Wishful Things

"Miss." Zhu Xiu came to the two siblings, bowed his head slightly and saluted: "Master."

Xu Mingyi nodded and asked, "Uncle Zhu, do you need me?"

Zhu Xiu nodded slightly, but said nothing.

Xu Mingshi said in a timely manner: "I still have something to do, so I'll go back first."

Zhu Xiu is the confidant left behind by Xu Mingyi's biological mother. As a younger brother, even though he cares about Xu Mingyi's affairs, he also understands the reason why he should not interfere in everything.

"In these days, the villain has been secretly watching the actions of Mr. Zhan according to the girl's instructions."

Beside the stone wall in the front yard, there was no one around. The tall and burly Zhu Xiu lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Zhan's family has been studying at home most of the time, getting up before dawn, and only falling asleep around midnight. He seldom goes out, and there seems to be nothing unusual."

Xu Ming searched for a moment.

Zhan Yunzhu already has a reputation as a scholar, and this year he is going to take the Qiu Wei exam. This person has a very strong purpose in his actions, and it is only normal to be so concerned about Qiu Wei——

"But is there really nothing strange? If there are other details, Zhu Shuqie will also let me know."

Of course, she also knew that the so-called monitoring was impossible for Uncle Zhu alone, and it was impossible to do everything without omission.

"Mr. Zhan's villain really didn't find anything, but Mr. Zhan got something. I just don't know if it will be of any use to the girl."

He didn't know the purpose of the girl asking him to monitor Mr. Zhan's family, but he was still thoughtful, not like Qin Wu, who would just keep his head down and work hard for someone who didn't know how to adapt to what the master ordered——

While ensuring that Zhan Yunzhu would not go out, he spared some energy to pay attention to his father Zhan Qian.

"Uncle Zhu, please tell me."

"This person Zhanqian, the villain has personally seen him order his confidants to send letters to Xiafu at night. Within half a month, there were as many as three times." Zhu Xiudao: "From this point of view, Zhanjia's superficial He seems to be neutral and upright, not forming a party with others, but secretly seems to have the intention of clinging to Xia Tingzhen."

As for why it is said to be clinging, not effective - how can Xia Tingzhen, the chief minister of the cabinet, take a fancy to Zhan Qian, a small official with a big sesame seed?

Xu Mingyi could hear what he said, but he didn't agree with it.

Indeed, for such a small official as Zhan Qian, there are countless people who want to cling to Xia Tingzhen. It would be a great honor for many people if they could get a little bit of involvement through someone in the middle.

But there was only one reason why Xia Tingzhen didn't take those people into his eyes - it was of no use to him worth mentioning.

But occupying potential is different.

Zhan's family is quite close to Zhen Guogong's mansion, and his son Zhan Yunzhu was her childhood sweetheart, and was even accepted as a disciple by her second uncle since childhood.

An inconspicuous little chess piece, if placed in the right place, can also be of great use——

She had thought before that if there were no behind-the-scenes pushers, simply occupying the house would not be enough to destroy the Zhen Guogong's mansion...

In the previous life, after the Zhen Guogong's mansion collapsed, Zhan Yunzhu made steady progress all the way, and married Xia Tingzhen's youngest daughter Xia Xi as his wife, which can be described as extremely beautiful.

Now combined with what Uncle Zhu said just now, it can be seen that the communication between the Xia family and the Zhan family did not happen overnight.

And Zhan Yunzhu has been inquiring about the big and small affairs of Zhen Guogong's mansion through Liu Yi for the past few years...

Up to this point, she could almost conclude that Xia Tingzhen was inseparably related to the frame-up of the Zhen Guo Gongfu in the previous life.

As for Xia Tingzhen's actions, is it out of exclusion of dissidents, or someone's instigation or acquiescence, of course it is not yet possible to find out——

However, judging from what she heard in the East Palace today, it seems that it is not difficult to guess.

A person who can lay hands on parents and children can easily speculate on the greatest malice in the world.

After Xu Mingyi confessed to Zhu Xiu some words, he went straight to Zhen Guo Gongyuan.

She should pretend that she has never heard of the truth about the prince's murder, but it was outside——

She can hide this matter from anyone, but she can't hide it from her grandfather.

She also needs to use this to keep her grandfather alert at all times.

Duke Zhen was planning to take a nap at this time, when he heard that his granddaughter was coming, he hurried to the outer hall.

The Prince Jing who came to the door today talked too much nonsense. In order to make the other party say less, he had to persuade him to drink from time to time, so he drank a lot himself.

"Did the Empress stay for dinner today?" Lord Zhen Guo sat down in the chair, looked at the saluting girl and asked with a smile.

Xu Mingyi nodded and said, "Grandfather, I have something important to tell you."

Zhen Guogong's eyes became clearer, and he raised his hand to screen the servants who were waiting in the hall.

He also ordered Qin Wu to guard four times outside.

"Today my granddaughter went to the East Palace with the Empress to visit His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

After Xu Mingyi sat down, he briefly explained the matter.

After hearing this, Lord Zhen's face changed slightly, and he asked in a low voice, "Is that what the prince really said?"

"The granddaughter will never hear it wrong. And the prince's frightened state is definitely not like, and there is no reason to fake it."

Lord Zhen frowned and remained silent for a moment.

Cai said: "I didn't have no guesses before, but I dispelled this suspicion because of a lot of thinking. The emperor seems to treat people with kindness and gentleness, but judging from the many measures he took after he took the throne, it is not really a benevolent government. Therefore, I have never regarded him as a benevolent monarch in my heart..."

"What the prince said in a daze is that he believed that the emperor regarded him as a stumbling block for the unborn prince because of Concubine Rong's pregnancy." Xu Mingyi said: "But this is just a child who heard some rumors that are not true or not. , the idea that was born, and cannot withstand careful scrutiny."

Lord Zhen nodded.

"good."

It is indeed impossible for the emperor to kill the prince because of an unborn child who does not know whether it is a boy or a girl.

It is too absurd to say that this is a rainy day.

"If the emperor really designed all this, then his purpose can only be to respect the prince." Duke Zhen's eyes dimmed: "To be precise, it is to respect the king."

Xu Mingyi nodded.

She had personally witnessed the tragedy of Prince Jing's Mansion in her previous life.

"But why does the emperor only attack King Jing?" She asked in puzzlement: "The late emperor had four sons, the emperor was the eldest son, and the following three princes, only King Jing is the younger brother of his mother's compatriots."

She didn't think it was accidental.

The prince of Xiang also came to Beijing together this time.

As for King Yan——

Now everyone knows that King Yan has no son.

Zhen Guogong took two sips of tea and put down the teacup steadily.

"Maybe it's because of King Yan."

Out of caution, he never talks about these things with anyone on weekdays, even his own son is no exception, but today he talked about this with his granddaughter, and he wants to dissect the matter carefully.

"King Yan?"

Xu Mingyi was a little surprised.

What does this have to do with King Yan?

After the accident in King Jing's Mansion in the previous life, there was no movement from King Yan who was stationed in the northern border—instead, they were involved in the Prince Jing's Mansion.

She could only guess and say: "Grandfather meant that the emperor intended to use this as a deterrent to remind King Yan?"

"I'm afraid it's not only that..."

Or thinking about the past, Lord Zhen's gaze gradually became distant.

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