This was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in the uniform of a civil servant. He was thin and had a resolute face. At first glance, he looked like a fair and strict official. This man was none other than Zhou Yi, the Chief Secretary of the Prince of Lu's Palace.
Seeing Chen He walk in from outside, Zhou Yi hurriedly greeted him and asked anxiously, "What's the situation?"
"Not good." Chen He said with some concern: "Your Majesty is indeed asking about disaster relief food and money."
"What did King Lu say?" Zhou Yi asked hurriedly.
"Prince Lu said he covered up for us in front of His Majesty." Chen He said in a bad tone, "I don't know what he said specifically. I wanted to ask him further, but the prince said he was tired and went to bed."
"Something is going to happen." Zhou Yi sighed, then sat down on the chair and said.
"Did Your Majesty say anything else?" Zhou Yi asked, looking up at Chen He.
"I asked." Chen He sat down helplessly, and then repeated what King Lu had said to him.
After saying this, Chen He looked at Zhou Yi hesitantly and said, "Do you think His Majesty has guessed it?"
"I've definitely guessed it." Zhou Yi said with a dark face, "The current emperor is very wise and has many people around him. Originally, the emperor called Prince Lu here, obviously to question him about his crime. Didn't we discuss this before?"
"This time, Your Majesty arrived in Shandong and directly captured Zhang Shun in Jining. To put it bluntly, Your Majesty has set his sights on the disaster relief grain issue. Your Majesty summoned the Prince of Lu here, most likely because of this matter."
"But His Majesty called Prince Lu over and asked about this matter, but he didn't say anything else and just asked Prince Lu to pay. Why do you think that is?"
"Because Your Majesty knows that Prince Lu would not do such a thing?" Chen He said hesitantly.
Sighing helplessly, Zhou Yi said somewhat dejectedly, "Looking at the King of Lu's appearance, anyone with a normal mind can see that he's not cut out for this. If he's not cut out for this, then who did it? How long do you think we can keep this a secret?"
"Your Majesty may need to be cautious in dealing with Prince Lu, but there is no need to be cautious in dealing with the two of us. If that really happens, I'm afraid we will die without a burial place."
Hearing Zhou Yi's words, Chen He's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. He looked up at Zhou Yi and said helplessly, "Now that things have come to this, what do you think we should do? We can't just rebel, can we? If we really want to rebel, what can we do here?"
After a brief pause, Zhou Yi said, "Your Majesty said someone is planning a rebellion. Do you know who it is?"
Chen He shook his head and said helplessly, "How could I possibly know who it was? It's been so long, and I haven't been exposed to anything related to this. Prince Lu hasn't even asked His Majesty, so he wouldn't care."
"I can guess some of it." Zhou Yi said after thinking for a while.
"Who?" Chen He hesitated and said, "You are not related to them, are you?"
"Someone from the Wenxiang Sect." Zhou Yi glanced at Chen He and said.
"Are you talking about them?" Chen He said hesitantly, "Do you have any evidence?"
"Where's any solid evidence for something like this? But look at what those people are doing. They're just like the White Lotus. You must have heard about how much trouble the White Lotus caused in Shandong back then. Now these people are preaching everywhere. What do you think they're doing?"
"Even if they want to rebel, what does it have to do with us? You don't think they can succeed, do you?" Chen He said with a mocking tone, "Your Majesty is in Shandong now. If they rebel, they will only end up dead."
"We have no choice but to die." Zhou Yi said unhappily.
"You're right. Rebellion is a dead end for them. But Your Majesty is in Shandong, and we're in Jining City now. If Your Majesty dies here, what do you think will happen?"
"Your Majesty is still young and has no children. If Your Majesty dies at the hands of the rebels, the whole world will be in chaos. Then we can support the King of Lu and become the founding heroes! At that time, with the trust that the King of Lu has in us, what will we be?"
Listening to Zhou Yi's words and seeing his excited expression, Chen He also became excited.
That kind of scene is so exciting. If I can really achieve that, I will definitely be in power!
Chen He turned to look at Zhou Yi and said, "Are you sure?"
"There's no way to be sure about this kind of thing. We're just going to give it a try." Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and said, "I'll immediately find someone to contact them and have them come here. I'll lure them into the city and kill His Majesty right there. Then we'll lure people in to quell the rebellion."
"We don't have anyone on our side, and we might end up getting into trouble." Chen He said helplessly.
"Are you stupid or am I? As long as His Majesty dies, there will be chaos here. When that happens, all we have to do is protect Prince Lu and escape, and troops from all over the country will come to support him."
"By then, all those who do business with us will support us. They also know how great an achievement it is to support him. He is a hero who founded the country! When the time comes, we will work together as a team and we will have no worries about accomplishing great things."
"Can you contact them?" Chen He said excitedly.
The future is bright, and your big era is finally coming!
"Yes." Zhou Yi nodded and said, "I've done business with them before and sold them food. That's why I think they're going to rebel. They're hoarding food."
"As long as we find them and propose cooperation, they will definitely agree. I will send capable people over there. As long as we can contact them, the rest of the things will be easy." Zhou Yi said in a firm tone.
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