"It can be seen that Concubine Hui's baby will definitely be a healthy little prince," Qin Lu said with a smile, while bowing to Zhong Zhiheng. "Congratulations to His Majesty."
"Really?" Zhong Zhiheng's face was suddenly filled with joy, "It really is a little prince."
Qin Lu was busy assuring, "It is absolutely true, Your Majesty, please rest assured."
Qin Lu's words reassured Zhong Zhiheng. Zhong Zhiheng smiled until his face was wrinkled: "Good, very good!"
"Congratulations to His Majesty! Congratulations to Concubine Hui!" Zhao Ruhai also bowed hurriedly.
"Everyone will be rewarded." Zhong Zhiheng said with a smile. He suddenly pointed at Qin Lu and said, "Qin Lu, you are very good. This is worthy of the century-old reputation of your Qin family. Tell me what reward you want. I will satisfy you!"
"Your humble servant..." Qin Lu was startled. He knelt on the ground in a hurry. He stared at the complicated and gorgeous hem of Zhong Zhiheng's shining dragon robe, and his hands were tightly grasping the carpet. His nails left marks. His lips trembled for a long time. But in the end, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, "Your humble servant dare not. The glory of my humble servant family is bestowed by Your Majesty, and I am grateful. I will no longer have any extravagant demands."
"Get up, haha," Zhong Zhiheng stretched out his hand to help Qin Lu up. It was rare for him to be so friendly. "I know your loyalty, so go down."
"Yes, I'll take my leave." Qin Lu then bowed and walked out with the medicine box. As soon as he left the imperial study, his whole body suddenly went limp and he hurriedly reached out to hold on to the wall.
"Captain Qin, are you okay?" a guard came over and asked.
"It's okay, it's just too hot." Qin Lu forced a smile at the guard, then stumbled down the stairs and walked out of the palace.
Just now, he was almost, just almost, asking Zhong Zhiheng to order Chong'er to be recalled to the capital. He really was almost saying it.
What would have been the consequences if I had said it just now?
Qin Lu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, held on to the white marble pillar, and couldn't breathe for a long time.
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Qin Lu left and Dai Jingfeng came right after.
"Your Majesty, the matter you asked your subordinates to investigate a few days ago has now made some progress." After paying his respects, Dai Jingfeng bowed and said to Zhong Zhiheng.
"Sit down and talk." Zhong Zhiheng pointed to the chair behind him.
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty," Dai Jingfeng sat down and continued to talk to Zhong Zhiheng, "Your Majesty, after reading Chi Chongyuan's secret letter, the Queen Mother immediately wrote a secret letter to Xu Chengjin and sent it to him."
"Chi Chongyuan?" Zhong Zhiheng said slowly while stroking his teacup, "Is he the general who led the team sent by Xu Chengjin to wipe out the small group of people in southern Xinjiang who were causing chaos this time?"
"Yes, Your Majesty is right. This time it was indeed General Chi who led the team to suppress the rebellious group," Dai Jingfeng said, and hurriedly added, "General Chi joined the Southern Xinjiang camp sixteen years ago. He worked his way up from a grassroots soldier to become Xu Chengjin's right-hand man. Now he is promoted to the third-rank commander, which shows that he is a capable person."
"I have also heard that the ministers of the Ministry of War are very dissatisfied with the successful General Chi. However, General Chi did not rely on his relationship with the Xu family. He relied on his own outstanding military achievements to reach the third rank at a young age," Zhong Zhiheng nodded, took a sip of tea, and sighed, "It's just a pity."
Zhong Zhiheng didn't say what was a pity, but Dai Jingfeng knew it very well. The Xu family was Zhong Zhiheng's biggest concern. He was just concerned about the Queen Mother's face. Zhong Zhiheng didn't take action against the Xu family, but he did not stop beating them. The dethronement of the crown prince was a living example, wasn't it? So once the Queen Mother passed away, Zhong Zhiheng would not continue to endure it. It was a pity for General Chi. Such a capable and promising person had to become a disciple of Xu Chengjin. Of course, he couldn't stay.
Zhong Zhiheng put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Dai Jingfeng again: "Do you know what General Chi wrote in the letter? Why did the Queen Mother write to Southern Xinjiang in a hurry after reading his letter?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't know. The Queen Mother burned General Chi's letter after reading it," Dai Jingfeng knelt down and said hurriedly, "It took me a lot of effort to find out that it was General Chi's letter."
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