Chapter 415: City Patrol Token

In the East Palace, Zong Zhao went in to look after His Highness.

The Crown Princess invited Xu Wan to sit down and started chatting with her: "I heard that there have been a lot of problems in your house recently. Are you okay? Do you need my help?"

Xu Wan smiled and shook her head: "Thank you for your concern, my majesty. I have taken care of all the family affairs. It's just that I was delayed for a few days in entering the palace, and you have been waiting anxiously."

The Crown Princess smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, you didn't come a few days ago. I thought you were angry with His Highness because the Patrol Officer stopped Jin Cheng and his men outside the city... But His Highness has been in a coma and has no idea about this."

Xu Wan asked, "Did the city patrol officer really block us on purpose because of Luo Jingfeng?"

The Crown Princess hesitated for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Yes, they thought Zong Zhao and Luo Jingfeng were on the same side, and since Your Highness is in this state now, they all think it was Luo Jingfeng who did it, so they refused to let you into the city."

"So that's really the case..." Xu Wan suddenly said, "They are quite brave. Everyone in the capital is afraid of Luo Jingfeng. Only the City Patrol dares to go against the Luo family."

The Crown Princess smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, they are the only ones in the entire capital, only His Highness... who are not afraid of power, life and death. The people under His Highness are not the kind of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death."

While the two were talking, Zong Zhao came out of the house.

He said goodbye to the Crown Princess and was about to leave, but the Crown Princess suddenly stopped him and said, "Zong Zhao, although I don't know what you are going to do with Luo Jingfeng, just because you can stop Luo Jingfeng from advocating to depose the Crown Prince, I believe that you will not harm His Highness no matter what you do."

Zong Zhao didn't reply to her.

Whether he treats His Highness well or not is his business, and he doesn't mind whether the Crown Princess will misunderstand him.

The Crown Princess continued, "The Patrol City has tens of thousands of soldiers guarding the Imperial City. This is your Highness's most important support. I cannot let them pay you compensation and apologize just for Luo Jingfeng or Jin Cheng."

Zong Zhao replied: "I understand, and I don't need them to pay me."

The Crown Princess took out a token from her body and handed it to him: "But I can hand over the City Patrol to you."

"!" Xu Wan was shocked.

That is the prince's greatest reliance, the City Patrol Department that is in charge of the safety of the entire capital. Even though it cannot compete with Luo Jingfeng's military power, the City Patrol Department is the most powerful in the capital.

And this token can mobilize the entire City Patrol Department.

Zong Zhao's face was gloomy: "This token is of great importance. Your Majesty, please trust me with it?"

The Crown Princess shook her head and said, "In fact, I am not at ease, because the trust is too great. If we are not careful, both I and His Highness will be doomed. However, I know His Highness very well. He has been hiding a lot of things from me. Whether it is Jin Cheng or you, he has not revealed much to me. I know he does not want me to get involved in this mess, but I also want to enter his world and bear the wind and snow for him...but he is unwilling to give me such an opportunity."

She was choking up as she spoke, but she still managed not to cry: "Since Your Highness won't tell me, I'll leave it to you. I believe that when Your Highness wakes up, he will see a clean imperial court."

Zong Zhao took the token from her.

Such a small sign carries the trust of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. He said hoarsely, "Okay, I will do it."

At this point, the power of the City Patrol was secretly transferred.

Zong Zhao put the token away and took Xu Wan out of the palace.

After learning about another incredible event, Xu Wan realized that she knew too many secrets. However, since she knew everything, she couldn't erase her memory. She had to stay quiet and pretend that she didn't exist.

She didn't say anything, and Zong Zhao didn't say anything either. The two of them were completely silent.

In the evening, the examination in the study room ended.

The examiner Shunzi handed over nine answer sheets. Xu Wan, who had rested for a day, was full of energy. She had dinner early on purpose just to be able to see the test papers of several people on time.

Zong Zhao sat at the desk and helped her check the answer sheet.

Xu Wan picked up the Little Devil's first, wanting to see how good this kid's policy essay was now. When she read the first half of the test paper, she felt that it was logically clear, well-organized, and listed very well, but when she saw the second half, her brows furrowed.

It’s not that the answer is bad, but the idea is very strange.

She couldn't figure it out, so she called out, "Zong Zhao, come and take a look at Jin Cheng's test paper. I think something is a little off."

"What's wrong?" Zong Zhao put down the test paper in his hand and leaned over to look at the answer sheet.

After seeing this, he also fell silent.

Xu Wan said weakly, "Jin Cheng should have just gone off topic, right?"

On the test paper, he first wrote what an official should do, but at the end he began to give suggestions to the new emperor, teaching him how to appoint officials.

How to use officials is the emperor's business. What does it have to do with him?

Zong Zhao put down the test paper, his eyes sharp.

He said firmly: "No, he didn't write off the topic. He thought this was what he should do... He shouldn't know this."

Xu Wan's heart skipped a beat.

She recalled that during that year and a half, the prince would come at least one day every month, right on the second floor of the large study, and chat with Jin Cheng for the entire day.

She asked Jin Cheng what they talked about, and Jin Cheng covered his mouth tightly, not revealing a single word. Now it seems...

Xu Wan guessed, "Did His Highness teach him?"

Zong Zhao acted very quickly. He picked up the test paper with one hand and walked out with Xu Wan in the other hand: "Go ask him."

"Ah? Ask him? I can't tell you the answer. I've asked him many times before." Xu Wan was at a loss.

"Let me ask." Zong Zhao said.

In the large study room, Zong Jincheng and his brothers ate steamed buns while studying hard. This was their normal routine in the evening. They felt that studying while eating would allow them to absorb knowledge directly into their stomachs and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"General, madam." The maid's voice at the door kept reporting.

The teachers and students in the room raised their heads.

"Dad, Mom." "Uncle Zong, Aunt." "General, Madam."

Zong Zhao strode in.

Zong Jincheng saw his test paper at a glance, and he asked excitedly, "Dad, what do you think? Did you see my brilliant essay and think that this boy is really a literary star descended to earth?"

Xu Wan: “…”

Here it comes again, this ear-piercing confidence.

The corners of the mouths of the others also twitched to some extent, but when they remembered that Zong Jincheng's policy paper was indeed well written, no one dared to refute him.

Zong Zhao didn't reply to him, but only said: "Bring a lamp upstairs, I will tell you about your strategy."

"Okay!" The little devil was excited.

Whether his dad is praising him or giving him policy guidance, it's all unique, and just thinking about it makes me super excited.

Seeing that there was nothing for the others to do, they sat down and started reading again.

Zong Jincheng was young and had a lot of energy. Fearing that the one lamp was not bright enough, he went downstairs to get another one, and ran back and forth on the stairs.

When he finished all this and hadn't even sat down, his father asked him in front of his mother, "Your Highness has taught you how to appoint officials, right?"