Chapter 428 Fishing

Zhou Shuren held Zhulan's hand, "Don't worry. Shi Qing will not come to the Zhou residence during the day in the future. It will only be for the next two years. However, we will be separated for now. If anything happens, let Wu Ming take care of the evildoers. Wu Ming will not let his brothers and sisters be in danger."

He doesn't have the time to continue being a stepfather and worrying about everything. It would tire him to death. He and Zhulan also want to live a long life and watch their unborn child grow up independently. It would be even better if he could meet his great-grandson.

Zhulan, "But Wu Ning is at our house, and we promised to take good care of her."

Zhou Shuren spread his hands, "We can't stop the emperor, right? If Wu Ming wants to be angry, just let the emperor send Shi Qing."

Zhou Shuren paused, "Besides, you are just guessing. Who knows what Wu Ning is thinking? Besides, how old is Wu Ning? Okay, forget it."

Zhulan thought so too, and thought that they might be too nervous. Zhulan was also afraid that she was being too suspicious, so she finally decided to observe first.

In the following days, Zhulan made a special effort to observe Wu Ning. She found that Wu Ning was very normal, without any abnormality. After observing for a few more days, she even suspected that the girl was dazzled and had seen it wrong.

Ever since Wu Ning discovered that Xue Han saw the painting, she has been feeling nervous. Later, when her aunt observed her, she noticed it. She regretted not destroying the painting earlier, as she had not been aware of it at the time.

But she also knew in her heart that there was no possibility for her and Master Shi to be together. She knew that Master Shi was ambitious and that she and Master Shi were never the same kind of people. She had long hidden the strangeness in her heart.

She was just a little envious of Master Shi. It would have been great if she were a boy. Master Shi had a bad reputation, but he was able to gamble on his luck. As for her, she could only wait for her fate. The only way she could fight back was to not get married. But if she didn't get married, it would be bad for the Wu family's reputation. She knew that her willful brothers would support her, but she couldn't be so selfish and affect her brothers who already had a bad reputation.

Zhulan couldn't keep staring at Wu Ning, so she was relieved when she didn't notice anything. She thought she and Xuehan were too nervous.

Wu Ning was very good at hiding her thoughts, and even Xue Han, who lived and ate with her, didn't notice.

A few days later, in the capital, the urgent letter was delivered a few days later than usual because of the snow. The emperor saw that Wanminbiao was very agitated. In the first few years after the founding of the country, he had been killing people. The legacy of the previous dynasty and the ambitious ministers, he held the military power and suppressed them with iron blood. He would rather kill the wrong people than let them go. His reputation was really bad, but in order to stabilize the situation, he had to use ruthless means.

The people were afraid of him, the ministers in the court were afraid of him, and the country was recovering from the war, so even if he gritted his teeth and cut taxes, he did not gain any good reputation.

No one would think that his own achievements are insignificant. This commendation from the people is great. The changes in Lizhou City are real. Zhou Shuren is amazing, but without him as a mentor, the people's livelihood in Lizhou City would still be difficult. Fortunately, he has a good eye for talent. He deserves this gratitude.

The prince could sense his father's happiness. There were many rumors about his father among the people, and none of them were good. This time, Wan Minbiao really pleased his father.

The prince thought about Lord Zhou and felt very amused. Lord Zhou was interesting, very interesting. It was a pity that he didn't know how long his father would be in power. He would never have too many talents like him.

After the emperor was happy, he smiled and said, "Prince, go back. You have to attend court tomorrow."

The prince lowered his head and said, "Yes."

The prince walked out of the palace, looking silently ahead, sneering in his heart. Even though his father was happy, he still had to see the news from the spies.

The prince took only two steps and asked, "Fifth brother, where did you just come from?"

The fifth prince, Zhang Jinghong, smiled and said, "Brother Crown Prince, I just came back from outside the palace."

The prince moved his hands behind his back, his eyes were deep. Two years ago, he would have taken his brother, who was born under the same mother and father, into his protection. Now there are no brothers in the royal family, and he has already thought about this at such a young age. "Your sister-in-law is waiting for me to go back. I'll go back first."

Zhang Jinghong smiled and said, "When the prince is not busy one day, please treat me to a meal."

The prince waved his hands and said, "Okay."

Inside the palace, the emperor had already read the spy's news, and the corners of his mouth could not help twitching, especially Zhou Shuren's words, which were really brainwashing enough. The emperor squinted his eyes. Lord Zhou was very good at brainwashing, and he found another advantage. Having said that, the old fox Zhou Shuren's words made him feel good.

If Zhou Shuren knew what the emperor was thinking, he would definitely laugh. He is far from it. You don’t know anything about modern MLM!

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye. The Zhou family received a letter from Jiang Ming. Zhou Shuren received it at the government office and gave it to Zhulan after reading it. "Although the emperor did not publicly promote my rank in the court, he also praised my contributions in the past two years and recorded my merits. I estimate that the imperial edict will arrive after the new year."

Zhulan was unhappy, "Why doesn't the emperor be more direct?"

Zhou Shuren held Zhulan in his arms, "Let's go fishing. Jiang Ming can't go to court, but there is a source of information. The emperor praised me a lot, and many people think I will return to the capital. The emperor really knows how to use me as his confidant. You will see, there must be many people trying to pull me down. Lizhou City will be in trouble in a few days."

Zhu Lan pursed her lips, "Some people want you to come to Beijing to curry favor with them, but some people don't want you to come to Beijing to do so."

Moreover, more people do not want Zhou Shuren to come to Beijing. As a confidant of the emperor, and a confidant with great ability, more people are jealous of Zhou Shuren.

Just because Zhou Shuren didn't say anything doesn't mean she doesn't know. Zhou Shuren is in a frontier city. No matter how powerful he is, he doesn't know when he will be able to return to Beijing. Zhou Shuren's starting point was too high. Those who tried to pull him over thought that he would have to endure for many more years, so their methods have always been peaceful.

But now that the emperor has played this trick, and he has always played unconventionally, everyone thinks that Zhou Shuren has returned to Beijing and holds a high official position.

But in fact, she could guess what the emperor was thinking. Bah, without the Wanminbiao, the possibility of a horizontal transfer was higher. The emperor had been willful once, and now he had seen Zhou Shuren's ability. The emperor would not want to destroy Zhou Shuren, so it would not be too much to give him credit for his merit and upgrade him to the next level.

Zhou Shuren said quietly, "Don't worry. Do you think I don't have many people around me? I've already figured it out in the past two years. I have quite a few of the emperor's people around me."

Zhulan was relieved, but the emperor's mind was too unpredictable, and Zhou Shuren's reputation was too high. She was no longer sure where Zhou Shuren would be transferred to. "Tell me, where will the emperor let you go?"

Zhou Shuren narrowed his eyes and said, "I'm not sure either."

If there had been no test from the Emperor, he could still have guessed some of it, but after this test, he knew his ability to improve his reputation, and the Emperor was jealous. Coupled with what he had done recently, he really couldn't guess.

Zhulan, "We don't want to do that anymore. In the ancient times of imperial power, the emperor has the final say. You can go wherever he tells you to go!"

Zhou Shuren didn't tell Zhulan that the emperor used him to fish not only to test the power of all parties, but also to test him. He was afraid that after the test, he would throw him to the power pile. The emperor's mind was really hard to guess. He thought he had guessed it to some extent by studying the emperor, but when the emperor went fishing, he realized that he was not a god and could not guess the deeper level.

Zhou Shuren thought to himself that he should be careful, as this situation was really dangerous. The family needed some servants who knew martial arts, so he had to hide it from Zhulan and go look for Wu Chun.

There will be two updates on the 7th and 8th. The third update of these two days will be moved to midnight on the 9th. At least 30,000 words will be updated at midnight on the 9th.

(End of this chapter)