An acquaintance

He Qingchang raised his head and looked at Ye Qinghuai.

The time between the two seemed to have stagnated. After a long time, a trace of regret flashed in He Qingchang's eyes and he said: "Your Majesty's great love, I feel ashamed to receive it. I am afraid that I will disappoint Your Majesty."

"

The burning fire in Ye Qinghuai's eyes seemed to be extinguished instantly. She sighed silently and showed a regretful smile.

He Qingchang rejected the olive branch she extended.

"Is it because Gu Shihai is better than me?" Ye Qinghuai asked.

He Qingchang lowered his head again and stopped talking.

Ye Qinghuai's eyes were filled with curiosity, and she asked with a smile: "In that case, why do you still come to see me today?"

He Qing was silent for a long time, and finally he raised his head and looked at Ye Qinghuai again. His eyes were still as calm as water, but sparkling with light.

"Although I can't help Your Majesty, I have someone to recommend you." He paused and said, "General of the Gyeonggi Guard Shenwei Guards, Zhao Yinshi."

Ye Qinghuai was slightly startled, and then thought: It turns out that he is here for this.

"Zhao Yinshi is the successor to General Zhao Chengfeng, the famous founding general of the country. He is very proficient in Zhao's marksmanship. In terms of skill, he is ranked among the best in Shengjing. Moreover, when he fought against Jinchuan five years ago, he was awarded the title

General, he was the deputy of General Zhang Xuwen and the deputy commander of the army at that time. He is a man of general talents."

Ye Qinghuai didn't know about Zhao Yinshi's past. But she had heard of Zhang Xuwen's name. This man was both wise and brave. He led the troops to win several battles in Shunping Dynasty. The late emperor once praised him as Shunping.

Even the first general. Zhao Yinshi can serve as a deputy general under him, and he will definitely not be an ordinary person.

"With such a resume, it is logical to be named a general. Why was he demoted instead of promoted, and now he is just a fifth-grade general of the guard?" Ye Qinghuai couldn't help but wonder.

"After the Battle of Jinchuan, he injured his ankle and couldn't use his right leg, so he asked to retire. At that time, the late emperor wanted to give him the position of commander of the imperial army, but he refused several times on the grounds of his leg injury. Later, the late emperor wrote

Out of anger, not only did they not reward him for his military exploits in the Battle of Jinchuan, but they demoted him and asked him to serve as a general in the Gyeonggi Guard." When He Qingchang said this, he suddenly smiled and said

, "He didn't have any complaints. On the contrary, he was very happy. He became General Guard for four years."

This is the first time Ye Qinghuai has seen him smile. It can be seen that He Qingchang not only understands this Zhao Yinshi, but also admires him.

"Why did He Qing recommend him to me? Is there anything outstanding about him?"

"The Zhao family is a well-known family of military generals among the Shengjing families. Although it has declined in recent years, the name of General Zhao Chengfeng is still there, and the major families still have to sell some face.

I have discussed the art of war with General Zhao several times, and we have also fought against each other in military exercises. I can assure you that this person’s resourcefulness is by no means inferior to yours.”

He Qingchang looked at Ye Qinghuai with his serious triangular eyes and said, "Your Majesty just said that he wants a brave, resourceful, loyal and filial man to command the Imperial Army. I think General Zhao is the most suitable person."

Ye Qinghuai thought to himself that He Qingchang was right. Zhao Yinshi was capable of controlling the Imperial Army regardless of his family background. If he was as wise and brave as He Qingchang said, he would indeed be a good candidate.

but--

"He Qing said before that when the late emperor wanted to appoint him as the commander of the imperial army, he disobeyed his superiors several times. How can we be sure now that he is willing to be my commander of the imperial army?"

He Qing was silent for a long moment and said in a deep voice: "On the eve of the eruption in the Imperial Palace, your Majesty gave him a secret decree, right?"

Ye Qinghuai thought for a moment and said, "Yes. How did He Qing know about it?"

"General Zhao told this official." He Qingchang paused and said, "If he hadn't come to see your official all night long, what your majesty saw outside Chengtian Gate that day might not have been thousands of forbidden troops.

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It is the Gyeonggi Guard with tens of thousands of people.

Ye Qinghuai heard the underlying meaning behind his words.

"Mr. Gu Ge already knows about this matter. I'm afraid General Zhao will not be the General of the Guard for a long time." He Qingchang said and lowered his eyes.

Ye Qinghuai was silent for a long time and said: "It turns out that He Qing came to see me today because he wanted to find a way out for Zhao Yinshi."

He Qingchang did not nod or shake his head. He remained silent and did not speak.

If what He Qingchang said is true, then Zhao Yinshi has indeed unknowingly sided with Ye Qinghuai, and there is no way out for Gu Shihai.

"Why did he do this?"

"I don't know what General Zhao thinks. Your Majesty will ask him himself." He Qingchang still answered in his usual stiff way.

Ye Qinghuai knew that he could not ask more about Zhao Yinshi, so she asked He Qingchang again: "Aren't you afraid of Mr. Gu Ge's suspicion? Since you are determined to recommend talents to me,

, why do you still insist on standing with Mr. Gu Ge?"

He Qingchang's calm black eyes drooped again, his Adam's apple rolled slowly, and he said: "When Your Majesty looked at the resume of this official, did you ever see that this official had been in prison?"

Before meeting him, Ye Qinghuai did check his resume and asked Li Baoquan about his personality. However, neither in the official documents nor in Li Baoquan's memory, He Qingchang had no experience of being in jail.

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"In the early years of Shunping, when I was a member of the military department, I was implicated in the case of Hu Lingyun's collusion with the enemy and was suspended for questioning. I repeatedly wrote letters to clarify and begged for a thorough investigation, but there was no news." He Qingchang paused and said,

"This is actually a very simple matter. As long as we carefully check the correspondence between Hu Lingyun and Xiaguan, we can prove Xiaguan's innocence, but no one has done it."

"Not long after, Xiaguan was suddenly released and returned to his original position. Later, after asking around, he found out that it was Mr. Gu Ge, who was then the official history officer of the Ministry of Punishments, who took over the case. After a thorough investigation of the case file, he included Xiaguan.

Eleven unrelated people reported it to the court and cleared away our grievances. At that time, Xianguan and Mr. Gu Ge were just acquaintances."

He Qingchang seemed to have recalled something. He paused and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Gu Ge has more life-saving grace than the lower official, and he has more grace to know and meet people. The lower official cannot be ungrateful. Mr. Gu Ge has to doubt the lower official, even if

If you want to kill Xiaguan's head, he won't complain. He was the one who saved Xiaguan's life."

Ye Qinghuai didn't know that there was such a connection between the two of them.

She couldn't help but be impressed by Gu Shihai's methods of controlling his subordinates.

But in this case, He Qingchang's actions today and his inaction in the Chengtianmen incident seemed to be unreasonable again.

"He has been so kind to you, how could you bear to let him down outside Chengtian Gate?"

He Qingchang was silent for a moment and said: "Xiaguan is a disciple of Mr. Gu Ge, but he is also the Minister of the Ministry of War. What he does is just what a minister of the Ministry of War should do."

He looked at Ye Qinghuai with a determined expression.
Chapter completed!