Everyone's eyes glanced towards Fu Yanci's position.
When they saw that there was no one there, their pupils trembled. General Kuang Chao was gone?
Outside the hall, a servant from the general's mansion was holding a letter in his hand and kneeling in front of the hall, waiting to be summoned with an anxious look on his face.
He could have arrived at the palace before the morning court, but something unexpected happened on the way. When he arrived at the palace, the morning court had already begun, so he had to kneel in front of the palace and wait.
"Oh, the general who guards the country is really so powerful! It's okay that he usually ignores people, but now he even dares not to attend the morning court?!"
"Does he still see us, his classmates? Does he still see His Majesty?"
Although Fu Yanci held a high position, he never formed cliques with others for personal gain. Many ministers who wanted to curry favor with him were turned away. Those ministers who lost face inevitably resented Fu Yanci.
Now that I have the chance, I must naturally flatter Fu Yanci in front of the emperor.
The servant outside the palace was shocked when he heard the man's words, and once again begged the guard outside the palace to go in and pass the message so that he could present the letter of leave to His Majesty.
The guard hesitated for a moment, and when he realized that the servant was from the General's Mansion, he walked in under pressure.
"Your Majesty, a servant from the General's Mansion requests an audience."
The emperor said indifferently: "Let him in."
The servant hurriedly walked in with his head down, holding a letter of leave, and knelt down in the hall with a thud.
"Your Majesty, this is the leave letter the general asked me to present!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch behind the emperor hurried down, took the leave letter from the servant, and then handed it to the emperor.
The emperor opened the letter of leave and understood what was inside.
"It turns out that the General Guarding the Nation received news of the sudden outbreak of plague in Jiangnan last night and rushed there overnight. In that case, we'll have to send someone else to escort the medicine."
After learning the truth, the emperor did not blame Fu Yanci and was planning to cover up the matter, but there are always people who find fault with everything because they are eager to show themselves in front of the third prince.
"Your Majesty! The General who left the capital without an imperial decree is truly ruthless! Today he left the capital for Jiangnan without permission, but what about next time? Will he dare to unilaterally mobilize military power without Your Majesty's permission next time?"
The man came up and accused Fu Yanci of despising the imperial power and having no regard for the law. He was feeling smug about having caught the general defending the country, and did not notice the looks from the people around him at all.
The Prime Minister frowned at the man and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean by that, Censor? The General Guarding the Nation clearly had his heart set on the people, rushing to Jiangnan upon hearing the news. How come you're making it seem like he has ulterior motives?"
Apart from anything else, the prime minister is absolutely loyal to the court and the emperor.
Now that he heard that Fu Yanci was being framed, he naturally would not ignore it.
Firstly, Fu Yanci was loyal to the government and a great contributor to the Beiming Kingdom. Secondly, Fu Yanci and he were father-in-law and son-in-law. As the father-in-law, the Prime Minister would naturally not allow others to impeach his son-in-law.
As soon as the Prime Minister said this, the others looked at the censor who had stabbed Fu Yanci in the back with disapproval.
The censor, who was eager to show off in front of the third prince, became the target of public criticism.
The third prince lowered his eyes to hide the darkness in his eyes, and cursed in his heart: Idiot!
"I, I didn't mean that. I just, just..."
The censor wanted to defend himself, but he only made things worse.
"Since the Censor doesn't mean that, he must also want to do his bit for the people of Jiangnan, right? Your Majesty, in my opinion, why not appoint the Censor as the Imperial Envoy this time, responsible for escorting the medicine to Jiangnan?"
The Prime Minister snorted coldly at the censor, then bowed and made a proposal.
The emperor glanced at the censor calmly and said in a deep voice, "Since the censor has volunteered, I hereby declare that I appoint him as an imperial envoy and order him to depart immediately for Jiangnan to escort the goods. If there is even the slightest mistake, I will not forgive him lightly!"
Censor:?
Self-recommendation?
What the hell??
Once the imperial edict was issued, there was no reason to take it back, so the censor had no choice but to accept it.
After the morning court session, the third prince returned to his mansion with a sad face. Under Jiang Jingran's questioning, the third prince had to tell Jiang Jingran everything that happened at the morning court session.
"Confused!"
After learning the whole story, Jiang Jingran slammed the table with a look of anger on his face.
"Father is really getting old and confused! Fu Yanci is his son-in-law, isn't Your Highness also his son-in-law? How could he target Your Highness's people just because of Fu Yanci?!"
The Third Prince's eyes flickered slightly, and he then grabbed Jiang Jingran's hand, coaxing her softly, "Ran'er, don't be angry. Father-in-law has his reasons for doing this. It's all my fault that I'm not good enough to please father-in-law. It's only natural that father-in-law supports the general."
"Your Highness! I won't allow you to be so self-deprecating! Father is simply getting old and confused. I'm going to confront him right now!"
After Jiang Jingran left these words, he sent someone to prepare a carriage to go to the Prime Minister's Residence. The Third Prince did not stop him.
He had privately sent people to win over the Prime Minister more than once. He originally thought that as long as he married the Prime Minister's daughter, the Prime Minister would naturally stand on the same front with him. Unfortunately, he was wrong.
It was hard to tell whether the old and pedantic Prime Minister was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid. No matter who he sent to test the Prime Minister's attitude, he would never give in.
The Prime Minister neither stood on the side of the Crown Prince nor the Third Prince, and was only loyal to the Emperor.
The third prince repeatedly hit a wall, and had no other choice but to turn his attention to Jiang Jingran and ask her to go and act as a lobbyist.
Three quarters of an hour later, at the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The Prime Minister and Madam Hong were very happy about Jiang Jingran's arrival. Madam Hong immediately ran to the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous lunch.
While Madam Hong was in the kitchen, Jiang Jingran drove all the servants out, leaving only her and the Prime Minister and his daughter in the guest room.
Seeing this, the smile on the Prime Minister's face gradually disappeared.
Without waiting for him to speak, Jiang Jingran directly questioned, "Father, why did you defend Fu Yanci against His Highness at court today? Fu Yanci is your son-in-law, but does that mean His Highness is not?"
The Prime Minister was stunned. He had not expected Jiang Jingran to bring up this matter. He adhered to the principle that a person of integrity has nothing to fear and said calmly, "I am not defending anyone, nor am I targeting anyone. Ran'er, as a woman, you should not interfere in the affairs of the court."
Jiang Jingran stood up and walked to the Prime Minister: "Father, the Crown Prince is in danger now. Who should you side with? Do you still want your daughter to teach you?"
The Prime Minister's face darkened. "Asshole! If someone with ulterior motives hears this, you'll have two heads chopped off!"
"Father! I'm telling the truth. The Crown Prince's fate is over, and the position of heir apparent will sooner or later fall into the hands of someone else. Your Highness's mother is Consort Xuan. Who do you think is most likely to become the next Crown Prince after the Crown Prince is deposed?"
"Although the Prime Minister is a first-rank official, can he be compared to the Emperor's father-in-law?"
"As long as father supports His Highness to ascend the throne, I will become the empress, second only to the emperor and above everyone else. Then our Prime Minister's Mansion will be a true royal family!"
"At this time, what is father still hesitating about?"
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