Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1345 Everyone in the Court Knows
Within three hours of the messenger soldiers entering the city, almost everyone in the court knew that the prefect of Zhangzhou had been silenced.

Although everyone had not yet found out the contents of the bloody letter, they heard that after His Majesty read it, he was so angry that he smashed a good inkstone and punished two eunuchs who behaved improperly in front of the palace.

Another piece of news that shocked the government and the public also came out shortly after this incident:

Han Yaohui, the commander of the Zhenxi Army, withheld military equipment and resold it to the enemy country for profit. The silencing of the prefect of Zhangzhou seemed to be related to this incident.

The emperor wanted to use Han Yaohui to contain Yeliang, but he was also worried that the military equipment would be leaked, causing Han Yaohui to have second thoughts. After some thought, he ordered Zheng Cheng to burn the blood letter and summoned Gu Hongzhang and Pingyang Hou to the palace.

Just after he and Gu Hongzhang finished discussing the list of people who could be the commander-in-chief of the Zhenxi Army, they heard news from outside. Although they did not find the source of the rumor, they found out that Qin Zongliang and the prince's men were among them, fanning the flames in secret.

The emperor was so annoyed that he loosened his back teeth:

"This evil creature has been hanging out with that brat from the Qin family all day long. He has learned a narrow vision and can only kill his own brothers without caring about the overall situation. How can he be like me at all!"

Although he was annoyed, the emperor quickly calmed down after venting his anger. After thinking for a moment, he ordered a notice to be posted to make the blood letter of the Zhangzhou prefect public.

After settling the Han family, the emperor reviewed the memorial submitted by the Dali Temple. The anger that had just been suppressed came out again. It was unclear whether he was more angry at Chu Chengyao or annoyed that his three sons were controlled by Qin Zongliang:

The second brother, a troublemaker and a fool who always does dirty things, fell into the hands of the Qin family's young man again this time!
Zheng Cheng quickly glanced at the furious emperor and replied in a slow tone:
"There is another thing that I accidentally found out. On the day of the Princess's Mansion Flower Party, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arranged for someone to sneak into the Princess's Mansion. He intended to drug Miss Lin or Miss Feng's food in the name of Minister Qi's sister.

Later, for unknown reasons, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not order anyone to take action. Perhaps it was because Second Miss Feng was ill and did not go..."

The emperor frowned and listened, then after a little thought he understood the reason:
I'm afraid that at that time, they had heard about the third brother and the Han family's private seizure of weapons, so they changed their plans temporarily and turned their attention to the girl from the Han family. The reason why they chose the girl from the Qi family was just to kill two birds with one stone and drag Qi Qi into the water.

After all, the prince is now in charge of the Ministry of Justice, and the second son has been stripped of his title. After the incident, as long as the drugs are found on the maid of the Qi family and two witnesses are fabricated, saying that the prince was instructed by the Qi family to give the drugs and the two maids accidentally took them in a panic, the prince would be cleared of suspicion.

Everyone would only think that Qi Quan saw that his old master was hopeless and wanted to switch to the new master. Also, because he had previously protected the second brother, he had a rift with the crown prince, so he used such a despicable method to force the crown prince to become his brother-in-law in order to keep his official position.

By then, the Qi family would have no way to defend themselves. The maids from the Lin and Feng families had become close to the prince, and the prince was also being plotted against. Naturally, the Gu and Lin families and the Feng family would not let Qi Quan go.

As for the two girls, the prince will surely be able to obtain their marriage through some self-torture tactics.

What a good plan! Even someone as noble as the crown prince would not be able to think of such a method. It must have been done by that brat from the Qin family.

Great, he actually trained the prince to be so obedient...

Feeling the gloom around the emperor, Zheng Cheng leaned forward cautiously, even slowing down his breathing.

At this moment, Chu Chengping came to pay his respects with a smile on his face, as if he could not feel the emperor's anger at all. He used the marriage as an excuse, shamelessly pestered the emperor for a long time, said a lot of good things, and asked for a farm.

Comparing with his third son and his eldest son, the emperor couldn't help but look at Chu Chengping with more favor, and his anger dissipated a lot.

Zheng Cheng muttered in his heart:
Your Highness, Prince Qi, every time you come to see His Majesty recently, you have chosen a particularly good time.