"Has the emperor made up his mind to support the second son?" Zhong Mingzheng stared at the neatly arranged writing brushes, inkstones, and papers on the desk, gritting his teeth and saying, "It's only been a short time. First, Cui Youan was appointed as the Minister of Revenue, and now Zou Shijie was appointed as the Minister of Justice. Now, the second son's worth is catching up with mine!"
What Zhong Mingzheng said was right. With his maternal grandfather who was a first-rank minister of the Ministry of Revenue and Zou Shijie who was a first-rank minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhong Minge's status has indeed risen. Although the Cui family can never be compared with the Zhao family, if the Zou family is added, it will be very different. Especially since the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Punishment are the most important departments among the six departments, Zhong Mingzheng's father-in-law An Zishang is also a first-rank minister, but the weight of the Minister of Rites is a little lighter. Moreover, he and An Zishang have always had a grudge. He has never been willing to work hard on the An family.
"Your Highness, there is something I don't understand." After a long silence, Ling Shi'an frowned and said.
"You go ahead." Zhong Mingzheng took a sip of tea and said impatiently. "If you want to say something, just say it directly. There's no need to beat around the bush."
"Yes." Ling Shian bowed and walked in front of Zhong Mingzheng. "Didn't His Majesty just order the Imperial Concubine to execute the palace maiden named Cuiqing a while ago? It is obvious that His Majesty is sure that the plate of persimmon cakes was sent by Concubine Shu to Huipin. According to His Majesty's personality, he is not only very dissatisfied with Concubine Shu, but he will also definitely link this matter to Prince Hui. However, on that day, His Majesty ordered Prince Hui to sweep the imperial tomb on behalf of the emperor. What is His Majesty's plan?"
"What else could it be? Father has always loved the second son the most!" Zhong Mingzheng suddenly said coldly, and put the teacup in his hand heavily on the table, while continuing to grit his teeth, "The second son has been in poor health since he was young, so father can't help but pay more attention to him. That's fine, but he is also a good boy who knows how to please and flatter father, and father just falls for it. In the past, the king and the second son could clearly recite the "The Memorial to the Emperor on Leaving the Capital", but father only rewarded the second son with a scent bag, saying that he understood the prime minister's worries and righteousness better, and he just squeezed out two drops of cat urine! But father still likes his hypocritical virtue!"
"It seems that His Majesty will not implicate Prince Hui in this matter, but will trust and use Prince Hui even more," Ling Shi'an frowned even more. He took a breath, looked at Zhong Mingzheng, and said in a deep voice, "Prince, do you think it is possible that His Majesty noticed that there was something fishy about the persimmon cake incident, so he took a series of actions later?"
"If that's the case..." Zhong Mingzheng also took a deep breath, then exhaled silently. He looked solemnly at the incense burner on the table with smoke rising from it, and spoke again after a while, "Then there will be no good days for me from now on."
Yes, what kind of person is Zhong Zhiheng? If you have doubts about someone, the suspicion will only grow bigger and bigger. No matter how much you prove your innocence, it will be useless. This is the case with the Pingxi King and the deposed prince. Therefore, the Pingxi King did not dare to return to Beijing for more than 30 years, and the deposed prince now has a pitiful ending. However, he never thought that today, the doubts in Zhong Zhiheng's heart fell on him.
"You go to the Right Prime Minister's residence now and tell him that there is no need to delay any longer and that action can be taken now." After pondering for a while, Zhong Mingzheng said to Ling Shian in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, isn't this too risky?" Ling Shi'an said with a worried look on his face. "After all, His Majesty has just promoted Cui Shi'an and rewarded Prince Hui for his contribution in sweeping the imperial tomb. If such a big thing breaks out at this time, His Majesty will probably be suspicious, right?"
"Anyway, he has been suspicious for a long time, and I don't care if he becomes more suspicious," Zhong Mingzheng said coldly, "Looking at what father thinks of the second son, I'm afraid that even if the second son has no children, he will be promoted to a prince sooner or later. Who knows, if the second son squeezes out a few more drops of cat urine, father will reward him with the Eastern Palace. Today, I want to completely ruin the second son's reputation. I want to see if father can let a rabbit master enter the Eastern Palace?!"
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