"Oops! This is a great misfortune in life to have good wine and no beauty! Fortunately, Ben Gongzi is a lucky person, who came to find a good wine and get a beautiful woman! Rong Zhao said, reaching out to take Zi Ji's hand and rubbing it gently, "Today's beauty, you accompany Ben Gongzi to have a drink, and Ben Gongzi will give you ten taels of silver." ”

Zi Ji immediately pursed her mouth and pushed Rong Zhao's hand away, and said angrily: "Childe is so annoying, and people are not such a laughing woman." ”

"Oh, I said Miss Zhu, you haven't paid for the room and wine for two days!" The shopkeeper interjected dissatisfiedly.

"...... you" Zi Ji glared at the shopkeeper dissatisfied.

Rong Zhao took out a silver ingot from his arms and smashed it directly into the arms of the shopkeeper: "It's none of your business here, hurry up and prepare wine." ”

"Yes, yes...... The little ones are going. The shopkeeper held the silver and went downstairs.

Rong Zhao smiled evilly, stretched out his hand to hook his neck, half of the people were hanging on the body of the beauty, and the two of them entered the private room greasy and crookedly, Mei Ruo then followed, looked left and right vigilantly before entering the door, and closed the door after the blood spot also got in.

"Open." Rong Zhao said lightly.

"Huh?" Mei Ruo looked back in confusion, thinking that she had misheard.

"Open the door." Rong Zhao said, reaching out and patting the bloody head, "Good, go to the door and guard." The blood spot didn't seem to be very happy, yes, he looked up and licked Rong Zhao's fingers. Rong Zhao rubbed her head again and said, "Be obedient, go back and eat meat for you." Only then did the blood spot stand up, wag his tail and go out to lie lazily in the doorway.

Zi Ji couldn't help but laugh and said, "This guy is really good, and he knows how to bargain." ”

"Blood spots are stronger than guards, and Feiyunjian is thanks to it." Mei Ruo said, Rong Zhao knelt down opposite him, opened the mud tile lid on the small charcoal stove next to him, and threw a few pieces of charcoal into it. When the inferior charcoal caught fire, a puff of blue smoke came up, and Mei Ruo got up again to push open a crack in the window to ventilate, but saw an old pine tree outside the window, and said, "The snow on that old pine tree is very clean, and the slave maid asked someone to get some to make tea?" ”

"Go ahead." Rong Zhao nodded and said, "Ask He Sanyong's subordinates to help you get it." ”

Mei Ruo bowed slightly to Zi Ji again: "Sister, I'll come when I go." ”

Zi Ji leaned on Rong Zhao's arms and nodded with a smile: "There is Sister Lao." ”

Rong Zhao watched Mei Ruo go out, and then asked Zi Ji in a low voice, "Is that bastard Sheng Qiong here?" ”

"Here, I'll let him hide in the backyard. He is a person with well-developed limbs and a simple mind, how can Gongzi accept such a person by his side? I'm afraid he'll ruin Childe's big business in the future. Zi Ji whispered.

"There are benefits to prudence for prudent people, and there are usables for well-developed limbs for those who have developed limbs. Besides, he has nothing now, and it is better for me to take him in than to let him wander around and be guarded by others. This will at least make my sister feel more comfortable. ”

"Childe told Concubine Sù about this? You're not afraid ......" Zi Ji suddenly stopped in the middle of her words, because the blood spot guarding the door suddenly stood up.

"Woo woo......" The blood spot guarded the door, not letting the shopkeeper with the wine and food come in.

"Oh, I said! What's going on? This dog, this dog......"

"Blood, let him in. I'm still waiting for good wine! Rong Zhao chuckled and scolded.

With the master's order, the blood spot obediently dodged away, and lay lazily on the ground.

The shopkeeper smiled as he walked inside: "Childe, this dog you raised is really spiritual!" Can you understand people? It's so much fun! ”

"It's drinking human blood every day, of course it understands human speech." Rong Zhao smiled charmingly.

“…… Yes? When the shopkeeper heard this, his face immediately turned white.

"Why, you don't believe me?" Rong Zhao chuckled, snapped his fingers at the sheepdog at the door, and sighed: "Blood, some people don't believe the words of the master." ”

The blood spot suddenly stood up, glaring at the shopkeeper with a fierce look.

"Whoa, belch...... Don't, don't, don't ......" The shopkeeper was so frightened that he shrunk his neck and hid back, "Childe, this master!" Help! ”

Rong Zhao smiled with satisfaction, took the wine glass handed over by Zi Ji, took a sip of wine, and said, "Blood, take it." ”

The shepherd dog really put away his fierce look, gave the shopkeeper a roll of his eyes, turned around in place and lay down at the door again.

"So, the little one is out?" The shopkeeper still shrunk his neck and didn't dare to move, and kept sneaking a glance at the snow-white sheepdog at the door with his eyes.

"Let's get out." Rong Zhao looked at his shrunken appearance and said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as I don't speak, it won't bother to take care of you." You look so ugly, our family doesn't have any interest in you. ”

"Well, that's great." The shopkeeper has never felt that it is such a good thing to be ugly as he did today, and after squeezing out with the tray against the door frame, he went downstairs with a smoke.

Rong Sangongzi, who has always been good at bullying honest people, smiled with satisfaction and said to Zi Ji: "Okay, there is blood at the door, and Mei Ruo outside, we can speak with peace of mind." ”

Zi Ji was already sitting upright at this time, listened to Rong Zhao's words, and respectfully owed the debt, before responding: "Yes, Childe." The slave maid originally secretly followed Prince Rui according to your instructions, and Prince Rui united Xie Lun Xie Lao Master in Suzhou, and wanted to unite several well-known scholars from all over the country to jointly write a letter asking the emperor to restore the imperial examination system next year, and to ask the imperial court to select talents from among the scholars, and abolish the official selection system that has been recommended and sponsored by the nobles that has been used since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty. However, this matter is not as simple as he thought, as far as I know, Zhao Lie, the king of Pingnan, the prime minister Gongsun Quan, and the eldest prince and others did not agree to the resumption of the imperial examination, and at the end of this year, they recommended more than a dozen descendants into the imperial court, and after the New Year, these dozen people will take office, the highest official is in Zhongshu Province, and the lowest is also a state official. ”

"So, there are many people in this court who are henchmen of Zhao Lie, the king of Pingnan, and the eldest prince?" Rong Zhao said thoughtfully.

Zi Ji silently calculated the account, and Fang said: "Even if there is no seventy percent, at least sixty percent." ”

Rong Zhao slowly took another sip of wine and said, "Zhao Mu is not a small person, and his ambition is not small. Isn't his grandfather Xiao Zhengshi the secretary of the Ministry of Rites? I'm sure I'm not sitting still."

At that time, the founding emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty did not spend much time in order to be able to bring Xiao Zhengshi's father to his side, although Xiao Zhengshi's knowledge was not as good as his father's, but this Ministry of Rites was not in vain. And although Concubine Xiao De did not have a favorite harem, the emperor has always respected her, and it is said that as long as the emperor is in the palace, he will go to Guanju Palace at least twice a month. The fifteenth day of the first month is the queen's Zhaoyang Palace, and the second and sixteenth days of the first month are the Guanju Palace. Even the eldest prince's biological mother, Concubine Xian, sometimes doesn't go to the Jinghua Palace for a month. ”

Hearing this, Rong Zhao nodded with satisfaction and handed Zi Ji a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Yes, this son really didn't see the wrong person!" I didn't expect you to even inquire about the secrets of the harem so clearly. ”