Chapter 242: Sweetness
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Zhao Shuo and Qin Ping both nodded, and Zhao Mo knew that this family business was stable. Asking the emperor to give him a marriage was just to add some brilliance to him and Qin Hanzhen, and it was just icing on the cake.
Thinking that his father has been much more honest recently, Zhao Mo doesn't mind giving him some sweetness to taste: "May Dragon Boat Festival, father wants to take the family to take a look?
Zhao Shuo was a little moved. In fact, he has not participated in the dragon boat competition held in the palace for several years. On that occasion, the emperor, the queen mother, and the prince's family will all appear, and those who can get closer to the emperor are all saintly and generous figures. Listening to his son's meaning, he will probably be arranged in a good position, and let outsiders see that he has not lost his position yet, and he still has a good son to rely on!
However, Zhao Shuo couldn't help but feel coaxed when he thought that being close to the emperor would also mean that the emperor would see him. He still didn't let the emperor see his goodness now, lest the emperor be unhappy and see that he was becoming more and more unpleasant, so he gave him a cup of poisoned wine, and then announced to the public that he had died of a sudden illness, and if he did not mention the crime, he would not implicate his son. He believed that the emperor had done this kind of thing!
Zhao Shuo stiffened his face and said to his son: "It's not that I haven't been to the Dragon Boat Festival, what is there to see? It's hot and dead, it's better to stay at home and be comfortable." Your brother is also weak, so it is better not to go to a crowded place, lest the people who are waiting around him be negligent and cause him to fall into the lake. β
Zhao Mo was secretly funny, Zhao Qi was also a few years old, and he usually spoke and acted like a little adult, how could he fall into the lake because of the negligence of the people waiting around him? Unless it was intentional by the people waiting.
He understood that this was just Zhao Shuo's excuse, and he didn't care, and said in his tone: "If the father thinks that the city is too hot and the days are sad, the son has a summer garden on the side of the West Mountain, which has been newly renovated and is quite quiet." You can take your brother and aunts over for a few days to relax. When the son heard that the weather was too hot in previous years, the emperor and the important ministers of the court would move to the palace on the west side of the mountain to live for a while at the end of May and early June. β
Zhao Shuo was interested this time. Being able to have a summer residence in Xishan is a status symbol in the capital! That is not something that can be done with money, and it must be powerful and status. He knew that his son had newly acquired a Xishan property this year, and he had never moved to live in it so far, if he could live in this house, in the eyes of outsiders, would it be regarded as a family with his son again? As long as the emperor did not dispose of him, outsiders should think that he had gained the royal understanding and was safe and sound, right? In the future, as long as Zhao Mo's holy family is not reduced, he will be able to follow him. He doesn't have to say it to others, outsiders will naturally understand the meaning.
As long as he moves away before the emperor moves over. All he was afraid of was meeting the emperor.
Zhao Shuo couldn't help but smile: "Ah, you have a heart." It's not too hot yet, and I don't think about leaving the capital for the time being. When it gets hotter, I can't stand it anymore, and maybe I'll have to stay with you for a few days. He also asked his son with concern, "Do you want to go and live with you?" If his son goes with him, outsiders will be more convinced that he has made a comeback.
Zhao Mo just smiled slightly: "My son still has to deal with the errands ordered by the palace." Moreover, in the summer, it is still unknown whether his son is still in the capital. Maybe by then, my son has already returned to Suning. β
Zhao Shuo hurriedly asked with concern: "What errands does the emperor tell you to do? Can you do it? Do you need help? I still have a few people here, if you are short of people to call for you, just talk to your father." β
How could Zhao Mo open this mouth to him, but he still agreed: "Yes, father." "I don't need Zhao Shuo to persuade him again, but I didn't say anything about borrowing people.
Zhao Shuo couldn't continue to persuade him, and he wasn't sure whether his son was listening to his words and expressing kindness to himself, or whether he was politely refusing in a submissive way. He could only say tentatively: "What kind of helper do you need?" Here, Zhen Zhong is the most experienced and loyal, Jiang Cheng is also a very capable person, Shao Lusheng is a hand in running the industry, and Sheng Er and Rong'er are also quite clever. Whichever one you want, just take it. Then he smiled self-deprecatingly, "I don't need them now." β
Zhao Mo said calmly: "Where is there a shortage of people waiting around my father? If my son is in need, I can borrow two people to run errands." Rong'er is very good, but the son is still idle at the moment, and there is no new messenger for the time being, so it is better to wait for the new messenger to come down, and the manpower is insufficient, so the son will come to borrow someone from his father again. β
Rong'er is not bad, the person waiting in the study is definitely a confidant. Zhao Shuo was still satisfied, so he stopped dwelling on this matter, so as not to provoke Zhao Mo's disgust.
He also wanted to mention the matter of letting his son go to the emperor to intercede for himself, although Ma Meiniang advised him not to mention it more, because as long as his relationship with his son improved, he didn't have to speak, and his son would take the initiative to intercede. He is a father, sometimes he still needs to put on a shelf, and there is no need to say a lot of things, just wait for his son to take the initiative to be filial. But Zhao Shuo has no confidence and no patience now, he can't wait, for fear that his son is still holding a grudge against the past and forgetting to intercede for him. Anyway, he just did a good thing to make his son happy, and in exchange, his son should also do his part. Otherwise, if he is unhappy and makes it more difficult for his son's marriage, isn't it his son who suffers?
Who knows, as soon as Zhao Shuo opened his mouth, before he could say it, Zhao Mo took the first step to speak: "Does my father plan to move to the Liao Wangfu to live for a while?" Zhao Shuo was stunned for a moment, and immediately forgot what he wanted to say before: "What did you say?"
Zhao Mo looked at him calmly: "Although my son lives in the Liao King's Mansion, he can still suppress those subordinates, but after all, my son is only the king of Suning County, not the king of Liao." The prince and the princess are planning to congratulate the queen mother on her birthday recently, and come to Beijing again, most likely for the position of his father's son. At present, the people in the Liao Wang's Mansion are also ready to move, and the son still has to take care of the envoys in the palace, and he has to be busy with the affairs of the fiefdom, so he really has no energy to pay attention to the careful thoughts of those subordinates. If your father moves back, you are the rightful son of the King of Liao, who can still make a ghost in front of you?"
Zhao Shuo's eyes flickered: "What's the use of me moving back? When the princess and princess come, is there still a place for me to stand?!"
Zhao Mo smiled slightly: "But they haven't come yet! If you move over before they arrive in the capital, and make arrangements in advance, whether it is manpower or something else, when the prince and princess come, even if you really have a plan, you can also be wary in advance, wouldn't it be more stable? After all, ...... If they really want to set up another trap to hurt you, I can't convince them that I'm a harmless child, and I'll steal something important from you with two little boys. β
Zhao Shuo understood what he meant. Indeed, if he could make arrangements in the Liao Wang's Mansion in advance and replace his own manpower, then when the Liao King and the Liao Wang's concubine came with their two brothers, all their whereabouts would be under his control. It was much easier for him to plant any forged letters. The trick used by the mother and son of the step-concubine of Liao back then, why can't he use it again?!
Zhao Shuo suddenly perked up: "Yes, I am the prince of the King of Liao, compared to you, acting in that palace is naturally more justifiable." I can also appoint and install all the subordinates, the prince is not in the capital, I am the master of the house, who dares not to listen to my orders?!" As long as there is a son to support him, others will not question it!
But there's one more thing......
He asked Zhao Mo: "I don't have enough manpower, I'm afraid that I won't be able to replace the subordinates of the entire palace." β
Zhao Mo couldn't believe that his father would have such a stupid idea: "Why do you want to exchange your own people? You just need to plant your henchmen in the places that matter. β
Zhao Shuo reacted at this time, and hurriedly coughed: "That's right, I'...... I'm afraid that people from outside will be unreliable. "But think about it carefully, as long as you are not a servant of the Liao Wangfu, and you will not help the husband and wife of the Liao Wang, who are not saintly, it is enough. The people of the Internal Affairs Mansion, are they still afraid that they will go against Zhao Mo's will? It is impossible for them not to know how much Zhao Mo is now highly used by the emperor and the crown prince. Moreover, the people of the Internal Affairs Office, the step-concubine of the King of Liao, could not dispose of it at will.
Zhao Shuo felt a little embarrassed, especially in front of his eldest son, who he had never cared about.
Zhao Mo didn't seem to notice anything, and said: "If the prince sends a letter to ask why you want to move back to the Liao Palace, you will say that because your son is about to get married, the county palace in the capital has not yet been arranged, in order not to delay the big event, you need to start preparing for the wedding first, and the most suitable place is naturally the Liao Wangfu where your son lives." The prince can't refute you, at most, he will reprimand you a few words as an elder, but he can't really drive you out of the palace. β
Zhao Shuo said triumphantly: "That's right, he has already lost his holy family, and his reputation in the capital has been discredited, what confidence do you have to drive people away?!"
Zhao Mo glanced at him and felt a little speechless. However, he quickly lowered his eyes, and when he raised his head again, his expression had already returned to calm: "It's just that father still has to be cautious, even if you have cleaned up the manpower of the kitchen and teahouse in the Liao Wang's Mansion in advance, you can't take it lightly. The step-concubine is used to making a fuss about poison. For the sake of your brother's safety, you'd better not take him with you, lest he accidentally fall for the plot. And the stepmother, she is not convenient to meet with the stepconcubine now, in case they smell like each other and work together to take revenge on you, then it is really impossible to prevent it. β
Zhao Shuo hurriedly said solemnly: "What you said is true, I won't take Xiao San'er with me." If I meet your two uncles and are killed by them, I really don't even have a place to cry!"
Zhao Mo smiled at Zhao Shuo: "Father is really a loving father. β
Asking Zhao Shuo to help prepare for the wedding was naturally just an excuse. Zhao Mo only hoped that the Liao Wang family, who was about to go to Beijing, would attract Zhao Shuo's attention to the past, so as not to cause trouble for him. And Zhao Shuo didn't take Zhao Qi with him, Lan Xue had to take care of her young son, so naturally she had to stay in this house. When the time comes, there is naturally only one Aunt Ma who can always accompany Zhao Shuo by his side.
Zhao Mo said a few more words to Zhao Shuo, and then left. When he went out, he happened to meet Ma Meiniang with a girl and sent a tonic soup to Zhao Shuo, and the two were five or six zhang apart, so they saluted. When they raised their heads, they looked at each other, and both sides quickly looked away, and they had a tacit understanding in each other's hearts. Ma Mei Niang turned around and walked to Zhao Shuo's study on the other side of the corridor without squinting, Zhao Mo walked briskly out of the courtyard along this side of the corridor, and saw Lan Xue standing behind the bushes by the door with a snowy face, staring at Ma Mei Niang's back, her eyes were deep and her jealousy was hidden.
Zhao Mo curled the corners of his mouth, smiled at Lan Xue, and walked away without even saying hello. For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.