LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 1574 - 1574: Prince Che
Chapter 1574: Prince Che
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The next day, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan went to Min An Restaurant again.
When the waiter from yesterday saw them, he greeted them with a smile on his face. “Are you looking for the same private room? Unfortunately, the Zhe family’s young master and a group of young masters took that private room, so that room is no longer available. The view from the other private rooms is also quite good.”
“As long as the view is good, we’ll take one private room.”
“Alright, alright, please follow me.” As the waiter spoke, he quickly led the way and brought them to the fourth private room they had available. The view from this place was quite nice.
As usual, good wine and dishes were served.
“I have something to ask.” Xue Yan gave the waiter another ingot of silver and asked.
When the waiter saw that the silver was given to him separately, he immediately smiled his brightest smile. As he hurriedly kept the silver separately, he bowed and said, “Please ask. “Please, ask away.”
Xue Yan smiled and said, “I’m not asking for too much. It’s just that we’ve also become a little more prosperous recently. There are still many things that we don’t know. We don’t even know who’s more senior in Da Chen besides the Emperor. Who are the people with high positions and power? The two of us are quite curious and also want to know more about things here, to widen our horizon.”
“No wonder you two looked like you weren’t from around here,” the waiter said with a smile. It meant that he had not seen them before yesterday.
Then, the waiter quickly replied, “I’ve never been to the capital, so I may not know too much… But from what I heard… Some guests who eat in this restaurant have a high position and power. Prime Minister Dou, who took office a year ago, is one of them. He is the head of all officials.
“The Emperor killed the previous Prime Minister and promoted him to Prime Minister. It can be seen how much the Emperor trusts him. Originally, the previous Imperial Censor, who was also the Vice Prime Minister, could also be considered as one of his trustworthy men. However, he was killed off by the Emperor.
“The current Imperial Censor changed the functions after taking office because of the Emperor, so he doesn’t have a lot of control. Great General Qiu has been here before as well. He is the commander of the army and has grown up with the Emperor. Both of them have a close relationship. The other one is the Emperor’s brother, Prince Che. He is in charge of the national treasury. It is said that the Emperor and Prince Che have a deep brotherly relationship. The Emperor puts a lot of trust in him.
“Otherwise, he would not let him manage the national treasury. The others don’t seem to be of high status.”
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan looked at each other and knew that if this waiter was not lying, then the culprit in power should be either Prime Minister Dou, Great General Qiu, or Prince Che.
As for whether one, two, or three of them were involved in this matter, they could not be sure for the time being.
“Do you know why the Emperor wanted to kill the previous prime minister and imperial censor?” Xue Yan asked with a smile.
The waiter said, “You see, they are just pretending to be sanctimonious. They are one on the surface but another on the inside. When the Emperor found out about what they did, the Emperor killed them all. I heard that he also killed many other officials at that time. It should be that way, to retain power. There was once when the son of the county magistrate’s family came to eat. When he was joking, he talked about this matter.”
“Is that so?” Xue Yan pretended to be surprised. “Didn’t they say that the Emperor is a tyrant who kills people indiscriminately?”
“I don’t know if he’s killing people indiscriminately. I often hear people say that he does because he is a tyrant who collects such heavy taxes.”