Mr. Hu understood Liu Biping's thoughts very well. After so many years of low life, he had learned a lot of things, and how to understand people's hearts was one of the skills he had learned.
He is also a person with a broad perspective and can see Liu Biping's indecision.
At the beginning, he dared to send people across the province to hunt down Shen Chen and even bribed Luo Yuan and others. It was simply because he felt he had nothing to fear. At worst, he would surrender to Prince Jin and wait for Prince Jin to occupy Fujian without any soldiers.
But now the situation has changed.
Prince Linjiang forced Prince Jin to retreat to Guangchang and dare not move. Prince Jin could not leave Jiangxi at all. Even if he wanted to surrender, did he have to send troops to Jiangxi to fight Prince Linjiang
This is unrealistic, and the cost and risk involved are too great.
After weighing and comparing in this way, he now wants to submit to the court again.
But this soft thing is not so easy to obey.
Not to mention how many wrong things he did, just allowing the Japanese pirates to besiege Zhejiang was enough to make him die a thousand or ten thousand times.
That's why Liu Biping hated Shen Chen even more.
Shen Chen had exposed his scandal to Wei An in the past, causing him to lose the Yi and Peng families, and also making it difficult for him to make progress in the court. Later, Shen Chen and Wei An even brought down Xia Song, completely and irreparably destroying the network of relationships he had built up over the years, forcing him to prepare for the worst and contact Prince Jin.
Now that he has become the imperial envoy, he will inevitably oppose him in every way, which will ruin his plan to show goodwill and submit to the court again. He is even more of a thorn in Liu Biping's side.
At this time, it is natural for them, the staff, to share the worries of their master.
The aide smiled and shook his head standing behind him: "You have always been the smartest one among us brothers. If you can really accomplish this for the minister, you will really be on the road to success from now on!"
Mr. Hu still had his hands behind his back, but his expression did not change much. He turned his head and looked at him, then sighed: "That's what I said, but things change so quickly. Who knows if I can get what I want by then? It's too early to say that."
The staff walked side by side with him. Seeing that the vendors on the street had already started to pack up their stalls, he whispered, "Everything depends on human effort. It depends on how capable Mr. Xu is."
Mr. Hu stroked his beard with satisfaction.
Mr. Xu started out as a bastard and slowly climbed up to a high position in the family. Such a person would do anything to protect his own interests.
It wouldn't be a problem for him to give Shen Chen a warning in advance.
They went home to rest for a night. When they arrived at the yamen the next day, they heard that the imperial envoy's ship would dock in the evening. Liu Biping slowly drank a sip of ginseng soup and then set his eyes on Mr. Hu.
Mr. Hu smiled and nodded.
At the same time, Xuesong was also saying to Shen Chen: "We will be able to reach Rongcheng around dusk."
Shen Chen nodded, and Han Bo sighed: "There are a lot of troubles when I arrived in Rongcheng. I don't know what plague god has befallen me. There have been so many things happening recently."
He said he had a lot to do, and also because he had received a letter from Chu Jingwu. In the letter, Chu Jingwu said that the situation in the capital had changed, and Emperor Longqing was lavishly organizing a full-moon banquet for the Sixth Prince. Even many local officials heard the news and sent gifts.
Because of the precedent of the Fourth Prince, everyone was privately saying that perhaps the current emperor liked his youngest son, and that every younger son would kill the older one.
Old Madam Wei couldn't help but sneer after reading the court newspaper: "It's true that a dog can't change its eating habits. It has already received such a big lesson, but it still doesn't know how to restrain itself and change its ways!"
The lessons that the Fourth Prince and Queen Fang had taught him were so painful, but they didn't make him change his ways. Now he's starting to repeat the same things again!
Wei An was quite calm. She knew in her heart that Emperor Longqing was an indecisive and cowardly person, and he always favored the weak.
Concubine Peng De had long since become weak. Without the suppression of Empress Fang, she had become the most important person in the harem, and she was arrogant to Concubine Lin Shu and others. In addition, due to the hatred between Empress Fang and Concubine Peng De, Emperor Longqing had long been alienated from her...
She sighed softly: "Given Concubine Peng De's personality, I'm afraid she won't let it go. Jingwu is right. I'm afraid there will be another bloody storm in the capital."
Shen Chen put away Chu Jingwu's letter and the court report, glanced at the two of them, and nodded: "I'm afraid the time is almost right. Ah Wu has already said in the letter that if his life really comes to a critical moment, he will find a way to escape from the capital."
It's just the people of the Wei family...
Old Madam Wei was a little worried. She told Wei An and Shen Chen about her worries and said, "The Wei family is missing me and the fifth brother. The second and third brothers' jobs are not very important and they are not involved in any trouble. But I still can't be completely relieved. I still have to write a letter to Marquis Ping'an and ask him to take care of the Wei family for me. Then Ah Chen will help me take them to the capital."
Shen Chen served Old Madam Wei attentively, and since Wei An had already expressed his feelings, Old Madam Wei had already treated her as her own niece.
Shen Chen also obeyed and agreed, and then advised Mrs. Wei to rest assured: "Marquis Ping'an is a smart man. She must have seen the current situation. They will not refuse to make more good connections. Besides, you and An'an are in Fujian, and those people will not set their sights on the Wei family. You don't have to worry too much."
Old Madam Wei hummed: "I also know this..." She paused and frowned and asked Shen Chen and Wei An: "Is there any response to Concubine Yu's matter?"
Before this, Wei An had written a letter to Chu Jingwu, asking Chu Jingwu to send Yi Er back to Jiujiang to be dealt with by Prince Linjiang. Shen Chen also deliberately revealed a flaw to Concubine Yu, allowing Concubine Yu to know the news in advance.
No matter what, whether it was Concubine Yu or the Linjiang Palace that was blamed, logically speaking, there should be a response.
Speaking of this, Shen Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at Xuesong.
Xuesong has been collecting letters from Prince Linjiang recently. He knows best whether there has been any progress.
Xuesong nodded and said, "I just received a letter. The housekeeper said that they didn't know what happened, but the prince was furious and had a big fight with the princess. He put her under house arrest... Also, the fourth master didn't know what had angered the prince, so the prince punished him by sending him to Lushui to deal with the refugees. He was not allowed to return to the city without orders. Even Concubine Yu was wronged and moved into the small Buddhist temple to eat vegetarian food and chant sutras..."
King Linjiang has always liked Chu Jingan. If he hadn't known about Yi Er and the others, there would be no reason to punish Chu Jingan so severely.