In the palace.

Xiao Zhengde frowned as he looked at the list of accounts handed over, but he couldn't ask someone now, because after the person secretly handed it over to Gonggong Zhang, he left directly, and even handed over the token.

Gonggong Zhang has been with the emperor for decades, witnessing him seize the throne step by step, and also witnessing him sitting on the throne for decades, and has become a confidant. Now seeing that the emperor frowned, and there was some inexplicable emotion in his eyes, he immediately knew that there might be some problems with this account, so he asked softly: "Your Majesty, do you want the slave to invite Young Master Lu back to ask?" ”

Xiao Zhengde put down the account in his hand, slowly got up and said, "No need." "This Lu Chengyan is deliberate, the number has been changed, and the silver has been replaced with gold.

But this deliberate intention just gave him the opportunity to do it.

"Your Majesty has one more thing." Gonggong Zhang hesitated and didn't know what to say, but after seeing Xiao Zhengde's majestic gaze sweeping over, he immediately knelt on the ground, didn't dare to raise his head and said, "It seems that the concubine Niangniang has sent someone out of the palace." ”

When Xiao Zhengde heard this, he put his hands behind his back, looked at the open inner hall gate in front of him, and was silent for a long time.

What else can he do when he sends someone out of the palace at this time, but that person's bad behavior has affected the third child, but he didn't expect Ci'er to be so breathless, and he couldn't wait to do it at the slightest disturbance.

"Your Majesty, do you want a slave to stop people?" Grandpa Zhang asked boldly.

"No, you get up." Xiao Zhengde said.

Gonggong Zhang immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"I can't stop it now, I guess I'm dead......" Xiao Zhengde turned around, if it's dead, it's not a big deal, the most important thing is to use the new accounts submitted by Lu Chengyan, and let them spit out a little money to rush the treasury is the most important thing.

"The affairs of the Cao family, let Yin Sheng deal with it." Xiao Zhengde waved his hand and said.

Father-in-law Zhang immediately received the order, and after slowly retreating, he summoned a little father-in-law, handed over a blue brocade and said: "The queen said that she wanted to see if the hibiscus embroidered on the blue brocade was good, you took it to the queen." ”

"Yes, Grandpa Zhang."

Gonggong Zhang slowly exhaled a breath, shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "The sacred heart is unpredictable. ”

-

Rong Qingqing was practicing with Song Yumo when he heard the news of Cao Yu's hanging, and his face was incredulous, and he subconsciously doubted: "Young Master Song, what you said is true?" ”

Song Yumo was also surprised, and simply asked: "Such a person who is surrounded by unjust souls and does not repent to die and threatens their living family members, actually hangs himself?" ”

Song Yuzhao nodded seriously and said, "It was hanged, and Governor Yin personally handled it." ”

Rong listened to this sentence lightly, and he understood some of the meaning.

The emperor's relatives hanged themselves, and the prefect of Yin personally came to deal with it, so it seems that it is estimated that the concubine in the palace ordered someone to move, and His Majesty the emperor acquiesced.

It's really a favorite concubine, Rong sighed softly.

Song Yumo also understood, she was not a boudoir lady who didn't understand anything, as the future queen, she still had this bit of eyesight, so she sneered directly at the moment and said, "It's cheaper for him." ”

Rong shook his head lightly and said, "It's not cheap, after all, we just wanted his life from the beginning." "And no matter how you look at it now, you know that this person did not hang himself, but was killed, or the hand of someone who was personally found by his cousin.

Song Yumo suddenly remembered something, and immediately looked at Song Yuzhao and said: "You go to find your aunt, just say that the thousand people who died tragically are too pitiful, since Cao Jianjun is dead, then scatter the family wealth as a good deed and accumulate yin virtue." ”

Song Yuzhao looked surprised, he didn't expect these words to come out of Song Yumo's mouth, but he immediately went out to the eldest princess's mansion.

Rong smiled lightly and couldn't help himself, and said: "Hahahahaha, accumulate yin virtue, in this way, the Cao family, who wants to have some money left, really only has a piece of chicken feathers left." "This Yang Guifei has worked hard for so many years, and once it was wiped out, the only waste in the family that could afford it also fell.

When he thought of this, Rong paused slightly, since Yang Guifei's mother's family did not have someone who could handle it, how could she dare to compete with the crown prince for the throne?

The queen's mother's family, but the famous Bai family, a loyal martyr, is not in a high position for fear of the emperor's fear, but that influence is still there, what kind of bargaining chip is this Yang Guifei holding, dare to be so unscrupulous?

Could it be just the emperor's favor? But no matter how beautiful a person is, there will be a time when he is old and decrepit, what does this Yang Guifei rely on?

When he returned to the Lu Mansion in the evening, Rong Qing still couldn't figure it out, until Lu Chengyan suddenly understood the fundamentals.

"You don't have to have someone in your mother's family, you can also form an alliance above the court. For example, the prime minister, after finding out so many people, I can be sure that he is unswervingly on the side of the third prince. Lu Chengyan said.

"Why does the old fox support the three princes, because it is easy to control?" Rong asked with a slight frown.

There is the Bai family behind the prince, and he is angry, and he is a righteous prince. In order to continue to consolidate his power, this old fox may really support the third prince to succeed to the throne, and then continue to sit firmly in the position of prime minister, and maybe he will be more powerful at that time.

Lu Chengyan didn't understand either, but maybe what Rong said lightly was right, easy to control, in order to continue his power. Yang Guifei has no mother's family to support, she can only trust the prime minister, and she is naturally willing to hand over greater power to the prime minister.

"What kind of person is the third prince?" Rong asked curiously.

Lu Chengyan frowned and thought for a long time before saying: "At the beginning, the most eye-catching thing in the royal family was Xiao Yan, the sixth prince, who likes to pay attention to pomp and circumstance, and also likes to show off his identity, and the third prince is almost negligible under the influence of this, and he seems to be a low-key character. ”

Rong said softly: "Usually low-key, hide your minions, and expose them at critical moments to kill people." ”

Lu Chengyan immediately said: "Yes, and we used to focus most of our energy on the old fox, and from now on, we have to pay more attention to the Three Princes' Mansion." ”

Rong nodded lightly, how could the prince who wanted to fight for power be a fuel-efficient lamp.

What Lu Chengyan didn't know was that the third prince, Xiao Yu, was also paying attention to him at this time.

Xiao Yu pinched the letter in his hand and said, "It's all the property of the Lu Mansion?" ”

"Yes, lord."

"That young lady in the Lu Mansion is gentle, how much can she find out before entering the Lu Mansion?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Timid as a mouse, he doesn't go out much. Because she was a concubine, she was bullied a lot, and was later framed by her mother and forced to marry Lu Chengyan, who was in a coma at the time. ”

Xiao Yu snorted, pinched the paper, looked at the kneeling people below with slightly lowered eyes, and said word by word: "So, you said that a timid maid like a mouse, a fool who causes trouble all day long, and caused us to lose 1.5 million taels of gold, and let my uncle hang himself, right?" ”

The air seemed to freeze for a few minutes, and the people kneeling below did not dare to say a word.