At night.
"Master, there's a man surnamed Wang who said he wants to send you a painting.”
Yan Song had given the task of receiving the North Korean envoy to the Ministry of Rites. Not long after he returned to the residence, his lackey Yan Nian came to report that Wang Zhezhai had come to visit.
"Let him in."
Soon, Yan Song saw Wang Zhezhai holding a long box and bringing it to Yan Song.
"Grand Secretary Yan, this is the 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' you wanted. I was muddle-headed a few days ago, please forgive me.”Wang Zhezhai's attitude was very humble.
Yan Song nodded in satisfaction and took the long box. He opened it and saw a painting lying inside. She opened it and saw that it was indeed the painting she saw at Wang Zhezhai's house. It was exactly the same.
However, Yan Song was not very concerned about the so-called Along the River During the Qingming Festival. He was more concerned about the system points reward. However, after waiting for a long time, there was no notification from the system.
Yan Song couldn't help but wonder, System, I should be able to get points, right? Why not?"
[This is a fake. It's not the real thing, so there are no points awarded.]”
Counterfeit?
Yan Song's eyes turned cold all of a sudden, like a knife cutting Wang Zhezhai's face. He suddenly remembered that in normal history, Yan Song was also fooled by Wang Zhezhai with a fake in Along the River During the Qingming Festival. He did not realize it until a long time later, and the whole world knew about it.
Yan Song was really angry now.
" Grand Secretary Yan…you…" Wang Zhezhai felt guilty.
"This is fake, right?" Yan Song's voice was cold.
Wang Zhezhai was scared half to death, but he forced himself to remain calm."Grand Secretary Yan, how can it be fake? It's true."
"Humph!"
Suddenly, Yan Song kicked Wang Zhezhai's stomach without warning
Wang Zhezhai was kicked to the ground in a sorry state, but he couldn't care less about this at the moment because Yan Song had actually recognized that it was a fake.
This was a huge disaster.
Yan Song's gaze was like a knife that cut him."I'll give you a chance. Hand over the authentic painting of Along the River During the Qingming Festival, or you'll die!”
However, this sentence directly aroused Wang Zhezhai's scholarly character. He shouted in pain,"Thief Yan, I, Wang Zhezhai, read the books of the sages and saints. I despise crafty sycophants like you who treat human lives with contempt, bring disaster to the country, and prey on the people. I can tell you clearly that this is a fake. How can the real thing be given to someone like you? That's simply humiliating!”
Crafty sycophants? Humiliation?
Yan Song laughed angrily. You have a backbone, right? Soon, you will know what regret is!”
Yan Song kept the painting and put it back into the box.
"What do you want?" Wang Zhezhai panicked.
"You'll know soon enough. I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it.”Yan Song sneered and strode out.
Wang Zhezhai had an ominous feeling that Yan Song was going to do something big.
Soon, Yan Song arrived at the palace.
"Why is Grand Secretary Yan here?" The young eunuch Feng Bao lowered his head and asked.
"In the middle of the year, the Emperor mentioned to me that he wanted to collect the Along the River During the Qingming Festival. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any trace of it." Yan Song said with a smile. Today, I finally found the authentic painting of Along the River During the Qingming Festival. I didn't want to delay for even a moment and rushed over to present it to the Emperor.”
"Along the River During the Qingming Festival?" Feng Bao was shocked.
This was an amazing thing. Although Feng Bao had not read much, the famous Along the River During the Qingming Festival was too famous, so he naturally knew about it.
This time, Feng Bao did not dare to delay and quickly said,"The emperor is currently in the royal study and is reviewing memorials.”
Before he could finish, Yan Song had already walked far away. He was so fast that Feng Bao couldn't help but sigh."Grand Secretary Yan is indeed the Emperor's favored minister. He is too loyal to the Emperor. It's already so late, and he's in such a hurry.”
Feng Bao felt that his loyalty to the Emperor was not enough and felt ashamed. If he knew the truth, he would probably vomit blood. How was this loyalty? It was simply black-hearted!
Yan Song quickly arrived at the royal study. After summoning him, he met with Jiajing.
"Minister Yan, why are you here so late? Is there something wrong?”
"Good news, Emperor, I found the Along the River During the Qingming Festival!”
"Ah ~~" Jiajing cried out in shock. He dropped the red pen he was using to review the memorial.
"Quick, show it to me!"
"Your Majesty, please take a look!"
Yan Song opened the painting as if he was presenting a treasure. Not long after, Jiajing's happy face began to frown.
"Minister Yan, this is a fake." Jiajing's small eyes stared straight at Yan Song, his face filled with anger." Minister Yan, are you teasing me in the middle of the night?”
"Counterfeit?" Yan Song was shocked and immediately cried out,""Your Majesty, this lowly official doesn't know. I thought it was authentic. A few days ago, there was a rumor that Minister Wang Zhenzhai had 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' in his collection. This lowly official suddenly remembered that the Emperor had said a few months ago that he wanted to collect it, so I quickly went to Lord Wang's residence to ask for it for the Emperor. However, Lord Wang didn't agree at that time. Even though I said that I was asking for it for the Emperor, he still didn't agree.”
Yan Song added fuel to the fire, and it was true but fake.
"He really didn't agree?" At this moment, Jiajing's face was ashen, like before a storm.
"He really didn't agree. Even if I brought you up, he wouldn't give up the Along the River During the Qingming Festival. He actually has no respect for the ruler, he really deserves to die!”Yan Song said angrily.
Jiajing's face was already purple, like a volcano that was about to erupt at any moment.
"Then what's with the fake?”
"Lord Wang just sent this over. I was too surprised, so I didn't check it and came straight to the palace to report the good news to the emperor.”
Bang!
"How dare you ignore me!”
Emperor Jiajing's angry roar came from the royal study. The guards and eunuchs outside looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.
Not long after, the door of the royal study opened with a loud bang.
Eunuch Huang Jin began to shout at the top of his voice. Soon, he left the Imperial Palace with a large group of guards from the inner chamber and rushed toward Wang Zhezhai's residence.
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(I feel like there's a lack of a positive plot. Next time, give me a positive plot.)
(I hope there will be 5 chapters today. I also hope that the comments and flowers of the book friends will be more powerful.)）
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