Chapter 859 He is so old, can’t he find someone else to trouble him?
Xu Yu looked at Jiang Yubai calmly with a wooden face.
Jiang Yubai smiled as if he didn't seem to have any guilt at all.
"Your Majesty, this humble servant..."
"Xu Yu, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."
Jiang Yubai cast aside the aura of a monarch and said earnestly, "Young men, it would be best if you could be more composed. This would also prevent people from constantly nagging me, saying that you are impetuous and young and not fit for great tasks. Do you understand?"
Xu Yu took a deep breath and smiled.
Jiang Yubai stood up contentedly: "That's all, let's adjourn the court."
"in addition……"
Jiang Yubai kindly reminded: "Tomorrow there will be a grand court meeting for all officials. Don't hit anyone in the face when you are sparring. When you strike, you can think about the past friendship to avoid exposing yourself in front of others."
No one in the court dared to interrupt, except Chen Nianhe, who smiled coldly and said word by word, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"
"It's okay, I reward you."
Jiang Yubai tricked Xu Yu and won the heart of Chen Nianhe, leaving with great satisfaction.
The civil and military officials standing at the front of the court looked at each other from a distance. Chen Nianhe smiled with a fake smile: "Minister Xu, aren't you leaving?"
Xu Yusheng closed his eyes with despair and raised his hand first, making a gesture of invitation: "Minister Chen, please."
Two ministers, who also had great military achievements and were important officials in the court, walked in front.
The people behind wasted a while before they dared to walk out quickly with their heads down, full of unspeakable curiosity.
Chen Nianhe was not so arrogant as to fight with Xu Yu in the palace.
But just as he left the palace, Chen Nianhe kicked Xu Yu: "You bastard!"
Xu Yu failed to dodge in time and was kicked on the butt. Chen Nianhe grabbed the back of Xu Yu's neck and kicked him even harder.
"What did I tell you? How did you speak to the Emperor on my behalf?!"
Xu Yu was furious after being kicked several times for no reason, but when he met Chen Nianhe's bloodshot eyes, he suppressed his anger and said through gritted teeth, "Did I miscommunicate?"
"The Emperor wants to keep you..."
"You dare to say you didn't get involved?"
"I……"
"Do you dare to say that you didn't watch the fun?"
Xu Yu pursed his lips in silence. Chen Nianhe was so angry that he kicked him again: "I knew you would be the one to cause trouble!"
If it was a serious competition between military generals, Xu Yu would not be afraid even if he was beaten up.
But Chen Nianhe is a man who really doesn't follow the rules!
The way he kicked people looked just like he was kicking his son or grandson at home. When Xu Yu was a child, he was beaten like this by his own father at home. Now that his official position is much higher than others, he is still being beaten at the palace gate where people are coming and going!
Xu Yu could no longer bear it and said, "Don't go too far, old man..."
"Who are you scolding, kid?!"
Chen Nianhe was so furious that he hit Xu Yu twice again. Officials who happened to be passing by lowered their heads and quickened their pace, fearing that they would be the ones to suffer in the fight between the gods.
Just as many people were hoping to flee the scene as quickly as possible, a carriage marked with the Xu family emblem slowly approached.
Xu Minghui, who was driving the car himself, clutched the reins expressionlessly and said almost numbly, "My Lords, this is the palace gate."
In a place with so many people around, are these two not going to save face anymore?
Xu Yu shook off Chen Nianhe's hand with a dark face. Chen Nianhe sneered without any courtesy, and scolded Xu Minghui for not treating him as an outsider at all. He lifted the curtain and got into the car before Xu Yu.
Xu Yu was forced to slow down and gritted his teeth in anger: "Chen Nianhe, get off right here!"
"Are you looking for death?!"
Xu Minghui watched Xu Yu rushing onto the carriage unwilling to be outdone. He remained calm amid countless surprised gazes and returned to his seat as the driver.
The carriage drove away amidst the muffled sounds of argument. Inside the carriage, Xu Yu rubbed the back of his neck, where it had been pulled, and glared angrily, "You didn't really hit me, did you?"
Did this guy get sick from the cold in the northwest?
How can we cure this habit of getting into violence when we disagree with something?
Chen Nianhe's face was as gloomy as water, and he stared at Xu Yu with unfriendly eyes, gritting his teeth as he spoke: "If I don't really hit you, do you think I'm being polite to you?"
If he had a knife in his hand, he would have wanted to chop Xu Yu to pieces!
Xu Yu bared his teeth but said nothing. Chen Nianhe slowly exhaled a breath of anger that seemed to burn him to death, and said word by word, "I was too close to you before."
"Why didn't you tell me before you took over the Ministry of Revenue?"
"How could I have guessed that?"
Xu Yu glared back at him like a madman and said unhappily, "I was just implicated, okay?"
"Who knows how I got to the Ministry of Revenue?"
He himself didn't want to get involved in this mess at all, but the hateful thing was that no one was willing to listen to his sermons!
Chen Nianhe roughly knew how Xu Yu became the Minister of Revenue, but his face was still gloomy: "One is a civil official, the other is a military official. It's not good for them to get too close."
If he had known that Xu Yu would be transferred to the side of the civil officials, he should have taken action earlier!
Xu Yu covered his neck and said nothing. Chen Nianhe was so angry that he almost kicked him again: "What a shame!"
"You've dug such a big hole for me by backhanding the emperor. I'm not convinced even after kicking you a few times?"
Xu Yu thought to himself, why should I submit? But when he saw Chen Nianhe was about to collapse in anger, he forced himself to restrain himself and not abuse the old man.
However, the old man himself was not very motivated and was still angry: "I can guess what the emperor is thinking."
"You simply want to create a superficial discord between you and me, while secretly returning the power of civil and military officials to the imperial power, and having me, a veteran official from the previous dynasty, hold you up high. But can't you find someone else?"
He has lived a life of military service and has managed to survive until now.
He is so old now, can't he find someone else to trouble him?
Xu Yu rolled his eyes and muttered, "That's none of my business, okay? Why are you becoming less righteous the older you get?"
"You tell me."
Chen Nianhe said disdainfully, "Speaking of the Sang family, those useless people are still hiding in Kyoto, always making jokes to annoy your wife."
He had only arrived in Kyoto last night, but he had already heard a lot of jokes.
Xu Yu himself lacked confidence in this matter, and even when he was scolded, he endured it and did not refute.
Seeing this, Chen Nianhe became even more aggressive: "Why, after putting on this civil servant's robe, you have also been infected with the noble and arrogant spirit of those scholars, and you can't bring yourself to kill people anymore?"
"Why weren't you so kind and compassionate before? Are you now a Buddhist and no longer killing animals behind my back?"
Seeing Xu Yu's face gradually darken, Chen Nianhe's pent-up anger inexplicably dissipated, and he smiled meaningfully: "Then your outfit doesn't suit you."
"My mother always wears a string of Buddhist beads on her wrist after she chants Buddhist scriptures. They are made of small red sandalwood leaves and are not cheap."
"If you can't afford it with your own money, I'll give you one?"
The older Chen Nianhe gets, the more his mouth sounds like it's filled with poison, and every word he says is meant to pierce the heart.
Not only was Xu Yu's face as black as the bottom of a pot, but even Xu Minghui, who had listened to the entire process, was still frightened.
This mouth is too unforgiving.
Excessively cruel.
Chen Nianhe relied on the fact that he and Xu Yu's father were of the same generation, and he insulted Xu Yu unscrupulously along the way.
When the carriage was halfway there, he suddenly made a move to get off. But before he left, he looked deeply at Xu Yu and said in a barely audible voice, "Boy, being a favorite isn't easy."
"Mountains and rivers can change, but human hearts can also change. Betting on the permanence of human hearts is the true taboo of military strategy."
Xu Yu slowly raised his eyes, and Chen Nianhe smiled subtly: "I'll give you a ladder to help you climb the cloud steps, as a thank you for your kindness in educating Yuner."
"But you have to open your eyes and see clearly how to go forward."
"Also... from now on, please don't interact with each other openly. If you say something rude next time, I'll kick you."
Xu Yu: “…”
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