dognovel Chapter 420 Surfaced (10)
Chapter 420 Surfaced (10)
"Princess Zhuo, can I have a word with you for a moment?"
"Old Ou!!!"
The two young masters felt humiliated, the two stewards felt their hair tingling, and only Gao Chang retreated to the back without saying a word after scolding his son. He looked at Old Ou and realized that he was planning to compromise... It turned out that the so-called powerful families of the previous dynasty with deep roots were nothing more than this.
He looked at Prince Zhuo, who had been supporting his wife and even seemed to be focusing on her, and the excited princess, who seemed to be thinking about something. He always felt that no matter what they did, it was just like playing...
At first, I thought they would not dare to break off relations with the Tan family when they first arrived. After all, Tan Chengli was the county magistrate of Bei County in the main city, and his brother Tan Chengyi was the obvious ruler of the entire fiefdom. They also had the support of the Yun family in Youcheng. Prince Zhuo had little foundation here, and the princess was unfamiliar with the place. The old Prince Zhuo had been imprisoned for more than ten years and was said to be in poor health. The Prince Zhuo's mansion was a hollow shell full of holes...
Even though they had the men left behind by Wu Zhong and Feng Chen's support in the army, the two of them had been suppressed over the years, and they probably didn't even have one tenth of the power in Zhuocheng that they could control.
Prince Zhuo's succession to the throne would be difficult. A normal person would use marriage to stabilize the Tan family, and then slowly make plans after the power of Zhuo City is smoothly transferred. Everyone, including him, thought so, including those hiding in the aristocratic families.
In Zhuocheng, the Tan family and the Yun family are just paper tigers, and the aristocratic families are the real wolves hiding behind them.
Now thinking back carefully, ever since Princess Zhuo quietly gathered the vanguard troops at the post station, the situation has been like a wild horse running out of control... At first, everyone thought it was just an ordinary jealous dispute among the women in the harem, not worth mentioning.
After all, it is normal for a princess to try to stop her husband from taking a concubine, but is it really just that?
That incident of smashing and looting that seemed to be initiated by Tan Daixue and Gao Yong, now seems to be deliberately fanned by Princess Zhuo. From that time on, the Dragon Guards were directly used by her as patrol officers. Every time the princess said she would report to the authorities, when did she not report to the official on her side?
Now looking back, how many things did that incident trigger?
Tan Chengli lost his position as the magistrate of Zhucheng County, and it is extremely unreasonable that the position remains vacant until now;
Prince Zhuo directly cut off the possibility of marriage with the Tan family, and the Tan family became the party at fault in this matter. Even if the Tan family nanny came forward, it would still be useless. Without seeing the substitute master, the positions of both parties had reversed;
There were also Qin Zhiyuan, Li Ao and other merchants who immediately drew a line with them after returning to Zhuo City, and even took the initiative to assist Princess Zhuo in rebuilding West County. Otherwise, dealing with the local craftsmen would be enough to make Princess Zhuo suffer. Who doesn't know that the craftsmen are in the hands of the aristocratic families? But with the two major merchants, the Qin family and the Li family, things were different. They had also been based in Zhuo City for many years and had their own construction team. Following Princess Zhuo was like adding wings to a tiger;
This even attracted the temptation of the second son of Youcheng. At least after the incident at the post station, the Yun family would always be a little wary of Princess Zhuo's unpredictable and unpredictable personality. This fear bought the Zhuo Palace some time to breathe...
Then he returned to the banquet and used the excuse of detaining the Tan family for interrogation to delay the ceremony of taking over Zhuocheng;
Because Bei County had no county magistrate, Gu Chen took over the Zhuocheng Army on the pretext of protecting the prince, and took the opportunity to replace the original main city guards and defense camps; Gu Liu also took over the border army on the pretext of inheriting his father's title and stationed outside the city...
The two brothers, one inside and one outside, surrounded Bei County like an iron barrel, so that Prince Zhuo had no worries about the safety of his mansion. They even dared to keep spies in the mansion, which showed the extent of their control over the main city.
Furthermore, Princess Zhuo will place all the workers she brings with her in Xi County and vigorously reform the welfare of the people. With the previous crops and fertilizer making methods as examples, Princess Zhuo is already popular with the people. With the benefits of Xi County dangling behind her, the people will naturally support the prince and princess.
There is also the Ye family's 'Hall of Chivalry', which has been expanding in a short period of time, and masters from the martial arts world are constantly gathering in Zhuocheng... The more Gao Chang thought about it, the more excited he became. Yes, yes, there is also Gao Yong!
He still paid attention to his son. He didn't expect that this playboy who once gave him a headache would actually use those bad friends to collect intelligence. In the beginning, he had to clean up his mess several times, otherwise this matter would have been exposed long ago.
But soon, he seemed to have received guidance from an expert, and suddenly the incident disappeared, but he knew it was impossible, and the only explanation was that Wu Zhong had intervened! ! Who doesn't know that his secret agency has reached a level that can compete with those of the noble families?
And Gao Yong's opera troupe, yes! The opera troupe!! He finally came to his senses. If he guessed correctly, the purpose of the opera troupe was to grasp the source of information from the people, and Princess Zhuo could spread some information in the shortest time! Wasn't this late-night interrogation today because the opera troupe revealed the news that Princess Zhuo was going to deal with the descendants of the Mu family?
Otherwise, why would they bring him here specially, wanting him to use his son to test and determine Princess Zhuo's attitude towards these new brothers of Zhuo Cheng?
Gao Chang's heart was pounding with excitement, and he could hardly suppress his inner restlessness. He firmly believed that the way he had touched upon Prince Zhuo's mansion was to act crazy and stupid!
From the jealousy between the Zhuo Wangfei, a silent contest has begun, but everyone is still kept in the dark! ! Looking at the prince who is feeding his wife water lovingly, and the princess who looks spoiled and says she doesn't want to drink... Ha! These two are both masters of acting!
The princess appears to be a bitch and the prince appears to be doting on his wife, but in fact, they are both very thoughtful and intelligent. And his son, who is a fool but lucky, unexpectedly caught their eyes? He even became the confidant of the palace! !
As his thoughts raced, Gao Chang's heart became increasingly heated. Through them, he seemed to have seen the Gao family's unprecedented bright future.
Seeing that she was staring at him and grinning, Shen Yu asked in a low voice, "What happened to Gao Yong's scumbag father? Did he take the wrong medicine?"
Lu Yingxing glanced at her inconspicuously, and seeing his expression as if he was looking at fat meat... He understood after a little thought, and deliberately put his lips close to her chest and said, "It's okay, someone just came to your door to abuse you!" After saying that, he licked her earlobe.
"Ah!" Shen Yu looked at him in shock, unable to believe that this guy was so perverted now! !
"princess?"