Capítulo 1985: Chapter 1982: Fury
anwhile, Zhou Rong also learned of this news. Upon hearing that Zhou Tianqi had arranged to et with Hu Hua, he privately made his own arrangents.
Just as he expected.
The next morning.
Word spread that Zhou Tianqi and Hu Hua had a conflict at Guiyun Zhai, breaking many chairs, and the two nearly ca to blows on the spot.
If it weren’t for the coincidental presence of King Qi and the Beirong Prince, sothing might have happened.
Even so.
The conflict between the two spread out.
Hu Hua, with his eyes red and swollen, ended up with a black eye.
On the other hand, Zhou Tianqi, being physically strong, wasn’t injured and even gained so advantage.
Xiang City heard the news, squinted his eyes, and had soone bring Hu Hua over.
Looking at Hu Hua’s swollen eyes, he directly asked, “What exactly happened between you and Zhou Tianqi?”
“Sir, Zhou Tianqi wants to compete with for the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War. He mocked , and I got angry and argued with him.” Hu Hua’s face flushed with anger as he cursed Zhou Tianqi’s behavior repeatedly.
But in reality, what happened was that Hu Hua specifically called upon officials who usually had a good relationship with him, bringing them along to deliberately mock Zhou Tianqi. The intention was to make Zhou Tianqi lose the desire to compete.
Of course, he didn’t forget to involve Zhou Rong, Zhou Tianqi’s cousin, in this.
Zhou Rong wasn’t particularly capable, but he excelled at building connections and had beco a person of the Minister of War, making his life much easier compared to Zhou Tianqi, who was trying to achieve success in the Ministry of War based on his own ability.
After years of rivalry, the officials in the Ministry of War clearly knew that the relationship between Zhou Rong and Zhou Tianqi was very strained.
That’s exactly the angle Hu Hua played.
Letting Zhou Rong mock Zhou Tianqi would have even better results.
Who would’ve thought Zhou Tianqi would dare to strike back.
“Fool, making such a scene now, isn’t it just a joke for outsiders?” Xiang City muttered angrily under his breath.
Hu Hua’s expression turned unpleasant, feeling distraught at being scolded, but for the sake of promotion, he could only endure it.
“Sir, I will surely handle Zhou Tianqi well.”
“In this official assessnt, with Zhou Tianqi’s bad temper, as long as he offends a few officials, he’ll completely lose his competitiveness,” Hu Hua said maliciously.
Xiang City tapped his fingers on the table, “There’s no need for you to deal with Zhou Tianqi. Recently, keep a low profile, or if evidence falls into others’ hands, even if I want to recomnd you, others will block it.”
Although Xiang City didn’t find promoting Hu Hua difficult at all.
After all, a position for the Minister of Punishnts in the court remains undecided, so fewer people are paying attention to the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War.
Apart from this, there’s still the matter of the Northern Region.
His focus was still on the Northern Region matter since he managed the Ministry of War, and two of the four generals being sent to the Northern Region were his subordinates.
This was a very good start.
Hu Hua eagerly nodded.
But he didn’t hear how Xiang City planned to deal with Zhou Tianqi, so he couldn’t calm down.
After leaving Xiang residence.
Noticed because of his injured face, he went to the yan, originally intending to gather so subordinates to make them understand that he was the only one fit for that position.
As a result, he noticed so soldiers and officials whispering below.
Hu Hua found their strange gazes particularly unbearable.
The fire in his heart flared up even more.
He only wanted to see Zhou Tianqi in trouble.
He reached out to grab a passing fifth-grade official, asking, “Where is Zhou Tianqi?”
“Official Hu, don’t you know? Zhou Tianqi and Xie Zhao went to compete at the military camp outside the city.”
Most of the officials who saw Hu Hua just now not only discussed his conflict with Zhou Tianqi and his injuries but also the reason why Xie Zhao accepted Zhou Tianqi’s challenge.
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