An Eight-year-old Princess

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 blade 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

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 related 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 clan 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, accumulating 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 clan moved to the Jin City, the Cao clan has tried every means to develop relationship with

many noble clans 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 relationship

between the Cao clan and their collateral relatives, but did not record the marriage relationship of the

Cao clan.

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 Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

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 glance 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

clans 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 into laughter. "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 Yilan tweaking

Yan'er's ear and coming 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, Yilan 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-in-law. 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."