The pillars of the court perked up at once.
What do you mean, an old gossip star?!
What juicy gossip did I miss?!
Minister of Works: Old Pei, you're related to Official Jian by marriage. Do you know anything?
Minister of War: No. Ask Minister Jian?
With all the ministers' attention on him, Jian Zhang suddenly grew a little nervous. Well, I do happen to know a little about this.
Minister of Justice: Minister Jian, submit a detailed report afterward.
Jian Zhang: "..."
[Isn't this the little eunuch who hid aphrodisiacs up his ass and kept sending that old emperor into total meltdowns?~~]
Some time ago, a major case had rocked the Imperial Palace.
The old emperor had been drugged.
Once would have been bad enough, but the old emperor had been drugged several times in succession.
There was no pattern to the druggings, either, leaving Emperor Deyuan frequently overcome by animal lust for no apparent reason.
For a while, people had suspected that whoever was drugging him was trying to raise the old emperor as a stud stallion.
The Office of Palace Discipline, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and the Ministry of Justice had all been mobilized. Palace security had been tightened, and everyone entering or leaving was thoroughly searched... Yet after all those heavy-handed measures, they still had not found the culprit, much less discovered how the drugs had been brought into the Imperial Palace.
In the end, it was Minister Jian, Jian Zhang, who had discovered the drugs in the little eunuch's backside.
Emperor Deyuan had commended Jian Zhang for it and even bestowed upon him the title "Detective Jian."
Now everyone understood. "Detective Jian" had never really been Jian Zhang. The true "Detective Jian" was clearly their estate-raiding Little Treasure!!
The pillars of the court: *Official Jian