Zhu Houzhao returned to Yangxin Palace Hall under Nie Feng's protection. He cultivated while waiting for Bu Jingyun and Yu Huatian to return.
A quarter of an hour later, Bu Jingyun returned with a sachet in his hand.
" Your Majesty, this is the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom you wanted," Bu Jingyun said respectfully as he handed the sachet to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he heard this. He took the sachet and opened it. There was a crystal clear Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom inside.
"Good job. Cao Zhengchun didn't play any tricks, did he?" Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly.”
This Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom was what Zhu Houzhao had asked Bu Jingyun to ask Cao Zhengchun for when he left the Cining Palace.
" Cao Zhengchun wanted to deny it at first," Bu Jingyun said." However, when he found out that everything was within the Emperor's expectations, he chose to submit and offered the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom."”
Hearing Bu Jingyun's words, Zhu Houzhao nodded in his heart.
To be honest, Zhu Houzhao quite liked Cao Zhengchun in the original drama.
Although Cao Zhengchun was a treacherous official to the officials, at least he did not have the intention to rebel.
On the contrary, the treacherous and loyal Imperial Uncle Zhu ignored him and wanted to usurp the throne.
Zhu Houzhao had sent Bu Jingyun to collect Cao Zhengchun's Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom as a test. If Cao Zhengchun did not know how to appreciate his kindness, even if Zhu Houzhao had a good impression of Cao Zhengchun in the original movie, he would not mind getting rid of him directly!
Now that Cao Zhengchun had handed over the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, Zhu Houzhao could let him go.
As long as Cao Zhengchun was loyal to Zhu Houzhao, it didn't matter even if he used his power to deal with some officials.
Zhu Houzhao did not have a good impression of the officials in the court.
As for Zhu Houzhao's purpose of collecting the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, it was naturally to coerce the Iron Gut Deity Marquis Zhu.
Thinking of the relationship between Cao Zhengchun, the East Chamber, and those Qingliu, Zhu Houzhao suddenly thought of the Brocade Guard.
The Brocade Guard was also notorious in the eyes of those Qingliu, but if used well, it would definitely be a sharp knife in the hands of the Emperor!
Previously, the Embroidered Uniform Guards had been controlled by Cao Zhengchun and the East Hall. Now, Zhu Houzhao would never allow such a thing to continue.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes swept back and forth between Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun for a while. Finally, his gaze stopped on Bu Jingyun, and he said lightly,"Bu Jingyun, I have another task for you.”
In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, Bu Jingyun was obviously more suitable than Nie Feng for this task.
" Your Majesty, please instruct me," Bu Jingyun said respectfully without any hesitation.
Zhu Houzhao took a gold medal from his body and said lightly,""Take my token and take over the Embroidered Uniform Guards. From now on, you are the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Everyone in the Embroidered Uniform Guards will follow your orders.”
"This subject obeys the decree!"
Bu Jingyun took a step forward and took the gold medal from Zhu Houzhao's hand.
" Go," Zhu Houzhao waved his hand at Bu Jingyun and said indifferently.
Bu Jingyun bowed to Zhu Houzhao, then turned around and left Yangxin Palace Hall, heading straight for the Northern Garrison.
Not long after Bu Jingyun left, the eunuch on duty at the entrance of the main hall suddenly rushed in and greeted Zhu Houzhao respectfully,"Your Majesty, Divine Marquis Tiedan, Divine Marquis Zhuge, and the Rain Governor of the West Hall are outside the hall."
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and said,""Let them in."
" Yes," the eunuch replied respectfully and went to pass on the message.
Not long after, Zhu Budian, Zhuge Zhengwo, and Yu Huatian entered Yangxin Palace together.
"Greetings, Emperor!"
When the three of them arrived at the main hall, they bowed to Zhu Houzhao and greeted him respectfully.
"No need for formalities," Zhu Houzhao said lightly. Have you already taken down the Yun Nation's diplomatic delegation?”
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's question, Zhu Buduan, Zhuge Zhengwo and Yu Huatian looked at each other. Zhu Buduan then took a step forward and said respectfully,"Your Majesty, the Yun Nation's diplomatic mission has indeed been taken down. However, the leader, Wu Wan, died in the battle. Most of the others don't know the details.”
Zhu Houzhao looked deeply at Zhu Buguang and said lightly,""The Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa, the Divine Constabulary, and the West Hall all came out at the same time, but they returned empty-handed. Is this how you do things? How did Wu Wan die?"
Zhu Budian bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said respectfully,""Emperor, please forgive us. We didn't expect that when Wu Wan saw us going to capture him, he didn't choose to attack. Instead, he directly bit the poison sac in his mouth and committed suicide.”
"Emperor, please forgive me!"
Zhuge Zhengwo and Yu Huatian greeted Zhu Houzhao respectfully at the same time.
"Then did you find anything else useful?" Zhu Houzhao asked angrily. Did the Yun Nation eat the guts of a bear or a leopard? How dare you send people to abduct the Empress Dowager and even send Princess Yun to assassinate me!”
Yu Huatian bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said respectfully,""Your Majesty, after the investigation of the West Chamber, Divine Constabulary, and Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa, we found out that Wu Wan and Princess Li Xiu are very likely to be impersonated by others.”
"Why do you think so?" Zhu Houzhao asked lightly. If they were impersonating the Yun Nation's envoy, who was behind it? Where was the real ambassador of the Yun Nation?”
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