Chapter 502: Life is too long

Zhou Shuren and Zhulan went to the front yard together. Zhulan followed Zhou Shuren and met the Fifth Prince, who was at a growing age, thin but not short, and had a very friendly smile.

Zhulan's first impression of the Fifth Prince was that he was a fake. Due to his age, he was not well-trained yet.

After Zhou Shuren and Zhulan exchanged greetings, Zhulan left.

Yes, the Fifth Prince looked down on women. Zhulan would not be wrong. There was disdain in his eyes, which was really annoying.

Zhou Shuren waited for Zhulan to leave, his expression was indifferent, and he seldom smiled. "The Fifth Prince is coming to Jinzhou City. What is the Emperor's will? Let the Fifth Prince bring it to me."

Zhang Jinghong's smile froze. "My father has not issued an order to Lord Zhou yet. I have heard of you for a long time. I happened to pass by Jinzhou and couldn't help but come to take a look out of curiosity."

Zhou Shuren lowered his eyes. The last time the Fifth Prince came to the capital, he did not go to see him. He smiled but his face was not smiling. "The Fifth Prince is lifting me up. I am not worthy of this."

Zhang Jinghong had a very bad first impression of Zhou Shuren. Even though he had been prepared because he had heard that Lord Zhou had an ordinary appearance, he still couldn't please him when he saw him in person. Obviously, Zhou Da's third son looked good enough, and when he thought of Lord Zhou's wife, he fortunately looked like Lord Zhou's wife.

Moreover, he really didn't like the tone of Lord Zhou's speech, which lacked respect and he pursed his lips. He hated the people favored by his father in the court. In the eyes of these people, there was only the prince.

There was a gleam in Zhou Shuren's eyes. The Fifth Prince didn't look at him when he spoke. With the rest of his eyes, he looked at the eunuch's face behind the Fifth Prince. His stomach skipped a beat. He was really good-looking. After changing his clothes, he looked like a woman. Then he recalled the guard standing at the gate of the front yard. He was also good-looking. He didn't expect that the Fifth Prince was still concerned about appearance.

Zhou Shuren curled his lips, he was really sorry, he looked so ugly, not to mention that the Fifth Prince had a bad impression of him, his impression of the Fifth Prince was also extremely bad. The Second Prince had plotted against him, but he had a good impression of the Second Prince. He still admired the Second Prince's scheming and courage.

But the Fifth Prince, Zhou Shuren frowned, he was very disdainful of Zhulan just now, it was really annoying, a smile broke out on Zhou Shuren's faint face.

Yao Zheyu looked left and right, then lowered his head to look at the lines on the ground. Although he had only known Lord Zhou for a short time, he knew that the more Lord Zhou laughed, the more he held a grudge. He also didn't like the Fifth Prince.

Yao Zheyu was drinking tea when the Fifth Prince came to see him first. He implied that his father was thinking about him. He really was thinking about him. He was thinking about why he didn't die outside so that no one would come to divide the connections and power of the Marquis' Mansion.

Yao Zheyu narrowed his eyes. He didn't know until he fought. The more he fought with his old man, the more frightened he became. The Marquis' Mansion was already very powerful in the previous dynasty, and later it did not suffer much loss and surrendered to the emperor. It was not without reason that the emperor wanted to destroy the Marquis' Mansion.

The fifth prince couldn't stay any longer. He said a lot of things, but Lord Zhou responded with a light and airy retort, "Lord Zhou, I have something important to attend to, so I'll take my leave now."

Yao Zheyu was not the Fifth Prince's man, nor was he his follower. He stood up and said, "Your Highness, I have something to discuss with Lord Zhou."

Zhang Jinghong narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Is that so? I was thinking of having dinner with my senior brother, but it seems there is no chance now."

Yao Zheyu lowered his head. Why did his father accept the fifth prince? He had met several princes, but he really didn't see what was worth betting on in the fifth prince. "When His Highness comes back, there will be a chance."

Zhang Jinghong curled his lips in his heart. Among the Marquis's sons, he hated the eldest son the most. He took a lot of power from the Marquis's Mansion. He still liked the second son of the Marquis's Mansion. If Yao Zheyu didn't have a lot of power in his hands, he wouldn't be so polite.

Zhou Shuren smiled and sent the Fifth Prince away. On the way back, he thought to himself, "What a thief! He said he was visiting but he didn't even bring any gifts." He returned to the front yard and asked, "What's up, Prince?"

There better be something wrong, he is in a bad mood now!

Yao Zheyu suppressed the twitch in the corner of his mouth and said, "Your Excellency, do you know why the fifth prince left the capital?"

Zhou Shuren hadn't received any news from the capital, so he couldn't ask the Fifth Prince directly. "Does the Crown Prince know?"

Yao Zheyu nodded, "The Fifth Prince will walk around for the Emperor and take him to see the mountains and rivers."

This was what Zhang Jinghong said to him personally, and his people in the capital also brought him the news, which only meant that the emperor did not issue an explicit decree, and the ministers in the court did not know about it. Yao Zheyu could not figure out the emperor's unfathomable thoughts. A prince left the capital with only a dozen people following him, and without a clear decree. Does he really dote on his youngest son?

Zhou Shuren had thought of what Yao Zheyu was thinking. He took a breath of cold air. If he became a powerful person in the future, he would definitely not keep it a secret if his own son left Beijing. Although there were dangers, at least most of the dangers could be eliminated. But leaving Beijing secretly without making a big fuss, was he thinking that he was throwing away his son's life?

He also toured the mountains and rivers. It was thanks to the emperor that he had thought of it. This was no longer a fish bait, but a meat bun that was thrown out. Not to mention the actions of the third and fourth princes, even the fifth prince's trip would be unstoppable. Sooner or later, everyone would know about it. He did not make a big fuss and kept a low profile. Did he really think that only a few princes wanted to take action?

Zhou Shuren was the prefect of Lizhou City. He had the strictest control over the city. There were a lot of spies from foreign tribes, and the northeastern border was still unstable. Capturing the prince and bringing him back was a sure-fire deal.

Yao Zheyu looked at Lord Zhou with open eyes. He told Lord Zhou hoping to see something from Lord Zhou's face, but unfortunately the old fox was so practiced that he was still drinking tea with a smile on his face. He could not see anything from Lord Zhou's face.

Zhou Shuren put down the teacup in his hand, "Why does the prince look at me like this? Have I become much younger recently?"

Yao Zheyu, "......."

Fortunately, he didn't drink tea, otherwise he would have been scolded. Yes, Lord Zhou attaches great importance to his appearance. It is said that Lord Wang's favorite flattery is that Lord Zhou looks a lot younger!

Zhou Shuren curled his lips in his heart. Even though you are the male lead, I am not bad either. Age is one aspect, but more importantly, we have cooperated too much with the emperor. You still have a lot of practice, boy. Zhou Shuren stood up and said, "It's getting late. I won't keep you, Prince. Please."

(End of this chapter)