Chapter 548
548 The mastermind behind the scenes that surfaced (big chapter) _2
“Uncle Qian, drink slowly and tell your niece about this.”
Qian Qingshu frowned, hesitated for a while, and sighed. “As expected, you’re a greedy person …” However, you have to promise that whatever you hear here will not be leaked out.”
“Of course, I’m the most trustworthy person.” Wang simu quickly pecked her head.
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Xu Manor.
In the study, Xu Qi ‘an sat behind the desk, thinking about the next step of the plan.
It was not a big deal to deal with the Minister of Justice. Exempting Erlang from punishment was only the first step of his plan. Next, he had to find the real enemy among the Civil officials.
Only by knowing one’s enemy and oneself could one win every battle.
“Huaiqing is a Princess, but she can only watch and can not interfere with the plans of the court. After all, she was a Princess with no real power. However, she should have a hidden confidant …
“Lord Wei’s attitude towards this matter isn’t very positive. It’s more of a test of my ability. If I can’t handle it, I’ll go to him for help. Although Lord Wei will definitely help me, he’ll inevitably be disappointed.
“How can I get some inside information? Governor Zhang is a good candidate, but he’s Wei Yuan’s man. He’ll be on guard against the Civil officials from the opposing camp and may not know much …”
While he was thinking, his ears twitched and he heard footsteps.
“Thump thump …”
The footsteps stopped outside the door, and someone knocked on it. Then, a voice came, “”Dalang, there’s a lady looking for you,”
Lady, who is it?
Well, I have too many girls, I can’t guess … “Invite her to the inner hall, I’ll be right there,” Xu Qi ‘an replied.
He continued his interrupted train of thought and thought for a few more minutes. He picked up a cup of tea to moisten his throat before getting up and leaving.
When he came to the inner hall, he saw a pretty servant girl in a Lotus-colored dress standing in the hall. The little bean walked around her and said very naturally,
“Sister, let’s play, let’s play. I’ll treat you to water chestnut cakes.”
The pretty servant girl responded with a forced smile, as if she was not used to being with young children.
“Lady LAN ‘er?”
Xu Qi ‘an stepped through the door. The maidservant had just been here two hours ago.
Lord Xu, ” LAN ‘er saluted and took out a folded note from her sleeve. She handed it to Xu Qi’ an and said in a low voice, “”My family’s young miss asked me to bring it over. This servant won’t disturb you any longer and will take her leave.”
He didn’t give Xu Qi ‘an a chance to ask him to stay or to open the note, and he left in a hurry.
Xu Qi ‘an sat on the chair, unfolded the note, and quickly glanced at it. His face was full of shock.
This … His expression gradually became serious, because the information on the note was too important. It almost wrote the inside story of the imperial examination fraud case clearly.
The person who wrote a letter to impeach ” cheating in the imperial examination ” was the new imperial censor of the left, Yuan Xiong. After he took over Wei Yuan’s position and took over the Imperial Censorate, he had a fierce battle with the Imperial censor of the right and the ” remnants of the eunuch’s party “.
Logically speaking, Liu Hong, the Imperial censor of the right, was also one of the main examiners and was Yuan Xiong’s target. However, in this imperial examination fraud case, the one who leaked the exam questions was Zhao tingfang from Dongge University.
The reason was that if Yuan Xiong impeached Liu Hong, he would be facing Wei Yuan. Even under the banner of suppressing Yun Lu Academy, most of the factions would only watch from the side with cold eyes, and the help they could provide was limited.
After all, even if Xu niannian were to participate in the court examinations and become an official, the court would still have ways to suppress and freeze him.
Thus, the second mastermind behind the case had appeared, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, Qin Yuandao.
Because of the case of Princess Ping Yang, the entire family of the former Minister of War had been executed. The original Assistant Minister of War, Qin Yuandao, was the first in line to succeed the Minister of War.
However, Emperor Yuan jing had arranged for the leader of a small party to take over as the Minister of War.
Qin Yuandao, who had no hope of leveling up, changed his way of thinking. He planned to enter the inner cabinet and get rid of Zhao tingfang from Dongge University, who had no backing and was not strong enough.
To the Left Censor-in-Chief, Yuan Xiong, the person he was suppressing was not only a student of Yun Lu Academy, but also the cousin of Xu Qi ‘an.
If Xu Qi ‘an didn’t want his cousin’s reputation to be ruined, he would have to ask Wei Yuan to help. As long as he could drag Wei Yuan into the water, he would be able to get rid of imperial censor Liu Hong.
In addition, the note provided by Wang simu also mentioned that song shanzhang, the Duke of Cao, had also been adding fuel to the fire.
“On the surface, it looks like it’s Left Censor-in-Chief Yuan Xiong and Vice Minister of the Ministry of War Qin Yuandao working together, with only their henchmen. In fact, putting aside second Lang’s identity as a student of Yun Lu Academy, just because he’s my cousin, those who offended me in the Sang Bo case, Ping Yang County Princess case, and Yunzhou case would definitely seize the opportunity to take revenge on me. Minister sun is an example.
and with my identity as. student of Yun Lu Academy … The situation is not good. In addition, what does High Duke Cao mean? It’s understandable for civil officials to find fault, but you’re just a vulgar noble warrior, and you’re also f * cking joining in? What’s the motive …”
Also, why should I trust Wang zhenwen’s daughter? Can I trust the information she provided?
But why did she lie to me? from a bystander’s point of view, Erlang is done for this time. She should be secretly laughing at the side and there’s no need to do anything extra. That maidservant also appeared sneaky, running away after giving the note, wasn’t this a guilty conscience?
Either this young lady of the Wang family is an idiot, or she thinks I’m an idiot … But after listening to Erlang and lingyue’s analysis, this young lady wasn’t stupid. Damn, did she think I was stupid?
“If I can’t make up my mind, I’ll look for Wei Yuan. En, I’ll just say that I’ve found out all this myself and then I’ll look for him to verify it. This will make Wei Yuan look at me in a new light. If I’m deceived, it’s fine. It shows that I’m careful and don’t trust people easily.”