Jackie Chan's Son-in-Law

Chapter 89 Fighting
To make contact with the White Lotus Sect without encountering any major problems, Chen Qing and Master Gu needed to discuss many things beforehand. Therefore, the two of them had a private conversation in the study for almost half an hour before leaving one after the other.

At the door of the study, Gu Pan had been waiting for a while. When she saw the two people come out, she looked at Chen Qing and sighed silently: "Will the Zhenfu Division no longer suspect that Dalang has ties with the White Lotus Sect?"

Chen Qing said with a smile, "We've pretty much cleared things up by today's visit to the Zhenfu Division. Even if the Zhenfu Division investigates the White Lotus Sect again, they probably won't be able to trace it back to us."

Gu Pan nodded, then sighed: "The White Lotus Sect is too rampant in the North. They dare to operate like this right under the emperor's nose."

"otherwise."

Gu Pan handed the tea to Chen Qing, looked at him, and said, "Xia Ji is too eye-catching. Why don't we stop working on it in the capital for now and pick it up again when we return to Huzhou?"

Chen Qing quickly shook his head and said, "If we quit, but the White Lotus Sect keeps printing this stuff, that would be really bad."

As he spoke, he looked at Gu Pan and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Pan'er, I know what I'm doing, nothing else will happen."

At this point, Chen Qingqing cleared his throat, coughed, and said seriously, "Soon, this matter will come to an end."

He was about to say a few words of comfort to Gu Pan when Xiao Yue came running over. After getting closer, she first bowed to Master Gu, then winked at Chen Qing: "Young Master, the young prince is here. He said he has something to discuss with you at the door!"

Chen Qing hummed in agreement, stood up, looked at the three of them, and coughed lightly: "I'm going to talk to the young master for a bit, I'll be back soon."

After saying that, he strode outside.

Master Gu also stood up and said, "Let's go out and greet the young master as well."

Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "The young master probably won't come into the courtyard. You can just wait for news here."

After saying that, he quickly walked out.

Gu Pan stood beside her father, watching Chen Qing's back, and sighed softly: "Father, Da Lang seems to be adapting to life in the capital very quickly."

Miss Gu said quietly, "He can also speak the Beijing dialect, and he speaks it very well."

Master Gu seemed to sense his daughter's thoughts and said quietly, "He is from an official family, so it's not surprising that he can speak Mandarin."

"Zizheng is a decent person and won't do anything outrageous."

Gu Pan nodded, then sighed, "I don't really feel comfortable staying in the capital."

“When we go out to buy things, sometimes people can’t understand what my daughter is saying.”

"This is simple."

Master Gu forced a smile: "When Zizheng has some free time, I'll have him teach you Mandarin."

Gu Pan glanced at her father's expression, then at the direction Chen Qing had left, and suddenly frowned slightly.

"Father, what are you hiding from me?"

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In a private room on the second floor of a teahouse on Xuanwu Street.

The chubby boy sat across the table from Chen Qing. He looked at Chen Qing, then down at the tea on the table. After pouring Chen Qing a cup of tea, he sighed softly, "Chen Qing, the people from the Zhenfu Division have contacted you, haven't they?"

Chen Qing nodded, took a sip of tea, and said with a wry smile, "You gave me quite a fright."

The chubby boy tilted his head back and drank the tea in one gulp, just like drinking alcohol.

"What's so scary about the Garrison Command?"

He frowned and slammed the teacup down on the table: "I was really startled when I entered the palace!"

"His mother..."

The chubby boy started to utter a curse word, but suddenly stopped, abruptly shutting up.

He looked at Chen Qing and said in a low voice, "You don't know, when I went to the palace today, His Majesty actually said the same thing you said at the dinner table yesterday."

"That's terrifying!"

He patted his chest, still feeling lingering fear.

"If His Majesty uses this as an excuse to make trouble, it's not just about losing my position as heir apparent; my elderly father will likely be implicated as well. My parents might not blame me much then, but my younger siblings will definitely want to tear me apart!" Upon hearing this, Chen Qing froze on the spot, only recovering after a long while. He lowered his voice and said, "Then it's most likely Commander Shen..."

"I think it's him too!"

The chubby boy angrily said, "Damn it, even if Yi Luan Si asks him a question, can't he say something nice? Does he have to say every single word?"

The Prince of Zhou took another sip of tea, shook his head, and said, "I used to think Shen Long was a good person, someone I could be friends with, but now it seems he's just so-so!"

He looked at Chen Qing and continued, "From now on, Chen Qing, you must not associate with him anymore!"

Chen Qingshen agreed and nodded.

This Prince Jiang then spoke with Chen Qing about matters in the palace, before suddenly reaching out to pour Chen Qing a cup of tea and saying, "Chen Qing, be a little more quick-witted. I have something I'd like to ask you."

Chen Qing nodded: "Your Highness, please ask. I will answer to the best of my ability without reservation."

The chubby boy lowered his voice and roughly recounted what the emperor had told him to Chen Qing. Then he whispered, "It's been a rule in our Great Qi for nearly a hundred years that members of the imperial family and princes are not allowed to participate in politics. This has been the rule for the past hundred years. My main purpose in coming to the capital this time is to visit my grandmother. I plan to return to Bianzhou after the New Year. I never expected to get any job in the capital."

At this point, his expression turned strange: "Today, I heard from my elder brother that he seems to intend to keep me in the capital to serve. This is truly bizarre."

"I can't figure out what my elder brother is thinking."

He looked at Chen Qing and asked, "Could you give me your opinion? Is my brother testing me, or does he truly intend to break with ancestral traditions?"

Chen Qing thought about it carefully for a while, then poured tea for the chubby boy and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, I think there are two possibilities regarding this matter."

The chubby boy's eyes lit up: "You're so quick-witted! I can only think of one. Tell me quickly, tell me quickly!"

"The first possibility."

Chen Qing said quietly, "His Majesty has only recently assumed personal rule, and now is the time for him to compete with the officials in the court for power. He may want to use the heir apparent to test the attitude of the civil officials in the court."

"Let's see how fierce their opposition is, and let's see if there are still people in the court who are not convinced by His Majesty."

The chubby boy nodded and said, "I guessed that too. My brother probably meant it that way, using me to compete with those big-headed scholars."

As he spoke, he looked at Chen Qing and asked, "What's the second possibility?"

Chen Qing looked around and lowered his voice again, so that only the two of them could hear it.

"His Majesty told the Crown Prince that there are too few members of the Jiang family in the capital, and if things go wrong, the Emperor might be in danger. That's why he considered appointing the Crown Prince to a post. I think it's very possible that His Majesty said such a thing..."

Chen Qing said in a low voice, "His Majesty has already had one accident during this period."

"Nothing happened."

Chen the eldest son's voice was barely audible: "But it still aroused His Majesty's vigilance, so he wanted to change the current situation of the weak imperial clan in the capital."

Upon hearing Chen Qing's words, the chubby boy's teacup hovered in mid-air, motionless for a long time. He looked up at Chen Qing, his expression one of utter shock.

"If that were truly the case, how come there wasn't a single whisper of it..."

Chen Qing shook his head: "That's not something I can know."

The chubby boy stood there, stunned, for a long time without moving.

While the two were drinking tea and exchanging information at the teahouse, a handsome young man arrived at the entrance of the Gu family's residence.

The young man searched all the way to Master Gu, and only after seeing Master Gu did he respectfully bow and pay his respects.

"Master Gu, my name is Yan Cong."

"He was recruited by Young Master Chen Qing to work in the Master's bookstore."

Master Gu looked him up and down, then stood up without making a sound.

"Okay, I'll take you to the bookstore now."

"Get familiar with the job."

(End of this chapter)