Chapter 253 General Chu is really eloquent
"Master Hu was also born by his mother and raised by his father. Without Master Hu's mother, there would be no Master Hu.
Without Madam Hu, you, Sir Hu, would be without descendants.
Don't look down on women too much. Maybe you are not as useful as a woman.
For example, Princess Fu.
Just tell me, is that what I said? "
Just one sentence from Princess Fu left him speechless. Hu Zheng suppressed his anger and said, "General Chu is truly eloquent. I admire you.
But the rules of the General's Mansion really opened my eyes."
Chen Zhao replied indifferently, "Master Hu, you are too polite. I have always been eloquent."
"I can only say that Lord Hu has a very narrow vision. He has never seen anything and is short-sighted. I'm talking about you, Mr. Hu."
Hu Zheng was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "General Chu, your name is Hu Zheng, and your courtesy name is Taiyun. I am a graduate of the imperial examination and well-read. How could I be the short-sighted person that General Chu is talking about?"
Hu Sanpang, Hu Sanpang, go to hell with Hu Sanpang, how can I be fat? I am just plump and plump!
Chen Zhao looked at Hu Zheng, who was about to explode with anger, and said slowly:
"How could someone with such broad vision dare to do such a treasonous thing as deceiving his superiors and subordinates? I think your calligraphy is just right for you. Too dizzy!"
Hu Zheng's anger subsided instantly, his heart rose to his throat, and a hint of nervousness appeared in his words.
"What do you mean, General Chu? I don't understand."
Chen Zhao sneered and said, "Don't you know what I mean, Mr. Hu? Don't play dumb. I won't fall for your tricks."
"Don't tell me that you really came to visit me and not for some other purpose."
"I have never had any friendship with you. If you said you were here to harm me, I would believe you."
Hu Zheng swallowed nervously. It seemed that the damn Doctor Li had indeed recorded what happened that year.
But how did the man surnamed Chu guess that he was harboring a traitor?
At that time, the doctor named Li only treated the patient and never revealed the man's identity in front of him.
This damn Chu Mu, how come he suddenly became so shrewd and vicious?
For a moment, he was a little overwhelmed.
Hu Zheng calmed himself down.
"General Chu, you are isolated and helpless in the court, being suppressed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Third Prince.
If General Chu is willing to let me go, I will definitely follow your orders.
General, the court is full of intrigue and chaos right now. It is a wise man's duty to choose sides early.
Rather than being forced to suppress it, it is better to seek asylum. With General Chu's status, as long as he is willing to surrender, he will be above me and will definitely be the master's right-hand man."
This Hu Zheng is also a man who has one master in public and another master behind the scenes.
On the surface, he is the third prince's man, but secretly, no one knows who his real master is.
Just like Zheng Shi.
I wonder which king the master behind Hu Zheng was back then.
No matter how many kings they are, it has nothing to do with her, Shen Zhao.
"Master Hu, have you had a headache lately?"
Hu Zheng was stunned. "General Chu, what do you mean? I'm fine. I haven't caught a cold, so why would I have a headache?"
However, I still want to thank General Chu for his concern."
What is this Chu guy saying? Could it be that the poison has attacked his brain and made him stupid?
"Since Lord Hu has no problem with his mind, how dare he pull General Ben into rebellion in public!"
"I am the emperor's man. Hu Sanpang, ah, Hu Sanpang, I didn't expect you to be so unrepentant. Not only did you harbor the rebels back then, but now you are also in contact with the rebels and trying to win me over to rebellion."
"How many of your fat, gut-filled heads have you given birth to? They're enough to chop off!"
Hu Zhengzheng's face immediately turned pale.
Is the guy surnamed Chu a fool? He is doing this for his own good.
Chu Mu had a hard time in the court. His loyalty and patriotism were met with suppression and squeeze from the crown prince and the third prince.
Although he is the commander-in-chief in the Beijing camp, everyone knows that he is just a decoration.
He is the emperor's man on the surface, but does the emperor care whether he lives or dies?
Don’t care!
If he really took care of him, Chu Mu would not be unable to move forward.
"General Chu, are you really going to reject this humble servant's kindness?"
"To be honest, General Chu, even if you submit the book in your hand, His Majesty will not take off my head.
I am the mentor of the Third Prince, and my mother is Princess Fu. My mother played a significant role in the Emperor's seizure of the throne.
His Majesty will not kill me for emotional or logical reasons."
"If General Chu can produce evidence, feel free to submit a memorial. If not, General Chu will be in big trouble."
If soft tactics don’t work, you have to use hard tactics.
If his stepmother knew that he had messed up, he would be truly finished.
His stepmother has always been strict with him. He is not the only one in the Hu family, there are many others waiting for his stepmother's favor.
He didn't want to be a discarded pawn, especially after he touched upon power, he would never allow anyone to disrupt his official career.
He would not allow anyone to try to push him back into the lowly and miserable life he lived in the past.
The reason why Shen Zhao did not make Hu Zheng's crimes public was that Doctor Li's records were not comprehensive.
It was even very obscure, if she had not heard her father talk about the key to the emperor's succession to the throne.
She also couldn't have guessed that the person Hu Zheng had asked Doctor Li to see was one of the princes.
Doctor Li's booklet recorded that this person was wearing casual clothes, but his inner clothes were embroidered with golden pythons.
Only princes dared to embroider the golden python on their bodies.
In addition, at that time, the person in Hu Zheng's mansion who was almost killed by a sword must be a prince who escaped and was replaced by Hu Zheng with a fake one.
But she had no evidence.
The second reason is because of Hu Zheng’s stepmother.
That person is a very important person.
He is a cousin of the current emperor.
When the emperor was fighting for the throne, it was Princess Fu who assisted him in the deep palace.
It is said that she loved the Ninth Prince, but by mistake she married Hu Zheng's father, who was the Minister of Personnel at the time, as his second wife.
Hu Zheng's father was twenty years older than Princess Fu. Rumor had it that the two had never slept together. Princess Fu had been married into the Hu family for more than twenty years but had never given birth to a child.
However, he adopted the son and daughter of his concubine and raised them by his side.
Hu Zhengzheng was the son who was adopted by Princess Fu.
The year Hu Zheng was adopted, he had just entered the officialdom and followed his father in the Ministry of Personnel.
With the support of Princess Fu over the years, Hu Zheng has become a doctor of Lushi.
The emperor would not kill Hu Zheng just because of her guess.
However, if she had evidence, the emperor would not only take action against Hu Zheng, but would also exterminate all nine clans of the Hu family except Princess Fu.
His Majesty hates the late emperor and hates his good brothers even more.
Although she didn't know the reason, she had heard it from her father.
Back then, the emperor personally killed countless of his nephews and nieces, as well as all the concubines of the late emperor.
Dad doesn’t know why the emperor is so cruel, he only knows that the emperor hates those people.
The death of the Ninth Prince was a great blow to the Emperor.
If she guessed correctly, the emperor's hatred for the late emperor and those people should mostly come from the death of the Ninth Prince.
Chen Zhao looked at Hu Zheng, who pretended to be calm and fearless, and said:
"Since Lord Hu is not afraid of the leverage I hold, then I have nothing to say to Lord Hu. However, if I tell Princess Fu that I hold leverage over Lord Hu, I wonder if Lord Hu will still be so calm and composed and come to my house to show off his power."
Hu Zheng immediately stood up from his chair.
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