No, why did a good conversation suddenly turn into him kneeling on the ground and talking to her about Yuan Xingzhou's efforts to purge the court of corruption and treason?
Zheng Quchi hurriedly stretched out his hand to help the person up. In terms of seniority, he was a senior, and in terms of age, he was older than her. She did not dare to accept his thanks.
"No, no, Lord Ran, please get up quickly. But aren't you from His Royal Highness? Why do you look so... afraid of him?"
Although Yuan Xingzhou is indeed moody at times and has a weird and awkward temperament, if he had not committed any crime, he would not kill people for no reason...right?
Hearing this, Ran Rongting glanced around and lowered his voice: "Mr. Zheng, to be honest, I don't even dare to look at His Highness the Crown Prince. Every time I talk alone, if he speaks in a slightly serious tone, I will get nervous and tremble." Shivering."
Aren't you afraid if you don't kill people? No, there is a kind of fear in the court, which is called the unpredictable power of the king.
"Well, sometimes...I'm a little afraid of him." Zheng Quchi said empathetically.
For example, when he went crazy for no apparent reason and locked her in a dark room when she dared to run away, he was completely unreasonable, as if he couldn't understand human speech.
"No, Mr. Zheng, please don't be afraid of His Highness. If you are afraid of him, who will stop His Highness from getting... angry?" he said anxiously.
Mr. Ran, your "fa" paused suspiciously. Let's take a blind guess. Did you originally want to say "crazy"?
Zheng Quchi stared at him resentfully: "..." With such a scary thing, they actually wanted to trick her into being a protective shield for them?
Even if what happened last time happened once, she wouldn't be able to bear it if it happened again. She didn't see her using coercion and inducement, pretending to be crazy, trying to retreat in order to advance, and she used thirty-six strategies to surround Wei and save Zhao, and only then could she get such a chance of a reprieve. ?
She was resented and shunned after the incident, and she had to build a palace for him and his future queen to make amends. This was not enough. He also pushed her to the forefront and became a female official. This matter was revealed. Did they think it was easy for her?
"I think as long as you don't commit any crime, the prince will basically not make a big move." She tactfully declined.
The main thing is not to rely on rescue, but to rely on yourselves to be safe and disciplined. Don't always bump into his muzzle. How much role can she play? At most, she can "lubricate" it.
"Of course, my friends and I have long been dissatisfied with Queen Ye's interference in politics and committing a series of shameful incidents that humiliated the country. We all support the crown prince's rise to power and will never betray the crown prince. From now on, we will dedicate ourselves to the country of Ye until our death. "Ran Rongting's words were as solemn as an oath.
Zheng Quchi saw that his little eyes were full of emotion, and he kept glancing towards her, as if he was conveying some secret message.
Ding——The two people’s eyes met, and Zheng Quchi understood.
"Oh, don't worry, Master Ran. I will definitely talk to His Highness the Crown Prince about your loyalty when I have time and let His Highness know."
Zheng Quchi accepted a favor from the Minister of the Ministry of Finance this time. He just had a "wish" to make His Highness the Crown Prince pay more attention to him. Since she had the conditions to give him some advice, she had the right to return the favor.
When Ran Rongting heard her say this, his face was naturally happy, but he had to say something hypocritical: "That's not what I meant, oh, that's all, then thank you Mr. Zheng, Mr. Zheng, you still have to I'm busy, so I won't bother you anymore, I'll take my leave and go back to the palace to resume my duties."
"Excuse me, Mr. Ran, for making this special trip. Please give me Quchi as a gift."
"No, no, no, Mr. Zheng, you are busy, I can just leave by myself."
With some polite exchanges of favors, Zheng Quchi sent Ran Rongting away. When she looked back, she saw that there were no guests coming to pay homage to the mourning hall, so she temporarily left the mourning hall in the care of the Chang family while she went back to her room to tidy up. He took off his mourning clothes and put on his regular clothes, called Fu Rong and sneaked out through the back door.
She didn't know at this time that Brother Sang was limping over in front of the gate of the General's Mansion, covered in sweat.
He wanted to go in, but the concierge refused to let him in because he had no "obituary" and had no connection with the General's Mansion, so he was naturally blocked at the front door.
"Brother Sang, you have limited legs and feet. What are you doing here?" Liu Fengmian caught up and asked.
When he saw Liu Fengmian coming, Brother Sang clenched his fists: "I was just strolling around..."
Liu Fengmian's mouth twitched.
walk around?
He thought he was blind. Who would walk by the General's Mansion casually?
Liu Fengmian pretended not to know and asked out of curiosity: "Does Brother Sang know anyone from the General's Mansion? Are you here to look for relatives?"
When Brother Sang heard this, his eyes flickered and he said vaguely: "No, no..."
Staring at the plaque on the General's Mansion, Brother Sang thought, it's impossible, how could the ruler be the General's wife? He must have heard wrongly. The "Zheng Quchi" that people under the Liu family were talking about must have the same pronunciation, not the same word, and it couldn't be their ruler.
Ruler said that "Liu Fengmian" was not here, but was entrusted by his superiors to go to other places to do things. The people of the Liu family have also confirmed this. He is just a small strategist, blind and weak, how could he be the one everyone talks about? What about Yu Wensheng, who has become the "Living Yama"?
How could their ruler have such a hard life? It's impossible.
Brother Sang kept convincing himself to believe it, but in fact it was easy to believe it. After all, "Liu Fengmian" was a son-in-law whom Zhi found for him during the wedding party in Fu County. The generals of the country wanted to marry wives, and most of them were princesses and noble daughters. When asking for marriage, how could he condescend to marry an unattractive craftsman's daughter?
This is against common sense and even more against the rules.
Realizing that he had probably misheard just now and had scared himself into a cold sweat, Brother Sang turned around with an apologetic expression and said to Liu Fengmian, "I'm sorry for making Young Master Liu worried and coming out to look for me."
Liu Fengmian laughed dryly and thought to himself that the worry was real, but not only was he worried that he would get lost or have an accident, but he was also worried that if he saw Zheng Quchi coming out of the General's Mansion, it would be a big trouble.
Zheng Quchi said that she would find an opportunity to confess everything to Brother Sang, but she was busy with one thing or another every day. When she finally got some free time, she had to hold a funeral for her "cheap husband", so she delayed it until now.
But this matter probably won't be kept secret for long. As long as she explains it to her family and her family finds out on their own, they are two different concepts. Maybe there will be a deep grudge.
Furthermore, at this time, if Brother Sang discovers that Zheng Quchi is the wife of the general who has been praised by everyone in Shengjing recently. Although she has an excellent reputation in the eyes of outsiders, in the eyes of her family, she will never look at those external honors, only He feels sorry for her that she lost her husband at such a young age and is still involved in the current complicated court disputes. I guess he is the one who is worried about her.
"What are you talking about? Brother Sang, you don't have to be so polite to me. Since we have nothing to do, let's go back. After all, the General's Mansion is the residence of important ministers of the court and is heavily guarded. If there is any big commotion, I'm afraid it won't end well."
"Okay, okay, I was reckless."
Liu Fengmian saw the change in Brother Sang's expression, as if he had suddenly figured something out, and his anxious and flustered mood had stabilized. Although he didn't know what he was thinking, it would be fine as long as he was willing to give up and go back to Liu Mansion with him.
"I wonder how Yaomei is doing these days?"
Liu Fengmian has also been busy with various trivial matters outside the mansion these days. If someone in the mansion had not anxiously reported that Brother Sang looked strange and rushed out of the Liu mansion, he would not have come here in his busy schedule.
The two left the General's Mansion and chatted while walking back.
"Well, it's much better. Not to mention that the medicine Mr. Liu found is really useful. Thank you very much." When Brother Sang mentioned Sang Yaomei, his frown relaxed and he said, "If this ruler is If you know it, you will definitely be happy.”
Because he was afraid that it would be troublesome to explain, Zheng Quchi directly asked Liu Chaiji to go back and tell Liu Fengmian to admit the matter.
"Of course, my younger siblings feel sorry for this younger sister the most..."
Liu Fengmian was actually a little distracted when chatting with Brother Sang. In fact, he was more afraid of seeing Zheng Quchi today than Brother Sang.
Speaking of the funeral at the General's Mansion, he should have gone to put on a show, but unfortunately he was really afraid of seeing Zheng Quchi, so just be suspicious. Anyway, whoever wants to go into this muddy water can go there, and he didn't see those two cunning ones. Is this guy so guilty that he doesn't even show up?
Huh, he won't go either. It's just a pity that Fu Rong was caught red-handed, and he doesn't know how Zheng Quchi will torture him to extract a confession and reveal the truth.
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Zheng Quchi did not torture Rong to extract a confession, but arrested the person and came to a prosperous street: "Lanyue, Wu Liang, Sixi, Kongli."
Four people quietly appeared behind her.
"My lord, what are your orders?"
Seeing these four people, Fu Rong's eyes widened slightly, his heart beat fast, and his palms became sweaty.
Why did Madam call these four people out? !
"Block all those who are following, snooping, and suspicious people behind me."
"yes."
The four of them only have eight legs and eight hands. Of course, it is impossible to guarantee that they can intercept all the people in the dark, but they also have people on their hands. The general's wife said before that there is no need to worry about these people, because even if this group is eliminated, others will still be there. Another batch will be sent out, so instead of a steady stream, let’s just leave it “cooked”.
But now the situation has changed. Since the general's wife has issued an order to "clear out", they naturally have to do it cleanly.
This is not difficult. They have already figured out the opponent's location and number of people during this period of time, and they can definitely catch them all in one fell swoop.
After leaving the matter of the spy to the four of them, Zheng Quchi grabbed Fu Rong and blended into the noisy and lively crowd. After confusing all the eyes that were watching her, he found an opportunity and dragged him into a dark alley.
Fu Rong has been in a state of nervousness since yesterday, and now his nerves have reached an unprecedented level: "Husband, madam, what exactly do you want to do with such a big battle?"
Zheng Quchi said nothing nonsense and blocked the person against the wall: "Disguise me!"
Zheng Quchi saw that he was stunned and approached his face: "To be more precise, you disguised me as you!"
"This, this is not good, madam, what are you going to do?"
Zheng Quchi sneered directly: "What bad intentions can I have? I just want to see through another person's eyes what the hell you are doing." (End of Chapter)
