Chapter 718: Summoning

"Do you know why I see you alone?" In the back hall of Lanzheng Palace, Emperor Jinghe asked Shengyuan to sit down and wait for her to drink hot tea to warm herself up. He also asked someone to change a hand stove for her, and then he spoke to her with a smile.

Sheng Yuan nodded: "Chen..."

"When you talk in private, you don't have to call yourself a subordinate. Just say 'me, me, me' like you did when you were a kid."

Sheng Yuan heard this, but refused to change his words: "I finally ascended to the Emperor's Hall and became your disciple, so I will naturally become my minister!"

With her insistence, Emperor Jinghe had no choice but to let her be happy.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the chief minister of the Nanyuan Army once communicated between the General Affairs Office and Dali Temple, and even handed over many memorials to the General Affairs Office. However, I am the right counselor who is responsible for reviewing and selecting memorials. But I have never seen his memorial... not even one."

Emperor Jinghe nodded: "The general envoy Si Tongzheng, the left and right generals, and the left counselor, as well as the experience and governor all said that they had never seen the memorial... But the minister insisted on handing over more than ten copies. Who do you think lied?"

"One of them, the General Secretary or the Chief Minister, is always lying."

"You're such a naughty boy!" Emperor Jing He looked at the serious Sheng Yuan and felt very amused, "But you're such a naughty boy, but you won't even protect your own superior."

"I am only working for you in the General Affairs Department, so how can I say that I am your official agency? Whether it is a superior official or a colleague, all of them work for you, Your Majesty, so they are fellow travelers."

Seeing that Sheng Yuan was sincere, Emperor Jing He smiled and stroked his beard, and nodded to her: "You have only been in the officialdom for a long time, and you have already learned how to flatter others?!"

"I am a real person. I only know how to tell the truth, but I don't know how to flatter others!"

Emperor Jinghe: "..."

I feel like the word "real" in "real people" needs to be redefined!

"I'm calling you here to say hello in advance. This matter will definitely be discussed in the meeting tomorrow. Don't say anything. I don't want to hear you say 'I have my own notes' tomorrow."

Only then did Sheng Yuan understand that Emperor Jinghe had called her here just to get vaccinated.

"Don't worry, I'm not the one who talks nonsense."

She doesn't think tomorrow's battlefield is a place where they can blend in.

Emperor Jinghe heard her promise and accepted it. He was just about to praise her, but he was afraid that she would be proud.

"It's just that Your Majesty, I came here to see you, but why did you choose to send the weapons and supplies of the border army on a business trip?" Immediately afterwards, Sheng Yuan actually inquired with Emperor Jinghe.

"Who dares to withhold military supplies!" Emperor Jing He raised his voice while stroking his beard.

However, Sheng Yuan heard something from him: "If it's not a deduction, then it's a lack of weight? Substituting the inferior goods for the good ones?!"

To be honest, it is indeed too courageous to take action on military supplies.

Emperor Jinghe saw that she was waiting for the answer seriously, and after thinking that there were no outsiders here, he said: "This matter cannot be explained clearly in just a few words, but the armor weapons are made of second-grade pig iron. It was successful, but it was his fault.”

The "pass" he said was not directed at Anyu.

When Sheng Yuan saw Jing Hedi, he smiled faintly and seemed to be in a calm mood, neither happy nor angry.

However, anyone who knows him well knows that his so-called calm mood is just the calm before the storm.

…

At the morning meeting the next day, a series of daily affairs reports were completed, and the matter of the Nanyuan Military Affairs was brought up.

Sheng Yuan watched from a distance and felt that many ministers were gearing up, wondering whether they wanted to unite to suppress Qian Shi or whether they wanted to fight first.

(End of chapter)