"Don't I know that Zhou Youan is a villain? But there are some things that have to be done by these villains, so as not to dirty our own hands," Zhong Mingzheng said calmly. He stood up and left the kitchen, slowly walked towards the study, and said to Ling Shian. "For example, Zhou Youan, and for example, Jiang Jinwan. Such villains. No matter how much you hate them in your heart, you don't have to kill them all. You have their shortcomings in your hands. Naturally, they can be used."
"Yes, I understand." Ling Shi'an bowed.
"Is the second brother about to arrive in Yongzhou?" Zhong Mingzheng suddenly asked when he reached the door of the study.
"I'm afraid it will take another half a month." Ling Shian said. At the same time, he looked at Zhong Mingzheng in confusion, "Why did Your Highness suddenly think of Prince Hui?"
"Today, the memorial from Ganzhou was delivered to the capital," Zhong Mingzheng said. He walked into the study and sat down at the desk. He took out the memorial from Ganzhou from a pile of memorials and opened it. He looked at the familiar handwriting on it and Cui Youan's signature at the end. He frowned and said, "It was only when I saw this memorial that I suddenly remembered. Yongzhou is actually not far from Ganzhou, and Lingnan seems to be not far from these two places. What exactly does father mean by this?"
After the wife of Prince Hui gave birth to a strange baby, the Cui family and the Zou family were implicated. Cui Youan was demoted three levels and demoted to Ganzhou as a fourth-rank prefect of Ganzhou, while the Zou family was even worse off and was exiled to Lingnan. As soon as the Queen Mother was buried, His Majesty issued another imperial decree, granting Yongzhou to Prince Hui. Zhong Mingzheng had never thought much about it, but today, as soon as he saw the greeting letter handed in by Cui Youan, he suddenly realized the strangeness.
Ling Shian was startled, then he realized what was happening and said in a stammering voice, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"
Zhong Mingzheng said nothing. He walked to the bookshelf, took down the geomancy map and opened it. He found the location of Yongzhou on it, and slowly slid his index finger from Yongzhou to Ganzhou. He said in a deep voice, "Yongzhou is only a few hundred miles away from Ganzhou, and it takes no more than half a month to get to Lingnan. Is my father getting old and confused or is he doing this on purpose?"
Ling Shian was nervous: "Could it be that His Majesty still has some backup plan? He apparently chased Prince Hui out of the capital, but in fact he let the tiger go back to the mountain, allowing the Cui family and the Zou family to accumulate strength for Prince Hui in the southern border?"
"Bang!"
Zhong Mingzheng punched the geomancy map hard, his face full of uncontrollable violence. When he spoke again, he gritted his teeth: "Father is really good at this. On the one hand, he is praising the fourth son in the capital, and on the other hand, he is trying hard to suppress the second son in the southern border. But, isn't he afraid that the second son will be like the fourth son, who has the blessing but no life to enjoy it?!"
Ling Shian was busy looking around, then he came up to Zhong Mingzheng and whispered, "Your Highness, what do you mean?"
Zhong Mingzheng took a deep breath, exhaled, paused, and said in a deep voice: "Let me think about it again."
"Yes." Ling Shian bowed.
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June 23, the 34th year of Jiasheng.
Wind and rain courtyard.
Qin Chong's drug addiction came back again. This time, Gu Qingtong was more experienced than the first time. Ever since she had dinner with Chen Qingxuan in the front yard and came back, she noticed that something was wrong with Qin Chong. He went to bed as soon as it got dark and wrapped himself tightly in a blanket. As soon as Gu Qingtong entered the room, she saw the blanket shaking non-stop. She was startled at first, but she immediately understood.
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