Chapter 378 Making up for One's Mistakes

If this is a real pursuit, it doesn't mean that you really can't catch up.

But what if we catch up?

Regicide was a major crime against the nine clans, and Zhou Shao knew the stakes involved. Once he was really unfavorable to Chu Qinghuang - if he was lucky enough to succeed, he would be in the hands of King Xuan.

If he couldn't succeed, Chu Qinghuang would never let go of the Zhou family.

Moreover, after spending just one day with Chu Qinghuang, he had already vaguely understood that Her Majesty, the youngest and only empress in the history of Xiqi, was by no means as incompetent as the rumors said.

He cannot bear the crime of regicide, nor can he bear the crime of rebellion.

So starting from today, he must cut off his relationship with King Xuan.

Zhou Shao was silent for a long time, then turned around and walked out of the room, giving an order: "Withdraw all the spy agents sent out. The assassin responsible for the assassination canceled the mission and escorted Miss Chu back to the capital instead. No mistakes should be made."

When the subordinates present heard this, they were all shocked: "Young Master?"

"Follow it." Zhou Shao glanced coldly, "If you want to keep the Zhou family, you will cut off all contact with Uncle Qin's house from now on, and no one will be allowed to act without permission."

"yes!"

Zhou Shao walked into the courtyard, looked back at the attic, his eyebrows darkened, and he regretted what he said to Chu Qinghuang yesterday.

A woman like her probably hates other people's flattery the most.

But you can make up for it.

"Asui." He said calmly, "Did the oral message from Uncle Qin say that Her Majesty the Queen wants to borrow money from Dongling?"

"yes."

"How much to borrow?"

"I'm not sure." Asui thought for a while, "I heard that the treasury has no money. Her Majesty the Queen wants to borrow 10 million taels of silver, but it's hard to say whether Dongling will borrow it."

Zhou Shao was silent.

The Xiqi treasury is indeed short of money, even for many years. Every year, taxes are collected to make up for the various gaps. It is a great pressure for the soldiers in the military camp to replace a batch of sophisticated weapons and armor——

Of course, part of the military pay allocated from the treasury to the military camps was embezzled by Ling Ancheng. Although some were confiscated from the house, Ling Ancheng was in charge of the military in those years, running the affairs from top to bottom, traveling between the DPRK and China, and the Ling family members were extravagant, extravagant and wasteful. Got a lot of money.

The same goes for other powerful families. The unspent money can be copied out, but the money that has been spent cannot be taken back.

So the treasury is very tight.

If he could solve the Queen's urgent need...

Zhou Shao thought like this and already had a plan in mind.

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Chu Qinghuang didn't know that Zhou Shao's attitude had changed drastically after just one night.

The reason why she hurried on was not only because she didn't want to stay and deal with Zhou Shao, but the most important thing was to find out the intentions of the prince of Yan Kingdom. As for the Zhou family, she didn't pay much attention to it yet.

Traveling day and night like this, it took another six or seven days to reach Xiqi.

The journey was surprisingly smooth, and no one with a blind eye encountered any obstruction, robbery or assassination. Chu Qinghuang rode into the imperial city, and the informants of the major princes got the news and reported back to the palace in time.

"What?" King Xuan Chu Tiankuo stood up suddenly, his face dark and angry, "Chu Qinghuang is back?"

Prince Xuan's palace informant replied: "Yes. I just saw the queen entering the city gate and heading towards the palace."

Chu Tiankuo gritted his teeth: "Zhou Shao is a loser! You can't handle such a small thing, and you still dare to call yourself the youngest head of the Zhou family?"

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

"Everyone has returned, what else can we do?" King Xuan said coldly, "Tell your men not to act rashly."

"yes."

In Prince Ling's Mansion, Chu Tianling also received news that Chu Qinghuang had returned to the palace: "She came back by herself?"

"There are only a few guards accompanying me."

Chu Tianling was sitting in the study, holding a file in his hand, his eyebrows dyed with a deep color: "Did she receive some news, or was she trying to make something mysterious?"

Jian Cong drove to Tangling in a light car. They took a detour on the road to get rid of the following eyes, but arrived at Tangling a few days earlier than they expected.

According to the original plan, since I recognized the Regent of Dongling as my father, I should have stayed in Dongling for a while longer when I went to visit the Emperor of Dongling and borrow money on the way - at least I should have waited for the Emperor of Dongling. It is the most basic etiquette to come back after the birthday.

But judging from the speed at which Chu Qinghuang came back, she probably didn't even wait until the end of February.

Is it because I couldn't borrow the money, or is there another reason?

Chu Tianling frowned deeply. Dongling and Xiqi were far apart, and even the fastest intelligence could not send back accurate news in time.

Therefore, it is impossible to judge the inside story at the moment.

After returning to the palace, Chu Qinghuang spent half an hour washing, bathing, changing clothes, taking a short rest, and another half an hour enjoying a sumptuous meal.

Then she ordered Yuan Bao: "Send the order to summon King Rong, King Ling, King Xuan, and Chu Xuanyi to the palace to discuss matters."

"yes!"