She stared at the hot porridge in Chen Zhizhou's hand.
The latter blew the hot porridge to cool it and handed it to her mouth.
Seeing this, Li Xiangji shook his head helplessly: "You two are so affectionate, it really makes me feel uncomfortable to see you two being so affectionate."
"I'll be out first. Zhizhou, please come out later. I have something to tell you."
After seeing Li Xiangji leave, Gu Qing indicated that he was full.
But Chen Zhizhou's tone did not allow for argument: "You've been tired all day. I'll watch you finish drinking before I leave."
Gu Qing was absent-minded. While eating, he asked, "What does the Third Prince have to tell you?"
"By the way, did you meet anyone else when we came back? Yesterday in the bamboo house..."
Before Gu Qing could finish her words, Chen Zhizhou suddenly signaled her to be silent and said in a low voice, "Madam, this matter is more complicated than you and I imagined."
"It's related to the struggle for power in the capital. I'll tell you in detail after we return to the capital. Take care of yourself these few days."
Gu Qing nodded.
As long as Chen Zhizhou can come back safely this time, I don’t need to worry about other things.
"I've finished drinking it. How good of you."
Chen Zhizhou looked at the empty bowl, wiped the corner of Gu Qing's mouth with a handkerchief, and then kissed her: "Wait for me to come back."
"You lecher!"
Gu Qing said something angrily, but the smile on her face did not fade.
As soon as Chen Zhizhou left, Gu Qing lay alone on the bed, looking at the curtains wrinkled by the wind, his thoughts drifting outside Huaishui City.
I wonder how Cuiping is doing now?
With Xuanfeng protecting her, she should be safe.
But in the second room...Gu Qing clutched the corner of the quilt and slowly sat up.
When she opened the curtain, the wind and rain outside rushed in instantly. She just let go of the curtain and kept the rain out.
In one day, the rain should stop, and she should put an end to the disaster planted by the second house.
at the same time.
Li Xiangji and Chen Zhizhou stood under the tree, each holding an umbrella. The people in the tent looked at this noble son of heaven with curiosity.
"The Third Prince is the best. I heard he asked His Majesty to send someone to repair the dam overnight."
"Yes, not only that, he even personally donated money from his own house to provide disaster relief. I heard that every household also received subsidies!"
"really?!"
The people were discussing in private, but Zhang Bin, who was sitting nearby, had a very grim expression on his face.
The panic and anxiety in his eyes were difficult to conceal.
I'm afraid that once the rain stops, his life will be gone along with the rain.
Zhang Bin glanced casually and suddenly saw something, then he looked carefully.
His face was filled with horror.
In an instant, he stood up and rushed towards a huge rock under the tree.
"Master Zhang?!"
"Someone's dead! Someone's dead!"
The panic and noise of the people attracted the attention of Li Xiangji and Chen Zhizhou. They turned around and saw that the people were surrounding a man, and blood was spreading down the slope with the rain.
Li Xiangji frowned and looked at Chen Zhizhou.
The two seemed to understand something at the same time.
"Sir Chen, this time it was thanks to your wife that she came looking for you and interrupted our plan." Li Xiangji made it short.
"Why do you say that, Your Highness?"
Chen Zhizhou didn't understand what he meant.
Li Xiangji's eyes darkened. "After you left, my people encountered assassins. They were very skilled in martial arts. Although not as good as you, they were all skilled fighters. I'm afraid they came to take your life."
"If Gu Qing hadn't suddenly interrupted your plan, you would have stayed longer as planned and waited for the person behind Zhang Bin to reveal his intentions. A fight would have been inevitable."
Chen Zhizhou's face suddenly turned cold and gloomy: "Who do you think this is, Your Highness?"
The person behind the scenes was so impatient that he sent someone to assassinate him directly instead of finding a reason to create the illusion of his own accidental death.
Li Xiangji originally thought, as did Chen Zhizhou, that Zhang Bin's scene would take a long time to play out.
"You and I both know it."
Chen Zhizhou sneered.
Apart from the Fifth Prince, who else in this world would be so impatient?
"It seems that the Fifth Prince now wants to openly fight with Your Highness."
Li Xiangji looked towards the distant mountains and green mist, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "Then we must be more careful."
Hearing this, Chen Zhizhou frowned and said, "Zhang Bin is dead, and the Fifth Prince is clean-handed. There's no need for you and me to continue investigating."
"I'm afraid I'll have to look for another opportunity in the future."
Li Xiangji patted Chen Zhizhou on the shoulder and said, "As long as you're safe, it won't be a loss for us to get rid of Zhang Bin."
However, Chen Zhizhou did not agree with this. Compared with the fifth prince, he was still too conservative.
"Someone come."
Li Xiangji looked at Zhang Bin's body and said, "Carry Mr. Zhang's body away."
The people dispersed one after another, sighing.
"What happened to Master Zhang? Why did he commit suicide out of the blue?! Amitabha, I saw how he died today. I just hope I don't have nightmares tonight!"
"I heard that the person who harmed Mr. Chen was Zhang Bin. Zhang Bin colluded with people from the Ministry of Works and embezzled 70% of the money for building the dam. That's why when it rained heavily, the flood broke the dam."
"That's right, can that piece of shit stop the flood?"
"Didn't Lord Chen come here a few days ago to investigate this matter? Zhang Bin was afraid that he would be investigated, so he decided to go all out..."
Among the crowd, the news about Zhang Bin's cause of death spread more and more widely.
That night, the rain slowly stopped and the moon peeked out from behind the thick clouds.
Gu Qing and Chen Zhizhou stood on a high mountain, overlooking the Huaishui City stretching below.
"Are you cold?"
Chen Zhizhou put his coat on Gu Qing and held her in his arms: "Your high fever is better now, don't catch a cold again."
"The rain has stopped. I will take you back to Beijing tomorrow."
Gu Qing raised her eyes and met his clear gaze: "No, we still have one thing to do."
Chen Zhizhou thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Madam, are you talking about the second room?"
"That's right. The cause of Zhang Bin's death is already known to the people. We also need to find evidence to prove it, right?"
For Chen Zhizhou, he didn't care what the second branch did. After all, Zhang Bin was dead and the Ministry of Industry was also involved.
He has his own reasons for writing to Your Majesty.
Gu Qing said sternly, "The money that the Second House embezzled must be returned cleanly without missing a cent, and all ties with the First House must be severed."
Chen Zhizhou thought it made sense and said, "Madam, you are indeed very thoughtful."
"But why does Madam care so much about this?"
Chen Zhizhou always felt that there were other reasons for Gu Qing's decisive attitude.
Gu Qing held his hand tightly and said earnestly, "My husband, you have earned the Chen family's achievements, but the world belongs to the emperor after all."
"The glory of the Chen family also depends on the emperor's whim. One wrong step will sow disaster for the future. Regardless of the severity of today's situation, we must think about the future and make plans early."
"Madam, don't worry. My Chen family will only get better and better in the future!"
Mountains and rivers rolled in Chen Zhizhou's eyes.
Gu Qing saw his ambition and aspirations.
A sense of pain arose in his heart for no reason. If he had not met me in his previous life, perhaps he could have really become a general guarding the country and enjoyed glory for generations.
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