Wang Xiao wanted to open his eyes, and he thought in his consciousness that he should wake up, but his sleepiness became stronger and stronger.

I have never been so sleepy in my life. My eyelids seem to weigh a thousand pounds and my body is weak. It seems that I have been thrown into an abyss. I wish I could not sleep for a long time...

It's time to wake up and let Xuzhou be punished. I was finally assassinated and finally I can block Xuzhou with justification. There are many things I don't have to hide from the people below.

Just now, Xiao Zhu seemed to have a quarrel with Pei Min and the others... It doesn't matter if they quarrel, let people see that I was really seriously injured...

We have to let the King of Qi come forward... get up... get up...

He kept reminding himself in his mind, and Wang Xiaoqiang rushed to wake up.

"Xiao Zhu..."

The room was a little dark, and Qin Xiaozhu was taking a towel to wipe his sweat.

"Don't move, you can rest."

"I want to see King Qi..."

Wang Xiao's voice was hoarse, like a saw.

Qin Xiaozhu felt sad when he heard this, and pouted, "Listen to your voice, will you say something tomorrow? I'll make pear water soup for you later..."

Wang Xiao thought to himself that smell, so he stretched out his hand to sit up.

"Don't move... Chunning sent someone here, Zuo Mingjing brought many officials and guards, she would arrange those things, right?"

For Qin Xiaozhu, she believed in Chunning unconditionally. Anyone Chunning sent her, even Gan Tang came around her, would make her feel at ease.

Sure enough, Wang Xiao's expression relaxed.

Qin Xiaozhu gently wiped his forehead with a towel, and told him a little bit.

"She went to that stop and arranged the momentum of the person. Those who didn't know thought it was Zuo Jinglun who came in person..."

"Let her come to see me..."

"The officials have asked Pei Zhen to pacify the martial law and strict Xuzhou City. I am arbitrarily proposing this matter and ask the Duke of the State to punish..."

Speaking this in a stern manner, Zuo Mingjing stopped, sighed silently in his heart, and said, "I dare not be good at some things. Please listen to my detailed report without saying anything. Just nodding or shaking your head, okay?"

Wang Xiao nodded.

"Before I set off, His Highness the Princess had analyzed the current situation... The Duke of the State pretended to go to Nanjing to attract the attention of the Zheng Party and delay time. However, His Highness said that Zheng Yuanhua was sophisticated and insidious that he might not be influenced by this. The Duke of the State would probably think of more solutions."

Zuo Mingjing lowered her eyebrows and said in a slight manner: "If you knew that you were the way to assassinate yourself like this, your Highness would definitely be very sad. Don't do this again in the future..."

After saying this, she quickly brought the topic back to the main business and continued: "According to Your Highness's expectation, if you want to delay Zheng Yuanhua's actions, you should show that the enemy is weak so that they think that there is no need to dig the Yellow River, and Shandong cannot hold on. Now it seems that the Duke of the State is the same?"

Wang Xiao nodded.

"Now the Duke of the Kingdom is seriously injured. We only need to release the news that the King of Qi is in Xuzhou and Xuzhou's troops are empty. As long as they conquer Xuzhou, the Duke of the Kingdom and the King of Qi will both die, and Shandong will naturally fall apart. They can get this force, so they are not in a hurry to destroy it?"

Wang Xiao nodded again.

Zuo Mingjing thought for a while and asked again: "Although the lower officials have no talent, I want to volunteer Ying to take charge of Xuzhou for the time being. Can the Duke of the State agree?"

Wang Xiao did not answer, but turned to look.

Candlelight saw Zuo Mingjing lowering her eyebrows, and he couldn't see her eyes...

Due to her family tutoring since childhood, her figure was always so upright, but wearing an official uniform, it looked a little different from the usual fairy ladies, and it also had a bit of majestic momentum of the superiors.

This made Wang Xiao feel a little strange. When they first met each other, although she was quiet and unwilling to talk, occasionally looking back, he could still see a little brightness in her eyes.

Looking back, I haven't seen her laugh for a long time...

After a while, Wang Xiao asked, "There is a gap between King Qi... and Chunning? Otherwise, why did he come to Xuzhou?"

"It is better to let Your Highness personally tell you about this matter after the Duke returns to Jinan." Zuo Mingjing buried his head a little lowered and said, "Don't worry, the Duke, the Lord, will never dare to put the King of Qi in a dangerous place."

"I'm not worried about you..." Wang Xiao waved his hand and asked again: "What are you going to do?"

"First kill people to establish authority, and eliminate all the Zheng Party's detailed works in Xuzhou City." Zuo Mingjing said: "The Duke of the State wanted to show relaxation before, so he kept these people to send messages to the Zheng Party to avoid shocking the enemy. Now the Duke of the State was seriously injured and the situation was different. We should show nervousness to make Xuzhou the "shocking snake" and attract them to fight. Therefore, we must close the city gates and show a sense of panic."

"Secondly, the Duke of the State has arranged for people to stop the Yellow River from breaking. The officials should be prepared next, and in the future, they will make public Zheng Yuanhua's conspiracy to the public, guide the public opinion of Jiangnan Shilin and Fushe, and defeat his follow-up plan..."

After hearing this, Wang Xiao pointed to the bedside.

Qin Xiaozhu understood and took out his letter and handed it to Zuo Mingjing.

Zuo Mingjing reached out and listened to Wang Xiao and said, "I know you are here... I feel at ease... Be careful in everything..."

Zuo Mingjing walked all the way to the secluded place in the courtyard, sat down, putting the square seal on her knees with both hands, and finally stopped hiding her expression, showing the sadness alone.

She no longer had to act like a high-ranking official, and put her knees together as usual, shed tears like a little girl, and then wiped it clean by herself while combing the thoughts in her mind.

The words Wang Xiao asked just now were time to think about them carefully.

The King of Qi and the Princess have a gap. There are not many people who can see this, but most of them are blamed on the Governor's Court.

When Wang Xiao asked, she thought he also suspected that the Governor's Court was provoking the relationship between the siblings of King Qi, so she felt a little aggrieved. But Wang Xiao's next two words made her feel relieved, and gently dispersed the aggrieved...

But what does "be careful in everything" mean?

After thinking about it, Zuo Mingjing was still a little unsolved. She put aside this trivial matter and let Yefeng dry the tears on her face, put on a quiet face again, and walked towards the front hall...

Xuzhou City was assassinated by the Duke of the State, and there was a panic in the city.

But with the orders from the government office issued in an orderly manner, and the King of Qi came to Xuzhou to take charge, everything was still stable.

For all officials, daily affairs have little impact.

Wang Xiao arranged everything before leaving. Whether he is there or not, he has to do things if he should do it...

On that day, Zhang Duan got up early again, stood in the house with a sad look on his face, and let his maid Xiaer put on her clothes.

Although Xia'er is a girl, she has been serving Zhang Duan since she was a child. She is quite knowledgeable and bold and intelligent. She asked while keeping her belt for him, "Is the young master sad because of the assassination of the Duke?"

"Not that." Zhang Duan said lightly, "I thought he would not have to be so hard every day when he left Xuzhou, but I didn't expect that he would come back after being injured, and the city would be more strict... The storm is coming."

Xia'er smiled and said, "Young master has great talent, so he is really afraid of hard work."

"You will repay you with everyone, and I will repay you with everyone; your country's men meet me, and I will repay you with the country's men." Zhang Duan said, "The king smiled and valued the people but was inferior to the wise and the officials. Why should I work hard for him?"

"Why would you just get sick today and play with Xia'er in the house?"

Zhang Duan shook his head and said, "There is a war in Xuzhou, so I am ordered to collect food and grass into the city..."

Speaking of this, breakfast was also served. He sat down at the table, frowned, and said with some concern: "Do you know what we, the Shandong gentry, are you looking forward to? What you hope is that one day the world will be pacified, the King of Qi ascended the throne, and Wang Xiao will return to power to the emperor. I think the King of Qi is kind, and I will value civil governance and no longer use the strict laws and regulations to add to the body of a literati. But now it seems, ha... Has Xia'er heard of the Governor's Court?"

"The young master once told Xia'er that when the Duke of China was not here, the government affairs in Shandong were determined by Princess Chunning, and the governor was her shogunate. The left inspector who came here now was a person who came from the governor. Although he was only a minor official of the seventh rank, he had great power and was relied upon by the Duke of China, and was as strong as an imperial envoy. A woman, who is said to be a widow, could she get such authority?"

Zhang Duan sneered and said lightly: "The hen is so poor in the family, is it okay?"

His eyes became increasingly sad and said, "Although Wang Xiao monopolized the power, he did not put the matter of undermining the imperial power in public. He just borrowed the power of the King of Qi to command civil and military affairs, and all the matters were decided by him alone. In other words, if he was willing to delegate power or... die one day, the government of Shandong would still belong to the King of Qi."

Speaking of this, Zhang Duan sighed and said, "Maybe this reason is because I lied to myself, right? After all, we can't do anything to Wang Xiao, and we can't move him. But if we can't move Wang Xiao, we can't let Princess Chunning step on the head of King Qi as she goes... The Governor's Court is like the Chief Li Supervisor, which is a pride of seizing power. She is also a woman serving as an official, and she is in a mess."

"Young Master, don't be upset." Xia'er peeled a sweet potato and put it in Zhang Duan's bowl, and smiled and said, "What kind of weapon can a woman become? It's just a while now. When the war is over, of course, the literati and doctors have the final say in the court."

"Why did you cook this again? I said I don't like this..."

"The kitchen says that the young master's rice has been changed to sweet potatoes now."

Zhang Duan sighed helplessly, thinking that this time Wang Xiao was assassinated and King Qi was alone in Xuzhou, which was a crisis and the greatest opportunity.

If Your Highness can show enough abilities, it will be inspiring and gain loyalty from many people... but don't let Zuo Mingjing suppress the limelight...

As for what he should do? King Qi didn't come to win over him, so he just honestly just went to the yamen...

There were many people talking about Zuo Mingjing in Xuzhou City, but most people could not talk about the power dispute between the Governor's Court and the King of Qi like Zhang Duan. After all, the topic was still about "I died when I entered the door" or "I was an important minister of the cabinet at home."

Most of the people who say this are the families of local officials in Xuzhou, who have both information channels and no knowledge of the depth.

As for the officials from Shandong, most of them are silent, and they don’t care whether the officials or masters are men or women at all.

Gu Hengbo was concerned about Wang Xiao's situation. In the past two days, he went to the government office to inquire about it every day. He heard a lot of discussions and talked about the situation with Dong Xiaowan and Li Xiangjun. The three of them couldn't help but sigh, and they all felt a little sympathetic to Zuo Mingjing...

"It is said that it is the granddaughter of Zuo Ge Lao. Her father is an official in Sichuan. It is rumored that he has been a thief. The mountains are high and the rivers are far away. The news is not true or false. Those people began to discuss... I saw her once when I first arrived in Xuzhou. I didn't use any makeup. I looked like a lotus flower. As soon as I opened my mouth, I suppressed all the bearded men... Xiaowan, did you see?"

Dong Xiaowan nodded slightly and said, "She may not be as good as General Qin in terms of momentum, but that calmness is really calm."

Gu Hengbo sighed slightly and said, "It's a pity that such a person is still a poor life. This worldly religion is still about to force her to clear the lamp ancient Buddha..."

Li Xiangjun said: "We are still the rootless piaoping ourselves, why bother commenting on others? Don't say anything, although you have good intentions, they are also rumored in the ears of others."

"I'm just interested in her, and I can't even feel too late to admire and pity, so why do I comment on her?" Gu Hengbo covered his mouth and smiled: "Xiaowan and I are Piaoping. You are not now. You have a good home. Instead, we can't be disgusted with the drama?"

"Don't make fun of me..."

Suddenly, a maid and maid hurried in and said, "Girl, the left envoy sent someone to invite you and everyone Dong to come over, saying that he wanted to meet you..."

Gu Hengbo was surprised, a little uneasy...

When they arrived at the government office, Zuo Mingjing met Gu Hengbo first and asked Dong Xiaowan to wait in the side hall first.

"Men's daughter pays homage to the adults..."

Gu Hengbo felt that this scene seemed familiar, but the person in front of the table had changed. Thinking of this, she was concerned about Wang Xiao's injuries.

"Do you know why I want to see you?"

"Maybe it was because of Cao Xi's incident? What the people's daughters know have reported to the Duke..."
To be continued...