Zhang Zhe is not stupid.
It's impossible for a fool to become a senior official in the Ministry of War in his early twenties on his own merits.
Therefore, he couldn't possibly have made such a mistake!
He may have genuinely told some people about this in jest, hoping they would pass it on to the emperor, but someone else learned of his plan and fueled the flames, leading to the current situation.
Therefore, Zhang Zhe is not innocent, and those who fueled the flames are also hateful.
And the person who fueled this was very likely Xie Chang'an, because this whole thing was a trap set by Xie Chang'an for Zhang Zhe from the very beginning!
Although Ye Jingchen appeared open and honest in front of the emperor, the emperor did not dispel his suspicions.
When Ye Jingchen went to find Xie Chang'an, he discovered that the number of sentries around the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion had increased rather than decreased, especially near the side gate of Chang'an Residence, where there were many people watching him both openly and secretly, making it impossible to get close.
Besides the fact that the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was being watched by the emperor, the number of people secretly "protecting" him by the emperor had more than doubled!
As long as he is outside the palace, there are countless eyes secretly watching him, making it difficult for him to ignore them!
"What grudge do you have against Zhang Zhe that you would do something so harmful and pointless to get rid of him?!" After getting away with it, Ye Jingchen met Xie Chang'an in a private room at a teahouse. Looking at Xie Chang'an's unremarkable face, which was so plain that he could be easily lost in a crowd, Ye Jingchen questioned him irritably.
Now, when the two of them meet, they not only have to arrange a time and place in advance, but they also can't use their real faces. They can only meet secretly in a private room. The atmosphere is like an underground organization meeting!
"What? Did I offend one of His Highness's most trusted advisors? Is His Highness angry?" Xie Chang'an said sarcastically as he leisurely sipped his tea.
Seeing Xie Chang'an's leisurely demeanor, Ye Jingchen was furious.
He didn't hide anything at all!
"Since you say he's untrustworthy, I'll just stop using him. Why make such a big fuss? What good does this do for either of us?!"
If it's this difficult to even meet in person, it's even harder to do anything underhanded behind the scenes!
Xie Chang'an sneered, "Hasn't Your Highness always valued him highly, often going in and out with him? If Your Highness doesn't use him, are you willing to let him go?"
Ye Jingchen looked at Xie Chang'an with the eyes of someone looking at a new continent, "Are you sure you're drinking tea and not vinegar? Otherwise, why is your tone so sour?!"
"And what about you? Go look in the mirror and see how you differ from those lonely, resentful women neglected by their husbands!"
His disdain for Xie Chang'an shown in front of the emperor was not feigned, but a genuine expression of his feelings.
Xie Chang'an in the novel isn't like that at all!
If he had that kind of personality, he would have died a thousand times over!
I don't know what happened after I was reborn? My IQ is still online, but my personality is like I've been possessed by a jealous person, especially in the last two years. I like to say sarcastic and sour things as soon as I open my mouth.
Could it be that after he died in his previous life, before he was reincarnated, he drank vinegar instead of Meng Po soup?
In previous years, the vinegar hadn't fermented, so it wasn't very sour. But in the last two years, the fermentation has been complete, so it's become increasingly sour.
The woman's face contorted in a grimace, and with a sudden exertion, a crack appeared in the teacup in her hand.
He placed the teacup on the table, with the cracked side facing Ye Jingchen.
Although the teacup wasn't broken, the crack was quite deep, and tea was slowly seeping out along the crack.
"What did Your Highness just call me?" Xie Chang'an stared into Ye Jingchen's eyes and asked with a cold smile.
Ye Jingchen's lips twitched. He felt that Xie Chang'an probably wanted to pinch his head more than the teacup.
"A wise man submits to circumstances," Ye Jingchen said with a gentle smile. "Since you want to deal with him, you must have your reasons. I'm not going to interfere, but my father is very angry about this. You'd better not let him find out anything, or you'll be in a much worse situation than Zhang Zhe!"
"Zhang Zhe is the one with ulterior motives, what does that have to do with me?" Xie Chang'an said dismissively.
Having dealt with the Imperial Guards for over a decade in his past life, he would never allow them to find fault with him!
"I'm curious, what did Zhang Zhe do in the past that made you so hostile towards him?" Ye Jingchen asked curiously.
This 'before' naturally refers to a previous life.
In this lifetime, so far, apart from spreading rumors about him and Xie Chang'an, Zhang Zhe's life record is spotless!
Thinking of Zhang Zhe's actions in his previous life, Xie Chang'an couldn't suppress his murderous intent.
"Under the guise of avenging the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, you won over the Xie family army and became its commander. However, you then slaughtered all the soldiers loyal to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and even colluded with the Northern Barbarians, earning the Xie family army the reputation of a 'rebel army.' How do you tell me how I should take revenge?"
That would definitely warrant being torn to pieces!
In fact, in the novel, Xie Chang'an did indeed tear Zhang Zhe to pieces!
The reason he couldn't connect the Zhang Zhe of that novel with the Zhang Zhe of this novel was simply because the life trajectories of the Zhang Zhe in the novel and the Zhang Zhe of this novel were completely different.
In the novel, when Zhang Zhe appears, he is already the commander of Xie's army.
Xie Chang'an brought Zhang Zhe into the Xie family army by sacrificing him to the flag. As for the reason for his sacrifice, it may have been mentioned in the novel seven years later, but he no longer remembered it.
In this life, it's probably because the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion didn't encounter any trouble, and the Xie family army wasn't leaderless, so Zhang Zhe didn't go to the northern frontier, but instead chose the Ministry of War.
These drastically different choices led to Zhang Zhe's life trajectory being completely different as well.
Zhang Zhe in his past life was certainly hateful, but that's all in the past. In this life—
Although this was a trap set by Xie Chang'an for Zhang Zhe, if he hadn't had any ulterior motives, nothing would have happened to him.
Ultimately, it was his excessive greed for power that led him to fall into Xie Chang'an's trap.
Ye Jingchen doesn't get involved in other people's grudges and entanglements.
He didn't comment on Xie Chang'an's desire to exterminate him, since he hadn't experienced Xie Chang'an's suffering and therefore had no right to advise him to be kind.
He certainly admired Zhang Zhe, but if he had to choose between Zhang Zhe and Xie Chang'an, he would definitely choose Xie Chang'an.
Xie Chang'an's importance to him was far greater than that of Zhang Zhe.
Moreover, Zhang Zhe's ambitions were indeed too great.
"That's your business, I won't interfere. Do whatever you want. However, we're both currently under my father's close surveillance, so we should try to meet as little as possible in the future, lest my father notice something," Ye Jingchen said seriously.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Chang'an's face turned cold and he glared at him angrily.
Ye Jingchen was amazed by Xie Chang'an's quick change of expression. "I already said I wouldn't interfere with you, so why are you angry again?"
"That's exactly what I was thinking too!" Xie Chang'an said with a cold laugh, then stood up and left.
"How inexplicable!" Ye Jingchen exclaimed.
Miss Xie's face is like the weather in June, changing in an instant!
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