Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Chapter 128 The same information

The chief leader paused, a look of reminiscence flashing in his eyes. "The local government launched several sieges, but those women beat them back and drove them away. They were completely defeated and had no choice but to seek help from the imperial court!"

"The Prime Minister at the time was Li Nian. He accepted bribes from local officials and sent a group of people pretending to be the women of Lotus Village. They went around burning, killing, and looting, creating public opinion and making it impossible for them to gain a foothold among the people!"

"As for the common people, they naturally wouldn't think too much. Many people were killed by the imperial army, so they hold a grudge against the women of Lotus Village. If anyone from Lotus Village shows up at the foot of the mountain, the common people will take the initiative to report them!"

"Over time, the women of Lotus Village had no room to maneuver, and the people refused to listen to their explanations! At this time, Li Nian sent troops up the mountain to encircle and suppress Lotus Village!"

"They also captured a member of their village. Under severe torture, the woman willingly became a spy and an insider. With the help of both inside and outside forces, Lotus Village was ultimately destroyed!"

"Your Highness knows everything that happened later!"

After listening to the chief leader's introduction, Zhou Chuxuan fell into deep thought, and then said, "Chief leader, do you have any evidence from that time?"

The chief leader shook his head and said with a smile, "Your Highness, this is a dead end! No one can prove the origins of that mysterious group. Even Li Nian has no evidence of sending people to impersonate the Lotus Village! However, if Your Highness really wants to prove it, why not go to the west of the capital? Lotus Mountain happens to be within the territory of Qingzhou!"

"The Qingzhou governor from back then is still in Qingzhou. If Your Highness can find him, perhaps you can get some information out of him! But, you must act quickly! There are definitely people in the court who don't want Your Highness to succeed!"

"Since Your Highness has several major transactions with our Tongfu Inn, I can give Your Highness a piece of information for free. Not long ago, someone also came to trade for information about Lotus Village!"

"who is it?"

Zhou Chuxuan immediately became alert.

The chief leader shook his head, a smile on his face. "Your Highness, our inn has its own business rules. We are open for business, and we don't ask about the reason or identity of our guests! However, we must at least ensure the privacy of our guests!"

"We cannot reveal this!"

Zhou Chuxuan nodded when he heard this. He knew that this was the rule of Tongfu Inn and could not be forced.

However, since someone has already inquired about this news, Tongfu Inn will definitely not hide the secret from the other party. In other words, the information that person received is exactly the same as theirs.

Then he will also go to Qingzhou to look for the previous governor!

"Thank you, Chief!"

The next morning, Zhou Chuxuan knocked on Murong Xue's door early in the morning: "General Murong, come out quickly, there is something important that I need you to do!"

Murong Xue rubbed her sleepy eyes, opened the door, and looked up at the sky: "Your Highness, it's just dawn, what are you going to do?"

"You must set off now, ride your horse and rush to Qingzhou!"

"Qingzhou?"

Murong Xue shook her head, forcibly dispelling her sleepiness: "What happened?"

"Everything I want to tell you is written on this piece of paper. You can read it slowly on the way!" Zhou Chuxuan said, and directly stuffed a piece of paper into Murong Xue's arms.

"It's urgent, get going quickly!"

In less than a cup of tea, Murong Xue had packed up and left the mansion on horseback. Su Qiaoer just came out with breakfast in her hand. "Your Highness, where is Sister Murong going? How come she didn't even have time for breakfast?"

Zhou Chuxuan took a steamed bun from Su Qiaoer's plate, stuffed it into his mouth, took a big bite, and said vaguely: "Qiaoer, you eat first, I have to go out for a while!"

"Eh? Your Majesty, why are you all leaving?"

Zhou Chuxuan didn't bother to explain too much to Su Qiaoer and ran all the way to the East Palace alone.

"Hey? Isn't this our King Xiaoyao? Why, how come you have time to come to the East Palace today?"

The two guards in front of the door also used to work under Zhou Chuxuan, but they were two opportunists. Knowing that Zhou Chuxuan was now a powerless and idle prince, they naturally mocked him.

Moreover, these two people often followed Yang Li around, and developed an extremely arrogant attitude. No matter who they looked at, they looked down on them.

"Go tell your Crown Princess that I'm waiting for her at the Wanhua Teahouse!"

Zhou Chuxuan left after saying a few words.

"Haha, I never thought that the once glorious prince, who finally got rid of his stupidity, would become a useless person now! Alas! What a pity!"

"Let's go and report!"

"Are you crazy? He's nothing. His Highness has already given us instructions. We don't have to be nice to him! Why are we still reporting to him?"

"I think you're crazy! Don't you remember? As long as someone comes to see the Crown Princess, no matter what the matter is, as long as we report it, we can get five taels of silver! That's five taels of silver!"

"Yeah, damn it, how could I go against silver?"

"Isn't it?"

About half an hour later, Xu Hanyan appeared in the No. 1 box of Wanhua Teahouse as scheduled, and saw that Zhou Chuxuan had been waiting for a long time.

"Why did you suddenly come to the East Palace to look for me? Don't you know that Yang Li is keeping a close eye on me right now?"

Zhou Chuxuan pushed a cup of tea over, his face serious. "Have you noticed that Yang Li hasn't mobilized any troops in the past two days? Or is there something strange?"

"Something strange?" Xu Hanyan took a sip of tea, her eyes flickering with surprise. "There is something strange. Yesterday, he was fiddling with something in the room and didn't fall asleep until midnight!"

"He got up very early today and was busy in the backyard, as if he was getting ready to go out!"

"Where is he now?" Zhou Chuxuan became nervous when he heard that.

"When I left, he was still in the backyard. I don't know what he was doing!" Xu Hanyan thought for a moment and said softly, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Go back now and help me hold him back! No matter what method you use, you must hold him back for me! Don't let him leave the capital!"

Looking at Zhou Chuxuan's nervous expression, Xu Hanyan realized that something big must have happened. Without asking Zhou Chuxuan anything more, she put down her teacup and left.

When she rushed back to the East Palace, she happened to meet Yang Li who was going out. She immediately covered her stomach and slowly squatted on the ground, moaning.

"Ouch, ouch..."

Yang Li's expression changed, and he quickly loosened the reins in his hands and stepped forward to support Xu Hanyan: "Madam, what's wrong with you?"

"I...I feel sick! No, don't go. Can you stay with me for a while?"