Chapter 415: Lu Jiuan wants to rebel?
After a night of wind and rain, the next day there was no trace of the bloodshed from the previous night in the capital.
Ordinary people continued to live their lives as usual. Even if they heard noises at night, they would only think that the government was arresting scoundrels. Only officials in the court, aristocratic families, and the royal family knew something about what happened the night before.
The fact that the Lu family was imprisoned overnight shocked everyone. The next morning, when they saw Xiao Yan, who had not been seen for a long time, standing in the court, some people who had been jumping for joy before began to shrink their necks.
How come this plague god got better so quickly?
Emperor An angrily denounced Lu Chongyuan's wolfish ambitions, sending people to burn down the Forbidden Palace, raising assassins to murder court officials, assassinating the emperor, and causing chaos in the capital. All these crimes almost plunged the Lu family into the abyss.
The court officials who were close to the Lu family were all pale-faced, filled with fear of being implicated by the Lu family. As for the aristocratic families, except for Cui Lin who was inexplicably happy, everyone else felt sympathetic. On the contrary, the court officials of the Qingliu faction were like chicken blood, all of them were excited with red faces, rubbing their hands and eager to show their strengths to kill the Lu family.
Cao Dejiang watched the people beside him come forward and enumerate the past crimes of the Lu family. The aristocratic family was rampant, and he demanded that Emperor An conduct a strict trial. Suddenly, he saw the ashen face of Grand Tutor Liang in front of him.
He was silent for a moment, then leaned sideways with the white jade tablet in his hand, his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart.
Amitabha.
It has nothing to do with him.
Hearing that Emperor An handed the Lu family affairs over to Xiao Yan for trial, and also brought the Zhao family, the Fourth Prince's wife, and the previous affairs in the capital together, Xiao Yan, who had been "ignored" for more than a month, instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.
As soon as the morning court ended, Cao Dejiang saw Grand Tutor Liang coming towards him, and he quickly slipped away.
Grand Tutor Liang: “…”
Old man!!!
Grand Tutor Liang was furious with Cao Dejiang, but he could do nothing about him. He glanced at Cui Lin behind him, who looked very happy as if he had gotten an advantage, and became even more angry.
He didn't have to support Lu Chongyuan, nor did he really want the Liang family to depend on the Lu family. It was just because Lu Chongyuan was a rare person in the aristocratic family who was smart and knew how to consider the overall situation.
Grand Tutor Liang knew Cui Lin's thoughts and had thought about helping Cui Lin after Lu Chongyuan got into trouble, but this man was narrow-minded, conceited and ignorant.
All he had in his eyes was the Cui family's little piece of land, and all he thought about was the Cui family's interests. He never saw that the aristocratic families were united and shared honor and disgrace, and he never thought that these aristocratic family officials could stand in the court for a hundred years and their power even surpassed the imperial power because of the power they represented by being united as one.
Cui Lin didn't see that if something happened to the Lu family, the whole family would be affected. He also didn't know that the aristocratic families were like one body. As long as this gap was opened, after the Lu family collapsed, the other families would not be able to fare well.
He only knew that Lu Chongyuan, who was suppressing him, was gone. Seeing the Lu family fall, the Cui family had a chance to take over...
How could he entrust the future of his noble family and even the power in the court to such a short-sighted and ignorant person?
Grand Tutor Liang is over seventy years old, and he has been reluctant to retreat because he is afraid to do so. Now that Lu Chongyuan has fallen, he feels that the road ahead is even darker.
When he raised his foot to leave, he vaguely heard someone stop Cui Lin from behind, and a faint voice came.
"...Mr. Cui, I know you dislike the Lu family, but after all, the aristocratic families are one. Even if we can't help the Lu family out of their predicament, we can't kick them when they're down..."
When Grand Tutor Liang turned around, he saw a young man standing next to Cui Lin, frowning and talking.
Cui Lin was very unhappy with what he said and seemed to reprimand him, but the young man still continued to persuade him in a low voice.
"...The Lu family's downfall is a minor issue, but the implications for other matters are more serious. Lord Cui, please think twice..."
"If you don't like it, just don't interfere. But helping Xiao Yan deal with the Lu family is a big taboo..."
Cui Lin and Feng Qiuli seemed to be arguing over there, and Grand Tutor Liang couldn't help but take a few more glances.
"Grand Master, what's wrong with you?" When Li Wenchang, the head of the Li family, came over, he happened to pass by Grand Master Liang.
Following his gaze, Li Wenchang's face turned grim. "Are you looking at Cui Lin? He's really gone too far this time. Although the Cui and Lu families are at odds, he's still trying to take advantage of the situation, making us look ridiculous to the Qingliu officials..."
Grand Tutor Liang frowned and looked at Li Wenchang: "I remember that you were good friends with Cui Lin."
"Why would I want to be friends with him?" Li Wenchang spat, looking at Cui Lin with disgust. "I used to think Cui Lin was just like you, doing everything for the benefit of his family. Plus, the Fourth Prince keeps making mistakes, so that kid from the Feng family and I got on his bandwagon."
"But who knew he only wanted to help the Cui family out? The Second Prince is no better than the Fourth Prince, acting arrogantly and looking down on others. If it weren't for the Feng family kid's cleverness in pushing the issue aside several times, I'm afraid our families would have been dragged down by Cui Lin to become scapegoats for the Second Prince and the Cui family."
Li Wenchang's face looked extremely ugly, as if he remembered something bad, and he tugged at his sleeves in annoyance.
"If I had known Cui Lin would be like this, I would have followed Lu Chongyuan. Even that kid from the Feng family is better than Cui Lin. At least he knows what's important and what's not, and he cares about us."
Li Wenchang left cursing, but Grand Tutor Liang looked at the frowning Feng Qiuli and his heart moved slightly.
He knew how Feng Qiuli had seized power in the Feng family, how he had been able to rise from a bastard son of a side branch to stand out among the legitimate children, and how he had been valued by the former head of the Feng family. Later, he had used his means to win over all the members of the Feng family in a short period of time, making it so that no one in the Feng family was disobedient to him.
Feng Qiuli undoubtedly has some means.
Master Liang had not had much contact with Feng Qiuli in the past, but he knew that he was highly capable and had excellent character. Most importantly, he understood the overall situation much better than Cui Lin, and he was also younger than all of them.
If he could be promoted and trained, allowing Feng Qiuli to rise to prominence in the court and stabilize the family structure, replacing Lu Chongyuan and him as the next leader of the family, then he would be able to protect the family for at least the next thirty years...
Cui Lin argued with Feng Qiuli and left with a gloomy face. Feng Qiuli sighed with some worry.
When Grand Tutor Liang came to him, Feng Qiuli was a little stunned.
Grand Tutor Liang said, "I've just got some good tea in my house. Do you have time to play chess with me and drink some tea?"
Feng Qiuli hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I just happen to have some questions about the Lu family that I'd like to ask you."
Upon hearing this, Grand Tutor Liang smiled and said, "Oh, what do you want to ask?"
Feng Qiuli frowned. "The Lu family is in prison. Although His Majesty is currently only investigating Lu Chongyuan, many aristocratic families have connections with each other. If something really happens to the Lu family, the other families may not be able to escape. Moreover, once this loophole is opened, I am worried that His Majesty will deal with others next..."
Grand Tutor Liang listened to his words and saw the worry in his eyes, and he felt relieved. "This matter needs to be discussed carefully. It's not convenient to talk here. Let's go to my house first."
Feng Qiuli nodded: "Okay."
The old man and the young man left together. When Qian Baokun and Xiao Yan came out of the hall, they happened to see the backs of Grand Tutor Liang and his men. He was a little surprised: "Why is Grand Tutor Liang hanging out with Feng Qiuli? I remember the Feng family is close to the Cui family, right?"
Xiao Yan glanced at Feng Qiuli's figure and said, "They are all officials from aristocratic families. Who can be ranked? Maybe he has won the favor of Grand Tutor Liang."
Qian Baokun raised an eyebrow, but didn't think much about it. He just pulled Xiao Yan's wrist and walked towards the corner, then said stealthily: "Did you know that the Pingshan Palace suddenly started to stockpile food?"
Xiao Yan paused: "King Pingshan?"
Qian Baokun nodded. "My clan sent me news that King Pingshan has been buying up grain and horses in secret for unknown reasons. The people they sent are very unfamiliar and are acting very cautiously. If I hadn't asked my brothers to keep an eye on news from the South, I'm afraid all this would have been hidden from them."
Suddenly stockpiling grain and purchasing horses, and doing it so covertly, Qian Baokun said to Xiao Yan, "Do you think Prince Pingshan wants something?"
He pointed to the hall behind him and looked up at the sky.
Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes immediately. King Pingshan, Nandi, stockpiling grain and buying horses...
Lu Jiuan? !
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