Chapter 26: Hidden Danger, Jia Yuanchun Select Talents in the Fengzao Palace

Chapter 26: Hidden Danger, Jia Yuanchun Select Talents in the Fengzao Palace

"You all can step back."

Seeing Sun Shaozong leave the hall, Emperor Guangde waved his hand, and a crowd of bodyguards and eunuchs stepped out too.

Emperor Guangde waited a little longer, then turned back and said, "Brother, there is no one in the hall now. You can come out now."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a man flashing behind the panel where the drawings were two dragons playing with the pearl, and said angrily, "Your Majesty, I have managed to help you find a rare general with good abilities. Why did you promise him to be transferred to a civil servant?"

This man was only a few years younger than Emperor Guangde, but he was well maintained. He looks like a man in his early thirties, and his facial features are very similar to Emperor Guangde. He was the younger brother of his mother, Prince Zhongshun.

It turned out that after parting on the river that day, Zhou Jingui, the Governor of the Royal Residence, used a messenger pigeon to report all the events that happened that day to Prince Zhongshun, and highly praised Sun Shaozong's being brave and his good skills in martial arts in the letter.

Upon receiving the news, Prince Zhongshun sent people to squat on the dock. As soon as the passenger ship of Jia's family arrived, he rushed to the palace to ”offer treasure.” Who would have thought that before he managed to say a few words to the Emperor, Earl Yongyi, Niu Jizong came running to the hall and repeatedly demanded Sun Shaozong be punished severely.

That's why there was a scene just now.

After hearing Prince Zhongshun's urgent question, Emperor Guangde said casually, "Young people, it's hard to avoid a time when they've got great ambition but little talent. If they don't go through trials and tribulations, how will I be able to control them in the future?"

"What if he resists? Don't forget, Your Majesty, that guy found the remaining assassins in only half a day in the Kingdom of Qian Xiang!"

"Isn't that better?" peror Guangde laughed, "If I could have a Di Renjie who is very powerful and is in charge of both military and political power, I'm afraid I would wake up in a dream."

Prince Zhongshun thought it was true, but he didn't want to change his mind so soon, so he hesitated and laughed, "I'm afraid what this guy wants is not fame and wealth, but a good family. I heard that he abducted a gorgeous lady from the Kingdom of Qian Xiang and kept saying that he wanted to marry her. Maybe he wanted to be transferred to civilian work to marry that lady."

"Marry a lady from another country?"

Emperor Guangde frowned for a while, then suddenly waved his hand and said, "Let’s stop mentioning him and get down to business first. What do you think of the behavior of Niu Jizong just now?"

Emperor Guangde grinned slightly, but his brows were full of anger.

—Dividing Line—

Not to mention how Emperor Guangde and Prince Zhongshun calculated the four princes and eight ministers.

It was said that Sun Shaozong got the Emperor's approval and went home happily. He told Ruan Rong about the transfer to being a civil servant. Ruan Rong was so happy that tears came running down her eyes. Who would be willing to be a concubine if he could be the main hostess?

Although his big brother has some complaints, he can only recognize them helplessly when he saw that it has been done.

For three days after that, other than Sun Shaozong taking the time to visit Hou Yong's mansion and the Old Lady of the Hou family, he was cultivating his relationship with Ruan Rong at home. While waiting for the transfer of civil servants to be settled, he held a simple wedding ceremony and took her down completely.

Unexpectedly, on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, a decree was suddenly sent from the palace. It was that Sun Shaozong was to be temporarily transferred to the Central Judicial Office, serving as the General Judge.

Instead of being revoked, he was promoted one rank up to the Lieutenant Commandant of Cavalry from his initial Lieutenant Imperial Guard position, which was not that kind of nominal title of Jia Rong, but a serious job.

Although Sun Shaozong succeeded in becoming a civil servant, he was only a part-time officer. His main job was still in the military!

The two of them were so dumbfounded that they didn't know what to say for half a day after looking at the transfer order for him to take over the office after the New Year.

Only Sun Shaozu was so happy.

For him, his brother found a civil servant that was ranked as a sixth-grade official. The main thing was that Jia Yucun, the Prefectural Magistrate, was there to take care of him. He should not be bullied by civil servants.

He spent most of the day in such a muddle-headed way.

In the evening, another steward of the Jia family came to deliver Jia Lian's famous post and invite Sun Shaozong to the Rongguo Mansion for a small gathering tomorrow.

Sun Shaozong was not in the mood at all, but seeing Ruan Rong being so moody was not the way. So he advised her to go to Jia's mansion with him and talk to her godsister, Lin Daiyu.