Shang Shaoyan was unaware that Cheng Chu had added more scenes for her, but if she had known, she would have simply praised him, saying, "Well done."
At this moment, she was sorting through the ten letters Shang Yunlan had sent her along the way. Six of them were news from the palace, and the other four were about his current earning situation.
Qiao Xiuyu's letter was a thick stack, as if she had a lot to say, but Shang Shaoyan barely suppressed his curiosity and didn't read it.
She took a deep breath, took out her pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and began to organize the information.
First, Emperor Chen had already delegated a lot of power to Qin Ye, including real power in the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works. Moreover, at Qin Ye's urging, preparations were made to build a summer palace. Shang Yunlan guessed that this was because Consort Zhao suffered from the summer heat, and June was Consort Zhao's thirtieth birthday. In Southern Chen, it was customary to hold grand celebrations for consorts of noble birth on round numbers.
Before Langyu Tower was even completed, they were already starting to build a summer garden. Such large-scale construction, which wasted manpower and money, showed that Qin Ye had gone mad.
Secondly, Consort Shu, Su Qianqian, is pregnant again. She just celebrated her 21st birthday last winter, after a miscarriage, but she is pregnant again. Shang Shaoyan couldn't help but think that Emperor Chen was a scoundrel—Emperor Chen was fifteen or sixteen years older than Consort Shu, yet he didn't show her any pity.
But then she thought of the crown prince, who was about the same age as her and hadn't even grown up yet, yet he was already forcibly taking women from the common people. Suddenly, she felt that they were indeed of the same ilk.
Next was Zhao Ming. Shang Yunlan investigated his affair with Shang Jieyou thoroughly and was able to piece together a rough truth.
Back then, Zhao Ming was indeed truly in love with Shang Jieyou, but he quickly reverted to his old ways, taking a beautiful concubine whom he doted on. However, he could never surpass Shang Jieyou in love. After a few protests, Shang Jieyou stopped making a fuss and even began to live harmoniously with the concubine.
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She didn't quite understand how Shang Jieyou, who was clearly a noblewoman from a high-class family and had never learned any of that nonsense about female virtues, could be so spineless.
Shang Shaoyan sighed and continued tidying up.
That beautiful concubine was actually a spy from the Northern Zhou Dynasty. She was originally intended to be presented to Emperor Chen, but Emperor Chen was currently in favor of Consort Shu that year. After Consort Shu made a scene with a few words, Emperor Chen gave her to Zhao Ming instead.
The concubine was not disappointed. Zhao Ming was Emperor Chen's nephew, Lady Zhao was the niece of the General of the State, and the Shang army was a fierce and ruthless force that had been loyal to the emperors of Southern Chen for generations. If the two sides fell out, the most likely outcome would be the defeat of the Shang army, and then Southern Chen would be no threat.
It must be said that this beautiful concubine was truly exceptionally intelligent.
The rest is simple.
She then slowly poisoned Shang Jieyou to death. Shang Jieyou died suddenly, and Zhao Ming was furious. He was deeply in love with Shang Jieyou (Shang Shaoyan: I don't understand). He investigated and investigated, and finally found the old Duke and his wife. Of course, this was also the concubine's scheme.
So Zhao Ming did something that everyone found incredibly stupid.
He colluded with the enemy.
He used the spies that Emperor Chen had planted in the Northwest camp, spending a large sum of money to bribe them, and colluded with the leaders of the Northwest barbarians to cause the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife to "die in battle."
Zhao Ming was a man of cunning and ruthless mind, but he was also very meticulous. He was not blinded by the so-called "successful revenge". Six months after the death of the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife, he sent a letter to Shengjing through his undercover agent.
The undercover agent wasn't stupid; he knew Zhao Ming intended to silence him and that the letter was just a pretext. However, many of Zhao Ming's men were with him, so he could only suppress his anger and thought of going to Shenyang to seek refuge with Emperor Chen to save his life.
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