He slowly raised his head, twitched the corners of his mouth, rubbed his arms, and frowned.
Only after the pain subsided did he look at Zhao Cong beside him. After just one glance, he stood up and strode away.
study.
Shangguan Zhu had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Shangguan Shu coming, he hurriedly asked, "Brother, what should we do next?"
Shangguan Shu had already thought of a plan. He gave Shangguan Zhu his instructions, and Shangguan Zhu wrote them down one by one. When he mentioned Prime Minister Liu, Shangguan Zhu disagreed, saying, "Brother, I know our plan has been exposed this time, so we must help the Crown Prince to clear his suspicion. But there's no need to go to such lengths, right? Pushing Prime Minister Liu onto the Crown Prince will only lead to endless trouble."
In fact, Shangguan Zhu was not worried about this. He was just worried that... his elder brother had lost his original intention.
Do you really want to be a wise minister to the prince?
Shangguan Shu glanced at Shangguan Zhu with a stern look, blaming him.
Then, he said angrily, "Your sister-in-law doesn't have time to tell the Crown Prince the truth today, but she will tell him tomorrow. Even if the Crown Prince trusts me again, he will test me at Zhao Ying's instigation. What should I do then?"
I thought Shangguan Zhu would agree after my explanation, but I didn't expect that Shangguan Zhu's expression became even uglier as soon as Shangguan Shu finished speaking.
Because he noticed how Shangguan Shu addressed Zhao Ying...
In the past, Shangguan Shu always addressed her privately to his brothers as Zhao Ying Zhao Ying, and never addressed her in such a helpless and gentle tone, "Your sister-in-law..."
He kept saying that he wanted to make up for the mess, but the best way to make up for the mess shouldn't be to find a way to shut Zhao Ying's mouth... He can think of a way to threaten Zhao Ying with those children, and he is still afraid that Zhao Ying is not afraid of compromise?
But not only did he not do that, he even let Zhao Ying file a complaint against him, preferring to get himself into trouble...
It's crazy!
Shangguan Zhu didn't understand at all, and looked at Shangguan Shu with a look of deep worry.
But he always obeyed Shangguan Shu's words, and this time was no exception.
Shangguan Zhu said nothing more.
The next morning, Zhao Cong woke up to find himself still at the wine table, his back and waist aching. The servants of the Duke's Mansion were so tactless that they didn't let him clean up and put him on the bed to lie down. He was exhausted from the night...
Not only that, when Zhao Cong raised his eyes, he saw Zhao Ying sitting there opposite him with an expressionless face.
"Ying'er...why are you here?"
Zhao Cong subconsciously looked at Shangguan Shu, but found that Shangguan Shu's seat was vacant.
"Hey, where's Runzhi?"
Zhao Ying said with a forced smile, "I ordered someone to send him to the bedroom."
It's actually a stable...
Zhao Cong glared when he heard this, "Ying'er, since you are here, why don't you send your brother to bed to lie down? Do you know how much suffering I have suffered this night?" Zhao Cong said, rubbing his waist with a grin.
Zhao Ying looked at Zhao Cong indifferently.
She thought about it yesterday and realized that if she told Zhao Cong everything Yue'er said, Shangguan Shu would definitely go against Yue'er in order to clear their suspicion.
She said so, but it didn't come true. Wouldn't it be the same as last time, making it seem like she was slandering Shangguan Shu?
This time, she must make Zhao Cong suspect Shangguan Shu!
She should think one step further.
For example, Shangguan Shu would definitely abandon Zhou Changsheng as a chess piece to show his loyalty to Zhao Cong. He would declare Zhou Changsheng the culprit of leaking the exam questions and then kill him.
Zhao Cong must have been deeply grateful to Shangguan Shu and trusted him even more.
If she said directly that Zhou Changsheng was Shangguan Shu's man, Zhao Cong would definitely not believe it. She had no evidence, and she could no longer identify Shangguan Shu without being completely sure. The last incident was enough to make her angry. If she failed again, no one would believe her.
If Shangguan Shu handed over Zhou Changsheng, she would say that the real leaker came from Prime Minister Liu's family, and Shangguan Shu was using Zhou Changsheng to protect Prime Minister Liu. Why did he hide it from Zhao Cong to protect Prime Minister Liu? Were the two of them plotting something?
The head of the military and the head of the civil officials are so close to each other that any emperor or prince of any dynasty would think twice.
As for how to put the blame on Prime Minister Liu’s family…isn’t there a Lin family?
Zhao Yao is desperately short of money. In whose name will she borrow money at high interest?
She asked Li Ma to check which bank Zhao Yao borrowed from. Li Ma happened to find out that it was the nephew of Jia Yuanwai, a wealthy man from the suburbs of the capital, who was a reckless gangster.
She ordered Nanny Li to buy all of Zhao Yao's seals!
Zhao Ying thought about it and couldn't help but want to test how much her damn brother loved the traitor Shangguan Shu.
"Brother, Zhou Changsheng came to the mansion yesterday. I was curious, so I listened a little more. Guess what I heard?"
When Zhao Cong heard Zhou Changsheng's name, he immediately came to his senses, leaned over, and asked, "What did you hear?"
Zhao Ying took a deep breath. "I heard they were plotting to harm you. Shangguan Shu specifically arranged for Zhou Changsheng to be by your side just to harm you."
After Zhao Ying finished speaking, she carefully observed Zhao Cong's reaction. Zhao Cong frowned and looked at her with deep resentment. After a while, he said, "Ying'er, I know you've been married to Runzhi for many years, and you might be a little tired of it. Seeing other aunts divorce their princes and keep concubines, are you jealous? Is that why you can't see Runzhi anymore?"
Zhao Cong said earnestly, "You can't do this. Not to mention the friendship between the Duke of Zhenguo and the emperor, Runzhi has devoted himself to the Great Chu over the years and has been preparing for war..."
Zhao Ying couldn't bear to hear it any longer. "Stop, stop, stop! Just pretend I didn't say anything."
Seeing that Zhao Ying was getting anxious, Zhao Cong didn't dare to say anything more and stopped there.
Just mentioning the exam question leak case reminded Zhao Cong of Shangguan Shu's thoughtfulness and he couldn't help but say happily, "As soon as the case broke yesterday, Runzhi called Zhou Changsheng over. He must have known I was involved and wanted to question Zhou Changsheng!"
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