Chapter 1910: Chapter 1907: Marquis of Ande

Unexpectedly, the Marquis of Ande has such a bold spirit.

Minister Qi looks down on the Marquis of Ande, but he is more concerned about Chu Heng’s intentions.

He squinted his eyes and began organizing all the victims’ information.

It wasn’t until evening that he finally figured out the identities of eighty percent of them.

By candlelight, Minister Qi studied carefully and discovered traces of something.

Many victims seemed to have had some connection with the Deng family’s eldest young master?

The Deng Family?

Minister Qi narrowed his eyes, stroked his chin, and suddenly thought of something.

With some bitterness: "So this is Chu Heng’s scheme, wanting to see my Qi family and the Deng family tear each other apart while he sits by and watches?"

Yet, one must admit, Minister Qi was quite tempted.

Even knowing that Chu Heng was using him, yet purposefully revealing this news to him.

But even if he knew, he wouldn’t refuse.

The reason is simple; now that Consort Deng is favored, the likelihood of Imperial Concubine Qi Zhao Yi being implicated in the palace is quite high, especially seeing Emperor Xuanming clearly favoring Consort Deng.

He dared not underestimate the influence of the pillow talk in the Imperial Harem.

Especially after a series of setbacks, the Deng family’s current arrogance upon recent favor is something he despises, although he won’t allow them to step on him.

Dealing with the Deng family is necessary, but he will also be wary of Chu Heng.

Especially with the chance of him siding with Prince Rong.

Especially today’s court session, where Elder Zhong, who always remains neutral, blatantly favored Prince Rong, Minister Qi held back his anger, unwilling to tolerate Chu Heng becoming an ally to Prince Rong too.

"Summon someone."

Minister Qi called over a servant to instruct his men to investigate the Deng family’s actions; it would be foolish not to grasp this leverage.

Early the next day.

At court, Chu Heng reported to Emperor Xuanming about the Salt Certificate and medicinal herbs records.

He had submitted the proposal yesterday.

But he hadn’t received any response from Emperor Xuanming.

All he knew was that Emperor Xuanming was summoned to the Imperial Harem by Consort Deng after the morning court session yesterday.

Chu Heng heard this anomaly through Xiao Tianhao, feeling emperor’s excessive favor towards Consort Deng doesn’t align with Emperor Xuanming’s nature.

Xiao Tianhao also had similar suspicions, but every time he reported to Emperor Xuanming, he couldn’t detect anything unusual.

The possible reasons are that Emperor Xuanming might be contemplating actions or has genuinely developed feelings for Consort Deng?

As long as Emperor Xuanming’s health is fine, he had no reason to voice his thoughts, guesses remain guesses.

Yet, he remained relentless in locating the Lover Gu.

News from the sisters Bai Lan and Bai Yao indicated that the Lover Gu disappeared into the hands of a Southern Border subordinate in the capital, but Xiao Tianhao has been tracking him for days without any leads.

Especially since this person vanished after Bai Lan met the real Consort Yun at the Princess’ Mansion.

Due to the inability to find the Lover Gu’s whereabouts, Xiao Tianhao became even more anxious.

Not even the palace was spared; he couldn’t find any signs there.

Back to the matter at hand.

Chu Heng presented Emperor Xuanming the feasibility of cultivating medicinal herbs, especially now with potatoes and high-yield rice crops enhancing crop production for the commoners, and the court’s tax revenue increased by half more than previous years.

With a guarantee of food abundance, the significance of medicinal herbs is self-evident.

Especially now with not low prices for medicinal herbs.

Chu Heng directly showed researched data and examples to him.

After Emperor Xuanming finished listening, he asked other officials present.

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