My husband is pure and has few desires, but I gave birth to three children in a row

Lu Zhenzhen thought for a moment and said matter-of-factly, "If you need them both to gather local information, Huang Chunsheng is definitely better than Lin Dejiang. After all, he's considered a local tyrant, while Lin Dejiang has been doing business abroad. His shop in Nanyue is run by his first wife."

"And sometimes, the women may be more informed than the men."

Fu Zhiyi nodded involuntarily.

This is the truth. Before, when he was in the Marquis' Mansion, although he had his subordinates, no news in the mansion could be hidden from him.

But it wasn't until Lu Zhenzhen married him that the gossip and rumors revealed in her nightly chats with him were so comprehensive that they amazed him.

Now, do I have to ask my own wife to help again?

Lu Zhenzhen noticed Fu Zhiyi's hesitation.

Before, she would have just pretended not to see it. Why bother adding to her workload?

Look, the time is different and the mood is different too.

In the past, I had the mentality of working for the boss, but now I work for myself. It would be unreasonable to stay out of it and leave all the problems to Fu Zhiyi alone.

Furthermore, she also wanted to find out more about the local news in South Vietnam, which might be useful in the future.

After all, she felt that the local customs in South Vietnam were more open than those in the capital, and there were local women who could come forward to do business.

She was thinking about opening a couple of shops to practice her skills.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Lu Zhenzhen said, "We are husband and wife, so you can leave the female relatives to me. After all, it's common for a lady to engage in diplomacy. I will meet the female relatives and pick out a few that I like. It's normal for me to interact with them more often on a daily basis."

"If you men were to do it, it would reveal your secrets. If it involves court secrets, you can just tell me directly what information you need to find out. That way, there is no need to worry about leaks—"

Hearing this, Fu Zhiyi sighed, put down his bowl and chopsticks, held Lu Zhenzhen's hand, and said seriously: "Zhenzhen, what you said is a bit distant, isn't it? I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would worry, not because I was afraid that you would leak the secret."

After thinking about it, I realized that we had already arrived in South Vietnam, and I couldn't hide what happened next even if I wanted to, so I just told it all.

It's better to let your wife know something than to let her know nothing.

It turned out that he was exiled to South Vietnam at the request of his uncle Lan Da.

After the collusion between Princess Deqing and the third prince was discovered, the emperor naturally sent people to investigate the background of the two.

Do not check, I don’t know, I’m scared.

There are clues vaguely pointing to the Grand Princess Deqing and the Third Prince, who secretly raised private soldiers.

Uncle Lan also found out that in the past four or five years, there was always a large amount of military pay allocated to the border, but it mysteriously disappeared after it was allocated. Finally, they followed the clues and traced it to the money shop in South Vietnam. After being taken away by a mysterious person, there was no trace of it anymore.

According to reliable intelligence, iron ore had been discovered in South Vietnam, and a memorial was submitted to the court. However, such a big thing was unknown to the six ministries, and even the emperor was not aware of it. The memorial also mysteriously disappeared.

Also disappeared was the person who submitted the memorial and other related people. Now no one knows the location of the iron mine.

It was also discovered that Ren Yuhai, the commander-in-chief of the garrison in Shaoqing County, a hundred miles away from Nanyue, was a disciple of Princess Deqing. In recent years, some people had also submitted memorials accusing him of drawing a salary without working, but in the end, the matter was left unresolved.

To sum up, the emperor has already noticed the evil ambitions of the third prince and Princess Deqing.

We need to send someone to South Vietnam to conduct a thorough investigation. Do the Grand Princess of Deqing and the Third Prince really maintain private armies? Also, what is the truth behind the iron ore? Is it currently being mined privately?

In addition, Ren Yuhai has been drawing a salary without working for many years. Where are the weapons and armor sent by the Ministry of War over the years?

This all needs to be clarified.

But who to send to conduct a thorough investigation is a big problem.

He must be capable, skillful, and loyal. In addition, he must be confirmed not to be on the side of the Third Prince and Princess Deqing.

Uncle Lan thought that Fu Zhiyi was going to South Vietnam to seek the antidote, so wasn't this a ready-made candidate?

As the saying goes, wealth can be found in danger.

Having already offended the Grand Princess Deqing and the Third Prince's family, neither appeasement nor surrender is a good strategy towards such a powerful enemy.

It would be better to use Your Majesty's hand to directly suppress Princess Deqing and the Third Prince to death, so that they can never stand up again, and then you will have no worries in your official career in the future.

Moreover, if he could make great contributions in this matter, he would surely become the emperor's confidant after returning to the capital, and his future would be worry-free.

So Uncle Lan gave Fu Zhiyi some information in advance and let him make a choice.

Should he live in cowardice in the capital, or go to Nanyue and fight to defeat the Grand Princess Deqing and the Third Prince.

Fu Zhiyi naturally chose the latter.

That's why Uncle Lan recommended Fu Zhiyi regardless of his relationship with the person.

The emperor officially decided on the candidate after examining Fu Zhiyi. He and Fu Zhiyi staged that drama to confuse Princess Deqing and others, and the person was naturally sent to Nanyue.

The suppression of bandits in Canggou was also part of a series of preparations made by the emperor.

The news of the pirates had long been reported to the emperor, but he had been keeping it to himself.

It was not until Fu Zhiyi was exiled that the emperor sent the imperial guards to suppress the pirates and stationed them in the local area to garrison.

It was also to cover up the tracks of the hundreds of imperial guards led by Tang Liang as they headed south.

These hundreds of imperial guards followed him to South Vietnam to protect the safety of Fu Zhiyi and his group.

Secondly, if the location of the private army was really found, Fu Zhiyi might not be able to mobilize the local garrison. He was also afraid that even if the garrison was mobilized, some people would pretend to obey but secretly disobey, which would cause a big disaster.

Tang Liang and his men naturally have ways to not only mobilize the garrison troops, but also play a supervisory role.

After listening to this, Lu Zhenzhen could only say that as an emperor, he must have at least eight thousand thoughts in his mind!

Fortunately, the emperor was not so crazy as to let them come alone, and he also gave them three hundred bodyguards.

I just wonder if the Third Prince really has private soldiers, they definitely won’t be just a few hundred. Wouldn’t that be like a joke?

I estimate there must be thousands or more. If something really happens, can these three hundred imperial guards resist it?

After sorting things out in his mind, he said, "This seems to be three things, but maybe it's actually just one thing, right?"

Fu Zhiyi looked at Lu Zhenzhen in surprise. Is his wife so perceptive?

Before he left Beijing, he had discussed this matter with his uncle Lan and the emperor, and he also guessed that the three seemingly separate things were actually connected and might be one thing.

It was really unexpected that Lu Zhenzhen discovered the mystery after just listening to him say it once.

If Lu Zhenzhen knew Fu Zhiyi's feelings, she would probably say that although she didn't understand politics, she understood history.

How many such incidents have occurred in history? If you look at any dynasty, you can find a few that correspond to this.