Chapter 208 The Wise Man
Zhuang answered "yes" with both hands clasped in front and then left.
In his opinion, eight hundred taels was a bit much. But it was indeed worth it when the guy saved the life of Prince Mu.
Zhuang didn't reach the front courtyard yet when he heard someone from the concierge inform him that it was Eunuch Wei from the East Chamber who had arrived.
Zhuang was already dissatisfied with the eunuch who stirred up trouble, and now it so happened that the prince Mu did not want to see him either, so Zhuang waved his hand and said, "No, get him back!"
This was his place, and the 500,000 troops outside were at his command. Would he be afraid of a powerless eunuch? What a joke.
The subordinate conveyed his master's thoughts euphemistically, which made Maogong furious.
He had never thought that he would be stopped by General Su at the door and be told that the prince was sick and that he should go back and not disturb the prince's rest.
Sick? What a coincidence that he was sick. How could he have been fine yesterday and be sick now?
He would like to see whether Zongyuan was really sick or not. Save the falsehoods in front of him!
He took a gold token out of his chest and left it directly in that gatekeeper's arms.
The man picked it up and looked at it, which made his legs weak.
He saw that the gold token had four big words written on it, "As we are personally present."
Seeing his frightened look, Maogong snorted lightly, " Well? Am I qualified to see the king now?"
The man hurriedly knelt three times and kowtowed nine times before saying, "Wait a moment, Your Excellency. I will pass on the message again."
Zhuang also didn't expect the emperor to actually give him the token. Was the emperor really senile?
With this gold token, he couldn't stop that eunuch at the door anymore. Although he still felt a little aggrieved, he still ordered,
"Somebody get in here! Open the front door! Welcome him in!"
Maogong swaggered in through the front door of the Su Mansion, and Zhuang saw him from afar with a bright smile.
"Originally, I was planning to go to the military camp to train soldiers and thought I would not be able to entertain you, Eunuch Wei. But I didn't expect that you brought such a treasure. Now I can't refuse to see you."
Maogong looked down on this vulgar rough man. The beard on Zhuang's chin was not carefully shaved, which made him look like a wild man.
"If it wasn't to see Zongyuan, who would want to come to General Mu's Mansion!" Maogong thought.
He took out a handkerchief to wipe the tip of his nose and inhaled the fragrance on the handkerchief. Only then did he resist the urge to frown.
"General Su, since you are a straightforward man, I won't beat around the bush. I want to see Prince Mu."
Zhuang frowned, "That' s not gonna happen."
Maogong didn't expect that he would not cut him some slack. "This wild man deserved to be unable to enter the capital for many years." He thought.
"What? Can't I see him even with my token in hand?"
He once again took out the sign that said "As we are personally present", but Zhuang was not as intimidated as he thought.
"As a general, I won a battle some years ago, and the emperor has already exempted me from the salute. I guess I don't need to salute this token now." Zhuang noticed his puzzled expression and replied with a light laugh.
"Prince Mu is sick because someone tried to kill him these days and he was seriously injured. He struggled to see you yesterday, but you actually turned him down. I'm afraid it's really not convenient for you to visit Master Mu since he is still unconscious."
He helped Zongyuan to find an excuse, but this excuse seemed to be somehow unacceptable to Maogong.
"Is he really fainting or is he faking it? I have to see it personally to tell."
Zhuang sneered, "This is the general's residence. I can still make the decision."
Maogong pursed his lips, "You don't even take the emperor's token seriously? How dare you!"
But Zhuang said, "The general is exempt from the military orders on a battlefield. This has been the case since ancient times. Even if you go to the emperor to accuse me personally, I'm afraid there is nothing you can do about me."
Maogong didn't manage to see Prince Mu in the end. When he came out of the Great General Su's residence, his whole face was red with anger.
Yazhong took a step back to follow him and did not dare to persuade him.
To him, as long as people were not successful, they should bide their time. The people who stood out too early would not end up well.
Prince Yan cheekily stayed at the Su residence under the pretext that it was convenient for him to detoxify the poison.
When he heard people say that Eunuch Wei was kicked out by General Su even with the Emperor's token, he frowned tightly.
It happened in the previous existence, but not today.
He remembered very clearly that in his previous existence, Zhuang defeated the barbarian and recaptured the area around the Hulu Valley.
His father, the emperor, ordered Grand General Su to return to the court. The very next day after Great General Su returned to the capital, Maogong came to Su's Mansion with a gold token in hand.
Maogong said that an assassin had escaped into Great General Su's Mansion and tried to search with the imperial guards.
General Su was very annoyed to hear that. Probably no other family in the entire capital had guards that could compare to their Su Mansion.
How could there be an assassin who could evade their guards and hide in the Su Mansion?
That eunuch was clearly picking a fight!
General Su was a grumpy man. How could he stand it?
So he directly kicked Maogong out.
The soldiers in their mansion were the ones who had really been in the sand. Therefore, the imperial guards really couldn't break in for a short while.
However, the next morning court, Maogong presented a memorial to the throne to accuse General Su.
Although General Su argued, the emperor still exempted him from the original reward for the reason that he obstructed official business and even took away most of his military power.
General Su was so angry that he was bedridden the next day.
The emperor took this opportunity to slowly take his military power back completely.
Prince Yan suddenly couldn't understand. He used to think that General Su was stupid. What could happen if General Su let the eunuch search? If the assassin was really not in his mansion, the next day the emperor would have to apologize to him and give him all the military power.
But re-living a life, he was much more perceptive. When he thought about the matter again, he felt that maybe his father-in-law was really a wise man.
Historically, the generals with outstanding military achievements would inevitably have higher merits than the emperor and end up badly under the suspicion of the emperor.
But with this move, Great General Su perfectly handed over the military power in his hands.
At the time of the dynasty change, he just happened to avoid the turmoil.
When the new emperor succeeded to the throne, there was another war in the north. He was once again entrusted with the important task of personally guarding the border.
It was a pity that General Su, who had spent his life in the military, was finally set up by a villain. In a battle, someone collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, revealing his whereabouts.
In order to cover the retreat of the army, he eventually died on the battlefield.