Chapter 575: Is there a fourth person who knows?

Zhao Chengye was silent for a long time after listening to Su Zijiao's words, and then asked, "How do I know whether what you said is true or false?"

Su Zijiao grinned, his gums were full of blood - he was beaten to spit blood, how could his teeth not be full of blood?

"Your Highness, you can go back and ask if you don't believe me. As for who to ask, I believe that with your intelligence, you will definitely know."

Zhao Chengye stared at him for a while, his eyes were as thick as ink, and it was impossible to see his thoughts. After a long time, he turned around and walked out without saying a word.

Su Zijiao was not worried at all, and even smiled arrogantly.

Zhao Chengye walked out of the prison, and squinted his eyes when he was illuminated by the sunlight outside. "Go to the mansion of Duke Cheng."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly arrived, and General Xu hurried out to greet him.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two went directly to the study. Zhao Chengye asked straight to the point: "Duke Cheng, how did you find out about this?" General

Xu had long expected that people in the palace would come to ask him about this sooner or later, and he had already thought about how he should answer.

"Your Highness, I had my doubts the first day Su Zijiao came to visit. Everyone in the capital knows what kind of person my cousin is, and his children are spoiled to death and have no outstanding features. But Su Zijiao is like a son-in-law, what is he asking for?"

This is true.

Although Su Ziqiao showed that he had a good relationship with his wife Xu Yuyao, it was fake, just to deceive the young girl who had never seen the world. One's eyes cannot deceive whether a person is sincere or not.

What did Su Ziqiao have in their family to plot against?

"I never trusted Su Zijiao from the beginning, and he has the blood of Pishan, so I was even more worried and had people watching him privately. But Su Zijiao has always pretended to be very good, and the people I sent to watch him never found anything wrong. I almost thought I was overly suspicious."

"Until not long ago, my niece came to visit and my wife met her. After she left, my wife inadvertently said that she seemed to smell a very strange smell on her, just like the smell of firecrackers set off all over the streets during the New Year."

"I didn't care at first, but then I thought about it and found it strange. It's not the New Year or a festival now, and no one is setting off firecrackers at this time. So where did the smell of firecrackers on her come from? The smell of firecrackers, isn't that the smell of gunpowder?"

"I became suspicious, but I didn't dare to be careless. I had people keep a close eye on their family day and night, and that's how I discovered Su Zijiao's suspicious behavior."

General Xu didn't continue talking at this point. The prince knew what happened next.

He reported the matter at the morning court, and according to the clues and evidence he provided, a large amount of gunpowder was indeed found buried in important locations throughout the city. If the gunpowder was ignited at the same time, the entire inner city would become a sea of ​​fire and ruins.

Of course, he reported such an important matter immediately after confirming it. He couldn't choose to conceal it and show favoritism just because of his relationship with Xu Dexing, right? How could the Chengguo Mansion do this? They, the Chengguo Mansion, are loyal to Dayong and the royal family!

Zhao Chengye just nodded after listening.

He had already checked what he said, and he would know if what he said was true. What

he wanted to know now was whether Duke Cheng knew about what Su Zijiao said.

"Duke Cheng, in your opinion, are there any ministers in the court who colluded with Su Zijiao and others to betray the court and Dayong?" General Xu

looked solemn and serious, "Your Highness, I'll tell you the truth. Judging from the current situation, there must be ministers in the court who colluded with Su Zijiao. Otherwise, with Su Zijiao's ability alone, he couldn't have done such a thing."

"But this matter is of great importance. Your Highness, please investigate it carefully before making a conclusion, so as not to hurt the feelings of the ministers in the court, and to avoid letting the guilty people escape. As for the Chengguo Mansion..."

He paused, stood up and respectfully performed a monarch-subject etiquette towards Zhao Chengye, "The Chengguo Mansion is clean and innocent, and there is no fear of being investigated. I hope that Your Highness the Crown Prince can clear the name of the Chengguo Mansion."

Zhao Chengye stood up quickly and stretched out his hand to gently support his arm. "Duke Chengguo is seriously ill. Of course, I believe in your loyalty to Dayong and have never doubted it. Not to mention that Concubine Xu is the daughter of the Chengguo Mansion. After all, you are also my father-in-law. How can I not believe you?"

Zhao Chengye meant what he said. He had never doubted the loyalty of the Chengguo Mansion. What he was worried about now was that the Duke of Chengguo would not know about this royal scandal.

He was well aware of his father's jealousy of the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion. Before, he might have believed that his father would not do such a ridiculous thing to get rid of Duke Chengguo, but now he was not sure. He

certainly did not want a fourth person to know about this.

Su Zijiao did not say who was colluding with him, but it was not difficult to guess.

Of course, whether there were other people was another matter.

Zhao Chengye felt that Duke Chengguo probably did not know this secret, or it should be said that he had not had time to know it. Otherwise, he would not have reacted like this.

After confirming the answer, Zhao Chengye left the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion.

After returning to the palace, he went to the emperor's bedroom and first asked about the emperor's situation today as usual.

After a few days of treatment, the emperor looks much better now, and can even sit up and review memorials. But it is definitely not the same as before, and the damage caused is visible to the naked eye. He has aged a lot in just a few days.

"Father."

The emperor raised his eyelids, and looked at the prince in front of him with a dim look in his eyes.

Young, strong, and healthy. He has been handling government affairs in the past few days, and the court has praised him. It seems that it doesn't matter whether he is the emperor or not.

"Thank you for your hard work these days, Prince."

The emperor's majesty is still there, but his aura is insufficient, and he is energetic but weak.

"Your son does not find it tiring to share your father's worries."

"Oh, so you are enjoying it?"

Zhao Chengye paused, raised his eyes and met the emperor's heavy eyes, "These are all your son's duties, how can there be any question of whether you are happy or not? If your father can get better soon, your son can be more relaxed and spend more time in the East Palace to accompany the Crown Princess."

Hearing him mention the Crown Princess, the emperor still had a lot of expectations for the baby in Pei Shaorong's belly, so he casually asked with concern: "How is the baby in the Crown Princess's belly now?"

Zhao Chengye smiled, "Thank you for your concern, father. Everything is fine. The imperial physician said that the baby in the Crown Princess's belly is very healthy!"

"Don't just think about politics, you should also pay more attention to the Crown Princess."