King Chen took a deep breath, suppressed the raging fire in his heart, and began to think about countermeasures. At the moment, he could only hope that the Chu family's plan would come true. As long as Chu Yunfei was poisoned, he would not believe it... and so on.
King Chen didn't know what he suddenly thought of. He walked quickly to the door and said coldly: "Here comes someone!"
The guard knelt down and obeyed the order.
King Chen's voice was cold: "Go and find out if Prince Zhan and his wife stayed at Chu's house for lunch today."
"Back to my lord, the war king and the princess left without lunch."
boom!
In a sudden rage, King Chen raised his hand and threw down the tea set on the table. Then it banged and smashed, and the room was instantly in a mess.
"Bastard!" King Chen was furious and kicked the door hard, "Damn it! Even God is against me!"
Princess Chen took two steps back in fear. It was the first time she saw him so angry, and her face turned pale with shock. Seeing King Chen anxiously as if he was in trouble and unable to do anything, along with the anger of the failure of the plan, made people feel strong uneasiness.
She wanted to speak and opened her mouth with difficulty, but she didn't know what to say.
Are you saying there is a Prime Minister's Mansion behind them?
But she knew in her heart that no matter how powerful the Prime Minister's Palace was, it was meaningless in front of an army of 400,000. Whether it was a peaceful and prosperous era when civil servants ruled the country, or a system that valued civil servants over military forces, they were all based on the stability of the country and followed the rules set by the emperor.
However, when it comes to fighting for the throne and conquering the world, it has always been about who has the strongest troops and who speaks tough.
Civil servants govern the country, civil servants assist the government, and civil servants exercise power.
That was what happened after taking the throne.
Rong Cang has not returned to the border since he got married. If he is not under the control of the imperial concubine and King Chen from the beginning to the end, and he also has the ambition to compete for the crown prince, then it is conceivable... whether it is the military strength of the border or the The large army stationed outside the imperial city was enough for him to easily take the throne.
When the time comes, there will be a major change in the blood of civil servants and generals. He can use whoever he wants and kill whoever he wants. How can he care who is behind King Chen?
There was dead silence in the room.
King Chen's face was as ugly as ever.
After waiting in the palace for nearly an hour, the people sent to look for Qianqi have not returned yet. King Chen could hardly restrain the murderous intention in his heart: "Come here! Go to Changlefang again and take a look. Even if he is kidnapped, Qianqi must be kidnapped." !”
"Your Majesty," the guard commander replied tremblingly, "Changlefang does not allow the use of force. If things get too big, I'm afraid... I'm afraid the Holy One will be alarmed..."
Changlefang is just a large-scale gambling house, and Prince Chen can ignore it. However, the use of force by the guards of Prince Chen's palace in Changlefang is not a trivial matter.
There are powerful officials all over the capital, and the most knowledgeable among them is the supervisory censor.
As long as there is a big fuss, someone will come forward to find out what happened.
Once the news is brought to the palace by someone who is interested, and the emperor asks about it, he will know that the cause of the matter is Qianqi - an evil person who is good at raising poisonous poisons. I am afraid that he will be furious in an instant. By then... the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Alarm the Holy One?" King Chen asked angrily, "Is there no other way?"
"I heard that Mr. Qianqi won a lot today, and he can't leave unless his opponents who lost money are allowed to leave."
King Chen's eyebrows were covered with a layer of gloom: "Does this mean Qianqi must lose all the money he won?"
"The rules at the poker table have always been like this. Unless the loser declares that the game is over, or the losing party has lost all their money, they are not allowed to leave."
King Chen closed his eyes: "Go to the accountant and pay some money. Return all the money, including Qianqi's winnings, with interest to the other party. You must bring Qianqi back to me within half an hour!"
"yes."
"Also, let the person in charge talk to those rich people." King Chen looked coldly, "Just tell the prince in the capital that he has something to do with Qianqi, and ask them to let him go, otherwise I will not let them leave the capital."
"yes."
Just as the guard commander was about to take the order and leave, the person sent out to find Qianqi came back, "Your Majesty!"
King Chen looked at him coldly: "Where is Qianqi?"
"Master Qianqi won Dafa today. He doesn't listen to anyone now. He is immersed in the excitement of winning money and doesn't pay attention to anything." The guard's face turned pale.
"How much did Qianqi win?"
"Seventy-six thousand taels."
"Seventy-six thousand taels?" King Chen was stunned and almost thought he heard wrongly, "He won more than seventy-six thousand taels of silver?"
"yes."
"Today?"
"yes."
"Who is he betting against?"
"We don't know the other party's identity yet." The guard lowered his head and looked uneasy, "But the man brought a lot of banknotes, all with one thousand taels of denomination. In the morning, he placed a bet of 500 taels. In the afternoon, he bet a red eye. The bet was as high as 3,000 taels, but he was unlucky, so Qianqi-sama won all the money he bet."
King Chen was almost speechless.
He didn't even know how ugly his face was at this moment, let alone why his mind was so messed up.
He just subconsciously felt that Qian Qi had been too abnormal recently. He used to lose every time he gambled, but recently his luck seemed to have suddenly changed. He could win a few thousand taels in a day, but today he won more than 70,000 taels of silver for the first time.
Seventy-six thousand taels...
No matter who it is, if you have such good luck in a gambling house, you will probably be completely lost, right? Who is willing to put down the money and not win? Who is willing to give up those large banknotes?
King Chen held on to the door frame, and his intuition told him that this thing was very strange. A rich man with a millionaire came to Qianqi and placed such a high bet with him, just to let him win money?
This must be a conspiracy.
King Chen's heart sank a little bit. If it was really a conspiracy, does it mean that the other party already knew Qianqi's identity and was running after him on purpose?
What do they want to do?
King Chen's eyes seemed to be shrouded in layers of dark clouds, and the ominous premonition made him unable to remain calm. He thought about countermeasures eagerly and anxiously.
At this time, Qianqi was immersed in the great ecstasy and excitement of winning money. Neither he nor the person who lost money would let him leave the gambling house easily, and it was even more impossible to send guards to take him away by force.
Even if you talk secretly about threats alone, the other party must be willing to listen.
Unless King Chen goes there in person...
no.
He can't show up. Once people know about Qianqi's relationship with him, it will only worsen the situation.
So what should he do?
"Your Majesty!" The steward of Prince Chen's Mansion came over in a hurry and bowed close, "Your Majesty, Taifu Qin's family has handed over a notice."
King Chen was startled, Qin Taifu's family?
He reached out and took the post and unfolded it. It was an invitation, inviting Princess Chen to come over to drink tea and enjoy the flowers.
King Chen stared at the invitation for a moment, and his angry mood gradually calmed down. He turned to look at Jiang Ying, handed the invitation to her, and walked out: "Take care of the house."
When the several maids who were kneeling outside in fear heard this, they hurriedly got up and entered the room and began to clean up the mess.
"After the princes came of age, Grand Tutor Qin almost stepped down from his duties in the court. Citing old age and infirmity, he lived in seclusion all year round and never easily interfered in the government affairs of the court." Princess Chen followed him, extremely puzzled, " They suddenly handed me the post without knowing their intention.”
