Huaishu Hutong, Xu Mansion, this house is shrouded in bright sunshine.

When Xu Jie woke up again, he found himself in bed at home.

I thought it was dawn to go to morning court, so I was about to get up and wash my clothes. But he felt a slight pain on his forehead, and he couldn't help but reach out and touched it. When his fingertips touched the wound, he felt a clear feeling of pain, and at the same time, he followed him with a few scenes.

The seriously inconsistent picture that was expected quickly flashed through his mind.

He thought he had already taken control of everything and wanted to fight a beautiful turnaround today. As a result, Lin Qingran revealed Wang Jin's old case. If Wang Jin was really pushed to the guillotine, he might have revealed a lot of his dark history.

I thought that as long as my plan went well, I could still fool Wang Jin's case. But when I encountered the news that Empress Chen was pregnant, his plan went bankrupt on the spot, and even his good ally, the Shanxi Gang, had to suffer the bloodbath of Lin Yanran.

"Only cultivate!"

Xu Jie felt an unprecedented feeling of fatigue. His eyes were staring at the mosquito net, but he couldn't help but call out Wu Shilai's words.

If only the above two things were done, at most he would have failed the plan and suffered a potential crisis, but the memorial from Wu Shilai would have pushed him down the abyss.

He knew better than anyone else that the court was sinister, so after successfully overthrowing Yan Song, he also used all means to deal with potential threaters such as Yuan Wei and Wu Shan.

While attacking his opponents, he also constantly united all forces, especially to bring the Shanxi Gang, which has many resources, into his own camp, thus building a strong community of interests.

But just as he was attacked by Lin Junran, who was like a monster, but his power was forced to continue to collapse, and then he was even more fatal blow from Wu Shilai.

When he thought of the content and power of Wu Shilai's memorial, his body suddenly felt as if he had been exhausted and he felt that he was really powerless to turn things around.

"Master, are you looking for your disciple Wu Shi to come over?" Mrs. Xu was always in the room, and when she heard the noise, she walked in and asked considerately.

Xu Jie's face suddenly became gloomy. How could he still be willing to see the traitor? So he asked the butler to help him lean against the head of the bed. But when his eyes swept across the bed, he couldn't help but frown slightly and said, "Where is Kun'er?"

"He...he went to the outer city to do business, and I have sent someone to call him back!" Mrs. Xu, a woman in her fifties, responded hesitantly.

Xu Jie just glanced at his wife and knew that there must be something to protect Xu Kun, and Wu Shi came to impeach Xu Kun and was probably a matter of fact that it was true.

Given Yan Shifan's previous lessons, let alone letting his son enter the cabinet in the name of serving him, he did not even dare to let Xu Fan serve as the minister of the six ministries, so he always excluded all three sons from power.

But he was always on guard against his eldest son Xu Fan, but he didn't expect that his second son Xu Kun was the biggest variable. This second son, who was ten times smarter than Xu Fan, was indeed given more attention from him after Xu Kun and Xu Ying left Beijing.

He handed over many things that were secretly stubborn to Xu Kun. When he saw Xu Kun doing it beautifully, he often praised Xu Kun in front of the core members of the Xu Party.

It was his negligence that helped Xu Kun's status and power, thus causing today's big mistakes, allowing Lin Qinran to seize the excellent opportunity to overthrow himself.

But at this moment, an urgent footsteps came from outside.

Xu Kun hurried in from outside, and when he saw Xu Jie lying on the head of the bed, his eyes immediately turned red and said, "Dad, you...what is wrong with you!"

"Your father suddenly fainted in the cabinet office and just woke up!" Mrs. Xu explained seriously when she saw her son return.

It wasn't that she deliberately concealed something, but Zhang Juzheng, who sent the person back, couldn't say that Xu Jie was stunned by Lin Qiran, but he was looking for a more decent statement.

When Xu Kun heard this, his eyes looked at Xu Jie with tears in his eyes and said blamingly: "Dad, the child is unfilial and cannot be with you all the time!"

When Mrs. Xu saw this scene of kindness in her father and filial son, she also smiled with relief.

"Are you drinking?" Xu Jie was not moved at all, but he wanted to reexamine the once proud second son. When he smelled the smell on Xu Kun, he frowned and asked.

Xu Kun's eyes were still filled with tears, but he didn't expect Xu Jie to say this in a flash. He was stunned at first, and then nodded with tears in his eyes and said, "Drink, for my help, I just invited Eunuch Chen to drink together!"

Xu Jie looked at Xu Kun deeply, but smelled the smell of rouge on his clothes, and knew that the second son was lying, so why would he invite an eunuch to the brothel?

At this moment, he found that the second son was indeed like him, and he could not change his face even when he spoke nonsense. Fortunately, he had never seen it.

Xu Jie had no intention of examining how much his second son could disguise himself. The father and son were indeed the same type of people, but he asked with a hint of tiredness: "Did you accept 3,000 taels of silver from Guo Jianchen?"

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she turned her head curiously and looked at Xu Kun.

"It's taken!" Xu Kun was slightly stunned at first, and then nodded without thinking.

When Xu Jie heard this, he was actually true and was told by his second son so lightly that he couldn't help but stare at the second son and ask for verification: "Have you taken it?"

"Dad, this is indeed accepted! Guo Jianchen said that after taking office in Guangdong, he would not be able to return to the capital within two years, so he gave you Bing Jing and Tan Jing in advance!" Xu Kun nodded seriously and explained seriously.

Xu Jie kept not caring about the family’s accounts, but heard that Sanqianliang was actually Bing Jingyin and Tan Jingyin, and he also said in a confused manner: “Bing Jingyin and Tan Jingyin are so much?”

"Guo Jianchen gave me a little more last time, but this is a weight of two years, and it is not too outrageous! Dad, what's wrong with you?" Xu Kun nodded slightly, and then asked in confusion.

After hearing Xu Kun's explanation, Mrs. Xu also looked at her husband with confusion.

Xu Jie clenched his fists with both hands, then let go and said, "When he gave you three thousand taels, would Guo Jianchen be appointed as the prefect of Huizhou?"

"Dad, it's not too much for him, a member of the Ministry of Personnel, to be appointed as the prefect of Huizhou in a remote mountainous area?" Xu Kun noticed something was wrong and frowned and said.

Xu Jie clenched his fists again, but asked in a deep voice: "I'm asking you! Does this money have anything to do with his transfer?"

Mrs. Xu and Xu Jie have been together for decades. Seeing Xu Jie's face like this, she couldn't help but turn her head and look at her son Xu Kun with concern.

"Dad, Guo Jianchen sent the money in advance at that time, and it did have some meaning in that aspect, but these two positions were just normal personnel transfers!" Xu Kun faintly realized that he was not doing it properly, but he was still a small person

Defends.

Guo Jianchen sent 3,000 taels over in the name of ice warriors and charcoal warriors. He said nothing to each other, but some things were tacit, which was a small hard work for asking their Xu family to help.

Xu Jie knew that Lin Qiran was "vaguely" using this matter, but he couldn't defend himself at all. He clenched his fists and looked at Xu Kun hatefully and said, "It's just that you do this, that's to sell official positions and titles, and your father will do it too."

I'm implicated by you!"

"Dad, even if the child has a hundred courages, he will not dare to do such a traitor!" Xu Kun immediately exclaimed when he heard this accusation.

"Master, have you heard someone gossiping? Kun'er has been the most well-behaved since childhood, so how could he be so ignorant of the rules?" Mrs. Xu realized something was wrong at home, so she immediately protected her son.

Xu Jie smiled coldly and threw out the truth and said, "Wu Shilai has submitted a memorial to impeach Xu Kun. One of the crimes is to sell official positions and titles. Today, Lin Ruoyu is trying to make a big fuss about this matter!"

"Dad, isn't Wu Shilai your disciple? How did he do such a thing as deceiving his master and destroying his ancestors?" Xu Kun didn't expect that he had caused such a big disaster, but just asked in confusion.

The same is true for Mrs. Xu. Although she didn't know what happened, Wu Shilai's betrayal still made her feel incredible.

Xu Jie sighed heavily and said sarcastically: "He is my disciple, but he may not regard me as a teacher, and it is not me who impeached me, but you Xu Kun!" At this point, he looked at him with complicated eyes.

Xu Kun continued, "It's just that you took 3,000 taels of silver from Guo Jianchen, and then you helped run Guo Jianchen as the prefect of Huizhou. Isn't this selling official positions and titles?"

He naturally believed that this second son would not be so rude, but things already had this nature.

Perhaps three thousand taels are just a drop in the bucket for their Xu family, but their Xu family did collect money and do things, and the things they did were the officials' black hats.

That's why he could no longer defend Xu Kun this time. In addition, Xu Kun's crimes are more than this, so he may have to fall into this matter this time.

"Dad, I really don't have any idea about this!" Xu Kun did not take it seriously from the bottom of his heart, but hurriedly made a self-defense.

Xu Jie looked up at Xu Kun, but pointed to the truth and said, "Your biggest problem is not that you don't have any thoughts in this regard, but that you don't have any alertness in this regard. You think that arranging official positions for Guo Jianchen is just a trivial matter. You think that

It is normal to just get some hard work!”

"Dad, I..." Xu Kun was touched by the thought and couldn't help but say in shame.

The butler standing next to him sighed inwardly when he saw this scene.

It is said that the second young master Xu Kun is the smartest, but he is far better than Xu Fan, but he doesn't know that Xu Kun's problem is his intelligence and high self-esteem. He is used to bullying others with power in the local area, and when he arrives in the capital, he is also the emperor.

I am the first, but I don’t know that Yan Shifan is the second.

Xu Jie waved his hand to interrupt Xu Kun's words, and said disheartenedly: "It's over now, it's useless to say more! With this excuse this time, Lin Ruoyu would definitely not give up if he didn't force your father out of the capital!"

But not to mention the grudges between the two of them, he would not have missed such an opportunity just by putting their hearts in hand. He must have called on all officials to force himself to leave the court together, just like he secretly mobilized his power to deal with Yan Song.

"Master, I just collected 3,000 taels of silver. How could the matter be so serious!" Mrs. Xu couldn't help but feel surprised when she heard that her husband might be forced to leave the capital.

Not to mention that senior officials in the capital have made money through ice wares and charcoal wares, the gifts from Guo Jianchen are only 3,000 taels, which is not worth mentioning compared to the silver they have received over the years.

"Dad, we really didn't sell official positions. That's the ice warning and charcoal warning given to you by Guo Jianchen!" Xu Kun still had the dream of a little cabinet master in his heart, so he naturally didn't want to see his father fall, but he seriously defended himself.

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Xu Jie waved his hand, but said bitterly: "This time, not only did you collect a lot of money, but you, a little Shang Baoqing, interfered in the personnel affairs of the Ministry of Personnel. Lin Dang must be chasing him relentlessly!"

Xu Kun immediately felt a little scared, and then he realized that the matter was very serious. He was just Shang Baoqing who had no power. If he had not "stole the father's power" like Yan Shifan, how could he interfere with a court five?

What about the promotion of the rank official?

"Don't worry, with your father's face, I believe the emperor will not treat my Xu family like this, but he will not let Lin Ruoyu's temperament come!" Xu Jie saw Xu Kun with a pale face, and was confident even when he saw him.

comforted the earth.

It’s not that he spoiled this son so much, but because he knew that if Xu Kun really ended up guarding the border, then his prestige as the chief minister of the two dynasties would be ruined. I’m afraid that somehow officials would put him in trouble.

If only Li Chunfang, Zhang Juzheng and others were in court, no one in this court would really dare to do anything to him, nor would he do anything to him.

But now Lin Weiran is there, no matter how small the problem is, it will magnify. If Xu Kun cannot protect him and leave safely, someone will probably spit openly at the door of his Xu family.

That's right, even if he was really forced to leave the capital this time, he would still take Xu Kun with him.

When Xu Kun heard his father's promise, he sighed in relief and said, "Everything is up to my father's arrangement!"

"Master, are we really going to leave the capital this time?" Mrs. Xu has lived here for decades, and she enjoyed the high treatment of the wife of the prime minister of the dynasty, and asked reluctantly.

The butler who stood beside him and kept silent also turned his head and looked at Xu Jie. Thinking of the scenery over the years, his eyes also showed reluctance and hope.

Xu Jie's eyes also flashed with reluctance, but he turned his head and looked towards the Forbidden City and said, "That bullet seal should have been sent to the emperor's case. Let's see if the emperor will protect me and call me into the palace.

The solution is here!"
Chapter completed!