When the palace banquet ended, it was almost midnight.
As wave after wave of people walked out of the palace, they got on the carriages and left.
In the dark, the people arranged by Prince Zhao also secretly followed several suspicious carriages.
These carriages all came out of the palace gate. I couldn't see who was sitting in the carriages, so I could only follow them.
Their purpose was to find out where the Princess of Zhao was imprisoned, and secondly, to find out where Master Shen was staying.
However, not long after the people arranged by Prince Zhao caught up, a row of men in black appeared in front of that person and blocked their way without saying anything.
Tracking failed!
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Prime Minister's Mansion
Prime Minister Liang also sent people out to secretly find out where Princess Zhao and Master Shen were staying, but they were stopped by the men in black as well.
After listening to the secret guard's report, Prime Minister Liang frowned and asked, "You came back, no one followed you, right?"
"Don't worry, sir. I have confirmed again and again that no one is following us."
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Liang became even more worried. How come no one was following them
Normally, it should track in reverse.
The other party didn't send anyone to track him. He thought of two possibilities. The first possibility was that the other party's martial arts were too high, and the people he sent couldn't detect his existence at all! This possibility was relatively rare. After all, Liang Bing was the most powerful secret guard around him, and he was ranked in the top ten on the Four Countries Master List!
The second possibility is that the other party knows who sent the person to follow him!
So there is no need for anti-tracking at all!
Thinking of this, Prime Minister Liang felt a chill on his back: "Did you go to the Guest House on purpose when you came back?"
"Don't worry, sir. I always go to the guest reception building and return after changing back to my original form!"
Prime Minister Liang felt slightly relieved when he thought of this.
"How skilled are the men in black? Have you ever fought them? Have you seen their weapons or anything like that? Can you tell who they are?"
If Master Shen is from Jin, there are some differences between the martial arts moves of Jin and Chu.
"No." Liang Bing shook his head.
But he always felt that the person who stopped him from following Master Shen's whereabouts was the same person who stopped him from following the prince's male favorite.
However, the aura of the secret guards and the death squads are actually very similar.
He wasn't sure yet, so he didn't say it.
Prime Minister Liang nodded, then waved his hand: "No need to follow me anymore, lest I be discovered."
Just let the Crown Prince of Zhao figure it out himself.
"Yes!" the man responded and stepped back.
After the man left, Prime Minister Liang came to the window, frowned and thought: He was sure that those people in black were either Jinying Guards or Chu Tiankuo's men.
He was worried about the people from the Jinying Guard!
Chu Yuehou was in charge of most of the court, but he was still able to stand out in just a few years, making all the civil and military officials in the court wary of him. He should not be underestimated. And what he is best at is collecting intelligence and evidence!
That Master Shen, the Emperor is likely to send the Jinying Guards to protect her.
It would be troublesome if the emperor found out that he sent people to follow Master Shen!
But is it true that Master Shen, as the Crown Prince of Zhao said, is from Jin
Is the eldest prince really colluding with the State of Jin
He always felt that the eldest prince had an inexplicable ambiguous relationship with Master Shen.
Isn’t the eldest prince a homosexual
Didn’t he keep a male lover in Xingyuan
Prime Minister Liang thought that he was just about to use his homosexuality to deal with him, but before he could make a move, he was struck first by him, and now his son is in danger.
He didn't dare spread the rumors, for fear that he would make public the shameful things his son did in the past.
Prime Minister Liang grasped the window sill with both hands, and a sinister look flashed in his eyes!
Whenever he sent people to follow the whereabouts of the male favorite of the eldest prince, someone would always come out to stop him and he would lose the track.
Master Shen, he sent people to follow her and try to find out where she was, but there were always people who came out to stop her.
Prime Minister Liang stood in front of the window looking at the starry night sky. A meteor streaked across the sky, and he suddenly had an idea: Could Master Shen and that male favorite be the same person
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Yingke Building, Tianzihao Private Room
Two men with the same appearance stood in front of the window, looking at the capital of Chu State in the night.
In the thick night, you can see dim lights shining through the windows of every household.
The sky is full of twinkling stars and the ground is full of lights, which complement each other and create a peaceful and prosperous atmosphere.
"Brother, the State of Chu is much more prosperous than I thought. The people of Chu seem to be living a good life!"
Zhao Jinyun, the crown prince of Zhao State, had just come out of the palace. He was waiting for those people to come back. Upon hearing this, he asked, "Brother Lin, why do you say that?"
Zhao Jinlin pointed to the lights of thousands of houses in the distance and said, "Brother, look at these lights! Have you ever seen them in Zhao State except during major festivals?"
He felt that they needed to re-examine the strength of the Chu State.
The prince of Zhao frowned: "It's interesting. The emperor of Chu knew we were coming and deliberately asked the people to light the lamps."
Zhao Jinlin shook his head. "On my way here, I stayed in the guesthouses or reception buildings of various cities. At night, I could see many people in the city lighting oil lamps until the end of the night. Some villages also had many families lighting oil lamps. The number of oil lamps lit was more than that of the people in our Zhao State."
Working at sunrise and resting at sunset is a life habit that has remained unchanged for thousands of years for most people in the world. The reason for this habit is that when night falls, there is no candlelight, and people can't do anything or work, so they can only go to bed early.
The low grain production has resulted in most of the land being used to grow staple foods. Crops such as peanuts and rapeseed that can be used to extract oil are not planted by many people. The high cost of materials and the underdeveloped animal husbandry have resulted in vegetable oil and animal oil being precious.
Ordinary people would not even add a drop of oil to cooking, let alone lighting an oil lamp? Oil lamps consume a lot of oil.
If the environment at home is not good, who would be willing to light the oil lamp for so long
He hadn't noticed it at first, but one of his subordinates muttered, "The people of Chu are so generous with lighting lamps," and then he noticed it.
The Crown Prince of Zhao frowned and said, "This is indeed strange. I will send someone to investigate."
Most of the people in Chu State were not able to get enough food to eat? Why did they still use oil lamps
The candles used by wealthy families for lighting at night are more expensive than oil. As the saying goes, "At dusk, candles are lit in the Han Palace, and light smoke drifts into the residences of the five marquises." These candles are used by wealthy families. The Yingbinlou and Yingkelou are large restaurants that are famous throughout the world. The guests who come to stay in these restaurants are either rich or noble, so naturally the best candles are used. So their group did not even notice the existence of the oil-saving lamps.
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Second Prince's Palace
After Chu Tianyu came back, he went directly to Shen Mingzhu's house.
Shen Mingzhu greeted him with a smile: “Your Highness came back very late today, was the palace banquet fun?”
Shen Mingzhu was only a concubine and was not eligible to attend the palace banquet.
The second prince shook his head: "There's nothing interesting here, just the Crown Prince and the Zhao envoy fighting each other!"