Chapter 1166 Something She Had Ignored
When they arrived at the training ground, Lord Hua Guo seemed to have finished his cultivation and
was wiping the weapons with a handkerchief.
Hearing the footsteps, he turned around. Seeing Yun Shang, he quickly put down the de and
handkerchief in his hand, and took two steps forward to salute.
Yun Shang hurriedly held him up and said, "Grandfather, don''t be so courteous. I have something to
consult grandfather today. "
Lord Hua Guo didn''t refuse. He said in a deep voice, "It''s in a mess here. Let''s go to the yard and have
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a talk."
After entering the yard, Lord Hua Guo asked someone to pour two cups of tea. Then he looked up at
Yun Shang and asked, "Have all the affairs in the court been dealt?"
Yun Shang shook her head and lowered her eyes slightly. " It''s not easy. There are so many vacancies
in the court. After all, it''s a matter rted to the state, so we can''t be impatient. We can only take it step
by step."
"You''re right. It can''t be dealt in a hurry." Lord Hua Guo took a big sip of tea and asked, "What do you
want to ask?"
Yun Shang told Lord Hua Guo what had happened briefly and asked, "Do you know Cao Zhan?"
"I have been in the court with Cao Zhan for more than 20 years, and I know about him. But he is a civil
official and I''m a general, we don''t talk much and don''t know much about each other. "
"I only know that Cao Zhan had been in Cangzhou before. He had excellent political performance for
three consecutive years and was well-known among the people, so he was promoted and moved to the
Jin City. When Cao Zhan''s family moved to the Jin City, they used over a hundred carriages to carry
their things. At that time, they attracted the attention of countless people in the Jin City. "
"Because of this, some people suspect that Cao Zhan was so rich because of his greed for money
when he was working in Cangzhou. They even asked the emperor to investigate it carefully. The
emperor did send someone to investigate. He found out that the Cao n where Carlson was from was
a century old famous family in Cangzhou, and it had a very rich family. In addition, his brother was
good at business, and his business was all over the state of Xia, umting a lot of wealth. On the
contrary, Cao Zhan often took out his own money to relieve the poor people in Cangzhou, and
everyone in Cangzhou knew about it. After the investigation result came out, the emperor even gave
Cao Zhan a big reward in the morning court. "
"Cao Zhan worked very hard and dealt with things properly. Although I''m a general, I''ve heard a lot of
people praise him. Cao Zhan is hardworking and has a rich family. His family members are generous
and good at socializing. In the following twenty years, Cao Zhan has been promoted several times, and
his promotion speed is also very fast. "
Hearing Lord Hua Guo''s words, Lady Hua Guo quickly added, "Moreover, in the past twenty years after
the Cao n moved to the Jin City, the Cao n has tried every means to develop rtionship with
many noble ns through marriages. The eldest son of Cao Zhan has married Princess Fugui."
"Marriage?" Yun Shang narrowed her eyes. She always felt that she had ignored something before. But
now when she heard Lady Hua Guo''s words, she suddenly understood.
Yes, she ignored the marriage.
Including the pamphlet that Cao Han had handed over to her before, which recorded the rtionship
between the Cao n and their coteral rtives, but did not record the marriage rtionship of the
Cao n.
There must be some clues hidden in the things they deliberately hid.
Lord Guo nodded and said, "I don''t know much about the marriage. As civil officials and military officials
always look down upon each other. We don''t know too much about each other. But the rumors I heard
about him are mostly good. People praised him for his good behavior, honesty and political
performance. "
"But I always feel that among the civil officials, there must be something wrong with the one who is
praised by everyone."
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Why did grandfather say so?"
Lord Hua Guo sneered, "I don''t deny that there are indeed many good officials in the court who are
good for the country and the people, but in fact, there are also a lot of corrupt ones. A real upright
official may have a good reputation in the people, but he must be cursed by some of his colleagues. "
Yun Shang thought for a while and finally understood, "Because an upright officials will definitely hinder
the corrupt officials'' way of making money, and will be regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the greedy
officials. They wish they could either buy off him, or get rid of him."
"Yes." Lord Hua Guo nodded, "Cao Zhan was praised by so many officials and promoted so fast. There
is only one possibility. He must have spent a lot of money and brought off a lot of people. "
"But speaking of the reason why Cao Zhan was promoted, there is one person who knows more than I
do."
Yun Shang looked up and exchanged a nce with Lord Hua Guo. Then she knew who he was talking
about. "His former majesty."
Lord Hua Guo smiled, "Yes, his former majesty."
"No matter how many people Cao Zhan bribed and how many things he had done in secret. But in the
end, the one who agreed to promote Cao Zhan and appointed him an official position was still the
emperor at that time. "
Yun Shang nodded, "Thank you, grandfather."
"Why do you thank me? As a matter of fact, I didn''t provide you much useful information. " Lord Hua
Guo smiled, holding a teacup in his hand, and said with resentment, "With such a farce, all the noble
ns in the court and even the whole Jin city will be reshuffled."
"It''s not necessarily a bad thing. To put it bluntly, for an emperor, the way of survival from ancient times
is that those who submit will prosper, those who resist shall perish."
Lord Hua Guo burst intoughter. "You''re right. You''re very courageous. Those who submit will prosper,
those who resist shall perish."
Yun Shang smiled.
As soon as she left Lord Hua Guo and walked to the back garden, she saw Shen Yn tweaking
Yan''er''s ear anding over.
"Ouch, it hurts! Oh... " Yan''er kept shouting.
Chengye followed them and looked at them curiously.
"What happened?" Yun Shang and Lady Hua Guo hurried over.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Yn loosened her grip on Yan''er''s ear, pointed at Yan''er and said angrily,
"This brat! When the servants didn''t notice, he ran to the crown prince and kissed him, saying that her
majesty and his majesty had promised him to marry their future child. "
"Yes, they did promise me. I have already visited my father-inw. We''ve made a deal. If the child is as
beautiful as my aunt, I''ll marry the child no matter he is my brother or sister. "
Yan''er raised her hand and pointed at Chengye, "He is so beautiful. He is my wife."