Never divorce, never stop getting rich

Chapter 153 Han Zhi’s Grievances

Moved? They already have a child, but can she say that? Wen Chun could only stare at the eldest princess without saying a word.

"Don't look at me with those eyes of yours, I can't help but want to kill you." The eldest princess seemed to have thought of someone, and pushed Wen Chun out with disgust on her face. Wen Chun fell to the ground and lay limp for a long time.

The eldest princess stood up, turned sideways and stopped looking at Wen Chun, and said in a cold voice: "Don't think I don't know your little tricks. Don't think you can hide the death of the people I sent.

From now on, I don't need you to stay in the Marquis' Mansion. When Fu Zichan died, there were still many mineral deposits that we had not discovered. There are many mineral deposits in Tangguo, but very few are privately owned or have not been used. I don't want these things to fall into the hands of others.

You don't have to do anything now. Your current task is to find the location of these mineral deposits."

Wen Chun buried her face in her hands, not wanting the Grand Princess to see her expression. But her anger and resentment still threatened to burst out.

In fact, he had long since given up hope for this woman. She casually controlled his life, his very being, and even ruined his childhood.

He had had enough. He had been willing to endure it in the past only because of their blood relationship, but now he had someone more important...

But now is not the time to break up.

"Wen Chun, I allow you to take some of the people in the pavilion with you. However, from today on, you are not to interfere in the affairs of the pavilion anymore. I will let Elder You temporarily take over the position of Young Pavilion Master. You concentrate on finding mineral deposits for me. Do you understand?"

This was like getting rid of the donkey after it had done its work. The people present were obviously extremely uneasy, and felt that the Young Pavilion Master had been stabbed in the back, so they looked at Elder You with dissatisfaction.

Elder You didn't shy away from it, even raising an eyebrow at Wen Chun in a rather conspicuous manner. The Assassin's Pavilion originally belonged to the Grand Princess, so it was his duty to work for her, and he had nothing to feel guilty about.

Wen Cun was not surprised. He had expected this day to come since he had failed in many missions. However, he was worried about what would happen to Qian Qiansui once he was transferred out of the capital.

The Grand Princess will definitely not stop there. This time, she suffered huge losses. Almost all the small officials with real power were dismissed. Those vacant positions were either taken advantage of by the royal family or by the empress.

After everyone in the room was driven out, Princess Qingping came over to pay her respects. The eldest princess looked at her daughter, who was so young, graceful and beautiful, and felt very satisfied.

"That guy doesn't seem to have been here recently?"

Princess Qingping knew that she was talking about Wen Sitan. It seemed that this man had gradually disappeared since the competition. He rarely returned to the Princess's Mansion, let alone the Duke Wen's Mansion. He spent the whole day in the academy practicing swords and guns. It was said that he wanted to take the exam to become the number one martial arts champion.

"I haven't really paid much attention to it. Lately, I've been out and about with my cousin, and I've been tired since I came back. I've rarely opened any letters, and I've let the maids around me handle many of the less important ones."

After hearing this, the eldest princess was in a very good mood.

She took her daughter's hand and said, "That's the way it should be. Just ignore those who are irrelevant to you and avoid getting yourself into trouble. Your cousin has been your best friend since childhood, and he naturally wants to be closer to you when he returns to Beijing this time. Don't miss this opportunity..."

Princess Qingping lowered her eyes and nodded shyly.

But those hidden eyes were cold and calm, full of calculation.

The title of Crown Princess was something that neither her mother nor she could give up.

The Empress must be the happiest one when the Grand Princess fails.

She completely isolated those people in the court who had unclear sides and were politically ambiguous from all subsequent assignments.

Slowly, she began to cultivate her own team in an open and aboveboard manner. With the Maritime Customs Office and the money that Qian Qiansui earned from foreign trade for Tang State, the empress now had the courage to implement orders that she had been hesitant to implement because she did not have enough money, despite all objections.

The desperate obstruction of the Ministry of Revenue and the strong opposition of the royal family were all because they were unable to hold the empress back financially, so naturally there was no way to restrain her.

With the downfall of the Grand Princess's subordinates, the chain reaction spread, leading to the resurfacing of many old cases. The one that infuriated the Empress the most was the case of the Imperial Guards' ineffective rescue of the Emperor, which led to Han Zhi's dismissal and disability.

"Are these memorials really true?"

Because of the princess's marriage, Prime Minister Pei had a very good impression of Panshi Academy. He felt that the people in the academy were not only loyal and brave, but also very humane, and should not be wronged because of this.

"I've checked, and everything matches up. Although some witnesses have been silenced, there will definitely be clues left behind. The Dali Temple's Junior Official has similar ideas to mine.

Even if this matter implicates the late emperor, we should not allow loyal officials to suffer injustice or let good generals feel disheartened."

The empress took a deep breath and felt her head starting to ache again. If it was just an ordinary wrongful case, she would just overturn the verdict.

But this matter obviously involved the late emperor, and it was even said that the assassination was a farce deliberately staged and acted by the late emperor in order to kill the empress himself.

To a certain extent, not only was Han Zhi not wrong, but he also deserved a reward because he ignored the late emperor's obstruction and risked his life to protect the empress!

But the bad thing is that the late emperor is dead. If she reopens this case, the late emperor will definitely lose face, and the royal family will also take advantage of the issue to cause even bigger trouble. The eldest princess will definitely muddy the waters, and it is not certain whether Han Zhi can survive.

"Summon the people up here."

She cannot admit the mistakes of the late emperor, nor can she give him big rewards openly, but in private, the empress must not be stingy. This is the way of being a monarch.

Han Zhi had been waiting in the imperial study since early morning. At first, he thought it was because of the Panshi Academy, but the longer he waited, the more he figured it out. After all, he had once been the commander of the Imperial Guard. Did he really not understand the late emperor's hint back then?

But there are things that should be done and not done. He had long since given up on overturning the verdict, but he just felt guilty about his confidant for so many years.

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

"I'm sorry for what happened to you back then, General Han."

There is nothing that cannot be said, even if you are wronged.

But the empress's ambiguous words made Han Zhi burst into tears.

He kowtowed fiercely, and said with a trembling voice, "I am not wronged."

The empress sighed and said, "Are you still willing to serve in the army or return to the court as an official?"

The only compensation the empress can think of at the moment is power and money.

Unexpectedly, Han Zhi actually knelt on the ground and shook his head decisively.