Drunk House

  Chapter 354 Between Thoughts (Second Update)

  Yan echoed out of the palace, returned to the East Palace, and convened a staff meeting overnight.

  Zhou Gu was studying the dossiers of Southern Chu, when someone came from the East Palace, saying that the crown prince had an invitation, he put down the dossier in his hand suspiciously, and rode to the East Palace.

  He was the first one to arrive. After arriving at the East Palace, he looked at Yan Huisheng, "Your Highness, is something wrong?"

  Before he came, he heard that the palace urgently invited an imperial physician, and it was said that His Majesty's condition was serious again.

  Yan Huisheng did not hide it from Zhou Gu, and showed Zhou Gu the confession letter of precious concubine, Zhou Gu read it quickly, and said, "It's as expected."

  He asked Yan Huisheng, "What is Your Highness planning to do?"

  The Pingxi General's Mansion in northern Hebei, now it seems, is a serious problem in Daliang's internal affairs.

  Yan echoed and shook his head, "Gu hasn't figured it out yet, so I called everyone to discuss it."

  Zhou Gu folded up the file and handed it back to Yan Huisheng. The confession involving His Majesty being fooled is naturally not for everyone to read. He said: "We must quickly think of a proper way to remove Zhang Ping's military power."

  Yan echoed and nodded, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

  Zhou Gu also knew that it would not be that easy, but because of this, it was imminent. He pondered: "I originally planned to go to Nanping first, and then go to North Hebei. Or should I go to North Hebei first? We must first find out how many soldiers and horses Zhang Ping has raised privately."

   "Just released the list, your goal is too big and too dangerous." Yan echoed and shook his head, "You just go to Nanping, Nanping Marquis and Shibazhai, and there will be no troubles. I will send people to northern Hebei."

  Zhou Gu thought the same, so he gave up.

  The two talked for a while, and the aides came one after another in a hurry.

  Yan Huisheng naturally didn’t bring out the dossier of Precious Concubine, but simply mentioned that Precious Concubine was working for Zhang Ping, the Pingxi general in northern Hebei. The staff members were shocked, and they all felt that this matter was very difficult, and they discussed it one after another.

  Su Rong returned to Dongsi Hutong, it was already night, the lights were on in her yard, she opened the door and entered the house, and sure enough, she saw Su Xing waiting for her.

  She raised her eyebrows, "Brother, are you worried about me again?"

  Su Xing shook his head, "Don't worry, I'm used to it. Worrying about you is worse than worrying about myself."

  Su Rong was amused.

  Su Xing asked her, "Did you go to see Zhou Gu at the Duke Huguo's mansion? Did you cancel his plan?"

  Su Rong sat down and shook her head, "I can't help it."

  Su Xing knew, "So?"

  Su Rong sighed helplessly, "Leave him alone!"

  Su Xing looked at her.

  Su Rong didn't want to talk about Zhou Gu, "I also went to the East Palace, and accompanied His Royal Highness to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to meet the precious concubine."

  Su Xing frowned, "Traveled so many places? Are you tired?"

   "I'm a little tired, so I didn't go to the palace with the prince." Su Rong briefly talked about the process of interrogating Concubine Gui, and what she gave from Concubine Gui, and then said: "Brother, I may not be able to stay in Beijing for long. I always feel that Northern Hebei needs me to go."

  Su Xing disagreed, "Northern Hebei is too dangerous, you can't go."

   "Where is it not dangerous? Southern Chu is more dangerous than northern Hebei. I have to go, just northern Hebei." Su Rong pondered, "But this is not an urgent matter. His Royal Highness will definitely send someone to northern Hebei to inquire about news before making military deployments to prevent chaos in northern Hebei. As for removing Zhang Ping's military power, it is not so easy. You have to find a suitable opportunity, or take advantage of Zhang Ping's weakness."

  She knocked on the table, "I went to Jibei when I was a child. I am familiar with Jibei. I am also good at handling people's weaknesses. When I came back, I thought about it all the way. Now, there is really no one under His Royal Highness who is more suitable than me."

  Yan echoed: "It's not good for you to participate too much in Daliang's court affairs."

  Su Rongxiao, "I don't think it's a problem. His Royal Highness allows me to read all the files he has kept. He will not be on guard against me regarding the situation in Daliang Dynasty. After all, I will not be against Daliang in public or in private. Today's Daliang is the one my mother sacrificed her whole life to protect.

  Su Xing sighed, "That's true."

  He thought for a moment, and suddenly said: "If I enter the court, I can go to northern Hebei, but you don't have to go."

  Su Rong raised his eyebrows, "Northern Hebei is dangerous."

  Su Xing laughed, "As you said, where is it not dangerous? I stay in the capital, how can I make it to the top? Maybe North Jibei is my chance."

   He said, sitting up straight, "How do you feel?"

  Su Rong has no objection, "It stands to reason that my brother should go to the Imperial Academy to stay for two years. This is a formal procedure, but if you follow the irregular approach and take a slanted sword, you may not be able to win a seat. As you said, you must have the opportunity to climb the ladder directly if you are on the way to the top."

  She thought for a while, "If you don't want to enter the Hanlin Academy, and if you want to get promoted through Hebei's meritorious service, then His Royal Highness has to deal with it." She thought for a moment, "It's not impossible."

  Su Xing said: "Shall I go to see the prince tomorrow? Or should I wait for the imperial examination to be conferred by His Majesty first? Will it be too late then?

  Su Rong thought for a while, "Brother, if you really have this plan, you can go to see the prince tomorrow to see what the prince's current plans and regulations are for Jibei. If His Royal Highness agrees with you to go this way, he will appoint you."

  Su Xing nodded, "Okay."

  Su Rong looked at Su Xingze, but he didn't expect that just a few words because of Precious Concubine and the Pingxi General's Mansion in northern Hebei, would move his elder brother's mind and change his mind about entering the imperial court from Hanlin. It can be seen that there are many forks in life, and choosing a different fork is just a thought.

  Su Xing made up his mind, "Rest early, you have to travel tomorrow."

  Su Rong nodded and waved lazily, "Brother, go slowly."

  Su Xing left Su Rong's yard. After she left, Su Rong turned and went back to the house. She was indeed tired and fell asleep quickly.

   On the second day, the sun was shining brightly, and the horse-drawn carriage arrived at Dongsi Hutong not too early or too late.

  Su Rong put on a plain and elegant dress, a white fox fur cape, and a hand stove in her hand, went out of the mansion, and got into Ye Guixue's car.

  Ye Guixue was the only person in the car.

  Su Rongxiao asked: "Where is Xiao Qiuying? Didn't come again?"

  Ye Guixue smiled and shook her head.

  Su Rong got into the car, the curtain was lowered, and seeing the chess set on the table, she smiled and asked, "Are you going to fight with me?"

   "I have this plan." Ye Guixue smiled, "Yesterday I heard my cousin say that no one is your opponent, and you haven't had a good time playing chess, so I thought that you will have a good time today."

  Su Rong nodded, "Okay."

  She remembered something, poked her head out with a smile, and told the coachman, "Go to Meishan Bieyuan." Then she picked up a bag, and said to Ye Guixue, "Come here."

  (end of this chapter)