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Chapter 68 The person behind Zhao Gao?

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen has always felt uneasy these days.

I always feel like something bad is going to happen.

Could it be that I had an illusion after reading the memorial about the severe drought in the four northern states?

Zhou Chen put down the memorial in his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.

In the past two days, the affairs of Queen Wu Ying, General Wu Jin and others have come to an end, and everything has returned to normal.

I don’t know whether it was because the Ministry of Revenue had no money before or something else, but there had been a backlog of memorials for the severe drought in the four northern states.

But now, seeing that the Ministry of Revenue is rich, all these memorials about the severe drought in the north have been sent to the Yangxin Hall, waiting for Zhou Chen's approval.

Zhou Chen has spent the past two days dealing with the urgent memorials sent by the four northern states.

All localities are unable to provide disaster relief and need the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate funds to provide disaster relief and rescue the people.

"It seems that these courtiers don't want to see that the Ministry of Revenue has money in the treasury."

"As soon as the house confiscations enriched the Ministry of Household Affairs, they eagerly set their sights on the Treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Zhou Chen sighed in his heart.

Zhou Chen was not so naive as to think that the ministers who had sent these backlogged memorials asking for help from the severe drought in the north to him were really for disaster relief and relief for the people.

If it was really for disaster relief and relief for the people, such memorials would not have been backlogged for so long before.

It was obvious that these courtiers were drunkards and were interested in the considerable amount of silver that was sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs after confiscating their homes.

Too.

Being an official for thousands of miles is just for money.

Isn't this exactly what Zhou Chen wants to achieve?

At this time, Cao Zhengchun walked into the Yangxin Hall.

"emperor."

"The person behind Zhao Gao, Lao Nu, has been found out."

Cao Zhengchun came to Zhou Chen's side and said softly.

"oh!"

Zhou Chen was stunned, and a ray of light burst out from his eyes.

"who is it?"

Zhou Chen was very curious about this person behind the scenes who wanted to reap the benefits and even dared to plot against the Queen Wu Ying and him, the emperor.

Zhou Chen wanted to see who was so bold and dared to let Zhao Gao poison the Taifu to death in Tianlao, and let him, the emperor, take the blame.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Cao Zhengchun sent two notes to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen took the note.

There were not many words on the two slips of paper, just a few words about chatting.

Zhou Chen glanced at it, and the light in his eyes flashed: "It turns out to be him."

Zhou Chen's expression didn't change much, and he didn't seem to be much surprised by the answer on the note.

really.

Zhou Chen was not surprised by the answer on the note.

To be more precise, Zhou Chen had already made a list of people he suspected of behind Zhao Gao.

Coincidentally, the answer on the note was one of the ones on the list.

Therefore, Zhou Chen was not much surprised by the result found by Cao Zhengchun.

Zhou Chen put down the two pieces of paper in his hand and smiled: "None of my brothers are really fuel-efficient."

"Everyone is eyeing the chair under my butt."

"Especially my Fourth Emperor brother. The late emperor named him the 'Xiaoyao King'. He is not happy at all. He still thinks about these things. He is really ashamed of the late emperor's intentions.

"

Zhou Chen said sarcastically.

It is said that Xiaoyao King Zhou Qian was named the "Xiaoyao King" because he likes to be free and easy. Now it seems that there is some truth in this statement.

Yes, the answer on the note is none other than King Xiaoyao ‘Zhou Qian’.

Xiaoyao Wang Zhou Qian is also the person behind Zhao Gao.

Next to him, Cao Zhengchun lowered his head silently as he listened to Zhou Chen's words. This kind of royal matter was not something he, a eunuch, could interrupt.

All he had to do was pretend to be deaf and mute and wait for Zhou Chen's orders.

When Zhou Chen asked him to arrest people, he would arrest them.

If Zhou Chen asked him to kill someone, he would kill someone.

This is the true meaning of his existence as the governor of the East Factory.

As for the rest, that is not something that he, the governor of the East Factory, should worry about.

After Zhou Chen put down the two notes, he tapped the dragon case regularly with his fingers and fell into silence.

No one knows what Zhou Chen is thinking in his heart?

The atmosphere in Yangxin Hall suddenly became a little dull.

A few minutes later, Zhou Chen stopped tapping the dragon table with his fingers and said: "Immediately send a message to the Eight Wise Kings to enter the palace and ask him to come to the Yangxin Palace to see me."

When Cao Zhengchun heard the words, he immediately bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Then, Cao Zhengchun waved his hand to one of the guards in the palace to leave the palace immediately to deliver the order.

…

"My lord, I have met the emperor."

Half an hour later, Zhou Xian, the Eight Wise King, entered the palace and came to the Yangxin Hall, directly facing Zhou Chen as a king and a minister.

Regardless of the status of the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian in the royal family, this etiquette between king and minister cannot be abolished.

Even if the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian is the uncle of the emperor Zhou Chen, it will be the same.

Zhou Xian, the Eight Sages King, knew this very clearly.

Zhou Chen looked at Zhou Xian, the Eight Wise King.

The Eight Wise King Zhou Xian is much older than before, and he no longer looks as capable as before.

It seems that Zhou Junxian's death was a huge blow to the Eight Wise King.

Zhou Chen sighed inwardly and waved his hand to the Eight Wise Kings: "Uncle Eighth Emperors, there is no need to be polite."

"I called Uncle Eighth Emperor here today because I have something to ask Uncle Eighth Emperor."

Zhou Chen said and glanced at Cao Zhengchun.

Cao Zhengchun immediately understood and sent the two notes to the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian.

"Uncle Eight Emperors, take a look at this first!"

After hearing this, Zhou Xian, the Eight Sages King, took the note from Cao Zhengchun's hand.

To be honest, the Eight Sages King Zhou Xian was a little curious as to why Zhou Chen was so eager to recruit him into the palace.

With doubts and curiosity, the Eighth Sage King glanced at the contents on the two notes.

These few words made the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian's hands tremble, and the note almost fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty, is this true?"

"This kind of thing is not a trivial matter, especially if it involves my prince, the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

The Eight Sages King Zhou Xian raised his head and looked at Zhou Chen on the dragon throne.

There is one thing that the Eight Wise Kings did not dare to say, that is, this does not only involve ordinary royal princes, but direct blood princes who are the same royal brothers as Zhou Chen.

If there is no sufficient evidence for this, there will be big problems.

Zhou Chen met the eyes of the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian and said noncommittally, "Uncle Eighth Emperor, do you think I would joke about this kind of thing?"

"I'm also curious, has the imperial family of the Zhou Dynasty become so corrupt?"

"With the emergence of such rebellious people one after another, is it because I have lost my moral character, or is it because people in the royal family are dissatisfied with me as the emperor and want to overthrow me as the emperor?"

"Uncle Eighth Emperor, you are in charge of the clan's mansion. Please tell me whether someone in the royal family is distracted or because you think I can't lift the sword."

Zhou Chen looked at the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian coldly.

Although Zhou Chen's tone was gentle, it was like thunder in the ears of Eight Wise King Zhou Xian.

The Eight Sage King Zhou Xian knelt down on the ground with a bang, "Your Majesty, I am guilty because I failed to run the clan's mansion well."

The Eighth Sage King Zhou Xian knew that this was not asking for advice, but asking him how the Eighth Sage King Zhouxian took charge of the clan mansion.

People with evil intentions like this appear again and again in the royal family. Is he, the head of the clan's mansion, just for a living?

"Uncle Eighth Emperor, what I want to hear is not guilt."

"If Uncle Eight Emperors can't handle the affairs of the royal family, then I don't recommend leaving it to Dongchang."

"Dongchang can handle the affairs of the Queen and her relatives well. I believe that the affairs of the royal family will not be difficult for Dongchang."

Zhou Chen looked at the Eight Wise King Zhou Xian and said slowly.

(End of chapter)