When Emperor Qianyuan was seriously ill, Zhao Chongyi was attending a banquet in the queen's palace in southern Xinjiang. He and Chen Wenhui had long been ready to stop. The two of them are dressed very gorgeously, and they look like a good match. Shui Hong, Shui Lian, and the escort Lu Yu who followed into the palace together, Luo Ding and the four of them had been preparing for a long time.

At this moment, he had already put on the merman's clothes inside, and put on the clothes of guards and maids outside, and followed them into the palace. This time the banquet happened to be held in one of the gardens of the royal palace. It is a cold winter in the capital at the moment, but in the palace of Guangzhou City, there is a group of birds and flowers, it is very warm, everyone is wearing beautiful clothes, chatting with each other. The shape of the banquet is a bit like the buffet pie duì that Chen Wenhui participated in in his previous life.

However, the rules of the palace in southern Xinjiang are like this, before the queen and her husband arrive, it is the time for everyone to communicate with each other, and the guests are free to move, but they can also eat and drink a little first when they go to the garden, and they can also chat with each other and exchange messages. When the queen and her husband came, everyone entered the main hall together, sat down according to their seats, and began to drink, feast, and watch singing and dancing. After three rounds of drinking, it is usually the queen who announces the start of the ring match, which is the climax of the banquet. These aristocrats usually bring silver tickets and start betting on the outcome of the ring here.

Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi have also met a lot of people during this period of time. I have also participated in a lot of banquets, and I also understand the customs of southern Xinjiang. Therefore, the two of them also followed the local customs, prepared some silver taels, and prepared to participate in the gambling game later, of course, before the banquet began, they still chatted with acquaintances. It's good to exchange messages, usually, at this time, you can make some deals. Chen Wenhui and his wife also knew the chief stewards of several large commercial houses and the leaders of several tribes, so the husband and wife also found their own social circles to chat. No one noticed that the four people had quietly disappeared.

Chen Wenhui and his wife chatted with the guests while waiting for the banquet to begin. Who knows, this is a long wait, and all the guests have begun to doubt. This time. The queen and her husband appeared in front of everyone together, and Princess Ram was accompanied by them, and the second princess, Che Mu, did not accompany them.

The queen greeted everyone with a smile and then announced that the feast had begun. There are not as many rules as banquets in the palace of the capital city in the Central Plains. More like an ordinary aristocratic eating and drinking rally. Everyone is very casual. Everyone understands that the ring match will be the climax later.

in the crowd. Zhao Chongyi and Chen Wenhui suddenly found a few resentful glances, and when they saw it, it was Wu Lilan who was looking at them viciously. Next to Wu Lilan stood a middle-aged beauty. He was looking at them with a vicious gaze. At this time, the chief steward of the Qinren Commercial Bank came over and said, "Second Master Zhao doesn't know who the person next to Wu Lilan is, right?" That is the Great Elder of the Lan Clan, the patriarch's wife, Lan Ling. Back then, she was a beauty on par with the queen. But now he is old. Especially recently, Lan Si, the leader of the Lan Clan, suddenly began to dot on his second son and concubine Lan Mei. Therefore, Lan Ling is not pleasing to anyone now. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled hurriedly to show her gratitude. Zhao Chongyi chatted with the chief steward of the Qinren Commercial Bank, he walked away, and Chen Wenhui whispered to Zhao Chongyi: "It seems that Liang Li's defeat of Lan Roar made Patriarch Lan Si very unhappy. actually went directly to spoil the concubine Lan Mei. It seems that this account, Lan Ling, has also been credited to our heads. ”

Zhao Chongyi scoffed and said: "She is remembered on our heads, are we afraid of her?" She didn't give us an account, and we already had a grudge against each other. Are the wounds of our guards vain? I don't have any sympathy for the Blues. Especially the Blue Spirit Great Elder who has been chasing and killing us. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "Yes, this woman really doesn't know what to do." is really a conspirator, in order to seek the throne, he wants to kill Princess Ram, and he also encourages his son to deceive Princess Chem, which is really a bad work. ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "I think the queen must also hate the people of the Lan clan, which can be seen from the fact that the people present rarely talk to their mother and son. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "The people of the Lan clan are really annoying, but unfortunately, this is not Da Chu, we are just here for a trip, and we have no intention of involving too much, otherwise, I really want to rewhole the Lan clan." ”

Zhao Chongyi nodded and said: "This southern Xinjiang is located in a remote area, and there are natural dangers in the Lingnan Mountains, and the Great Chu is fighting endlessly, and it used to take care of the barbarians in the north, so I have always tolerated their Baiyi rule. Now the situation in Da Chu is different. The barbarians to the north have been wiped out, and all that remains is to recuperate and pacify those tribes in the north. After we settled down the northwest, Da Chu also regained its vitality. I think that at that time, it was time for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to use troops against southern Xinjiang. ”

Chen Wenhui glanced at Zhao Chongyi and said, "Is this a strategy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Does he really want to do something to southern Xinjiang? Yes, the side of the couch does not allow others to snore. These Baiyi people in southern Xinjiang really hate it, especially the people of the Lan tribe. I am also in favour of using force against him. ”

Zhao Chongyi smiled and said: "It's a pity that this credit can't be won by me." I'm going to go to the northwest with you. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "Is it a good thing that there is too much credit?" Didn't see what happened to your father? However, I think that after our northwest is stabilized, the southern Xinjiang will still be Siamese in the south, and Princess Lichuan should have been established, at that time, there will be the Wang family in the west of southern Xinjiang, Dachu in the north, and Siam in the south. On the sea to the east, there is also the Yizhou Island of our Xiao Chen family and the blockade of the Wa Kingdom. It's dangerous. ”

Zhao Chongyi thought about it, smiled, and said, "It turns out that you have already planned it?" Do you have any thoughts about southern Xinjiang? You know, you want to go to Yizhou Island, Wa Kingdom, and Luzon Island. It just happened to surround the southern frontier. By the way, Princess Lichuan went to Siam, and you also built it. Well, Siam is such a good place, if you don't go, are you thinking about the use of troops by the imperial court in southern Xinjiang in the future? ”

Chen Wenhui laughed and said, "Of course. However, I did not expect the emperor to get sick. I thought he would pacify the barbarians first, and then pacify the southern Xinjiang? Who knows, before his career is finished, he has already fallen ill. Speaking of which, he is not very old this year, but he is in his fifties. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Wenhui suddenly remembered something and said: "If the prince really has ambitions for southern Xinjiang, then in the future, with the personality of the prince, he will definitely accept the women of the Wang family into the palace." Hehe, I really want to gather the four major families in the palace. ”

"Now that the East Palace is already very lively, if there are more women from the Wang family entering the palace, wouldn't it be even more lively? The women of the Wang family are all troublemakers. You see the previous queen and the former prince's Wang Liangdi, all of them are superb. At that time, the crown princess Chen Wenfeng had a headache. By the way, the daughters of the Wang family are generally proud. Perhaps, there is no crown princess in the eyes of people? ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "Okay, you don't care about this harem matter." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "How can I not care? It's really in our interests. You see, Wang Yaozhen before, when she was there, she also gave us convenience. However, later, she and her mother's family defected, causing us a lot of trouble. Now, she is going down, and she has also given us a chance to develop Dachu Bank. Also, before, our Chen family's cotton planting was able to be promoted so quickly in the Bai family's land, wasn't it thanks to Bai Liangdi's blessing? The struggle in this harem is related to the safety of the world, and we, as ministers, can we not be implicated? ”

Chen Wenhui thought about it and said: "Also, the prince has always had this habit, women are his tools, it depends on whether this woman has use value." If the daughter of the Wang family enters the palace, it must be when the prince uses the Wang family, and at that time, the prince must love the daughter of the Wang family. With the personality of the daughter of the Wang family, don't you take the opportunity to stir up trouble in the harem? ”

Zhao Chongyi also didn't agree with his friend's approach, he said: "That's the prince's family matter, and we can't take care of it." We helped the prince for ten years, settled the northwest for him, and then we went back to our own territory in Nanyang, regardless of his ups and downs, and we lived our lives freely. ”

He also has an understanding of the prince's affairs, and with the change of identity, the prince cannot be the former childhood brother. They will be kings and ministers in the future, and this must be remembered, otherwise they will not know how they will die in the future. However, out of affection for his brothers, out of his ambitions, and for the sake of those comrades who died in the northwest, he had to take over the work of revitalizing the northwest and do it well, as for what happened after the northwest, he didn't want to care about it. At that time, you have to think about how to run your own territory.

Chen Wenhui was very happy when she heard this, and couldn't help but smile sweetly. This smile suddenly seemed so charming that even the flowers blooming in the garden of the palace lost their color. Zhao Chongyi couldn't help but be intoxicated.

At this time, suddenly a palace maid came to Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi, interrupted the two people's affections, made a salute, and said in a low voice: "Steward Zhao, Mrs. Zhao, the queen invites the two of you to sit in the Shuiguang Pavilion in the side hall in front of you." ”

At this time, Chen Wenhui raised her eyes and found that she didn't know when, the queen and the patriarch of the Bai clan had disappeared, leaving Princess Ram to greet everyone. At this time, a group of dancing girls came to the main hall, and everyone was watching the beautiful women dance, and no one paid attention to their side.

Chen Wenhui's heart suddenly sudden, and she secretly screamed that it was not good. She and Zhao Chongyi glanced at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes. Zhao Chongyi said: "Since the queen is invited, let's go and have a look." ”

Although this palace is large, Zhao Chongyi is confident that he can break out with Chen Wenhui. Chen Wenhui saw Zhao Chongyi's eyes, understood Zhao Chongyi's thoughts, smiled slightly and said, "Okay, please ask this sister to lead the way." (To be continued......)