When Qin Hanzhen heard the news of Zhao Mo's coming, he was immersed in painting, and he was still a little incredulous: "Is it really Cousin Zhao who is here?"

Baiqiao smiled and said yes repeatedly, so she hurriedly packed up her paintbrush, washed her hands, and went to change her clothes and comb her hair. Lianshi combed a single screw bun for her, and only inserted two pearl hairpins on it, although it was quite in line with her usual dress habits, but she felt that it was too simple. Lian Rui watched from the side, and quickly took out a small jewelry box with ebony inlays, opened it for Qin Hanzhen to pick, but it contained a little cuiduo treasure step hairpin, which was a little too gorgeous. In the end, Feng'er took a head flower with jade petals inlaid with rice beads and stamens and pinned it to Qin Hanzhen. Qin Hanzhen hurriedly wiped a little rouge on his lips and was about to rush to the main courtyard.

When I went out, I met Zhao Mo head-on.

Zhao Mo held a box in his hand and said to Qin Hanzhen with a smile: "Cousin, today's clothes really foil you, and the begonia red looks whiter for you." ”

Qin Han really couldn't help but touch his face, thinking that it was really not wrong to change into this brighter clothes, at least Zhao Mo felt good when he looked at it. She smiled and said to Zhao Mo, "Cousin Zhao, this is just coming from the main courtyard? I heard that you are here and are about to go over." ”

Zhao Mo said: "I have already asked my uncle and grandma to say goodbye, and now I have come to see my cousin." I got a good thing, keep it for myself, but it's a waste of it, it's better to give it to my cousin, so as to live up to the treasure. ”

Qin Han was really curious: "What is a good thing?"

Zhao Mo walked into the house with a smile, Qin Hanzhen hurriedly followed, watched him walk to the table and sit down, carefully opened the wooden box in his hand, and showed it to her.

Qin Hanzhen glanced at the wooden box and found that it was an inkstone, the color was quite special, green and green, some looked like jade, but it was definitely not jade. The inkstone is an irregular trapezoidal shape as a whole, most of the right half is shallow and concave, but it is generally flat, the concave side is shallowly carved with some patterns of hillside houses, below the hillside, is a faint water pattern, just connected with the texture of the inkstone itself, as if ten thousand waves, the oblique top is also according to the stone pattern, carved some looming peaks, clouds. This is an extremely delicate inkstone.

Qin Hanzhen took a closer look a few times, took it in his hand and touched it, and looked at Zhao Mo with some surprise: "Is this Tao Yan?"

Gansu Tao inkstone, is the four famous inkstone with the least reserves, the most difficult to mine a kind of inkstone, I heard that after the Song Dynasty has been cut off. Nowadays, in addition to the palace and the high gate of the family, there is still a Tao inkstone, and it is almost difficult for the people to see its figure. Qin Bai has a Tao inkstone, which was given by the emperor after returning to the capital. He cherishes it very much, and usually refuses to use it, only when he writes some important articles, or wants to paint a picture and give it to a friend who values it very much, he will sacrifice this treasure inkstone. Qin Hanzhen had seen and touched it before, but he had only used it once, and he had only written dozens of words. With Qin Bai's love for his granddaughter, it can be seen that he cherishes this Fang Taoyan.

I didn't expect Zhao Mo to take out a Tao inkstone now, and said that he would give it to Qin Hanzhen.

The more Qin Hanzhen thought about it, the more pleasantly surprised he became: "Cousin Zhao, where did you come from, do you really plan to give it to me?"

Zhao Mo smiled and put the inkstone box in Qin Hanzhen's hand: "Since I said it to you, how can it be fake? This is the emperor's reward for me." It just so happens that this Tao inkstone is very good for calligraphy and painting, and my cousin practices painting every day, so I simply gave you this Tao inkstone, so I can make the best use of it. ”

Qin Hanzhen happily accepted the inkstone, thought for a while, and said, "Then it should be borrowed from me by Cousin Zhao." Just tell me when you need to get it back. She couldn't put it down and played with the inkstone, and she didn't have the slightest idea of taking good things for herself.

Zhao Mo just smiled: "Since it was given to you, how can it be said that it was borrowed from you? If I really need it, I ask my cousin to borrow it, and it's the same. ”

Qin Hanzhen glanced at him with a smile: "Actually, it's not the same, it's just that the name is different." But with Cousin Zhao's friendship with me, the name or something, it doesn't matter at all. Anyway, we'll use this inkstone together in the future. ”

Zhao Mo's ears turned red, and he agreed with a smile.

Qin Hanzhen played with the inkstone for a while, then covered the inkstone box and carefully put it away. She let Feng'er serve tea, and then stood by the door, not allowing anyone else to approach, so she sat down opposite Zhao Mo and asked him, "How can the emperor reward you for such a good thing for no reason?" and then lowered her voice, "What evidence did King Ninghua find out from there?"

Zhao Mo nodded with a smile and asked her, "I heard that my cousin met King Guangchang twice?

Qin Hanzhen originally wanted to ask about the situation on King Ninghua's side, but since Zhao Mo asked about King Guangchang, she first told everything she knew, and then said: "I suspect that King Guangchang may have been interested in Miss Su for a long time, but for some reason, he didn't come to the door to propose, but instead wanted to promote her marriage with Cousin Zhao." But I think it is impossible for Princess Guanghua to crash into the carriage of the Cai family last night for no reason, and King Guangchang also kicked him in disguise as a guard. I'm a little worried, they're eyeing the military power of Yunyang Hou again. ”

Zhao Mo smiled: "Naturally, it is the Marquis of Yunyang." The Marquis of Zhenxi has now lost his military power, and the imperial court has not made any arrangements for the future official position of the Marquis of Zhenxi. Yun Shuai's side has always been indifferent, and he still refuses to let go. The Marquis of Yunyang is not only in charge of the city guards, but also the sons and nephews of the family are all over the country, and there are even people who serve in the palace. If you can get the support of Yunyang Hou, what is Zhenxi Hou? Don't look at the fact that Zhenxi Hou and my father are fighting hotly now, and it seems that they are about to move on King Ninghua's plans. Without military power, he is nothing more than a paper tiger. The emperor is jealous of him, and now he is even more disliked, and it is still unknown whether he will arrange for the prince of Zhenxi to take charge of the military in the future. It is also human nature that King Ninghua wants to find another more secure help. ”

Zhao Mo secretly wondered in his heart that King Guangchang had such thoughts about the eldest granddaughter of Zhenxi Hou, no wonder he would run to the capital at the risk of being discovered, and also use his father's name to pretend to be a little servant to see him. I'm afraid that this is because King Guangchang knew that his brother intended to promote the marriage between the eldest granddaughter of the Marquis of Zhenxi and himself, and he was unwilling, so he wanted to come to see him, right?

In fact, what is this? King Guangchang is the same as him, and he and his brother King Ninghua are only different in age and order, but their identities are actually the same. What is so difficult about asking for a marriage in front of the queen mother and the emperor? Why should he sit back and watch his brother marry his sweetheart, but he himself does not say a word, except for risking to go to Beijing to meet the so-called "rival in love"? A coward like him, let alone any admiration or liking. If it was him, Zhao Mo, he would never allow anyone to snatch the girl in his heart, let alone personally promote this matter. What's the difference between that and cutting his own heart with a knife? He doesn't have a penchant for self-harm.

Zhao Mo slandered the King of Guangchang in his heart, and said to Qin Hanzhen: "The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yunyang Mansion is also of marriageable age, so she should not be married yet, right? If it is the daughter of the Cai family, then in terms of family background, it is indeed much stronger than the eldest granddaughter of Zhenxi Hou. On the side of Zhenxi Hou, now that the military power is falling, if you don't have to worry about the influence of Zhenxi Hou's father and son on the old department of Shuzhong, I am afraid that King Ninghua will deliberately give them away. "The reason why we want to promote the marriage between the eldest granddaughter of Zhenxi Hou and him, the king of Suning County, is just to use people completely.

Qin Hanzhen snorted: "Sister Cai should not have decided yet. The daughters of their Cai family heard that they got married relatively late, and they usually don't leave the cabinet until they are eighteen years old, so they are not in a hurry to set a relationship for their daughters. But what kind of person is the Marquis of Yunyang? He is deeply trusted by the emperor, and he has real power in his hands, and he is in a high position, so what kind of in-laws do you want to find for his daughter? Which green onion is King Ninghua and King Guangchang? Even in the clan, they are not outstanding figures, how can Marquis Yunyang look down on them?" After a pause, she couldn't help but glance at Zhao Mo with a smile, "If it is King Suning instead, then Marquis Yunyang will be willing." ”

Zhao Mo was stunned for a moment, and then glared at Qin Hanzhen angrily and funny, but unfortunately the eyes were not very shocking, but seemed to be disgusting: "Cousin Qin, don't talk nonsense, I am only willing to marry a girl as a wife in my heart, and other people, no matter what family background and appearance, I will not take it seriously." Even if Yunyang Hou likes me, I will refuse politely!"

Qin Han really covered his face and smiled embarrassedly, then raised his head with a blushing face and said, "I shouldn't have said that, I'm sorry." ”

How could Zhao Mo really care about her? Zhan Yan smiled, and accepted her apology, and the two continued the original topic.

If King Ninghua has the heart to win over the Marquis of Yunyang and wants to promote the marriage between his younger brother King Guangchang and Cai Yuanzhen, the daughter of the Marquis of Yunyang, then letting his princess "crash" Cai Yuanzhen's carriage is probably just an excuse for the two parties to have a chance to get acquainted with each other. Although it is not clear why Princess Ninghua approached Cai Yuanzhen in a way that was likely to anger the Cai family, she subsequently proposed to invite Cai Yuanzhen to participate in the spring banquet she held, which should be for the purpose of deepening the friendship between the two parties. It's a pity that Cai Yuanzhen first had a bad impression of Princess Ninghua, and then Qin Hanzhen sowed discord from the side, and now the former has no desire to make friends with Princess Ninghua, and if King Ninghua and his wife want to achieve their own goals, I am afraid it will be more difficult.

In this regard, Zhao Mo also gave Qin Hanzhen a thumbs up and praised her for doing a good job.

Qin Hanzhen just had a flash of inspiration at that time, and casually said a few bad words about Princess Ninghua. But it would be a surprise if he could destroy King Ninghua's trick by mistake. It's just that she still doesn't understand: "What is King Guangchang doing there again? He is really not afraid of being recognized." Although Miss Su didn't know his true identity, the clues were actually very close, but she didn't know that he was using a fake name, so she didn't guess it. King Guangchang went to Beijing, and I don't know if Zhenxihou knew about it. If he knew that King Guangchang had such a relationship with his granddaughter, he didn't know what his plans would be. ”

Zhao Mo's expression was a little subtle: "Zhenxi Hou may not have any plans...... He wanted to marry his granddaughter to me, but he had another purpose, not just to make a granddaughter the princess of the county. ”

Qin Hanzhen hurriedly asked: "What is the purpose? Actually, I have long felt strange, you have a bad relationship with your father." King Ninghua, they just win over your father, why do you have to calculate your marriage?"

"The reason is simple. Zhao Mo looked at her meaningfully, "Because I'm the king of Suning County." ”

Qin Hanzhen was stunned, and didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

Zhao Mo smiled slightly: "Because I am Suning, the king of the county." ”