Chapter 170: Who’s Worse Off—Lord Yingcheng or the Heir Destined for Nanfeng Pavilion? (1 / 2)
Who on earth had their brain kicked by a donkey to dare corrupt Little Bai Ze!
Lord Yingcheng betrayed no unusual expression but cast his gaze uneasily among the assembled court officials.
Could it be the Deputy Commander of the Central Military Office? No way, right? Just because his youngest son punched the man’s adopted son? And over what? A fight for the last jar of “Drunken Heavens” wine at a restaurant! Surely that wasn’t enough to make trouble over, was it?
Or maybe it was the Censor from the Ministry of Revenue? That seemed more plausible.
This particular official had been at odds with his subordinates, constantly engaging in bureaucratic power plays. Today, he might draft an imperial edict, only to have it rejected the next day. Or he might oppose a certain policy on one occasion, only to advocate for it later to see it implemented. The situation had turned into a battle of egos. On one side was the Censor from the Ministry of Revenue, also serving as a Hanlin scholar. On the other was the Censor from the Ministry of War. Their feud had escalated to public bickering over the past several days.
Or perhaps it was the Minister of Personnel…
As Lord Yingcheng mulled over the possibilities, he suddenly realized, with a jolt, that he had too many enemies to narrow it down!
Politics, after all, is full of rivals—some open, some hidden. But not being able to pinpoint the culprit made things much trickier.
Oh, why couldn’t it have been him who got chosen by the divine artifact?