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Langya Bang" Yue Guifei was deposed as a concubine because she insulted Nihuang in the palace. Taking advantage of the end of the year, Xie Yu instigated the prince to take the opportunity to help Concubine Yue restore the concubine.
In this important matter, Xie Yu was simply a master, and he easily persuaded Emperor Liang with three moves. And Gao Zhan's three eyes directly exposed that he was the hidden master, much smarter than Emperor Liang.
Let's take a look at the three tricks used by Xie Yu first:
The first trick: buy people's hearts.
Whoever is in charge of the end of the year, he will buy whomever he wants, it's so direct. Xie Yu did a great favor to Lord Chen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and personally rescued his son and sent him back to the Chen Mansion, and Lord Chen was grateful.
In this way, Xie Yu made it clear to him that there was a big contradiction in the end of the New Year
According to the usual practice, the prince wants to toast with his parents, the difficulty is that the more noble concubine is the prince's biological mother, so she should participate in the toast, but now she is a concubine, and her position is low, so she can only kneel on the periphery and cannot participate in the toast.
Therefore, as the person in charge of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Chen should report to Emperor Liang in time. This step is a chess piece to "sow discord", Xie Yu buried it like this.
Immediately after that, make a second move, it's none of your business.
It didn't take long for Lord Chen to go to Emperor Liang and tell him about the above embarrassing things, and Emperor Liang suddenly had a headache and was very embarrassed.
At this time, Xie Yu deliberately came to report the military situation, but he pretended to disturb Emperor Liang's deliberations, wanted to retreat, and was inconvenient to answer Emperor Liang's "family affairs". The more he posed as a bystander, the more Emperor Liang wanted to hear the "sober words" of the bystanders.
So, Xie Yu successfully tricked Emperor Liang.
The last trick was to hit Emperor Liang's seven-inch sore spot.
Since Emperor Liang insisted that Xie Yu express his views on Concubine Yue's restoration of the concubine position, he naturally took the most painful thing in Emperor Liang's heart as an example, in order to stimulate his emotions.
He brought up the old case of Chiyan again, and re-mentioned his high-ranking Red Flame general, so as to disturb Emperor Liang's mind and make him lose his calm.
A person, in an uncalm situation, makes decisions that are often impulsive, irrational, and emotional. As a king, you should handle things sensibly.
Therefore, Emperor Liang is irrational, he will listen to whatever Xie Yu and Lord Chen say, and the more noble concubine will naturally be easily pardoned.
There is no doubt that Xie Yu's ultimate goal has been achieved.
However, looking closely at the above plots, I also unexpectedly found that Gao Zhan was given three close-up shots here.
The first is that when Xie Yu said the sentence "I want to deliberately suppress (Nihuang Female General)", Gao Zhan saw through it and didn't say anything, and he immediately heard the meaning of his words. Xie Yu was about to bring up the old case of Chiyan again, but he wanted to use the same tricks he used to suppress Lin Xie back then, and he also used it on Nihuang's body.
Judging from Gao Zhan's deep reflection, when Xie Yu slandered Emperor Liang to provoke the relationship between monarchs and ministers, Gao Zhan witnessed the whole process, and knew that Xie Yu was a "villain", so the character of the prince of the East Palace he supported must be "unupright".
Therefore, Gao Zhan has no good impression of them.
In the second shot, Emperor Liang didn't hear Xie Yu's words, and in turn hugged Nihuang and said good things about her.
Xie Yu had no choice but to directly revisit the old case of Chiyan for comparison, and said the sentence "I just failed to control (Lin Xie's reputation in the army) early", and at this time, the camera suddenly gave Gao Zhan a big close-up of his face.
At this time, Gao Zhan couldn't calmly look on the sidelines, but made a subtle move, cautiously and quietly turned his head to peek at Emperor Liang's reaction.
He knew how to observe words and emotions best, and found that Emperor Liang had successfully taken the bait, and he was secretly clenched into fists because of Xie Yu's words.
Gao Zhan knew that Xie Yu's "discord plan" was successful, and Emperor Liang would definitely fall into their trap, let the Yue family reinstate the concubine position, and deliberately "suppress" Mu Wangfu Nihuang.
Therefore, Gao Zhan saw it in his eyes and was very chilled by Emperor Liang.
In the last shot, Emperor Liang's mind was shaken, and he turned around to ask Lord Chen, who was in charge of the end of the year. Lord Chen had already been bribed, so he naturally seconded Xie Yu's side and agreed with his proposal to restore the concubine.
At the moment when Emperor Liang asked a question, the camera once again gave Gao Zhan's face a close-up. At this time, Gao Zhan's inner feelings had been fully revealed, and he glanced at Lord Chen with contempt.
Although it was only fleeting, it was obvious that his contempt was to see through Lord Chen and Xie Yu being the same dog, and the two had already colluded in private to deliberately trick Emperor Liang.
However, Gao Zhan is just a chief of internal supervision, and he can't discuss the affairs of the imperial court, of course, he quickly put away these subtle little expressions, and obediently accepted Emperor Liang's instructions, and the person who went to announce the decree came to restore Concubine Yue's concubine.
As a bystander, Gao Zhan is the hidden master who can read people's hearts the most, with Xie Yu's way of speaking like picking the key points, and singing and harmonizing with Lord Chen, he can read their full of "malice", and Emperor Liang, as an insider, was completely led away by them.
Although Gao Zhan doesn't say much, he has always been discerning good and evil in his heart. Now, I understand more clearly why Gao Zhan chose to help King Jing and Concubine Jing in the finale, but secretly betrayed Emperor Liang.
Because, King Jing and Concubine Jing are the good side, and it is also the side he wants to get close to the most.