Yu Ting thought for a moment and said to Song Qianfan, "The one we should be careful of right now is King Han. Yan Zheng has not been in good health recently. His Majesty has asked me to take over many things. I think I will be able to take over his position soon."
Once I take over the position of the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards and am in charge of 50,000 imperial guards, what will I have to fear even if the King of Han holds the military power?
Song Qianfan was immediately overjoyed, "Then I have to congratulate my cousin in advance."
In this way, even if that Princess Le'an returns to the court, there is nothing to be afraid of.
What's more, he now has thousands of war horses and weapons purchased from the Southern Country. No one would have thought that the disaster relief funds finally fell into his hands, Song Qianfan, and now he uses it to support those private soldiers to help him rise to the top in the future.
Those good-for-nothings in the Ministry of Justice will never be able to find the truth even if they investigate for decades.
Even if the emperor really wants to make a princess the crown princess, he will still have control of the world.
At the same time, in Prince Han’s Mansion.
Upon hearing the news, King Han was slightly stunned, "Really?"
The visitor nodded and said, "Your Majesty, His Majesty was reluctant to appoint a crown prince. Now that I think about it, it's probably for the princess. Your Majesty should act sooner rather than later."
King Han frowned and raised his hand to signal him not to continue. It was indeed a blessing to find Le An back, but if so, his years of planning would be wasted.
The counselor advised, "My Lord, please forgive me for being blunt. As long as the princess is alive, no matter how much you and Prince Jing fight, His Majesty's heart is still on the princess. Why not kill the man for you before the princess returns to the court?"
King Han turned to look at the counselor behind him with an angry expression, and grabbed the man by the collar, "That's my niece!"
The emperor has always been kind to his brothers. Le An is his only daughter. If I kill her, how can I face him?
The counselor disagreed, frowning, with a hint of cruelty in his eyes, "I think that not only the princess, but also the prince should not be kept."
"If Your Majesty is not ruthless, how can you achieve great things?"
The easiest way is to kill the princess and King Jing together. Then no one in the world can stop King Han.
Hearing this, King Han looked at the counselor in front of him coldly. He didn't know that he had such a wolf by his side.
"Your Majesty."
King Han was furious. "That's enough! If I hear you say these words again, don't blame me for not remembering our friendship!"
The counselor immediately said, "I have said too much. I was thinking about the prince. The prince values love. Since he is unwilling, I will not mention it again in the future."
King Han's expression improved. "Just now I was too harsh. Sir, you are devoted to me. I know that."
The counselor bowed respectfully and said, "It's okay, I just talked too much."
There was a flash of dissatisfaction in his eyes. Since ancient times, every emperor climbed to the throne by stepping on the blood of his closest relatives. Didn't the current emperor sit on the dragon throne by stepping on the blood of the former second prince? King Han was too loyal and righteous, and he would not be able to accomplish great things after all.
At the Duke's Mansion, after Liu Miaoqing left, Su Juan changed her clothes and went to the front yard to look for Duke Ping. When she saw him, Duke Ping was picking plum blossoms in the yard, and Xie Xun was holding a basket to catch them.
The father and son were bickering while picking plum blossoms.
"Why is a grown man picking plum blossoms? Isn't that vulgar?"
"Plum blossoms are known for their gentlemanly spirit, and Ling Xue is proud and proud. You know nothing! All you do is brandish swords and guns and take A Juan to visit brothels. If you lead her astray, I will beat you to death!"
"Go ahead and hit me! If you kill me anyway, there will be no one to see you off to the grave."
"How dare you curse me, you little bastard?"
Su Juan chuckled.
The father and son looked over when they heard the voice. Duke Ping grabbed the basket of plum blossoms and walked quickly towards Su Juan. "Girl, look what I picked. I'll ask the cook to make plum blossom soup cakes for you later."
This girl loves sweets just like his sister did when she was young.
Su Juan smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Xie Xun shook off the fallen snow on his body, "You are fine, you don't have to do anything, just sit and wait for food, unlike me, I have to accompany the old man to pick plum blossoms and listen to his nonsense."
As he spoke, he picked his ears with his little finger and blew on it deliberately.
This made Duke Pingguo so angry that he fumed and raged.
He was too lazy to look at his upset son, so he looked at Su Juan, "Girl, why are you coming to the front yard when it's so cold? Do you have something to ask me?"
In the past, when the weather was a little cold, she would be reluctant to go out of the house, but today was unusual and she ran to the front yard by herself.
Su Juan nodded, "I do have something I want to talk to you about."
Duke Ping immediately threw the basket in his hand back to Xie Xun and said, "Take it to the kitchen."
Then he took Su Juan to the nearest study and told his servants to warm up the brazier first.
Xie Xun held the basket and looked ahead and then at himself: "???"
You gave me money and you ordered people around!
At this time, he followed Duke Ping into the study. Su Juan sat down beside him. Duke Ping poured a cup of hot tea and placed it next to Su Juan.
He actually had no habit of drinking tea. In his early years, when he was fighting on the border and the weather was freezing, he had to drink some tea to warm his body. It was only in recent years, as more people came and went, he started to prepare some tea in his study.
Just as Su Juan picked up the teacup, she heard him ask her, "Girl, do you need my help?"
Duke Ping guessed that Su Juan must have needed his help with something, otherwise she should be warming herself by the fire in the house at this time.
Su Juan clenched the teacup tightly, and the warmth in her palms made her speak out, "Yesterday, Miao Qing came to my place and borrowed something from me. She came today and said that someone else had taken the item and she couldn't get it back."
Duke Ping smiled, picked up the teacup and took two sips, "What happened to you two girls? Do you want me to help you get it back?"
This sounds more like seven or eight-year-old children quarreling and asking their elders to help them seek justice.
Su Juan said nothing.
Duke Ping asked again, "What is it?"
Su Juan said slowly, "A half-piece jade pendant."
Duke Ping suddenly clenched the teacup in his hand and looked up at Su Juan.
His reaction just confirmed Su Juan's previous guess, he really knew it.
Su Juan continued, "She said that Lord Liu asked her to borrow it. Late last night, Lord Liu entered the palace, and then the jade pendant would not be returned. It was said that His Majesty wanted it."
Duke Ping's eyes darkened slightly. He never expected that even though he had cleared all traces of the jade pendant in the capital, Liu Ze was able to track it down to Su Juan so quickly.
The emperor must have known about it now, but he didn't summon the person into the palace immediately. He probably still had doubts in his heart.
On that day, he did not clear out the related portraits and old people from the Su family, also for the purpose of making plans for the Su family to trace their ancestral roots in the future. It would not take long for Liu Ze to find out the truth.
He looked at his niece and granddaughter and asked tentatively, "Do you want me to go to the palace and get the jade pendant back for you?"