Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 385
British government.

Zhang Wei, Chen Mao, Jiang Yi, Ren Li and others were seated in the flower hall.

In front of them was a graceful and luxurious bright woman, sitting on top of everyone, holding a teacup and sipping tea without saying a word.

This person is Princess Changde.

Zhang Yu silently handed the letter in his hand to the others to have a look at each other, looking rather troubled.

After the others read the letter, they also looked at each other in blank dismay. After a while, Zhang Wei asked hesitantly.

"His Royal Highness, this matter is of great importance, you..."

Before finishing speaking, Princess Changde raised her jade hand, stopped Zhang Min's words, and said calmly.

"The queen mother has already explained, so there is no need for the princess to bring any more words. I don't bother to know about these things. If there is anything to report, I will write it down and put it in an envelope, and the princess will naturally send it to the palace."

As she spoke, Princess Changde glanced at the group of nobles, and seeing their perplexed and embarrassed faces, she gently put down the teacup in her hand, stood up and said.

"Forget it, it seems that the princess won't get a reply today, so I'll come back tomorrow. You guys should discuss it carefully and make a decision earlier."

Immediately, without further delay, she took a few attendants with her and walked towards the gate of the mansion. Zhang Yu and others immediately got up and bowed their hands in salute.

"Congratulations to Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."

He sent people out of the mansion gate respectfully, and turned back to the flower hall to take their seats.

Everyone glanced at the envelope on the table, sighed in unison, and frowned...

In recent days, they naturally knew what happened in the capital. Regarding Luo Tong's failure, on the one hand, they felt a little frustrated, and on the other hand, they were glad that they and others did not intervene in it.

However, there were differences among them as to whether to rescue Luo Tong.

Chen Mao felt that Luo Tong did not succeed enough and failed more than he failed in knocking on the que, and was caught by someone.

Nowadays, no one thinks that he is admonishing the courtiers, but thinks that he is inciting the courtiers with malicious intentions.

There were some people who interceded for him, but there were very few of them. As for the bigwigs on the side of the civil servants, since Luo Tong was arrested by Chen Yi and Yu Qian personally, they even watched from the sidelines and said nothing.

Therefore, Chen Mao believes that Luo Tong has no value to be used, and he is left to fend for himself.

However, Ren Li and Jiang Yi raised objections.

Ren Li believed that, no matter what, Luo Tong went to the front for them, and even though there were twists and turns in the middle, he should try his best to rescue them.

Otherwise, I'm afraid it will not be easy to win over other civil servants in the future.

On Jiang Yi's side, he was simply reluctant to part with Luo Tong's connection. With the evidence from back then, it could be said that Luo Tong was eaten to death by their Dingxihou Mansion.

In addition, he has the merits of resisting Oara, and he is the third-rank left deputy capital censor, and he is a proper official in the court.

This kind of contacts, Dingxi Hou Mansion has been operating for so many years, and there are only two or three in hand, and the rest are interests, which are not stable.

So for Jiang Yi, Luo Tong must be saved if he can.

The attitudes of the two sides were at odds, and they couldn't stop arguing, but the most important one, Zhang Xiang, was hesitant again.

From his point of view, compared to Luo Tong, he was more worried about the safety of the mission after the failure of knocking on the que.

Unanimous opinion could not be reached, so the matter has been dragging on until today, Princess Changde went to the British government in person.

He brought a letter from Queen Mother Sun in the palace.

Briefly speaking, the content of the letter is that the old man has already known the ins and outs of the Kou Que incident, and praised Luo Tong for his courage and insight, for willing to take such a risk for the safety of the Supreme Emperor, which shows his sincerity and loyalty.

He also said that such a person is rare in the court nowadays, so you can't just sit back and watch him be dealt with like this, you must save him, and don't let him repeat the mistakes of Hui Changbo.

The tone of the letter is not intense, and most of the space is praising Luo Tong, but the last sentence, the hidden meaning, has to be vigilant...

After a while, it was Ren Li who spoke first.

"Second Master, this matter seems to have to be done. Although the Holy Mother's attitude is not too strong, Princess Changde has always sent people to deliver letters these days."

"It's the first time that I came to the door in person like today, and even waited for us to read the letters one by one, and then asked for an answer directly. It can be seen that I must have received the order of the Holy Mother."

Zhang Xiang glanced helplessly at the envelope on the table, nodded, and said.

"What Ren Hou said is reasonable, it is true in all likelihood, but this time, the civil servants seem to have unified their attitude, and they want to use Luo Tong to vent their anger on the emperor. There are not enough people who are willing to intercede. How could the few people in the court rescue them?"

"What's more, the situation this time is different from last time. The rescue of Brother Shunqing and the others last time, after all, involved relatives. It is justifiable for us to intervene, but Luo Tong's matter, from the beginning to the end, is the matter of the civil servants. If we intervene rashly, I'm afraid it will attract suspicion."

Up to now, very few people know about the connection between Luo Tong and the British government, except for the emperor, there are a few well-informed high-level bosses.

The other ministers only thought that Luo Tong took such a big risk for the sake of credit.

So Zhang Min was also in a difficult situation.

But this matter, in the final analysis, was because they had no intention of controlling Luo Tong's life and death from the very beginning.

All they needed was for Luo Tong to lead someone to knock on the que, and they didn't even think about whether they would live or die after knocking.

But now, a letter from the palace made it hard for them to get off.

Save it, I can't think of any way for a while, if you don't save it, read what Queen Mother Sun wrote in her letter.

"...Don't let these loyal ministers repeat the mistakes of Huichangbo..."

This sentence alone made it impossible for them to even refuse.

On the side of the queen mother, she must have been extremely displeased with Hui Changbo last time. If she refute her old man's face again this time, the relationship between the two parties may really be in jeopardy.

There was silence in the hall, but after a while, Chen Mao suddenly spoke.

"That's true, but the old man can't understand why the Holy Mother got the news so quickly, and, if the old man remembers correctly, Luo Tong had no friendship with the Holy Mother before, why suddenly, the Holy Mother wants to protect him so determined?"

As he spoke, Chen Mao squinted his eyes and walked around Ren Li and Jiang Yi.

Luo Tong's matter had happened for several days, and it was not impossible for the palace to hear some news.

However, Empress Dowager Sun said in her letter that her old man already knew the ins and outs, which is a bit interesting.

With a soft snort, Chen Mao said lightly.

"Second Master, it seems that besides you and me, there are still people who are keeping in touch with the palace..."

These words seemed to mean something, Zhang Min's face suddenly became a little unsightly, and his eyes fell on Ren Li and Jiang Yi.

If someone had tipped off the palace, it was of course Ren Li and Jiang Yi who had been trying to rescue Luo Tong, and they were the most suspicious.

Seeing that Chen Mao and Zhang Min were both like this, Ren Li's expression was a little unnatural, but before he could speak, Jiang Yi's expression darkened, and he said in a cold voice.

"Second Master and Uncle Ning Yang, are you suspicious of the old man, can't you get in touch with the palace without permission?"

(End of this chapter)