Although Zhou Tongzhi came from a poor family, when he was one of the top three talents in Tanhuayang, his future was bleak.
Unexpectedly, Qiong Lin was plotted by King Xuan during the banquet, and she was caught on the spot while lying naked with the concubines in the harem.
It would be trivial to destroy the three tribes if he was just a prostitute, but it would be a filthy mess. But based on the 'facts', Zhou Tongzhi was unable to resist at all.
King Xuan used this as a threat, forcing Zhou Tongzhi to obey his orders.
That year, he was ranked at the bottom of the Jinshi list, and he was also the master of the same place, at least the magistrate of a certain county.
Only one Zhou Tongzhi was sent to Fengcheng to be a Tongzhi. This Tongzhi stayed there for twenty-seven years.
King Xuan had something even more outrageous.
Zhou Tongzhi originally had a fiancée from the same village. Because his fiancée's parents were dead and other relatives at home were unkind, Zhou Tongzhi was worried about her being at home and took her with him disguised as a man when he went to Beijing to take the exam.
This fiancée is Mr. Tuesday’s biological mother.
After King Xuan threatened Zhou Tongzhi, he probably felt that the threat was not enough, so he betrothed the concubine of one of his own officials to Zhou Tongzhi, who is now Mrs. Zhou.
It's just that before Mrs. Zhou married Zhou Tongzhi, she was already pregnant, and she was pregnant with the current Prince Zhou.
However, Zhou Tongzhi’s original fiancée, for some unknown reason, became Zhou Tongzhi’s first-in-law to the outside world.
Butler Zhou followed Zhou Tongzhi before he went to Beijing to take the exam. He knew everything about Zhou Tongzhi, and he also knew all the pain in Zhou Tongzhi's heart.
——If it weren’t for saving the young master’s life, when his wife passed away, the master would have followed her.
Butler Zhou took a step forward and almost whispered in Zhou Tongzhi's ear: "Master, I think the young master may be safer now."
Zhou Tongzhi calmed down slightly by his words, "What do you mean?"
"Master, do you still remember that the young master asked Baishan County to save his people? Master, don't you suspect that that person is... [Pointing in the direction of the capital]; At this time, the house is in chaos, and the house is not all our people.
, the young master is not safe in the house; but if you guessed it right, the young master is pure and kind, I think it will be safer to be with that person."
These words made Zhou Tongzhi completely calm down. He glanced coldly in the direction of the backyard, withdrew his gaze and said with an indifferent expression: "Keep an eye on the backyard, no one is allowed to come out."
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Another night has come, and the originally peaceful night seems even more peaceful due to the city's closure tonight.
Amidst the occasional footsteps of patrollers, a stream of light flashed by without attracting anyone's attention.
In the study room in the main courtyard of Zhou Mansion.
The sound of a window opening and closing was so soft that it was almost inaudible. It seemed particularly abrupt in the already silent secretary room.
Zhou Tongzhi, who was standing behind the desk and writing something, did not raise his head and only said softly: "You are here."
In front of the desk, a small man stood with his hands behind his back.
"Master Zhou has wanted to see me several times, but I don't know what the matter is?"
Zhou Tongzhi put down his pen and looked up at the little imperial envoy in front of him who had now stirred up a storm in the south.
First impression, beautiful.
The second feeling is unfathomable.
Zhou Tongzhi is obviously a Tongzhi, but he has come into contact with countless people from all walks of life and at all levels in his life. The deep eyes of the little imperial envoy are not what a real child should have, and neither is this ethereal temperament.
What an ordinary person should have.
The two of them looked at each other for less than a moment before Zhou Tongzhi quickly came out from behind the desk and knelt down in front of Qi Bao'er with a bang.
"The guilty minister Zhou Shirong, please see Princess Anle."
Call yourself a sinner?
After the whole Fengcheng incident, now he calls himself a criminal in front of her?
What kind of trick is this?
"What is Mr. Zhou guilty of?" Ouch, she is really talking more and more like people here now.
Could it be that he was assimilated?
Zhou Shirong has been an official for so many years. Although he was forced by King Xuan to use him, it is precisely because of this that his network of connections is not small, and the information he can get is even more detailed than that of some powerful families in Beijing.
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Regarding Qi Baoer, a young imperial envoy, he had already received news from the first time Qi Baoer appeared in Beijing, and the news continued thereafter.
It's just that Qi Bao'er was not an important person to Mr. Mao at that time, or that he was not a threat, so Zhou Shirong only knew about Qi Bao'er's information generally, but not in detail.
It was not until the emperor ordered Princess Anle to serve as a disaster relief mission that Mr. Mao asked people to vigorously investigate Princess Anle. A month ago, Mr. Mao's "trustees" like Zhou Shirong had a detailed report of Princess Anle.
material.
Where he was born, where he currently lives, his parents and relatives, what is special about him, and even when and who Princess Anle met in Beijing, are all carefully recorded.
Of course, it is not stated clearly whether Princess Anle is a god or not, but it is not difficult for everyone to guess.
Zhou Shirong didn't care about anything else. What he valued was that Princess Anle had enough trust from the emperor to be able to enter the imperial study at will.
"The sin of the sinner is so serious that he no longer hopes for a good ending in this life. But the son of the sinner understands it, and he knows nothing about what the sinner has done;
He is pure and benevolent, and since the disaster hit the south, he often rushes to various disaster places to seek help from the victims.
The guilty minister has a copy of the list left by King Xuan, and the guilty minister is willing to use this to ask for his life."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Tongzhi banged his head for more than a dozen times, breaking a hole in his forehead and leaving a bloody trail on the ground.
"You just want to spare Mr. Tuesday's life?"
Not caring about the lives of his wife and legitimate children, but only saving a bastard son, what kind of approach is this?
Zhou Tongzhi knelt on the ground and clung to the ground, his voice filled with obviously suppressed anger, "The guilty minister only asks you to let Mingzhi go."
Ruyan came in through the wall with a whistling sound, and said in a low voice: "Little Master, he only has one son. The eldest son and daughter are not his biological children. The eldest son is the son of Mrs. Zhou and Zhu Ma, and the daughter is the son of Mrs. Zhou and a servant.
of."
Qibaoer, who suddenly ate a big melon: "..."
Ruyan continued to say: "I just heard that Mrs. Zhou is still arguing with her son. Her son said that as long as he kills Zhou Mingzhi, the entire Zhou family will belong to him. Mrs. Zhou said that he cannot kill, and then
Her son scolded Mrs. Zhou for being partial, and Mrs. Zhou was so angry that she told him that he was not Mr. Zhou's son.
Then the eldest son of Zhou scolded Mrs. Zhou for being a slut, saying that his sister was the result of a guard having an affair with Mrs. Zhou’s daughter.”
Ruyan said that she was shocked when she heard it.
"According to Mrs. Zhou herself, the two children are not Mr. Zhou's business. Mr. Zhou himself knows that Mr. Zhou once told Mrs. Zhou that as long as Zhou Mingzhi is good, Mrs. Zhou will always be Mrs. Zhou, Mr. Zhou and Miss Zhou.