Yinyue walked in front on the left, turning back to greet her from time to time.
Si Yiluo nodded and followed, secretly tilting his head to look at the layout of the guards in Prince Zhan's palace. Guards were posted everywhere in the courtyard, and patrolling guards walked by carrying lanterns.
The outside is loose and the inside is tight, and the inaudible sound of breathing in the dark fills all the fortresses.
She originally planned to sneak in secretly to test the guards of Prince Zhan's Mansion, but she changed her mind when she walked to the door.
I don’t know how much Zhou Zhan trusts her. Firstly, he is afraid of causing discord. Secondly, Prince Zhan’s palace is almost invulnerable.
Yinyue opened the study door and invited her in.
The faint green smoke rising from the lotus incense burner that turned blue in the kiln exudes the fragrance of orchids. Zhou Zhan is wearing a sky-blue Taoist robe and leaning behind the desk with his eyes closed.
"I have met His Royal Highness King Zhan."
Zhou Zhan opened his eyes, coughed a few times, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Si, please don't take offense. Please——"
Si Yiluo sat down and saw that his movement around the desk was still weak.
"Your Highness, we might as well talk openly and honestly." She didn't hide her gaze. "For example, His Highness's illness cannot always be pretended."
The smile on Zhou Zhan's lips suddenly stiffened, and his face turned gloomy.
"Master Si, what does this mean? Does it mean that I will end up like Uncle Lu Wang? Master Si shows his kindness to me while framing my uncle. Is this how loyal Master Si is? Or is it that, Si?
Your Excellency, you have put yourself on the line to make plans for me..."
Zhou Zhan covered his mouth and coughed, his chest shaking. Si Yiluo sighed, got up and walked to the desk, dipped his pen in ink, and left an address on the rice paper.
"My Si family has been a military family for generations, and we have been following him in battles since the time of Taizu. Although our ancestors did not produce any great figures, their descendants are still filial." Si Yiluo paused, put down his pen, "My family's ancestral graves
Right here, if your Majesty has other motives, Your Highness can go dig my ancestral graves."
Zhou Zhan's coughing stopped suddenly, and he couldn't hold it in for a breath and his face turned red. I don't know if it was because he was too surprised, or something else...well, he was indeed too surprised.
Si Yiluo didn't play according to common sense.
He thought that Si Yiluo's surrender was a trap set for him by cooperating with others, and also thought that she might have been ordered by her father to test him.
Don't blame him for being suspicious. The woman in front of him is in charge of the royal guards and has the power of life and death to supervise and arrest. Her father is in the prime of life, so there is no need for her to fall into the quagmire prematurely.
What's more, she chose herself without any advantages.
This address……
Zhou Zhan secretly glanced at the paper, and Si Yiluo folded the paper and presented it generously.
"Your Highness will send someone out of the city tomorrow, and you will get a reply in three days. If what you say is false, please leave it to Your Highness."
Zhou Zhan held the address of her family's ancestral tomb, and it didn't matter if she called someone or not.
He coughed twice in embarrassment and said weakly: "I am overly emotional, Sir, please don't be angry..."
Si Yiluo sighed secretly in his heart. He and Shen Moran were really not the same family. If they didn't go into the same family, they would just talk about their acting skills and their shame... showing others weakness and giving others strength.
She has learned a lot today.
"If Your Highness still has any questions, I am willing to wait for Your Highness for three days and then come to visit you again after three days. At that time, I hope that you and your Majesty will be in a heart-to-heart relationship and that there will be no doubts between the two. Farewell!"
The girl's figure disappeared into the darkness, and Yin Yue slipped into the study.
The fonts on the paper were vigorous and powerful, and Zhou Zhan ordered: "Go and check."
Si Yiluo acted decisively and ruthlessly, and showed kindness to him several times. Last time he was exposed in Sacred Heart Lake, and after waiting for such a long time, the weather was calm, and he was already half convinced in his heart.
The other half...what happened with King Lu made him unable to laugh.
The rabbit dies and the dog cooks, and there is no family affection in the Tian family. Although he and King Lu are uncles and nephews, they have never met each other a few times. There is no deep relationship between them. They just lament his ending.
He had to rearrange his plans to ensure that if he kept pretending, he would end up with the same outcome.
If Si Yiluo can be used by him, he will naturally be happy.
The hidden moon should be.
"Your Highness, officials from the Ministry of Etiquette will come over tomorrow to discuss the wedding with you. The wedding is less than two months away. Please ask your subordinates to check on Miss Shen... Miss Shen has always been dignified and polite and friendly to others. The subordinates have been here until now. Nothing wrong was found.”
"Were you really pushed into the water by Miss Shen that day?"
Yinyue was led away by a dark shadow, and when he arrived, the guards had already dragged him to the shore.
He thought his master was being murdered again...
"Is she dignified and polite?" Zhou Zhan seemed to have heard the joke, "Hand over what you found."
Yinyue took out a dozen thick notebooks recording Shen Moran's daily life and placed them on his desk.
According to the records, she was kind to her servants, courteous to her brothers, sisters, and concubine. She often went in and out of Prime Minister Shen's study, which showed that she was highly valued and favored by Prime Minister Shen... Zhou Zhan frowned and took out the information he had found when he first came back from Jingshan Temple.
"In March, Miss Shen was sent out of Beijing for murdering her younger siblings. In June, she became famous and became the Prime Minister's favorite and respected person?"
"Who erased the news? Is there anything in it that is not enough for outsiders to understand? Let's find out."
His finger fell on a place, and it was recorded in black and white that his aunt Shen died of a sudden illness.
It is not unusual for an aunt to die suddenly, but what is rare is that on the night of her father's wedding, the biological mother of Miss Shen Er, who was given to the Fifth Emperor's brother as his concubine, died suddenly.
Coincidence?
Prime Minister Shen's Mansion, in the study room.
Shen Moran listed the charges of the officials involved in the Sanfa Department and handed them to Shen Jiaxing.
"Father, this is the document I saw in Si Yiluo's study today."
The people were arrested by Jin Yiwei and have not yet been convicted. Except for people within Jin Yiwei, no one knows what charges these arrested officials will be convicted of.
Most of the people arrested were from the Third Law Department. Three of Shen Panxing's subordinates were involved, two from Dali Temple, four from the Supervisory Office, and there were probably dozens of little bosses underneath.
Knowing Yao Emperor's arrangements in advance would allow him to fill the vacancies in time and place manpower in other departments.
Shen Panxing was very satisfied.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Seeing that he had no intention of letting her get involved, Shen Moran took the initiative and said, "What is daddy going to do? Are you going to fill in the gaps?"
Shen Panxing heard more meanings from her words and asked: "You think it's inappropriate?"
"Dad, do you think the emperor doesn't know about the clique formed by officials in the DPRK?" Shen Moran said calmly, "In the Three Laws Division, the Criminal Department is in your hands, the Dali Temple is backed by Mr. Bao Ge, and the Inspectorate has Mr. Bo Ge. Support me, Mr. Bo Ge and Mr. Bao Ge are close, but they don’t get along with each other. You and the two elders don’t get along with each other, so the Emperor is relieved and allows you to form a party.”
"But the Emperor doesn't like cliques among officials. Now that this has happened, what will the Emperor think if you fill in the gaps in other departments and fill the vacancies in your own department?"
"My daughter is now accused of marrying King Zhan, and Ming Shu is accused of marrying Prince Yu. The two highnesses have a very good personal relationship. Isn't dad afraid of arousing the emperor's jealousy?"
When Shen Jianxing received the charge, most of his pride had dissipated, and he asked cautiously: "What do you think a father should be like?"