Zhong Zhiheng looked at him. His pale face looked very creepy, but the corners of his mouth were holding a smile that he couldn't hide. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with what he said: "But the King of Pingxi just married the eldest princess of the Turkic people. If we attack the King of Pingxi now, wouldn't the border be in turmoil again?"
"Since the Prince of Pingxi just had a big wedding, according to the rules, he must bring his wife back to the capital. And since the Queen Mother has just passed away, the Prince of Pingxi and his wife must also rush back to pay their respects," Zhong Mingwei lowered his head and thought, then looked up at Zhong Zhiheng, "From the northwest to the capital, the journey is long and arduous, who can guarantee that nothing will go wrong?"
"Haha, I didn't realize you were a man of ideas and you were thoughtful before," Zhong Zhiheng smiled and patted Zhong Mingwei's shoulder approvingly, "In that case, I'll leave this matter entirely to you," Zhong Zhiheng paused and said slowly, "Once this matter is settled, I'll leave the 300,000 troops under the Pingxi King to you to command. Not only that, the Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guards will also be handed over to you, Mingwei, don't let me down."
The weight of Zhong Zhiheng's words was so great that Zhong Mingwei's heart was pounding with fright. He understood the hidden meaning of Zhong Zhiheng's words, which was to hand over the most elite northwestern army of the Great Zhou and the military power of the capital to him. The most important things for the king were military power and government affairs, but compared to government affairs, military power was the real capital. So compared to letting Zhong Mingzheng govern the country on behalf of the emperor, Zhong Zhiheng was actually paving the way for Zhong Mingwei. And the only prerequisite was to let Zhong Mingwei clearly oppose the King of Pingxi and strangle him.
Zhong Mingwei looked at the faint smile on Zhong Zhiheng's face, and his heart, which had been beating violently, gradually calmed down, and then became icy cold.
If Zhong Zhiheng regarded him as his own son, why would he let him bear the infamy of strangling the emperor's uncle? And why would he repeatedly test him?
If Zhong Zhiheng still regards him as a bastard, then Zhong Zhiheng wants to use him to create another major case in the past 20 years.
No, it's not just a simple case of the past 20 years. Zhong Zhiheng is still looking forward to seeing him kill his biological father...
Zhong Mingwei looked at those bottomless eyes and felt a little breathless for a moment. He had never seen such a terrifying person, and such terrifying eyes. They didn't look like human eyes, but like two abysses...
The abyss leading to hell.
"What?" After not getting an answer for a long while, Zhong Zhiheng spoke again, "Mingwei, do you have any other requests?"
Before Zhong Mingwei could answer, he heard a loud noise coming from the outer hall, mixed with the sound of a woman crying.
"Go and see what's going on with all the commotion?" Zhong Zhiheng frowned and said impatiently.
"Yes." Zhong Mingwei hurriedly got up and walked to the outer hall, where he saw Jiang Bairen and his men escorting a dying eunuch. Behind them was a wailing woman. Judging from her clothes, she should be a concubine in the harem, but she kept covering her face and crying. Zhong Mingwei couldn't tell which lady she was, so he waved to Jiang Bairen.
"Your Highness, I greet you and pay my respects to you." Jiang Bairen hurriedly walked to Zhong Mingwei and bowed.
"Who is this?" Zhong Mingwei asked Jiang Bairen, "What happened so early in the morning? Aren't you afraid of disturbing the emperor?"
"Your Highness, there is nothing I can do about this." Jiang Bairen looked embarrassed and explained the whole story to Zhong Mingwei in a low voice.
It turned out that early this morning, patrolling guards found two bodies, a man and a woman, in the imperial garden. They looked like they had been murdered, with deep marks on their necks. The guards were shocked. Since the case of the Fourth Prince, the patrols in the palace have been strengthened by more than three times, and even the Jinyiwei were included in the patrols. It was the Jinyiwei who found the bodies, so they were busy looking for people to identify the bodies. As a result, they found out that the dead man was a guard named Fang in the palace, and the woman was Qingxing, a close maid of Concubine Hui.
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