Oh My General Episode 26 Recap
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During the early court session, the Emperor arranged for Fan Zhongyan to explain the reform system. Fan Zhongyan listed ten reform items, all focused on streamlining finances and strengthening the country, and proposed that high-ranking officials should no longer recommend their own children for official positions, which was strongly supported by most court officials.
Zhang Gui entered the palace to visit his sister, Concubine Zhang, but his real purpose was to have his sister help him secure an official position in the court. Concubine Zhang knew that this was the time of reform and did not want to agree to her brother's request, but she couldn't resist Zhang Gui's pleas and finally agreed to try for Zhang Gui. Concubine Zhang came to Fan Zhongyan and mentioned this matter.
Although Fan Zhongyan did not explicitly refuse Concubine Zhang, he said that he would consult the Emperor's opinion. Concubine Zhang was a little uneasy, but the words had already been spoken and could not be taken back. Fan Zhongyan went to see the Emperor and asked whether the Emperor's reform should be strictly implemented without any favoritism or bending of the law. The Emperor made it clear that there should be no doubt.
Fan Zhongyan proposed that Concubine Zhang wanted to seek the position of Envoy of Xuanhui for her brother, Zhang Gui. The Emperor felt that the Envoy of Xuanhui was just a minor official of the ninth rank, so it was okay to give it to him. However, Fan Zhongyan was not convinced and pressed on, forcing the Emperor to be speechless. The Emperor could only glare at Fan Zhongyan and put down the book in his hand to leave.
The Emperor returned to the palace in a rage, only saying that he needed to quickly prepare water for a bath. Concubine Zhang saw that the Emperor was angry and hurriedly asked what had happened. The Emperor then told her about Fan Zhongyan's matter and also questioned why Concubine Zhang was hitting the bullet when the reform was going on.
Concubine Zhang saw that even the Emperor could not persuade Fan Zhongyan and knew that she had done something wrong, so she quickly knelt down and asked for forgiveness. The Emperor loved Concubine Zhang in his heart and did not care about anything. In Prince Qi's mansion, Prince Qi called Lu Zhenting to discuss matters.
Prince Qi felt that Fan Zhongyan's promotion of reform would surely offend many people, but he was not afraid, after all, the only unclean thing under his name was a gambling house, which was specially allowed by the late Emperor. He also mentioned that the Emperor had previously taken the money Zhao Yujin won from the gambling house to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday, so he was not afraid for the time being.
However, Prince Qi also realized that Fan Zhongyan must be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise there would be endless troubles, so he asked Lu Zhenting to call his subordinate Xiao Gui Zi and made some arrangements. Xiao Gui Zi first went to the Junwang residence to find Xiao Xia Zi, saying that he had heard that there was a Hong Qiang girl in Lord Fan's residence, who was talented and beautiful, and he wanted to see her.
Xiao Xia Zi happened to be looking for Hong Qiang, so he agreed to take Xiao Gui Zi with him. When the two arrived at Fan's residence together, Hong Qiang was inscribing lanterns. Xiao Gui Zi praised the Hong Qiang girl a lot and also asked for a lantern written by Hong Qiang. Seeing that Xiao Gui Zi had a lantern, Xiao Xia Zi immediately asked for one for himself as well.
Not long after, Xiao Gui Zi and Xiao Xia Zi came to Hong Qiang again, talking about the lantern from Hong Qiang earlier. He said that he took the lantern to go to the street to do errands, and someone took a fancy to the lantern and sold it for thirty copper coins, which can be considered a high price.
At the same time, Xiao Gui Zi proposed that since Hong Qiang's calligraphy was so valuable, the three of them should do a little business together and sell lanterns. Hong Qiang initially did not agree, but she couldn't resist the persuasion of Xiao Xia Zi and Xiao Gui Zi, and she also wanted to earn some money to buy a better tea set for Fan Zhongyan, so she agreed.
No sooner said than done, the three's stall was quickly set up, and the business was doing quite well. At this time, a lady came with her servants, saying that she would buy all the lanterns and ask Hong Qiang to write a calligraphy for her at her residence for fifty taels. Hong Qiang was tempted and agreed.
At this time, Xiao Gui Zi and Xiao Xia Zi both had things to do and left, so only Hong Qiang went to that house alone. After Hong Qiang arrived at that house, she soon discovered that the article she was going to transcribe was Fan Zhongyan's ten strategies.
The owner of the house said that she felt that this article was very well written and wanted to copy it to read it carefully, so Hong Qiang copied it with peace of mind. After finishing writing, the lady sent Hong Qiang away. Lu Zhenting came out from behind the screen.
He picked up the article written by Hong Qiang and looked at the words "In this way, we can control the Song and strengthen our Great Xia" on it, and smiled sinisterly. It turned out that this was Lu Zhenting's trap. Hong Qiang's handwriting was exactly the same as Fan Zhongyan's. As long as this was the case, Fan Zhongyan would definitely be brought down.
Xiao Xia Zi was sitting in the pavilion admiring the lantern Hong Qiang gave him when Zhao Yujin saw him. Zhao Yujin saw that Xiao Xia Zi regarded Hong Qiang's calligraphy as a treasure, and said that his calligraphy could also be worth a thousand taels.
Xiao Xia Zi sarcastically said that Zhao Yujin could only write the words "dung beetle, bug, toad, I spit, spit, spit", which made Zhao Yujin angry and pretended to hit him, but Xiao Xia Zi quickly slipped away. Prince Qi's wife came to the study and saw that Prince Qi was still dealing with official business, so she asked Prince Qi if he remembered what day it was today.
Prince Qi was dizzy with countless official duties, so how could he remember what day it was today. Seeing that Prince Qi had no intention to think about it, the lady turned and left. Prince Qi felt that he should comfort his wife, so he followed her out, but he didn't see her. While he was hesitating, an arrow shot from a distance and landed on the pillar in the courtyard.
Prince Qi pulled out the arrow and found that it was tied with a small bamboo tube, which seemed to contain a note. Prince Qi's wife saw this scene behind the pillar, and her face was gloomy.
