Chapter 127: I Wasn’t Aware of Your Highness’s Beauty! (1/2)
In the King Song Residence, Lu Ting, the old butler, and Wang Chong were gathered together. Surprisingly, King Song wasn’t present.
Wang Chong had instructed Lu Ting in advance that if Consort Taizhen were to send any letter, he had to intercept it before anyone else and inform him. On top of that, King Song must not find out about it.
“Chong gongzi, what did you write to Consort Taizhen?”
Seeing the letter Consort Taizhen sent, Lu Ting and the old butler stared at one another.
“Why would the letter write ‘Lord, why has modesty replaced your arrogance’?”
The only content on this letter was this short sentence, which was filled with unembellished mockery. It wasn’t bizarre that Consort Taizhen would send such a letter to ridicule King Song.
Given King Song’s vehement opposition against her before, it wouldn’t be surprising even if Consort Taizhen were to send several pages worth of criticisms to berate him.
After so many matters had occurred, the relationship between the two couldn’t be any worse. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that they were archenemies.
Just the fact that Consort Taizhen was willing to write back was already beyond the expectations of the duo.
Without a doubt, Wang Chong’s strategy was working. They were curious to know what kind of method he used to reconcile the relationship between Consort Taizhen and King Song.
“Hehe, I didn’t do anything. All I did was to send Consort Taizhen a poem.”
Wang Chong chuckled, making use of this timely opportune to showcase the temper of a youngster. He didn’t want Lu Ting and the old butler to think that he was too mature.
“Poem?”
Lu Ting and the old butler stared at one another in confusion. They couldn’t understand what kind of poem Wang Chong could have written to wield such effects.
Unknowingly, even the old butler began to trust Wang Chong completely.
Even so, to send a poem to one’s enemy? This was something that no one could have thought of.
“However, why can’t His Highness know of this matter?”
The old butler asked doubtfully.
Wang Chong had said in advance to not let King Song learn of this matter. But at the same time, he wasn’t particularly stern about the matter either. The old butler found it hard to keep up with Wang Chong’s thoughts.
“You all have seen Consort Taizhen’s letter as well. If it is possible not to trouble King Song, it’s best to do so to lighten King Song’s burden. Thus, I decided to offer my services to accomplish this matter for him. After all, it is only normal for us to help him when he requires it, isn’t it?”
Wang Chong laughed heartily.
Hearing Wang Chong’s words, the old butler chuckled as well. For some reason, he suddenly felt a surge of goodwill for this child.
“We’ll do as you said then.”
The old butler had a skeptical personality, and he tended to distance himself from others. He didn’t even hold much trust for Wang Chong’s father, who was a close alliance mate of King Song.
But for some reason, he wasn’t able to raise any hostility against Wang Chong, and he found himself incapable of doubting him either.
This was just the feeling that Wang Chong gave him.
“Lord Lu, I’ll be depending on you.”
Wang Chong glanced at Lu Ting.
“I really don’t understand how you found out that I am able to imitate King Song’s handwriting.”
Lu Ting smiled bitterly as he stared at Wang Chong as though the other party was a wily old fox.
He was extremely close with King Song, and there was more than a decade to their relationship. After so many years of fellowship, especially given the fact that Lu Ting had assisted King Song on many affairs by the side, he unwittingly learned to imitate King Song’s handwriting.
Very few people knew about this, but somehow, Wang Chong learned of this matter.
“Lord Lu, please.”
Wang Chong simply smiled as he urged Lu Ting. Lu Ting wasn’t just capable of imitating King Song’s handwriting. Wang Chong knew that this Academic Lu was incredibly talented, and he held astounding aptitude in imitating the handwriting of others.
As long as he saw three different works of a person, he would be able to imitate that person’s handwriting to seventy percent semblance. If he were to put in more effort into the matter, then even the person in question would be unable to differentiate his handwriting from Lu Ting’s.
Without a doubt, the number one calligraphy impersonator in Great Tang was this person, but it was a pity that Lord Lu was also known for keeping a low profile.
Lu Ting shook his head, but he still placed the paper neatly on the table, ground the ink slab, and raising his brush.
Even though he was still joking casually a moment ago, as soon as he picked up his brush, both his and the old butler’s face immediately turned grave. It was just a simple letter, but the most important matter that swept over the entire royal court as though a hurricane was at stake.
Whether King Song would be able to come back to power and lead the royal court; whether King Qi and the Yao Clan would be stopped from laying their demonic claws on the Bureau of Military Personnel and Bureau of Punishments; whether the fracture between King Song, Sage Emperor and Consort Taizhen could be repaired; the effects of this incident on the officials of the royal court…
All of these were dependent on this simple letter.
The duo knew that it was already amazing for this seemingly irresolvable conflict to be fixed to this point.
And this was all Wang Chong’s credit.
On this matter, they had no other ideas so they could only pin their hopes on Wang Chong. Making Consort Taizhen to speak up for King Song was nothing more than a daydream under the current situation, and they wouldn’t have dared to harbor such thoughts.
‘A newborn calf doesn’t fear the tiger’. Only Wang Chong, an inexperienced youngster, could think out of the box and come up with such an inconceivable idea.
“Chong gongzi, what should we do next?”
Lu Ting turned around and looked at Wang Chong.
To think that a great academic of the royal court would actually consult a child who was much younger than him. This sounded unbelievable, but it was happening at this very instant.
He might not have noticed himself, but in the depths of his heart, he had already trusted and relied deeply on this ‘child’.
‘Lord, why had modesty replaced your arrogance?’. These were Consort Taizhen’s words.
They didn’t know what Wang Chong had written to Consort Taizhen, but without a doubt, it was definitely words of flattery. However, Consort Taizhen’s letter wasn’t easy to reply to either.
In the previous dynasties, the appearance of this phrase usually symbolized a stark ridicule to the other party, and it was a sign that negotiations were going to break down.
It was difficult to offer a proper reply to these words.
It was difficult to change Consort Taizhen’s opinion and attitude toward King Song.
This wasn’t an easy matter at all.