No one wants to be controlled by others all their life and become a puppet in the hands of others.

"If Prince Jin rebels and is executed in the future, I will allow you to start a new life as a woman and will help you arrange a new identity."

It is naturally impossible to get her to be an official, but it is no problem to arrange a young lady from a merchant or a small family.

After getting married and having children, Zhuo Jun's life will be complete.

Zhuo Jun bowed to the emperor and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I am willing to serve the emperor at my utmost."

She naturally knew that there would be no gain without effort.

If you want freedom, you have to help the emperor deal with Prince Jin.

The emperor likes to deal with smart people.

Although the information revealed by Zhuo Jun was important, he still needed her to do something.

The emperor first asked: "Prince Jin arranged for you to go to the capital. What is your main task and goal?"

Zhuo Jun answered truthfully: "If I were to take the imperial examination and become an official, I would have to at least pass the second place."

"Then get close to Xiao Hanzheng and his wife, and win them over to King Jin without revealing your identity."

She paused, glanced at Xiao Hanzheng, and then continued, "Prince Jin ordered that if there is really no way to win over Xiao Hanzheng, let me become his wife, and use this as leverage to coerce and bribe him."

"He heard that Xiao Hanzheng loves his wife very much and Shi Qingluo has a hot temper, so if Xiao Hanzheng touches me, Shi Qingluo might divorce him."

"As long as Xiao Hanzheng doesn't want to lose Shi Qingluo, he must listen to my threats."

She scoffed at this order.

First of all, she would never use her body to do such a thing just to complete an order.

Secondly, Xiao Hanzheng is not a fool. Not to mention whether he would fall into the trap, how could he be easily bullied and bribed?

What Prince Jin meant was that if normal attempts to win over people didn't work, he would use the beauty trap.

After all, she has been studying for many years, and she can have common topics to talk about with Xiao Hanzheng, and they can exist side by side.

According to men's nature, it is hard to find a woman like this in a million, so Xiao Hanzheng should be interested.

After hearing this, Zhuo Jun felt that it was unreliable.

Not all men are the same. If we use the experience of most men to plan, will we succeed?

Obviously, her feeling was right, Xiao Hanzheng was not an ordinary man.

Before they found out she was a woman, they continued to interact normally.

After she found out, it was too late to hide from her.

Upon hearing Prince Jin's arrangement, the emperor was speechless.

No one knows what his royal brother is thinking about all day long. He is still so conceited.

Xiao Hanzheng was speechless after hearing this. Prince Jin really thought highly of him.

Does he seem so easily seduced by beauty? The emperor asked: "If you succeed in winning her over, what is your next plan?"

Zhuo Jun replied: "If he succeeds in winning him over, Prince Jin will have his people advise Your Majesty to transfer Xiao Hanzheng to the Northern Frontier."

"Then let Shi Qingluo give him ideas on how to make money, or give him a recipe to make money."

"After all, once they go to Northern Frontier, in his territory, it will be easier for him to control Xiao Hanzheng and his wife."

The emperor asked again: "What about you?"

Zhuo Jun said: "Also send someone to advise His Majesty and transfer him to the northern border as well."

"He also asked me to pretend to be loyal to Your Majesty and give me some real news after returning to the Northern Frontier, and then send it to Your Majesty in the capital."

"After gaining your majesty's trust, Prince Jin and his men will help me take the position of prefect of North City."

"Create some merits for me, and then I will be transferred to the capital to take up a post."

"If Prince Jin's rebellion fails, I will not be exposed, and I will continue to climb up the court as much as possible, and finally help my brother seize power."

After hearing what Zhuo Jun said, Xiao Hanzheng also understood why Zhuo Jun was able to sit in the position of prefect of North City in his previous life.

It is very likely that there is no way to surrender to the emperor, so the only thing to do is to proceed according to Prince Jin's arrangements.

Or maybe he has already successfully surrendered to the emperor in secret, and thus became the emperor's spy planted beside Prince Jin.

The latter is more likely. After all, Zhuo Jun is very smart and has always been calm and rational. He knows what he wants.

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, then you all go to the northern border."

He looked at Xiao Hanzheng and said, "Just pretend to be persuaded by Zhuo Jun to join King Jin. Shi Qingluo can also help King Jin develop his territory in the northern border."

You can't get a tiger cub without risking it.

He added, "I will send people to protect you. If your life is in danger, someone will come to your rescue."

"When the time comes, you will work with Zhuo Jun to find the treasure first, and then try to find evidence that Prince Jin is planning a rebellion."

The emperor narrowed his eyes. Who stipulated that Prince Jin should lead the army to rebel first, instead of him sending troops to arrest the rebels first?

"I want everyone in Daliang to know that Prince Jin is colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty and the Ge Kingdom."

His younger brother has always been very concerned about his reputation and valued a good reputation.

He wants the other party to have a bad reputation.

Collaborating with the remnants of the previous dynasty and the Ge Kingdom is no different from treason.

"We will follow your majesty's orders." Xiao Hanzheng and Zhuo Jun knew what the emperor meant as soon as they heard it.

The emperor asked Zhuo Jun to contact Prince Jin's people and have them come to him on their own initiative so that Xiao Hanzheng and Zhuo Jun could be sent to serve in the northern border.

Originally, he was still thinking about how to arrange Xiao Hanzheng to go to the Northern Frontier without being constantly targeted by King Jin.

After all, although he wanted Xiao Hanzheng to go to Northern Frontier to do business, he didn't want anything to happen to Xiao Hanzheng and his wife.

Now that Prince Jin has come to him on his own initiative, he won't be polite.

Zhuo Jun nodded, "Yes!"

After talking for a while, Zhuo Jun was sent back to the palace by the emperor's secret guards, for fear that Prince Jin's people would find out and cause trouble.

After Zhuo Jun left, the emperor looked at Xiao Hanzheng.

"Tell me, can you trust her words?"

Xiao Hanzheng thought for a moment and said, "I don't think she is lying, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's true. She could be pretending on purpose."

In his previous life, many of King Jin's spies in the court were suddenly removed, and he suspected that it was Zhuo Jun who did it.

And some things also match up with my previous life.

Then he added: "It is better to verify them one by one. You have to be on guard against her."

The emperor was satisfied with Xiao Hanzheng's answer. "I also partially believe what she said, so when you go to the Northern Frontier this time, you should pay more attention to Zhuo Jun."

Zhuo Jun didn't look like he was lying, but who could be sure that this wasn't a deliberate arrangement by Prince Jin? Xiao Hanzheng also thought of it, "Yes, I will keep an eye on her."

The emperor added: "If she is truly surrendering, you should cooperate well in the Northern Frontier and catch Prince Jin off guard."

His eyes narrowed, "If she is pretending to surrender, then she doesn't need to come back."

Xiao Hanzheng nodded, "Yes!"

The emperor told Xiao Hanzheng about the situation in the northern border and asked him to be mentally prepared before letting him leave.

He entered the palace secretly, and therefore when Xiao Hanzheng left the palace, someone escorted him out alone so that no one discovered him.

(End of this chapter)