That night, Zhou Muhai, a scholar of Hanlin, walked back and forth in his study, meditating, and seemed to be very anxious.

"My lord, Prime Minister Zuo is here. The housekeeper shouted outside the door.

Zhou Muhai hurriedly opened the door of the study and walked quickly to the living room.

In the living room of the Hanlin Bachelor, an old man of about fifty sat on the main seat, dressed in ordinary civilian clothes, and his expression could not be seen to be happy or angry, compared to Zhou Muhai, he seemed to be more urban.

Zuo Gaoquan, the left prime minister of the Southern Chu State, is slightly lower than the position of the right prime minister of Qinzhou, and is one of the officials who assists the emperor and holds the highest power in the country. Zuo Gaoquan was a loyal servant of the first emperor, and the first emperor instructed him to take care of King Yu, so he actually stood in the ranks of King Yu and was also King Yu's right-hand man.

"Prime Minister Zuo, you're here. Zhou Muhai tried his best to stay calm and stepped forward to greet him.

"Well, I don't know if Lord Zhou can have a good chat. Zuo Gaoquan said with a lot of confidence, not at all like a person who is over half a hundred years old, and the tone of his speech makes people unable to capture his thoughts.

Zhou Muhai guessed that Zuo Gaoquan should be sent by King Yu, and he smiled and proposed: "Prime Minister Zuo, can you take a step to speak." ”

Zuo Gaoquan nodded and said slowly: "Very good." ”

The two came to Zhou Muhai's study, Zhou Muhai poured a cup of hot tea for Zuo Gaoquan, and said, "Prime Minister Zuo, please use tea." ”

"Hmm!" Zuo Gaoquan picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said slowly: "King Yu was invited by the emperor to live in the palace temporarily, I am afraid that I will not be able to return to King Yu's mansion for a while. ”

Zhou Muhai probably understood the meaning of his words, the emperor confined King Yu to the palace, just to control King Yu. Now King Yu is very good at showing that he has the ability to deal with it, so that they should not be impulsive, as for the fairy, from the previous two private meetings, it should be a thousand clouds.

"Prime Minister Zuo, now that King Ning has been sent to prison, only King Yu is a threat to the emperor in the court, and the minister is very worried. ”

"Your worries are normal, with the current emperor's methods, he will indeed rather kill the wrong person than let it go, and it can be seen from the events of the past few months that the emperor doesn't care about the voice of the people at all, which is a bit troublesome. ”

"Then Prime Minister Zuo can have a countermeasure?" Zhou Muhai was slightly anxious.

Zuo Gaoquan closed his eyes, rubbed his temples and shook his head slowly, and said: "If this prime minister has countermeasures, he will not venture to Lord Zhou's mansion at night, the current situation is chaotic, and the emperor does not operate normally at all." As long as there are people with different opinions, they will lose their official positions at the least, and they will be exterminated by raiding their homes and clans, so vicious, who dares to come forward to speak. ”

"The emperor deceives people too much. Zhou Muhai's expression was very annoyed.

"Lord Zhou, Prime Minister Ben wants to know what kind of fairy King Yu is talking about?" When he passed by King Yu in the palace, King Yu secretly explained a few words to him, and there was no chance for them to say it well, so now he can only ask Zhou Muhai questions.

Zhou Muhai looked at Zuo Gaoquan, how can he be regarded as an old minister who has followed King Yu for several years, he should be credible. "If Chen guessed correctly, it should be Miss Qianyun. ”

"Who is Qianyun?" Prime Minister Zuo has a high position and is busy with affairs, and rarely inquires about folk rumors.

Zhou Muhai didn't expect that he hadn't even heard of Qianyun's name, how could Prime Minister Zuo interact with Qinzhou, he didn't even know Qinzhou's fourth daughter?" ”

"The daughter of the right prime minister?" Zuo Gaoquan was a little surprised, he had seen several of Qinzhou's children, but he had never heard of this person.

Zhou Muhai nodded.

"Originally, it was the fourth daughter of Qinzhou, how do you say this?"

Zhou Muhai poured hot tea for Zuo Gaoquan again, and explained: "The minister also learned from King Yu that Miss Qianyun had always been the emperor's person before, and the emperor's ascension to the throne was basically a careful plan behind Miss Qianyun's back, and Qin Zhou didn't like his four daughters very much, and even the family tree never let Miss Qianyun enter, and it was normal not to know Miss Qianyun outside, and Miss Qianyun had the intention to hide it at that time, so it was even more difficult for people to know." ”

Zuo Gaoquan was a little shocked when he suddenly heard such a person, and he was still a woman, he took a sip of tea, and then asked: "In this way, she is the emperor's person, why is she helping His Royal Highness King Yu now?"

"The emperor ascended the throne and put Miss Qianyun to death, but Miss Qianyun survived, and because of this, His Royal Highness King Yu was relieved of Qianyun. ”

"This is indeed the emperor's style, if Miss Qianyun is really as capable as you said, it is impossible for the emperor to keep her. ”

"Yes!"

Zuo Gaoquan sighed for the current situation and said: "The current prime minister is also suspicious of the emperor, and there are many inconveniences in acting, such as Lord Zhou needs to talk to King Yu with his own appearance, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient, but I can tell you that as long as the emperor disposes of King Ning, the next one will be either King Ming or King Yu, you have to hurry." ”

"The minister understands, but Miss Qianyun is secretive, and the minister can't contact him. ”

"The turmoil in the DPRK and China is so great, Lord Zhou doesn't need to take the initiative to contact him, I'm afraid that Miss Qianyun will also have rumors. ”

"I hope so. ”

Zuo Gaoquan stood up slowly, "It's been a long time, it's inconvenient, it's time to leave, and if there is news in the future, I will send someone to inform." ”

"Okay, there's Prime Minister Lao Zuo. ”

Soon after Zuo Gaoquan left, Zhou Muhai's mansion ushered in Qinzhou, and the right prime minister, that is, Qianyun's nominal father.

Zhou Muhai was notified by the official family that the right prime minister went to the mansion, and he was nervous, the left prime minister on the front foot just left, and the right prime minister on the back foot came to visit the house, if it was a coincidence, Zhou Muhai would never believe it.

However, he is Qinzhou, who is one position higher than Zuo Gaoquan, how dare he slack off.

"I don't know if the right prime minister came to visit late at night, if the minister has any inconsiderate hospitality, please ask the right prime minister Haihan. At this time, Zhou Muhai's hands were slightly sweaty and a little nervous.

Qin Zhou got up slowly, walked a few steps in the living room, and then said slowly: "The prime minister just seemed to see Prime Minister Zuo leave from the Hanlin Bachelor's Mansion, so he wanted to come in and take a look, what big things could make Prime Minister Zuo stay at night and run to the Hanlin Bachelor's Mansion." ”

Zhou Muhai secretly said in his heart that it was not good, he really came to Prime Minister Zuo, he shook his hands to calm himself down, and said: "Prime Minister Zuo did come to the minister's mansion, no, he just left, and Prime Minister Right came." ”

"Oh, what happened when Prime Minister Zuo came to the house?"

"Hey, it's nothing, a distant relative of Prime Minister Zuo is coming to the Holy Capital City, he is a student, and he wants him to live in the mansion for a while to improve his knowledge. ”

"Oh, that's it?"

"That's it. ”

Qin Zhou sat down on his seat expressionlessly, took a sip of tea, and continued to ask: "That's really embarrassing for Prime Minister Zuo to run around at night, is he very busy during the day?"

Zhou Muhai hurriedly stepped forward to fill the tea for him, and said: "It's not clear below, Prime Minister Zuo said that now the emperor is arresting the villains army, and he has a lot of things to do during the day, so he has to stop by at night." ”

This time, Qin Zhou didn't speak, and chuckled: "Zhou Muhai, you are really quite an idiot with Bencheng, aren't you?"

Zhou Muhai hurriedly knelt down, shook his head and said, "The lower officials don't understand!"

Qin Zhou smiled: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, the emperor will understand." After speaking, he directly ignored Zhou Muhai's expression and shouted: "Come on, arrest Zhou Muhai." ”