After hearing my inner thoughts, the ancestors in the Dream of the Red Chamber went berserk.

Chapter 306 I Own a Saltworks

When Zhen Chenyao thought of the message his elder sister had sent, his heart ached. People are all made of flesh and blood, and he was her own brother. How could she be so heartless!

The Seventh Prince was also somewhat surprised that he could use his own nephews and nieces; he was indeed that kind of person.

The seventh prince pondered in his heart,

"Even if I believe you, what can you do? What is Jia Hu anyway? Killing Jia Hu is nothing to talk about, especially since you haven't even killed him yet."

They don't just accept anyone who wants to surrender; they don't accept just anyone.

Zhen Chenyao sat up straight and smiled smugly.

“I own salt fields.”

"Second Master is back. How did things go? Did you reach an agreement?"

Zhen Chenyao returned to the room and dismissed the servants. When Madam Zhen returned, she immediately asked him what was wrong.

"Why don't you pour me a cup of tea?"

Zhen Chenyao sat down first.

Seeing his reaction, Madam Zhen understood and smiled as she poured tea and handed it to him.

"You know I'm anxious, yet you still tease me."

Zhen Chenyao smiled upon hearing this:

"That's just a way of teasing Madam; it's really too much of a waste of breath to talk to that Seventh Prince."

"Can this work out? I've only heard that the Seventh Prince has a volatile temper. Will he betray us? Can we trust him? If I had known, I would have just risked going directly to the Sixth Prince."

Madam Zhen was getting a little anxious. She had a close friend who was with her husband in the capital. They would occasionally talk about the princes when they corresponded. The seventh prince did not have a good reputation in the capital.

Zhen Chenyao reached out and pulled the Second Madam Zhen, who was pacing back and forth.

"Sit down first, what's the rush? I'll go, how could this not work out?"

"That's great!"

Madam Zhen Er then laughed, and after sitting down, she complained:

"My husband is really something."

"Haha, the matter has been initially agreed upon, but the Seventh Prince is indeed difficult to talk to, and we can't directly contact the Sixth Prince," Zhen Chenyao said with a smile.

"Since we've gone through all this trouble, it would be better to ask my friend or my father's student to deliver a letter to the Sixth Prince."

"This matter is of great importance, and we must be careful. If this letter falls into the hands of others, how will we conduct ourselves?"

"Father is still alive, and it's not time to completely break ties yet. We in the palace can deliver the letter directly to the Sixth Prince, but that would expose our ultimate trump card."

Zhen Chenyao took a sip of tea, his expression darkening, and continued:

"Our secret allegiance to the Sixth Prince is a gamble; the people in the palace are our escape route."

Madam Zhen was still somewhat uneasy.

"My husband, let's do this..."

“This is the right thing to do. I am also protecting the Zhen family and us. My father and his family are stubborn and do not realize how young my nephew is. How could he possibly defeat a prince who has already come of age?”

And why should my eldest brother be able to make the decisions, and my eldest sister be able to show favoritism to the extreme, while I cannot be the head of the Zhen family?

When Madam Zhen recalled her sister-in-law's message, her eyes welled up with tears. "Why?" she thought. She had never thought of gaining anything by relying on her sister-in-law's status. How could her sister-in-law be so heartless as to use her son as a favor? They were both her own nephews, how could she do such a thing?

Seeing his wife's eyes redden again, Zhen Chenyao knew she was thinking about that day again. He sighed and took her hand.

"Alright, don't overthink it. That matter has already been postponed. Since they're heartless, don't blame us for being ruthless too."

Madam Zhen recalled the smug looks on her elder brother and sister-in-law's faces in the hall that day, and she gripped her husband's hand tightly. Her husband was right; they were the ones who were unrighteous and heartless first.