Chapter 480 Rescue

When everyone looked closely, they found that it was actually a young eunuch.

The young eunuch muttered, "I have received the kindness of Master Wu, and I am afraid that Master Wu will be implicated by you, so I came forward."

At this time, everyone was too busy to care about anything else. They pulled the young eunuch and asked, "What can you do?"

The young eunuch smiled and said, "There are spares in the warehouse of your flag bearer guards, and there are also spares in the inner storehouse! I happen to have a fellow villager working in the inner storehouse, but you must remember to return the things to me when the time comes."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Others could not enter the inner treasury, but these eunuchs could use their power to get things from the inner treasury.

The general searched his whole body and only found a few pieces of silver.

When the others saw this, they also took out the silver they had with them, piled it up and stuffed it into the young eunuch's arms, saying respectfully, "Thank you for your hard work, eunuch. We will follow you to move the things."

The young eunuch was not polite at all. He took the silver with a smile and led them to the inner treasury.

When the ambassador of the inner treasury saw the badge, he immediately stood up with a smile and wanted to accompany the eunuch to pick things.

The young eunuch was full of confidence. He waved his hand towards the ambassador and said, "You go and do your thing. The flag bearers will accompany me."

The ambassador nodded and stayed outside the warehouse, as if he was ready to take whatever they wanted.

Several people from the Flag Bearer Guard looked at each other, but did not dare to delay for a moment. They took the things and went straight to the Flag Bearer Guard, and finally corrected the mistake.

Afterwards, they discussed privately: "Mr. Wu usually seems to be quiet, when did he get close to such a powerful person?"

As a result, many people in the Banner Guard were more enthusiastic about Wu Liang than before.

Of course, this is all later.

When Song Mo got the news, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

He had already drawn up more than a dozen plans. With Wang Yuan acting under the emperor's guise, this scheme was doomed to fail unless the empress took action herself.

Despite this, when the emperor's procession was halfway through, something went wrong.

Beside the cleared street, a century-old tree with lush branches and leaves suddenly broke and fell to the ground for no apparent reason, completely blocking the road leading to the West Garden and almost injuring the Jinwu Guards who were standing on alert nearby.

The Jinwu Guards were startled and ran over to take a look, only to find that more than half of the tree trunk had been sawed off.

Everyone couldn't help but curse.

But they didn't dare to sit idle, and several people tried hard to move the tree aside first.

But the tree was too thick and strong to be moved. Some people were quick to run to find patrolmen on the road, but they couldn't find any patrolmen. Seeing that the Holy Chariot was about to pass by here, several Jinwu Guards stood there, pushing the tree with their shoulders and hands, as if this would reduce their guilt when they were held accountable later.

One of them was a young man who had used up most of his family's savings to get a job in the Jinwu Guard and had been working there for less than a month. He couldn't help but burst into tears.

There are also mature people who get so angry that they curse it as "bad luck".

The boy cried even harder.

A few people jumped out from the nearby trees and said, "We are from the Five Cities Army. Do you want our help?"

The Jinwu Guards were overjoyed and said hurriedly, "We are subordinates of Lord Song of the Jinwu Guards. We are all one family. Brothers, please help us move this tree to the side."

The leader of the Wucheng Army was a young man in his early twenties who looked very energetic. He smiled and said, "This is a hundred-year-old tree. If some idle and well-fed official tells the emperor about it, it will hurt the emperor. I'm afraid he will be unhappy. I think it's better for us to work together and leave the tree standing as it is for the time being. It won't be too late to cut it down in two days."

"Brother, you are a very capable man!" The people of Jinwuwei praised, "I wonder what you should call me? We will treat you to a drink someday!"

"I dare not, I dare not!" The man from the Five Cities Military Department laughed, "My surname is Jiang, my name is Yi, and I am the commander of South City. Today I brought a few brothers out to watch the fun, but I didn't expect to encounter something like this."

As they were talking, several more people came running over to help.

Many hands make light work.

Soon, the century-old tree was propped up with several wooden stakes and stood in its original place.

Jiang Yi clapped his hands and said, "It's OK. As long as you don't move, you won't fall down for a while." He added, "We'll leave first to avoid colliding with the Holy Chariot. But that's not a joke, so you guys should be careful."

The Jinwu Guards were on duty and did not dare to leave their posts. They thanked Jiang Yi one after another and stood with their heads held high before the imperial carriage's procession passed by.

The King's Guards on duty beside the tree were so frightened that their legs were shaking, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

Fortunately, the holy driver passed safely and smoothly.

But truth cannot be hidden, especially when there are many parties involved. The news that the flag bearer guard lost their flag and red silk umbrella, and a tree fell down when the Jinwu guard was on duty soon reached Wang Ge's ears. When Wang Ge heard that the person who went to the inner treasury to borrow things was a young eunuch, his eyes fell on Wang Yuan.

Two days later, the emperor asked Wang Yuan, "I didn't expect that you and Yantang have such a good relationship?"

Wang Yuan was puzzled.

The emperor smiled and said, "I heard about the flag bearer guard incident. Did you help him out?"

Wang Yuan cursed Wang Ge in his heart, but he bowed his head and said submissively, "This matter was really not helped by me. I really can't take the credit." Then he said, "I also heard about this matter, but it's different from what the emperor heard - it's said that Lord Song sent someone to take a letter to the fourth master of the Song family, and it was the fourth master of the Song family who helped to borrow things from the inner treasury. No wonder people say that this rumor can kill people, I was wrongly killed! Last time, the narcissus on the treasure box in your study didn't bloom until the Spring Festival, and someone in the palace said that I watered it too much..." As he spoke, he wiped his tears with his sleeves pitifully, "I was really wrong whether I did it or not!"

The emperor laughed loudly, waved his hand and asked Wang Yuan to retreat, then turned around and called the supervisor of the Western Factory in: "Go and find out who borrowed the flag and the red silk umbrella from the inner treasury for the flag bearer guard."

A small minion around a eunuch slave can move things from the inner treasury without going through any formalities. Wouldn't my kingdom become the property of these eunuch slaves?

The emperor was furious and asked one of Wang Ge's disciples beside him, "What is Wang Yuan doing?"

Wang Ge's apprentice couldn't lie, so he said, "Eunuch Wang has been sitting under the porch basking in the sun!"

The emperor snorted coldly.

This old dog knows what's best for you.

At this moment, a dagger with a cold glow was placed on the neck of the ambassador of Neiku.

In front of the desk, the expressionless supervisor of the West Factory asked him grimly, "Is this really what Lord Song came to borrow?"

The ambassador nodded his head and said, "If I lie, I will be struck by lightning and die miserably!"

The supervisor of the West Factory winked at the factory guard, who put away the dagger and started beating the ambassador.

The ambassador wailed and rejoiced at the same time.

Fortunately, he said what the masked man who jumped into his bedroom last night said, otherwise the emperor would suspect that he had colluded with the eunuchs in the palace to steal things from the inner treasury, and he would have had several heads chopped off.

Now all I have to do is stick to this statement.

Even if the Jinyiwei wanted to murder an imperial official, they would have to find a plausible reason, let alone someone from the Western Factory!

He wailed even louder, and while he was doing so he kept shouting that it was unfair.

The supervisor of the West Factory realized that he could not get any information out of the matter, so he turned around and went to Song Tongchun.

Hearing that this matter was related to Song Mo, Song Tongchun felt that if he denied it, he would definitely offend Song Mo. But then he thought that the person asking the question was the director of the West Factory, so he thought it would be better for him to find a way to clear himself.

Song Tongchun said it was him at one moment and then said it was not him at another moment, repeating himself over and over again, making people feel that he was trying to shirk responsibility.

The supervisor of the West Factory did not make things difficult for him and returned to the palace to report.

The emperor pondered and said, "After all, it is against the rules. Song Tongchun is timid and afraid of trouble, so it is normal for him to speak incoherently."

At this point, he believed Wang Yuan, but he was somewhat annoyed with Wang Ge who was always whispering in his ear.

Wang Yuan was so happy when he saw this that he almost laughed out loud.

This is truly a blessing in disguise!

Song Yantang easily tricked Wang Ge!

This guy is so cunning and treacherous!

As the thought flashed through his mind, Wang Yuan felt a little uncomfortable again.

I don't think I have ever offended Song Yantang in any way, right?

He was thinking in the veranda when the empress came over.

Wang Yuan hurried forward to serve.

The Queen smiled cordially and said, "Eunuch Wang serves the Emperor. I dare not use him without permission. Just let Wang Ge serve beside him."

Wang Yuan retreated with a flattering smile, but in his heart he was cursing the empress.

I wonder how long you can be so proud?

When the prince ascends the throne, you will no longer have a say in this palace.

However, if King Liao ascends the throne...

Wang Geke can stand on his head and shit for the rest of his life.

He was the first eunuch to be stabbed in the back by his adopted son, and his reputation will be remembered forever!

Wang Yuan felt like he was being nagged by a cat. He kicked the little disciple who was holding his legs and said, "Go! Listen to what the Empress said to the Emperor."

The young apprentice ran out in a flash.

After about two incense sticks had passed, the voice of "Empress, get up!" was heard from the Qianqing Palace.

Wang Yuan hurried out.

The queen's carriage had already gone far away, but Wangge was still standing at the door looking out.

Wang Yuan said "Pooh" at Wang Ge's back and went back to the veranda.

His apprentice came back: "The Empress talked to the Emperor about the palace move, and said that although Lord Song's job was done well, it was still worrying, so it would be better to assign Lord Song a more mature assistant. The Emperor said that Lord Song was young, and it was good enough that he could get things done, which was much better than most people of the same age as Lord Song. It would be better for Lord Song to deal with the Jinwu Guard himself. After a few more times, there would be no mistakes. He also said, who didn't make mistakes when they were young? Lord Song is already very good. After hearing this, the Empress said nothing more and talked to the Emperor about the first birthday ceremony of the third grandson of the emperor."

The sting of a wasp is as poisonous as the heart of a woman.

If the emperor was still young a few years ago, after the empress said this, even if the emperor wanted to promote Song Yantang, he would have followed the empress's advice and placed an experienced person to look after Song Yantang.

Wang Yuan sneered, returned to his house and drank three bowls of wine in a row. Thinking that Yuan Ge'er would be turning one year old soon, he asked the silver shop to make a set of solid small bowls and plates out of gold and quietly sent them to him.

Song Mo curled his lips indifferently and said, "Now Wang Yuan is finally obedient."

Dou Zhao smiled and said, "You're killing several birds with one stone?"

Song Mo smiled and said, "As many birds as we can shoot down counts as many birds as we can."

Dou Zhao couldn't help laughing.