Although it was not known whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the King of Guangping knew anything about the relationship between the Shanghai prefect and the Zhu family, Zhang and Zhao Xiu still wrote a letter and asked them to rush to the contact point set up by the King of Guangping in Songjiang City, hoping that it was still playing a role and reminding His Royal Highness the Prince.

Zhang even felt that the so-called Haibang dam project was problematic, and that King Guangping was suspected of dereliction of duty, was also deliberately done by the Shanghai prefect. If there is really a problem with the project, why don't we see rumors in the past eight or nine years? Shanghai Prefecture was flooded by rain twice, both because the rainwater could not be drained properly, so why is it related to the seaside dam? But if Zhu Lifei and the six princes lost their storage positions, they were unwilling, and deliberately wanted to block the prince and pour dirty water on the heads of the prince's compatriots, it is still very likely.

However, this method is not clever, whether there is a problem with the seaside dam, a discerning person can see it at a glance when he arrives in Shanghai. Moreover, the prefect of Shanghai did not cover the sky with one hand in the jurisdiction, at least the county magistrates below did not approve of him being on this script. Isn't it? There are several counties of the seaside dam, and if there is a problem with the project, but they have not noticed it for many years, aren't they all derelict in their duties? If they really want to investigate it, they may not even be able to keep the black yarn on their tops. The top boss didn't know if he was dizzy, and did such a thing that harmed others and was not beneficial to himself, did he forget that he had been serving here for several years, and he didn't find any problems with the dam for several years, and he didn't find any problems with the dam during the rain and flooding the year before last, and he only said there was a problem with it this year? When the prince arrived in Shanghai, the officials below the prefect told the truth and asked the prince to go to the dam. The prefect of Shanghai can't escape the charge of false reporting, what good does it do him?

When the time comes, if the emperor has the heart to investigate, the prince will not let it go. Zhu Lifei and the six princes behind him also have to eat and hang.

The Zhang family thinks that this method is too stupid, Zhu Lifei can be alone in the harem for many years, and the prince born to him is obviously the youngest one, but there have been rumors that he has been canonized as a prince, such a powerful character, will he really come up with such a stupid method? What is she trying to do this?

Zhao Xiu also helped her grandmother think about it again and again, and felt that Zhu Lifei's move was not only to pour some dirty water on King Guangping's head in a short period of time. If the prince comes to Shanghai in advance, there will be no other use, and she herself may be able to cut off the very promising in-law of the Shanghai prefect. Isn't it tantamount to cutting off one's own arm?

After Zhao Wei heard about this, he vaguely had a guess: "Is it to bring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Shanghai?" What do they want to do? ”

Zhang shook his head: "How can it be so simple? Even if there is no such thing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be here next spring, a few months away. What's the difference? ”

"The difference is a few months." Zhao Xiu was vague. I felt as if I had guessed something, "Speaking of which, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to go south next spring?" ”

Zhao Wei looked at her puzzled: "Of course, it is to accept the rebuilt seaside dam, King Guangping also did such a thing back then, and when he established the reserve later, it was also counted as one of his contributions." ”

"Not really." Zhao Xiu felt that his thinking was gradually becoming clearer, "King Guangping was the prince back then. Is it because of this merit of him? Obviously he did other things better and was more appreciated. On the contrary, this dam was neither built by His Royal Highness the King of Guangping, nor was he supervised, he seemed to have proposed a little construction, and the project was all the responsibility of others. Everyone knows in their hearts that counting this item in the credit book is actually the icing on the cake. Isn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince aware of this? He has just been canonized, and he should focus on consolidating his position and dealing with government affairs. The emperor is not in good health, why does he have to leave the capital for a few months, just to do something that can barely put gold on his face? If you want people to feel that he is the most suitable prince to sit on the throne, isn't the most important thing to do is to assist the emperor in handling the government well? ”

Zhao Wei also realized instantly: "The emperor is not in good health, the prince rashly left Beijing for a few months, it will do more harm than good to him, if he is not worried about the dam, it is just a matter of sending important ministers from the court to take a trip, unless there is some reason, so that he has to go this trip in person!" ”

"At that time, there was no claim that King Guangping was suspected of dereliction of duty, and he didn't need to personally clear his brother's innocence, and there was nothing wrong with letting others come." Zhang said slowly, "Until recently, the prefect of Shanghai was charged with His Royal Highness King Guangping, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had to come in person no matter what, and he had to advance the trip by several months. The prefect of Shanghai is the initiator, and the strange thing is that what he said in the recital book is simply made out of nothing! ”

Zhao Xiu blinked: "It seems that someone wants the prince to come to Shanghai no matter what, and he has to come as much as possible, he originally came next spring, and now he can't wait, he has to travel thousands of miles in the cold winter and the moon, which is really strange." What if the prince came to Shanghai? Could it be that when he comes, he will no longer be the prince? ”

Zhang's face changed suddenly: "It's not good, if someone wants to be unfavorable to the prince, it is much more convenient to start in Shanghai than in the capital." She has also seen the seaside dam, which is not only to resist the waves, but also to prevent the Japanese from coming ashore to make trouble, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the waves are large. Not to mention anything else, if you can find an opportunity to push His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the sea, it will be dangerous enough.

Zhao Wei also reacted: "It is also possible that he wants to start on the road, if it is not within the jurisdiction of the Shanghai prefect, he will not have to bear the heavy responsibility of guarding the disadvantage afterwards." ”

"Guards?" Zhao Xiu hurriedly said, "Didn't grandmother say that General Hong Wencheng, who was in charge of the guards, was biased towards Zhao Jue's family?" Will he also have a connection with King Ying's Mansion? ”

Zhang didn't dare to think about it anymore, and immediately ordered Zhao Wei: "Go and call a few henchmen to come to the nursing home, I want to write a letter to Jingli and ask them to send it quickly, I hope it's still too late!" Zhao Wei turned around and ran out a few steps, and was stopped by her again: "Wait, I have to send a letter to your aunt." Zhao Jue has already arrived in Fengxian first, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already set off, and now he has sent a letter to Beijing, and he doesn't know if he can catch up. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went south along the canal and waterway, he arrived in Shandong. Your uncle will definitely go and see you. If you act faster, you may be able to take the opportunity to give a warning to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Zhao Wei left in response, and Zhang's heart was in turmoil for a while. Zhao Xiu spread the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table and wrote a credit to her, she hesitated for a while before picking up the pen and writing the first line. Zhao Xiu looked at the sky outside the hall and always felt a sense of foreboding.

It was too late to find out, and I don't know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is on his way now. If I had already left, would the letter have arrived before the accident? Even if the letter was delivered to the prince. Without evidence, will the crown prince remove the emperor's appointed guard? There is one more thing that she has always been obsessed with - the prince has clearly decided to go south in the spring. What are you going to do to him, can't you do it again when the time comes? Why did the prefect of Shanghai risk being convicted of such a book, so that the prince had to travel in advance? She always felt that there was some ulterior reason for this......

Zhang finished writing the letter. Zhao Wei also came back to report that the nurses had already packed their luggage. Horses ready to go. Zhang handed the letter to his grandson, hesitated again, and sighed: "We are two thousand miles away, and the news is too late to know, and it may not be too late to report the news now." Besides, what we can know, how can His Royal Highness the King of Quang Binh not know? He got it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince naturally knew. Perhaps the two Highnesses have their own ways to deal with it, we believe it. It's just to do your part. ”

Zhao Wei was stunned, silently took the letter and turned to leave.

Zhao Xiu poured a cup of tea for the Zhang family: "Grandmother, don't worry, the two highnesses are not so easy to calculate." ”

Zhang nodded slowly, was silent for a while, and then said, "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really comes, I will see him no matter what." Nothing else, the Shanghai prefect slandered the King of Guangping out of nothing, and I must sue him! ”

Zhao Xiu smiled: "Okay, let's just collect his illegal evidence in secret by the way, and then report it together to see if he dares to mess around." ”

After settling down with Zhang's family, Zhao Xiu returned to his room and thought about it, and then went to the front yard to find the housekeeper Wang Shuangfu: "Our house in Nanhui, is there any vacancy that has not been rented to others?" What about Jiading? ”

Wang Shuangfu thought for a while: "There is still a small courtyard in Nanhui City, which is the layout of the front store and the back house, the first three shops are rented to people, and the tenants of the small courtyard in the back have left, as if they have not been rented out." Just because the old man Lu, who was looking at the house, had saved some silver, and his wife was in better health, he asked me for leave, planning to go back to my hometown for the New Year, and come back next year. I thought that there would be fewer merchants renting houses at the end of the year, and everyone would go home for the New Year, so I agreed to him. As for Jiading, there is no empty house in our family, if the girl wants it, then find the economy to buy it. ”

Zhao Xiu thought about it for a while: "First let people clean up the small courtyard of Nanhui City just in case, rent a small house in Jiading, and when preparing for His Royal Highness the Prince, summon my grandmother and brother, they need to find a place to live when they go to Jiading City." ”

Wang Shuangfu hurriedly agreed.

The preparations are almost done, and all the three of Zhao Xiu's ancestors and grandchildren can do now is to wait for news from His Royal Highness the Prince. A few days later, sure enough, news came that the prince's guard of honor had arrived in Shandong. This time, the prince was in a hurry, so everything along the way was simple, although the honor guard was in line with the specifications, but he didn't talk much about false etiquette, and he only met with provincial and government officials along the way, and the small officials at the bottom just saluted on the shore, and the prince did not summon him. Hearing the news, the three ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhang family were a little worried, not only worried that the letter to the aunt's wife might not be delivered in time, but also worried that the eldest aunt Xu Chonglun, as the prefect of Yanzhou, might not be able to find the opportunity to see the prince alone, and they had to guard against Hong Wencheng's obstruction.

At this time, there were rumors in Fengxian County, about how the old county duchess of the Zhao family was not loving, expelled the original concubine from the clan and occupied her family property, and how the Zhao clan became inflamed and persecuted the second family branch for the sake of the Duchess of the county. Zhang's ancestors were both angry and ridiculous at this rumor.

People in the county generally don't believe it, and they also found that some people spread this kind of rumor in the teahouse tavern, and some people refute it and ignore it, pulling the individual to say, as if admitting death, even if it is dismissed with facts, it is also determined that the other party has the benefits of the Zhao family, reversing black and white. If the person who spreads the rumors is usually a good person, perhaps the people will be a little suspicious, but seeing that these people are notoriously hooligan ruffians, if they do not understand that this is a deliberate act, they are fools, and they will ignore them.

At this time, in the Zhao family's clan, there is an eleven-room side branch of the daughter, who is a married girl, and also lives in the county, and has always been a small transparent on weekdays, only in the next year will he follow the sisters to the second room to ask for peace for the Zhang family, I don't know why he suddenly came to visit the Zhang family, and took out the rumors outside and counted them down, and then carefully mentioned to the Zhang family: "Why should my uncle and grandmother suffer from this nest?" Is this someone deliberately trying to you off? It's better to stay out of the way and come back when the man is gone. After all, it is also the bloodline of the Zhao family, and there are nobles behind him, and if you worry about him, the princess of the county can't feel at ease under the spring. But if you don't care about anything, your reputation will be ruined, and your cousins and cousins will be affected. If you go far away, such as going back to your mother's house in Songjiang, you can not only reunite with your parents' relatives, but also listen to a few annoying words. When the man saw that the master was gone, and many of the means were just done to show the empty house, he felt bored, so he naturally stopped. ”

Zhang frowned and looked at her coldly. (To be continued......)