Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

At this point, a hint of mockery appeared in Chu Jinsheng's eyes.

"My dear second brother, does he really think that I am sincerely cooperating with him?"

If he needed to find someone, he would definitely send his subordinates to do so, but none of his subordinates had ever seen what Wang Zheng looked like.

If my guess is correct, he will definitely draw a portrait of Wang Zheng and have his men search for him based on the portrait.

You should quickly send people out to inquire in the city and see if anyone has been looking for someone with a portrait in the past two days.

If there is one, write down the name of the person in the portrait. If I'm not mistaken, the person in the painting must be Wang Zheng.

"Take the portrait back, find a good artist, and have dozens of copies painted. Then have our men go door-to-door, openly and honestly searching for them."

Chu Jinsheng sneered.

He doesn't hide his intentions when looking for people; he does it openly and honestly.

Once he had dozens of portraits in his hands, he could openly search for the person, and he would be faster than the Second Prince. He wanted to see whether he or Chu Jingrui would find the person first!

He had already made up his mind. If he found Wang Zheng first, he would detain him. Even if Chu Jingrui asked, he would pretend not to know anything and would not admit that he had the person in his hands.

If Chu Jingrui finds Wang Zheng before him, then he will follow the agreement he made with Chu Jingrui and work together to deal with Xie Moyao first.

This move of his allows him to both attack and defend.

Chu Jinsheng was quite satisfied with his plan.

The mistress nodded, said nothing more, and quickly left the room.

After going out, he called over a few more people, gave them a few instructions, and then they hurriedly left the inn, while Xiao San continued to guard outside the room.

Inside the room, Chu Jinsheng remained seated in a chair the entire time, occasionally glancing up at the window. When he saw the heavy snow falling outside, his eyes sparkled with excitement.

"By the way, has any news come in about what's happening outside the city? How's it progressing?"

Hearing his question, Xiao Wu nodded slightly and whispered:

"Your Highness, everything is normal outside the city. We have been receiving news every day since they left, and we also send people out to check."

I heard the progress is going very smoothly; the thing Miss Ji found is indeed very useful.

They've been working hard to get it done, first collecting the raw materials, then making semi-finished products, and slowly testing them to see how effective they are.

If all goes well, the finished product should be ready within ten days.

"Within ten days." Chu Jinsheng slowly repeated the sentence, his fingers tapping on the table, his face cold.

He was feeling a bit irritated. Damn it, he had already urged Ji Yunyao and her men to speed things up, so why did it still take ten days!

These days, he has been staying at the post station and rarely goes out. It is said that things are calm in Liancheng.

But his intuition told him that beneath the calm surface, undercurrents were surging.

He always felt that danger lurked everywhere in Liancheng, which is why he had his men speed up the production of that thing during this period.

His main power base is in the capital, and he didn't bring many people with him this time, as the capital is thousands of miles away in the northwest.

Even if he sent a message back to the capital and asked someone to bring people over, it would probably be too late.

Moreover, since the capital was right under his father's nose, his father would be aware of any unusual movements made by his subordinates.

Thinking about all this, Chu Jinsheng felt increasingly agitated.

His father disliked him and favored Chu Jingrui, so he was restricted in his actions in the capital, and even the actions of his subordinates were under his father's control.

This feeling is just too awful.

Feeling a surge of turmoil and frustration, Chu Jinsheng shook his head, trying to regain his composure.

"I understand. Ten days. I will wait for ten days. If they still can't figure it out within ten days, tell Ji Yunyao that she doesn't need to come back alive."

He kept Ji Yunyao around in the first place to find out how to make the bomb. Now that the bomb is almost ready, there's not much point in keeping her around, so he should get rid of her.

It's rather unpleasant to constantly associate his status as the eldest prince with an exiled criminal.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu hesitated, as there was another matter in the message from his subordinates that concerned Ji Yunyao. He hadn't yet decided whether to tell the First Prince.

As he hesitated, Chu Jinsheng, having received no response for a while, impatiently turned his head and looked at him. He happened to see Xiao Wu's hesitant expression. Chu Jinsheng frowned and said impatiently,

"Speak your mind. Why are you beating around the bush? I'm telling you, whatever the news is, tell me everything in detail. Don't hide anything from me!"

Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, see how I deal with you!

What's wrong with Xiao Wu?

Ever since he came here with the exiled group, he has always been hesitant and indecisive in doing things.

All these years, he's been by the side of the eldest prince for nothing, and he hasn't developed any courage at all. If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Wu is easy to use, he would really like to replace him directly.

It's not like we haven't tried before; we brought a mistress to our side, but the mistress was never as convenient as the fifth one.

He had no choice but to lift Xiao Wu up again.

Xiao Wu was still hesitating whether to tell Chu Jinsheng what he knew, but after hearing Chu Jinsheng's reprimand, he no longer hesitated.

She stepped to the side, stood in front of Chu Jinsheng, and whispered the message she had received last time.

"Your Highness, besides the progress of that matter, there is another matter that I need to report to you regarding the news that came from outside the city."

"What exactly is it? Why are you stammering? Can't you just say it all at once? Xiao Wu, you should change your personality. You've been by my side for so many years, what storms haven't you weathered?"

It's such a small matter, and you're hesitating like this. I'd be ashamed to say you're my eldest prince's personal bodyguard!

I'm warning you, show me your spirit! Don't embarrass me in front of outsiders!

Xiao Wu sighed helplessly. He wanted to stand tall and speak out loud about it, but he couldn't say it out loud.

If outsiders find out, the Crown Prince's reputation will be ruined!

His Majesty would be furious if he knew.

Hopefully, the Crown Prince will remain as calm as he is now after hearing what he said.

Ignoring the First Prince's insults, Xiao Wu paused, took a deep breath, and said, word by word:

"Your Highness, this matter concerns the second young lady of the Ji family..."