"Humph, this is the fate of being two-faced, you deserve to be exterminated and your entire family destroyed," Zhong Zhiheng said coldly, pausing, and then said, "Although this is the case, we can't relax in Southern Xinjiang. We must see Qin Chong alive or dead. If he says any nonsense, I will make all of you Jinyiwei be buried with him."
Jiang Bairen naturally knew that Zhong Zhiheng was worried about what nonsense Qin Chong might say. It was nothing more than that the Emperor actually did such a horrifying thing as to attack his own eldest son, so the Qin family was wiped out overnight, and only Qin Zhong's body was missing. Zhong Zhiheng was of course afraid that he would know the truth, so he was so nervous.
"Yes, Your Majesty, please rest assured! I will definitely get it done!" Jiang Bairen took a deep breath and kowtowed.
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May 12, 1934
Palace examination.
Chen Qingxuan, a poor boy from Ningguta, was chosen by the Emperor as the top scorer in the imperial examination. Fang Kaiwen, the grandson of the left prime minister Fang Zhonglian, was the second place. Fu Jiayou, the son of Zhili Governor Fu Zhongtian, was the third place. Chen Qingxuan and Fang Kaiwen were both assigned to the Hanlin Academy as editors of the sixth rank, while Fu Jiayou was appointed as a seventh rank librarian in the cabinet.
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Prince An's Mansion.
backyard.
"Master, Madam," Pang Yi hurried over from the front yard, holding the envelope in his hand, "I was ordered to deliver a gift to Fengyu Villa just now. While I was in and out, I found this letter in the carriage. My name was written on the envelope, but when I opened it, I saw another envelope inside, which said "For Master to open personally". I think this is not an ordinary letter. Master, please take a look."
"Using such a troublesome method to deliver the letter instead of waiting at the door in person, it is obvious that he wanted to avoid the Imperial Guards," Mei Ya looked at the letter, paused, and then said, "Well, it should be said that the person who delivered the letter wanted to avoid the eyes and ears of His Majesty, which means that he didn't know the relationship between the Imperial Guards and us, but he was able to deliver the letter under the noses of Pang Yi and the Jinyiwei without anyone knowing. He should be... a very powerful noble in the capital. This noble is afraid of the majesty of the emperor, but he wants to make peace with us privately, so he is willing to take this risk. If he wants to make peace, it means that the relationship between him and Ming Wei was not good in the past... Well, maybe he is a prince."
"You've become more and more skilled in fortune-telling lately, almost catching up to a semi-immortal." Zhong Mingwei looked at Mei Ya with a smile.
"Then open it and take a look to see if my calculations as Zhong Banxian are accurate?" Mei Ya urged him with a smile.
"Okay," Zhong Mingwei took the letter and opened it. As soon as he saw the words on it, he immediately gave Meiya a thumbs up, "Zhong Banxian, you are really amazing!"
"Really?" Zhong Banxian was overjoyed. He put down the milk tea in his hand and came over to read the letter with Zhong Mingwei. He asked anxiously, "Who wrote this letter? There is no signature on it. How do you know it was written by another prince?"
"This is the Second Prince's handwriting. I recognize it," Zhong Mingwei said slowly. "It is said that a person's handwriting reflects his personality. He has been writing neatly and elegantly since he was a child. His handwriting is very beautiful. At that time, the Third Prince always laughed at him for writing like a woman. The two of them even had a fight because of this."
"Oh, no wonder you recognized him," Meiya nodded, and urged Zhong Mingwei, "Take a quick look at what was written in the letter from Prince Hui. Didn't he leave the capital for his fiefdom just the day before yesterday? Why didn't he send the letter before he left, but instead sent someone to deliver the letter when he was no longer in the capital? How strange."
Zhong Mingwei didn't say anything else. He lowered his head and looked at the letter in his hand. As he looked at it, his expression became more and more gloomy. In the end, his hands began to tremble slightly.
"What's wrong?" Mei Ya noticed something was wrong and hurriedly sat down next to Zhong Mingwei, shaking him worriedly, "Did something happen?"
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