After crossing, I was dragged by the bamboo horse and became a queen

Chapter 679 "Unexpected Joy"

Originally, Prime Minister Chen only wanted to do his best to stabilize the situation, but he didn't expect that there would be any surprises at this juncture. After all, it was like this in the court, and many people wished to see him suffer.

However, Prime Minister Chen never expected that such a coincidence would really happen. At this juncture, he saw the possibility of a turnaround.

This ray of light was brought by Wang Shangshu.

As soon as he arrived at the prime minister's mansion, he asked for a secret meeting with the prime minister. Although Chen Chengxiang was surprised, he knew that if it was not an important matter at this juncture, Wang Shangshu would not be in such a hurry to come to the door, so he agreed without hesitation.

(Shangshu Pharaoh: Chicken jelly! It’s finally my part!!)

"Your Excellency, take a look at this." After Wang Shangshu entered the prime minister's study, he first took out a dossier and handed it to Chen Chengxiang.

This dossier is nothing but what Wang Shangshu has been trying to investigate recently, the old imperial examination fraud case about Su Ping.

After all, he was an old fox with rich court experience. Chen Chengxiang did not show surprise on his face when he caught his opponent's tail. Instead, he frowned and asked very cautiously: "Why do you want to check this?"

"A few days ago, due to the chaos in the court, our criminal department was inevitably affected, and several major cases were suspended." Wang Shangshu began his performance without haste: "I am very anxious and want to ask the prince to come forward to stabilize the court. Therefore, I visited the Eastern Palace for several days, but there was no result. The crown prince always avoided the important and ignored the trivial, and was unwilling to show up. My lord still remembers this."

I remember, of course I do.Some time ago, Lao Wang ran after the prince, and the whole court knew about it.

Prime Minister Chen nodded towards Wang Shangshu, he knew why Wang Shangshu went to the East Palace in such a hurry.

After all, it was Chen Chengxiang who Wang Shangshu approached at first, and Chen Cheng was unwilling to show up immediately for the benefit of the faction, and wanted to wait to ensure the maximum benefit.

However, Wang Shangshu was obviously very discerning, so he didn't mention this, but continued: "Speaking of which, I have to thank Chen Shilang for this matter."

"Qi Yu?" Chen Chengxiang was taken aback, "Why didn't I hear him mention this matter."

"My lord, forgive me." Wang Shangshu quickly pretended to be ashamed: "This matter is what I asked Chen Shilang not to disturb others for the time being. Listen to me, what happened to him..."

If the script was fabricated out of thin air, and the East Palace was called the second, then no one in the Manchu Zhou Dynasty dared to be the first.

Therefore, Chen Chengxiang heard such a logical little story from Wang Shangshu.

In the story of Wang Shangshu, he visited the East Palace one after another because of affairs in the court, and discussed the situation in the court with the advisers of the East Palace more than once, hoping that the staff of the East Palace could help him persuade the prince to come forward to stabilize the court situation.

During this process, he met Mr. Feng, one of the oldest and most trusted counselors in the Eastern Palace.

However, in the process of contact, Wang Shangshu discovered that Mr. Feng seemed to be very resistant and disgusted with Su Ping, a senior scholar.Having been a criminal officer for a long time, Wang Shangshu is inevitably a little suspicious. Mr. Feng's resistance to Su Ping will naturally make Wang Shangshu murmur.

After all, in common sense, the Grand Master Su is the grandfather of the prince by blood, and the Su family and the East Palace belong to an inseparable natural community of interests. What is the reason for the prince's important advisor to have such a discord with the prince's grandfather? ?

Wang Shangshu believes that this reason cannot be ignored.

But as far as his own identity is concerned, if he asks Mr. Feng why he is like this, he will definitely not get an answer.After all, he is an official of the prime minister's line, and it is impossible for the counselors of the Eastern Palace, especially Mr. Feng's experienced staff, to trust him.

Therefore, Wang Shangshu, who was suspicious, thought over and over again, and entrusted this matter to Chen Qiyu in the East Palace staff team.

Out of the sensitivity of the old criminal officer, Wang Shangshu felt that the grievances between Mr. Feng and Bachelor Su must be serious, and there might be something that could be exploited.Therefore, in order to be safe and not to startle the snake, Wang Shangshu carefully told Chen Qiyu not to leak the news before he found out the result.

And Chen Qiyu was really reliable.He was doing well in the East Palace, he was gradually trusted, and his relationship with Mr. Feng was quite good.So after a while, Chen Qiyu finally found an opportunity to inquire about the news.

Of course, an old Jianghu like Mr. Feng would not know everything about Chen Qiyu.He only occasionally revealed vaguely when drinking with Chen Qiyu that he and Su Ping were on the same list of Jinshi.

Chen Qiyu is a smart person. When he was in the East Palace, he could always hear Mr. Feng expressing disdain for Su Ping's knowledge and knowledge, and he had also heard words like "deceitful".

The shrewd and careful Chen Qiyu immediately connected all these, found an opportunity to tell Wang Shangshu, and put forward his own guess—whether Su Ping was the number one scholar who deceived the world and stole his name, which is why the same Jinshi was so disdainful, after many years Still brooding.

Chen Qiyu's guess immediately caught Wang Shangshu's heart.If this is the case, it will undoubtedly have a huge blow to the prestige of the Su family's emperors of the three dynasties and the influence of Su Dashi's scholars in the court.

Such an important matter, and it has been a long time, Wang Shangshu really doesn't have much confidence in whether he can find out.Therefore, after discussing with Chen Qiyu, he decided not to disturb anyone, but to investigate in private.

One is to avoid scaring the snake and alert Su Ping.

Second, in case nothing can be found out, it's fine to just let this matter pass quietly.

"Because I'm not sure, both Xiaguan and Chen Shilang feel that it's better to wait until we have some clues before telling the Prime Minister." Wang Shangshu told Chen Chengxiang like this: "If this is a waste of time, nothing will be found. If you come out, you will be disappointed by following us in vain."

The reason is reasonable and reasonable. Chen Qiyu, who played a friendly role in this story, is indeed in line with the image of a baby grandson in Chen Chengxiang's mind - smart, prudent and filial, and the decisions he makes are also in line with Chen Qiyu's usual personality. Doubt Wang Shangshu's statement.

The expression on Chen Chengxiang's face immediately relaxed a little, and he was even a little surprised. Wang Shangshu had a breakthrough at this time, and God really helped his Chen family.

"I'm very ashamed." Chen Chengxiang showed surprise, but Wang Shangshu showed a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Because it's been a long time, and the evidence is hard to find. Therefore, after much deliberation, I decided to start from Mr. Feng. Let's start. I have checked Mr. Feng's resume in detail. His current name is fake. He was indeed Su Ping's fellow Jinshi back then, and the two have always had a good personal relationship. Su Ping won the first prize, while Mr. Feng was the last Jinshi Supplementary transcript of the Hanlin Academy."

　---Here is the dividing line of the routine--
　　Chen Chengxiang felt that he had caught Su Ping's braid, but he and Su Ping were both tricked by the East Palace.

　　What a pity! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)