Chapter 965: Mutual

Zhang Jingyang sneered, "You two are really well-informed. You all know everything that happened in the palace. I didn't even know it was Old Five who stole it, but you did."

The King of Chu widened his eyes, "Second brother, you can't slander me. How would I know what's going on in the palace? At most, I just kept an eye on your house."

King Liang said, "It's only because my second brother was too careless that a thief appeared in my house. How did you steal it, Fifth Brother?"

Zhang Yang had indeed made great progress, but he was still too young to talk. A few words from his brothers confirmed that he had stolen the jade pendant. Although it was a fact, he could not admit it in front of the ministers.

Zhang Yang quickly retorted, "Brothers, please don't speak nonsense. I'm saying that again. Do you have any evidence? If there is no evidence, brothers, please don't speak nonsense."

Zhou Shuren moved his ears. A few sentences revealed too much information. The second prince's words were not slander. Several princes had people in the palace.

Zhang Yang did go to the palace to give the jade pendant, but he was actually framing Prince Qi. The news leaked out, so it must have been intentional on the part of the emperor.

Zhou Shuren followed Lord Xiao out of the hall and couldn't help but look back in the direction of the Zheng Palace. The person driving the process behind the scenes was always the Emperor!

Xiao Qing walked very fast, "Go, go."

It was not just Lord Xiao who walked very fast. The ministers all walked very nimbly at this time and did not look old at all.

After returning to the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Shuren calmed down and thought to himself, the power behind Zhang Yang is really amazing. He can even get the jade pendant of Prince Qi. It's incredible.

Zhou Shuren originally wanted to ask Jianyan to pay attention to Prince Qi's Palace, but in the end he thought better of it and decided not to ask about it.

At the Mansion of Marquis Yao, Yao Wenqi signaled the person who reported the news to go down. This time, the jade pendant and the letter were written by him. When he got the jade pendant, the chess piece of King Qi would be abandoned. The more chaotic the situation in the capital, the better. Only with chaos could there be opportunities. As long as there was peace, he would not dare to move.

Yao Wenqi was in a good mood. As soon as the Fourth Prince took action, he knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come!

The next day, Zhulan was about to go to the Yang residence to visit her elder and second brothers when Tao came over with a happy face and asked, "I heard that your eldest daughter-in-law is pregnant again?"

Zhulan smiled and said, "Who told you that? I don't show off."

Tao said cheerfully, "I heard it from my grandfather last night."

As for her husband's envious look, there's no need to mention it. She was also very jealous. She only had one grandson in her family, and she was really worried.

"Look how happy you are. I didn't know you might have thought your daughter-in-law was pregnant."

Tao, "Of course I'm happy. They say a daughter resembles her mother. I was thinking of Wang Wei's many children."

Zhulan was helpless. She wanted to say that was not necessarily true, but she couldn't say that. Li's ability to give birth helped Yu Lu gain a lot of favor from the Wang family. The Wang family really needed children.

After sitting for a while, Tao couldn't sit still anymore and insisted on going to see Li. Zhulan accompanied her. When they arrived at the courtyard of the main house, Tao held Yu Lu's hand tightly and wouldn't let go, saying "you are blessed" left and right.

Zhulan, "......."

Even until Tao passed away, he was still talking about how good Yu Lu was!

Yu Lu's face was frozen with laughter. Finally, there were no outsiders around. Yu Lu said depressedly, "The Wang family values ​​me so much that I feel a lot of pressure as a granddaughter."

What if she couldn't give birth to a son like her mother? Grandma said that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Li was also worried, "It's all because of my stomach."

Zhu Lan said, "Okay, don't think about it. That's all after we get married. And even if you don't have this baby, the Wang family still has expectations for Yu Lu."

Yu Lu was still unhappy. Originally, Wang Wei would send her a few words from time to time, but now Yu Lu was angry.

Zhulan waited until Li and her granddaughter left before she said to Mrs. Song, "The old man must be angry."

Mrs. Song smiled and said, "The old man and Mr. Wang have a good relationship."

Zhulan laughed, "He is used to bullying."

At the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Shuren stopped Wang Ju who was about to leave and said, "You are too petty. It's been a whole night and you still ignore me?"

Wang Ju gnashed her teeth in jealousy, "My Lord loves to stab people in the heart."

Especially his heart, didn't he say in a rude way that he would leave at the end of the year and wish Zhou Shuren good luck in the future? This guy showed off that he was going to have another grandson, and his counterattack was particularly sharp!

Zhou Shuren hummed, "Same here, same here."

Wang Ju has learned a bad lesson, knowing how difficult the future of the Ministry of Revenue will be, but still wishing him well!

In the harem, the queen drew up a list of people to be released from the palace and handed it to the female official, "Send it to each palace and release them after three days."

The female officials were trembling with fear. Many of the people released from the palace by the empress were the concubines of various palaces. This meant that they were going to cause trouble, and it was a big trouble.

The Queen did not wait for the lady-in-waiting to leave. She took a sip of tea from her teacup and continued, "Write down the reactions of the various palaces and report them in detail when you return."

The female official lowered her head and said, "Yes."

The queen finished her tea, stood up, changed her clothes, and practiced sword in the yard. The Chen women were very smart and had rarely crossed the line over the years. There were not many women in the harem, and they knew that no one could pull anyone down, and they couldn't do anything to each other, so even if they had troubles, they could still live in peace. Their hearts were on their sons, and they were always waiting for them to grow up.

The queen was in a good mood, but the flowers that were destroyed by the sword were damaged and could no longer survive.

The lady-in-waiting returned quickly, and the queen put away her sword. "What do the palaces say?"

The female official reported, "The Imperial Concubine got angry and has left to look for the Emperor. As for the other ladies, Concubine Chen has received the list, and the two ladies should be here soon."

The Queen wiped her sweat and said, "The Concubine is becoming more and more powerful. Even the orders of the Queen are no longer effective."

The female official did not reply, and the courtyard became quiet. The empress turned around and went back to the palace. The son should pay off the debt, and the parents should pay off the son's debt. It's the same.

The princes have all grown up, and those who should be made kings have been made kings. To their mother's families, the women in the harem are not as important as the sons who have been made kings.

At Yang Mansion, Yang Zhumu said, "I heard that the navy went to suppress pirates."

"Brother is well-informed, that's true."

Yang Zhumu's eyes lit up. "What do you think about Yang Wen joining the navy?"

Zhu Lan asked, "Wu Chun has already arranged everything, why does Big Brother want Yang Wen to join the navy? The situation at sea is unpredictable, and our country has no experience in this area. The navy is too dangerous."

Yang Wen was the eldest son of Wu Chun and the eldest grandson of his eldest brother. Yang Wen had high hopes as the leader of the next generation of the Yang family.

Yang Zhumu didn't know. He couldn't sleep after hearing the news. "There is no war in the inland, so it is difficult for military officers to be promoted. Yang Wen will have to endure for many years to make it. The navy is different. I think there will be many wars in the future. If you really fight for military merits, it doesn't matter how high the official position is. That will be faster than enduring slowly."

Zhulan wanted to say that as long as Zhou Shuren continued to rise, the Yang family would have no chance of leading an army and holding power, and the official positions of military generals would not be too high in the future.

Yang Zhumu continued, "The Yang family has no ambitions. It would be great if Yang Wen could be like his father. His father passed away because he said that the Yang family needs generations of accumulation, so there is no rush."

He always remembered what his father said, that the Yang family could only rely on their own accumulation from generation to generation, and with the support of their brother-in-law, the Yang family lived a good life, so he thought that accumulating wealth in two ways would be faster.