Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Fancheng, late at night!

Hundreds of people attacked Fancheng without any warning. For a while, flames shot into the sky and there were constant sounds of fighting.

Chen Mian personally led the crowd into a fierce battle with the invading enemy caravan!

In the end, the caravan left hundreds of corpses and fled away, and the Fancheng defenders won a complete victory.

Since then, the two major scourges that have plagued Fancheng for several months, the problem of Hu Dadao and the caravan, have been completely solved.

The people were shouting with gongs and drums, and firecrackers were blasting, creating a joyous atmosphere.

However, Gong Tan was shocked in her heart, because she knew better than anyone else that the so-called caravan last night was just a play directed and acted by Chen Mian!

"For an explanation, hundreds of people actually sacrificed their lives!"

"Chen Mian, you are really cruel!"

Taking a deep breath, even Gong Tan's temperament could not remain calm at this time.

"If he doesn't even have this courage, how can he be qualified to guard Fancheng?"

Zhou Zheng was not surprised. In troubled times, if one is not ruthless, one's status will naturally be unstable.

However, Chen Mian was able to make such an action in such a short period of time, even sacrificing hundreds of people. His quick reaction and determination surprised Zhou Zheng.

"Isn't His Highness worried that these people are irrelevant?"

After calming down his mind, Gong Tan also had a look of suspicion on his face.

Hundreds of people are indeed powerful in the eyes of the people. With the power of the prefect, it is not difficult to get hundreds of people at will. It is not impossible to even wring out the death row prisoners from the prison.

But Gong Tan discovered that Zhou Zheng, who had always been shrewd, didn't seem to be worried about Chen Mian's cheating.

"Why worry?"

"Because Chen Mian doesn't have the courage."

Zhou Zheng picked up the teacup on the table unhurriedly without even raising his eyelids.

"If nothing unexpected happens, almost all the people who participated in killing the soldiers that the teacher deployed here in advance were wiped out last night."

"It's a pity that the power in my hands is not enough."

"Otherwise this matter wouldn't be as simple as just letting hundreds of minions be buried with him."

A cold light flashed in his pupils, and Zhou Zheng's voice became much deeper.

Gong Tan was slightly startled by this sentence.

"The people are more important than the king, and everyone is equal." He murmured to himself what Zhou Zheng had said to him on the carriage, and Gong Tan's eyes were a little dazed.

"When does His Highness plan to leave Fancheng?"

"The imperial court has sent a letter and started urging."

The stay in Fancheng this time was not long, and Gu Qianfan had already sent a message to Gong Tan asking her to urge Zhou Zheng to continue going north.

After all, it is now known to everyone that the Great Zhou Dynasty wants to marry the princess of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

The Yuan court was also waiting for Zhou Zheng to appear.

"I am very curious as to what method you used to contact the imperial court."

Zhou Zheng looked at Gong Tan with suspicion. They followed each other almost like a shadow along the way, but they did not see Gong Tan contacting others privately, which made Zhou Zheng quite puzzled.

But seeing Gong Tan's completely oblivious expression, he also knew that this was probably the Imperial City Division's special internal communication method, and it would be impossible to coerce useful information out of Gong Tan's mouth.

Of course, Zhou Zheng also knew that some things should not be rushed.

The way he and Gong Tan get along is pretty good now. At least Gong Tan helped Zhou Zheng hide a lot of things.

"This double agent seems to be doing a pretty good job."

Nodding secretly, Zhou Zheng found that he also liked Gong Tan more and more.

It's not just because of Gongtan's protrusion and backward protrusion.

"I want to ask you something."

Suddenly, Zhou Zheng approached Gong Tan with a serious look on his face.

Such a serious look surprised Gong Tan.

"If I really marry Princess Dayuan, will you be sad?"

Zhou Zheng's business calm down without any warning left Gong Tan stunned for a moment.

"The marriage between His Highness and Dayuan is related to the fate of our nation and the livelihood of our people."

"This is a matter for the whole country to celebrate, so why should we be sad?"

Slowly raising his head, Gong Tan and Zhou Zheng looked at each other.

Just when they looked at each other, Gong Tan felt a little panicked for some reason and quickly looked away.

"damn it!"

Because just now, Gong Tan clearly felt that his mind was a little confused.

She didn't know why this happened, but she felt a little sad.

"That's all."

Waving his hand, Zhou Zheng turned around and did not dwell on this topic.

Zhou Zheng returned to his seat without saying a word, and Gong Tan was also silent. For a moment, the atmosphere in the lobby felt a little strange.

"Your Highness!"

Just when the atmosphere was awkward, Hao Wang quickly walked towards Zhou Zheng.

Seeing Hao Wang appear, Zhou Zheng frowned, and then gave Gong Tan a look to retreat first.

Seeing this, Gong Tan was also a little surprised. She had never known Hao Wang's identity. These people were definitely not from the imperial capital, they seemed to have fallen from the sky, but Zhou Zheng trusted them quite a lot.

But Gong Tan is also a smart person. Since Zhou Zheng motioned for her to step back, he obviously didn't want her to know the rest of the conversation between the two. At the moment, I also retreated wisely.

"Your Highness, this is the prince's secret message."

Seeing that there was no one around, Hao Wang carefully took out a sealed letter from the pocket on his chest.

Zhou Zheng took it, quickly opened it, and then read it carefully.

But as Zhou Zheng glanced at the letter, his expression became more gloomy and his eyes became much darker.

"It seems that I really underestimated them."

After a long time, Zhou Zheng burned the envelope on the spot. As for the content inside, only he knew.

"Does the prince have any other arrangements?"

"The Crown Prince asked us to protect His Highness's safety to the death."

After hearing this, Zhou Zheng nodded slowly.

......

"Ping'er, I'm afraid you made a wrong bet this time."

Deep in Prince Yong's Mansion, King Zhou Yong looked sad.

Although he is a prince, he has no ambitions and only wants to live a mediocre life.

In recent years, King Zhou Yong had not been involved in government affairs, let alone the fight for the right to inherit the throne, but he never expected that Zhou Ping would follow Zhou Zheng.

"In Fancheng alone, the forces of the third prince and the second prince have emerged."

"If we continue heading north, the eldest prince will not be able to just sit idly by."

"The journey to the Great Yuan in the north is the road of no return for His Royal Highness."

Zhou Yong stood with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth, his face full of anxiety.

If Zhou Ping wasn't involved, why would he bother so much?

"Father, do you really want to live a mediocre life?"

"Since ancient times, the royal family has been stained with blood. How many princes have you seen die a good death?"

"If we want to be moderate and not take sides, do you think the eldest prince, second prince, and third prince will really let us go?"

Zhou Ping lowered his head and spoke bitterly.

"Besides, our Prince Yong's Mansion is not as incompetent as it seems to the outside world!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Ping clenched his fists!

These words made King Zhou Yong tremble suddenly, and then he looked complicated.

"My son, the battle for the right to inherit the throne is far from being as simple as you think."

"One wrong step, one wrong step, one careless move and the whole game is lost!"

After a long time, King Zhou Yong still sighed.

As a member of the royal family, how could he not know the dangers involved?

"But I have no choice."

Biting his lips, Zhou Ping looked up at Zhou Yong and spoke word by word.

"Father, my son is not willing to live in mediocrity for the rest of his life."

"My son wants to give it a try!"

"Even if it ends up being shattered to pieces, I won't hesitate!"

Recalling what Zhou Zheng said on Yue'an Mountain, the blood in Zhou Ping's body boiled a little again.

If a man does not show his ambition, he will lose his eight-foot body in vain!