At least on the surface, it has to be fair. There is no way the emperor would let these soldiers down.

"This kind of thing should not happen once or twice."

The emperor thought of the recent rumors about Duke Rong's arrogance and narrowed his eyes slightly.

He turned his head and said to the eunuch next to him: "Bring Zhao Ji to me, I have something to ask him!"

Although it was late at night, Zhao Ji was dressed neatly. He had already expected that the emperor would come to see him today.

After all, he was the one who put the letter there.

Entering the emperor's study, Zhao Ji stood respectfully aside.

The emperor came over and put the letter in Zhao Ji's hand: "Have you seen this letter?"

Zhao Ji nodded. Now the Imperial Household Department was in charge of all memorials submitted. If Zhao Ji had not even read them, how could they be presented to the emperor?

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and shouted "Bold".

Zhao Ji pretended to be terrified and knelt down, but he was not panicked at all.

It was nothing more than the emperor's conspiracy. The emperor felt that Zhao Ji had deliberately sent him here. Recalling that Zhao Ji had previously requested a title for General Tian, ​​he began to suspect that Zhao Ji was forming a clique for personal gain.

"You are close to General Tian. You sent a memorial like this and even put it on the top. Minister Zhao has been very aggressive recently!"

The emperor was angry without any authority, and his voice was full of majesty.

But Zhao Ji knew that the emperor was not really angry and was just giving a superficial warning.

So Zhao Ji quickly pretended to be scared and said, "Your Majesty, what you said is really unfair to me. I have no personal relationship with General Tian. The last time I asked for a title was just to repay General Tian for saving my life!"

"Your Majesty knows me. I am just a eunuch. How can I have anything to do with someone like General Tian? Although I am a eunuch and not a real man, I still have some manly integrity!"

Zhao Ji opened his mouth and babbled nonsense, pulling at the eunuch's skin, and his acting was truly heartfelt.

After acting so well in front of the emperor, she lost confidence in herself and wondered if she had wronged Zhao Ji.

But he didn't give in easily.

Zhao Ji pretended to be guilty, looked at the emperor and said, "In fact, I put this letter on the top for some selfish reasons, and it's not just because this letter was delivered recently..."

When Zhao Ji said this, the emperor's eyes lit up, and the emperor really thought that he had tricked Zhao Ji into giving him something.

Little did he know that Zhao Ji had performed this act for him on purpose.

"Then tell me, what selfish motives do you have hiding here?" The emperor was angry without even knowing it.

Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, Zhao Ji quickly coughed lightly and pretended to be even more guilty: "In fact, I do not get along well with this General Zhang. When I went to the military camp to recruit soldiers, General Zhang said behind my back that I was a rootless person..."

"Your Majesty, you also know that even though the master has said too much about this kind of thing, I don't care. But that's because Your Majesty is wise and brave. It is my honor to be able to enter the palace to serve you. But he is a general, and he is full of foul language. I was angry at the time. When I saw this letter of complaint yesterday, I just followed my anger..."

Zhao Ji's words were very skillful, which made the emperor feel relieved and also made the emperor wonder who General Zhang was, as he actually talked about his own subordinates.

Moreover, the emperor changed his mind and realized that although Zhao Ji was a eunuch, he was now working for him and the court, and he was doing a good job in Hua'an County and Huaixiang Town.

General Zhang is just a nobody. He just relied on his family background to become a second-rank official.

He is so arrogant just because he has a little power, it shows that he has no brains!

The emperor thought about this in his mind and said nothing. He walked forward, took the paper from Zhao Ji's hand, and patted Zhao Ji on the shoulder.

Through this contact, Zhao Ji heard the emperor's inner voice.

[What a shitty general. He got promoted by relying on the military merits of his subordinates, and he's still picking on me. I think he's worse than a eunuch...]

[Zhao Ji is an interesting person. He might have kept other people's little thoughts from me, but he actually said it out loud. This is really the behavior of a mean person! ]

[I feel safe using someone who has such thoughts, flaws and handles. ]

When Zhao Ji heard this, he knew that he had made the right move. At this time, the emperor also said, "My dear Zhao, you should be broad-minded and don't take irrelevant people seriously!"

"I have my own judgment on this matter. Tomorrow you will go to the military camp and read out an imperial edict for me. This will be my way of helping you to save face and vent your anger!"

Zhao Ji quickly pretended to be surprised and grateful: "I bow to thank the emperor!"

The emperor helped Zhao Ji up, and his inner voice also reached Zhao Ji's ears:

[Look at my imperial mind. This time, Zhao Ji has become even more loyal. To me, it's just a small matter. Well, I can use this matter to warn Duke Rong and stop the rumors of him bullying men and women from spreading in the palace. Should I deal with it or not? ]

[If I don’t deal with it, the people will think that I don’t love them enough. If I deal with it, Duke Rong will now take advantage of the old Duke Rong’s death and may even accuse me of being ungrateful...]

[Well, let's use this incident to deal with it, so that the old man won't throw a tantrum every day! ]

Zhao Ji knew what the emperor was thinking, and then thought to himself: "It seems that the emperor intends to punish Duke Rong. It's just right to let his subordinates point out some of Duke Rong's mistakes. Maybe there will be unexpected results!"

Early the next morning, before General Zhang arrived at the military camp, Zhao Ji was already waiting for him in the camp with the imperial edict.

General Zhang has been in a bad mood recently because Tian Zhao, whom he looked down upon, was promoted to the chief general. He wanted to go back to the mansion to find his father, the current Rongguogong, to complain.

As a result, it happened to hit the muzzle of the gun.

The eldest son of the Duke of Rong, who was also General Zhang's elder brother, fell in love with a beautiful woman and brought her into his palace. However, the woman remained steadfast and refused to yield, so she bumped into her head and died outside the gate of the Rong Palace.

For a time, this attracted the attention of the people and even caused the imperial censors in the court to report it several times.

Duke Rong has always doted on this legitimate son, so naturally he was reluctant to vent his anger on him.

When General Zhang came up to him, Duke Rong pointed at his nose and scolded him, "You can't even handle a peasant who was promoted to the position of commander! I even used the resources of the government to promote you to the position of commander. Can you use your brains and some tricks?"

General Zhang was scolded so badly that he returned to his residence in disgrace.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He went to a brothel in the middle of the night, found a few women, and had sex with them.

This hassle naturally delayed the time to report to the military camp in the morning.

But he doesn't care, he is the commander!