After taking a shower and changing clothes that night, Fu Cang lay on the bed in an orderly manner and did not fall asleep for a long time.

Chu Qinghuang leaned on the bedside and quietly looked through the files recording the information of various ministers in the court. His eyebrows were sparse and leisurely, and his whole person was in a state of carefree relaxation.

Not long after, Fu Cang silently turned over and knelt down.

Chu Qinghuang turned to look at him: "Can't sleep?"

Fucang's tone was respectful and calm: "My subordinates cannot go to bed before the master goes to bed."

Chu Qinghuang hummed: "Is there anything else?"

Fucang lowered his head and remained silent for a moment, then said: "My subordinate's behavior today has exceeded his limits. Please punish me, Master."

"What behavior?"

Fu Cang was silent.

"All actions that I did not stop were tacitly approved." Chu Qinghuang said, "There is no need to apologize afterwards."

Fu Cang narrowed his eyes: "Yes."

Pleading guilty was not his main purpose. He just wanted to talk to his master, but he didn't know what to say.

Moreover, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority, and he cannot transcend his status.

Chu Qinghuang put down the file in his hand and adjusted his posture to a more comfortable position. His eyes fell on the top of the young man's head in front of him, and he suddenly reached out to lift his chin and looked at his extremely handsome face.

Fucang was startled by her sudden movement, but he just knelt quietly without any resistance or speaking. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked particularly docile and well-behaved.

Chu Qinghuang didn't know what to say. After thinking for a while, she said: "The young man who appeared today is called Chu Lingchuan. He is a subordinate of this palace. He is very capable and good at medicine and business. What do you think about him?" No need to be hostile.”

Fucang pursed his lips: "Yes."

"You are my personal bodyguard. You are also very capable. It's just that your areas of expertise are different. There is no need to compare."

"yes."

"You are the only personal bodyguard of this palace, and there will be no one else in the future." Chu Qinghuang said, "As long as you don't betray me, I will not abandon you, and you can always stay by my side. "

"...Yes." Fucang agreed, "This subordinate will not betray his master, never."

"Well, I am not afraid of your betrayal either." Chu Qinghuang said calmly, "Those who betray me will not end well."

Fucang's expression changed slightly: "I don't dare."

Of course Chu Qinghuang knew that he didn't dare.

Lifting his chin, Chu Qinghuang said: "Feng Guifei and her son have lost power. Do you think the officials of the Third Prince and his party should do a cleanup?"

Fucang was a little disappointed, his eyes subconsciously fell on Chu Qinghuang's hand, and he lowered his eyebrows: "My subordinates dare not discuss the master's matters without permission."

"I asked you to tell me."

"Yes." Fucang pondered for a moment, "Fufeng and Fuying have found out where the money is hidden in the Prime Minister's Mansion in the past two days. If the master wants to ransack the house, he can do so at any time."

"How much silver can be copied?"

"Six hundred thousand taels."

"Less than the Hong family?"

"The money of the third prince is mainly piled up in the Shangshu Mansion. In addition to the 800,000 taels of silver in the Hong family's greedy wealth, if the calligraphy, painting, antiques, jewelry and jades are sold, they can be sold for 500,000 taels."

Chu Qinghuang nodded: "I know this."

"Originally, the third prince planned to open up the cellar of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the underground secret room of the Hong family, build a long secret passage, and use the secret passage to transfer the money, but before he could build it, the Hong family was raided."

Chu Qinghuang raised his eyebrows: "Cultivation of secret ways?"

"yes."

Chu Qinghuang was silent.

The Feng family is separated from the Hong family by a street, and there are several mansions of powerful officials in between. It is not that easy to open the secret passage quietly.

"All the Feng family's 600,000 taels of silver are hidden in the cellar. On the surface, there is no evidence of extravagance. If the secret passage can be opened, the wealth of the Feng family and the Hong family can be enough to recruit troops for the third prince." Cang said, "The Zhenbei King's fiefdom is far away from the imperial capital. If this piece of silver comes into his hands, he can strengthen the third prince's army and prepare for his future enthronement."

Unfortunately, the Hong family was raided, the daughter of King Zhenbei was killed, the third prince was demoted from prince to county prince, and Chu Yiling was so happy that her mother-in-law was demoted to Zhaoyi...

One by one, Chu Tianyin, who was sitting on top with powerful ministers and wealthy helpers, was pushed directly into the quagmire, and it was difficult to get a chance to turn around from now on.

Chu Qinghuang said calmly: "So except for the Prime Minister's Mansion, the other remaining parties in the Third Prince's Mansion are actually insignificant?"

Fucang shook his head: "It's not that it's insignificant, but the master's behavior of confiscating the house has given everyone a shock. These officials are more or less unclean and cannot withstand the confiscation. In this case, they dare not stand up for the third prince. "

The family of powerful ministers has deep roots and luxuriant branches, and there are many disciples under it. The reason why the king dare not take action without permission is because the whole body can be affected by pulling one hair.

But Chu Qinghuang's behavior directly gave those people a bloody shock. No one dared to sacrifice the lives of the whole family, children, or even the nine tribes to insist on their own loyalty that was mixed with self-interest.

If the king wants to copy someone, he must at least send officials to check. If there is collusion among officials, it is not difficult to deceive the superiors and conceal it. However, Chu Qinghuang did not even give him time to react and directly took people to copy them. Well, in this case, who dares to show off?

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