Zhang Jingyang sneered, "You two are really well-informed. You all know everything that happened in the palace. I didn't even know that it was Old Five who stole it, but you did."
The King of Chu widened his eyes and said, "Second brother, you can't slander me. How would I know what's going on in the palace? The most I can do is to keep an eye on your house."
King Liang, "You can only blame your second brother for being too careless. There was a thief in your house. Old Fifth, how did you steal it?"
Zhang Yang has indeed made a lot of progress, but he is still too young. After a few words from his brothers, he was determined to have stolen the jade pendant. Although it was a fact, he could not admit it in front of the ministers.
Zhang Yang quickly retorted, "Brothers, please don't speak nonsense. As I said before, do you have any evidence? If you don't have any evidence, then it's better for you brothers not to speak nonsense."
Zhou Shuren moved his ears. A few words revealed too much information. The second prince's words were not slander. Several princes had people in their palaces.
Zhang Yang did enter the palace to give the jade pendant, but it was actually to frame the King of Qi. The news leaked, so it must have been intentional on the part of the Emperor.
Zhou Shuren followed Lord Xiao out of the hall and couldn't help but look back in the direction of the Zheng Palace. The person driving the scene behind the scenes was always the Emperor!
Xiao Qing walked quickly, "Go, go."
It wasn't just Lord Xiao who walked very fast. The ministers all walked very nimbly at this time and didn't look like they were old at all.
After returning to the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Shuren calmed down and thought to himself, the power behind Zhang Yang is truly incredible, they were able to get the King of Qi's jade pendant, that was incredible.
Zhou Shuren originally wanted to ask Jinyan to pay attention to Prince Qi's Mansion, but in the end he thought better of it and decided not to ask.
At the Mansion of Marquis Yao, Yao Wenqi signaled the person who was to report the news. This time the jade pendant and the letter were his work. When he got the jade pendant, the chess piece of King Qi was abandoned. The more chaotic the situation in the capital was, the better. Only with chaos could there be opportunities. If everything was peaceful, he would not dare to move.
Yao Wenqi was in a good mood. As soon as the Fourth Prince took action, he knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come!
The next day, Zhulan was about to go to the Yang residence to visit her elder and second brothers when Tao came over with a happy face, "I heard that your eldest daughter-in-law is pregnant again?"
Zhulan smiled and said, "Who told you that? I'm not showing off."
Tao said cheerfully, "I heard from my master last night."
As for her husband's envious face, there is no need to mention it. She is also very envious. She only has one grandson in her family, and she is really worried.
"Look how happy you are. I didn't know. You thought your daughter-in-law was pregnant."
Tao, "Of course I'm happy. They say a daughter takes after her mother. I'm thinking of Wang Wei's many children."
Zhulan was helpless. She wanted to say that was not necessarily the case, but she couldn't say that. Li's ability to give birth had helped Yu Lu gain a lot of favor from the Wang family. The Wang family really needed children.
After sitting for a while, Tao couldn't sit still anymore and insisted on going to see Li. Zhulan accompanied her. When they arrived at the courtyard of the main house, Tao held Yu Lu's hand tightly and wouldn't let go, saying "You are blessed" left and right.
Zhulan, "... ..."
Until Tao passed away, he was still muttering how good Yu Lu was!
Yu Lu's face was frozen with laughter. Finally, there were no outsiders around. Yu Lu said depressedly, "The Wang family values me so much that my granddaughter is under a lot of pressure."
What if she can't give birth to a son like her mother? Grandma said that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Li was also worried, "It's all because of my stomach."
Zhulan said, "Okay, don't think about it. That's all after we get married. And even if you don't have this baby, the Wang family still has expectations for Yu Lu."
Yu Lu was still unhappy. Originally, Wang Wei would send her a few words from time to time, but now Yu Lu was taking her anger out on him.
Zhulan waited until Li and her granddaughter left before she said to Mrs. Song, "The master must be angry with Lord Wang."
Mrs. Song smiled and said, "The master and Mr. Wang have a good relationship."
Zhulan laughed, "He is used to bullying people."
At the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Shuren stopped Wang Ju who was about to leave and said, "You are too petty. It's been a whole night, and you still ignore me?"
Wang Ju gnashed her teeth in jealousy, "My Lord, you like to hurt people's hearts."
Especially his heart, didn't he say that he would leave at the end of the year and wish Zhou Shuren a happy future? This guy showed off that he was going to have a grandson again, and his counterattack was particularly sharp!
Zhou Shuren hummed, "Same here."
Wang Ju has learned bad habits by wishing him well despite knowing how difficult the Ministry of Revenue will be in the future!
In the harem, the queen drew up a list of people to be released from the palace and gave it to the female official, "Send it to each palace and release them after three days."
The female officials were trembling with fear. Many of the people released from the palace by the Queen were the concubines of various palaces. This meant that they were going to cause trouble, and it must be a big one.
The Queen did not wait for the maid to leave. She took a sip of tea from her teacup and continued, "Write down the reactions of each palace and report back in detail."
The female officer lowered her head and said, "Yes."
The queen finished her tea, stood up, changed her clothes, and practiced sword in the yard. The Chen women were very smart and had rarely crossed the line over the years. There were not many women in the harem, and they knew that no one could pull anyone down, and they couldn't do anything to each other, so even if they did something wrong, they were still in peace. Their hearts were on their sons, and they were always waiting for them to grow up.
The queen was in a good mood, but the flowers that were destroyed by the sword suffered the consequences and could no longer survive.
The lady-in-waiting returned quickly, and the queen put away her sword. "What do the palaces say?"
The female official reported, "The Imperial Concubine got angry and has left to look for the Emperor. As for the other ladies, Concubine Chen has received the list. The two ladies should be here soon."
The queen wiped her sweat and said, "The imperial concubine is becoming more and more arrogant. Even the orders of the queen are no longer effective."
The female official did not reply, and the courtyard was silent. The queen turned around and went back to the palace. A son should pay off his debts, and a son's debts should be paid by his parents. It's the same thing.
The princes have all grown up, and those who should be made kings have been made kings. To their mother's families, the women in the harem are not as important as the sons who have been made kings.
At the Yang Mansion, Yang Zhumu said, "I heard the navy went to suppress the pirates."
"Brother is well-informed, indeed."
Yang Zhumu's eyes lit up. "What do you think about Yang Wen joining the navy?"
Zhu Lan asked, "Wu Chun has already made all the arrangements, why does Big Brother want Yang Wen to join the navy? The situation at sea is unpredictable, and our country has no experience in this area. The navy is too dangerous."
Yang Wen is Wu Chun's eldest son and his eldest brother's grandson. Yang Wen is a person with high hopes. He is the leader of the next generation of the Yang family.
Yang Zhumu knew this too. He tossed and turned in bed after hearing the news. "There are no wars in the inland areas, so it's hard for military officers to be promoted. Yang Wen will have to endure for many years to make it. The navy is different. I think there will be many wars in the future. If you really fight for military merits, even if you don't ask for a high official position, it will be faster than enduring slowly."
Zhulan wanted to say that as long as Zhou Shuren continued to rise, the Yang family would have no chance of leading an army and holding power, and the official positions of military generals would not be too high in the future.
Yang Zhumu continued, "The Yang family has no ambitions. It would be great if Yang Wen could be like his father. His father passed away because the Yang family needs generations of accumulation, so there is no rush."
He always remembered what his father said, that the Yang family could only rely on their own generations to accumulate little by little, and with the protection of their brother-in-law, the Yang family had an easy life, so he wanted to accumulate in two ways so that the family could live faster.