amaotonovel Chapter 1248 Lao Xiang’s Opinion
Chapter 1248 Lao Xiang’s Opinion
Prince Yan's Mansion.
Shen Siyue, who had just returned to the prince's mansion from the palace, received a report from his subordinates that four candidates participating in the joint examination were arrested by the Wuwei Division. The main criminal was named Qi Shang, who rammed the carriage of the Princess of Chu. The other three were arrested due to conflicts with the Wuwei Division.
After understanding the whole cause and effect, Shen Siyue's face darkened slightly.
Before, he wouldn't even pay attention to this kind of thing.
But things are different now.
He was summoned to the palace by his father today because of the imperial examination. He and his fifth brother Shen Tengfeng were in charge of the examination, and the Minister of Rites Du Zhu was in charge of the execution.
It's not just about the process and management of the examination, but also about the candidates.
While waiting for the exam to begin, if any candidate commits a crime in Tianwu City or for any other reason, regardless of whether he is captured and dealt with by the Wuwei Division or the Dali Temple, the two of them will need to be present in person to understand the situation and decide whether to disqualify the candidate based on the circumstances.
In other words, he couldn't avoid this matter no matter what.
Why did the other party have to commit any other crime, but he had to involve himself with my sixth brother?
According to reports from his subordinates, there are even worse people in the community who are not afraid of getting into trouble and are seeking death by spreading rumors about the relationship between his brother's sister-in-law and the other party.
The Zhao family, the Murong family, the Wei family, and the An family fell one after another. My father took the opportunity to clean up many people, but there were still some small fish and shrimps that managed to escape.
These guys who don't know how to live or die, have obviously hidden in the gutter to survive, but they just like to jump out to show off, for fear that Sixth Brother's knife will fall on their heads too late.
I’m afraid that a lot of people will disappear in Tianwu City again.
Given his sixth brother's personality, these rumormongers will die, and Qi Shang, who caused this turmoil, will probably not escape death either. As for the remaining three people implicated, it's uncertain what will happen to them.
Shen Siyue couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed. Was it inevitable that she had to face her sixth brother?
Until Qi Shang's status as a candidate is revoked and the intensity of the controversy subsides, the other party cannot die. Otherwise, this incident will cause scholars all over the world to become extremely dissatisfied with the court.
If people stay in the Wuwei Division now, they will be safe for the time being.
The current Suzaku is good friends with the second brother Shen Junyan, and the two have similar personalities. If the sixth brother sends someone there, he will certainly be stopped. But he is afraid that the person he sends is a strong person in the Divine Wandering Realm, and Suzaku will not be able to stop him.
However, in this way, even if the sixth brother completely crossed the red line of the emperor...
"Your Highness, the latest news is that the four candidates were sent to the Dali Temple by the Wuwei Division."
The masked man flashed to Shen Siyue's side and reported respectfully.
"what?"
Shen Siyue's face changed drastically.
If people go to Dali Temple, there will be a lot of room for maneuver.
Why did the Wuwei Division send the person to the Dali Temple? Was it because of the influence of my sixth brother, or did the emperor know about this and personally issue an order?
He didn't think Suzaku would act like this.
There is also a possible situation where neither Zhuque nor his father knew about this matter yet, and someone below took the initiative to send the four candidates to the Dali Temple.
"Your Highness."
Xiang Tingbai arrived late and bowed.
He had been in the mansion the whole time, so he knew about this matter a little earlier than Shen Siyue.
"Xiang Lao, you should already know about this. My father summoned me to the palace today to let me and my fifth brother take charge of the examination, including these candidates. What do you think about this?"
Shen Siyue's complexion returned to normal. After briefly explaining how she entered the palace, she began to ask about business.
After a brief thought, Xiang Tingbai replied respectfully, "Your Highness, I think we can wait and see what happens. We don't need to worry about the other party's life or death for the time being."
"Oh? Tell the master about it?"
Shen Siyue lowered her eyelids slightly.
"Your Highness, I think that there is someone who wants Qi Shang and others to die, but the probability that it is the King of Chu is very small, because the King of Chu is not the kind of person who has no sense of the overall situation and is reckless and impulsive."
He slowly told Tingbai his opinion.
In his opinion, a reckless man with only force but no brains could not have the power that Shen Yian has today.
Even if the other party loves the Princess of Chu very much, he would never get angry and send people to kill Qi Shang and the other three because of those rumors. This would not only lose his own status, but also offend scholars all over the world and make His Majesty unhappy. It is not worth it at all.
On the contrary, those enemies hiding in the dark really wanted Qi Shang and his three companions to die.
During the reign of Emperor Wu Shen Cangtian, the people of Daqian focused on martial arts and valued military over literature. Not to mention that martial arts are flourishing nowadays. In comparison, literature seems to be in decline.
Letting Qi Shang and the other three die in the Dali Temple would, on a larger scale, very likely sever the relationship between the court and the scholars of the world.
Cracks are easy to form and expand, but difficult to repair. From now on, how many scholars will be willing to sacrifice their lives for the Shen family's kingdom?
Hearing this, Shen Siyue's eyes deepened a little.
What the other party said made sense, but it was I who subconsciously "demonized" my sixth brother.
If my sixth brother was just a sharp sword in my father's hand, how could my father value him so much?
As for the enemies hiding in the dark and waiting for an opportunity, they are not only the enemies of the sixth brother, but also the enemies of Daqian!
Recalling that in Liaodong, Bian Wenji, the chief of the Wuwei Sitian Gong Department, was assassinated by "barbarians".
After that, within a day, the Ministry of Tiangong was reshuffled. Everything was prepared in advance by my father. The chief general, Bian Wenji, was a chess piece hidden by the enemy deep in Daqian. The other party boarded the ship and planned to go to sea that day, just looking for an excuse to escape from Daqian and go to Japan.
It was then that he realized that Daqian’s enemies were not only the demon cults and barbarian countries in the open, but there was also a huge poisonous snake hidden in the darkness and deep within.
"Master Xiang, do you think I need to send someone to protect those four scholars?"
After hearing what the other party said, Shen Siyue asked with some concern.
"Your Highness, if you send someone now, it will most likely make the situation more complicated. There are people who want the four of them dead, but there are more who want them to be safe. The first is the Dali Temple. If something happens to someone there, no matter whether they are the chief or junior officials of the Dali Temple, all the officials of the Dali Temple cannot bear the responsibility. Afterwards, they will only be sacrificed to appease the scholars."
Xiang Tingbai explained with a chuckle.
"There aren't even a few Tianwu Realm masters in the Dali Temple. Those guys are bent on killing people, and it's hard for the Dali Temple to stop them. In addition, I'm worried that there are more unclean people in the Dali Temple."
Shen Siyue shook her head.
"Your Highness, what if the King of Chu doesn't want the four of them to die?"
He gave Tingbai a mysterious smile.
Shen Siyue was slightly stunned.
Prince Chu's Mansion.
After Shen Yian learned about this, he never thought of killing Qi Shang and the other three.
This matter started with Lu Lingxue and Qi Shang, and has nothing to do with himself and Li Yan. He must be sick and must kill the other party. I am not a murderer.
The only people he wanted to kill were those who fabricated rumors unscrupulously.
The really big fish hiding at the bottom of the river have all been killed by myself, do those stinky fish and shrimp really think they are hiding well?
Not only did he not kill Qi Shang and the other three, he also couldn't let them die, so as to avoid the dirty water splashing on Li Yan and the Chu Palace.
[The owner of the portable grandfather in the previous article was named Fang Zhiyi, but the author forgot and changed his name to Lin Qiyu. Now it has been changed back to Fang Zhiyi]