Jin Zhao returned to the Xiaoqi camp. During this period of time, nothing major happened, and the Duo Jue envoys also left. Tuoya wanted to marry Shen Li, so naturally he ignored the promise made by Emperor Xuanhui earlier, and left angrily..

Since then, there have been rumors that His Royal Highness Li Wang didn't know what to do, dragged a sickly body, and actually picked and picked, let go of such a big piece of fat, and wasted the food, grass and war horses that were handed over to him, soMany ministers in the court were quite critical of this.

The man didn't care at all, and went to the court every now and then for the reason of recuperation.

Almost a month has passed, and the court is peaceful and peaceful.

One day, Jin Zhao was going to the palace to report the affairs of the camp to Emperor Xuanhui, when not far from the main hall, he heard an old man crying, followed by an old man over sixty years old being killed by twoThe eunuch stepped out.

Jin Zhao froze at the door, wondering if he could get in or not.

Seeing this, the palace man hurriedly stepped forward and said to Jin Zhao: "General Cui, don't worry, that is the old prince Qi. There will always be such a few times a month. People in the palace are already used to it."

Jin Zhao looked at him suspiciously, "A handful of bones, is it suitable?"

"It's not because of his precious grandson. I heard that he was injured in a fight with someone this time. The old prince went to the palace to seek justice."

Jin Zhao nodded, knowing that this person had nothing to do with him, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Just two steps in, the two eunuchs who carried the old prince Qi away before have returned, discussing as they walked, "How could the son of the Minister of the Ministry of War provoke the grandson of King Qi? The old prince Qi is used to protecting the calf, I'm afraid thatThe servant's son is about to suffer."

"No, I vaguely heard it revealed... The Minister of the Ministry of War is from His Royal Highness Li Wang. His Highness should be able to settle this matter."

"Who can say for sure, the Minister of the Ministry of War is about to be promoted, but his son has disturbed him all of a sudden. Old Prince Qi is not so easy to deal with. With Li Wang's temperament, I'm afraid it's hard to say."

Jin Zhao thought that the matter had nothing to do with him, so he quickened his pace and walked forward, but unexpectedly heard someone's name, so he subconsciously stopped.

After reporting to Emperor Xuanhui, he returned to the barracks absent-mindedly.

"Ming Rui, you help me to check things."

Ming Rui was his right-hand man in Tianji Camp, and they were all sent to Jin Zhao's side by Pei Jianing, and they were more reassuring to use than those in Xiaoqi Camp.

After squatting for almost a day and a night, Ming Rui hurried back.

"Master, you guessed right, the grandson of the king of Qi was indeed injured, and the injury was not serious, and he was unconscious all the time. The old prince of Qi detained Lu Jing's son." Lu Jing is the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Where's the Minister of the Ministry of War? His son has been detained, so he didn't do anything?" If he really belongs to Shen Li, the most likely thing is to ask Shen Li for help.

Ming Rui shook his head and said: "I have never seen him leave the mansion, but... there are some eunuchs pretending to be servants coming in and out."

Eunuch...

Hearing this, Jin Zhao's mind suddenly thought of the scene he saw that day, the old prince Qi was framed by two eunuchs, and some people said that he would make trouble several times a month, so... the emperor is not surprisedStrange?

"Although those people pretended to be servants, they couldn't hide their perennial posture. The subordinates suspected..."

After Ming Rui said this, he didn't go any further. The two looked at each other at the same time, as if they had noticed something.

Early the next morning, Jin Zhao went to court as usual, and it happened that Shen Li went to court today.

The two of them haven't spoken to each other since the martial arts tournament, even though they hardly even made eye contact in one occasion.

Today, Jin Zhao paid special attention to the situation of Lu Jing, the servant of the Ministry of War.

It stands to reason that his son had an accident, and he is still in the hands of the old prince Qi. He shouldn't be so calm, and... although he and Shen Li are not far away, there is almost no eye contact, which is not like what he said.like...

Instead, he exchanged glances with the emperor several times.

Jin Zhao always felt that there was something strange, and was immersed in his own thoughts, when the Minister of the Court and Central Committee talked about the vacancy of the post of Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Lord Lu has been an official in the court for many years, and he is also familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of War. He should take up the post of minister."

"Indeed, Mr. Lu is also upright and honest, which is perfect."

...

After a round of remonstrance, Emperor Xuan Hui nodded his head clearly, then turned his gaze to Shen Li, and asked, "What do you think of the ninth brother?"

Shen Li stood at the same spot, turned his head to look at Lu Jing, and said without much hesitation: "It is logical for Master Lu to take over the post of Shangshu."

Lu Jing kept his head down, almost never raised his head to look at Shen Li, maybe it was Jin Zhao's illusion, after Shen Li finished speaking, Emperor Xuanhui glanced at Lu Jing's direction without a trace.

And Lu Jing also raised his eyes, looked at Emperor Xuan Hui, and did not look at Shen Li from the beginning to the end.

Emperor Xuanhui raised his mouth and said, "Since this is the case, then the Minister of War..."

"Your Majesty, I think it's wrong."

Just when Emperor Xuanhui was about to announce the result, the voice of one of the ministers was very abrupt.

I saw that person stepped out of the team and said with cupped hands.

After a while, everyone turned their attention to that person.

Shen Li also looked sideways at the person who spoke.

"General Cui, do you... have anything to say?"

Jin Zhao had just noticed that when he said something wrong, Emperor Xuanhui frowned indistinctly.

He wasn't quite sure if this Lu Jing belonged to Shen Li, but when Shen Li spoke just now, the emperor's various subtle expressions, and Lu Jing's inexplicable guilt showed that this Lu Jing... I'm afraid it's not that simple.

And even the eunuch knew that Lu Jing belonged to Shen Li, so how could the emperor not know?According to the emperor's thinking, how could he agree to Lu Jing's succession so easily?Another one, he also deliberately clicked on Shen Li, wanting to hear his opinion.

Most importantly, no one has mentioned the fact that Lu Jing's son injured the grandson of King Qi?These courtiers are used to meddling in their own business, do they not know about this...or is there some other reason?

But after thinking about it, he always felt that something was wrong.

"As far as I know, Lord Lu's son caused trouble a few days ago. It might not be appropriate to let him be promoted at this time."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, obviously some people didn't know about it.

"This..." Emperor Xuan Hui's face was not very good-looking, and he turned his gaze to Shen Li, "Ninth Brother, I don't know much about this matter, you... have you ever known?"

Jin Zhao's heart tightened, this dog emperor is really insidious, that day the old prince Qi obviously went to sue him in person, but in the end he got someone to frame him, and he even said he didn't know, what's even worse was that he directly took theThe pit was thrown to Shen Li.

Doesn't it mean that Lu Jing had a problem, but Shen Li didn't take the initiative to tell him, and agreed to this person's promotion, there must be some purpose.

Shen Li took a step forward and said: "It is not appropriate for the position of Minister of the Ministry of War to be vacant for too long, and the promotion of officials should not be confused with housework, I think there is no conflict between the two things, after Mr. Lu returns, he can discipline his son well."

The implication is that his son's matter does not conflict with his promotion, and Shen Li agrees with Lu Jing's promotion, which happens to be the opposite of what Jin Zhao said, and the two... inevitably stand on opposite sides.

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Digression: Get off the plot.