The next morning.

Qi Chunnian was summoned to the palace and questioned about the king's manor, which was extremely harshly criticized.

"Your Majesty, I don't know about this, there is no relevant information to inform me from the headquarters, I don't know anything about it."

Qi Chunnian said with a blank and innocent face, and then he was ecstatic in his heart, King Manor, hahaha, the owner of the old man finally opened his mind, and finally knew what to do to maximize the benefits? Good thing, it's definitely a great thing.

"I don't know, then you go and ask, it's better to ask that Xu Yuan, what does it mean? Is it intended to be untrustworthy and treacherous! Zhu Youzhen said with a cold face.

"Okay, I'll ask."

Qi Chunnian had to act as an intermediary liaison and sent an urgent telegram to Harbour City to help convey Zhu Youzhen's dissatisfaction and protests.

In the afternoon of the same day, the headquarters of Harbour City sent a reply, and then Qi Chunnian was brought to Zhu Youzhen.

The content of the reply was relatively short, only one line of words: The king's manor, experimental nature, no other intention, may be suitable for small countries, it is absolutely impossible to implement it in the Ming Dynasty, do not worry.

But Zhu Youzhen is still difficult to be satisfied, and it is impossible to dispel his anxiety.

Said secretly: Xu Yuan, you said that I should not worry, won't I be anxious? How do I know what is in your heart?

Of course, Zhu Youzhen actually knew that Xu Yuan was not an overseas person, but came from a magical place called the 'fairy world', and he had to stay in the fairy world for at least four or five months every year, and he couldn't be on the side of Daming, so he made a rotating ruling system to avoid anyone who could not lose his tail and become a powerful minister, and he had to hand over part of the decision-making power to Fang Qingyan to a woman with the identity of a concubine, which can be said to be a random arrangement with huge hidden dangers.

However, this also determines that such Xu Yuan is unlikely to usurp the throne as the emperor, and the emperor ignores the government for three or five months every year, which is unimaginable, and will definitely bring huge problems, and will give many careerists an opportunity to maintain the stability of the empire.

Therefore, Xu Yuan's rebellion and ascension to the throne is a very unlikely thing.

Xu Yuan will not be rebellious, but when he is old, will his son be able to endure the temptation, not take that step, and not covet the supreme right?

Not guaranteed.

There is no guarantee that Xu Yuan's descendants will emerge with characters like Sima Zhao.

Maybe how long there is left in the Ming Dynasty, we can only see how long Xu Yuan can live, maybe when he leaves, there will be a few dozen 'king's manors' in the Ming Dynasty, or they will be replaced by a larger 'emperor's manor'.

How can this be avoided.

Imperial sister-in-law Zhang Yan.

Thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen thinks that the only character who can break the game is the imperial sister-in-law Zhang Yan.

In private, Zhu Youzhen also discussed with Queen Zhou n times, thinking that as long as the imperial sister-in-law is willing to help and take down the lustful Xu Yuan with a beauty, the royal family will increase a lot of maneuverable space and get more benefits, and it is even possible to make Xu Jiazhuang not a threat (although this probability is extremely small).

And in the eyes of Zhu Youzhen and Queen Zhou, Fang Qingyan's threat and destructive power are far greater than Xu Yuan's, on the one hand, Xu Yuan was not in Xujiazhuang, Fang Qingyan had the ability to make decisions temporarily, and she was strong, selfish, stingy, and not very friendly to the royal family, and had a certain hostility.

Secondly, Fang Qingyan's son Xu Jiaguang is the eldest son of Xu Yuan, and he is also the first heir of Xu Jiazhuang, who is more tacit, and there is a great probability that he will inherit the position of the owner of the village in the future, and all children are easily influenced by their mothers, or will do things according to their mother's opinions.

That Xu Yuan is now thirty-five years old, ten years older than Fang Qingyan, and women often live longer than men, so Xu Yuan is likely to not survive Fang Qingyan, and when Xu Yuan is gone, Fang Qingyan is a figure like Queen Lu, and he will definitely take action against the royal family, revealing his hideous and ferocious side, and even simply take the royal family away in a wave, let his son Xu Jiaguang ascend the throne, and establish the Xu dynasty......

That is, Fang Qingyan has become the number one huge threat to the royal family, if no one checks and balances this woman, the fate of the royal family is almost doomed.

And this negotiation with Qi Chunnian failed to achieve any results, only a fluttering 'don't worry' comfort, Zhu Youzhen is not good at not reluctant, and continues to question, it is no good to annoy the other party, so he can only suppress his anxiety in his heart and maintain a wait-and-see mentality.

In addition, it is not easy for him to persuade the imperial sister-in-law Zhang Yan, because he has persuaded him dozens of times, it is useless, no matter how much he dares to persuade him, Zhang Yan may take extreme actions in minutes, what to hang up white silk, ask for wine and the like, there is a kind of meaning of dying to make his will clear.

can only confide and complain to Queen Zhou in private, and pour out the bitter water in her heart.

"Zitong, it's too difficult for me, if I can help me, I have to pay such and such a price, and what I earn in the end is not necessarily me, and I want to find help, but I am obsessed with tradition and unwilling to help me, hey, what is the fun of this emperor? It's better to be an ordinary rich man. Zhu Youzhen hugged Queen Zhou's delicate body and said.

"Does Your Majesty want to talk about the imperial sister-in-law?" Zhou Yufeng asked.

"What I said is useful, if I dare to persuade again, I accidentally force out people's lives and spread the word, where will I put my old face?" Zhu Youzhen said.

"The imperial sister-in-law's heart is like iron stone, it's useless for me to persuade her, not to mention that she doesn't pay much attention to me now, and the imperial sister-in-law has sworn more than once, even if she dies, she can't become the first queen to remarry a businessman in the history books, and she can't discredit the royal family of the Zhu family and become a person who has been stinking for thousands of years." Zhou Yufeng said.

"What era is it now, I still care about the evaluation of history books, and now people care more about the evaluation in newspapers!" Zhu Youzhen shook his head.

"Your Majesty, if the royal family's predicament has to be solved by the royal sister-in-law, there is a way to solve it here."

Zhou Yufeng suddenly gritted his teeth, and a plan came up in his mind.

"What's the solution?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"Send the imperial sister-in-law to Xujiazhuang, and let her stay in the harbor city in the future, without returning to the capital, as for the name of staying there, it can be to help take care of the Ci Hong, the concubine who is studying over there, or it can be to better negotiate with Xujiazhuang, in short, after the imperial sister-in-law arrives in the harbor city, she can't let her come back, and then create an opportunity for Xu Yuan to approach and pursue the imperial sister-in-law, the so-called long-term love, as long as they are in contact for a long time, the imperial sister-in-law is a stone, and it will melt sooner or later."

Zhou Yufeng said.

"Isn't this the way to go upstairs and draw a ladder?"

Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up, as bright as two light bulbs, and he clapped his hands again and again: "Wonderful, wonderful, as long as the imperial sister-in-law is sent to Xujiazhuang and sent to Xu Yuan's mouth, will he still hold back and not eat?" I'm afraid it's an incarnation of a bird...... Ahem, anyway, this is a brilliant plan, as long as we think of various ways and reasons to prevent the imperial sister-in-law from returning to Beijing, even if she is very resistant and struggling, after a long time, she can only accept the reality, in addition, Xu Yuan should also seize this opportunity, show hard work and sincerity, and take down the imperial sister-in-law as soon as possible. ”

In Zhu Youzhen's mind, there was also a dirty thought: With a lustful degree that is far less than mine, in the face of Zhang Yan, the imperial sister-in-law who is one year old Chinese New Year's Eve today and has matured to the bones, can Xu Yuan resist not pounce? And the more the imperial sister-in-law struggles to resist, the better, for a man like Xu Yuan, the prey that is too easy to get hold of will not be cherished, there is no sense of achievement, only the concubine is better than stealing, stealing is better than stealing, so that Xu Yuan can be happy to pursue.

Hehe, it's the same man, Xu Yuan, don't pretend, I don't know you yet?

Ahem~

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly coughed twice again to expel these dirty thoughts in his mind.

But the kind-hearted queen Zhou Yufeng was still a little worried and said: "The imperial sister-in-law is strong, if we do this, what if the imperial sister-in-law resists death, and Xu Yuan acts roughly, the overlord is the bow, and the imperial sister-in-law who is forced to go to a dead end?" Then we're the murderers of her, so let's forget it. ”

"Then we have to do more ideological work on the imperial sister-in-law, and on the other hand, we have to remind and warn that Xu Yuan, let him be polite, without the consent of the imperial sister-in-law, he must not act roughly, everything must be done naturally, if something really happens and the life of the imperial sister-in-law is lost, I want to let him Xu Yuan ruin his reputation!" Zhu Youzhen said with an angry face.

Zhou Yufeng couldn't help but nodded: "In short, we still have to communicate more, keep in touch often, and slowly let the imperial sister-in-law accept the status quo." ”

So it was in the whispering of the husband and wife.

A conspiracy that is about to change the fate of Empress Yi'an, no, it should be for her good blind date arrangement, so it was decided.

However, in the process of specific implementation.

Zhu Youzhen kept an eye on it, this time he didn't directly find the commercial representative Qi Chunnian, and asked him to send a telegram to ask Xu Yuan directly, which was too unsafe, but it might be known by that Fang Qingyan, and a plan would come to naught.

He changed the contact method, ordered Jinyiwei to command Shen Tie, sent a number of elite Jinyiwei, let them ride bicycles, through the road, at a speed of five or six hundred miles a day, to Xujiazhuang Harbor City, find the royal family's liaison representative Feng Jiuying's father-in-law, and then let Feng Jiuying ask to see Xu Yuan alone, present a secret letter written by Zhu Youzhen, and ask what Xu Yuan's idea is, yes or no?

The whole contact process takes at least four or five days, and the efficiency is quite slow, but for the sake of secrecy and the interests of the royal family, even if it is a little slower and the waiting time for a reply is longer, it is very worthwhile and necessary, and it also means that the chess piece of contacting the eunuch Feng Jiuying has been well used and finally comes in handy.

Early in the morning of August 18th.

Emperor Zhu Youzhen's handwritten letter was taken by the most loyal brocade guards, and he immediately rode his bicycle to Xujiazhuang.

As the protagonist, Empress Yi'an Zhang Yan was completely kept in the dark, not knowing that she had become a bargaining chip that had been beaten out by the royal family.