Old Zhou looked at Young Master Liu blankly and asked himself for advice on a past event that had been dusted away. With the power of standing beside the king in the court, he could look up files on anything he wanted. If there was anything in the past that he needed to ask for advice from!
"I don't know what the prince wants to ask. If we know it, we will try our best to answer it for the prince. If... I have something to say first, I hope the prince will forgive me. There are some things that I can't do anything about. These things are destined to be It needs to be brought into the coffin."
After all, Lao Zhou was also a man of great influence in the past, and had experienced countless battles, big and small. He knew that Liu Mingzhi would not hesitate to go to the imperial mausoleum alone, and the problem he sought advice from must be no small matter.
If it involves some royal secrets, I really can't tell the truth, so I can only give Liu Mingzhi a vaccination in advance.
Liu Mingzhi was startled. He didn't expect that Lao Zhou would directly cut off the source of his problem.
After thinking for a while, Liu Mingzhi hesitated for a moment and decided to ask. He would have to ask whether he could tell.
"Old Zhou, I would like to ask, what is going on with King Huainan, Concubine Jing, and His Highness the King of Shu? You are my father's personal attendant. You must know the truth of what happened back then. I wonder if you can tell the truth about what happened back then. The truth of the past?"
Lao Zhou's expression suddenly changed in shock, and the palm holding Fu Zheng couldn't help but tremble.
After a moment of silence, Lao Zhou looked at Young Master Liu in surprise: "How did the prince know about this? All outsiders who knew about this back then were silenced, and it would never be spread."
Liu Mingzhi's eyes narrowed, and things between King Huainan, Concubine Jing, and Li Yunlong were indeed not as simple as imagined.
But how should I tell Lao Zhou how he knew about this past incident? Should he reveal all his transactions with Li Yugang when he was suppressing bandits in Jiangnan?
After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Mingzhi knew that he still couldn't tell the past transaction with Li Yugang.
"The King of Shu...He Zong revealed to me a past incident of his being demoted when he was drinking poisonous wine in the royal study room, so I only know this!"
"So that's it. Now that He Zong has become famous and all the past events have disappeared, then we don't know why the prince suddenly went to the imperial mausoleum in person to ask me about this matter?"
"Are these things important to the prince? After all, these things are just royal matters, and they shouldn't have much to do with the prince, right?"
"Old Zhou, I have no choice but to ask about this past incident. You have lived in the imperial mausoleum for a long time and have no interest in worldly affairs. You don't know what has become of the imperial court now."
As Li Zheng's personal supervisor, Liu Mingzhi had never doubted Lao Zhou's loyalty to the court. In this case, Liu Mingzhi did not intend to hide the matter of the poison in Li Ye's body from Lao Zhou.
After silently sorting out his words, Liu Mingzhi looked at Lao Zhou quietly.
"This matter started when I ordered a million troops to go out..."
Liu Mingzhi told Lao Zhou unhurriedly what happened from leading his army to the two countries to returning to the court.
In particular, Liu Mingzhi made it extremely clear that Li Ye had not been in court for a long time and that he discovered that there might be poisonous insects in his body.
Liu Mingzhi clearly felt that as he told his story, Lao Zhou gradually exuded an aura that made him feel depressed.
This kind of momentum made Liu Mingzhi understand that Lao Zhou, the former internal manager, must be an innate master according to the hierarchy in the world.
Except for the momentum of someone other than an innate master who could make him, a half-innate person, feel vaguely uneasy, Liu Mingzhi rarely met people in the martial arts who could make him feel powerless.
"The man behind the scenes, I, had to think about it a lot and had to place it on Ming Gong Li Yugang. After all, all the coincidences point to Ming Gong, so I have to come here to ask you about the past events."
"After He Zong's great success, the whereabouts of his concubines and scholar Li Geng became a mystery, so I can't help but wonder if this matter is..."
Liu Mingzhi did not say anything bluntly about what he said later. He knew that Lao Zhou could understand what he meant and that it would be useless to say more.
"This is really a helpless move. Didn't you hear anything, Old Zhou? Did Eunuch Zeng Hai not mention anything about the situation in the palace when he came to visit you in the imperial mausoleum?"
The strong aura on Lao Zhou's body gradually disappeared and became invisible, and he gently stroked the whisk in his hand.
"I see. Speaking of Xiao Haizi, we only remembered it after the prince said it. It has been a month or two, and Xiao Haizi has not come to visit us, an old man. In the past, he would bring some fresh food every half month. You came to visit us for a meal. It has been more than two months. Could it be that something unexpected happened to Xiao Haizi?"
"He is a half-step innate master, and the Heavenly Evil Palm is our true inheritance. Even if he can't defeat him, escaping shouldn't be a problem, but he hasn't shown up for so long, hiss..."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Lao Zhou's hesitant expression with some doubts: "Even if Eunuch Zeng Hai can no longer accompany you, he should still be able to get a good job in the palace because of the emperor's brother. This happened in the palace." There is no reason for him not to inform you about other things."
"I don't dare to say whether the Grand Steward Su An and Queen Ren Qingrui secretly joined forces, but what he did in the court is true... Sigh... .....Your Majesty is probably powerless now."
Lao Zhou snorted with cold eyes: "When His Majesty succeeded to the throne, we saw early on that this little brat Su An was not a peaceful person. We had already asked Xiao Haizi to warn him, but we didn't expect that he was still in court. Tang Shang committed such an act."
"The chief steward of the district dares to declare an edict from the throne without His Majesty present. Who gave him the courage?"
"The crime is punishable."
"It seems that we have to clean up the house for the inner chamberlain."
"Old Zhou, let's put aside the matter of General Manager Su for the time being. You also understand the reason for my coming here this time. Therefore, it is now about the country and the country. Only by knowing the truth of this past incident can I deduce this. Is there any relationship between the person behind the scenes and Ming Gong?"
"If we can only eliminate the poison in His Majesty's body but cannot find out the real culprit behind the scenes, I'm afraid that once I leave the court to guard the border, there will be another turmoil."
"Dalong can no longer withstand the second civil strife. If we don't dominate the world, when will the Western affairs begin?"
"I am already thirty-two years old this year. When I mentioned this, I was only twenty-five or six. In the blink of an eye, I will be seven or eight years old. I still have a few more seven or eight years left to live."
"The three northern expeditions all failed midway. If this continues, when will it end? In addition, if civil strife breaks out in the rear, I'm afraid..."
Lao Zhou looked at Liu Mingzhi's sad expression, his eyes hesitant.
Should we tell the truth about what happened back then?
"Lao Zhou, the person behind the scenes is like a sharp blade hanging on the head of a big dragon. It can fall down at any time and cause a turmoil. I can swear to God that I will never tell the second person about this."
"Besides, even if you don't tell me, I think the Queen Mother should know the truth about this matter. Based on her current view of His Majesty, do you think if I ask her, she will not tell me about this matter?"
"Just because I'm afraid of alerting the people behind the scenes, I can't go into the palace to see my mother!"
"Everything is for Dalong's country and country."
"Old Zhou!"
Lao Zhou pondered for a long time, sighed quietly, stood up, walked to Li Zheng's memorial tablet, burned three sticks of incense, and kowtowed several times respectfully.
"Your Majesty, please forgive us for our blunder."
Lao Zhou stood up and slowly sat opposite Young Master Liu.
"This matter also starts from the royal banquet held by His Majesty in the Imperial Garden when the Six Guards Generals went to conquer Jintu and returned to the court. His Majesty had just ascended the throne as emperor, and his temperament was unstable. When the army returned in triumph, he was so happy that he drank more wine. At that time, the brotherhood between His Majesty and the King of Huainan was still like brothers. After drinking, His Majesty was drunk and ignored the dissuasion. He disguised himself and went out of the palace with the King of Huainan. went.........."
While drinking tea, Lao Zhou told Young Master Liu a dusty past event.
As Lao Zhou narrated, Young Master Liu's face looked a little stunned and a little strange.
PS: Haha, it’s been two and a half days, and I’m finally free from the highway. I’ll try my best to catch up on updates tomorrow. Now I just want to go to the foot massage shop to massage my left foot that is about to become useless. Happy Double Day, brothers and sisters, and I wish you all the best on the highway. Jing Qitian!
