"In reply to the prince, he still has a breath left," Ling Shian said hurriedly. He smiled while pursing his lips, "He has a lot of secrets, otherwise they would have been revealed. Naturally, I don't want to let him die."
"Not bad," Zhong Mingzheng breathed a sigh of relief. He then looked at Ling Shian. "Have you found out any incredible secrets recently?"
"I was just about to report to the prince," Ling Shian hurriedly put away the smile on his face, and whispered in Zhong Mingzheng's ear. Then he whispered, "The late emperor..."
"Are you serious?" Zhong Mingzheng was stunned, his chest heaving. It was obvious that he was frightened.
"It can't be wrong. It's already this time, Jiang Jinwan definitely wouldn't dare to make up a story, and it's a serious matter." Ling Shi'an said hurriedly. He frowned and said, "And the time is right. Your Majesty has always been curious about why it was not the more popular Prince Pingxi who aspired to be the emperor, but the current emperor? This is the answer."
"If that's the case." Zhong Mingzheng let out a long breath, "I can understand why the Prince of Pingxi has not returned to Beijing for more than thirty years. I also understand why my father used my uncle to stir up a major case in the past twenty years."
"Your Highness, do you think this matter... can be used?" Ling Shi'an said hesitantly, "This matter is the top secret of the Great Zhou royal family. If it can be used, then there will be no worries about His Majesty helping you to enter the East Palace. But if it is used improperly, I am afraid... a disaster will come."
"I understand," Zhong Mingzheng nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Please let me think about it carefully."
"yes."
"By the way, how is Chengzi's training going?" Zhong Mingzheng asked Ling Shian again.
"Your Highness, everything went smoothly," Ling Shi'an said with a smile, "With the Zhao family in front of us to shield His Majesty, everything we do goes smoothly."
"The Zhao family really sacrificed a lot this time. They risked everything for me. They used rumors to attract the emperor's attention so that we could free up our hands to train the troops. My father kept asking me not to be a puppet of the Zhao family. Haha, if he knew how the Zhao family tried their best to assist me, he would probably not say such things again," Zhong Mingzheng said with emotion. After a pause, he said to Ling Shian, "If it weren't for the desperate situation, I wouldn't take such a risk. You just stay put over there."
"Yes, I obey your command." Ling Shi'an bowed and responded.
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The 8th day of the twelfth month of the 33rd year of Jiasheng
Ningguta.
Nanshan Villa.
The location for building the Prince's Mansion has been selected, but construction cannot begin for the time being. The winter in Ningguta is really too cold. It's not just freezing cold. It's just that the construction of the palace cannot start for the time being, but the personal soldiers of the Prince's Mansion can be recruited first. After Zhong Mingwei and Fang Zuotang discussed it, a conscription notice was posted on the outer wall of the prefectural yamen four days ago. Pang Yi and Kong Wenmin were personally in charge. One hundred personal soldiers have been recruited in the past few days, and they were brought to Zhong Mingwei and Mei Ya for review today. After all, they are personal soldiers, and they will be responsible for the safety inside and outside the palace in the future. Zhong Mingwei would not feel at ease unless he personally reviewed it.
"It took only a few days to recruit soldiers?" Mei Ya asked Zhong Mingwei while eating a sponge cake. "Who would rush out to read the recruitment notice in this freezing weather? How come they recruited a hundred soldiers in the blink of an eye?"
"This is not for ordinary people. We are recruiting martial artists. Naturally, the guards in the prefectural government know that we are recruiting personal soldiers. Naturally, their relatives and friends also know about it. There are certainly martial artists among their relatives and friends, and they all have clean family backgrounds. We are recruiting soldiers from these people, so it won't be a big deal," Zhong Mingwei explained to Meiya, while eating the last bite of sponge cake in his hand, and vaguely said to Meiya, "We will have sponge cake tomorrow morning."
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