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Chapter 295 No one is the same
Yang Ji walked out of Zhan Shi's mansion and brought people back to the East Palace.

From a distance, he saw Teng Xiangwei's soldiers standing guard at the gate of the palace, the leading general was not tall, he couldn't remember who it was, only when he got closer did he see clearly that it was Shen Changying.

He stopped and said with his hands behind his back: "General Shen?"

Changying raised her lips and bowed: "His Royal Highness."

Yang Ji looked down at her and said, "Is your injury healed?"

"Thanks to His Highness, I've been on errand for quite a while." Changying replied.

The corners of Yang Ji's lips twitched, he took a few steps forward, stopped and said, "General Shen survived the catastrophe, there must be future blessings."

"Thanks to His Highness, but it's hard to say." Changying smiled, "I was injured not only once or twice, but I have already suffered a lot just four years ago, and I haven't seen any blessings yet."

Yang Ji narrowed his eyes: "Four years ago?"

"Oh," Changying said, "I was injured four years ago, and I was treated by an imperial doctor. In fact, I was assassinated in Hangzhou a few months ago, but fortunately, it was safe."

Yang Ji remembered that four years ago he had thought of accepting her as his side concubine, and one of the reasons why Ling Yan refused at that time seemed to be that she was unwell at the time.

As for her being assassinated in Hangzhou——

He looked over: "General Shen is so law-abiding, will he be assassinated?"

"People's hearts are unpredictable. Besides, the southern sea is in serious trouble. It's normal to see court officials wanting to make some money." Changying said lightly.

Yang Ji looked at her for a while, and said: "It seems that General Shen has suffered a lot of disasters. You have to be careful."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern, but people like me who don't have a clear mind..." Changying paused for a moment, then looked at him and said, "It's inevitable that you will do some stupid things from time to time, maybe you can't be careful even if you are careful." .”

Yang Ji took a deep look at her, and said to the eunuch, "Since General Shen's brain is not clear, then send some old ginseng to the general's mansion to help the general refresh his mind!"

Changying watched him enter the inner hall before looking away.

"How is it?" Shaoqing asked, "Is there any sign?"

Changying shook his head.

Shaoqing didn't know the inside story of "Fifth Master", she only said that she wanted to spy on Yang Ji.

"Fifth Master" knows best how she was injured four years ago. If Yang Ji was "Fifth Master", whenever she mentions him, he shouldn't be in a daze and need to think carefully.

He was unprepared when she mentioned old injuries, he was not sensitive to asking the imperial physician for diagnosis and treatment, and he did not evade the assassination, so the possibility of him being the fifth master is actually very small.

And he also had no abnormal reaction to what she said of "not clear mind", so he minimized the suspicion.

This result was actually expected, and now that it has been further confirmed, it can be inferred that the fifth master is not from Yang Ji, so it must be ruled out that he is from the Gu family.

Back then when Yang Ji wanted to kill the Qian family and the emperor ordered to kill the Qian family, but Yang Su secretly wanted to protect the Qian family, the fifth master's blocking of Yang Su's behavior was consistent with the goals of the emperor and Yang Ji .

Since it wasn't Yang Ji, it might be the emperor.But could the emperor fail to recognize that it was his son who went to act?Will he be trapped in the barren ridge for half a month?

……

In the Qianqing Palace, Yang Su was presenting the memorial to the emperor in the Yamen of the Five Cities.

The emperor pursed his lips slightly under his black beard, and said while watching, "It's only been two months, and the law and order in the capital has obviously improved, and it can be seen that hard work has been put in."

Yang Su humbled his head: "It's not the work of one person. Except for the regulation of rectification, it was made by General Shen. There are also many other laws and regulations that rely on the cooperation of officials at all levels to implement. The most important thing is to benefit from the father. support."

The emperor raised his lips: "You just know how to talk."

Yang Su smiled, looked at his expression, took out another brochure, and presented it up: "There is one more thing. My son and minister have chosen Huaiyuan General Shen Changying as his wife. I want to ask my father for permission. I will choose a date to ask a matchmaker." , follow the three scriptures and six rituals."

The emperor looked up from the memorial in his hand.

"Shen Changying?"

"Exactly." Yang Su nodded, "I think she is very suitable for the position of Princess Jin."

The emperor frowned, staring at a pot of cedar outside the window for a long time, and said: "Your imperial brothers, there has never been a precedent for marrying a noble woman.

"The Crown Princess' father was even just a Juren.

"Shen Changying is not only a courtier herself, but also has a huge Ling family behind her. How can she be the princess of Jin?"

"The Ling family is loyal and patriotic, don't say that Changying is not Mrs. Ling's own daughter, even if she is, I think it's fine." Yang Su said.

"It's okay?" The emperor said softly, stood up with his hands behind his back, walked slowly to him, and said, "Don't forget the cruelty of struggle. No one is forever."

"Change and invariance are relative terms. If everyone has the same purpose, change cannot be called change. The so-called 'change' is nothing more than a conspiracy."

The emperor said nothing.

Yang Su thought for a moment, then continued: "Actually, I think that for the sake of the overall situation, it is more appropriate to achieve this marriage at this moment."

The emperor looked sideways at him.

He stood up and said, "Shen Changying desperately helped my minister to win the position of governor of the five cities on the school grounds, this move shocked the government and the public, and everyone in the world is waiting for my minister's performance.

"She is both civil and military, and indeed has the ability to rule the world. If a minister hires her as a wife, not only can the people of the world meet the expectations of the minister, but also grasp a talent. Considering the current situation, isn't it beneficial? Does it outweigh the disadvantages?"

The emperor frowned and remained silent.

Yang Su took two steps forward, and said again: "With the current situation, how to use the connections to stabilize the situation is the top priority."

The emperor stood for a long while, looked at him, paced back and forth, "Where are you seeking profit? You are clearly fascinated by that girl."

"Father, Emperor Mingjian, this son-in-law is indeed considering the overall situation, but his personal wishes just conform to the overall situation.

"Right now, the Gu family is the ones who don't want me to marry Shen Changying the most. If the marriage doesn't work out, they'll just applaud and applaud."

It doesn't make any sense to entangle with the emperor whether there will be future troubles or not. The current situation is uncertain, so it is more effective to talk about benefits.

But the emperor was concentrating on it for a long time, and still said: "Let's talk about it after moving the mansion." He sat down and handed him a piece of paper: "Qin Tianjian has already planned a date, and it will be on the fifth day of the first lunar month. You should take a look first."

……

Yang Su went out of the palace gate, and said to Qin Lu who was waiting under the Chengtian gate, "You go back up the gift of sincerity, and follow me to the Song family later."

He expected that there would be obstacles on the emperor's side, but anyway, the fact that he didn't rebuff him outright meant that the road wasn't blocked.

In the event of a conflict between father and son, it is better to ask a middleman to talk about harmony than to face the conflict directly and seek results.

But at the moment, apart from Song Tong, he couldn't think of a better candidate—although he didn't have friendship with Song Tong, but the Song family was also a political enemy of the Dongting Hou Mansion!

(End of this chapter)