After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

He slowly raised his head, twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, rubbed his arms, and frowned.

Only after the pain subsided did he look at Zhao Cong beside him. After just one glance, he stood up and strode away.

study.

Shangguan Zhu had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Shangguan Shu coming, he asked hurriedly, "Brother, what should we do next?"

Shangguan Shu had already thought of a plan. He gave Shangguan Zhu instructions, and Shangguan Zhu wrote them down one by one until he mentioned Prime Minister Liu. Shangguan Zhu disagreed and said, "Brother, I know our plan has been exposed this time, so we must help the prince to clear our suspicion, but there is no need to go to such lengths, right? Pushing Prime Minister Liu to the prince will lead to endless troubles, right?"

In fact, Shangguan Zhu was not worried about this, he was just worried that... his elder brother had lost his original intention.

Do you really want to be a good minister to the prince?

Shangguan Shu glanced at Shangguan Zhu with a stern look, full of blame.

Then, he said unhappily, "Your sister-in-law doesn't have time to tell the prince the truth today, but she will tell him tomorrow. Even if the prince trusts me, he will test me at Zhao Ying's instigation. What should I do then?"

I thought Shangguan Zhu would agree after my explanation, but I didn't expect that as soon as Shangguan Shu finished speaking, Shangguan Zhu's expression became even uglier.

Because he noticed the way Shangguan Shu addressed Zhao Ying...

In the past, Shangguan Shu always addressed her as Zhao Ying when talking to his brothers in private, and never addressed her in such a helpless and gentle tone, "Your sister-in-law..."

He kept saying that he wanted to make up for the mess, but shouldn't the best way to make up for the mess be to find a way to shut Zhao Ying's mouth... He could think of a way to threaten Zhao Ying with those children, and he was afraid that Zhao Ying would not be afraid of compromise?

But not only did he not do that, he also let Zhao Ying file a complaint against him, preferring to get himself into trouble...

It's crazy!

Shangguan Zhu didn't understand at all, and looked at Shangguan Shu with a look of worry.

But he always obeyed Shangguan Shu's words, and this time was no exception.

Shangguan Zhu said nothing more.

The next morning, Zhao Cong woke up and found himself still at the wine table, his back and waist aching. The servants of the Duke's Mansion were so ignorant that they didn't let him clean up and put him on the bed to lie down. He was exhausted from the night...

Not only that, when Zhao Cong raised his eyes, he saw Zhao Ying sitting there opposite him with an expressionless face.

"Ying'er...why are you here?"

Zhao Cong subconsciously looked at Shangguan Shu, but found that Shangguan Shu's seat was vacant.

"Hey, where's Runzhi?"

Zhao Ying smiled wryly, "I ordered someone to send him to the bedroom."

It's actually a stable...

Zhao Cong glared when he heard that. "Ying'er, since you are here, why don't you send your brother to bed to lie down? Do you know how much I have suffered this night?" Zhao Cong said, rubbing his waist with a grimace.

Zhao Ying looked at Zhao Cong indifferently.

She thought about it yesterday and realized that if she told Zhao Cong everything Yue'er said, Shangguan Shu would definitely go against Yue'er to clear themselves of suspicion.

She said so, but it didn't come true. Doesn't it mean that she was slandering Shangguan Shu, just like last time?

This time, she was determined to make Zhao Cong suspect Shangguan Shu!

She should have thought one step further.

For example, Shangguan Shu would definitely abandon Zhou Changsheng as a chess piece to show his loyalty to Zhao Cong. He would state that Zhou Changsheng was the culprit for leaking the exam questions, and then kill him.

Zhao Cong must have been grateful to Shangguan Shu and trusted him even more.

If she said directly that Zhou Changsheng was Shangguan Shu's man, Zhao Cong would definitely not believe it. She had no evidence, and she could not identify Shangguan Shu without being absolutely sure. The last incident was enough to make her angry. If she failed again, no one would believe her.

If Shangguan Shu handed over Zhou Changsheng, then she would say that the real leaker came from Prime Minister Liu's family, and Shangguan Shu was using Zhou Changsheng to protect Prime Minister Liu. Why did he hide it from Zhao Cong to protect Prime Minister Liu? Are the two of them plotting something?

The head of the military officers and the head of the civil officials are so close to each other that any emperor or prince of any dynasty would have to think twice before deciding.

As for how to pin this matter on Prime Minister Liu’s family…isn’t there a Lin family?

Zhao Yao is desperately short of money. In whose name would she borrow the money?

She asked Nanny Li to find out which bank Zhao Yao borrowed from. Nanny Li happened to find out that it was the nephew of Jia Yuanwai, a wealthy man living in the suburbs of the capital, who was a gangster with no scruples.

She ordered Nanny Li to buy all of Zhao Yao's seals!

Zhao Ying thought about it and couldn't help but want to test how much love and loyalty her damn brother had for the traitor Shangguan Shu.

"Brother, Zhou Changsheng came to the mansion yesterday. I was curious, so I listened a little more. Guess what I heard?"

When Zhao Cong heard Zhou Changsheng's name, he came to his senses immediately, leaned over and asked, "What did you hear?"

Zhao Ying took a deep breath, "I heard they were plotting how to harm you. Shangguan Shu specially arranged Zhou Changsheng to be by your side just to harm you."

After Zhao Ying finished speaking, she carefully observed Zhao Cong's reaction. Zhao Cong frowned and looked at her with deep hatred. After a while, he said, "Ying'er, I know you have been married to Runzhi for many years, and you may be a little tired of it. Seeing that the aunts divorced their husbands and kept concubines, are you jealous? So you can't stand seeing Runzhi?"

Zhao Cong said earnestly, "You can't do this. Not to mention the friendship between the Duke of Zhenguo and the emperor, Runzhi has devoted himself to the Great Chu over the years and has been preparing for war..."

Zhao Ying couldn't listen any longer, "Stop, stop, stop! Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Seeing that Zhao Ying was getting anxious, Zhao Cong didn't dare to say any more and stopped there.

Just mentioning the exam question leak case, Zhao Cong remembered Shangguan Shu's thoughtfulness and said happily: "As soon as the case was reported yesterday, Runzhi called Zhou Changsheng. He must have known that I was involved and asked Zhou Changsheng for questioning!"

"Runzhi must have asked something, that's why he is so sure that Zhou Changsheng leaked the questions. Since you said they are in the same group, why did Runzhi hand him over? Just wait, Runzhi said that he will get it done for me within three days!"

Runzhirunzhi...

Zhao Ying glanced at Zhao Cong with displeasure.

After a while, she sneered and said, "Your Runzhi... said that it was Zhou Changsheng who leaked the questions, but I don't agree with that."

"What do you mean?"

"It just so happened that I found out something today. Mrs. Lin, the wife of Prime Minister Liu, is very short of money recently. It seems that she has borrowed money at high interest. I asked someone to check it out. The creditor said that he doesn't need to pay interest and can also give away the principal, but there is a condition."

When Zhao Cong heard this, he felt something was wrong and asked quickly, "What are the conditions?"

"There just happens to be someone in his family who is taking the exam this year. He knows Lin's identity and wants Lin to secretly steal a copy of the exam papers for next year's spring exam. If he gets the papers and passes them on..."

Zhao Cong sat up straight and narrowed his eyes, "Then we can't catch Lin in the act now."

"That's not difficult. I can ask the creditor to ask Lin for another copy. When Lin misses a question, I can catch him red-handed!"

"After the incident yesterday, I led people to search the school and the wine shop and arrested many people. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any more problems in the market."

Zhao Ying added, "That's right. If there are still some in Lin's hands, then Prime Minister Liu is really related to it."

Zhao Cong agreed with this and gave Zhao Ying a few instructions before getting up and leaving to continue his work.

Zhao Ying walked slowly back to Qian Garden. Just as she entered Qian Garden, Hou Zhu came over again and stamped her feet in anger, "Your Highness, what does Princess Huai'an mean?" She took out a pair of patched and muddy old shoes from behind her and said angrily, "Why does she always send rags to Your Highness? She sent another pair of old shoes this time. What does she mean? Is she scolding you?!"

Zhao Ying glanced at him calmly, smiled slightly, and said, "It's okay, just put the shoes away. No matter whether the item is good or bad, it's a token of my appreciation."

Meanwhile, back at Zhongcui Palace, Zhao Yao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Why hasn’t Zhao Ying responded yet?

Is she so stubborn?

If she doesn't come over, she won't be able to support this old bitch! !