nucmednet Chapter 313 Secret
Chapter 313 Secret
The incident involving Madam Chang made the nobles more clearly aware of the attitude of the next king of Dai Yue towards them.
Everyone started to get anxious.
They gathered in a quiet courtyard in the capital.
At a glance, there were officials from the three provinces and six ministries in it, so it was considered a small court.
Chang Tingyi sat at the top seat, holding a book in his hand.
Except when he went to the palace to meet the monarch, this young man Chang always kept a book in his hands.
The person next to him whispered, "Why are you pretending? You just want to look like the most studious person."
Chang Tingyi pretended not to hear.
Some people began to complain: "Back then, the Bei family was also from an aristocratic family, and they took advantage of the chaos in the previous dynasty to break into the capital."
"He was even helped to ascend the throne with our help."
"Even Taizu didn't criticize us at all, but in this generation, the emperor first wiped out the aristocratic families headed by the Changqing Li family."
"Now there's another weird female crown prince who wants to continue suppressing us."
Another person snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly: "You little brat, do you still want to learn from your father?"
"How foolish! The clan is huge and intertwined. If she were smart enough to form an alliance with us, her position as crown prince would be absolutely secure."
Listening to their useless nonsense, Chang Tingyi couldn't help but interrupt: "When they were choosing the crown prince, didn't the noble families unite and crow like a hen crowing at dawn? The country was about to fall apart."
"If I remember correctly, it was the nobles who first stood against the prince."
"..."
It was pointed out directly, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.
One of them coughed lightly and tried to save his dignity by saying, "That's why they say that only women and villains are hard to raise. Isn't it just that we expressed our own opinions and opposed her?"
"As for the petty-minded desire to settle accounts with all of us?"
The more they talked, the more outrageous it became, so Chang Tingyi simply tore off their fig leaf.
"To rise to power, you need power. If you can't win over the nobles, can't you just win over the support of the poor?"
"Now that you have your own power, don't you need to cultivate it? It may sound bad to say that you are a partisan and you are appointing people based on personal connections, but everyone does that."
"To promote one faction, of course the other must be suppressed."
"...Mr. Chang, whose side are you on?"
Chang Tingyi put his hands in the sleeves of his wide robe and bowed politely: "I am from the Chang family of Haixu, so I am naturally from an aristocratic family without any doubt."
"...Then why are you speaking for your opponent?"
Chang Tingyi smiled and said, "It seems that you are getting more and more biased."
"We are here to discuss, not to vent our anger."
"You're not only wasting time, but also giving people the impression of being incompetent and furious."
Everyone:......
There was a knock on the ebony door and the room fell silent.
Two young men pushed the door open and poured tea for the guests according to their seating arrangement.
This small courtyard is the private courtyard of the person present, and the two young men should be his family's servants.
The person who poured tea first came to Chang Tingyi who was sitting at the top of the table.
He glanced at the boy's face and saw that he was an acquaintance.
The other party seemed to recognize him as well, and his head hung even lower, unable to raise it.
The pampered son of a powerful official in the past was made a slave because his father was corrupt and neglected his duties, and the whole family was implicated.
Chang Tingyi had met him several times during his social interactions and had some impression of him.
What impressed me even more were the ridiculous rumors about their family's affair.
This young man was as arrogant and domineering as his sister, and even more insulting.
He is just smarter than my younger sister. He uses some cruel but non-lethal methods to amuse himself.
Their family also invented a way to play the "Beauty Bowl".
That is, he used the beautiful maid as his concubine and as his spittoon.
Recalling this part, Chang Tingyi felt like vomiting.
He resisted the urge to retch so as not to be disrespectful in front of others, but the feeling of nausea just wouldn't go away.
He reached out and moved the tea that the man had just poured further away.
I feel like the tea is dirty, so I can’t have it anymore.
The down-and-out young man who was demoted to a slave went to the seat of the next person and poured boiling hot water skillfully.
The person in the seat moved and touched his shoulder.
"Snapped!"
The cup lid was not held firmly and it made a slight knock on the wooden table.
"sorry Sorry!"
The man bowed and apologized quickly.
No matter how many secrets a noble family has at home, he is always graceful and elegant outside.
Anyway, there will always be someone to get it back for them.
The temporary owner of the teacup waved his hand and said nothing was wrong, but the poor man's face remained pale.
As soon as he went out and closed the door, before he walked far, he heard a slapping sound that was even clearer and louder than the sound of the cup lid falling just now.
"How do you do things!"
"You are so clumsy, do you really think you are the former noble man?"
"I have the noble's disease, but not the noble's life!"
"You are a lowly creature now. You dare to complain that the teacup is too hot. I would rather die than let the guests feel uncomfortable."