Wishful Things

It was Xia Tingzhen who was in charge of the planning of the secret investigation of the town's mansion, so Xia Tingzhen knew about Cai Jin's matter from the very beginning.

As for Ji Xiu who didn't know the details—in Emperor Qingming's eyes, he was also a person who had experienced the events of the year, and there was no need to deliberately hide these things from the other party.

He is suspicious of the government of Zhenguo, and he still needs to cover up a little bit to the outside world, but only in front of these two ministers, there is no need at all.

Seeing Li Ji holding the letter paper in front of Xia Tingzhen, Ji Xiu's eyes moved slightly.

The name Cai Jin is quite familiar to him recently.

Although he has never participated in many things, he can clearly guess the inside story after thinking about it for a while.

Seeing that Xia Tingzhen finished reading the letter and handed it to Li Ji, and the emperor was only waiting for Xia Tingzhen to speak, Ji Xiu was still a little unhappy in his heart.

"Although these pieces of news seem to be secret and unknown, none of them can be called urgent matters. Therefore, I feel that it is impossible to explain whether Cai Jin has really won the trust of the people in the Zhen Guogong's mansion for the time being." Xia Tingzhen said with half-cast eyes.

Emperor Qingming smiled noncommittally.

"Cai Jin is cautious, and will not ask any too important secrets too early for no reason."

This letter contained some information that Cai Jin had recently inquired about at the Zhen Guogong's mansion. He had ordered someone to investigate carefully, and it was indeed correct.

As for whether he has really gained the trust of the Xu family——

The existence of this sentence is inherently unrealistic.

Cai Jin was sent by him, if the entire Xu family really changed their minds about her and fully believed in her, wouldn't that be a joke? ——I'm afraid I dare not say that in a joke.

But her task has never been to gain the trust of everyone in the Xu family.

She just needs to get close to Xu Yun alone, and use Xu Yun to find a suitable opportunity to secretly find out the truth of that matter.

Xia Tingzhen understood the meaning of Emperor Qingming's words, and said: "What the emperor said is also reasonable."

"Therefore, I intend to keep this matter to myself." Emperor Qingming tapped the letter paper slowly with his fingers.

Xia Tingzhen naturally knew what "this matter" was.

Even Ji Xiu knew it well.

When the first emperor passed away, he showed no hesitation in passing on the matter of passing on to His Majesty today, which was somewhat different from their initial expectations. Of course, maybe the first emperor saw the situation in the capital like this, and the king of Yan did not return from the battle, so he didn't want to go against the general trend——

But the passing of the throne was too happy after all.

So happy that it makes people doubt.

After all, if you want to say something, whoever has eyes, who can't tell who should pass it on?

Because of this, he was doing a lot of work back then, but he didn't do anything, so he just made money like this? He was also confused at the time.

Therefore, all these years, His Majesty has been secretly investigating the past.

It's just that in recent years he has been far less trustworthy than His Majesty Xia Tingzhen, so he doesn't know if he has really found out some clues, or if his suspicions have only been magnified year after year——

But His Majesty finally found out about Duke Zhen's mansion.

Moreover, with this move now, it is almost on the verge of putting suspicion on Duke Zhen's mansion on the surface!

Ji Xiu glanced at Xia Tingzhen who didn't say much, and he didn't hold back: "Your Majesty, I think it's not appropriate to leave such an important matter to a woman alone."

"Oh?" Emperor Qingming raised his eyes to look at him, and did not see any displeasure.

Ji Xiu then continued: "Although I have never dealt with this matter, the rumors outside have heard about it before. It is said that Xu Yun was defensive and repulsive about this woman before, but now he suddenly changed his attitude. Even if it is justifiable, it may not be true that there are other strange things—"

Speaking of this point, after a short pause, Fucai said: "Maybe this is just the illusion shown by the Zhen Guo Gongfu."

Xia Tingzhen's face was expressionless, but she sneered from the bottom of her heart.

Only he, Ji Xiu, could say such stupid words.

Of course, the reason why he is said to be stupid does not mean that his words are not credible.

But such a possibility on the bright side, he really would never have imagined that the emperor would need to remind him, a sober 'smart person'?

However, Ji Xiu's only advantage is that he is stupid enough.

If it weren't for this, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to live to this day - and it was also because he was stupid enough that he had been told to treat him carelessly before, and the other party had an opportunity to set up such a situation, taking away his son for life, and causing him to almost lose most of the emperor's heart.

Thinking of the pain of being tortured by his second son, Xia Tingzhen's expression became calmer.

"So what if it's just an illusion, so what if I just ask Lord Shangzhen directly?"

Emperor Qingming laughed inexplicably, and said slowly: "If the thing is really in his hands, then this is my last chance to show my loyalty to Lord Zhen—"

Let's see if Duke Zhen's final performance will satisfy him.

And if you make up your mind to play tricks with him, then...

The Xu family just disappeared, and he can't be blamed for not leaving room for things.

Emperor Qingming still had a faint and peaceful smile on his face, but his eyes were already icy cold.

Ji Xiuting's heart trembled slightly, and a chill ran down his back.

The emperor is afraid of Zhen Guogong's mansion, and he has always been clear about it...

But with the current attitude, is it more than simply fear?

Is it because of... the fact that King Yan is about to enter the capital?

If Zhen Guogong really has something in his hands, when the King of Yan enters the capital, there will probably be a big change—is it because of this possibility that the emperor began to lose his composure?

But the more anxious you are about this kind of thing, the easier it is to make a wrong decision.

Now the ruler is beating Zhen Guogong so grandly, if Zhen Guogong is innocent and has no two intentions, wouldn't it be self-defeating instead? Push the originally neutral Xu family farther and farther?

Just according to Lord Zhen's temperament, he was forced to be cruel, and the pot was broken, and then the fish was killed and the net was broken--by then, will His Majesty really be able to resist it?

For a Lord of the Town, if he wants to overthrow the imperial court, it is a foolish dream, but the current world is only rough, and there are still packs of wolves around, from foreign enemies to the King of Yan... I am afraid that there will be a lot of profiteers at that time!

Have you thought about these majesties?

His Majesty, who has been dazzled by suspicion and anxiety, may think that he has no choice——

But how could Xia Tingzhen not think of it? !

And why wasn't it reminded and dissuaded?

In the final analysis, I just want to use His Majesty's suspicion to eradicate dissidents for me...!

Therefore, I am afraid that this treacherous villain not only did not dissuade and remind him, but even secretly slandered and provoked him repeatedly!

He had noticed earlier that Xia Tingzhen's faction was not satisfied with being only among civil servants, and more than half of those who were promoted in the Beijing camp in recent years were recommended by Xia Tingzhen's party——

Pooh!

What a piece of shit!

He loves to play with these tactics and means... They are all finished things for their own self-interest and disregarding the overall situation!

Have they ever been on a battlefield? Do you know what your odds are in a real fight? After reading a few books, you really think you can plan and control everything? !

Ji Xiu cursed in his heart.

As for why he didn't speak to dissuade His Majesty?

Didn't he try to persuade you just now?

Can he persuade him!

good afternoon everyone