Feng Ji did not answer. "Walls have ears. It's not appropriate to talk about this here. You'll know later."
Fu Junheng didn't ask any further questions.
Feng Ji looked up at him, a playful smile curving his lips, and said, "In my opinion, Princess Anxue's dance was no less impressive than Princess Weiyang's. You really didn't even give her a second glance. That's truly hurtful."
Fu Junheng's expression was cold and indifferent, completely showing that he didn't want to answer him at all.
Feng Ji withdrew his gaze, chuckled softly, and then said, "Today is Madam Shen's birthday, and I presume Princess Weiyang has already been invited. She will probably stay at the Prime Minister's residence all day. Aren't you worried?"
Fu Junheng countered, "Are you asking this because you think Shen Nanzhi has a chance?"
Hearing such confident words, Feng Ji joked, "That's true. What woman in the world could resist your advances, Jun Heng?"
Fu Junheng ignored Feng Ji's words and asked, "What's the situation with Shen Nanzhi lately?"
Feng Ji looked straight ahead and said in a low voice, "Shen Nanzhi naturally doesn't want to take on this hot potato. Right now, he hasn't taken any action to effectively refuse His Majesty, nor has he received any recommendations from the court officials. However, he certainly won't give up so easily, so he must strike first. Tomorrow morning at court, the matter of the Prince of Cheng will be known to all the civil and military officials. Of course, this matter won't cause him any damage, but at least it will prevent His Majesty from handing over military power to him."
Fu Junheng didn't ask any more questions; he simply wanted to observe the situation.
The imperial study was filled with a palpable atmosphere of suppressed anger, as if it were about to erupt at any moment.
Feng Yunqi knelt on the ground trembling, his heart filled with extreme fear and unease.
Kneeling beside Feng Yunqi was a minister with gray hair, his expression revealing undisguised grief.
Feng Ji looked at the confession in his hand, and the anger that had been building up between his brows suddenly erupted. He angrily threw the confession and a piece of evidence at Feng Yunqi, shouting, "You give me a proper explanation!"
Feng Yunqi trembled. When he saw Chen Jing and Fan Qin there, he had a very bad feeling.
But he couldn't admit it at this moment. He picked up the confession from the ground, read it briefly, and then argued emotionally, "Your subject only learned about this matter afterward. Your subject doesn't want to add to the burden of Your Majesty, so I wanted to finish dealing with this matter before reporting to Your Majesty."
The Minister of Personnel is the elder brother of Consort Xian, and thus the maternal uncle of Prince Cheng. Previously, the Minister of Personnel had accepted bribes and replaced the assessment results that originally belonged to Chen Jing's son with those of someone else, causing Chen Jing's son to lose his important position.
Chen Jing knew the trickery involved, but he was merely a reader in the Hanlin Academy, a fifth-rank official with no real power, so how could he possibly seek justice for his son?
Little did they know that at an official banquet, the bribe-giver's son, after drinking, blurted out the incident, arrogantly declaring that his father was indeed powerful and influential.
Chen Jing seized the opportunity to seek justice for his son. As the matter was spiraling out of control and spreading, the Minister of Personnel, seeing the situation was not going well, sought help from the Prince of Cheng. Feng Yunqi, naturally, would not allow the Minister of Personnel to get into trouble, so he stepped in to settle the matter and prevent it from escalating to the imperial court.
Just two days ago, Chen Jing's son was seriously injured by the son of the bribe-giver in the restaurant. The bribe-giver's son was arrested, and Feng Yunqi learned about it immediately. After all, this matter involved him, and he could only try to resolve it. However, he encountered resistance during this period until the assailant confessed today and told him everything.
Only after obtaining sufficient evidence did Chen Jing dare to enter the palace and submit a memorial to the emperor.
Feng Guche questioned, "Do you dare say you didn't cover up He Zhiyi?!"
At this moment, he was not only angry that Feng Yunqi had protected He Zhiyi for accepting bribes and buying and selling official positions, but more importantly, someone would definitely report this matter at the morning court tomorrow. If he was not punished, how could he convince the public, not to mention that he was still allowed to take charge of the Libei Army.
Feng Yunqi knelt on the ground, his face deathly pale.
It's obvious that someone is deliberately causing trouble behind the scenes. They even managed to find evidence that he was protecting He Zhiyi, which shows the power of this person. The only person he could think of was the Crown Prince.
"Lord Chen, you may leave now. I will give you an explanation."
Feng Guche looked at Chen Jing with a solemn expression and spoke.
Chen Jing knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I take my leave now."
Chen Jing got up and left the Imperial Study.
After bowing, Fan Qin left.
On their way to the Imperial Study, Fu Junheng and Feng Ji ran into Feng Yunqi, who was coming out of the Imperial Study, as they passed through the long corridor. Feng Yunqi's expression was extremely grim and unpleasant.
Feng Yunqi saw the two of them.
Feng Ji took the initiative to inquire with concern, asking, "What happened to the City King? Why does he look so pale?"
Feng Yun said sadly, "It's nothing. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now."
After saying this, he clenched his fists, bowed, and left.
Feng Ji could only look in the direction Feng Yunqi had left with regret.
Fu Junheng then went to the Imperial Study, and Feng Ji did not follow him.
However, as soon as Fu Junheng arrived at the study door, he was told that the emperor had something to attend to, which was undoubtedly related to Feng Yunqi.
after.
Feng Guche summoned Zhu Qin and the Right Chancellor to the palace.
It was nothing more than discussing how to deal with the City King's matter. Even if Feng Guche was still angry, he couldn't weaken the City King too much, but he also had to win over the people.
However, the fact that this happened at this critical juncture, pointing directly at the city king, makes it hard not to suspect that someone was deliberately behind it.
The emperor was naturally aware of this, so he ordered Zhu Qin to investigate secretly. However, the most important thing was to resolve the matter of the Prince of Cheng.
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