As for Emperor Zhou’s plan, Long and the others knew it when the court meeting was held the next morning.
At the meeting, Emperor Zhou was much angrier than when he just heard the news the previous day.
Then, sure enough, he ordered the crown prince to come back.
At the same time, Zhou Suye was sent over.
Besides, another fifty thousand troops were ordered to leave with him.
At the meeting, Fang expressed his agreement. He said Emperor Zhou was wise and wished Zhou Suye a triumphant return.
The fourth prince Fang’s behavior was highly praised by the ministers.
Emperor Zhou also seemed to be very satisfied with Fang’s reaction, so he also praised him.
The ministers all looked at each other, as if thinking of something.
After Fang returned to the mansion, he discussed it with Long and Shi.
Long said, “It’s not unexpected, but we can guess whether the crown prince will come back obediently.”
After thinking for a while, Fang said, “Does he have the guts to defy the emperor’s order?”
Long touched his chin and laughed. “It’s hard to say. When a person gets angry, he’ll easily lose his mind, so it’s really hard to expect how he will choose. I hope he will not come back. Then we won’t bother to deal with him.”
Shi looked at Long. “If he doesn’t come back, the two of them will fight at the border, but they won’t kill each other, will they?”
“It is not necessarily true.” Long touched his chin and smiled. “It depends on how the crown prince loses his mind.”
Shi was slightly stunned. Then, he suddenly said, “If someone helps him lose his mind…”
Long smiled. “Right. Qingzhou, you’re so smart. I believe Liu Suifeng and the others will definitely help him!”
They would definitely help him… Fang also laughed.
“The death of either of them will be good for us.”
“No, no.” Long shook his head. “The one who’ll be killed can only be the crown prince, not Zhou Suye. Otherwise, Emperor Zhou would go crazy and we wouldn’t have a good life.”
Shi also nodded. “Yes, only the crown prince can die.”
Fang patted his forehead. “I didn’t think about it carefully.”
Long smiled. “It’s okay. Practice more later.”
After a while, they finished talking.
When Long and Shi were sleeping at night, the Shadow Guardians who were responsible for the business outside went to meet them again. Although Zhou Suye had left, his trusted followers contacted them.
Long ordered the Shadow Guardians to act according to the plan. Later, he pulled his empress to the bed… and they made love.
Shi didn’t turn him down.
In the next few days, the imperial city was quite peaceful.
Fang went to attend the court meeting as usual. He just showed appropriate concern for the border affairs and didn’t make any suggestions.
All the ministers in the court paid much attention to the border.
Emperor Zhou was also very concerned about it and the reports about the border were sent to the palace frequently.
On this day, it was a little cold.
Long and Shi put on their coats when they went out.
Shi said, “Wang Qi is doing well. Do you think we should take the next step?”
Long shook his head. “No hurry. Let’s wait and see. We still have a lot of time now.”
Shi thought for a while and said, “Wait until the dust settles down at the border?”
“That’s not necessary, but we still need to give the crown prince some time.”
Shi stopped saying anything and just nodded.
Long gently held Shi’s hand, but they didn’t dare to act too intimately.
After all, they were on the street and they wouldn’t be exposed.
They changed their outfits at another place and then went to Wang Qi’s.
There were not many people at that place, but Wang Shu was there. When he saw Long and Shi coming over, Wang Shu immediately greeted them.
“Brother Lin, here you are.”
Long nodded. “Mhmm. We came to take a look. Where is Wang Qi?”
“He investigated that businessman and got some results. Now he’s watching that guy closely.”
Long lowered his head. “How is it?”
Wang Shu was a little hesitant and looked bad. “Not good.”
Long raised his eyebrows. “What happened?”
“In the beginning, we didn’t find any problems, but after in-depth investigation, we found that there were problems in all aspects of that person. Especially his private life, it’s really… disgusting.”
“What?” Long’s eyes flashed with worry. “So something may go wrong with that manager.”
“Yes, my elder brother said the same thing last night.”
Long looked at Shi. “We’re free today. Let’s check it out.”
Shi nodded. “Yes, let’s go. If there is any problem, let’s just solve it today.”
Long smiled and pointed to himself. “We’ll go together?”
Shi looked at him. “Of course.”
Long smiled and held Shi’s hand. “Alright, let’s go.”
The two of them left the house.
When they got to the place, Wang Qi was very surprised to see them. “What brings you here?”
Wang Qi asked in a low voice because he was keeping watch on a house.
The house should belong to the brother-in-law of that logistic manager in the imperial garden.
To be precise, he was just the brother of that manager’s concubine, so he wasn’t the manager’s legal brother-in-law.
Long also lowered his voice. “How is it going?”
Wang Qi explained the situation in the past two days.
Long said softly, “It’s like this. This is so bad.”
“Yeah.” Wang Qi nodded in agreement. “Countless people have been dead because of him, but he bought them all, so others can’t blame him. Even the government can’t find an excuse to punish him. Moreover, he’s quite sociable. Most of the officials here, big or small, have been bribed by him.”
“That’s the case…” Long looked at Shi. “Qingzhou, when do you think we should take action?”
Shi thought for a while and said, “Right now.”
Wang Qi was very surprised to hear that. “Right now?”
“Yes.” Long agreed with Shi. “It’s a good timing. We can eliminate him without worrying about being exposed. However, it’s better to find out how much evidence he has. He manages to get along with so many people. If we can get the evidence, it’ll be good for Fang Shuoyang.”
Shi was not surprised that Long thought of this so quickly, so he nodded and said, “That’s right.”
“Well, let’s split up,” Long said.
Shi also nodded. “Okay, the two of us will be together. Wang Qi, you’ll go kill him.”
Wang Qi nodded. “Yes.”
With the decision, they wouldn’t waste any time.
It was just an ordinary house, so it didn’t matter if they took action at night.
Led by Shi, Long soon reached the door of the study.
They went in and there was no one inside. Its owner was in the front hall at the moment.
Long wasn’t as capable as Shi when it came to searching for things.
Therefore, Shi was responsible for it.