Chapter 1796: A trace of resentment arose in his heart toward the Emperor

In order to seize power and deal with Xie Changling, Emperor Yuanding finally decided to replace the Commander of the Brocade Uniform Guard.

Yang Deguang was rolled out, and Xia Qiuhong, who had been training for two years, took the position, instantly shocking everyone's jaws.

How could it be him?

This was everyone's question!

How could it be him? What virtue and ability did he have! With only two years of seniority in the Brocade Uniform Guard, he had pushed down other veterans with ten or twenty, or even twenty or thirty years of seniority, replacing Yang Deguang to become the Commander of the Brocade Uniform Guard.

Absurd!

Yet this appointment came from the palace; the Emperor personally issued an edict to promote Xia Qiuhong to Commander of the Brocade Uniform Guard and bestowed upon him the flying fish robe!

Yang Deguang himself had long expected that he would be replaced one day. He just didn't expect that the person replacing him would be Xia Qiuhong; it turned out he had targeted the wrong person before, wasting his efforts.

He smiled bitterly.

He completed the handover of work as quickly as possible and then went to the Capital Camp to serve.

The army was still more suitable for him. There was still infighting, but it wasn't like officialdom, where people were killed without blood, and all kinds of dirty and smelly means were used—there was nothing they hadn't seen, and nothing they wouldn't do.

And facing the Emperor directly, the pressure was truly too great.

Every time he entered the palace to report on his duties, he couldn't control his nervousness, and even trembled.

If this continued, he worried he would develop a habit of shaking his hands when encountering things.

It was costing his old life.

Leaving the Brocade Uniform Guard was also good! From now on, he wouldn't have to worry every day, pondering how to satisfy the Emperor while also maintaining balance.

Xia Qiuhong, he had looked into him; he was a ruthless person. All kinds of dirty and smelly means, he could do them all, and his actions were exceptionally vicious. He was like a mad dog, biting everywhere.

Before, he had even suppressed him twice, warning him to restrain himself a little.

He didn't expect that the kind of person the Emperor liked was this type.

Xia Qiuhong's rise meant that the Brocade Uniform Guard was about to handle a major case. He didn't know which high official or dignitary would be unlucky.

Before leaving the capital, Yang Deguang ran to the Heavenly Prison to have two drinks with Chen Guanlou.

Chen Guanlou offered a gesture of sincerity, wishing the other party an escape from the sea of misery and a bright future.

"You also think the Brocade Uniform Guard is a sea of misery?"

Chen Guanlou said, "Not everyone is Xiao Jincheng, who can sit firmly in the position of Commander of the Brocade Uniform Guard. You are going to the Capital Camp, so you must also be careful."

"Careful of what?" Yang Deguang was a bit dazed.

"Careful of being settled accounts with in the autumn." Chen Guanlou couldn't bear to watch the other party become a confused ghost, so he kindly reminded him, "The position of Commander of the Brocade Uniform Guard rarely ends well. You don't think you'll be safe just because you went to the Capital Camp. If they want to deal with you, they only need one opportunity to dig up a hundred crimes against you, nail you to the death row cell, and force the Emperor to execute you according to the law. Perhaps the person who kills you will be your former colleague in the Brocade Uniform Guard."

What a terrifying description!

It made one's hair stand on end.

Yang Deguang shuddered subconsciously, his face turning pale.

"Don't alarmist."

Chen Guanlou sneered, "You think I'm scaring you, but you don't know I'm saving your life. You've been in the Brocade Uniform Guard for many years; you must have flipped through the files of those predecessors. How many of them ended well? You tell me."

Yang Deguang couldn't speak, his heart feeling cold and chilly.

"I've already stepped down; they still won't let me go?"

"It's precisely because you stepped down and lost the protection of imperial power that they dare to deal with you. Imperial power is invisible and untouchable, but as long as you sit in the position of Commander of the Brocade Uniform Guard for one day, imperial power protects you for one day. The day you give up the position is the day you lose the protection of imperial power! You are about to face the dual blow of court officials and the law, as well as framing by villains."

Yang Deguang broke out in a cold sweat in the spring.

He drank a cup of hot tea to suppress the restlessness and unease in his heart.

"Then what do you say I should do?"

"If you still want to mix in officialdom, strive to stay away from the capital, go to a place where those court officials can't reach, and seek a new backer. A backer who can use the Ministry of War's documents as toilet paper." Chen Guanlou gave a sincere suggestion.

Yang Deguang laughed immediately, mocking, "After all that, you're just telling me to go to the Northwest and defect to the Marquis of Pingjiang. Am I crazy, or are you crazy? I am the Emperor's man; how can I defect to the Marquis of Pingjiang."

Chen Guanlou smiled with a look that was not a smile. Yang Deguang, oh Yang Deguang, there was a reason why he was disliked by the Emperor.

He explained, "If you go to defect to the Marquis of Pingjiang, how do you know what the world will think? Will they wonder if you are going to the Northwest under imperial orders to monitor the Marquis of Pingjiang and the border army? You are still the Emperor's man; they will be afraid of the rat and won't dare to move against you easily."

Yang Deguang looked shocked and inexplicable; could it really be played like this?

Without doing anything, and without explaining, others would randomly guess and fill in all kinds of reasons for him.

He wiped a cold sweat, "Can it really work?"

Chen Guanlou pondered that this person wouldn't shed tears until he saw the coffin, "Why don't you stay in the Capital Camp for a year or a half and see the situation. If it's safe, you don't have to leave the capital. If it's dangerous, it won't be too late to think of a way then."

Yang Deguang nodded repeatedly; this was indeed the case.

He couldn't leave the capital like he was fleeing for his life just because of a guess.

This confidence mainly came from his time as Commander of the Brocade Uniform Guard; he asked himself that he had never messed around, never intentionally made enemies, and handled cases according to the rules.

Those court officials had no reason, and no justification, to target him.

Yet he forgot that the Commander of the Brocade Uniform Guard himself carried original sin. Even if a blank sheet of paper sat in that position, in the eyes of court officials, it was a person who deserved to die!

Chen Guanlou watched the other party's full-of-confidence appearance and smiled silently.

Time would prove everything.

Wait and see!

Yang Deguang kindly reminded him, "Xia Qiuhong has no bottom line in his actions and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals; you must be careful. Moreover, this person has some involvement with Eunuch Liu Shun, which means Eunuch Liu Shun is his backer. Try not to offend him."

Chen Guanlou nodded with a smile and accepted this kind reminder, "I heard that Eunuch Xia of the Imperial Horse Bureau is his clan uncle?"

"Yes! Eunuch Xia has a good relationship with Eunuch Liu Shun, which is why Xia Qiuhong was able to enter the Brocade Uniform Guard to gain experience. I just didn't expect the Emperor to think so highly of him."

"You didn't think that the reason he came to the Brocade Uniform Guard to gain experience was precisely to replace you."

Yang Deguang looked shocked, seemingly stimulated severely, and it took a long time for him to react.

"You mean, two years ago, the Emperor had already determined the candidate. He was just waiting for Xia Qiuhong to become familiar with the Brocade Uniform Guard before letting him replace my position?"

Chen Guanlou nodded.

In an instant, the spirit and energy on Yang Deguang's body leaked out, and he was hit very miserably.

He thought Xia Qiuhong had risen through the back door.

Yet he didn't expect that from the very beginning, the other party had been aiming for his position.

He smiled bitterly repeatedly, mocking himself again: "I was a villain in vain, like a clown."

He had even warned the other party what to do and what not to do. Thinking back now, he feared that at the time, the other party had been laughing at his self-righteousness in his heart.

Thinking of this, a surge of anger and unwillingness suddenly arose in him. He was bold and daring, and a trace of resentment toward the Emperor arose in his heart! ===== CHAPTER 1797 =====