kingnovel Chapter 891 Choi Sang-gi
Chapter 891 Choi Sang-gi
Yu Shizhang looked at Shen Zheng for a long time and finally determined that she really didn't understand.
He tutted his lips and said, "Fortunately, you were born to be an official... If you were stupid enough to enter the backyard, you would have wasted your time."
Shen Zheng tilted her head and said in a sneer, "Even if I don't enter the official career, I may not get married. Even if I get married, it will only be a couple for life. I don't want a man who can handle the bowl according to his ability, who needs to be controlled, and who needs to be fought for."
Why should you make yourself suffer when you have a good life?
Yu Shizhang looked at her and sighed slightly.
One pair for life people.
This is talking about...isn't it his Yu family?
"Please stop keeping me in suspense." Shen Zheng saw that he didn't say anything, and felt like a cat scratching her heart. She urged: "Why did that woman deliberately run to you? Did she want you to make the decision for her?"
Yu Shizhang nodded and shook his head, "It's not that she has the final say. She just wants to show off in front of others. And the person she chooses cannot be someone on Prime Minister Cui's side. It would be best if she can compete with Prime Minister Cui."
Shen Zheng thought about his words and seemed to understand a little.
She suddenly realized that the disputes in the harem were no different from party disputes.
But since it is a fight, there will be times when things get dirty.
She asked: "Prime Minister Cui, although he is not as powerful as before, he should be able to use many methods to deal with that woman, such as..."
To put it cruelly, if he really wanted to kill the woman, who would dare to seek justice for her?
The woman dared to dance directly in front of Yu Shizhang, so she must have some way to save her life.
Seeing that she understood a little, Yu Shizhang nodded approvingly.
"That woman knew that Prime Minister Cui and I were not of the same kind, so she was betting that after she showed her face in front of me, Prime Minister Cui would not dare to attack her. And her biggest trump card was not someone else, but Prime Minister Cui's son."
Shen Zheng let out a long "Oh" and asked, "Prime Minister Cui's beloved son?"
But she had been in Beijing for so long, but she seemed to have rarely heard about the eldest son of the Cui family.
Even at this moment, she didn't even know the other person's name.
"Love son?" Yu Shizhang did not comment. "Maybe, but he loves power more. Rather than saying he loves his son, it's better to say... he 'loves' his dead daughter-in-law more."
Shen Zheng heard Yu Shizhang talk about the Cui family and the Xu family.
Prime Minister Cui's eldest son was not capable of great use, but he was lucky enough to be betrothed to the late emperor and the eldest daughter of the Xu family.
Not long after the marriage, the eldest daughter of the Xu family gave birth to a daughter, who is now the eldest daughter of the prime minister's mansion, Cui Jinyin.
A few years after Cui Jinyin was born, the eldest daughter of the Xu family died of illness. Two years later, the head of the Xu family, Cui Jinyin's grandfather, passed away. The Xu family gradually declined, so for a period of time, Cui Jinyin was not favored in the Cui family.
Just when everyone thought that the Xu Mansion was in decline, Xu Zhijie, the younger brother of the Xu family's eldest daughter and now the Minister of Personnel, stood up and took charge of the Xu Mansion.
Xu Zhijie started as a small clerk in the Ministry of Personnel and became the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in just three years. Cui Xiang's attitude towards his granddaughter Cui Jinyin also changed drastically from then on.
Although the emperor knew that the Cui family and the Xu family were related by marriage, he still appreciated Xu Zhijie's talent and knew how to use people well. In addition, the previous Minister of Personnel retired due to old age, so Xu Zhijie eventually took the position of Minister of Personnel.
After Xu Zhijie became the Shangshu, he was indifferent to his relative Cui Xiang, but was very fond of his eldest sister's only daughter.
Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, the Cui family and the Xu family often interact with each other, and are like grasshoppers on the same rope.
But only Cui Xiang and Xu Zhijie knew the true situation.
"In fact, this matter cannot be avoided without the Xu family." Yu Shizhang said: "Cui Shangji is a widower, can he remarry? Of course he can, but Prime Minister Cui does not allow him to remarry in order to win over the Xu family. Cui Shangji can tolerate it for a while, but not forever, especially now that he thinks he has met his 'true love'."
Shen Zheng's expression was complicated.
Even his own son was just a pawn in Prime Minister Cui's hands.
She squatted down, looked at the soil under her feet, and asked, "So...what else happened yesterday?"
She didn't know much about Xu Zhijie, but she always felt that this matter... was not simple.
Yu Shizhang kicked a small stone into the river and said, "After the woman knelt down, Cui Xiang naturally didn't need to say anything. The servants who chased after her blocked her mouth. Just when she was about to be dragged away, Cui Shangji arrived."
Shen Zheng understood.
The next plot development is naturally that Choi Sang-gi rescues his lover and cries to his father.
Since Yu Shizhang was present, Prime Minister Cui naturally did not respond and only wanted to suppress the matter as quickly as possible.
From Prime Minister Cui's perspective, Cui Shangji, the legitimate son, is indeed useless. Not only can he not support the Cui Mansion, he is simply holding Prime Minister Cui back.
But isn’t it too smooth for this matter to be brought to Yu Shizhang’s attention?
That's in Cui's mansion, and everyone from top to bottom is Prime Minister Cui's people.
No matter how stupid Cui Shangji is, he won't harm his own father, right? If the Cui family is in decline, what good will it do him?
so......
"There's something wrong with that woman." Shen Zheng half guessed and half was certain.
Yu Shizhang was amazed when he heard this.
"When it comes to matters in the harem, you are as dumb as a log, but when it comes to the factional struggles in the court, you are on your own. I also think that Cui Shangji was trapped by a beauty and listened to pillow talk."
Shen Zheng has never liked stupid men. Even though Cui Shangji accidentally harmed Cui Xiang, she still disliked him.
Especially from Miss Cui's perspective.
After her mother died, not only did her father not stand up, he also focused on finding a stepmother for her.
How awful.
She sighed, "Someone wants to drag you into this, what do you think?"
Yu Shizhang squatted down and picked up a fat stone to skip on the water.
He shook his head and said, "It's fine for me to watch the show, but for me to be a knife in someone else's hands? Pah."
The fat stone sank as soon as it entered the water. It didn't even float, not even a splash was made.
Yu Shizhang suddenly turned his head, his eyes serious, "Besides Your Majesty and the Yu Family, the only one who can make me willing to be a blade is you."
"......" Shen Zheng was touched and angry, "You are so old, I can't bear to let you charge into battle, otherwise Grandma Yu will be so distressed, I can't let her two bracelets down."
Speaking of bracelets, Yu Shizhang's eyes lit up: "Your grandmother has made a lot of new bracelets. She said that she didn't know your size last time, and those two bracelets might not be suitable, so she asked you to come to the mansion for dinner when you have time."
Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng raised her arms, as if she had already seen the bracelets hanging on them.
"You don't feel bad about giving those bracelets away..."
She felt distressed.
"Feeling sorry?" Yu Shizhang looked her up and down and shook his head, "You don't understand love, you don't understand what it means that money can't buy my happiness, and you don't understand what it means that a beautiful woman's smile is worth a thousand gold."
Shen Zheng felt sore in her teeth after hearing this, and imitated his tone and said a few sour words.