A girl in the 21st century thinks simply, and now in her mind, going home to see her grandma is a big deal. Shen Fu is an ancient prince. Although she has a good impression of him, he is tall, rich and handsome, who doesn't like it, but the two of them The gap in all aspects is too big, and if you continue to follow him, who knows what risks will follow?

Now that he knew that the third princess had fallen in love with him, and the royal family could not afford to offend him, Zhou Heng felt that it would be better for him to be quick and return to the 21st century as soon as possible to live a good life of watching TV series, playing on mobile phones, and ordering takeout.

And because I had a conversation with Shen Fushen and learned about his requirements for marriage, I thought that this person would not give in easily. Otherwise, the emperor, the queen mother, and the three princesses are all the most powerful people, so why not just go to him directly for negotiation? Well, why bother with such a roundabout trap?

So Zhou Heng felt quite relieved. Firstly, Shen Fu would definitely disobey. Secondly, the biggest boss, the emperor, probably didn't know about it either. The Queen Mother and her daughter might have some unknown fears and didn't dare to ask the emperor or Shen Fu directly. His will.

In this way, although the enemy was in the dark and we were in the light at first, now we are in the dark and the enemy is in the light, and things will be easier to handle.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng thought: "Then let's wait first. Since these people want to make great contributions, there will naturally be some movement soon. Maybe they are thinking of helping the Governor's Mansion to make some great achievements, and then the Governor's Mansion is talking to the emperor. When you were asking for the reward, you took the opportunity to ask for the third princess to marry Shen Fu?"

"That's right! It must be like this!" Zhou Heng felt that he had understood the thinking of the third princess. Only in this way could he explain what those people said about "making meritorious services and making a wife and a shadow." In other words, it must be the same for the Governor's Mansion. Use this as a bait, otherwise, just being married to Prince Jing's palace will not be considered as a meritorious service, and only having a connection with the emperor can you have the possibility of becoming a wife.

"Besides," Zhou Heng felt a little proud when he saw that the other three people in the room were listening to him carefully. It seemed that his thinking was okay:

"What a talented man, I think he should be a member of the Governor's Mansion, a think tank or something like that, and a close confidant, otherwise he wouldn't have gone directly to the dead boatman's house to spread rumors, but the rest of the people actually have nothing to do with the Governor's Mansion. Relatedly, maybe they recruited them from the capital specifically to prevent everyone from noticing, under the guise that one day they would be given the title of wife and son. In this case, it makes sense that people on both sides dislike each other."

"And the boatman who killed us on Liuhu Lake at that time should be the same group of people recruited. After all, he must be very familiar with the situation in Liuhu Lake, and his accent must not make Aunt Huang and the others suspicious. And if something happened and they were discovered , people generally don’t think that it has anything to do with the Governor’s Mansion far away on South Central Road, so it can leave no trace.”

"It's just that he is the murderer and has the biggest target. Just in case, he must have escaped from the capital on the same day. The rest of the people stayed in Tangquan Town. After a few days and saw that nothing happened, they were sent to Zhongnan as planned. Tao keeps on doing."

"Thinking about it now, there was no one on both sides of the river at that time. Maybe it was to make it easier for him to get ashore and escape. But I just happened to be lucky, so I was not discovered."

Yes, that's right. Everything makes sense, including the fact that Nanny Huang and other locals in the capital did not notice anything unusual about the boatman, including the rumor that the talented scholar He later spread at the deceased's house, and why the man was not found in the house in Tangquan Town. The murderer has already come to South Central Road, okay?

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng also took a deep breath: "It seems that we are going to stay in Zhongnan Road for a long time. It turns out that the third princess's base is here."

Zhou Heng first called Shen Fu by his first name, which made Uncle He couldn't help but look at her meaningfully. It seemed that Miss Zhou was also jealous of this matter, but this was also It is reasonable to hear that this Miss Zhou is deeply in love with Prince Jing. Now that she is sure that the third princess wants to compete with her for her husband, shouldn't she be anxious?

Later, I listened to her lucid analysis, and I felt appreciative in my heart. It seemed that Miss Zhou had been delayed by the life in the deep house in the past. I didn't expect that once she was down and out, she could not only quickly adapt to such a life on the road as if nothing had happened, but also have nothing to do with it. Complaining can also help him make suggestions. No wonder he was able to convince the prince to follow him to Zhongnan Road.

Of course, in front of Chunyu and his senior sister, Uncle He said nothing, but secretly reminded himself that he would have to explain to Shen Fu in private later that Miss Zhou, let alone the emperor's sister, even if she was Shen Fu was unwilling to be the emperor's biological daughter. It's not that it would be inconvenient to act as a consort. This dynasty had no restrictions on consorts. This can be seen from the fact that the consort of Princess Zhaohuai was named the Duke of Zhenguo by Emperor Wu. .

However, as a king with a different surname, Prince Jing’s palace is a special existence. Since the old Prince Jing, he has sworn to be a pure minister and to be loyal to the emperor as his first priority. Only in this way can the palace be replaced safely. If he is involved with the royal family, Even if he is just the consort, who knows the intricate relationship behind the princess?

As the Miss Zhou family said this time, there is still a follow-up of "contributions and achievements" here in Zhongnan Road. However, since Emperor Wu, the borders of this dynasty have been stable, the people live in peace, and even God has praised them. There have been no major natural or man-made disasters in the past few decades. Except for the group of barbarians who invaded from the northwest border and were later almost wiped out by Prince Jing, they did not have any great opportunities to make achievements.

Uncle He thinks that he has a longer-term view in this regard. No one in the royal family is simple. To say that the Governor's Palace is just to help his granddaughter fulfill her wish to marry into Prince Jing's Palace, Uncle He finds it hard to believe. After all, the third princess's temperament I don't know what she is like, but the empress dowager who helped the emperor ascend to the throne was not a vegetarian. This can be seen now when we think back to the time when the Zhou family came to the palace to ask for a marriage.

According to what the old prince told him when he came back, Mrs. Zhou put down her old face and went to the palace to beg the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother did not readily agree and used the excuse of discussing with the emperor.

It seems now that the Queen Mother may have had her own plans at that time. After all, the third princess was only a year or two younger than Miss Zhou, and was also of marriageable age. She was said to be extremely fond of the younger sister, the Third Princess, and to the Queen Mother. This aunt has always respected the emperor, but she did not let the wealth go to her own land. After hearing that Mrs. Zhou entered the palace, she directly summoned the old prince to the palace and took the initiative to mention the marriage. Later, she even He persuaded the Queen Mother who felt that the Zhou family's family status was too low, and it can be said that she contributed to this matter.

Some things cannot withstand careful scrutiny. The reason given by the Queen Mother at the beginning was high-sounding, saying that she felt sorry for Shen Fu's nephew and felt that Miss Zhou, a daughter of a fifth-rank official, was not worthy of him as a prince, but the emperor and the old prince He said that he was grateful for the achievements of the noble concubine, the ancestor of the Zhou family, and also lamented the decline of the Zhou family, which once had a princess who had fallen into glory. He expressed that he wanted to help the Zhou family, and also said that the Zhou and Chen families are relatives, and they are more closely related. Not bad either.

The emperor had said so. Although the old prince had no time to think about it carefully at the time, he felt that the Zhou family was not an undistinguished family. They had been in contact with each other for many years and Miss Zhou was also a good girl, so he readily agreed.

However, I didn't expect Shen Fu's reaction to be too big later. I heard the old prince lament several times that it seemed that Miss Zhou's burden was overwhelming, so she regretted that she had agreed too hastily.

Later, the old prince died of illness, and Shen Fu had to observe mourning for three years, which made me feel relieved for him. After all, if they got married at that time, it might just create a resentful couple.

Of course, if the two had gotten married three years ago, these things would not have happened now.

But it's not necessarily true. Since the third princess has the courage to commit crimes in daylight, who knows if Miss Zhou who married into the palace will still end up accidentally dying?

Thinking of this, Uncle He felt that neither the Queen Mother nor her daughter were kind people, and that the Governor's Mansion was also working as an aide. The Queen Mother must have seen that her daughter was about to be wasted, and the third princess happened to be interested in Prince Jing, so he allowed her to treat Miss Zhou. Made a move.

But will the emperor be happy with this?

She is the empress dowager with only one princess by her side. Although the emperor had her help when he ascended the throne, if the third princess really marries into Prince Jing's palace, and if she can get a good son-in-law like Shen Fu, she will surely have more weight in front of the emperor. .

Well, there was a strong alliance between the Governor's Palace and Prince Jing's Palace. One was in charge of the Central South Road, and the other had actual influence on the Northwest Road. Uncle He felt that no matter how he thought about it, the emperor would not be happy to see it.

But if you want to say that the emperor knew nothing about this, Uncle He was cautious and felt that it was difficult to say. Judging from the words that he only gave Shen Fu a half-year deadline, it might be unknown that he would be ordered to marry the third princess in half a year.

Of course, maybe this decree was also due to the encouragement of the Queen Mother and others. For example... what "inexplicable" great achievements did the Governor's Mansion have?

Thinking of this, Uncle He felt that his whole idea suddenly became clear:

So Liuhu's getting rid of Miss Zhou was just the beginning. What happened in Zhongnan Road after that might be the most critical part of what the Queen Mother and her daughter were planning. Although we don't know what happened at the moment, if it happened, what would happen to the gang? For people, they can get great merit, so that the emperor can reward them and "make their wives and children", and the governor-general can use this to make demands on the emperor through the mouth of the queen mother. Of course, the demand is to let them The emperor agreed to the marriage between the third princess and Shen Fu.

What a good plan!

Unexpectedly, Uncle He patted the table softly with emotion: "Yes, I will send a letter to send someone back to the capital tonight and ask the prince to send more people over! Be sure to tell what these people did later Watch out!"

Zhou Heng was naturally very happy after hearing this. Okay, in that case, what if he couldn't find the boatman? Knowing that Shen Fu was unwilling to marry the third princess, if he helped him prevent it in the bud, wouldn't it be logical for him to ask for it later? He took out the jade horse head carving and exchanged it with Miss Zhou who was stranded in the 21st century. Then Shen Fu could get married to Miss Zhou according to the original engagement and avoid future problems.

At first, Shen Fu looked like he didn't want to get the family heirloom for him, so he mentioned it "in passing" when he persuaded him to come to Zhongnan Road. As a result, the guy's expression changed, and he still didn't agree in the end.

But if he knew that the third princess was plotting against him and would not give up until he achieved his goal, then if he helped him break such a conspiracy, he would have to agree to take out the precious jade carving no matter what, right?

The more Zhou Heng thought about it, the happier he became, and he happily suggested:

"Then let's go eat peach blossom fish tomorrow. Ayu and I have already inquired about it in the afternoon. There is indeed a Taohua River here, and peach blossom fish is produced in the Taohua River. The taste is said to be very fresh! I'll treat you tomorrow, oh no, it should be

Uncle He, you're treating me to a treat. Let's find a restaurant and have a good taste. What do you think? Auntie, Ayu, do you agree?"

These words made the other two people also laugh. Uncle He looked at the senior sister's rare smile, and then he also smiled and responded:

"Okay, then rest early tonight, and let's go eat peach fish at noon tomorrow!"
Chapter completed!