Regarding Jia Lian's sudden flattery, not only the princes in the palace were speechless, but even the Supreme Emperor was stunned.
Emperor Ning Kang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. He was in an extremely unhappy mood and almost couldn't help smiling. Looking at Jia Lian who was seriously kneeling on the ground begging the Supreme Emperor to fulfill his wish, Emperor Ning Kang felt that this was not unexpected at all, and even very Jia Lian.
This boy's active mind and his ability to please others and be obedient have never changed. After careful calculation, I seem to have been deceived by his appearance...
"Hahaha, okay, I will grant your wish." The Supreme Emperor smiled happily and actually agreed to Jia Lian's request.
For a moment, everyone in the palace didn't know whether to envy Jia Lian for winning the Emperor's favor, or to laugh at him for wasting a golden opportunity.
But Jia Lian doesn't care what these people think. He neither needed to please the Emperor nor felt that he had missed a golden opportunity.
First of all, the Supreme Emperor has abdicated. If it weren't for a major matter like clearing land, he might not even bother to ask about it.
Therefore, pleasing him is far less beneficial than hugging Emperor Ning Kang's thigh. What's more, today was the first time he met the Supreme Emperor. He didn't feel that he could really get any great benefits from the Supreme Emperor.
The disadvantage is certain, what is taken from the Supreme Emperor at this time will definitely be lost from Emperor Ningkang in the future.
But if you don't take it at this time, maintain a good relationship with Emperor Ningkang. In the future, after Emperor Ningkang removes all the stumbling blocks left by the Supreme Emperor, how many good opportunities will be waiting for him!
Be a long-term person. Under Jia Lian's actions, the atmosphere of the banquet improved significantly.
Jia Lian finally stepped back and allowed the Supreme Emperor to continue counting his birthday gifts. After all the birthday gifts that had been selected were viewed, it was past noon, and the Emperor did not stay any longer. He took the Queen Mother away with him on the grounds that he was tired.
And Emperor Ningkang immediately left the Chonghua Palace with the queen. When all the saints left the table, the scene became really lively and became more casual.
The fourth prince was a careless and careless person. He quickly forgot about what happened before and went around looking for someone to have a drink with and brag about.
Jia Lian, who had shown off his face before, naturally faced the toasts and knots of people from the clan and relatives with various thoughts.
Jia Lian doesn't like people to toast him. Except for his sisters at home, he doesn't like to go to anyone to toast him, no matter how distinguished the other person is.
If anyone came, he would just deal with it. If no one was around, he would just sit and eat and drink, occasionally enjoying music and dancers... Suddenly he noticed a young eunuch approaching him and whispered: "Marquis Zhenyuan, the Queen Mother has summoned you."
"Queen Mother?" Jia Lian was confused and didn't show it on his face. He glanced at the young eunuch, nodded, and followed him out of the seat.
When he arrived outside the Chonghua Palace, there were indeed several palace maids waiting for him. Seeing their dress and posture, they were undoubtedly from the Chonghua Palace.
But Jia Lian still couldn't imagine why the Queen Mother summoned him. Even if he is summoned, he is still so mysterious.
Following these palace ladies, they walked around and around to the inner palace, and soon they came to a side courtyard. The maids stopped and signaled Jia Lian to continue walking, and they bowed and then withdrew.
Jia Lian didn't think he would be in any danger in Chonghua Palace, so although he was doubtful, he still moved forward.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly laughed and walked quickly towards the beautiful figure under the begonia flowers in front of him. ...In the Daming Palace, when Dai Quan walked into the south study room, he saw documents and imperial edicts scattered all over the floor, while Emperor Ning Kang was crouching behind the naked dragon case, quickly splashing ink.
Dai Quan calmly signaled to the little eunuch standing beside him to clean up the floor, then he approached Emperor Ning Kang and whispered: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Mr. Xiao from the cabinet are outside asking for an audience!" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw A cold look suddenly appeared on Emperor Ningkang's face, which was originally relatively calm.
"How dare he come to see me!" Dai Quan, who knew Emperor Ning Kang's temper well, did not dare to reply a word at this time. Fortunately, after a while, Emperor Ning Kang put away his calligraphy pen, put it on the pen holder, and said, "Let them come in."
"Old minister, I pay homage to Your Majesty."
"My son, please see my father." Emperor Ning Kang did not stand down as usual. He didn't even raise his head. He just looked at the book in his hand. After a while, he slowly asked: "I don't know, Mr. Xiao Ge, so Why are you so anxious to see me?"
"I know that I have offended Long Yan, so I came here to plead guilty to His Majesty."
"Apologise?" Emperor Ning Kang couldn't suppress the anger in his heart when he heard these two words.
"There's no need to apologize. Mr. Xiao Ge only thinks about the country of Wei Dynasty. Even I can't compare with him in this. He can be said to be the most loyal minister in our dynasty. What crime is there?" Xiao Jing said: "If your Majesty is serious in his heart. I miss you so much, I will die with no regrets! The policy of clearing the land may seem like a good idea, but it is actually harmful to the country..."
"enough!"
"If Mr. Xiao Ge comes to plead guilty to me, there is no need. If he comes to teach me, I don't want to hear it. If you have nothing else to do, please step aside first." Emperor Ning Kang's indifferent attitude made Xiao Jing feel guilty. Shen, but still persisted and said: "I know that your majesty cannot trust me, but I still want to make it clear to you that my actions today are definitely not due to personal gain. My loyalty to your majesty and to the Wei Dynasty can be learned from heaven and earth. The sun and the moon can be represented.”
"Huh huh huh." Hearing Emperor Ning Kang's silent ridicule, Xiao Jingxin said: "If your majesty doesn't believe it, I am willing to take out all the farm property in my family and donate it to the court to show my loyalty! "Xiao Jing said seriously, and with his perseverance and helpless expression at this time, it seemed that he was really a loyal and patriotic minister, but was not cared for by the king.
Emperor Ningkang stared hard at the gray-haired man in front of him, who was already a cabinet minister during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, but he didn't feel any pity or respect in his heart.
"No need, Xiao Ge is old. It's better to leave your family's farm property to Xiao Ge to support him in his old age, lest people in the future talk about me and treat Zhongliang harshly." Emperor Ning Kang specially added an accent to the word "Zhongliang".
Naturally, he couldn't possibly think that Xiao Jing was Zhongliang. This old guy had caused him so much trouble overtly and covertly over the years.
He didn't care about those things in the past, because those things could be regarded as differences in the philosophy of governing the country, and he could allow the ministers in the court to have slightly different ideas from him.
But Xiao Jing's actions today not only completely touched his bottom line, but also trampled his dignity as an emperor to the ground. This has long exceeded the limit of what he can tolerate.
In his heart, Xiao Jing has been sentenced to death. Therefore, he didn't bother to talk nonsense with Xiao Jing. For the sake of the Supreme Emperor, he is only allowed to live a few more years.
As for why Xiao Jing did what he did this time, in Emperor Ning Kang's opinion, there were probably only two possibilities. One is to gain fame and gain direct access to prevent land clearing, and to oppose him as an emperor to demonstrate his ambition of not fearing imperial power and being loyal to the country.
The second is that this old guy has benefited from others, or has colluded with interest groups such as the court, the clan, etc., and he has come forward to guide today's events.
On these two points, Emperor Ning Kang preferred the latter. Because in Emperor Ning Kang's view, these people today, especially Xiao Jing and the clan kings, cooperated so well and gave him the heaviest blow at this last moment.
How could it be possible if there was no premeditation? What's more, Emperor Ning Kang even suspected that today's events were led by the Supreme Emperor, and Xiao Jing was just a pawn... If this was really the case, Emperor Ning Kang had nothing to say.
But what made him extremely chilling was that if the Supreme Emperor disagreed with the land clearing, why didn't he explain it to him earlier, but waited until he had overcome many obstacles and had everything ready before giving him a heads-up?
Emperor Ning Kang didn't want to investigate what the truth was, because it was meaningless. Unless he dares to risk the disapproval of the world and directly oppose the Supreme Emperor!
Therefore, it is impossible for him to do anything to Xiao Jing now, let alone ask him to donate any family property. Wouldn't that just be what he meant by inviting him?
Xiao Jing's words were blocked one after another, and he already knew in his heart that no matter what he said, Emperor Ning Kang would never be able to listen. He sighed in his heart, expressed his loyalty again, and exited the South Study Room.
The prince had been kneeling since he and Xiao Jing entered the south study room, not daring to say a word. At this time, Xiao Jing left, but Emperor Ning Kang seemed to have forgotten him and lowered his head to read.
As a last resort, he could only say aloud: "Father?" Emperor Ning Kang glanced at him,
"What are you still doing here? Could it be that you also want to learn from your father-in-law and tell me how land clearing is harmful to the country and is a disorderly government that shakes the foundation of the Wei Dynasty?" Emperor Ningkang heard this. The prince's heart trembled because of the irony. He was miserable and complained to Xiao Jing to death.
Xiao Jing actually did such a big thing without telling him in advance. This made him so passive!
Although this matter had nothing to do with him, I'm afraid Emperor Ning Kang didn't believe it. After all, Xiao Jing is not only his father-in-law, but also one of his most critical and important supporters in the court.
More importantly, he was skeptical and unsupportive of the land clearing issue at the beginning.
Now that Xiao Jing has taken the lead in causing this incident, if Emperor Ning Kang suspects that he is behind it, he will
