When Yang Yaozu returned to the palace, he had just turned the corner of the corridor when he heard a loud cracking sound coming from the Imperial Study, like the sound of porcelain shattering.
Then a fierce reprimand came from inside the room, spoken so fast that it was impossible to understand what was being said.
Currently, there is only one and a half people who dare to throw things and curse in the palace: Emperor Kangping and half of Consort Li. Consort Li only dares to curse, but she doesn't have the right to throw things, so she can only be counted as half.
He slowed his pace and walked slowly toward the door of the Imperial Study.
Two eunuchs stood at the door, their faces pale, looking like they were about to be thrown into jail. One of them, seeing him arrive, winked at him and then gestured with his lip towards the door of the imperial study.
Yang Yaozu approached the young eunuch and whispered, "Who's inside?"
The young eunuch said in a voice barely above a mosquito's buzz, "Commander of the Imperial Guards, His Majesty has already smashed three items. Eunuch Yang, please go in and try to mediate."
Yang Yaozu nodded, quickly straightened his clothes, and stood at the door, saying, "Your Majesty, this servant Yang Yaozu requests an audience."
"Come in!" came Emperor Kangping's angry voice from inside the room.
Yang Yaozu carefully pushed open the door, lowered his head and entered the room. He gently closed the door, turned around and knelt down, saying, "This servant greets Your Majesty."
Even if Emperor Kangping was not in a fit of rage, it would be disrespectful to look up at the emperor rashly. Although he had only been in the palace for a short time, he had already understood this very well.
On the red carpet embroidered with birds at his feet, there were white porcelain shards, flower branches, water stains, and a pen holder broken into three pieces. It was clear that Emperor Kangping had broken a teacup, a vase, and a pen holder.
The teacups and vases were fine, but the brush rest was a tribute from a foreign land, made of precious red jade that even the Great Jin Dynasty didn't possess. Emperor Kangping used this red jade brush rest when writing imperial edicts in his study.
Now that Emperor Kangping has even broken such a rare pen holder, it seems that the matter is quite serious.
After analyzing the current situation, he decided to remain kneeling obediently until Emperor Kangping told him to get up, only glancing furtively at the head of the guards kneeling upright in front of the table.
As he expected, Emperor Kangping ignored him and continued to reprimand the head of the guards.
"I ordered you to find the whereabouts of the deposed crown prince, and you bunch of useless fools have been searching for ages without finding him! Tell me, why was he able to make peace with the Western Rong?"
"this……"
Before the head guard could figure out how to respond, Emperor Kangping had already picked up an inkstone from the table and smashed it down on the head guard's forehead. The inkstone was thick and heavy, and a gash was immediately opened on the head guard's forehead, from which blood flowed down his cheek.
The head of the guards didn't dare to breathe loudly, nor did he dare to wipe the blood from his cheek. He obediently knelt down and accepted the scolding.
“That’s right,” Yang Yaozu thought to himself. “It’s better for His Majesty to throw something at you when he’s angry than to have someone drag you out and behead you.”
After Emperor Kangping finished smashing the items, he continued to berate, "Didn't you tell me that the deposed crown prince was seriously injured and unlikely to survive? How did he become the Jade-Faced General? Useless! You're all a bunch of useless trash! What use are you to me?"
Yang Yaozu was slightly taken aback.
He originally intended to tell Emperor Kangping about Su Wan, but he didn't expect that Emperor Kangping already knew that Wei Jingzhuo was the Jade-Faced General.
The head of the guards said, "Your Majesty, the Western Rong have made peace with us, so Youzhou will not be plunged into war..."
"you!"
Emperor Kangping's forehead veins bulged. He glanced down at the table and found that the pen holder and inkstone had been thrown away, leaving only a jade lion paperweight weighing more than two pounds. He raised it with both hands and slapped it directly on the head of the guards.
Bang!
The head of the guards was a highly skilled martial artist within the imperial palace. Aside from the slight pain, the slap wasn't a serious matter. However, considering the need to maintain the emperor's dignity, he couldn't appear nonchalant. So, he simply pretended to faint, sprawling out on his back.
Emperor Kangping wanted to reprimand him, but when he saw that the head of the guards had fainted, he angrily waved his hand and said, "Drag him out."
Two eunuchs rushed in and dragged the head of the guards out of the imperial study, leaving only Emperor Kangping and Yang Yaozu in the room.
Emperor Kangping tugged at his collar to let the heat from his body dissipate, then sat back down in his chair.
This guard captain completely misunderstood his intentions. He kept finding excuses to withhold military provisions from Youzhou, precisely to suppress the Grand General's forces. With the lack of provisions and the interference of the Western Rong, the Grand General was unable to consolidate his power.
Now that the peace treaty between the Western Rong and the Great Jin has arrived on his desk, and he's also heard that a crop called potatoes is being grown in the border region between Youzhou and the Western Rong, which seems sufficient to supply the Youzhou army. How could he not be furious?
He wanted to drink some tea to soothe his throat, but found that he had smashed the teacup. He said to Yang Yaozu, "Tea."
Yang Yaozu had been waiting for these words, so he quickly got up and went to the inner room to fetch a tea set, which he then brought over personally. As he passed the door, he said to the eunuch outside, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and clean the floor."
After the eunuch finished cleaning the study, he also served Emperor Kangping a cup of tea.
Seeing that Emperor Kangping's complexion was gradually improving, he carefully said, "Your Majesty, now that you know about the deposed crown prince, it is actually a good thing."
Emperor Kangping glanced sideways at the eunuch who had only recently entered the palace, but said nothing.
Yang Yaozu's heart raced a little, but he maintained a humble smile on his face.
Emperor Kangping was a capricious ruler; one moment he would be all smiles, the next he would have someone beheaded. Throwing something at someone meant he was in a good mood that day.
After waiting for a moment, Emperor Kangping suddenly laughed and said, "Tell me, what brilliant idea do you have?"
Yang Yaozu lowered his head and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, what insight do I have? I was just lucky to know some things about the deposed crown prince."
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