making friends with.
In response, Shen Shilang did not explain and just quietly did his own thing.
But Su Jinshi knew that Shen Shilang was just afraid of implicating others.
Originally, he was willing to make friends with people he could talk to and slowly build up his own power.
But now Emperor Jiacheng wants him to get rid of Wei Zhaoxian.
Although it is not known how Shen Shilang will protect Wei Zhaoxian, he will definitely do his best to satisfy Emperor Jiacheng on the surface.
Once this happens, Shen Shilang will no longer have any friends in the court.
Wei Zhaoxian's prestige in Daxi is very high. Once he is brought down, Shen Shilang will become the target of public criticism and will also be labeled a traitor.
(End of this chapter)