Chapter 16 Who is the traitor?
Inside Yuxi Palace.

After the people from the Cabinet and the Imperial Household Department left, only Lu Fang was left to serve here.

With fewer people around, the huge palace seemed particularly deserted.

Jiajing was sitting on the steps under the futon. Lu Fang had just returned from outside and began to prepare a pine wood basin with Maotai liquor for the emperor to soak his feet.

With two million taels of silver deposited into the imperial treasury, Jiajing was in a very good mood today.

Seeing that Lu Fang was still busy, he smiled and said, "The palace is also busy these days. Find a reason to reward the people below."

Lu Fang naturally replied with a smile on her face: "We are all servants serving the master, why do we need any reward?"

Jiajing smiled and said, "Even the donkeys used by ordinary people to pull the millstones have to be fed, right?"

"What the master said is of course right."

Lu Fang responded, and then said: "It is still Yan Shaoting who is capable of doing things. If the master is happy, the servants in the palace will also get some rewards."

Although he was talking, he never slowed down his work, and soon a barrel of Moutai liquor was delivered to Jiajing's feet.

Lu Fang rolled up Jiajing's trouser legs, revealing his pimple-covered legs.

This is the rash caused by the emperor practicing Taoism, refining elixirs, and taking drugs all day long.

If Yan Shaoting was present.

All they can say is that this is because the heavy metal content in the body exceeds the standard.

Jiajing's feet were held up by Lu Fang and slowly placed into a fresh pine barrel. He immediately frowned and hissed, then his expression gradually calmed down.

At this time, Jiajing said: "He is not good at doing things, but he is sensible! However, as long as he is sensible, I can let him do things."

Lu Fang immediately followed up: "Master, since you said that, I think he is really sensible. In the court, there are probably few people of his age who are truly sensible."

Some things cannot be said directly. You have to go around in a roundabout way or even ask the other person to say them themselves.

When Jiajing heard this, he was moved.

"That boy is indeed young and sensible. He is also loyal to the country today, and he was able to recommend Zhang Juzheng to go south to Nanzhili and Zhejiang to increase silk production and market it overseas."

Having said this, Jiajing continued talking on his own.

"Zhang Juzheng is going to the southeast, so the cabinet is short of one person, and the Prince Yu's palace is short of one tutor."

Lu Fang's eyebrows moved, and he looked surprised: "Master wants Yan Shaoting to join the cabinet? Even if he is sensible, he is still too young. Now he is serving Elder Yan, which shows that Master is very kind to him."

Jiajing immediately frowned: "Who wants him to join the cabinet? He is so young, there is no place for him in the cabinet."

Lu Fang pretended not to know: "Then the master wants Yan Shaoting to be a tutor in Prince Yu's mansion?"

"stupid!"

Jiajing cursed softly.

Lu Fang smiled and said, "I am stupid, so I only listen to my master's orders."

Jiajing smiled again: "But you have reminded me that there is really no one in the court who is more sensible than him at his age."

As he spoke, Jiajing narrowed his eyes slightly.

“You are young…”

"Young is good."

Just when Lu Fan thought the emperor had fallen asleep.

Jiajing suddenly said, "Let him be the tutor to the prince."

……

"The prince has his son. Sooner or later, the kingdom of Ming will be shouldered by the prince and the son!"

"Can the Yan family still control the Ming Dynasty for three generations?"

Prince Yu's Mansion. Gao Gong, who was summoned by the emperor to eat glutinous rice balls to celebrate, growled and snorted with a flushed face.

Prince Yu Zhu Zaigui, who was wearing a dark brown uniform and had a fine beard, looked very confused and said, "Master Gao, you can't say that."

Gao Gong moved his mouth and cupped his hands: "I am speechless."

Zhu Zaigui looked at Zhang Juzheng with a puzzled look on his face. "Why did Lord Yan and his men let Master Zhang go south to Nanzhili and Zhejiang today to manage the overseas sales of the increased silk production that can bring in tens of millions of dollars a year? Is there a trick?"

As he spoke, Zhu Zaigui did not forget to glance at the taciturn Lord Xu.

Zhang Juzheng was just about to explain.

But Gao Gong got there first.

Gao Gong blushed and snorted, "It must be a trick! Otherwise, how could the Yan Party let go of tens of millions of taels of silver?"

Zhu Zaigui thought for a moment and asked, "What could be the trick here?"

Gao Gong was silent now. He glanced at Zhang Juzheng before saying, "After we left your majesty's Yuxi Palace today, Taiyue and Yan Shaoting talked alone for a long time."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Juzheng's face changed.

He immediately said, "Reporting to the prince, today outside the Yuxi Palace, Run... Yan Shaoting only told me what to do to increase silk production in Nanzhili and Zhejiang. Although a method of urgency and slowness was decided in the Yuxi Palace today, there are always thousands of threads at the local level. According to what Yan Shaoting said, the Yan party probably won't do anything this time."

At the end of the speech, Xu Jie, who had not moved at all, silently moved his neck and turned slightly towards the direction of the student whom he had high hopes for.

Could it be that Taiyue really secretly defected to the Yan Party?
Will not!
Xu Jie's heart became a little complicated.

Gao Gong snorted, "How can the Yan Party not do something secretly? Unless the sun rises from the west!"

Zhu Zaiqi frowned and said, "This matter was proposed by Lord Yan, but he handed it over to Master Zhang. Maybe he thought it was difficult to handle?"

Zhang Juzheng glanced at Gao Gong who was making a fuss and took the initiative to speak: "Whether the Yan Party will secretly make moves in the southeast or not, we must now think of a countermeasure on how to complete this task, so that the court can truly increase its income and the people in the two places can live in peace."

"Master Zhang is right." Zhu Zaigui nodded repeatedly, then turned his face to say sadly, "I just don't know what the situation will be like with Lord Yan right now?"

……

"father!"

"If we don't take care of this rebellious son, I'm afraid you and I will have to wash our necks clean and kneel in front of the Meridian Gate waiting to be beheaded!"

Yanfu.

As soon as he returned home, Yan Shifan flew into a rage and accused Yan Shaoting in front of Yan Song.

After shouting to Yan Song once.

Yan Shifan turned around and looked at Yan Shaoting angrily: "Tens of millions of silver every year, you just handed it over to Zhang Juzheng. Have you become their spy planted in my Yan family?"

"If so, just tell me and I'll chop off my head today and let you carry it over!"

The only sound in the whole room was Yan Shifan's angry roar.

This made Yan Shaoting think of another person.

But that's beside the point.

He looked at Yan Shifan and said calmly, "Father, is he so angry because His Majesty took away your position as an attendant to the cabinet in Yuxi Palace today?"

Crit!

What is a critical hit!

This is murderous and heart-breaking!

Yan Shifan's whole face turned red instantly, and then quickly turned blue.

He immediately grabbed a purple clay teapot on the table in front of Yan Song and smashed it towards Yan Shaoting with all his might.

"I'm older than your mother!"

(End of this chapter)