The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 431 Random thoughts

Actually, Zhang Shaoqing's last words were spoken in a low voice. He wanted to tell his daughter not to overthink things.

After all, Chen Er is now a favorite of the emperor, and besides, Chen Er already has his own wife, Qin Luoshen, although the two have not officially married yet.

Qin Luoshen hadn't married yet, but the two lived together. It was only a matter of time before Qin Luoshen became Chen Er's wife; she just lacked a formal title. Meanwhile, Chen Er followed Ma Dazhi with a puzzled expression.

"Hey Ma Dazhi, what's the matter? There are so many important people waiting for me in the house. Besides, it's an honor for me that Zhang Shaoqing came here," Chen Er muttered gratefully.

Before Ma Dazhi could reply, Chen Er suddenly heard a burst of laughter. The voice sounded very familiar.

"So the Minister of War is here too. Chen Er, it seems you're quite lively here. Looks like I'm a little late."

The speaker was Sun Yunhe, whom Chen Er was very unwilling to meet. At this moment, Sun Yunhe was also wearing an official robe. What surprised Chen Er was that Sun Yunhe was followed by two servants.

Two servants carried a black box. Chen Er knew without a doubt that it contained gold and silver treasures. This was Sun Yunhe's way of bribing him. Chen Er was very surprised. Although Sun Yunhe looked down on Chen Er, and even wanted to kill him when he saw him.

However, we still need to clarify things on the surface. Although Sun Yunhe looks down on Chen Er now, his arrival today was entirely at Wei Zhongxian's behest.

Sun Yunhe had no choice but to obey his master's orders and to botch the task.

Otherwise, Sun Yunhe would have no way to explain to Wei Zhongxian when he returned. Chen Er immediately put on a very surprised expression.

"Hey, Sun Yunhe, what brings you out here? I thought you'd stay in your doghouse your whole life and never show your face again!" Chen Er said excitedly, completely ignoring Sun Yunhe's distorted face.

Chen Er quickly embraced Sun Yunhe's strong body: "Sun Yunhe, go back and tell your master that I have no interest in his gold and silver treasures at all. Besides, if the emperor finds out about so much gold and silver treasures, it will be difficult to explain."

Chen Er wasn't stupid. If Chen Er accepted Wei Zhongxian's offer of bribes openly and honestly, Wei Zhongxian would definitely try to smear him in front of the Emperor, and Chen Er wouldn't be able to explain himself no matter how many mouths he had.

However, Sun Yunhe immediately laughed out loud: "Lord Chen Er, please don't be so polite. Didn't you rise from a first-rank official to a second-rank official? This is just a small favor from our master. Please accept it, otherwise you will be disrespecting our master." Sun Yunhe said coldly.

Sun Yunhe's words were clearly a threat to Chen Er. If Chen Er didn't accept them, he would have completely offended Wei Zhongxian. If he did accept them, it would be tantamount to openly bribing him.

So now Chen Er is in a dilemma. When Ma Dazhi saw that his boss was being bullied by Sun Yunhe, Ma Dazhi got angry and was about to take action, but Chen Er stopped him.

"Hurry up and move the gifts Wei Zhongxian gave us inside. Besides, I'm living in such a dilapidated government office now, and I'd like to renovate it, but I don't have the money right now," Chen Er said indifferently.

Chen Er's words and actions temporarily made Sun Yunhe's forehead covered in cold sweat. Sun Yunhe had already made up his mind that Chen Er would not accept the things Wei Zhongxian gave him. Besides, the box was full of gold and silver jewelry. Unless Chen Er thought he had a death wish.

To Sun Yunhe's surprise, Chen Er readily accepted the gift from Lord Wei Zhongxian, even saying that his government office was too old and needed renovation. Sun Yunhe sneered inwardly.

“Lord Chen Er, you are truly wise. This government office is indeed quite dilapidated and does not match your current status and position at all. But now, my trip has not been in vain. I still need to pay my respects to Minister Zhang Shaoqing of the Ministry of War.”

After Sun Yunhe finished speaking, he didn't even glance at Chen Er, and swaggered in with his hands behind his back.

Inside the room, the people were still noisily toasting and talking about their grand ideals. At this moment, when a group of people saw Sun Yunhe walk in, they couldn't help but feel a little awkward, because there were too many opportunists among them.

For example, these people all outwardly obeyed Wei Zhongxian's orders, and some even had a good relationship with Sun Yunhe. Now, they actually appeared at Chen Er's residence and were even drinking and exchanging toasts, which made everyone feel a little awkward.

Sun Yunhe, in particular, was surprised that Zhang Shaoqing would come in person today. What excited Sun Yunhe the most was that even Zhang Shaoqing's own daughter, Situ Minyue, had come. Sun Yunhe was deeply in love with Situ Minyue.

Sun Yunhe had no idea how many times he had pursued Situ Minyue. On one occasion, Sun Yunhe even brought many of his men to Zhang Shaoqing's house to propose marriage. However, Sun Yunhe never expected that Zhang Shaoqing, the Minister of War, was not someone to be trifled with. Zhang Shaoqing had already said so.

Even if his own daughter liked an ordinary man, Zhang Shaoqing wouldn't interfere as long as his daughter was willing, since it was her own choice. But then again...

Even though Sun Yunhe was high and mighty, and one of Wei Zhongxian's Five Tiger Generals, his own daughter didn't even look at him.

Zhang Shaoqing wouldn't be polite to Sun Yunhe either. At that time, the whole city knew about that incident, and it had caused quite a stir. Even Wei Zhongxian, under pressure, had to take his men to Zhang Shaoqing's residence and apologize to Sun Yunhe.

Because Sun Yunhe was controlled by Zhang Shaoqing's men at the time, and the matter eventually reached the Emperor. The Emperor was furious. He was originally going to punish Sun Yunhe, but unfortunately Wei Zhongxian intervened. Who was the power behind Wei Zhongxian?