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Outside Yu Cong's study door, Caichun, the eldest girl from Yu's mansion, quietly approached. She pressed a cup upside down on the wall of the study, then carefully looked around and found that no one was standing close to the top. Suddenly, the voices of Yu Cong and Cui Yunqing in the study came into her ears.

Yu Congzheng said, "As far as I know, the King of Qin has intended to merge the six prefectures of Tianping, Yicheng and Xuanwu, Ji, Yun, Cao, Pu, Hua, and Song, into the Shandong Province, and then divided the seven prefectures of Xu, Su, Si, Hai, Chu, Hao, and Shou into the Huai and Si provinces. Moreover, the candidates for the three teams of the Huai and Si provinces have been decided by the King of Qin, and his brothers Yu Guan, Kang Chenghui and Xin Xi, have all gone there, and Song Jirong, Guo Zhenhai and others have also gone there. This is simply unexpected and caught us off guard. Prince Deyu's greatest support now is the full support from several foreign towns. In this way, the three towns in Henan have been merged into Shandong.

The province, my brother and others were transferred from the three towns and transferred to the Huaisi province, and we lost the power of the three towns at once. Especially my brother is Prince Deyu's grandfather, what a rogue decision. On the side of the Wang family, the group of people in Duli Town, the King of Qin has not dealt with them so deliberately in recent years. Although Duli Town is now renamed Lushun, it is much more prosperous than that year. Didn't the Wang family rely on the many connections and resources of Lushun Port and make a lot of money every year? The Wang family has always been rich, but in secretly smuggling in recent years, why are they doing so anxious to make money? They must be preparing for Dezhao to be the prince!"

Caichun listened carefully, while also alertly paying attention to the movements next to her. Fortunately, the servants knew that the prince-consort and Mr. Cui were talking about things, so no one dared to come and disturb her. While listening carefully, she held a pencil in her hand and recorded it in a code.

There was still a chess piece on the table in Yu Cong's study, but the two of them had not made it for a long time. The study was big, with a huge new-style office desk, and two bright incense candles were lit in the room. The room was large, with a high ceiling, with a few calligraphy and paintings hanging on one wall, and the other wall was completely blocked by a long row of bookshelf and a full of books on it. There was a gorgeous self-tone bell on the corners of both walls. There were several upholstered chairs on the sandalwood floor. There were thick curtains hanging in front of the window. Apart from this, there was nothing else in Yu Cong's study.

Cui Yunqing nodded, "The Wang family has the unfreezing port of Lushun Port. Although the Dalian Port of the Li Juyi family lives next to them, it has not reduced their prosperity at all. The Wang family and half of the families in Duli Town now still have close relationships. They have very close interests in Lushun Port. They guard Lushun Port, and are involved in all aspects of Lushun Port, intervene in mines, farms, workshops, and sea trade. Their wealth is indeed quite amazing, which is a force that cannot be ignored. However, I just received a message this morning. Do you know where the King of Qin spent the night yesterday?"

Yu Cong thought this question was a bit funny, "Although the King of Qin is just a vassal king now, he can actually be regarded as the most powerful man in the world. And he was just in his prime. Even if he fell in love with a girl, whether it was a wealthy daughter or a small jade family, this is not a problem. Not all the superiors are like this. Not to mention the three palaces and six courtyards, there are three thousand beauties, but there are still hundreds of women. We are only more than ten, but in fact there are still fewer ones."

"It would be fine if King Qin really only likes some young and beautiful woman, but things are not that simple."

"Did the King of Qin fall in love with another widow? Could it be that he fell in love with a woman from a virtuous and important official under his command?" Yu Cong asked worriedly. Those who call themselves widows were not a problem at all. But one thing is very important, that is, they must not fall in love with the women under their command, especially those of the important officials. Such things are not without such things in history. Even if Emperor Ming of Tang got into his daughter-in-law Yang Guifei, Emperor Gaozong of Tang finally married his father's talent Wu Zetian, and Li Shimin also included the wife of Princess Qi, the brother who killed him, into the palace. Even in history, there are many kings who hooked up with his wife of his subordinates. For example, Chen Shubao, the late lord of Southern Chen, attacked the Chen Dynasty on the edge of the Yangtze River when Chen Shubao attacked the Chen Dynasty. However, Chen Shubao was still in this way, and brought the wife of his commander Xiao Moha to the palace for love every day.

Such a thing is very dangerous. Li Jing is young and energetic and is at a time when everything goes smoothly, so such a ridiculous thing will inevitably not happen.

Cui Yunqing was stunned for a moment, understood what Yu Cong said, and couldn't help but chuckled.

"Your Majesty is far away. Although the King of Qin has taken Li Keyong's wife and gave birth to a child with the eldest princess of the East China Sea, he will not do what you said. Last night, Your Highness did sleep with a married woman. But this married woman is not someone else, but a princess."

"Princess?" Yu Cong was also stunned for a moment and quickly reacted. In the Qin sanctuary, there were only three women who could become princesses, two princesses of Qin and one princess Zhao. Princess Zhao first mentioned that the relationship between her daughter Princess Donghai and Li Jing was known to everyone in the world. Although Princess Zhao was only in her forties, she was still a half-mile and still had charm, but Li Jing couldn't sleep with her. The remaining two were Princess Qin, one was Wang Guiniang and the other was Yu Youniang. The result was obvious. It was impossible for Yu Youniang, otherwise Cui Yunqing would not have said it specifically.

"How is this possible? Haven't the princess been practicing worshiping Buddha for several years? The King of Qin also built a Guanyin Temple for her to practice in the palace garden for her to practice." Yu Cong was a little disbelief. He believed it. He said that Li Jing had slept with other women, but he couldn't believe it with Wang Guiniang's wife.

"I didn't believe it at first, but it was true." Cui Yunqing said slowly: "Your Highness went to Guanyin Temple last night, and went there with drunkenness, and then he didn't come back and spent the night there."

"Maybe I just stayed there for one night?"

"There is a definite news that His Majesty did have a good relationship with the princess and his wife last night."

"this!"

The study was silent, and Caichun, outside the room, also opened her eyes wide. Although she was a senior detective in the Meihua Inner Guard, one of the nine departments of the Supervision Department, who was responsible for reconnaissance of officials and people, monitored public opinion in the court and the public. She had the ability to collapse in Mount Tai before her face and remained unchanged. At this time, there was a bright light in her eyes. The King of Qin actually spent the night with the Princess of the Great Qin, which was really a huge news. This was just a gossip. As a senior detective, she knew the meaning of the news. It was rumored that the Princess of the Great Qin could not have children after giving birth to a legitimate daughter, and because she had no family background, she fell out of favor in the palace, and finally had to worship Buddha and practice sadly. It was precisely because of this that the two factions of Princess Yu, the legitimate son Deyu and the eldest son Dezhao gradually started to fight.

But if the King of Qin and the Princess of Qin suddenly get along at this time, or even if they give birth to a son, it would be really lively. The Princess of Qin is also an authentic legitimate son.

Yu Cong and Cui Yunqing in the room obviously understood this possibility, but Deshow and Desho are fighting each other. Desho, as the legitimate son, have great advantages under the patriarchal system. But if Wang Guiniang also gave birth to a legitimate son, Desho would have more opponents by then. Especially now that Desho is still young, Li Jing has revealed that he likes smart princes. If the son Wang Guiniang gave birth to is smarter than Desho in the future, then when he is both legitimate sons, Li Jing will probably choose the smarter one, not the older one.

This was a sudden question that made Yu Cong and the others frown.

At this time, a gong sounded from outside. Caichun quickly put away the earpiece and paper and hid it on his body, and quietly disappeared under the corridor.

Yu Cong and Cui Yunqing in the study also heard the sound of the gongs and hurriedly opened the door and looked around.

A team of secret service members responsible for protecting important officials of the Qin vassal arrived quickly and guarded Yu Cong and Cui Yunqing.

"What happened?" Yu Cong asked.

"The special service members found that unknown people wanted to sneak in, but they had already escaped." The head of the guard team reported. In the Qin vassal state, civil and military officials. In the fifth rank or above, there were special service departments who specially sent people to guard the post, and special service members followed them when they entered and left. According to different levels, the number of guard teams varies. For example, Yu Cong, the Minister of Personnel and the important officials who participated in the affairs of the Political Affairs Hall, enjoyed the treatment of a team of fifty special service members. However, Yu Cong and other civil and military officials were also very clear that these fifty people were not only the King of Qin's love for them, but not only the honor, but also the team of troops also had other functions. First of all, with the Qin King's special service team, the officials themselves could not be too arrogant to be equipped with guard servants. If they were to be equipped, they could only reduce the number of them, and could not be equipped with military equipment. Another thing, Yu Cong and others actually knew that there might be spies in the Supervision Hall among these guards.

The nine departments of the Supervision Department each have their own duties, but at least three departments can be placed in his mansion.

Jinyiwei, Plum Blossom Inner Guard, Gendarmerie.

In order to ensure the safety of the King of Qin, the Jinyiwei was always on guard against trouble before it happened. He was dispatched at all times to spy on behaviors and remarks that might threaten the King of Qin's power and endanger the Qin vassal. They were the most powerful organization to spy on internal information, and had a huge network, which was specifically responsible for monitoring and spying.

The Plum Blossom Inner Guard has similar responsibilities to them, but their tasks are mainly focused on reconnaissance officials, supervising the people, and collecting public opinion trends.

The military police are specifically responsible to the army.

As the Minister of Personnel, Yu Cong participated in political affairs. In the eyes of the Jinyiwei or the Meihua Inner Guard, he was a key target. Even the Guards can use the excuse of having a guard in Yu's mansion, and can monitor the place at any time.

In addition to this team of special service members, Yu Mansion also had many slaves, servants, coachmen, gardeners, etc. drawn from the Internal Service Bureau. The Internal Service Bureau is not one of the nine bureaus of the Supervision Department, but the people they sent, like the people from the Secret Service Bureau, must have hidden the inspectors of the Supervision Department. But for these people, Yu Cong and others could not refuse. Rejecting them means refusing to accept the supervision of the King of Qin.

Yu Cong was shocked, "Assassin?"

Cui Yunqing also hurriedly said, "Can you send someone to protect Princess Guangde and the others?"

"The female special service team members have been sent to protect the eldest princess and the others as soon as possible." The captain replied with a stern face.

The Second Division of the Supervision Department, Jinyiwei, Yanjing City Daqianmen Branch.

Zhao Xin, the director of the branch, stood up from the chair, threw the report in his hand on the table, and said coldly: "All the records above are true?"

A young man across the table lowered his head, "Return to the chief, every sentence is true."

The leader of the operation team, Lao Liu, asked respectfully: "Director, should you immediately send this news to the Bureau of Investigation and Gongsun Zhongcheng, and ask the Supervision Office to order the six doors to arrest and control all the people in the evidence mentioned by Cui Yunqing and Yu Cong?"

In fact, the greatest responsibility of the Jinyiwei is to collect intelligence internally, to undertake counter-espionage, anti-assassination, anti-riot, and major murder cases. Moreover, like other bureaus in the Supervision Office except Six Gates, they have no right to arrest and interrogate, and they do not have their own prisons. Just as they now have a piece of intelligence in hand, they cannot handle it themselves, so they have to hand it over to the Investigation Department for analysis and summary, and then confirm it and transfer it to the Six Gates of the Supervision Bureau, which is specifically responsible for the arrest and interrogation and detention tasks.

Zhao Xin snorted coldly: "Taishi Cui and Shangshu Yu are both top-notch officials. After so many years of high positions, why are they becoming more and more confused? They have always been the most jealous of foreign ministers in establishing a crown prince. What's more, they are still foreign relatives and are so active. Now they are going to go to war with their eldest son. They are all confused. His Highness, the King of Qin, is just over thirty years old. No matter who is appointed as the crown prince, it will be too early to take over in the future. They die, and the King of Qin is still young, alas."

"I found out today that someone was eavesdropping on Yu Cong and Cui Yunqing. It seemed very professional and was from our industry."

"That must be the Plum Blossom Inner Guard. In fact, this matter is more of their responsibility."

"Director, then do we still need to report to the department?"

Zhao Xin snorted coldly, "Report, of course, report, and make a detailed report later. Write down everything we know clearly. Make two, no, three. One for the investigation bureau, one for the hall, and one for the backup."

Old Liu whispered: "This matter involves so many people, and each of them is a big shot. Should we just let the Meihua Inner Guard break through this? Let's just watch it. Anyway, they know this, and this is mainly their responsibility."

Zhao Xin looked at Lao Liu coldly: "Silly Pig, do you think His Highness Qin hasn't noticed it long ago when it comes to so many big names? Tell you, the person above must have known about this."

"Then why didn't there be any movement?"

"You usually use your brain more. Because it involves a lot and involves a lot, you need to calm down. Either you don't take action. You have to get to the point when you take action. In my opinion, the show is just now, and it's time to watch the show, and it's not time to go on stage. Let's not worry about that much, just do our business well. Remember, our Jinyiwei is specialized in internal intelligence agencies, countering foreign spies and assassins, and other information discovered must be reported without any leakage. As for how the above will deal with it, it is not our business. Your Highness will soon conquer the Bohai Sea. After a while, the vassal will definitely be very lively. We are your highness's eagle and dog. We must look forward to this family well for Your Highness. Do you understand?"

"clear!"
Chapter completed!