Chapter 545: Brilliant Ambition
Not necessarily he would do this, this kid is a very smart man, and his swordsmanship is so good that even my imperial sister is quite fond of him, and even I heard about his feat at the dinner that day, which can be regarded as a big face for my brother. β
Empress Zhao smiled and said, "This matter is not as serious as you think, the current Shen family firm is no longer the Shen family firm when Shen Sanqian was in charge in the past, on the surface, it seems that there is no wind and no waves, but in fact, once Shen Sanqian dies, we can push the boat to bring the firm under the supervision of the royal family and become a veritable imperial businessman." β
Wei Jing pondered for a moment, and then said: "But this kid is very rebellious, but he listens to Zhang Yan's old woman very much, I'm afraid this matter will not be so easy to solve." βγ
Empress Zhao said: "There are more unruly men, generally this kind of man eats soft and not hard, anyway, he is now my imperial sister's apprentice, and he is also half of our Zhao family, then we will give him a taste of sweetness, what do you think?"
Wei Jing was silent for a moment and said, "There is one more thing I want to tell you, this kid and Long Fusheng are born because of Ziluo...... That is, the matter of your illegitimate sister is in the Heavenly Maiden Residence, and you don't have any thoughts about it?"
"This palace naturally knows about this. Empress Zhao smiled softly, "Don't think about it, this matter must have something to do with my dear uncle, he wants to use Ziluo's slut to win over the illegitimate son of the Shen family." β
"Why did Lord Xiao win him over?" Wei Jing couldn't help frowning.
"It's an old account that can't be calculated. Empress Zhao said with a gloomy face, "Ziluo's mother...... That woman not only seduced my father, but also secretly gave birth to Ziluo, a who should not be there, and Prince Xiao has a deep affection for that woman...... Until the death of that woman, he continued to shelter that little, even at the cost of breaking with our family. β
"Does Prince Xiao have the heart to rebel?" Wei Jing was taken aback.
Empress Zhao smiled and said: " He is a person who is not easy to control, knows too many secrets that should not be known, and has too many thoughts that should not be had, although he seems to be just an idle prince now, it does not mean that he is different from before, and he does not use any help for the war between the north and the south that we are about to face, but if he joins forces with the Shen family, plus the old bastard of the king of Lanling, it is not ruled out that he will overthrow His Majesty's regime, how many times there have been martyrdoms and civil wars in our Zhao family, you don't know, this is already something that cannot be solved by cutting the domain...... And I can't allow that to happen again. β
Although Empress Zhao's voice was calm, the deep coldness in her tone was like an ice needle piercing Wei Jing's heart one by one, making his back soaked in cold sweat.
Although Empress Zhao's narrative is so, Wei Jing knows in his heart that what happened back then was actually like this.
Now the reason why there is this Miss Ziluo, who is known as the first beauty of the sunset by everyone, stems from the fact that the former emperor Zhao Huailong had a drunken disorder in Xiao Wangfu, and slept with Xiao Wangye's personal maid, this poor woman named Tangerine Cai is not only Ziluo's mother, but also the illegitimate daughter sister of Wuyang General Orange Zongmantis, and is an eyeliner he placed next to Xiao Wangye, the two have been in love for a long time, but in the end she lost her body to Emperor Zhao Huailong, and finally this matter has become a thorn in Xiao Wangye's heart.
Prince Xiao sent the woman into the palace in desperation, but when Tang Cai gave birth to the princess, Huang Yu, who wanted to sit firmly in the position of the queen, naturally would not tolerate the existence of the mother and daughter, and finally the poor woman had to leave the palace with her daughter, but she couldn't take her daughter to find the orange sect, because she knew that the queen mother would not let her go, and once she chased and killed, it might affect other members of the Shadow Moon Sect, so she could only seek the protection of Prince Xiao, and finally found a shelter for them under his arrangement, which escaped Huang Yu's death entanglement.
A few years later, Huang Yu, who finally became the queen, learned the whereabouts of the mother and daughter out of nowhere, and sent dozens of assassins such as Yu Itiantian to assassinate them.
When Xiao Wangye arrived at the small courtyard with Long Wei, the poor woman's head was shaken by Yu Jintian, and the other hand pinched the girl who was crying heartbreakingly, and there were dozens of eunuch assassins around him who were trembling all over their bodies, not knowing whether to hold their swords or kneel.
On that day, Xiao Wang Ye finally tore off his gentle and amiable posture on weekdays, like a monster caught in a mad man, and personally pinched Yu Yutian's neck and dragged him all the way from the lotus courtyard to the main gate of Luoyang City, dragging hundreds of zhang of bluestone official roads, making the people of the entire Luoyang City fall into panic.
To this day, some people still remember that Xiao Wang Ye stood in front of the gate of the palace in a terrifying posture like a demon god descending, and Yu Irita, who was known as the big devil, lay dying at his feet.
In the face of the countless iron-armored spears around him, he just slowly clenched the hand of the crying girl beside him, and strode into the palace with her, the iron armor on the guard's body was shattered, and the swords flew away, and no one dared to stop him.
After learning of this, Zhao Huailong, who was furious, slapped the queen in front of the civil and military officials, the queen cried for a long time, Xiao Wangye was silent for a longer time, and a girl's cry echoed in the hall of Nuoda.
Later, Prince Xiao and the emperor reached an agreement, so he took the girl out of the palace, and before leaving, he swore a poisonous oath to the emperor that if anyone dared to hurt this girl, he would kill someone
, with Xiao Wangye's fearful strength and the character of a promise, naturally whoever dares to do it will kill him.
On that day, the wandering princess Princess Zhao died, and there was an extra girl named Ziluo by Prince Xiao's side.
No matter how you look at it, the Queen Mother's family is now in the same city as Xiao Wangye, but they don't see each other in old age, largely thanks to Xiao Wangye's concession back then, otherwise the person sitting on the dragon chair now is not necessarily Zhao Wentian.
Wei Jing patted his ass and said: "Her Royal Highness the princess is thoughtful, which makes the villain admire." β
Empress Zhao covered her lips and smiled softly: "If this palace is abducted and deceived in the future, it will be all killed by you sycophants." β
The way she laughed was really beautiful, as if thousands of flower buds were blooming at the same time, as beautiful as a fairy descending to the mortal world, Rao is Wei Jing and other veterans of flowers couldn't help but be stunned.
"We don't care about what Prince Xiao wants to do for the time being, what we have to do now is to pull this illegitimate son named Tang Huang onto our ship. β
After half a ring, Empress Zhao lightly opened her red lips and said, "And on the night of the palace dinner before, the commander of the Praetorian Guard told me that there were assassins in the palace, and the Queen Mother's room seemed to have been touched, Yu Itian's body found a dagger from the assassin's body, and finally let Ying Yong track it all the way to the Shen family, although I didn't find the real assassin, but I feel that this matter may be related to this Tang Huang." β
After that, she waved her palm again, and laughed at herself: "Maybe I'm too worried, I have my plan, I believe Tang Huang also has his own ideas, speaking of which, everyone is just to get a better foothold in Qingguo, and tell this kid what I mean, either get on our boat, or become a floating corpse on the Qinhuai River, I hope he won't end up worse than his father." β
Speaking of Shen Sanqian, Wei Jing was silent for a moment, then slowly clenched his fists and said: "Shen Ju is stupid, he just wants to monopolize power, but he doesn't know how much benefit it will bring to this dynasty after handing over the Shen family firm to the imperial court, why can't he lower his head and be a man? β
Empress Zhao shook her head and said with a mockery: "Lord Wei, there are some things you don't understand, although Shen Ju is a powerful old fox, he is also a generation of heroic giants, if such a man makes him bow his head if he says a few words casually, then he is not worthy of being afraid of my father and emperor for so many years, now we only need to deal with his illegitimate son, it must be much easier." β
"The villain knows. Wei Jing was so frightened by her words that she was sweating, even though the smile on her face became more and more intense, the chill emanating from her body still made Wei Jing dare not raise his head.
"There is a saying that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, my imperial sister also likes Tang Huang, a vigorous and upward little tree, even my cousin, I hope this little tree will not die in my hands, otherwise my relatives will be distressed, as for the palace...... Don't care!"
The princess of Qingguo, who is famous on the list of beauties in the world, has a cold flame in her eyes at this time, "This palace must not let anyone ruin my plan, because only by doing this can I let future generations know that Empress Zhao has existed in the long river of history, has been glorious, dazzling, and I will never become a dispensable female emperor like Tantai Ningsu, who will be forgotten sooner or later, which is both pitiful and pathetic." β
The woman's body rose with great majesty, and in the beautiful golden eyes that seemed to have been painted by the hands of immortals, there seemed to be a fire burning brightly, like a god overlooking the world.
"This palace would rather have a glorious war than a mediocre peace, and give this palace some time, the southern continent, the northern region, the western border, the East China Sea, and even the entire world dynasty will prostrate at the feet of this palace!"
Wei Jing was taken aback by her words, and could only tremble and dare not say more, thinking to himself, how can you be an emperor?
But the tone of her words was so confident that he had to subconsciously believe her words.
"I just like the way you smile, brother, there seem to be a lot of stars in your eyes. β
Shen Huayu rested her head on Chu Xianzhao's lap, eating the grapes that her sister fed her, and said with a smile, "But then again, since you want to be in charge of the business house, you have to learn how to do things with your sister, you can't just use a sword, and learn to play Tai Chi with Wei Jing's villains, if he dares to you, Miss Ben will be the first to kick his crotch! β
"Flower language, how do girls talk, beware that they can't get married in the future. Shen Chuxia couldn't help but say something to her.
"Don't talk about me naked, sister, you are almost twenty and you will not marry, beware of the day when the eldest mother waved her hand to marry you to the pock-faced son of Li Yuanwai, are you afraid. β
The sisters seemed to be stabbing each other, but they actually cared about each other, Chu Xianzhao looked at the account book, listened to the sisters' questions and answers, and answered a few words from time to time with a warm heart.
He also roughly understands the earnings of the Shen family firm in the past two years, and I have to say that there are really a lot of money-moving ghosts in this family, and the money earned every year is piled up and can't be used up, and he finally understands what Mr. Zuo Ci used to say about the smell of Zhumen's wine and meat.
"The wine and meat in Zhumen may not be stinky, and freezing to death on the side of the road is not necessarily poor. Chu Zhao seemed to jokingly jump like this,
Shen Huayu thought to herself, isn't this nonsense, since you came to our house, how have you ever treated you badly, good wine and good meat serve you, I haven't seen anyone's illegitimate son have such treatment as you.
The eldest lady standing on the top floor threw them such a sighing and emotional gaze, since marrying into the Shen family, she has seen countless false feelings and false feelings and grievances, how have she ever seen such a picture of the descendants of the family getting along happily, Tang Huang, the young man, sat on a Taishi chair older than her and looked at the account book, Shen Huayu squeaked around him and squeaked and didn't know what he was talking about, and Shen Chuxia, the child was peeling pears and grapes to eat, the woman looked at Chu Xianzhao who played Shen Huayu's head with a smile on her face, although she didn't know if it was right to transition the family business to him now, but their family must have a backbone, she really wanted to cultivate this child, even if she knew that he was not Shen Sanqian's biological son, she didn't want the Shen family's family business to be carved up by the jackals after Shen Sanqian's death, so she simply turned a blind eye and cultivated him into a talent, which was worthy of Shen Sanqian's instructions to her.
"Sixth sister, why do you say you are so small, why are mine so big?" Shen Huayu, who was open-mouthed, put her hands on her chest, held up the two overdeveloped plump and warm jade, teased Shen Chuxia, who had a restrained temperament, and blushed with shame, and muttered, "You eat too much." β
This girl didn't care about it, she looked at Chu Xianzhao with silky eyes, and said coquettishly: "Brother, who do you say is more beautiful between me and Chu Xia." β
Chu Xianzhao, who couldn't help laughing, slapped the account book on her head and said in a laughing voice: "You are the most beautiful, okay?"
"If I and Chu Xia accidentally fall into the water, who will you save first?" She pestered Chu Xianzhao unrelentingly, completely ignoring Shen Chuxia's resentful eyes, Chu Xianzhao blurted out: "Of course it's to save Chu Xia." β
"Why?!" Shen Huayu jumped up like a fried little female cat, Chu Xianzhao pointed to her undulating breasts, and said with a gentle smile: "Because you are relatively big, even if you fall into the water, you can float, early summer, don't you say?" β
Shen Chuxia looked deeply convinced, Shen Huayu looked pitiful as if she had been hit by a stone, this delicate appearance of wanting to cry, if the son in Luoyang City saw it, he would not lose his soul.
The old man in the green shirt walked behind the eldest lady and looked down her line of sight, Rao couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth when he was smiling, and his old-fashioned and steady face suddenly glowed.
The eldest lady raised her head, looked at the mansion henchman, and asked with a smile: "Old Meng, do you know why the master sent him to be the head of the family?"
The old man, who was known as the invincible Sunset Fist when he was young, heard the woman's tone a little strange, so he considered his tone and said: "After all, he is the master's biological flesh and blood, and his ability also shows that he is qualified to be the head of the family, I think I hope he will inherit the family business." β
The eldest lady shook her head and said: "But he is not the master's biological flesh and blood, he is a stand-in, or a chess piece, that the lord uses to launch revenge against the court." β
Meng Shishi was like being struck by lightning, and the expression on his face was so shocked and puzzled.
The eldest lady smiled bitterly and said: "Have you forgotten what happened to the old man now? He was unloaded and killed by the old emperor on various trumped-up charges, and was demoted out of Luoyang for no reason, and his reputation was ruined, except for Guo Qinggong, the rest of his cronies were exiled to the border military prisoners or imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, and his family property was almost confiscated.
The old man's face turned pale and he muttered, "With the old man's previous friendship with the old emperor...... Why bother to end up where you are now. β
The eldest lady said softly: " Of course not, the two of them were very good friends when they were young, since Zhao Huailong ascended the throne, the lord has been among the court as a household servant in the year of his establishment, until a few years before the death of the old emperor, he has been a household secretary for almost thirty years, and it is precisely because of the master's talent that the status of businessmen has continued to rise over the years, and is even expected to break the class of Shinong businessmen, Fuze protΓ©gΓ©s and businessmen are all over the world, but there are countless people who have offended in the court, if the old emperor has the heart to eradicate the lord, our Shen family's fate now is definitely much more miserable than now, and it is also because of their friendship that he is demoted out of the sunset, not killedγ β
"Why did the old emperor be so cruel to the old man?" Meng Shishi asked the question he had always wanted to know.
The eldest lady waved her hand and said: "The old emperor's mind can be said to be known to passers-by, not in a day or two that he wants the Shen family firm to become an imperial businessman, and from then on he will be under the management and rule of the royal family, and let him, an old friend with extreme human rights, start and finish well, but how can the old man promise to give up the inheritance of his ancestors?"
Speaking of this, the woman laughed at herself: "When Shen Sanqian was young, he didn't like to say a word, saying that there is nothing in the world that money can't buy, as long as there is money, he can even make the queen of a country open his legs and beg him to be the emperor, but I don't know that this sentence has also become a thorn in the heart of the old emperor." The old emperor was worried that after he died, no one would be able to sit on an equal footing with him in Shen Sanqian's eyes, in case one day he said that he wanted to buy a royal chair to sit on, how many people in the Daqing Dynasty were willing to sell this chair to him, the dragoons were unparalleled in the world and did not need to fear any army, but they could not defeat the army composed of money. β
"Money is the foundation of peace now, and it may become the capital of future wars at any time, and there is no city that money cannot break, and land that cannot be conquered, let alone a small chair?"