After a while, Wang Fang's sedan settled on Wenxian Street.

"My lord," Wang Xiao said with a smile, cupping his hands, as if there had never been any grudge between them.

Wang Fang's face was a little embarrassed. He didn't get off the sedan. He sat there with the curtain raised, pointed to a shop on the street, and sighed: "I still remember that we queued up to buy abalone there."

, I was bullied. It was you, my consort, who came to support our family."

The king smiled and said: "Even without me, how could my father-in-law really be bullied by ordinary people?"

"Over the years, His Majesty has been happiest on the day he left the palace." Wang Fang sighed: "It was three o'clock in the middle of the night, and Your Majesty was still awake. The palace door had been locked, and someone sent someone to lower the hanging basket out of the palace to notify our family to rush over.

Your Majesty is in trouble."

"Yes." Wang smiled and said, "I also want to share your Majesty's worries."

Wang Fang said anxiously: "Are you sharing worries? Adding chaos to the situation! Do you know how worried Your Majesty is?"

As he spoke, he patted his chest to calm down, and then said softly in a high-pitched voice: "Prince Gong's father is Prince Lingrui, a member of the clan. He has a high seniority and a great reputation. He has a very high reputation in the clan.

Sometimes his words can give people an excuse to criticize His Majesty, and even cause turmoil in the world..."

Wang Xiao then comforted him and said, "My lord, please rest assured. The Jin Yiwei is just investigating the case and finding Zhou Zhunchi's head. I just want to ask a few questions."

Wang Fang sighed: "Do you know how much pressure your Majesty is under these days? Yesterday, when you got married, dozens of nobles went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to argue for their salary. This time, Yao Wenhua tried hard to persuade her to no avail, so the Ministry of Household Affairs was suspended for a day. It was a mistake.

What a big deal. Are they really asking for salary? They are expressing their dissatisfaction with you and putting pressure on His Majesty!

"Some even went to the Queen Mother's Palace to cry." Wang Fang said, lowering her voice: "There are even rumors about what happened to King Wu back then... Your Majesty was so anxious that he didn't sleep all night last night."

Wang Fang kept talking, but in the end she only had one meaning: "The Wang Jue Mansion is different from the Wen Family, and must not be touched. This is His Majesty's wish."

Wang Xiao sighed in his heart.

When copying the text, he could have Zhang Yongnian kill Qiu Pengcheng with one blow, even though Qiu Pengcheng was in charge of the Taiping Department at the time and he was just an insignificant military attache.

But Wang Fang is different.

Wang Fang and Qiu Pengcheng are as different as each other.

He is His Majesty's personal attendant and has been serving His Majesty since childhood. His words at this time represent the holy will.

What Zhou Zhunchi said is right. His Majesty has never been determined to reduce the vassal vassal. He established the Jinyiwei just to extort some money.

His Majesty was already shaken the night he copied the Wen family. If it weren't for the Wen family's five million taels of silver, he might have been buried with the Wen family...

Wang Xiao thought like this and turned to look at Zhang Yongnian.

Under the moonlight, Zhang Yongnian pressed the knife, pursed his lips, and his face looked increasingly determined.

The knife is a good knife.

The hand holding the knife has too many worries!

Go and be the king of your country...

Wang Xiao suddenly felt tired of such intrigues and power struggles.

After stepping on one opponent, another opponent followed, and the Chu Dynasty's court situation was like a puddle of mud. With great effort, he lifted his feet and took a step, only to find that the surroundings were still mud.

The taste of power is nothing more than this.

The next moment, his eyes accidentally glanced at Ruan Qia, and he suddenly thought, would he be as pretentious as this man?

wrong,

I am not tired of power.

I hate this feeling of checks and balances on power!

I have been so arrogant recently that I almost regarded myself as the savior of the Chu Dynasty. I thought that only by listening to myself could the current situation be changed. I thought that the Jin Yiwei was unstoppable.

In fact, when the Jinyiwei was first established, its military force was not invincible. Its power and power all came from the imperial power behind it.

It is too easy for people to get carried away with power and victory. If I dare to show any dissatisfaction with His Majesty tonight, everything will be over in the future...

Wang Xiao thought about this, almost breaking out in cold sweat on his back.

"Therefore, a gentleman must be careful about his own actions and reflect on himself." He reminded himself in his mind: "I have neither literary skills nor military skills. What is my greatest advantage? Of course, I am loyal to His Majesty."

"Remember, I am loyal..."

Zhou Zhunchi's eyes swept around.

Wang Zhen, Wang Zhu, Zhang Yongnian, Qin Xuance... Over there is the white tiger guarding his husband Ruan Qia.

In fact, Zhou Zhunchi didn't care what happened to Ruan Qia.

A scholar who came from a poor background and had no fame, Jing Yijing used to think of himself as a "courteous and virtuous corporal" in the past. After all, he was just a retainer raised with money.

I came here tonight to suppress Wang Xiao's spirit.

Ruan Qia not only failed to kill Wang Xiao, but also exposed Prince Gong's palace. In order to avoid Wang Xiao's revenge, he needed to smooth out his edges and suppress his ambition!

Use the emperor to grind, use the emperor to press!

Sure enough, Wang Xiao and Wang Fang walked over here after talking, with a discouraged expression on their faces.

Zhou Zhunchi couldn't help but smile. When he walked up to him, he said, "How is it? I'm right."

Wang Xiao frowned slightly, with a bit of helplessness on his face.

Zhou Zhunchi teased: "Can you still catch me?"

Wang Xiao shook his head.

"Give Mr. Ruan back to me." Zhou Zhunchi nodded matter-of-factly and said, "What I just said about 'harmony brings wealth' still counts."

The next moment, Wang Xiao also smiled.

The young man's eyes curled up, and his whole demeanor seemed to have undergone a huge change.

All the hostility faded away like a tide, and the faint sadness, anger and murderous intent in his eyes also disappeared, replaced by a... simple and harmless appearance.

It looks a little astringent.

"Just now you said that you are one generation higher than Chun Ning, so I want to call you 'uncle'?" Wang said with a smile.

Zhou Zhunchi narrowed his eyes and said, "Not bad."

Wang Xiao pointed at Ruan Qia and said with a smile: "Uncle, why don't you give this person to your niece-in-law as a meeting gift?"

Zhou Zhunchi, who was eighteen years old at the time, was stunned when he heard this.

Such shame.

Wang Xiao added: "I also want to save face. If Ruan Qia presides over the massacre of my Wang family village, I will kill him."

Zhou Zhunchi stared at him, suddenly feeling that the seemingly innocent Wang Xiao in front of him was more terrifying than the murderous Wang Xiao just now...

The two looked at each other for a while, and finally Zhou Zhunchi said: "Okay. Mr. Ruan will leave it to you."

Wang Xiao smiled gently and politely and said, "Harmony brings wealth."

…

This night seemed to be a win-win situation.

Zheng Dang took control of Zhenwei Camp, Wang Xiao captured Ruan Qia, and Prince Gong's Palace dispelled Jin Yiwei's ambition.

This ending is exactly in line with the law of power struggle in the Chu Dynasty for hundreds of years. The pros and cons of many parties are weighed, and each other is involved. No one can accomplish anything.

Just like pouring a basin of water, no matter how hard it is poured, it will only form sludge in the end and slowly flow into the smelly ditch.

However, some people are not willing to accept this result.

"Prince Gong? You have quite a lot of sons. Plus Prince Rui's lineage, I don't know if it's enough to bury 267 people from Wangjia Village with me..."

Ruan Qia was blindfolded and taken away.

He heard the conversation between Zhou Zhunchi and Wang Xiao, and knowing that he was going to die, he became desperate.

Looking back, I grew up poor and studied hard, hoping to change my life.

I once thought that "career and fame depend on studying", but I never imagined that until the end of my life, my fate will always be controlled by the powerful...

"Prince-in-law, does this person still need to be interrogated?" someone asked in my ear.

Wang Xiao's voice responded: "No, don't kill him yet, it will still be useful in a few days."

As soon as Ruan Qia's ears twitched, endless hope surged in his heart.

it works?

As expected, I am still useful!
Chapter completed!