Ji Hongluan raised the corners of Hongyan's lips slightly, pulled down her bamboo hat, and left silently with her sword in hand.
In a blink of an eye, she came to Xiao Chen.
Looking at Xiao Chen, who was still carving wood leisurely and contentedly, he had already marked out the prototype of a doll.
She couldn't help but frown slightly, "Why does this person look familiar?"
Unexpectedly, she came back so suddenly, Xiao Chen quickly put away his things.
How should he explain elegantly that this was a wooden sculpture carved to apologize to the Sixth Princess?
As a result, Ji Hongluan suddenly raised the corners of her mouth and crossed her arms: "You still have some conscience, and you know how to throw wood to please me."
"But let me tell you first, I'm not interested in these wooden things, but if you carve them yourself, you can still do it~"
Ji Hongluan directly took the target and looked at it repeatedly. The more he looked at it, the happier he became. Xiao Chen was quite helpless.
Fortunately, fortunately, they look similar, at least they avoid the phenomenon of one woman being jealous.
"Now that we've got the things, it's time to get down to business."
Xiao Chen stood up, blew the wood chips off his body, and looked at him expectantly.
Putting the wooden sculpture into her arms, Ji Hongluan held her arms arrogantly: "You really guessed it right. Often the most inconspicuous existence is the most threatening!"
"It's that Chen Bafang who sweeps the floor!"
She also had to admire Xiao Chen's investigative abilities.
Who would have thought that the very thin, honest-looking sweeper could actually be a spy sent by someone else?
Although he got the exact answer, Xiao Chen's brows showed no signs of relaxing, and instead became a little heavier.
Ji Hongluan was a little confused: "The spy has been found, aren't you happy?"
The other party shook his head and said solemnly: "Although the trainee has been found out, how can you guarantee that he is the only one?"
Now that Dongchang's prestige is increasing day by day, Chen Jin wants to keep an eye on her, but will only have one pair of eyes later.
Xiao Chen paced back and forth in the yard and analyzed carefully: "Chen Jin can sneak into Chu Yanwu's side and do things, and he is by no means an ordinary person."
"Since I can think of building a plank road openly and sleeping in Chencang secretly, don't you think he can't?"
Ji Hongluan was speechless for a moment, "Any more?"
"With so many people, we can't just keep an eye on them all. There's a risk of being discovered."
No matter how good Ji Hongluan's experience is, if so many people have to follow him all the time, he will still feel that he is unable to do all the work.
Xiao Chen shrugged: "Since we can't be sure, then I'll kill all doubters with a reasonable stick!"
"I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. At worst, we will treat all those eunuchs as Chen Jin's people!"
Reasonably divide them into suspicion areas, so that loopholes can be avoided perfectly.
Ji Hongluan twitched the corner of her mouth speechlessly, thinking that he could come up with some wise analysis, but it turned out that it was all done in one fell swoop.
Rubbing her chin slightly, she couldn't help but wonder: "Having doubts about those new eunuchs, could it be that you also include the Lin brothers and others?"
The Lin brothers have been with Xiao Chen for a while, and they work hard. If he doesn't let them go when he sees them, then this person's power is terrible.
Or even deeper, Ji Hongluan suspected that he couldn't even do it himself.
Xiao Chen suddenly stepped forward and tapped her head gently, "What are you thinking?"
"I'm talking about reasonable suspicion, not blind targeting!"
"I see all their loyalty to me. If I really had doubts about them, do you think they would still stay here?"
The Lin brothers have strength and courage. If they really have evil intentions, he will not keep such potential people.
Ji Hongluan rubbed her head aggrievedly, "What about the new eunuchs?"
"Since you suspect them, how about solving them all?"
Xiao Chen shook his head: "Don't worry about those little bastards. If something happens to them, there will be a new batch."
"Besides, I haven't planned to officially break up with Chen Jin yet. Wouldn't it make people unhappy if I killed his people?"
A faint smile bloomed at the corner of Xiao Chen's mouth, with a bit of heart-stopping coldness, and he suddenly said: "Go and ask Wei Zhongxian to prepare some gifts."
"Why are you preparing gifts?"
"Of course we are going to celebrate Zhang Dongyang as Prime Minister Zuo!"
Ji Hongluan was about to leave when Xiao Chen suddenly stopped her again: "Wait, don't bother."
"Chen Jin and Zhang Dongyang don't get along with each other, so leave the gift-giving decision to Chen Jin!"
He walked straight into the palace with long strides and went to visit Chen Jin.
Hearing Xiao Chen take the initiative to come to the door, this is a rare visitor.
Chen Jin hurriedly greeted him and said, "Master Xiao, why do you have the time to come to our house today?"
He had people prepare tea and snacks.
Just one sip will tell you that this tea is worth a thousand taels, and being an errand beside the emperor is a lot of money.
For a moment, Xiao Chen actually envied this guy.
While eating snacks and drinking tea, Xiao Chen did not mince words and directly explained the purpose of his visit: "Eunuch Chen, now that Zhang Dongyang is the prime minister of Zuo, all the civil and military officials have come to congratulate him, so naturally I have to express my gratitude."
"What do you think would be a more appropriate gift?"
He looked at Chen Jin suggestively.
This is not just about asking the other party's thoughts, but also expressing one's own position and camp.
Zhang Dongyang and Chen Jin don't deal with each other, so Chen Jin naturally won't go and give gifts in person.
But as a middle man, Xiao Chen had to maintain this relationship so that things could be done more easily in the future.
Taking the initiative to ask Chen Jin for his opinion showed that he was on his side.
Chen Jin showed a satisfied smile and saw that Xiao Chen liked it more and more.
This guy has some future!
"Just decide what gift you want to give. Just make sure it's in your heart. After all, I'm the Prime Minister now, so don't neglect me."
Although I am a little unhappy with Zhang Dongyang, I still have to do what I should do on the surface. This is the favor that is needed when working in the palace.
Xiao Chen was about to thank him, but Chen Jin said again: "By the way, you can also prepare a gift for our family to send to him."
"Although Zhang Dongyang is a person who doesn't take soft and hard, he still has to give the Prime Minister some face?"
That position is there, even if Zhang Dongyang doesn't please him anymore, he still needs to be humane and sophisticated.
Now that Xiao Chen is here, let him be the one who took advantage of him and shed some blood.
What was originally a harmonious scene suddenly reached a deadlock after this sentence.
Xiao Chen's smiling face froze for an instant. If he hadn't had some sense, he would have scolded him bloody.
Good guy, are you trying to borrow flowers and offer them to Buddha on yourself?
In desperation, he could only grit his teeth and agree: "Eunuch Chen is really thoughtful, it's all up to me."
