King Zhuang was certainly not indifferent.
In fact, when the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict walked out of Prince Zhuang's mansion, he could no longer restrain himself and swept everything on the desk to the ground. His eyes were like a hungry wolf, and he was extremely violent.
He was so angry, Zhan Changshi stayed quietly aside, and waited until King Zhuang calmed down a little before he advised him carefully: "Your Highness, don't worry too much. It's useless to regret and worry now that things have come to this."
He poured a cup of tea for King Zhuang.
King Zhuang usually trusted him very much. Although he was in a very bad mood at this time, he did not deny him face. He took the tea and took a sip. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. In the end, he raised his hand and hit the cup. He said angrily: "After years of planning and management, it's all ruined today! The Xu family gave us a full 500,000 taels of silver last year! 500,000 taels!"
Not to mention the Xu family's connections in the military, this money alone actually went into the pocket of Prince Zhuang's Mansion.
And there is Shao Wenxun. Capturing him is equivalent to capturing Prince Fenyang.
With Prince Fenyang and the Xu family, he had his own right-hand men and left-hand men.
But what about now
The plot against the Su and Song families failed, and instead the Xu and Shao Wenxun were implicated.
It’s really unlucky just thinking about it.
How much effort has he put in over the years to get to where he is today
But now that such a commotion had happened, Emperor Yuanfeng began to be obsessed with the dead prince again, and his position as the Crown Prince might be a long way off again.
Zhan Changshi knew that Prince Zhuang was angry, so he said rationally: "Your Highness, this incident involves a lot of consequences. We are lucky to be able to escape unscathed. This is also thanks to Prince Fenyang's mediation..."
Fortunately, Prince Fenyang was the supervisor, so there was room for maneuver. Shao Wenxun and the Xu family spoke with one voice and pointed the finger at the third prince. Otherwise, Prince Zhuang would not even have the chance to get angry here.
Thinking of this, King Zhuang became even angrier and almost vomited blood: "I don't know what kind of shit luck the Su family has..."
Zhan Changshi's face was indifferent, and he fully played the role of a strategist at a critical moment. He analyzed: "It's not dog shit luck. This is clearly the result of the Su family's painstaking calculations. Your Highness, the Xu family and Shao Wenxun are both inferior in skills."
It is because one’s skills are inferior to others that is even more difficult to accept and infuriating.
Prince Zhuang sneered: "But is it possible that the Su and Song families are gifted?!"
Those who were oppressed and couldn't even raise their heads in the past, suddenly became invincible
Isn't this a joke
Knowing that King Zhuang was furious, Zhan Changshi waited for him to vent all his anger before he said sincerely, "Your Highness, please calm down. I have analyzed when the change started."
When he saw King Zhuang looking at him, he calmly told him about Master He, and then said, "That time we planned to use Master He to attack the Pang family and cause trouble for Pang Qingping, but what was the result?"
As a result, Qin Chen was the one who lost the money.
King Zhuang seemed to be thinking about something.
Zhan Changshi then talked about Cheng Dingan and the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion, and finally said: "All of this is inseparable from the Su family, and one person is indispensable."
"The Su Yao who was brought back from outside." This time, there was no need for Zhan Changshi to say anything, as King Zhuang automatically took over the conversation: "You are right, all the changes started when she came back."
Zhan Changshi nodded: "These changes are inseparable from the role of her and Song Heng. In the final analysis, this time it was also she and Song Heng who contributed the most. Your Highness... This person cannot be kept."
In the past, Prince Zhuang always wanted to win over the He and Su families, and even wanted Su Yao to be his concubine.
But now, Zhang Linghui's previous attempt at sending Su Yao to Tingyunxuan where Prince Zhuang was by accident was revealed by Su Yao himself and he resolved the matter.
How could the Su family not know that the Xu family had a close connection with King Zhuang
It was impossible to win them over, and the Su family and the Song family became closer and closer.
King Zhuang's expression flickered, and he didn't speak for a long time.
As he was speaking, someone suddenly came from outside to report that someone was coming from Princess Mingchang's side.
At this time
Prince Zhuang immediately glanced at Zhan Changshi, then suppressed his anger and met the people from the princess's mansion in the side hall.
The person who came to the princess's mansion was also a chief official, and he was familiar with Chief Official Zhan. They were colleagues in the past. He greeted Prince Zhuang and then handed over Princess Mingchang's gift list with a smile: "It's for Princess Zhuang's wife to protect her pregnancy. I heard that everything is fine here, so Your Highness is relieved."
But hasn’t the stuff already been delivered
Prince Zhuang was a little suspicious. Princess Mingchang had never been close to the princes under them. It was surprising that she gave a gift again after having given it once before.
However, he did not show it. He sent the clerk away and said to Zhan Changshi, "What does this mean, aunt?"
Zhan Changshi couldn't figure it out either, so he suggested that King Zhuang look at the gift list first.
King Zhuang took a look and couldn't help but raised his eyebrows in surprise, then threw the box to the ground with a sneer.
Zhan Changshi hurriedly picked it up, took a look at it, and smiled and shook his head: "Your Highness, why are you angry? When the nest is overturned, how can the eggs remain intact? The Li family is the in-laws of the Xu family. Now that the Xu family has fallen, of course they are as panicked as a frightened bird. They came to the princess for help only because the prince consort and the Zhangzhou Li family are of the same clan."
The letter sent by the Li family described Song Heng's life experience.
But this is also the most annoying thing for King Zhuang now.
What’s the use of knowing
The Xu family didn't get any evidence at all, and now they are trapped themselves.
Song Heng... ..
King Zhuang's eyes gradually darkened. When he saw Zhan Changshi looking at him, he suddenly asked sinisterly, "If this problem can be solved once and for all..."
But then he shook his head.
At this critical juncture, let’s not talk about whether we can kill Song Heng. Even if we can, we can’t.
It couldn't be taken lightly or seriously, so King Zhuang was particularly anxious and irritable: "Are we going to watch Song Heng's life story exposed?"
Seeing that he was really irritated, Zhan Changshi said softly, "Your Highness, don't worry too much for now. Isn't the matter of the late crown prince still not completely concluded? Even if it is concluded, the Song family has raised Song Heng for so many years, but has never revealed a single thing to His Majesty. What are they going to say?"
The Song family is first and foremost guilty of deceiving the emperor, isn’t it
As long as Song Heng's background is not exposed, no matter how popular he is, he is just a descendant of a noble family. Even if we can't do anything to him now, we can always find some crime to deal with him later.
Prince Zhuang sat in the armchair and was silent for a while before looking up: "According to you, should we just let the matter between the Xu family and Shao Wenxun go?"