Xu Lai was having breakfast. As a queen, although she could not afford delicacies from the mountains and seas, she had a full meal. This breakfast was also the standard for an ordinary person's one-year ration. Golden corn, carefully selected seasonal vegetables, plus tender inside and charred outside.
Meat makes people salivate just by looking at it. Xu Lai is a person who loves to enjoy food. He eats elegantly and understands health. His face, now less than thirty years old, looks no different from that of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.
Just as Xu Lai put down his bowls and chopsticks, dozens of heavily armed soldiers suddenly broke in. Some of the maids and palace maids tried to stop him, but were soon put down and lay on the ground groaning in pain. The other maids and palace ladies were frightened.
Everyone panicked and hid behind Xu Lai. The dozens of soldiers entered the door and did not come forward. They just held weapons in their hands and looked at everyone in the room quietly.
Zhang Guangchang, fully clothed, stepped in majestically through the door with his hand on the hilt of his sword, glanced left and right: "Everyone who is not involved, please step back!"
Xu Lai was startled. He had never seen such a scene before, but he was a queen, so he still had the calmness he should have. With the support of several loyal servants, he slowly stood up from his seat: "Zhang Guangchang, you
What do you want to do? You know this is the harem, is it possible that you want to rebel?"
Zhang Guangchang ignored Xu Lai and stared at the chambermaids and maids near Xu Lai with his tiger eyes. Some of them were so frightened that they moved to the door cautiously, preparing to slip out from the soldiers. Seeing that the soldiers turned a blind eye to them
, he immediately quickened his pace and rushed out of the house as fast as he could, hiding as far as he could.
"Zhang Guangchang, you...!"
"Queen, don't be surprised. I am also following orders. From today on, the queen will not leave the palace, otherwise she will be killed without mercy!"
After all the palaces and maids had run away, Zhang Guangchang turned around and went out. Soldiers closed the door. An iron chain as thick as an arm stretched out from the outside and locked the door tightly. Xu Huihui came to his senses and rushed to the room.
They beat hard on the door: "Let me out, let me out! Zhang Guangchang is treason!"
Zhang Guangchang said to a school captain who came with him: "No one is allowed to come within ten steps without my order. If something goes wrong, you know the result!"
The captain trembled all over and quickly clasped his fists: "No!"
At the same time, dozens of soldiers poured into the courtyard where Liu Wucai lived, and arrested all the men including the gardeners, grooms, and cooks. Some of those who resisted were brutally hacked with knives. Those who served the princess
The maids and servants were frightened and wanted to hide in their rooms, but they were all pulled out by the soldiers who followed and gathered in a pile in the yard.
Liu Wucai said angrily: "Whose people do you belong to? How dare you kill people in my princess's place?"
No one answered him, leaving him standing alone on the steps. All the soldiers said nothing and escorted the servants and servants out. Just like Xu Lai's place, the courtyard door was closed and locked. The remaining soldiers
They were divided into several teams and patrolled outside the courtyard. They couldn't even climb over the wall to get out.
Seeing that everyone had left, Liu Wucai took a deep breath and hurriedly went back to the house and closed the door tightly. He pushed open a small cabinet at the foot of the house, revealing a small hole that could only allow one person to pass through. He turned back and glanced at the door.
He shouted towards the hole: "Come out, let's go!"
Wearing only a single coat, Liu Hong climbed out of it with a gray face, fell to the ground and gasped for air: "Put me a glass of water, I'm suffocated!"
Liu Wucai hurriedly went to pour water for Liu Hong. He was trembling all over. When a glass of water was delivered to Liu Hong, there was only half a glass left: "What's going on? It looks like those soldiers are patrolling the city. Could it be that father is awake?"
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Liu Hong drank the water and shook his head: "It's impossible. All the medical officials said that your father won't wake up in a short time, not so soon! Go and see if they are still outside the door. I have to find a way to get out."
Liu Wucai nodded, stood up and walked out the door. Liu Hong also stood up and looked for his clothes. He had not yet put on a pair of medium trousers. Liu Wucai came back again, with a face full of impatience, and shook his head at Liu Hong: "Outside, outside
It’s all people! The courtyard doors are locked!”
Liu Hong frowned while getting dressed: "Aren't the soldiers and horses patrolling the city in Zhang Guangchang's hands? Who else can mobilize them besides your father?"
"The Crown Prince, it must be the Crown Prince. Doesn't he know our plan?"
Liu Hong put on his trousers and searched all over the ground for his robe: "How is it possible? My plan is perfect! Besides..., forget it, where are my shoes?"
"Here!" Liu Wucai handed Liu Hong's shoes to him: "If we hadn't discovered our plan, how could there be so many soldiers?"
Liu Hong didn't know how to comfort Liu Wucai, so he put on his shoes and got up and walked out. Liu Wucai's courtyard was in the palace. It was a remote courtyard. When Liu Wucai was sent back, Liu Ci had someone build a low wall to separate the courtyard.
. He knew about his daughter’s scandal, and the purpose of putting his daughter here was to prevent the scandal from getting publicized.
Liu Hong climbed up the wall, exposed his head and looked around. Fortunately, the palace was opposite, and there were no guards on that side. He jumped over and jumped over. Liu Wucai shouted a few times, but there was no response. He wanted to climb up in desperation, but he was too weak to do so.
At the relay, I tried several times but failed. Just when I was about to curse Liu Hong, Liu Hong's head appeared on the wall.
"Please be patient for a few days. I'll go out to check the situation and come to rescue you right away!"
Liu Hong's smile was extremely lethal to Liu Wucai. After being comforted by his kind words, Liu Wucai finally calmed down. As soon as Liu Hong left, the yard seemed even more deserted. The few male pets who had been chopped into pieces were still in the yard.
Liu Wucai didn't dare to look, so he rushed into the house with his face covered, got under the quilt, and never dared to come out again.
Liu Shuang was furious at home, sometimes cursing Zhang Guangchang for being incompetent, and sometimes cursing Liu Hong for being too cunning. Xi Ci stood aside with his head lowered and remained silent. Liu Hong was not at the post house, and he did not expect that since early yesterday morning, he had sent people to closely follow him.
After monitoring the post house, no one was found coming in or out, so I asked Yi Cheng specifically, and Yi Cheng also swore that no one had gone out, so he went to find Zhang Guangchang. Unexpectedly, there was still a problem.
"Your Majesty, please don't be too angry. I have already sent people to search for him. I believe there will be news soon." Xi Ci comforted him, "It is a long way from Lu'an to Huainan. It is impossible for Liu Hong to escape."
Liu Shuang sighed. What happened has already happened. Even if he is angry to death, it is of no use: "What happened to the two bitches?"
"Zhang Guangchang has already led his people there, and there will be rewards soon."
"Hopefully there won't be any more problems on both sides."
As he was talking, the housekeeper hurried in, holding a bamboo slip in his hand and handed it to Liu Shuang. Liu Shuang took it and looked at it, then handed it to Xi Ci: "Zhang Guangchang is not bad this time, Xu Lai and Wucai were both beaten."
After being locked up, no mistakes were made."
After Xi Ci finished reading, he put it on Liu Shuang's desk respectfully: "Although there are some flaws in this plan, in general it is going according to our expectations. The old minister has sent people to send those medicinal materials to Mr. Chunyu, and they have been found.
Wolfbane Flower, Zhang Guangchang was also there at the time. The only problem now is how to connect this matter with the queen and princess. The old minister sent someone to ask the chief historian, censor and others to pay more attention when the prince speaks.
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Liu Shuang nodded: "Su Ren really knows how to write stamps?"
Xi Ci smiled: "Since he has agreed, he will not interfere with it. The old minister also sent people to monitor Cuixiang Tower to ensure that nothing goes wrong."
The housekeeper came in again and saluted: "Your Majesty, Dr. Guanglu, Su Zhonglang are asking for an audience outside the gate of the mansion."
"What is he here for?"
Xi Ci said: "The seal must have been written. Don't mess with this person now, lest it be detrimental to the prince."
"Hmph!" Liu Shuang snorted coldly: "This man is greedy. No matter how you look at it, he looks like a merchant. He really dares to take over 50,000 hectares of land."
Su Ren felt refreshed and his face was glowing. He followed the housekeeper of the Prince's Mansion into the Prince's Mansion. In just five days, this was his second visit. Last time, Liu Shuang stepped down to greet him. This time, he was almost at the entrance of the lobby and was nowhere to be seen.
The shadow of Liu Shuang. Su Ren despised Liu Shuang in his heart, so he still wanted to be the King of Hengshan based on this ambition? Even if he became the king, he would be deposed by Liu Che in a short time.
Liu Shuang and Xi Ci were both there, and they were sitting upright. When Su Ren came in, they didn't even have the intention to get up. Su Ren bowed respectfully, and without waiting for Liu Shuang's instructions, he sat down and said to the housekeeper.
Waved: "Hey! Let's serve tea!"
The butler raised his head and glanced at Liu Shuang, then hurriedly came over to pour tea for Su Ren. It was not good tea, and there was a musty taste in his mouth. Su Ren immediately spat it out: "Is the tea tasting wrong today? Your Majesty's is good.
Finished the tea?"
Liu Shuang sneered and glanced at Su Ren: "The Prince's Mansion is no better than Mr. Su's Cuixiang Tower, and we in Hengshan Kingdom don't have good tea."
"Oh! That's right, good tea is produced in Yunnan and Guizhou, and it is true that there is no place like Hengshan." He put down the tea cup and said to Xi Ci: "Prime Minister, I have completed what we said last night. Isn't it time for you to fulfill your promise?"
Xi Ci smiled and said: "Su Zhonglang is so fast! Can I have a look at the completed watch?"
Su Ren shook his head: "That is a seal written to His Majesty. How can others read it casually? Don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised the Prime Minister. After the Prime Minister left last night, I paid attention to the situation in Lu'an. What happened?
There are so many things to do, thousands of words written in such eloquent words, that my wrist almost breaks."
"Haha, thank you Su Zhonglang." Xi Ci looked at Liu Shuang. Liu Shuang had a dark face and said to the housekeeper: "Go and get the land deed for the 50,000 hectares of Jianghuai land?"
The housekeeper didn't dare to ask any more questions and quickly agreed and walked out the door. Su Ren suddenly said: "Wait a minute! After writing the memorial, I thought about it for a long time. Fifty thousand hectares of land for Yue people seems not enough. I hope the prince can understand me.
If you still have some extra land, can you sell it to me? It doesn’t take much, another fifty thousand hectares will be enough.”
"you……!"
Before Liu Shuang finished speaking, Xi Ci quickly interjected: "It's easy to talk, although the prince doesn't have much in his hands, but for the sake of the imperial court, we will definitely find a way to share your majesty's worries."
"Haha! That's very good. I would like to thank the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister on behalf of those Yue people." Su Ren let out a long breath, stretched his legs and stood up: "Then let's make an agreement. I hope that the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister will deliver the land deed to Cui tomorrow.
Xianglou, thank you and say goodbye!"
Seeing Su Ren walk out of the door, Liu Shuang went berserk again: "Blackmail! Naked blackmail!"
Xi Ci sighed and said: "The current situation is not good for us. Liu Hong escaped from the King of Huainan and threw a rat to kill him, so he can only ask the court for help. Of all the people, only Su Ren can talk to His Majesty. The extra 50,000 hectares of land,