Chapter 126: Promotion (3)
Translator: 549690339
Eunuch Xiao stepped down from the carriage and hurriedly retreated. He stopped in front of Zhang Ronghua and reached out to tidy his collar. He ordered, “Don’t worry and do it boldly!” Zhang Ronghua noted it down.
“Let’s go!”
The Crown Prince called out and walked towards the Imperial Palace.
A young eunuch slipped a piece of paper over and quickly followed.
Zhang Ronghua didn’t open it immediately. He walked towards the Scholar’s
Hall. He didn’t know the exact location, but he could ask the Golden Scaled
Mysterious Heavenly Army if he had a rough idea. When he reached a deserted place, he opened the note. It wasn’t signed, but the eunuch had given it to him.
It was probably under Eunuch Xiao’s orders. There was only one sentence on it:
‘ Someone wants to freeze you.”
He exerted force with his palm and shattered the paper slip.
Thinking about it, Eunuch Xiao was probably doing this for Xiao Mils sake. He wanted to repay Zheng Fugui’s kindness in advance and persuade his eldest uncle and the others.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have acted like this.
There was no such thing as love or hatred in this world. Any relationship was built on kinship or benefits. There was no third choice.
His expression did not change. He found a Golden Scaled Mysterious Heavenly Army soldier to ask for directions. After obtaining the exact location of the Scholar Hall, he walked in that direction.
To the left of the center of the outer palace, there was a huge palace with a good location. There were a total of four gates. The south gate led to the outside of the palace, the north gate led to the inner palace, and the east and west gates led to other departments. There was a battalion of Golden Scale Mysterious Heavenly Army guarding the gate. Seeing him come over, the leading general took a step forward and stopped him. With a serious expression, he said,”Sir, please show me your waist token!”
Zhang Ronghua took out the scholar’s hall waist token that the Crown Prince had just given him. He glanced at it and saw that it was real. The military marquis let him in.
He entered.
Some people were busy, but they only glanced at him before looking away and continuing to do their own things. No one paid attention to him.
He recalled the Crown Prince’s introduction to the Scholar Hall.
The Hall of Scholars was divided into two parts: the Grand Scholar, the Grand Scholar, and the Grand Scholar. The former had a higher official position and greater power. They could contact the center and enter the sight of the upper echelons. The former could enter the court.
The latter could be divided into two types, one with a background and one without.
Those with a background held important positions in the Scholar Hall. They could get in touch with some of the higher-ups and could easily make a name for themselves. Those without a background would be assigned to unorthodox positions.
The person in charge of the Scholar Hall was called Qian Wenli. He was the First Prince’s subordinate, and Pei Caihua was the highest ranking official. He managed the Scholar Hall as the Minister of Rites, but he was very busy. Other than important matters, he rarely came over. He was always in the Ministry of Rites handling official matters, and his trusted aide, Li Daoran, delivered orders.
Pei Caihua was born in the imperial examination and was the in-name disciple of the Old Master. He did not belong to any faction. With the protection of the Old Master, he climbed all the way to his current high position and was preparing to enter the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.
The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets was above the six ministries, but it was below the three dukes. It was responsible for delivering memorials and simply reviewing government affairs before handing them over to the Human Emperor for review. It had a lot of power. There were a total of five people who handled military and political affairs.
Anyone who could enter would have immense power and authority. They would be below one person and above tens of thousands of people. Even Grand Xia would tremble slightly if they hid.
He filtered through the information.
Zhang Ronghua narrowed his eyes. When the Nanman Kingdom’s emissary delegation arrived, he had dealt with Pei Caihua before. He had the backbone of a scholar and the decisiveness of a general. He was not flustered when faced with major events.
After the death of Princess Feng He, the Nanman Kingdom’s attitude was unyielding. They pressed on step by step and did not retreat a single step. They rebuked them and made them not dare to be impudent!
From this point of view, he was capable and could handle major matters.
Before he went to the Fiery Mountain with Yang Hongling, the old teacher had told him that if he had any problems, he could look for Pei Caicai. He was not afraid of trouble or owing favors.
“There are people in the court who are good at being officials. It’s the same in the court and the martial world. Other than fighting and killing, they also pay attention to the ways of the world.”
He changed directions and walked deeper to find Li Daoran.
If he didn’t use a ready-made relationship, then he would be crazy!
Combined with the news from Eunuch Xiao, the First Prince had probably secretly told Qian Wenli to show his might and then hide him, ruthlessly rubbing off the Crown Prince’s spirit.
But he was about to miscalculate. With Pei Caicai’s relationship, he was destined not to be suppressed in the Scholar Hall!
The news of his arrival had also reached Qian Wenli’s side.
Just as he had guessed, the Crown Prince had just entered the Imperial Palace when Eunuch Xiao had sent a message. It was the First Prince who had secretly played tricks on his mother, telling her to talk pillow talk to the Xia Emperor, and then ordering Qian Wenli to freeze Zhang Ronghua and ruthlessly rub off the Crown Prince’s spirit. If there was a chance, it would be best to take him down.
Zhang Ronghua’s performance and everything he had done had been seen by all the forces.
His background had also been investigated.
The three generations of Flood Dragon Guards were the crown prince’s diehard supporters. Their family had long been marked by the Eastern Palace. No matter how hard they tried to rope in such a person, the other party would not be able to rely on him. He would die miserably in the officialdom.
Since he couldn’t win him over, he would think of ways to get rid of him and make the Crown Prince lose this help!
In a palace.
There was an old man in his fifties with a long goatee and large ears. He was Qian Wenli, one of the First Prince’s men and one of the two heads of the Scholar Hall.
He sat on a chair and drank his tea calmly. His face was full of mockery, as if he had seen Zhang Ronghua being humiliated in the Scholar’s Hall..
