The Emperor wanted his imperial father to get up from the ground and see what his beloved son was doing.
For the throne, he had no scruples, dared to cooperate with anyone, and didn’t care about Daliang and the people.
The Emperor quickly calmed down.
Looking at Zhuo Jun, he asked again, “Do you know who the people of Prince Jin and the previous dynasty are in the court?”
Zhuo Jun had been prepared for a long time and took out a piece of paper from her sleeve.
“This is the list that Prince Jin gave to me before coming to the capital. I can’t tell whether these people are Prince Jin or the previous dynasty. I can only be sure that there are problems.”
The Emperor took the paper from the eunuch and looked at it, and the anger in his eyes became even worse.
He didn’t expect that many important official positions would be infiltrated by Prince Jin.
And this is only a part. With Prince Jin’s temperament, it was impossible to hand it all over to Zhuo Jun.
In addition to the people of Prince Jin, there must be remnants of the previous dynasty hidden in the court.
The more the Emperor thought about it, the angrier he got. His father was getting older and more confused in the two years before his death.
Many of the people on the list that Prince Jin brought out were promoted by the previous emperor during his reign.
These people once showed that they were neutral or had surrendered to him.
After he came to power, he saw that these people were indeed talented, so he kept using them.
Unexpectedly, these people were secretly Prince Jin’s people.
Of course, he didn’t believe Zhuo Jun completely. He would have people check one by one and deal with them after confirmation.
The Emperor asked again: “Have you seen the treasure map in your mother’s secret compartment?”
Zhuo Jun took out a piece of paper from his sleeve again: “I secretly copied it at that time.”
The Emperor took the paper and looked at it again, and at the same time took out a piece of animal skin from the desk and compared them together.
Only then did he realize that the two maps were not the same, but needed to be combined to be a truly complete treasure map.
If a person got one map alone, he would think it was complete, act it would be useless.
When Xiao Yuanshi presented the treasure map before, the Emperor felt that it was too easy to find.
It turned out that it was divided into two parts, one for the princess of the previous dynasty and one for the general who held military power in the previous dynasty.
If one of them was captured or in trouble, it would be useless for the others to get the treasure map, and it would be impossible to find it.
Only when the two of them are together can the real treasure map be combined into one.
Think about it, the princess of the previous dynasty should be the only royal bloodline left in the previous dynasty because the Emperor and all the princes of the previous dynasty were killed by his father.
The imperial family of the previous dynasty still wants to restore the country, of course, they must support someone with royal blood.
The princess cannot be the Emperor, but the son she gave birth to can be.
The imperial family was also afraid that the general would revolt after coveting the treasure, so they only gave half of the treasure map.
The princess also had the imperial seal and the hidden connections left by the previous dynasty.
Only when the two sides come together can they play the greatest role?
Otherwise, there was no hope of restoring the country if one side relied on it alone.
This treasure was also the key.
How to recruit soldiers without money?
The imperial family of the previous dynasty was good at calculating, and they made so many arrangements before destroying the country.
The Emperor asked Zhuo Jun again: “Did you deliberately expose your identity in front of Xiao Hanzheng, and then guess that he would come to report to me?”
Zhuo Jun smiled bitterly: “It is true that I deliberately exposed it, but I am not sure whether he will report to Your Majesty. I just think he is a smart man and there is a great hope that he will report it.”
“I am surrounded by people of Prince Jin, and my every move is basically under their watchful eyes, so I can only put my hope on Xiao Hanzheng.”
She also chose Xiao Hanzheng after observing and testing for a long time.
First, she found that Xiao Hanzheng was a very smart and talented person, and secondly, he was also a man of affection and righteousness, which can be seen from his attitude towards his wife and family.
Lastly, Xiao Hanzheng was the only person she met who could meet the Emperor alone. Because Xi Rong, the Emperor’s niece, could ‘build a bridge’.
To get rid of Prince Jin’s control and to take revenge, she started planning after the imperial examination.
She deliberately showed hostility and dislike to Xiao Hanzheng’s wife.
She heard that Shi Qingluo was very smart and had a good relationship with Xiao Hanzheng.
She didn’t look like an ordinary village woman when she met her that day.
It was said that women will have a very accurate sense of those who miss their husbands, so she did so.
Sure enough, Shi Qingluo must have felt it and then told Xiao Hanzheng.
Only then did Xiao Hanzheng test her.
Because she found Xiao Hanzheng observing her that day, she deliberately took the opportunity to turn to Xiao Hanzheng, and also to make it easier for him to find out that she was a woman.
And she was sure that the Emperor had someone bring her into the palace very gently today, instead of arresting her directly for interrogation, it should be Xiao Hanzheng’s suggestion when he found something wrong.
This man was really smart and reacted very quickly.
No wonder the Emperor wants to use him.
The Emperor believed this. Since Prince Jin wanted to use Zhuo Jun to control her, he would have someone watching her all the time.
Zhuo Jun was only a third-place winner and went to the Hanlin Academy. He had no chance to approach him alone.
So he couldn’t report these things to him.
If Zhuo Jun was replaced by another person and made such a plan, it would fail in nine out of ten cases.
Only Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng would react so quickly, feel something was wrong, and then test it and secretly report to him.
This also proves that Xiao Hanzheng and his wife were his lucky stars.
It must be said that Xiao Hanzheng was powerful, but Zhuo Jun was not bad either.
It was a pity that she was a girl. Otherwise, if she gets out of Prince Jin’s control in the future, she will be a figure.
The Emperor pointed to the treasure map: “Is it enough to find the place for this thing, or do you need something to open it?”
Zhuo Jun answered truthfully: “I found a special big key in my mother’s secret compartment, so I suspect that it may be necessary to open the treasure.”
The Emperor asked: “Did you get that thing?”
Zhuo Jun shook her head: “I was afraid of being exposed, so I didn’t dare to take it.”
This was within the Emperor’s expectations: “Then you took the initiative to expose and expose these things now, what else do you want besides revenge?”
He didn’t think Zhuo Jun did so much just for revenge.
“For freedom, I don’t want to be a knife in their hands anymore.”
“I only ask that the Emperor can give me freedom in the future and let me live as a woman.”
She was a woman, but she was forced to dress as a man, endure the painful training to disguise herself as a man, and take medicine every month.
She also wanted to wear skirts and jewelry, put on powder and rouge, and use perfumes that women liked without covering up.
So she hated her current identity.
And to get rid of all this and restore her identity as a woman, only the Emperor could help her do it.
After coming to the capital, she has been inquiring and observing the Emperor.
She found that this Emperor was indeed a wise monarch with a broad mind, and he should not use her and then kill her.
Of course, no one can guess the king’s mind.
If she was killed, she would accept it. At least she will no longer be controlled and cannot have her ideas. What’s the point of living?
It was worth it to avenge her father and herself.
After all, if she relied on herself, it was impossible to deal with those two people.
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