No matter what Liao Chu's mind is, if there is a chance to win him over, who in this court will let go?

As long as you get Liao Chuxiu, you will get more than half of the troops in Beijing, which is a great help for anyone, and under this temptation, even if it is worth the risk.

Feng Qizhou let go of his hand and lowered the curtain by the window, and asked Zuo Yue, "How did you do what I asked you to do before?"

Zuo Yue said in a low voice: "The news has been passed out according to the instructions of the second master, although Dong Nianzhi's side has not reacted for the time being, but several contact points that originally belonged to the Dong family have been moved recently. ”

"Yesterday, Tianfeng Tang sent news that the merchant ship in the hands of the eldest prince was detained in the Wushui boundary of Cangzhou when it was diverted to Cangzhou, and all the things on board were exterminated. ”

Feng Qizhou tapped on the wall of the car when he heard this, he thought that Dong Nianzhi would be more calm, but he didn't want him to do it so quickly, in the end, he looked down on the Dong family.

However, if it was really because of the Liu family's gift of daughters, Dong Nianzhi couldn't help but react too much, and they just spread some rumors that he did this.

Still is... Is there anything else he doesn't know?

Feng Qizhou groaned and spoke: "Let people go and find out who the Dong family has been dealing with recently, and let Ji Jiu take someone to Wushui, and let the Tangkou over there find out who has been there in Beijing recently." ”

Zuo Yue was stunned at first when he heard Feng Qizhou's instructions, and after understanding what he meant in an instant, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Second Master suspects that Dong Nianzhi has long had a different heart for the eldest prince?"

Feng Qizhou nodded: "If it's just a matter of the Liu family, no matter how angry Dong Nianzhi is, he will never do anything on the merchant ship before the eldest prince welcomes people into the mansion, let alone hide such a big thing from Beijing." ”

"But the Dong family has been with the eldest prince for several years, and the whole dynasty knows that the Dong family is the person of the eldest prince, who dares to accept them? Not to mention that the Dong family has only switched to other families at this time, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses?" Zuo Yue said suspiciously.

Feng Qizhou glanced at Zuo Yue when he heard this: "Why do you think the people in the court chose those princes in advance, and why did the Dong family assist the eldest prince?"

Zuo Yue hesitated: "Because of marriage?"

Feng Qizhou glanced at Zuo Yue, and there was a big stupid word written in his eyes: "What about marriage, who doesn't have a few daughters in this court, and who doesn't have a few in-laws, if it's really just because of marriage, he will do his best to make profits for others, it's a fool." ”

"In addition to Dong Nian, there are also Dong Nianyu and Dong Nianqin in this generation of the Dong family, and in addition to the Dong family who married into the Great Prince's Mansion, there are several women, plus the daughters of Dong Nianzhi's three brothers, many of whom have married into other powerful mansions, why did Dong Nianzhi choose the eldest prince alone?"

"In the final analysis, it's just because he thinks that the eldest prince has a chance to win the throne and can promise his greatest benefit, and once someone can give him greater benefits, or he feels that the promise made to him by the eldest prince is difficult to fulfill, or when someone holds his handle enough to threaten his life more than the benefit, what is so strange to choose someone else. ”

All things in this world are either for love or for profit, and it is not for nothing that they rely on feelings to maintain their relationship with each other, but they will definitely not appear in the court.

Feng Qizhou said to Zuo Yue: "If you want to know if Dong Nianzhi is really with someone else, just go to Cangzhou Wushui to check, and you can find out what happened to the merchant ship." ”

Although there are a lot of bandits in Wushui, and they are spread across the entire Cangzhou waters, those people are not really bold and unscrupulous, they also have their own rules, and they will never let their subordinates move the royal ships.

The merchant ships under the command of the Great Prince have always been flying the royal flag, and the day of departure and return has always been secretive, so they can be detained so rightly, and everything is intercepted, who can say whether this matter is the work of those bandits?

"Go check the people on the side of the Four Princes and King Xiang, and see if any of them have been to Cangzhou recently. ”

After Zuo Yue understood what Feng Qizhou meant, he hurriedly said: "I know the second master, I will summon it to Ji Jiu later." ”

After Feng Qizhou finished telling the matter, he glanced at the direction in which Chen Pinyun and the others left, and snorted with some disgust, and then let Zuo Yue drive away.

……

……

Liu Chi was blocked by Xiao Xianhong's words in the palace, and after returning home, when he knew that Liu Xiangcheng was enjoying the cool on the side of the water pavilion, he hurriedly looked for it.

Liu Xiangcheng was learning calligraphy in the pavilion, and Liu Shen was sitting on the side, and the two seemed to be chatting about something.

Liu Xiangcheng had just written down the word "quiet" when he saw Liu Chi coming over angrily.

"Father... Third brother, are you there too?"

When Liu Shen saw Liu Chi coming in, his face instantly turned cold, he ignored his greeting, and said directly to Liu Xiangcheng: "Father, there are other things in my courtyard, if you don't have any orders, I will go back first, and I will handle what you just said as soon as possible, and then give you news." ”

Liu Xiangcheng nodded: "Go ahead." ”

Liu Shen got up and saluted Liu Xiangcheng, then turned around and walked out with Liu Chi directly, ignoring Liu Chi at all.

Seeing this, Liu Chi's face turned blue with anger, and he said angrily: "Father, you see what kind of attitude he has in the third child, I am his eldest brother, not his enemy, what does he mean by giving me such a face!?"

"What do you want him to do, call you big brother affectionately, or smile at you, you did that kind of thing before, and used his daughter to please the eldest prince, if it weren't for the soft nature of the third child, and Minfang didn't have an accident, do you think this matter can be so easy to understand?"

Liu Xiangcheng listened to Liu Chi's complaint and suddenly said coldly.

Liu Shen has a soft temperament, and he never competes with Liu Chi and Liu Zheng on weekdays, but this does not mean that he can really tolerate everything.

That Minfang girl is the third child's reverse scales, even he knows that he won't touch it, but Liu Chi actually dares to calculate her, and even sends her to Xiao Xianhong's bed.

If it weren't for the fact that something went wrong that day, Liu Minfang didn't know why she didn't have a way, but Liu Huiru and Xiao Xianhong were mixed together, and Liu Huiru had a big heart, and she had long coveted the position of the princess, and knew that after the Liu family assisted the eldest prince, as long as she succeeded, she would become the princess, and she didn't know how to end this matter.

"You did this kind of bastard thing, the third child didn't settle accounts with you, it's enough to give you face, what else do you want?"

Liu Chi was immediately angry when he heard this, he stepped forward a few steps forward to the table and said angrily: "Father, why am I doing bastard things, since we have chosen the eldest prince and worked for him, we naturally have to tie the eldest prince tightly with us, otherwise when he is in power, how should our Liu family deal with ourselves?"

"What's more, you don't know Minfang's situation, she is a mute, and her temperament is not pleasant, she is so old now that she has never been married, I chose the eldest prince for her for her good, if she can be liked by the eldest prince, wouldn't it be better than marrying those who are not careful?"

"Bang-"

Liu Xiangcheng listened to Liu Chi's words and threw the pen in his hand on the paper with a bang, the ink splashed everywhere, and then looked at Liu Chi coldly.

Liu Chi was taken aback: "Father ......"

"Liu Chi, do you really think everyone is a fool?!"

Liu Xiangcheng looked at Liu Chi with a frosty face, and his eyes were as sharp as a knife: "If you really think that the royal people are so calculating, and you think that if you send the daughter of the Liu family to the bed of the eldest prince, he can really be tied to our Liu family, how can you pick Minfang?"

"You know that she has a dark disease, a dignified prince, even if she is a side concubine, she will never marry a mute, you sent her to the bed of the eldest prince, just to make the eldest prince feel that he owes our Liu family, and the Liu family is ashamed, so that he will be more biased towards the Liu family in the future, and Min Fang is just the abandoned son you chose. ”

"If the eldest prince can look down on her, it is naturally good to take her into the mansion, but if he can't look down on her, she is just a dumb person who can't say anything, you weren't for her from the beginning!"

Liu Xiangcheng's words changed Liu Chi's face slightly, and he opened his mouth to justify: "Father, I don't have ......"

"Do you know it yourself, don't think about fooling me with your set. ”

Liu Xiangcheng directly interrupted Liu Chi's unfinished words: "Liu Chi, the reason why the family is called the family has never been an opportunistic means, not to mention how you will treat our Liu family after you do this, that is, the eldest prince, do you think he will really be stupid and can't see your thoughts, or will he reuse people who calculate him like this?"

"He is still only a prince now, and he still has to rely on us to do things for him, he will naturally put up with you many times, but when one day he becomes an emperor and sits in that supreme position, do you think he will not settle today's affairs?"

"You should have told him about Huiru today, did he promise you to welcome Huiru into the house?"

Liu Chi's face turned pale when he heard Liu Xiangcheng's words, and he instantly remembered that when he was in the palace before, when he mentioned Liu Huiru's matter to Xiao Xianhong, his words were perfunctory, and there was something in Chen Pinyun's words.

At that time, Xiao Xianhong said that after the success of the event, he would welcome Liu Huiru into the house, but now the situation can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, how can it be so easy to succeed, if it waits until then, who can know if Xiao Xianhong will remember today's words.

When the time comes, will he marry Liu Huiru as promised, or will he use this matter to liquidate their Liu family?

Liu Xiangcheng looked at Liu Chi's face, and knew that his previous guess was right, he reached out and took the silk to wipe the ink-stained places on his body, and said: "I told you a long time ago, if you want to succeed, you should be most afraid of quick success, everything needs to be cautious, and those who are officials are the most taboo and impetuous, and if the heart is not quiet, the body is not secret, the reason is not clear, and everything is floating." “

"You are so radical, you are most likely to be caught, and when the time comes, your shortcomings will fall into the hands of others, how can you compete with others?"

Liu Chi listened to Liu Xiangcheng's reprimand, and after a while, he lowered his head with a pale face and said, "Father, I know it's wrong, but now that the matter has come to this, Huiru has already ...... with the eldest prince If I hadn't asked the eldest prince to welcome Huiru into the mansion, what would have become of my Liu family..."

Liu Xiangcheng raised his head when he heard this: "Naturally, Huiru is pregnant." ”

Liu Chi raised his head violently: "Then I'll go and inform the eldest prince now......"

"Stop!"

Liu Xiangcheng snorted, and waited until he stopped Liu Chi before frowning: "I just told you not to act rashly, you are taking it as a deaf ear?" ”

"This battle for the throne is easy to take people's lives, you have to be cautious, don't tell the eldest prince about Hui Ru's pregnancy for the time being, wait until this matter is dealt with, if the eldest prince is really worth following, let Hui Ru enter the mansion, but if he can't...... Wisdom is like a child in the womb, as if it had never existed. ”

Liu Chi was shocked.

Liu Xiangcheng frowned and said, "Do you understand?"

Liu Chi hurriedly spoke: "The child understands. ”

After Liu Shen left from Liu Xiangcheng's place, he went directly to Liu Minfang's yard, but after entering, he saw a mess in the yard, and things were scattered all over the place.

Xiaohuan, the maid next to Liu Minfang, was squatting on the ground to clean up the things that had been knocked down, her eyes were red, and she looked extremely aggrieved.

Liu Shen's face sank: "Xiaohuan." ”

The green-clothed maid hurriedly raised her head when she heard the voice, and hurriedly got up when she saw Liu Shen: "Master." ”

"What's wrong, why did you smash so many things?" Liu Shen asked in a deep voice.

Xiaohuan lowered his face and whispered, "The second lady and the sixth lady have been here just now. ”

The second lady is Liu Zheng's wife Han, and the sixth lady is Liu Huiru, Liu Shen heard that Han's mother and daughter had come, and her face was extremely ugly, since the last time Liu Chi and Liu Zheng calculated Liu Minfang and failed to do so, but compensated Liu Huiru, Han blamed Liu Minfang for involving Liu Huiru and blamed Liu Minfang for everything.

Although Liu Huiru got the promise of the eldest prince and was appeased by Liu Chi, it was not a glorious thing to have no matchmaker, so she sprinkled all her anger on Liu Minfang.

Liu Shen hurriedly asked, "Where's Miss?"

As soon as Xiaohuan wanted to answer, there was a slight sound of the bead curtain next to him, and Liu Shen looked over there and saw Liu Minfang walking out of it.

Liu Shen hurriedly greeted him: "Minfang, how are you, have they embarrassed you?"

Seeing that Liu Shen was anxious, Liu Minfang reached out and shook his head on the back of his hand.

Seeing this, Liu Shen's eyes fell on the back of Liu Minfang's reddened hand, on which he could faintly see the pinch marks, and he suddenly said angrily: "They hurt you? It's just too deceitful, the previous things were all done by them, but now they are embarrassed by you, I'm going to find them!!"

Liu Minfang hurriedly grabbed Liu Shen, who wanted to go out, and after making a slight sound in his mouth, he wrote in the palm of his hand: "The sixth sister is pregnant." ”