Xiao Hanzheng thought carefully.
“There must be some people left by the late Emperor, but more of them should be those subdued by Prince Jin through various coercion and inducement.”
“I suspect that most of these people have leverage in Prince Jin’s hands.”
Otherwise, as long as they were not crazy, they should know that it was safer to choose the Emperor.
Of course, some people were not satisfied in the court and naturally wanted to cling to Prince Jin’s thigh.
If Prince Jin succeeds, they can also “ascend”.
Shi Qingluo thought about it, and it was right: “Indeed, Prince Jin is not a good person. If inducement doesn’t work, coercion will work.”
“Didn’t he want Zhuo Jun to do that to you before, to use it as leverage for inducement?”
Suddenly, the housekeeper knocked on the door.
“Master, Master Zhuo wants to see you.”
Shi Qingluo was stunned. This was a case of talking about the devil.
Xiao Hanzheng nodded: “Let him in.”
Shi Qingluo asked with a smile: “Do you want me to leave?”
Zhuo Jun came over, probably wanting to let Prince Jin’s people see that she came to win over the couple.
Xiao Hanzheng held her hand: “No need.”
Soon, Zhuo Jun was brought in by the housekeeper.
Xiao Hanzheng smiled lightly: “Henglong is here, please sit down!”
Zhuo Jun greeted Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo: “Jinyu, sister-in-law!”
She then said to the two people following behind her: “You go down first, Brother Jinyu, and I have something to talk about.”
The two didn’t want to leave, but Zhuo Jun said so, so they could only leave with a gloomy face.
Shi Qingluo found that the people around Zhuo Jun not only monitored her but also had a very arrogant attitude.
They didn’t take Zhuo Jun seriously.
After the two left, Shi Qingluo asked the housekeeper to bring her goose.
With the goose and its harem guarding, the two people could not eavesdrop.
Or if there were secret guards eavesdropping and monitoring, it could also be discovered by the goose.
Her goose not only has a keen sense of perception but also a strong sense of smell.
The young husband tried it before, whether it was someone standing still on the roof or squatting outside the window, the goose could find them at once.
After the housekeeper left, Zhuo Jun stood up.
She bowed to Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo: “I am sorry that I used you before because I wanted to achieve that goal. I apologize to you here.”
Although she had no choice but to do this, she was sorry to Xiao Hanzheng and his wife.
Xiao Hanzheng said: “There is no need to mention the past.”
Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo didn’t say anything about forgiveness.
Even if they felt that Zhuo Jun was brave and resourceful in doing this, they were indeed used by her, so it was impossible to say that it didn’t matter.
If it didn’t matter, what would happen if Zhuo Jun used them again in the future?
They didn’t believe everything Zhuo Jun said, and they had to see after contact and cooperation.
However, Zhuo Jun’s apologetic attitude now still made the two of them feel comfortable.
Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, at least she seemed to be a good person and had a positive attitude.
Zhuo Jun could hear what Xiao Hanzheng meant, and she did not mention the previous matter again.
She had her difficulties, but it didn’t mean that they had to tolerate and forgive her.
It would be great if she could come in and work together in the future.
Soon, Daidai brought his goose wives in.
He first rubbed against Shi Qingluo and then took the geese to patrol around the living room.
Zhuo Jun was stunned.
She heard before that Shi Qingluo raised a very impressive big black goose, and it was indeed different when she saw it today.
Shi Qingluo smiled and said: “My goose will be here to guard it, you can say whatever you want.”
Zhuo Jun was stunned, smiled, and nodded: “Okay, sister-in-law.”
The hostility and dislike she had towards Shi Qingluo before were gone, replaced by a kind of appreciation.
There was still some envy in her heart.
She was envious of Shi Qingluo for being able to live so freely.
But it was just envy, no other thoughts.
As for Xiao Hanzheng, she could not deny that she admired such a man.
But she was not interested in someone else’s man.
And before she got freedom, she would not consider emotional matters, that would only be a stumbling block.
Shi Qingluo naturally noticed the change in Zhuo Jun’s expression towards her.
The main point was that she didn’t feel that kind of dislike again this time.
She couldn’t help asking: “Have you learned to express and restrain emotions?”
Zhuo Jun didn’t hide it: “Well, I have learned to express and restrain emotions freely since I was 4 years old.”
So when she pretended to be hostile and disliked Shi Qingluo before, the other party also sensed it.
Shi Qingluo didn’t sympathize with Zhuo Jun, because she felt that such a woman did not need sympathy.
She smiled: “Then you are very good at this, and it is also a skill.”
Zhuo Jun nodded and smiled: “Well, no matter what, what you learn is always your own.”
Although she suffered a lot, she did learn and practice it.
The two chatted together, and suddenly Daidai screamed and jumped out of the window.
“Ahhh!” Then several men screamed.
Zhuo Jun couldn’t help but show surprise when she saw this: “Your goose is too powerful.”
She studied medicine and deliberately sprinkled a kind of powder with a not-very-strong smell on the two people around her. She could smell it as long as she was not far away.
Just now, she suddenly smelled the smell of the powder and judged that someone was hiding under the window and eavesdropping.
She was still thinking about how to remind Xiao Hanzheng and his wife to be careful when talking, but who would have thought that the goose found it and jumped out fiercely?
Her close follower was also good at martial arts, but he screamed like this, and he must have been bitten by the goose.
Shi Qingluo looked proud and chuckled: “That’s why I said, with my goose here, you can talk with confidence.”
Zhuo Jun had heard a lot about Shi Qingluo before, and except for that meeting, it was also the first real contact.
She found that Shi Qingluo was indeed very special, with a straightforward and honest personality.
Of course, if she thought Shi Qingluo was the kind of person who could only speak directly, she guessed it would be very wrong.
From childhood to adulthood, the people around him either like to intrigue or use all kinds of twists and turns.
Zhuo Jun liked someone as frank as Shi Qingluo, at least it was not so tiring.
Zhuo Jun smiled and said: “Then I am completely relieved now.”
She continued: “I haven’t sent the news yet. I may come to your house to disturb you occasionally occasionally to show those people.”
“Send the message back in a few days, as you said in the palace.”
She didn’t hide anything in front of Shi Qingluo. Since Xiao Hanzheng asked Shi Qingluo to sit here, it meant that the of everything.
She didn’t say this just now because she was afraid that someone would eavesdrop suddenly, but now she was relieved.
Xiao Hanzheng nodded: “It’s right to be cautious.”
He asked curiously: “How do they arrange for you to go to Northern Border? Are you going to be transferred to be the county magistrate, or to the North City?”
Zhuo Jun replied: “I will be the county magistrate in Lin County where you are serving so that we can contact you at any time.”
This was within Xiao Hanzheng’s guess: “That’s good, it’s convenient for us to act.”
Zhuo Jun nodded: “I will tell you any news I have here in time.”
Xiao Hanzheng smiled: “Thank you!”
Zhuo Jun thought for a while and reminded: “By the way, Prince Jin likes to use the beauty trap the most, so you must be careful when you go to the Northern Border.”
Xiao Hanzheng said, “Thank you for reminding me, I will.”
Shi Qingluo asked curiously: “Since Prince Jin likes to use the beauty trap so much, does he have a woman he likes around him?”
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