Yuan Zheng's sentence "If you have midnight snacks, don't eat dinner", Yan Nan suddenly thought of what she said about Cui Geng's intentions just now.

Why did Cui Geng think about marrying Prince Zhong at this time?

Isn’t this the same thing as not having dinner when you have late-night snacks?

That is, Cui Geng used to have a partner he was more willing to choose!

Yan Nan looked up at Yuan Zheng, "You said that the reason why Cui Geng said he wanted to show kindness to Prince Zhong is because he had other roads before? Recently, he found that the road was not working, or found that Prince Zhong was easier to walk, so he suddenly had a new idea and took action against Xiao Heng and Xiao Qi together."

Yuan Zheng obviously didn't expect that Yan Nan would think of such a thing as a casual word. He was stunned for a moment, and he felt that what Yan Nan said was very reasonable.

He had never thought about Cui Geng from this direction before, "Other ways?"

Yuan Zheng frowned.

Yan Nan thought carefully, "According to the stories in various history books, a minister has been in power for decades. When he is old, he will naturally think about who the next emperor will be, and then bet on him so that his descendants can still maintain wealth and honor!"

"Who will Cui Geng lie?" Yuan Zheng looked at Yan Nan, obviously agreeing with Yan Nan's statement.

Prince Zhong has just risen shortly after that, and Cui Geng has been engaged in the decades of official career, and he will definitely not be held on him before.

"If you were Cui Geng, who would you bet?" Yan Nang asked Yuan Zheng.

Yuan Zheng did not hesitate, "Of course it's the prince."

Previously, Emperor Yongning had only two sons. The prince was in his prime, and the sixth prince Xiao Hong was too young and had no brothers to control the government. As long as he was not blind, or Liang Zhan lived for a lifetime, he would naturally regard the prince as the next emperor.

"So." Yan Nan said confidently: "Cui Geng bets on Prince Zhong after he was under house arrest. Until he found out that Prince Zhong was in too great momentum and the prince had completely lost his value, he turned to take the Prince Zhong's ship."

She also has a basis, "And according to Liang Zhan's previous life, Cui Geng finally took Xiao Hong to Lin'an City, instead of Xiao Qi, which shows that he has always been closer to Emperor Yongning, or in the previous life, Prince Zhong also rejected Cui Geng's show of kindness."

Yuan Zheng thought about Yan Nan's words, but he still felt that there was something missing in it, and he couldn't remember it for a while, but Yan Nan's idea undoubtedly made them know the direction they should be prepared for.

Cui Geng, who was rejected by Prince Zhong, would not give up so easily, and might even find a new way out in the prince.

"I will talk to Prince Zhong and ask him to focus on the situation on the prince."

In addition to Yuan Zheng and Yan Nan worrying about Cui Geng's next plan, Cui Wu's wife is also worried about this issue.

"Prince Zhong really didn't leave any room for anything?" She asked Cui Geng in surprise in the annex of Cui Geng's spacious study.

There are two patios in this front hall, and seedlings are planted below, making the hall and the garden perfectly combine. There is a garden in the hall, and the garden is the hall, which is unique and elegant.

Two clusters of green bamboo stretch out densely from the patio. In the middle is a wide rectangular carved rosewood book case. In front of the book case is a cluster of roses. With the light of the lantern in the patio, the softness of light pink and yellow is blooming.

Madam Cui Wu was sitting on the imperial concubine's couch next to the rose bush. After hearing what Cui Geng said, she stood up in despair.

"Does Prince Zhong not value the wealth of our Cui Mansion at all?"

How rich and powerful is the Cui family?

Let me put it this way, 50% of the officials registered in the Ministry of Revenue come to send New Year gifts to the Cui family every year.

Even if Prince Zhong is valued by Emperor Yongning, to put it bluntly, he is just a military officer in charge of half of Kaifeng's defense.

Even if he can dominate the world, he still has to rely on civil officials in the court to rule the world for him, right?

"Hmph." Cui Geng's round face collapsed, and two deep nasolabial folds fell on both sides of his nose. He looked at the night outside the patio sinisterly, "It's not that he doesn't care, it's that he wants to swallow it all."

Cui Geng said coldly, then frowned, "But why is he? If he seizes the palace at this time, as long as I order half of the imperial court will rebel against him! What's more, let the people of Dongliao come over to demonstrate appropriately, so that he will still sit firmly!"

"Unless..." Cui Geng seemed to talk to himself, pondering for a moment and said confidently: "Unless he is not in a hurry to ask for treasure, unless he does not seize the palace now!"

He seemed very satisfied with his conclusion. After saying that, a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he had discovered that Mrs. Cui Wu was still beside him. He turned to her and said, "I still remember what I told you? Prince Zhong's road is not clear, so we will follow the old method."

"But." Mrs. Cui Wu bit her lip, "But the prince is under house arrest now, how can he succeed?"

According to the old method, she had to marry the prince! If it weren't for this matter, she wouldn't have asked Weng Weng to ask about Xiao Qi's marriage at night!

"What a simple thing!" A smile flashed in Cui Geng's eyes, "You go to see the Lord yourself. After all, you have the name of a master and apprentice with you. Tell her that if necessary, please make sure to take action."

Lady Cui Wu stopped talking and lowered her head and replied "Yes".

The next day, July 25th, and there are seven days left before Yu Yi was sentenced to be executed for "traitor".

Yan Nan had some leisure time, and prepared steamed cakes in the afternoon, and in the evening, Yuan Zheng took them back to Yuan Mansion to try them for Mrs. Yuan.

Mrs. Yuan Er was like she had found a treasure, and she almost buried her entire face in the soft cake. She ate it up in a few seconds.

I began to rush to plan my days for Yuan Zheng, thinking about when I could marry Yan Nan back to the mansion.

After two days like this, it was July 28th.

Prince Zhong settled in the Privy Council and began to take over the stall left by Liu Wei.

The case of Liu Wei colluding with the Beiman Man was officially launched. The evidence was conclusive and the officials personally interrogated it. The interrogation was just a process.

Liu Wei was also given special care by Prince Zhong. After suffering enough in prison, the only beards left on his face fell out, his eyes gradually became dull, and he lost his vitality and quickly grew old.

As Yu Liu was increasingly injured by his father's execution, he finally fell ill after being worried. Tang Hou came to comfort him and asked Dr. Lu to treat the medicine. Since then, Yu Liu has been resting at home and will not go to the Ministry of War to attend the yamen.

Yuan Zheng continued to inspect the bathroom.

As the imperial guards re-arranged the troops, the personnel recruited to Hengshui were also selected in advance.

After Prince Zhong asked for the imperial edict, the official issued an imperial edict, and Yuan Zheng took people to Hengshui on the second day of August to discuss with Feng Xiao about the deployment of troops to Youzhou.

In the Liang Mansion, Chun Ni knew that she would see Chunliu in a few days and left Kaifeng with her. She was so happy that she hadn't had enough sleep for several days, so she wanted to sew a new dress for Chunliu overnight.

Yan Nan was worried that it would be difficult for them to settle down completely when they went to Hengshui, so she stuffed Chunni three thousand taels of silver notes, and Chunni only collected one thousand. Yan Nan took advantage of the help and secretly sewed another silver notes into Chunliu's new clothes.
Chapter completed!