"Why do I feel that there are other grievances between you and Xu Chengjin?" Zhong Zhiheng said indifferently, "When you return to Beijing this time, you are also quite indifferent to the Queen Mother."
"What? Brother Huang is suspicious that my younger brother intends to avenge himself?" Zhong Zhiling pursed his lips.
"So what about public avenging private revenge? Which part of this Jiangshan community is not our Zhong family's? As the saying goes, everything is public, and everything is private," Zhong Zhiheng smiled lightly, while reaching out to pat Zhong Zhiling on the shoulder. "And Lao Qi, you are right. Anyone who dares to get involved in our Great Zhou Dynasty will die."
…
That night.
Pingxi Palace.
When Meng Tan hurried over from outside, Zhong Zhiling was having a drink in the study, and there wasn't any sumptuous food. Just a jug of wine, a plate of chili chicken and a plate of peanuts, watching Meng Tan come in. Zhong Zhiling pointed to the seat opposite and said, "Come on. Sit down and have a drink with me."
"Yes," Meng Tan took a wine glass and sat across from him. While pouring wine for the two of them. While talking to Zhong Zhiling. "My lord, this time the emperor can fully trust our Northwest Army. It's rare. I thought the emperor would trust Huguang's troops more. At most, let our Northwest Army fight. I didn't expect that the emperor didn't care about the prince and trusted him."
"He doesn't trust me. He trusts hatred. He trusts that I'm a man who will repay you." Zhong Zhiling took a sip of the wine, and while eating peanuts with gusto, he told Meng Tan, "He guessed me and Xu Chengjin I know that I hate the Xu family deeply, so I also believe that the Northwest Army will go all out for the Southern Xinjiang camp. Nothing will be allowed to participate.”
"Anyway, the downfall of the Xu family is just around the corner. Congratulations," Meng Tan raised his wine glass and said to Zhong Zhiling with a smile, "Congratulations to the prince for his revenge."
"Revenge?" Zhong Zhiling sneered, and drank the wine in his glass, and said slowly, "It's still early."
"My lord," Meng Tan looked at Zhong Zhiling's expression, hesitantly asked, "Taking down Xu's family will inevitably affect the Queen Mother, when the time comes..."
"At that time, naturally everything will be decided by the emperor, so what do I care about?" Zhong Zhiling said indifferently, while picking up a chopsticks of pepper chicken and putting it into his mouth, he paused, then looked at Meng Tan and said, "By the way, What happened to what I asked you to check?"
"Reporting to my lord, this subordinate has already checked it out and is about to report it to you," Meng Tan hurriedly put down his chopsticks and said, "This time the rumor that King Huijun was born with broken sleeves came from the right minister's mansion, but It wasn't someone from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital, but two servants from Zhuangzi outside mentioned it when they were chatting."
"It's amazing, the servants in the Zhuangzi outside know such secrets about the phoenix son and the dragon grandson, and the rumors about the birth of the servant are known to everyone in the capital, and even the courtiers make a fuss about it , these are two remarkable servants," Zhong Zhiling hooked his lips mockingly, and asked, "Where is King Hui?"
"My lord, Huijun's mansion is peaceful and peaceful," Meng Tan looked at Zhong Zhiling with a deep sense of puzzlement on his face, "My lord, it is said that being crowned with the title of broken sleeve, the king of Huijun must be gnashing his teeth in anger." Yes, there will definitely be a wave of counterattacks, but Huijun Wang didn't do anything, and even Cui Shangshu and Zou Shangshu did not argue for Huijun Wang in the court, but just said lightly, Rumors and rumors cannot be trusted, my lord, why do I get weirder the more I look at it?"
"Since it's weird, there must be a reason," Zhong Zhiling said slowly, rubbing his wine glass, and continued, "Maybe Prince Hui is holding Prince Rong's handle, and he is waiting for the Jedi to fight back, or, Prince Hui can prove his innocence, the more silent he is now, the more he will take the initiative later."
"Prove your innocence? How can you prove your innocence in such a matter?" Meng Tan was surprised, "Could it be that Princess Huijun is pregnant or not?"
As soon as the words fell, Meng Tan was startled. He covered his mouth and looked at Zhong Zhiling, while whispering: "Isn't Princess Huijun really pregnant?"
"I think it's probably true. Otherwise, how could a man endure such a long time when he was poked into such a sore spot?" Zhong Zhiling said slowly, sipping his lips while saying, "The emperor's meaning is very funny, he Naturally, he knew well why the rumors and rumors started, and he should also know the tricks of the women in the harem, but he just let it go. The Zhao family, the Cui family, and the Zou family are getting more and more entangled."