Chapter 262 I Guessed Right
Ji Yunshu shook his head: "Just let you handle this matter as you see fit."
Zhao Shen looked into her eyes and asked, "What if I want to let Zhao Ke go?"
Ji Yunshu said indifferently, "Let him go. He's not the mastermind anyway. He's just being used."
Zhao Shen pulled her into his arms, his eyes so intense and deep that it seemed as if something was about to spill out: "You never believed me, did you?"
Ji Yunshu didn't know where he was coming from and looked at him in confusion.
Zhao Shen helplessly reminded: "I said I would protect you and would not let anyone who hurt you go."
"But I wasn't hurt at all."
She understood what Zhao Shen meant, but how could she deal with Zhao Ke?
Zhao Shen stroked her eyebrows with his fingers. "There is irrefutable evidence of what he did. I will send someone to send him back to his hometown to observe mourning and he will never be allowed to leave the house."
"Isn't this... a bit too much?"
Although Ji Yunshu was not familiar with Zhao Ke, he had heard some things about him.
The Zhao family has some genes for studying. Both the Marquis and the second uncle are from the imperial examination. It is said that Zhao Ke is also a talented person. If Qin had not passed away suddenly and he had to mourn for his mother, he would have most likely passed the exam this time.
By doing this, Zhao Shen was cutting off his future.
"How can you be so kind? He doesn't know right from wrong. No matter what happens to him, it's all his own fault."
Ji Yunshu didn't care what would happen to Zhao Ke: "I just don't want you to be embarrassed. After all, he is my second uncle's son."
Zhao Shen kissed her: "Don't make it difficult. If Second Uncle knew what he did, he wouldn't let him go easily."
He had already seen that Ji Yunshu really didn't care about this matter.
But he wanted to give her an explanation.
The next day, Zhao Fu came to say goodbye to Ji Yunshu, saying that she wanted to accompany her brother back to their hometown in Anyang.
Ji Yunshu was a little surprised. Zhao Fu's mourning period had already delayed her marriage. If she returned to her hometown and no one arranged it, it would be a problem for her to get married in the future.
Zhao Fu, however, was very open-minded. "Yesterday, I came to see my eldest sister-in-law in a hurry, and I made her feel embarrassed. I know that my eldest brother has shown mercy to my brother. From now on, I will watch over him and will not let him do anything wrong again."
Ji Yunshu knew that Zhao Fu had lost her mother and her father had not been around since she was a child. Her closest relative was only Zhao Ke, so naturally she didn't want anything to happen to Zhao Ke again.
Moreover, she was a smart girl and she probably had seen the situation in the mansion. It would be wise for her to retreat back to her hometown.
"Then I wish you a safe journey. If you have any questions after you return, you can write to me and tell me. If you have any ideas about your marriage, you can also tell me."
Zhao Fu's eyes welled up with tears when she heard this. She had always known that her sister-in-law was a very good person.
The second branch has always kept a low profile, and the departure of the brother and sister did not cause any waves in the Marquis' Mansion.
When Ji Yunshu went to pay her respects to Yao Shi that day, Yao Shi took out a note and told Ji Yunshu, "Prime Minister Lu's birthday is in a few days, and he sent a note to our family. Yuan Min is pregnant, so it's not convenient for her to go. Please come with me."
In the past, Yao rarely asked Ji Yunshu to go out with her for social events, and she was too lazy to find things to do herself, but since Yao asked, she naturally had to go.
When I went back to tell Zhao Shen about it, Zhao Shen said, "There's still half a month until the results are announced. I want to go too then, so we can go together."
Ji Yunshu couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to deal with the Left Prime Minister? The imperial examinations are over, why is there no movement at all?"
Zhao Shen laughed and said, "Prime Minister Lu didn't usually celebrate his birthday. He's forty-seven this year, and it's not a special birthday. Why do you think he's making a big deal about it?"
The post was sent to the Marquis' Mansion, not just Zhao Shen alone.
You must know that Lu Xianggui is the left prime minister and he does not usually interact with these nobles.
Even his family was invited, so you can imagine how big the birthday party was.
"Could it be that they want to use this banquet to capture all the powerful people in the capital?"
After living in this era for so long, Ji Yunshu finally realized that it was actually very difficult to cause trouble at a palace banquet.
Not to mention the strict checks on entry and exit of the palace, when banquets are held in the palace, the defense and patrols will also be stricter than usual. In this case, the possibility of trouble being caused is greatly reduced.
On the contrary, this kind of large-scale banquet among the powerful and influential people in the capital invites almost all the powerful people in the capital. If you want to do something, maybe you can succeed.
Zhao Shen smiled mysteriously: "You will know when the time comes."
"Can't you talk first?"
The matter of the Left Prime Minister has been dragging on for a long time, and Ji Yunshu doesn't know what trump card the Emperor and Zhao Shen have prepared.
"If I tell you now, won't there be no surprise then? Besides, things haven't been arranged yet, so it's hard to say what the situation will be like then."
Ji Yunshu had no choice but to stop asking about this matter and instead asked, "It's been so long since the letter was sent, why haven't the people from Miaojiang arrived yet?"
Compared to other things, she was more concerned about Zhao Shen's health. As long as the poison was not cured, she would not be at peace.
Speaking of this, Zhao Shen frowned. "According to the distance, they should have arrived long ago, but there is still no news. I'm afraid something has happened to them."
Ji Yunshu had heard from Qiyun a long time ago that among the people coming from Miaojiang this time, there was an elder in their tribe who was most skilled in poison, and he might be able to cure the poison in Zhao Shen.
But if she can't come to the capital...
As the two were talking, Jingzhe hurried in and handed Zhao Shen a small paper roll.
Ji Yunshu recognized that it was a letter sent by carrier pigeon.
Zhao Shen unfolded the letter and took a look, then handed it to Ji Yunshu: "I guessed right."
Ji Yunshu read the letter and had a bad feeling in his heart.
It was sent back by someone Zhao Shen sent to southern Xinjiang, saying that the envoy from southern Xinjiang who came to Beijing had disappeared.
"Why would such a good person disappear? Is there some conspiracy behind this?"
Zhao Shen thought about what happened after the poison appeared in the capital, and quickly connected everything together.
"So that's how it is."
Ji Yunshu asked in confusion, "What is it like?"
Zhao Shen said, "Xiao Kun said a powerful figure has arrived this time, and he truly is. The imperial examination, Concubine Yi, the poison, and your kidnapping—all these events have diverted our attention and concealed his true intentions."
"The real intention? Is it related to Southern Xinjiang?"
Ji Yunshu still didn't understand.
Zhao Shen said, "We held Nanjiang responsible for the emperor being poisoned, but Qiyun later cured him of the poison. Now the Nanjiang envoy has disappeared on his way to the capital. What do you think the people of Nanjiang will think?"
Ji Yunshu thought about what he said for a moment, then shuddered. "Will the people of Southern Xinjiang think we're deliberately provoking them, or even taking the opportunity to kill their elders?"
It turned out that they all felt that Southern Xinjiang was now divided and did not dare to fight against Daxia.
But what if Daxia provokes first?
The person behind this plot intended to provoke a war between Southern Xinjiang and Daxia. Now that he has tampered with the envoys coming to the capital, he must have a backup plan.
They are out of reach of southern Xinjiang, so it would be very easy for the other party to make some moves at this time.
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