After laughing, his expression became more gloomy and sharp, and he asked Hu Changshi: "Then what? After dealing with the Xiao family and the Xia family, how do you plan to deal with me?"
Hu Changshi coughed, feeling somewhat embarrassed and hesitant.
Chu Jingxing had already guessed it. He glanced at him and asked casually, "What can't you say? I know him. I wasn't raised by his side, so it's no different from not being his son. He never treated me as his son. What's the difference between having me or not having me?"
Well, it seems that this person has figured it out himself.
Hu Changshi touched his nose and said, "It's not that bad actually. It's just that the prince wanted you to go back to your fiefdom first."
I didn't think about dying of poisoning or disease along the way.
Chu Jingxing didn't think this was a pardon. He smiled and said sarcastically, "Is that so? You saved my life. This father has done his best."
There was no point in complaining all the time, so Hu Changshi interrupted him and asked, "What do you want to do?"
As the confidant of King Linjiang, he should have had a bright future.
Unfortunately, I made the wrong bet, and now I am in a dilemma. I am really nervous.
Chu Jingxing saw through his thoughts, curled his lips sarcastically, folded his hands across his chest and leaned back, and simply asked him: "The Chief Secretary is knowledgeable and is deeply trusted by my father. Why don't you give me some advice? What else can I do now?"
Hu Changshi had thought about it, and he kept thinking of countermeasures along the way.
After entering the capital, he scolded Chu Jingxing and told others that he was going back to Tongzhou to visit his relatives. He then stayed in this secret room and listened to Chu Jingxing and the others tell them in detail what they had done in the past few days.
He already had a plan in mind, so he looked at Chu Jingxing and asked, "I just don't know if the prince has the determination to make such a bold move."
Chu Jingxing said, "Oh," and his state was even leisurely: "After the chief secretary has finished speaking, I will naturally know whether I should do it and whether I can do it."
"Now that things have come to this, the young prince and the marquis have already told the prince everything, and their faces have been torn." Hu Changshi analyzed it one by one for him, wrote the word "kill" on the paper, and asked Chu Jingxing: "I wonder what the prince thinks?"
Chu Jingxing shook his head: "Now my father hates me deeply. Even if Chu Jingwu and Shen Chen are dead, there is still a Chu Jingan waiting for him. What should he do?"
He had been constantly wanting to kill Chu Jingwu before, but that was because his reputation was not as bad as it is now.
Hu Changshi shook his head confidently: "He will not become an obstacle to the prince."
He drew a line on the paper, marking the Prince of Jin: "He is just a concubine's son, and he has no achievements. Although you, the Crown Prince, have such a good reputation, what if you have made great achievements?"
"For example?" Chu Jingxing became interested and nodded slightly: "Go on."
"For example, Shen Chen and the young prince were assassinated by the Prince of Jin, and you bravely saved your brother..." Hu Changshi stroked his beard and said meaningfully: "Although this is a bit far-fetched, the injury cannot be faked. When the time comes, we will speak for you, and you will have the support of the eldest princess, so you will have no problem competing with him."
That's easy to say.
"But it's not easy to kill Shen Chen and Chu Jingwu." He sneered: "They are more shrewd than foxes, and my father has given them some secret guards."
This is also what Chu Jingxing has always been worried about.
As a legitimate prince, his seal of succession was taken away, and he was left with nothing. All the connections of the royal palace in the capital were given to Shen Chen and his men.
Isn't this ridiculous
"It's not impossible." Hu Changshi continued to explain the truth to him tirelessly: "The capital is in chaos right now."
He pointed out the general situation in one sentence, and then gestured to Chu Jingxing: "Especially, you still have the card of Xue Changshi. I heard that King Jin listens to Xue Changshi's words."
So what
"Just make the show more real." Hu Changshi looked at him and said meaningfully, "We are not pretending, but the King of Jin really sent people to assassinate the Marquis and the young prince. Since it is true, then naturally all the spearheads point to the King of Jin, and the King of Jin has no way to deny it."
Then it has nothing to do with Chu Jingxing.
The death of Shen Chen and Chu Jingwu is indeed the best way to solve Chu Jingxing's dilemma.
Chu Jingxing understood some of what he meant and became interested. He knocked on the table and motioned for him to continue.
Hu Changshi said, "Why not just do it once and for all? There is still a glimmer of hope."
"The prince stripped you of your title of crown prince this time in order to save your life. The young prince and the marquis will not go too far, and Young Master Lin will naturally not go too far either. After all, because of what you did, the Fourth Prince did die, and the Saint was indeed hit, which is good for the palace." Hu Changshi took a deep breath and said, "Make a decision quickly, we don't have much time left."
As they were talking, there came knocking sounds of varying rhythms from the other side of the secret room, followed by the sound of a silver bell swinging and ringing.
It was Chu Jingxing's confidant who came to inform him. Chu Jingxing rang the bell, and Zhao Yan came in quickly to report that Princess Chang'an had arrived and was waiting in the courtyard of the Crown Prince's Consort and wanted to see him.
Chu Jingxing raised his eyebrows and looked at Hu Changshi, then suddenly smiled: "You came at the right time, just in time, why don't you come meet my mother-in-law together? My mother-in-law is not an ordinary person."
Hu Changshi nodded and agreed: "But I have already told everyone that I am going back to Tongzhou to visit my relatives, so it is not appropriate for me to show up again. I have an appointment to meet the Marquis and the young prince in a few days, and I can't make any mistakes that will arouse suspicion. I will trouble the princess to condescend to come to the secret room for a while."
Chu Jingxing stood up, nodded and smiled.
Princess Chang'an was watching her daughter eat a bowl of red dates and blood bird's nest with heartache. She couldn't eat anything else, but the blood bird's nest made by the family's chef, which she could barely eat a few bites.
The Lady of Xianrong County had become noticeably thinner. Recently, due to the stress of pregnancy and the shock, her health was not very good. She was always prone to backaches and she could not help but hissing even when leaning on a pillow.
Princess Chang'an turned around and told Madam Ge: "Replace the Crown Princess' pillows with medicinal pillows. Ask the chef in your mansion to ask for the recipes for the roast duck in honey sauce and the pork elbow stewed with ham that the Crown Princess likes to eat..."
Madam Ge took the porcelain cup from Xianrong County Lady and nodded in agreement: "Yes, the Crown Princess was just talking about wanting to eat the ham and pork elbow stewed by the chef at home..."