Chapter 317: Framed
"Even if the prince is gone, there is still the grandson!"
"The Crown Prince has a son, and the King of Qi has..."
"The King of Qi now has only one daughter left, and the others also died young."
Boss Liu talked so eloquently that those who didn't know him would think he was sleeping under the bed of the Crown Prince and the King of Qi.
"Also, the latest news is that the Prince of Qi ended up in this situation because of a trap set up by the Crown Prince."
"Why?"
Of course, it was Geng Jiang who asked such a simple question.
He usually does all kinds of fighting and killing, and has never used his brain much.
Or rather, his brain is Cao Mengyun beside him.
"Isn't the prince the prince?"
He is already the crown prince, why would he frame other princes?
Hong Wenyuan looked at Geng Jiang and smiled, "Because Prince Qi also wants to be the crown prince."
And the prince can only be one person.
"That's not all." Boss Liu continued, "It's also because the King of Qi once publicly mocked the Crown Prince for being childless and having no heirs."
"Not long after the Prince of Qi said this, only a young princess died in the Prince of Qi's mansion. Now the Prince of Qi has no son, and there will be no heirs in the future. Do you think the Crown Prince's son can survive until the end of the year?"
This is the most important reason why Boss Liu chose the King of Huainan. He saw that the royal family’s descendants were about to be destroyed.
Now that all the people are gone, the world will no longer belong to them.
"Sure enough, the royal family is the most ruthless."
"Looking at it this way, the prince's backyard is more harmonious."
When talking about this, everyone looked at Zhou Yunshu consciously or unconsciously. After all, Zhou Yunshu's identity at this time was the one that was most closely related to King Huainan.
"I was wondering why His Majesty directly handed over the military power to the prince. It turns out that the capital is already overwhelmed."
Boss Liu sighed and said, "Your Majesty was a smart and capable man back then. Who would have thought that after growing older, he would become obsessed with cultivating immortality?"
"Is it because the Zhenbei Palace was confiscated?" someone asked, "I feel like the world has suddenly become chaotic since the Zhenbei Palace collapsed."
It's like the evil spirits in ghost stories are no longer suppressed and are causing harm to the world.
"That's right. Not to mention that after the loss of the Zhenbei Palace, the northern border almost fell into the hands of Tiele and Eastern Turks. Just talking about the eldest princess, since Her Highness has ignored state affairs, His Majesty has only been serious for a few years and has started to enjoy himself."
"What nonsense!" Mr. Meng regained his spirits at this time.
He pointed at the person and said, "A woman in power is a sign of chaos in the country!"
Boss Liu laughed and said, "Mr. Meng's words are a bit biased. Don't forget that our Great Zhou has had a female emperor."
"The Empress reigned for forty years, which was the most prosperous forty years of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How do you explain this?"
"Oh, that's because Taizong followed Emperor Shun to conquer the world since he was young. She was the only crown prince and was trained to be an emperor."
Elder Meng said, "I won't talk about the eldest princess. Although she once stirred up trouble in the court, she always had a woman's mindset. Otherwise, she wouldn't have assisted her brother to ascend the throne after Ruizong's death, and would not have succeeded Your Majesty to the throne after Emperor Guangdi's death."
"A woman's kindness, a woman's perspective, a woman's heart. She is reluctant to give up the imperial power, but unable to be ruthless. In the end, isn't this the end she has now?"
Others also sighed and said, "Indeed, if the princess had been like Emperor Taizong, the world wouldn't be what it is today."
Zhou Yunshu listened to everyone's sighs and looked at Mr. Meng who seemed to be drunk. After everyone changed the subject, when Boss Liu stood up and left, Zhou Yunshu also stood up.
"Where are you going, sir?"
Hong Wenyuan seemed to have been watching Zhou Yunshu, so he spoke immediately as soon as Zhou Yunshu moved.
"I accidentally spilled some wine on my clothes. I'd like to trouble Master Hong to send someone to help me clean up."
"You are too kind, sir."
After saying that, Hong Wenyuan called the housekeeper and asked him to take Zhou Yunshu to the guest house to wash up.
As soon as Zhou Yunshu moved, Wu Gui, Chunque and others followed her.
Hong Wenyuan took a look without saying anything and continued drinking the tea in his hand.
Yes, even though everyone at the dinner had already had three rounds of drinks, Hong Wenyuan didn't drink much. Although he looked tipsy, there was actually no sign of drunkenness in his eyes.
"Seventh brother!"
Zhou Yunshu followed the housekeeper of the Hong Mansion and walked only a few meters when she was stopped by Geng Jiang.
"Wait for me, I need to pee too!"
Chunque took advantage of the fact that the light in the garden was not very strong and silently rolled her eyes at Geng Jiang.
After Geng Jiang arrived at Zhou Yunshu's side, he said to her in a friendly manner, "Now that I think about it, I made a great decision to join the prince. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known what it felt like to be with the right person. It's so cool!"
The wealthy people in Nanchuan City who had ignored him before, not only took the initiative to talk to him this time, but also invited him to drink privately and even asked him if he had enough money.
He never received such treatment before.
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "Don't worry, the prince is in need of people right now. As long as you are talented, he will definitely not treat you unfairly."
Zhou Yunshu glanced at Boss Liu, who was turning left, and after seemingly unintentionally shaking the jade pendant at her waist, Chunque suddenly said to the Hong Mansion's housekeeper, "I forgot to take our master's change of clothes. Please point me in the general direction and I'll take the clothes and chase you."
The housekeeper of the Hong Mansion had no doubts and said to Chunque, "Follow this path to the end and you will reach the guest house. We will wait for you there."
"good!"
After Chunque left, Zhou Yunshu and her group arrived at the guest house without any obstruction.
Geng Jiang went to the toilet drunk. Zhou Yunshu was worried about him, so she asked the housekeeper of the Hong Mansion to watch over him, while she and her people waited for Chunque in the main hall of the guest house.
There should be very few people visiting the guesthouse in front of me. There are only a few lanterns hanging in the yard, and the rest of the house is pitch black.
There was no one in the yard except a mute woman sweeping the floor. It was very quiet, and the leaves rustled in the wind, which was a bit scary.
Chunque left for about two cups of tea. When she came back, Geng Jiang had already finished using the toilet and was helped by the housekeeper of the Hong Mansion to the guest room to rest for a while.
Cen Miaoying and Chu San were guarding outside, while Wu Gui and Chun Que followed Zhou Yunshu into the inner room next door.
"Master, something is wrong with the Hong Mansion. This huge house has servants but no master!"
Chunque got goosebumps after using her lightness skills to circle around the Hong Mansion. If it weren't for the bright lights on the waterside pavilion and the faint sounds of laughter coming from there, she would have thought she had entered an empty courtyard.
"There were still lights on near the waterside pavilion, but farther away it was pitch black."
Wu Gui said, "This isn't surprising. Perhaps it's because Hong Wenyuan sent his family away when Geng Jiang attacked the city."
"But……"
Chunque still felt something was wrong. Her intuition had always been sharp, and this Hong Mansion gave her a very dangerous feeling.
"If they really ran away, they should have worked together to send their families away so that they could be taken care of on the way. But at the dinner just now, the families of Boss Liu and his men were all in Nanchuan."
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