The ministers left the palace in twos and threes. Their steps were not brisk, but rather heavy.
Zhou Shuren walked with Elder Wang, and the old man sighed as he walked, "I always feel that a storm is coming, so you should be more careful!"
Zhou Shuren respected the old man very much. The old man had given him a lot of advice over the years. "You are the same."
Old Master Wang felt heavy in his heart. What the prince said today, whether the emperor could wake up, and the fight for the throne, alas, he was getting old, getting old.
Zhou Shuren left the palace and got on the carriage. Several ministers stayed in the palace. Zhou Shuren stroked his beard. Even if the prince's words today were deliberately meant to cause misunderstanding, the prince would still be very surprised.
The prince came out to take charge of the government and preside over the overall situation, which reassured the officials in the capital. Zhou Shuren immediately felt different when he returned to the Ministry of Revenue.
At the palace gate, the King of Qi was left alone. Just as the King of Chu was about to leave, he said loudly, "The Crown Prince just replaced several ministers."
The King of Chu looked at him with a deep gaze. Just now, they went to the government hall with some adults, and the prince made a few appointments. The King of Chu asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "What can I mean? I just think that the prince is not confident enough and is too impatient."
The King of Chu looked at the ministers and other ministers who suddenly walked slowly, narrowed his eyes, and Zhang Yang deliberately said what everyone was thinking, "Now that you opened your mouth, I thought you were not the prince's biological brother from the same mother, but you are more hostile to the prince than I am!"
Zhang Yang choked. The King of Chu was even more low-key than the King of Qi. He was so low-key that he forgot that this King would never be polite to anyone. "Third brother, you are joking."
The King of Chu stared at Zhang Yang and said, "I never joke. Put away your hostility, or I will doubt that you are not the prince's biological brother."
Zhang Yang closed his mouth, his heart skipped a beat. The King of Chu really dared to say that. He noticed the gazes directed at him and wanted to leave.
How could the King of Chu let him go? He said quietly, "Your son was raised by your mother. Did you go to see her when you entered the palace today?"
Zhang Yang's scalp was numb, "My mother doesn't want to see me. I've embarrassed her."
There was disgust in King Liang's eyes. What a fool. Even if he was a little crazy, he still looked stupid. If you don't have the ability, don't provoke the third brother. He really thought that if the third brother stopped making trouble, he would be easy to talk to. The third brother was also a ruthless person. In order to break away from the previous forces, he sacrificed many people.
The drama at the palace gate was still spread. The focus of smart people's attention was that the prince was anxious to be released from confinement and had a grudge against the emperor.
In the afternoon, the Crown Prince ordered the interrogation of Rong Enqing and investigated his crimes. The rumors were about to come true, and it was also a disguised way of telling everyone that the Emperor had been tricked, his body was in poor condition, and he could no longer control the government.
Today, from the transfer of several ministers to the interrogation of Rong Enqing, the prince seemed to be in a hurry with every step he took.
Qiu Yan was stunned when he heard the news and whispered, "Why am I so panicked!"
The behavior of this prince is nothing like the prince in his memory. The previous prince stood beside the emperor in the court, and the emperor could not cover up the prince's elegance.
Zhou Shuren looked at Qiu Yan with special attention. This man had a very strong intuition. "We just need to do our job well and not make any mistakes."
Qiu Yan was afraid that his position would be replaced. He envied Zhou Shuren, "You can still be so stable at this time."
Zhou Shuren, "If I panic, what will happen to my whole family?"
Qiu Yan thought so too, "But Lord Rong is finished."
Zhou Shuren nodded, his heart also tensed, thinking about taking more servants out recently. We only have one life, so we have to be careful.
In the Fifth Prince's Mansion, Gu Ren said to his father, "The Emperor rebelled and took shelter with the Rong family. Now he is being harmed by the Rong family. Dad, do you think this move of your son is a good one?"
Zhang Wuxi stroked his beard, "Well, my son made a brilliant move. It is a serious crime to murder the emperor. Rong Enqing will die. The emperor was grateful to the Rong family before, but now he hates the Rong family more."
Gu Ren added: "I just don't know if they will do the same to Rong Yuyun."
Zhang Wuxi sneered, "Don't worry, the clan will be exterminated sooner or later anyway, it's good to cut the meat slowly now."
Zhang Yang was too lazy to listen to what the father and son said, so he stood up and walked out quickly.
Gu Ren stared at Zhang Yang. "Today, at the palace gate, Zhang Yang was scolded by the King of Chu and ran away. What a waste."
"Trash is good."
You can't be too smart.
At the Zhou family, Zhulan also learned the news, and instructed them not to tell Yao Yao. Only then did they make arrangements. Then news came from the Rong Marquis Mansion that Rong Enqing's biological mother had died.
Zhulan frowned, "Why did he die?"
The steward lowered his head and said, "Recently, the master has been worried about the marquis, and the lady is not in the mansion, so no one is taking care of the backyard."
Zhulan understood that Rong Enqing's stepmother had starved to death, and might have been dead for some time but was only discovered today.
Zhu Lan pressed her forehead and asked, "You came to me to ask for the rules?"
The steward trembled, "The Marquis was interrogated today, and now the Marquis's mansion is in chaos. The master asked me to ask how to deal with it."
Zhulan, "... ..."
This is not Rong Enqing's father's fault. He really can't hold on at this time. It is better to bury this man. The weather is hot now, and the body is probably rotten and smelly.
Zhulan said to Butler Ding: "You go."
Before he could finish, his fourth uncle came in and asked, "I heard someone from the Marquis' Mansion came, but what happened?"
Zhulan repeated what she had just learned.
Yu Yun's face darkened, and he said, "I will go to the Marquis' Mansion to take charge for a few days."
Zhulan exhaled. She was indeed not suitable to interfere in the Ronghou Mansion. If she had no other choice, she really didn't want to manage it. Now that her fourth uncle took over, she was naturally willing to do so. "Thank you for troubling my fourth uncle."
The manager of the Marquis' Mansion was happy, because now the Mansion was without a backbone.
After Zhulan and the others left, they sent someone to keep an eye on the news and find out the result.
The result was not quick because Gu Ren was not caught and there was a lack of evidence, but everyone knew that Rong Enqing was finished.
At night, Zhou Shuren and his wife had a lot to say, and they could only talk in a low voice when it was late at night and everyone was asleep.
Zhulan, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is deliberately leaving something for others to use against you."
Zhou Shuren, "Well, I thought carefully, today's prince should be a substitute."
Zhulan: "Hmm?"
"The prince's acting is not good. The prince really can't act out the melancholy after being grounded."
He thought about it carefully for a long time and came to the conclusion that the real prince must be very busy and had never been under house arrest, so how could he act like one who was under house arrest
Zhu Lan twitched her lips, "The Zhang family would never have thought that the mask helped the emperor."
Zhou Shuren, "In the last few days, you should pay more attention to the children in the mansion and be more careful."
Zhu Lan took note of it and then said, "Lord Rong En's result should be out tomorrow."
Zhou Shuren, "Yeah."