The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 281

"My lord, all the officials in the court are impeaching Chen Wanyan, and those officials who are attached to Chen Wanyan have also begun to impeach Liu Ji of the Ministry of Works. It seems that they are eyeing Liu Ji's position. The Ministry of Works has always been a lucrative post with many opportunities to make money."

Lu Wanshan didn't foolishly say everything as Zhou Chu suggested. Instead, he chose to say only what he could say in public. When a leader says there are no outsiders, it's mostly for show. If you take it seriously and spill everything, you're hopelessly stupid.

Clearly, Lu Wanshan's ability to become the Commander of the Northern Garrison shows his wisdom. He chose to keep many things to himself, such as the secrets of the Embroidered Uniform Guards planted in Chen Wanyan's residence. These matters were kept highly confidential, and not only Sun Jiaojiao and others, but even ordinary Embroidered Uniform Guards were not qualified to know them.

After hearing this, Zhou Chu did not answer immediately, but took the tea from Chunlan and rinsed his mouth.

"Let Chen Wanyan make a scene, the bigger the better, the more out of control the better."

Zhou Chu had no concept of the Dao.

Hearing this, Han Yuan'er immediately realized that something was amiss. Combining this with her father's recent actions, she realized that she had been used by him.

After figuring this out, Han Yuan'er became a little angry. She was angry because her father couldn't just say what he wanted to say to her directly, and instead had to beat around the bush like this. However, Han Yuan'er also knew that in her father's position, every move he made was being watched by countless people.

Although Han Yuan'er didn't know what was going on, she knew that Zhou Chu probably hadn't really lost power. After figuring this out, Han Yuan'er's eyes lit up, and she was genuinely happy for Zhou Chu.

Judging from the appearance, the man in front of him is still the powerful commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, but he has chosen to lie low for the time being.

As for Sun Jiaojiao, she didn't think that far ahead. Although she vaguely realized that things weren't so simple, she didn't think as clearly as Han Yuan'er, since her perspective was far inferior to Han Yuan'er's.

Shen Qing, however, didn't think as much as the other two. After all, Shen Qing knew nothing about the political situation; all she knew was that these things had to be kept secret.

The reason Zhou Chu said this in front of them was that he knew the three of them would keep it a secret. Han Yuan'er and Sun Jiaojiao were both daughters of officials and noble families, and they knew what they could and could not say.

As for Shen Qing, there's even less need to say more; he never utters words he shouldn't.

Moreover, Zhou Chu wasn't afraid of these words being spread by them; if they were spread, someone would have to believe them.

On the contrary, Sun Jiaojiao and Han Yuan'er were very touched at this moment, especially Han Yuan'er, who felt that Zhou Chu treated her as one of his own.

"Chunlan, have someone prepare the dishes."

After saying this, Zhou Chu turned to look at Sun Jiaojiao and Han Yuan'er.

"Since you're here, why don't you stay for a meal? It's been over a year since we last met."

Zhou Chu smiled.

In fact, this is not in accordance with etiquette. In this era, even when visiting someone's home, men sit at one table with men and women sit at another table with women. In many places, women do not sit at the table at all.

However, Zhou Chu didn't care much about these things. Apart from the few people who raised his horses, no one else in the Zhou family knew anything about what happened there.

Moreover, many daughters of officials are not actually that particular about rules. Rules are often the biggest constraint on ordinary people and wealthy families; the higher the status, the less constrained they are by the rules.

Han Yuan'er and Sun Jiaojiao were not very rule-abiding either. In fact, it wasn't just the two of them; many daughters of officials and noble families were like that. As long as they didn't do anything too outrageous, no one would say anything unless they went too far and ruined their reputation.