Over the years, Chu Li has always been cautious and cautious, hiding his thoughts tightly, and the eyeliner around Cheng Enhou was also carefully selected and arranged by him, and he had nothing to do for so many years, but suddenly he was ruined in these few days.

Cheng Enhou actually doesn't have much ability, but it's just a waste snack that started as a woman. But this waste snack suddenly seemed to be enlightened.

After Chu Li was angry, he slowly calmed down, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, no matter how he looked at it, there was a problem.

"Come on, prepare the horses!" Chu Li suddenly shouted outside the door.

When the palace people were instructed, they didn't dare to delay at the moment, and immediately prepared the horses.

Chu Li quickly got on his horse, and then galloped away......

Zhou Mansion

Regarding Chu Li's arrival, Zhou Jinzhi was not surprised at all, and invited Chu Li to the study to talk.

"Your Highness, take your seat." Although Zhou Jinzhi is arrogant, he is not lacking in etiquette at all.

Chu Li sat down, glanced around quickly, and then looked at Zhou Jinzhi: "Lord Zhou seems to know the intention of this prince?" ”

When the prince came to the door, such a distinguished guest would generally be received in the main hall to show respect, but Zhou Jinzhi directly invited him to the study, you must know that the study is a secret place, if you don't know that he is here to discuss important matters, how can he behave like this?

Zhou Jinzhi's ability, Chu Li never doubted it, he did not rely on the Jingbei Hou Mansion, and only achieved his current official position with the strength of one person, which shows that he has real ability. Therefore, when Chu Li knew Zhou Jinzhi's conditions, although he felt displeased, he finally nodded and agreed. If he can really ascend to the throne, what does it matter who is the prime minister, besides, he can make him the prime minister first, and if he is not satisfied, he will find an opportunity to remove him.

Promises, whether verbal or in black and white, are not the most important thing for Chu Li.

"If His Highness is fine, how can he come to this humble place of Zhou." Zhou Jinzhi is downplaying.

Seeing that his tone was so contemptuous, Chu Li's anger couldn't help but increase again, "Lord Zhou, don't forget what you promised." This prince promises you glory and wealth, and correspondingly, you must also give advice to this prince and help this prince ascend to a high position. ”

He had already given that promise, but Zhou Jinzhi didn't say anything, as if it had never happened.

"Your Highness doesn't have to take your anger out on Zhou." Zhou Jinzhi was not annoyed, "Being irritable and irritable is a taboo for superiors. Especially if you are angry with others, but you are angry with others, but you are angry in other places. ”

Of course, Chu Li knew not to be irritable and irritable, so he had been trying to maintain a humble and polite gentlemanly posture over the years, but what had happened recently really made him unbearable.

However, he came to ask Zhou Jinzhi for help, not to be angry, Chu Li took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and then said: "The eyeliner that this prince has placed next to Cheng Enhou has been pulled out. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Jinzhi's subordinates paused, were silent for a while, and then nodded: "It's not surprising, His Highness's calculation has been seen through, and the other party will definitely not give up, and it is not strange that His Highness has lost something at all." ”

Chu Li frowned, "The calculations of this hall? ”

"Your Highness dares to say that the witness was not arranged by you to be sent to Chengenhou?" Zhou Jinzhi chuckled.

"How do you know?" Chu Li's eyes were slightly dark, he was extremely careful about this matter, and very few people knew about it, even his uncle Jingbei Hou didn't tell him, where did Zhou Jinzhi find out.

Zhou Jinzhi's eyes raised slightly, "Your Highness, how does Zhou know, it doesn't matter." I thought His Highness would ask anyone else who knew about it. ”

Immediately, Chu Li's face changed suddenly, "This matter is extremely secret, how can it be noticed." ”

Only then did he realize the seriousness of the matter, the matter he thought was top secret had long been no longer top secret, and the eyeliner he arranged had also been removed, no matter how he looked at it, it seemed that there was an extra pair of eyes around him, and he could easily know his secret.

Chu Li had a calm face, and spit out a sentence faintly, "It seems that there are also a lot of eyeliner around this hall." ””

It seems that he needs to clean up all the people around him.

"It's not enough." Zhou Jinzhi shook his head and said, "In addition to eyeliner, there are many people around His Highness who are dragging his feet. ”

Chu Li asked, "Drag your feet?" ”

The corners of Zhou Jinzhi's lips raised a faint hint of sarcasm, "Your Highness, don't say that you don't know until now, who told the identity of the witness." ”

Of course Chu Li knew, but it wasn't Liu Shilang who was related to his Jingbei Hou Mansion.

"This person, the main hall will deal with it as soon as possible." Chu Li snorted lightly. Liu Shilang ruined his good deeds, of course he would not care about any relatives, and he and this Liu Shilang had no kinship. If it weren't for this incident, he wouldn't have known that there was such a relative in the Criminal Department.

Zhou Jinzhi saw through Chu Li's thoughts, "Your Highness, you need to deal with more than just one Liu Shilang......"

"Your Royal Highness wants to make a fuss about the military salary at the border pass, so that the prince and the people of the five princes will fight, and then you will come to reap the benefits of the fisherman. It's a pity that it backfired, the prince's people had already seen through the matter, and they not only broke the game, but also gave His Royal Highness a big blow by the way. ”

"And the key to the whole matter is this Liu Shilang, Liu Shilang announced the identity of the witness and put pressure on Lord Yin Shi of Jingzhao Mansion, his purpose is just to use this matter to curry favor in front of His Highness, but he doesn't want to ruin His Highness's affairs in the end."

"The crown prince can use Liu Shilang today to calculate His Royal Highness, and tomorrow he can also use Li Shilang and Zhang Shilang." Zhou Jinzhi said slowly, "The Jingbei Hou Mansion is a big family, and there are too many people who are related to the past, and the vast majority of these people are waste snacks, not only will it not help His Highness, but it will drag him back and harm His Highness's good deeds." For the sake of the long term, Your Highness, you must eliminate all these hidden dangers. ”

Hearing this, Chu Li's brows furrowed tightly, "You also said that there are too many people who are related to the Jingbei Hou Mansion, and it is impossible for this prince to be eliminated." What's more, some people are not completely useless. ”

There are certainly a lot of people who cause trouble, but these are Chu Li's forces, at least when he needs to use them, there are people in his hands to use.

What's more, if a person who is related to his family is really ruthless and drives everyone away, then there are still people who are willing to support him.

Zhou Jinzhi chuckled, and then said: "Your Highness's mother family is the Marquis of Jingbei, and it can be regarded as a century-old heir, but Your Highness has always been subservient to others, whether it is the crown prince or the fifth prince, Your Highness, you are actually not qualified to compete with them at all." ”

The fact that "you ......" was exposed, Chu Li's face turned blue instantly.

Zhou Jinzhi waved his hand, "Your Highness doesn't have to be angry with me, facts are facts, instead of venting, Your Highness should think about why." ”

Chu Li Tie blushed and said reluctantly: "Speaking of which, don't you just want to say that the Jingbei Hou Mansion has long been in decline, and the Huo family and their in-laws are useless. ”

"Lord Zhou, you started from scratch on your own and got to the point where you are today, you can naturally look down on those who rely on the shadow of the family. But not everyone can be like you. ”

Chu Li didn't want to have a few more useful people in his mother's clan, but this was not something he could decide.

"Your Highness is willing to recognize reality." Zhou Jinzhi raised his lips and smiled, willing to recognize the reality, it is not incorrigible.

"Your Highness, do you remember Zheng Guogong?" Zhou Jinzhi asked.

"Zheng Guogong......" Chu Li was a little unfamiliar, but soon he remembered who Zheng Guogong Zhou Jinzhi was talking about - Empress Yuanjing's maiden family, that is, the mother family of the crown prince Chu Zheng.

"Zheng Guogong was not this title in the past, and he used to use the word 'Dingguo' as his name." Zhou Jinzhi said eloquently, "Dingguo, Anbang and Dingguo, the Xie family has existed since the previous dynasty, they are the real century-old heirloom family, with a deep foundation, and the Jingbei Hou Mansion is completely incomparable." ”

Later, the daughter of Dingguo Gong became the queen, and the emperor should be named Zheng Guogong in the name of rewarding the country. It seems to be just a name, but the meaning of what it represents is very different. In the past, it was the Dingguo Mansion because the family was based in Southern Chu for a hundred years, but now it is just the queen's maiden family. ”