Heiying immediately poured a bowl of tea from the round table. It felt a little cold to the touch, but he couldn't do it at this time because Su Yizhao kept calling for water.
Seeing Su Yizhao squirming in his sleep, he felt helpless and could only step forward to help him.
"Drink water!" Su Yizhao was drowsily asleep and had a splitting headache.
Suddenly a cold porcelain bowl came to her mouth, and she took it in one gulp.
Zong Zeming's hand was grabbed by Su Yizhao, and when he saw her drinking tea with his hand, his heart suddenly beat like a drum.
After finishing the bowl of tea, Su Yizhao also sobered up a bit.
Opening his eyes and looking into the room, it was pitch black, and there was a dark figure standing in front of the bed. Su Yizhao was suddenly frightened, and this time he was mostly drunk.
"Who?" She didn't care much and immediately took out the luminous pearl.
"It's me!" Zong Zeming immediately pulled off the black gauze on his face, fearing to scare Su Yizhao.
The room suddenly became brighter, and with the faint light, Su Yizhao discovered that he was an acquaintance.
After she breathed a sigh of relief, she said angrily: "Don't you know that people are scary, scary to death? Why are you standing beside my bed in the middle of the night?"
Su Yizhao patted his chest, almost frightened her to death just now.
Some sweat broke out on his forehead, so Su Yizhao wiped it with his sleeve.
After not hearing Zong Zeming speak for a long time, Su Yizhao looked at him strangely, and unexpectedly found Zong Zeming staring directly at him.
She looked down and found that her fur coat was a little loose, exposing some skin on her chest.
Su Yizhao immediately covered his front, covered himself with a quilt, and scolded: "What are you looking at?"
She must untie her chest when sleeping at night, so she will never allow Yue Rong and the others to enter her bed at night.
Zong Zeming suddenly turned red and felt as if his face was so hot that it was almost smoking.
He said dizzy, "I, I"
Su Yizhao saw that he was hesitating for a long time without saying anything, so he immediately snorted angrily.
"You're a disciple!" Su Yizhao snorted coldly.
Zong Zeming suddenly blushed even more and stammered: "No, I didn't mean to see it. You are not dressed properly."
"Why did you come to me in the middle of the night?" Su Yizhao still had a headache at the moment, so he leaned on the pillow.
His palms were a little sweaty, so Zong Zeming wiped his palms on his body.
He recalled it, but for a moment he didn't remember his purpose.
"Oh! I just went to the study to look for you, but you weren't there. I came to take a look. I thought you were unwell."
Zong Zeming touched Su Yizhao's cheek just now, just to see if Su Yizhao had any fever.
After all, Su Yizhao's schedule has always been very regular, and he would not go to bed so early unless there were special circumstances.
At this time, I am usually either reading a book or looking at files.
"The Fifth Prince is looking for you today?" Zong Zeming then remembered the purpose of his visit.
"Yeah!" Su Yizhao hummed softly.
Zong Zeming suddenly handed over a porcelain bottle, "This is a sobering pill. I always keep it with me as a spare."
Because he looks bohemian to the outside world, he often drinks alcohol, so hangover pills are a must-have.
Su Yizhao also felt a little achy, which was a reaction after a hangover.
It seems that he didn't sleep for long, as Zong Zeming usually comes at midnight.
After pouring out the pills and taking one, Su Yizhao asked lazily: "Do you know why the third prince is looking for me?"
"It's probably for military preparations."
"Oh? How do you say that?" Su Yizhao became more energetic when talking about armaments.
"Some people are substituting inferior goods, and there are some problems with the armaments sent to the border gates and various guard posts. Especially at the border gates, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, they are even more rampant."
"What did you find out?" Su Yizhao asked as he put away the night pearl. There was light in the room, but he was afraid of being seen.
Zong Zeming then remembered that he seemed to have seen Ye Mingzhu suddenly appear just now. Could it be that it was hidden under the quilt?
Without paying attention to this, Zong Zeming continued: "I told you before that I have a living over there at the border. Recently, there was a message from there that someone was trading iron tools and even weapons with foreigners. Although all the marks have been erased.
, but the material and forging process are very similar to those made by officials."
"It has actually leaked out?"
Su Yizhao was a little surprised. Originally, she just guessed that the person behind it might want to commit rebellion, but now it seems that the other party not only wants to commit rebellion, but is also short of money.
"It's just very little leakage, and it's usually used by the royal family, but it can also be seen that it's driven by huge profits. Once you taste the sweetness, it's out of control.
If the weapons are melted and then forged into iron or other objects, even if the difference in forging can be seen, it is groundless."
There has always been a shortage of ironware outside the customs. This dynasty has always restricted the opening of mutual markets with outside the customs. This is the reason.
With iron, they can forge weapons. Especially in feudal states, their people are all martial arts, how can we supply them with iron?
"Then what does the fifth prince want to do with me? Does he want to expose the behavior of those people? As a prince, he can just send people to investigate."
Su Yizhao originally suspected the fifth prince. If they were looking for him to find out the person behind the scenes, it shouldn't be him.
"Perhaps it's hidden too deeply. You can use your hands to get rid of your opponent without him having to use his strength, let alone being a bad person. How good would it be to be innocent? Those who are good at maneuvering use their own strength to stay on the Diaoyutai."
Zong Zeming snorted coldly, but it’s not certain who will win in the end!
"You mean he wants to use me to eliminate dissidents?" Su Yizhao was not angry at all.
"If that's the case, then I will use him for my own benefit."
Now that two princes have been eliminated, it’s up to the next three.
The third prince must have noticed something, and he has been keeping a low profile recently. The fourth prince is as quiet as ever, seemingly mediocre, but in fact he doesn't care about himself.
The fifth prince, who originally seemed to be the smartest, actually began to hibernate.
It can be seen that everyone is guessing the emperor's thoughts and dare not act rashly for the time being.
"This matter will definitely alarm the emperor, and I think it will be dealt with in the end."
Zong Zeming sighed with emotion, if the emperor was not an old fool, he should establish a heir apparent immediately.
However, since he deposed the crown prince, the emperor has never mentioned the matter. Even if the courtiers mentioned it in the morning or the ministers reported it, the emperor would refuse it because the time has not come yet.
Only by establishing a prince and driving the princes back to their fiefdoms can the court be stabilized.
"Do you think the emperor's attitude is very strange?"
Su Yizhao remembered that the emperor's health was not as good as before. He used to have morning court every day, but now it was changed to once every three days. Sometimes he had to cancel it if he felt unwell. Under such circumstances, why didn't he still establish a prince?
Teaching the prince to support the army, supervise the country, and share government affairs is the most important thing at the moment.
"Actually, it is understandable that people are like this. When the oil is about to run out, the power, status and gold and silver wealth you have obtained will be far away from you. If you don't bring these with you in life, you won't take them with you in death.
Are you panicking?" Zong Zeming shook his head.
Su Yizhao also felt that it made sense, but she always felt that there were other reasons.