The night was getting late, but the study room of Duke Chengguo's mansion was brightly lit.
Under the swaying candlelight, Zhu Yi sat at the table and stared closely at the memorial in front of her.
Although he had written the memorial and knew all the contents by heart, he still read the memorial carefully over and over again. Finally, his eyes fell on Hu Hui's last joint signature again.
However, this time, he has realized that something is wrong!
In this memorial, he mentioned two things in total. One was to ask for an early date for the prince to leave the cabinet and reserve the Zhengdong Palace. The other was to form a young army to be responsible for patrolling and defending the East Palace and teaching the prince in martial arts.
However, from beginning to end, Hu Hui's focus was always on the matter of the East Palace leaving the cabinet. He did not even mention the matter of Youjun.
After reading the memorial at that time, Hu Xi seemed to blame him, but in fact, now that Zhu Yi thought about it carefully, it seemed more like going through the motions.
Without saying a few words, the old father-in-law compromised. This was not like his character as an old man.
Moreover, what is even weirder is that although Hu Hui did not mention the matter of Youjun, he actually co-signed it in this memorial that addressed two things at the same time.
Not mentioning it at all, but willing to co-sign, what does it mean?
Under the dim candlelight, Zhu Yi frowned tightly, her thoughts becoming more and more divergent.
He suddenly had a question, was this old father-in-law who had been in the court for many years really not aware of what he was doing now?
Looking back on these days, although he was avoiding Hu Hui intentionally or unintentionally, on the other hand, Hu Hui seemed to be avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally.
The most obvious evidence is that since the in-depth talk after he left the palace, Hu Hui rarely came to the Chengguo Palace in person.
You know, now the two families are close friends, and the two mansions are close to each other. In normal times, his old man would come over to visit his daughter from time to time.
However, in recent times, there have been very few visits from his old man. Even if he does come, he does not go straight to the inner courtyard as usual. Instead, he stays in the outer courtyard and waits for his daughter to come out to greet him.
Zhu Yi originally thought that it was because he agreed to Zhu Ji's marriage to the British government, so Hu Ji had to make a gesture to avoid suspicion.
However, if you think about it carefully, it is not the case.
Hu Hui's doting on his youngest daughter is well known both inside and outside the capital. Since he married his daughter to Zhu Yi, the two families cannot be separated no matter what.
What's more, as I said before, with Hu Hui's current status, he didn't have to care about this in the first place. With his 'contributions', as long as he didn't make principled mistakes, the Tian family would not do anything to him.
Sitting far away, Zhu Yi was stunned for a moment, and his body suddenly stiffened.
Mentioning all the "courteous" gestures Hu Hu had made when he came to the Duke Cheng's Mansion during this period, he couldn't help but remember that the last time he came to the Duke Cheng's Mansion without any hesitation, it was precisely on that day that he was arrested because of the Wang family's daughter. He had a falling out with the emperor, and then walked out of the imperial city in despair.
How could he forget such an important thing!
That night, he almost told Hu Hui all the details of his confrontation with the emperor.
Zhu Yi still remembers that Hu Xi told him categorically that day that the emperor would have arrangements for him, and before leaving, he specifically told him to get up early in the morning and drive slowly.
Zhu Yi did exactly what Hu Hui said. Sure enough, at the inn outside the city, she met Shu Liang, who had been waiting for him.
To this day, Zhu Yi can still confirm that her meeting with Shu Liang will not be leaked.
For one thing, he went to help his father's spirit, and all he brought with him were people who had been in the house for many years. Secondly, he went up to the attic alone that day, and even the people who followed him didn't know who he saw.
However, now recalling the determined expression of his old father-in-law at that time, Zhu Yi was almost convinced that even though the old man had no evidence, he must have already made a guess in his heart.
Some things are actually just missing a layer of window paper.
To be fair, if everyone hadn't preconceived the idea that the Chengguo Palace had completely fallen out with the emperor, and because the title was undecided, the servants in the fields and houses under his name were all bullied, so they had no choice but to go to the British Duke. The current situation of government cooperation.
Judging from what Zhu Yi did during this period, it was not entirely suspicious.
The most obvious point is that in all matters of direct confrontation with the emperor, the Duke of Chengguo's government only played a side role at most, but did not provide any substantial help at all.
Whether it was the British government or others, they attributed this to the fact that the Chengguo government was unable to protect itself and did not dare to take risks. However, only Zhu Yi himself knew the real reason.
In addition, many things Zhu Yi did seemed to be beneficial to the emperor, but in fact, in the end, they always ended up benefiting the emperor inexplicably.
Although Zhang Shi and others are basically used to this situation of being plotted by the emperor, if they look closely, they can find that there is more or less intentional or unintentional guidance from Zhu Yi.
Because Zhang Xi and others had a preconceived idea that Zhu Yi must be on their side, they did not get too entangled in these matters. After all, they themselves had their own selfish motives. If we really look into it, it turned into pure internal strife.
However, as Hu Hui, who knew the emperor's true attitude towards the Duke of Chengguo, he might not necessarily think so.
As for this, will the old father-in-law notice these things?
Zhu Yi leaned back in the chair and couldn't help but have a wry smile on her face. Isn't this obvious? Do you really think Mr. Hu does nothing but sleep every day...
After thinking about this, Zhu Yi felt a strong sense of uneasiness in her heart, and she broke into a cold sweat all over her body.
Think about it, when you feel that you are hiding perfectly, but suddenly find that everything about you is actually clearly seen by someone in the dark, how terrible must it feel?
No wonder, every time Zhu Yi saw Hu Hui before, she felt that the old man looked at her in a strange way.
No wonder, Hu Hui ignored everything he did during these days.
Zhu Yi stood up and walked back and forth in the room. He became more and more anxious and panicked. He wanted to go back to Hu Mansion to ask for details, but at the same time he thought about what he should do to prove that he was not Just as Hu Hui guessed.
Even for a moment, he wanted to call Qingfeng in and ask him to report to the emperor that he would find a way to send his old father-in-law out of the capital in autumn...
However, at this moment, there was a slight noise outside, and the familiar footsteps of the old housekeeper stopped outside the door and said.
"Master, my wife ordered someone to bring a soothing soup. She also said it was getting late. When will you go back to your room to rest?"
