Chapter 555: Old Sun is very sensible

That the Princess and the Prince Consort are not in harmony is a fact known to the world.

However, even if they are not in harmony, they are husband and wife after all; how could they hate each other to the point of poisoning each other? That the two children are not the Prince Consort's is even more absurd.

"Old Sun, haven't you noticed that neither of the Princess's two children looks like Prince Consort Zhu."

"This matter is normal. Children can look like their father or mother, or they can look like their grandparents or great-grandparents. I've even seen people who look like their great-great-grandparents. Don't you dare joke about the Princess's two children; you'd better have some sense when you speak. Today, I'll pretend I didn't hear these things, and don't talk about them outside in the future, lest you invite disaster."

"Old Sun, why don't you believe me?"

"Why should I believe you." Sun Daojing was furious. "Listening to your nonsense, I already regret it. Don't you dare talk nonsense again. As for Magistrate Tian's case, you just bear it; at least let the Princess Prefecture see the Ministry of Justice's attitude that we will not be lenient to those who make mistakes. After things calm down, I will compensate you."

Chen Guanlou rolled his eyes directly. "Old Sun, your ability to see the wind and steer the rudder is truly breathtaking."

"Can you speak? Can you speak at all?" Sun Daojing was so angry his mouth was crooked; his lifetime of decency was destroyed by Chen Guanlou.

So angry!

"I told you, the Princess Prefecture won't support the Count's Prefecture; you just don't believe me. The steward of the Princess Prefecture passing the message before was just for the sake of face. From now on, you watch, the Princess Prefecture will absolutely not interfere in Zhu Ruhai's case again."

"I have my own judgment, no need for you to say more." Sun Daojing was very impolite. "Hurry back and cooperate with the investigation well."

"If I don't cooperate..."

"Then I'll strip you of your position."

After saying that, Sun Daojing seemed to realize his tone was heavy and his attitude was bad, fearing the other party would have rebellious bones. He immediately added: "It's not really stripping you of your position. Rest assured, the position of Jiang Jiang Yucheng can only be yours. I hope you can cooperate well; this is not just acting for the Princess Prefecture to see, you also have to understand my difficulties. At the critical moment, I don't want to create extra trouble. My energy is limited, and I really have no heart to deal with the Princess Prefecture, so I can only wrong you for the time being. Rest assured, everything is just going through the motions."

Chen Guanlou didn't believe half a word.

He suspected Sun Daojing was going to sell him out.

"Let the officials investigating Magistrate Tian's cause of death roll back to the Ministry of Justice; regarding Magistrate Tian's cause of death, I will personally give the Ministry of Justice an explanation. If you don't make things difficult for me, I won't make things difficult for you. Everyone is happy. If I can't be happy, then no one will be happy. Tomorrow, if rumors about the Princess Prefecture appear on the market, I will say they spread from the Ministry of Justice. At that time, I want to see if you, Old Sun, still want to be promoted."

"You, you, you..."

Sun Daojing was crazy with anger.

"Chen Guanlou, you are presumptuous! You actually threaten me. Did I give you face?"

"My lord, why do you have to speak so ugly. I already said, everyone is happy. You are the dignified Vice Minister of Justice, why do you need to give face to the Princess Prefecture? You are a dignified jinshi civil official, yet you want to be a running dog for the Princess Prefecture; if this spreads, your reputation in the scholar forest will be finished. You don't want your reputation of being upright, which you've managed for half a lifetime, to be destroyed, right?"

"You are presumptuous!"

"My lord, don't be angry. I am giving you an idea. Between the Princess Prefecture and the reputation of the scholar forest, which is lighter and which is heavier, my lord must be able to distinguish. I won't disturb my lord's work and will go back first. I hope that when I return to the Heavenly Prison, those Ministry of Justice officials investigating Magistrate Tian's cause of death have already left. Goodbye!"

Chen Guanlou arched his hands and left decisively.

Sun Daojing was so angry he smashed an inkstone.

The subordinate asked for advice, whether to take the opportunity to clean up Chen Guanlou and drive him out of the Heavenly Prison.

Sun Daojing scolded: "Do you want your life? If you want to die, don't drag me into it."

The subordinate looked awkward.

"Chen Guanlou clearly treats the Heavenly Prison as his own one-third of an acre of land, lawless. Fortunately, he still knows the rules, offering what should be offered, filial piety what should be filial piety, and handling the tasks that should be handled properly. Under his management, the Heavenly Prison can be considered orderly."

Chen Guanlou has many advantages, only one disadvantage: dog temper!

Thinking of this, Sun Daojing had a splitting headache. A dignified Vice Minister, yet threatened by a mere Jiang Jiang Yucheng, and he couldn't let anyone know, nor could he find a place to complain.

Truly outrageous.

"Ignore him first. Call all those people back. If the Tian family makes trouble again, beat them out directly. What kind of place do you think the Ministry of Justice is, a vegetable market? A dignified Ministry of Justice, how can you come and make trouble as you please. If they don't listen to advice, punish them with the crime of despising the imperial laws, catch them all, and clean them up, then they will be honest."

The subordinate was speechless.

This attitude changed too fast. Before, he said he wanted to clean up Chen Guanlou's dog temper. Chen Guanlou came once, and he immediately changed his tone.

My lord, your steering of the rudder is too smooth. If people know, they will talk behind your back.

Sun Daojing kept a straight face. "What are you still doing, hurry up and do it. Don't delay my major event."

If someone else threatened him, Sun Daojing wouldn't even bother.

But the person who threatened him was Chen Guanlou, so Sun Daojing had to deal with it carefully.

Because, others' threats might just stay on the verbal level, for the sake of face. Chen Guanlou's threats would really be put into action.

He was really afraid that tomorrow morning, when he woke up, there would be a rumor about the Princess stealing a man, and the two children not being Prince Consort Zhu's.

With the characteristic of Heavenly Prison guards knowing all kinds of people, spreading rumors, it was highly possible to spread it all over the capital overnight.

What kind of rumor spreads wider and wider, and even beheading can't stop it?

Of course, it's stealing a man and the children not being biological.

Sun Daojing had worked in the Ministry of Justice for half a lifetime; he understood the root of human nature too well, because he had seen it, seen a lot.

He didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be if rumors about the Princess Prefecture were circulating on the market. If the rumors also spread from the Ministry of Justice, and it was at the critical moment of promotion, his future would be finished in eight or nine cases out of ten.

Chen Guanlou's threat could be said to have pinched his lifeline and hit his seven inches.

Forget it, forget it, get promoted first.

After getting promoted, everything is settled, and then he will find a way to clean up this bastard Chen Guanlou.

Chen Guanlou listened to storytelling for half a tael of silver in the teahouse, drank half a stomach of tea, and then swayed back to the Heavenly Prison.

He sat on the Jiang Jiang Yucheng's chair, and Private Secretary Mu Qingshan told him a good piece of news: "Reporting to employer, the Ministry of Justice seems to have withdrawn the case, and the people have left. Lu Datou and the others have all been released."

"Aiyo, Old Sun's efficiency is very high." Chen Guanlou heard this, his face was happy. "Old Sun is so sensible, we can continue to cooperate next time."

Chen Guanlou had no opinion on Sun Daojing; as an official, seeing the wind and steering the rudder is a housekeeping skill. If Sun Daojing were really upright, he wouldn't dare to get too close to the other party.

Now this degree is just right, with a certain sense of justice, understanding officialdom routines, flexible, and able to bend and stretch. Such a partner, even if he pits the other party one day, he doesn't have to feel guilty.

Therefore, he decided to cooperate with Old Sun for a long time. ===== CHAPTER 556 =====