Stop acting, Your Majesty, the queen knows you're faking it

Chapter 540

"That's right, I wrote a letter to explain the situation to His Majesty, hoping to use Xu Ruxuan for a while, at least wait for the disaster relief matters to be dealt with before talking about this person's merits and demerits."

When Zhu Xiaohou said this, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "Even if this person has done something wrong, he still has merit, your empress may have already noticed his fault, but please take another look at the situation and consider his merit.

"Putting the two together, you may also think that at this juncture when everyone is too busy, it is the right choice to continue to use an official who is used to disaster relief and knows the local situation very well."

Master Zhu Xiaohou spoke clearly and logically, and Chi Xinian understood that this was a decision made by such an upright person after careful consideration.

She also fully understood the decision.

Therefore, leaving him alone for questioning today is not to argue with him about Xu Ruxuan's handling method.

She just pondered for a moment and said: "Since you have seen the whole thing so thoroughly, don't you think that Zhifu Xu is weird?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean...?!" Zhu Ziping's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Chi Xinian in astonishment.

At first, he was still apprehensive, worried that the Empress Empress, who had no tolerance for sand in her eyes, would not want to use this person again after seeing Xu Ruxuan's mistakes.

But now it seems that this is...

She was already seriously considering why there was such a sense of separation before and after Xu Zhifu acted alone?

"Actually, it's been a few days since I came to Pingcheng." Seeing that the person opposite him understood what he meant, Chi Xinian returned to his peaceful appearance before.

She picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said calmly: "In the past few days, I have seen that the magistrate Xu is indeed a real parent and official who can do things well for the common people.

"However, I don't believe the reason why he didn't dare to report to the court because he was worried about someone behind the bandits.

"But if it wasn't like this... After thinking about it, I think that he might have encountered some unspeakable trouble. Because he had to, he temporarily concealed the matter of the water bandits from the court."

"Then what is the person who forced him to do this?" Zhu Ziping is not a fool, after some investigation, he also had the same thought.

It's just that as soon as this idea came out, it was erased by himself.

If Xu Zhifu really has no other choice, then those who coerce him must get certain benefits from such a move, right?
As a result, it was only concealed from the court for a few days.

Because of this, it attracted the attention of the court.

Right now, the imperial court has even dispatched General Chi, who was invincible in the past... This... Even if the water bandits are powerful, they are probably scared too much, right?

Not only was this coercion meaningless, but it was like lifting a rock and shooting himself in the foot.

Zhu Ziping shook his head: "The lower official thinks that the coercion doesn't make sense. There may be other secrets behind this incident."

"Well, I know what you think." Opinions differed, and Chi Xinian didn't get angry with Zhu Ziping because of this, she just continued, "But no matter what, the mystery of Zhifu Xu is the key to breaking the game.

"If we can figure out the mystery about him, it will help us find the culprit, and even help us consider how to deal with him.

"Just now people have a lot of talk, it's not good for me to speak out about this matter.

"Now I'm talking to you alone, because I want to invite you to explore the secrets of Prefect Xu together.

"Pingcheng is not a place I am familiar with, and there are not many people I can trust.

"I don't know, can the young master help me with this?"

(End of this chapter)