"Zifang, have you recovered?"
"Grand Tutor, Zhang Liang has long since recovered. Thank you for your concern!"
Zhang Liang came running over from a distance, smiling broadly.
After he recovered, he moved out of the Prime Minister's residence, not because he was uncomfortable living there, but to avoid suspicion.
Under the melon fields and plum trees.
People will easily gossip about you.
After all, only the Prime Minister's wife was at home in the mansion, and it felt a bit awkward for a grown man like him to live there.
Hearing that Li Lin had returned, he rushed over in a hurry.
"If it weren't for Zifang's secret reminder, I probably wouldn't have been able to see that Han Xin was a fake. I thank you very much."
"Ahem, Grand Tutor, you're too kind. I just felt that Han Xin was a bit strange, so I imitated his speech. Who knew he was actually a fake Han Xin? It was just a lucky guess!"
"Zifang is too modest!"
The two exchanged compliments and then left the Prime Minister's residence with smiles on their faces.
Since Li Lin returned, he has been recuperating at home for several days. During this time, he has not dealt with any state affairs, since His Majesty has granted him permission to recuperate at home and he does not go to work.
Who has a problem with me being lazy at home?
However, the agreement made with those people to dismiss them in three days was broken. Among them, Wu Jun was a troublemaker who refused to be removed from the central government, which was truly an insult to his reputation.
Two days have passed, and tomorrow is the final deadline.
"The Prime Minister will be returning to the court tomorrow. Do you know what major events have occurred in the court during this time?"
"this......"
Zhang Liang glanced around and said in a low voice, "Right now, everyone in the court and among the people is talking about how Lord Gao, the head of the Imperial Carriage Office, has risen to power. It seems that the old faction of the Imperial Clan Court is no match for Lord Gao. Now, Lord Gao's power has taken control of a large number of censors. Yesterday, I heard some friends talking about it, and it seems that the Censor-in-Chief has been sidelined."
"Oh? Is that so?"
Li Lin was suddenly startled, realizing that Gao Shu's recent overstepping of his boundaries was related to these events.
"Yes, the faction within the Imperial Clan Court has already split into pieces. Now that you have implemented the new laws, Prince Fusu has dismissed a large number of officials who do not support them in order to ensure their implementation. A few officials who do not support the new laws have turned to Lord Gao, to the point that everyone in the court and the public believes that Prince Fusu is currently in a standoff with Lord Gao. And what is most surprising is that how did a eunuch get such a big guts to stand against Prince Fusu?"
"That's true!"
Li Lin nodded. He had to admit that Gao Shu was nothing more than a eunuch.
He was different from Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao was a native of Zhao, but in essence, he was also a nobleman of Qin. Qin and Zhao were inseparable. The most reliable account of Zhao Gao's background that has survived to this day is that he was a nobleman of Qin.
The First Emperor was of the Zhao clan and the Ying surname.
Zhao Gao and the First Emperor were of the same clan, but there was one exception: Zhao Gao was from the Zhao state.
He was related to both Zhao She and Zhao Kuo.
Therefore, the so-called Warring States period and the struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn period were nothing more than fighting among their own people.
Just like during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were relatives, Zhang Fei was relatives of Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, Liu Shan married Zhang Fei's daughter, so he was relatives of Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, and the Sun family was nominally from his mother's branch. As a result, a bunch of relatives were fighting each other.
But Gao Shu was an exception.
He is neither royalty nor a relative of His Majesty. His background is simply that he has gained His Majesty's trust. In short, he is a mere servant of the emperor.
Fusu is the emperor's eldest son, and His Majesty's intentions are now common knowledge: he wants Fusu to ascend the throne.
At this moment, he suddenly challenged Fusu to a duel.
It was quite abrupt.
Who exactly is supporting him behind the scenes?
Otherwise, even if you gave him ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to oppose a pre-selected heir when His Majesty is old.
"Zifang, who do you think is supporting him behind the scenes?"
"Could it be Ying Gao?"
"Ying Gao?"
"That's right, it's the Third Young Master Ying Gao. He's ambitious and carefree. He even had a fight with Young Master Fu Su before!"
"No, no, no, it's unlikely to be him!"
Li Lin shook his head. He had never heard of this person before, which meant that this person had no presence in history. Since he had not left his name in history, he was very likely an unknown person.
As the son of the First Emperor, his lack of fame and success suggests he's not very useful.
He might even be a complete waste of space.
The two walked and walked until they reached a bamboo forest on the outskirts of the city. The sun was not too harsh at this time, and it felt warm on their bodies without causing them to feel too hot.
Li Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the bamboo forest in front of him. Suddenly, a cool breeze blew by, and both of them couldn't help but feel a little refreshed.
Just as I was about to walk into the small pavilion in front to rest my feet.
But unexpectedly.
I saw someone I shouldn't have seen here.
"Prime Minister Li, you've finally arrived! We've been waiting for you here for almost half an hour!"
"Lord Gao? What are you doing here? And how did you know I would come to Cuihua Pavilion today?"
"Hmph, Prime Minister Li, you said yesterday that you wanted to get some lotus pods from Cuihua Pavilion to roast and eat. Have you forgotten?"
"Heh, you really don't know how to spell the word 'regret'!"
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