Chapter 1668: Problems with the ancestral grave

"Old Cao, I call you arrogant, and that's being polite. You can't even save yourself; what ability do you have to influence the establishment of the Crown Prince?"

Chen Guanlou mocked him coldly.

Cao Song laughed coldly, not wanting to argue with him. He pretended to be profound.

Chen Guanlou sneered and kindly said a truth: "Moreover, the Hou Fu does not hope to set the Crown Prince position right now."

"Why?" Cao Song was puzzled, suspecting that the other party was spouting nonsense and acting in the name of the Hou Fu.

"What is a Crown Prince? Are you trying to say that the Crown Prince is the reserve of the country, the foundation of the country?" Chen Guanlou saw through the other party's thoughts at a glance, his eyes carrying three parts of disdain.

"Is it not?" Cao Song frowned.

Chen Guanlou lowered his head and chuckled, saying sonorously: "Of course not! Especially in the Great Gan dynasty, the Crown Prince is a living target. All firepower and all malice will be aimed at the Crown Prince. Everyone will pick on the Crown Prince's faults as if picking bones from an egg. The position of Crown Prince, the so-called foundation of the country, is essentially a whitewash. In reality, it is a cage!

Furthermore, in history, those who were established as Crown Prince from a young age, you are well-read, calculate for yourself, how many of them successfully ascended the throne? And how many of them did not have a good end, not even leaving behind descendants? You are inciting the Hou Fu to fight for the position of Crown Prince; you are clearly harboring evil intentions. Before the First Prince reaches adulthood, your help is not needed at all."

"A pack of lies! Only by setting the foundation of the country early can we stabilize the hearts of the people. This is the duty of a minister."

"Just because you think so, the Emperor hates you, removed your duties, and let you reflect properly. Now that things have reached this point, you still haven't realized your own mistakes; you deserve to be trapped in prison."

"Chen Guanlou, this old man has endured you for a long time."

"Sorry, you still have to continue to endure. As long as the release order hasn't been issued from above, you are under my management."

Chen Guanlou smiled, afraid that the other party's firepower wasn't enough, and bared his teeth at him provocatively.

Cao Song was so angry he wailed, and after wailing, he finally came to his senses. "Stop changing the subject. This old man wants to see Chen Guanfu; do you agree or not?"

"I can help you convey it; as for whether he is willing to see you, I cannot control that."

"Tell him he must come to see this old man. Otherwise, this old man will not let him go even as a ghost."

Cao Song was furious and could only rely on threatening people to achieve his goal.

Chen Guanlou agreed verbally, but only went to find Chen Guanfu a few days later to convey Cao Song's wish to see him.

Chen Guanfu had just entered the Secretariat and had a thousand things to do, so busy that he wished a day had twenty-four hours.

"He wants to see me? Why?"

"He is babbling, having been stimulated by being removed from office. Why don't you go see him and listen to what he has to say."

Chen Guanfu pondered for a while, thinking of Cao Song's seniority and connections in the officialdom, and decided to go see the other party.

"I have time at noon tomorrow; I will go see him. If I don't arrive at noon, I will change it to the evening."

"Fine! I will clear a space for you."

Chen Guanlou waved his hand to say goodbye and went to eat breakfast.

Chen Guanfu instructed the coachman to continue to the Secretariat.

At noon the next day, Chen Guanfu instructed the prison guards to clear out a side room.

Chen Guanfu and Cao Song closed the door and whispered, whispering for a full hour. No one knew what the two specifically said, but when they left, both of their faces were not good, and it seemed the talk had collapsed.

Mu Qingshan winked and made strange faces.

He asked Chen Guanfu: "My lord, are you not curious about what they said?"

"Not curious."

"My lord, are you old? Why do you have no curiosity?"

Mu Qingshan was indeed tired of living, daring to say anything.

Chen Guanlou was so angry he laughed, pointing at his own face and then at the other party's face. "You tell me, which of us is old?"

One looked like a young man in his twenties, handsome and aggressive.

One looked like an old salted vegetable in his fifties or sixties, ugly and messy.

The contrast was too obvious.

Mu Qingshan had no appearance anxiety, let alone age anxiety. "My lord, your face is young, but it doesn't mean your heart is still young. You must bravely admit the fact that you are old."

Chen Guanlou's fists hardened.

This guy Mu Qingshan had been quiet for a period of time, and now he jumped out again; he was indeed asking for a beating.

"Deduct your bonus for this month."

"My lord, are you angry from embarrassment?"

"Are you sure I won't take action? Old Mu, Old Mu... poison him dumb; he grew a mouth for nothing."

Medical Official Mu heard the call and walked out with a smile. "My lord, calm your anger! How about this, this old man will make him shut up for ten days or half a month, how about that?"

"Fine, you handle it."

Mu Qingshan covered his mouth. "My lord, why is your desire for revenge so strong! Saying two truths and you want to poison someone dumb; sure enough, officials are not good things."

Chen Guanlou laughed. "Since you know that officials are not good things, remember to keep your mouth shut next time. Dare to spout nonsense again, and I will make you unable to speak for a lifetime."

"Then don't assign me the errand of negotiating official documents with the Ministry of Justice; anyway, I can't speak." Mu Qingshan had a righteous look, completely without any intention of reflecting, only the idea of taking the opportunity to be lazy.

Chen Guanlou rubbed his eyebrows. "Get out, get out, finding trouble for me all day."

Medical Official Mu was still smiling. "My lord, let him shut up; this old man can poison him now."

"No need! Let him get out to the Ministry of Justice, so many documents for the Ministry of Justice to hurry up and stamp and sign. It's just delaying things."

"This old man will listen to my lord's arrangement." Medical Official Mu agreed while signaling Mu Qingshan to get out quickly; he had no eye for the situation at all. The Mu family actually gave birth to such a fool; it must be that the ancestral grave had a problem.

Whether the Mu family's ancestral grave had a problem was unknown, but the Chen family's ancestral grave definitely had a problem.

The second branch produced a prodigal son who actually wanted to sell farmland.

When the second branch separated, they received a large amount of money and farmland from the Hou Fu. Although it was only one or two percent of the Hou Fu's family business, it was still an astronomical figure.

Under normal circumstances, they couldn't spend it in three lifetimes.

There are many things that burn money these days, but things that burn big money, burning one hundred thousand taels or several hundred thousand taels at a time, are really not many.

It had only been a few years since the separation; how could they need to sell farmland to turn around?

After the clan learned the news, they reported it to the Hou Fu in time.

Chen Guanfu had been busy to death during this period, not even having time to sleep, and suddenly hearing that the second branch wanted to sell farmland to turn around, he couldn't react for a while.

He couldn't believe it.

He asked the Great Steward Chen Guanqiang: "Is this matter certain? Did the Second Uncle really want to sell farmland and mountains?"

"Reporting to my lord, it is already certain. The old man of the second branch did release words that he wanted to sell more than ten qing of farmland, plus a mountain."

"Why? When they separated, they received so much money; it was spent in just a few years? Are those shops still there?"

"I heard that the second old man of that mansion was fooling around outside and owed a huge debt. The eldest old man of the mansion was instigated by the eldest wife to subsidize her father. There was not enough money on the books, and the old man was reluctant to sell the shops, so the second old man came up with the idea of selling farmland and mountains. The old man was at least not muddled, still knowing to sell to the clan, which is why this matter was spread out."

The Hou Fu now refers to the second branch after the separation as that mansion, the mansion next door. ===== CHAPTER 1669 =====