Nothing is Certain
Jing Rong kissed her forehead lightly, then reached out to gently wipe away the tears on her cheeks.
How gentle!
He was safe and sound, so her heart was naturally at ease.
It was as if the two had reunited after a lifetime of separation. Their passion was strong and their desire was inseparable.
Ji Yunshu lowered her eyes for a moment, then raised her head slightly and asked, "How's the situation in the palace?"
Jing Rong shook his head.
"Is it not good?"
He shook his head again.
It was hard to understand.
Jing Rong explained slowly, "The posthumous edict has been submitted. As for Imperial Father's decision, it will depend on the imperial court tomorrow."
It seemed that the real battle would be tomorrow!
Most of the officials were already on Jing Yi's side. Now that Jing Rong had returned to the capital, he naturally could not escape the officials' tongues. Who knew if there would be another riot in the imperial court tomorrow, forcing Qizhen Emperor to decree him to be "demoted" to Yufu again.
But everything still had to wait until tomorrow's imperial court to decide who was the winner.
At this time …
Lang Po reported from outside, "Your Highness, the Supreme Court's Vice-Chancellor Lord Yu is here."
It would be strange if he didn't come!
Jing Rong turned and nodded in acknowledgment.
Ji Yunshu naturally did not want to participate in matters between men, so she said, "I'll take my leave."
"No need."
"But …"
"You should also listen."
He forced her to sit down.
After a while, Vice-Chancellor Yu came in and bowed with cupped hands. "This lowly official greets Prince Rong."
"Lord Yu need not be so polite. Take a seat."
He took a seat.
A manservant hurriedly served a pot of good tea.
Vice-Chancellor Yu glanced at Ji Yunshu sitting opposite him and cupped his hands again. "So Teacher Ji is here too."
She smiled politely in response.
"Regarding that case, it has already been sent from Yufu to the Supreme Court a few days ago. It has already been included in the dossier. As expected, Teacher Ji is truly capable. After two years, this enigmatic case has been clearly solved by your hands. This official is truly impressed."
Sincerely!
"Lord Yu is too kind. This lowly one was just lucky. It has nothing to do with ability."
"Teacher Ji is too humble."
"You flatter me."
The two smiled politely.
Vice Chancellor Yu turned to Jing Rong with a cup of tea in his hand. "This lowly official wishes to congratulate Your Highness on your return to the capital."
Jing Rong raised his cup and said, "Magistrate Yu, it's still too early to speak. We still don't know the outcome of the court session tomorrow."
"Your Highness has the posthumous edict of the late Emperor, so why worry?" Finishing, he was confused and asked, "But … what was written in the posthumous edict of the late Emperor? Where did the posthumous edict come from? "
Jing Rong did not intend to hide it from him.
He said straightforwardly, "The late Emperor had entrusted the posthumous edict to Marquis Kang for safekeeping. This time, when he knew that this prince had returned to the capital, he took it out and lent this prince a helping hand. As for what is written on the posthumous edict, it is to send troops to exterminate the barbarians!"
"Uh!" Vice-Chancellor Yu was shocked. "Barbarian Extermination?"
After being in a daze for a moment, realization finally dawned on him.
"Your Highness has sent us a life-saving straw. Now that the Barbarians are wreaking havoc at the borders, the late Emperor's posthumous edict has solved a major problem for Great Lin. Although Your Highness has not been able to find the whereabouts of the relief funds, your contribution in delivering this edict cannot go unnoticed. His Majesty will not allow Your Highness to return to Yufu, and the court officials will not be able to say anything."
"Nothing is set in stone." Jing Rong said in a low voice, his brows knitted together. "If Prince Yi and the others persist on the matter of the relief funds, even if His Majesty wishes to keep this prince in the capital, I'm afraid that it will be a tough battle."
Vice-Chancellor Yu also revealed a worried expression. "Ever since Your Highness left the capital, Prince Yi's faction has been growing. Almost everyone in the imperial court is on Prince Yi's side. Now that he has married the daughter of the Ji family, it can be said that he is like a tiger that has grown wings. With just a word, all the civil and military officials in the imperial court will stand on his side. If Your Highness wants to succeed, you have to attack small to have a chance of success."
"This prince understands." Jing Rong nodded and continued, "This prince still has to thank Lord Yu for helping with the assassination of the assassin in the Supreme Court's prison."
"I wouldn't dare." Vice-Chancellor Yu hurriedly said, "It is this lowly official's honor to be able to serve Your Highness. Moreover, ever since I decided to stand on Your Highness's side, I have already made all the preparations. As long as Your Highness says the word, this lowly official will not hesitate to go through fire and water."
"It seems that you are the same kind of person as the former Minister of Personnel, Lord Qiao."
"Why did you mention Lord Qiao?"
"Just mentioning it."
Jing Rong didn't want to elaborate further.
Indeed, Vice-Chancellor Yu and Qiao Zheng were the same kind of person. They were both adaptable and able to size up the situation. Both of them knew that although Prince Yi had the upper hand, he was ultimately too impatient!
Vice-Chancellor Yu didn't make any guesses.
Instead, Ji Yunshu suddenly thought of something and asked, "Oh right, Lord Yu, has the Imperial Examination ended?"
"Yes, it just ended."
"Then who are the top three?"
He answered, "The zhuangyuan and bangyan are both students from Mingshan Academy. The zhuangyuan is the current Hanlin Academy's editor, Lord Lin Shu, while the bangyan is the editor, Lord Shang Zhuo."
Oh my!
How dare you harm my brother.
Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong looked at each other.
Jing Rong said, "I didn't expect that kid Lin Shu to become the zhuangyuan. This prince didn't save him in vain."
"Does that mean that Your Highness and Teacher Ji know this person?"
"We met once."
Oh!
Vice-Chancellor Yu sighed, "But Your Highness probably doesn't know that according to this lowly official's understanding, that zhuangyuan is now Prince Yi's man."
Shock!
Ji Yunshu asked, "What's going on?"
Yu Shaoqing explained, "Originally, His Majesty hadn't decided on the positions of the zhuangyuan and bangyan for a long time because both of them had different scores. Later on, it was said that it was because of Prince Yi, so Hanlin Academy nominated Lord Lin. His Majesty couldn't make a decision in the first place, so he had Hanlin Academy choose someone first. Thus, the zhuangyuan naturally fell to that Lord Lin.
At the end of his speech!
Ji Yunshu's face was full of disappointment.
She thought that the kid would change for the better, but she didn't expect him to be so ignorant of right and wrong.
Jing Rong wasn't too disappointed. He only said, "Jing Yi's reach is really long."
"It's just a small bookworm. It's not enough. Your Highness doesn't have to worry."
"Does this prince have worries?" He asked in return, "No matter how powerful Jing Yi is, no matter how powerful his claws are, he's still just a beast trapped in the capital by Imperial Father."
So in the end, Qi Zhen Emperor was still more powerful!
He gave his sons the title of prince, but didn't grant them land. His residence could only be located in the capital, so that it was easy to control them and prevent them from recruiting outside and forming their own faction.
So in the end, no matter how powerful Jing Yi was, he could only use the tiger's might in the capital.
But now that all the officials were on his side, and with the help of the Ji brothers, this tiger seemed to have grown a lot and couldn't be kept in captivity.
In the end, Vice-Chancellor Yu didn't say anything and only agreed with Jing Rong's words. After all, he understood the meaning behind it.
Afterwards, they chatted for a while, talking about the big and small things that happened in the capital in the past few months.
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