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"Lord Zhao...... Don't like to drink? ”

After Emperor Deqing's words were finished and everyone was seated, Su Xiuning, who had been silently paying attention to Zhao Junchen, suddenly asked. Chapters are updated the fastest

It turned out that because he was about to talk to Zhao Junchen but was interrupted by Emperor Deqing's words, when Emperor Deqing spoke, Su Xiuning was different from others and still focused on Zhao Junchen.

Then, Su Xiuning suddenly appeared, and when everyone was toasting Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen's lips were tightly pursed, and he seemed to drink all the wine in the cup, but in fact he only drank a little.

It seems that Zhao Junchen doesn't like to drink, even if he toasts to Emperor Deqing, he is cheating!

Su Xiuning, who was worried about how to find a topic to talk to Zhao Junchen, thought that this was a good starting point, no matter how Zhao Junchen answered, the topic could be further developed next, so after everyone sat down, he hurriedly asked.

On the other side, Zhao Junchen was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Su Xiuning, who had been silent, to notice this.

It just so happened that Zhao Junchen also felt that Su Xiuning was really embarrassed to sit on the side in silence like this, and was about to say something to Su Xiuning, so he nodded and smiled: "Indeed, I am not good at drinking, and I don't like to drink, not only because I will be weak and have a splitting headache the next day after drinking too much, but also because alcohol makes people faint and lose their calm and judgment. Help His Majesty Xià to take charge of the world's money and food. Every decision made on weekdays affects the well-being of the people and the stability of the imperial court, so there is little alcohol on weekdays. If you have to drink, you will purse your lips and pretend to drink it, but in fact you will have the wine in your glass. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen winked at the third girl, with a look of "please", and added: "But." I thought I was doing a concealment, but I didn't expect it to be revealed by Miss Su's insight, however. Today is not more than usual, just now I toasted to His Majesty, and I was so deceitful, although there are reasons for it. But if it is revealed. It's also a big trouble, and it will even make His Majesty unhappy, so I have to ask the three girls to help me hide this secret, how about it? ”

If there is one way in the world to bring people closer together, it is undoubtedly to share secrets.

A secret sharing can make people regard the "other party" as "their own", build trust and shorten the distance between them quietly. It's a very ingenious way to deal with people.

Now, Zhao Junchen is doing exactly that. generously admitted his hands and feet when drinking, and told a secret that was not big or small, which only made the three girls feel that Zhao Junchen trusted them, and the sense of alienation between them was also reduced a lot.

As a result, the atmosphere between Zhao Junchen and the third daughter suddenly produced many subtle changes.

For smart and shrewd people like Chen Zhirong and naïve and impulsive like Cui Qianxue, such a change is just enough, but for a restrained and supple person like Su Xiuning, this change is very important, which makes her feel a lot more relaxed, but she feels that Zhao Junchen is easier to get along with than she imagined, not as scheming as rumored.

Therefore, Su Xiuning nodded again and again, and said, "Lord Zhao is too worried, I will naturally help hide this little thing." ”

Chen Zhirong looked at Zhao Junchen thoughtfully, then suddenly smiled, and said: "Drinking hurts the body and damages the mind, Lord Zhao doesn't like drinking, it will only be a good thing, not to mention that Lord Zhao is for the official business of the imperial court, the little girl and others only have admiration for Lord Zhao's behavior, where will they promote Gaomi to others?" Please rest assured that Lord Zhao is. ”

On the other side, seeing that Su Xiuning and Chen Zhirong had agreed, Cui Qianxue hesitated slightly, but glared at Zhao Junchen and said, "If you don't play tricks on me in the future, I won't deliberately harm you." ”

Zhao Junchen smiled again and said, "Since that's the case, I thank the three girls." ”

Finally started the topic, Su Xiuning naturally would not give up the opportunity, and when Zhao Junchen's words fell, he couldn't wait to ask again: "Speaking of which, my father and his father, no matter how good or bad he is on weekdays, will have a few drinks, and regard drinking as a pleasure and hobby, and as far as I know, several colleagues who are close to his father are also like this, Lord Zhao doesn't like to drink so much, but it is rare, it is indeed different, but I don't know what hobbies you have on weekdays, Lord Zhao?" ”

Zhao Junchen thought about it for a while, and now he is dealing with the official affairs of the imperial court, managing factional forces, and calculating opponents and political enemies all day long, but he has not done anything else, which is not only boring, but also utilitarian and boring.

Now, perhaps he is used to it, and Zhao Junchen is actually a little happy about this kind of life.

However, this meeting with the three daughters is quite a bit of a "blind date" nature, in this case, Zhao Junchen will naturally not tell the truth, claiming that his usual hobbies are "power scheming", "intrigue", etc., which may make some people with special hearts - such as Chen Zhirong - feel bright, but for Cui Qianxue and Su Xiuning, such an answer will only alienate Zhao Junchen and their hard-won relationship again.

However, if you make up some hobbies, such as "antique appreciation", such as "music and dance", and "practicing calligraphy" - these hobbies seem to be elegant, and can add some elegant images to Zhao Junchen - but the three daughters in front of him are all family scholars, and I am afraid that these "elegant hobbies" are all involved, if Zhao Junchen says so, and talk deeply with the three daughters, I am afraid that they will inevitably be exposed, and at that time they will only make the three daughters look down on them.

In fact, although Zhao Junchen doesn't mind using lies and deception to achieve his goals, but now with his vision getting higher, he rarely lies on trivial things, because lying also requires a cost, and this cost is the so-called "reputation". It is impossible to win the trust of others, which is inevitably more than worth the loss.

Lies are a must for politicians, but there are also realms to lies.

Ten sentences and nine falsehoods. It seems to be a lie, but it is just a realm of waiting; Nine out of ten sentences are true, but he only lied on the most critical sentence, although it is easy to deceive people, but he has only just passed; Only if you say the truth, you can use factors such as demeanor, tone, environment, etc., to misunderstand the other party. It is the highest level of deception and lies.

Today's Zhao Junchen, although he has not yet reached the highest level in this regard, he no longer disdains to lie about small things.

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So. After thinking about it for a moment, Zhao Junchen sighed regretfully and said, "Speaking of which, I studied poetry all day long when I was young. After becoming an official in the imperial examination, he was busy with official duties all day. I rarely have leisure on weekdays, so I don't have any special hobbies, if I have to say, I care more about appetite, I like to taste some delicious food, but although I like to taste delicious, but these delicious food is delicious, and what is exquisite, but I can't say. It's just a cow chewing peonies. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen smiled apologetically at the three girls. said: "Vulgar people are like this, they don't have any elegant hobbies, which disappointed the three girls. ”

Listening to Zhao Junchen's honest story, Chen Zhirong, Cui Qianxue, and Su Xiuning, although they also felt that Zhao Junchen was honest with each other, not as hypocritical as he imagined, and the distance between them was a little closer, but they couldn't help but be disappointed.

For a girl of their age—even a woman with an abnormal heart like Chen Zhirong—would hope that her future husband would be a person of good taste, but Zhao Junchen was obviously not like that.

After Su Xiuning hesitated for a moment, although he also knew that he should say some flattering words at this time, he didn't know how to speak, and finally reluctantly smiled: "A person with great ambitions like Lord Zhao has the court and the people in his heart, and he does all the big things, so naturally he can't be distracted by small things, so how can he say that he is vulgar?" Lord Zhao is too humble. ”

That being said, Su Xiuning is not good at lying, and she doesn't know how to hide the disappointment in her eyes.

On the other side, Cui Qianxue, as always, was an actionist, unable to hide her words, and asked in surprise: "Like you, as a second-grade scholar of the imperial court, you just like to taste some food, and have no other interests, it's a little too boring, right?" Could it be that in addition to eating and sleeping every day, you are just dealing with the official affairs of the imperial court? Won't do anything else? ”

Zhao Junchen didn't mind Su Xiuning and Cui Qianxue's expression, but said with a smile: "As a court official, especially after the power and responsibility in your hands have reached a certain level, the court affairs involved are no longer limited to one city or one domain, the official affairs that need to be dealt with every day, the excerpts that need to be approved, and the things that need to be discussed and considered, it can be said that there are as many as you want, if you want to be free, in fact, you can, as long as the most important things are pushed to Your Majesty and the elders to decide, If you push the less important things to your subordinate officials to deal with, there are actually not many court affairs that need to be handled by yourself, but in this way, there is no difference between me and me in this court, and won't it become a moth who only knows how to eat Junlu? How can he still use me? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen showed a trace of helplessness on his face, sighed, and added: "What's more, the household department I am responsible for, in charge of the world's money and grain, can be said to be one of the two or three most important yamen in the imperial court, but what kind of people are those officials in the household department, presumably the three girls have also heard of it, even if I am staring at it from time to time, I am trying to deceive the superiors and subordinates, corruption and bribery, if I am a little lax, there will inevitably be countless big chaos, in this case, where do I dare to relax?" I can only bow to everything. ”

Zhao Junchen replied like this, naturally admitting that in addition to eating, drinking, and sleeping on weekdays, he was only dealing with the official affairs of the imperial court, and there was nothing else to do.

Hearing Zhao Junchen's answer, the three girls were all surprised.

They really couldn't imagine that a well-known corrupt official like Zhao Junchen, not to mention poverty and luxury, wine ponds and meat forests in his daily life, was so monotonous and boring, but he was just busy with court affairs - and the reason why Zhao Junchen was so devoted to court affairs was to prevent his subordinates from taking too many bribes and causing chaos!

This is somewhat ironic.

However, although they subconsciously felt unbelieving, they thought about it and did not hear any rumors of Zhao Junchen's arrogance and lasciviousness, even among the court officials. Zhao Junchen never made any bad comments about his private life -- this is even better than many Qingliu, you must know that even some famous Qingliu in the court have from time to time rumors of blasphemy with concubines and competition for luxury and wealth.

And so it goes. Coupled with Zhao Junchen's honesty from the beginning, Su Xiuning and Cui Qianxue couldn't help but believe it, and even some began to question the rumors about Zhao Junchen's corrupt officials, only to feel that a court official like Zhao Junchen, who lived a dull life and was dedicated to doing things, was not the corrupt official they imagined. As for Chen Zhirong, because he deliberately collected a lot of news about Zhao Junchen before attending the palace banquet, he was not surprised at this time. just looked at Zhao Junchen with a pair of beautiful eyes, thoughtfully.

"But don't you find it boring?" Cui Qianxue couldn't help but ask again.

Zhao Junchen didn't think about it or hesitate this time, and naturally shook his head. said lightly: "Everyone in this world has different concepts, in the final analysis, it is that everyone's goals are different, and what kind of goals a person has. What kind of habits and life are there? And my ambition is above the court, so I don't think this kind of life will be boring. ”

Zhao Junchen's words are also sincere, but although he didn't lie, he deliberately concealed a lot.

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In fact, at the beginning, Zhao Junchen also had doubts and wavering about the path he chose.

After all, Zhao Junchen's future path. Emperor Deqing had already designed it for him - that is, to bear the infamy and black pot for the emperor to divert the anger of the people. And become a fat pig raised by the royal family, wait until the Deqing Emperor abdicates, and then slaughtered by the new emperor himself, and then the Deqing Emperor has no infamy, the new emperor has established his prestige, the people's grievances have been vented, the reputation of the imperial court has been maintained, and the embarrassed treasury has also been replenished, which can be described as a great joy!

And before that, because Emperor Deqing still needed Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen could accumulate money to his heart's content, do whatever he wanted, enjoy the wealth and glory of the world, satisfy all the ** he could imagine, and enjoy more than ten years of immortal life. When the new emperor ascends the throne, even if he dies with a hundred years of infamy, Zhao Junchen's life can be regarded as colorful, and it is worth it in some respects.

Moreover, in the face of such a path and fate, even if Zhao Junchen wanted to resist, with the imperial mind of Emperor Deqing and the strength of the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty, the chance of success was only in case.

Most people, because there is little hope of success in the rebellion, will resign themselves to choosing the immortal life in front of them, and use poverty and luxury to make themselves forget the destined fate that is far away for more than ten years or even more than twenty years.

But on the contrary, Zhao Junchen gave up the immortal life in front of him and chose the opportunity in case!

As a result, although Zhao Junchen is now the second only minister in the court to Zhou Shangjing, he has never had the enjoyment that the ministers deserve, suppressing **, restraining behavior, being cautious all day long, walking on thin ice, never daring to have a trace of slackness, only knowing how to seize power, manage factions, intrigues, and deal with court affairs every day, or calculate political enemies, so not only life is boring and boring, but also tired, and has done countless things against his will.

This kind of life is unbearable, once between tossing and turning, Zhao Junchen often asked himself, just for that opportunity, is it worth all his efforts?

wavered, hesitated, and regretted, but in the end Zhao Junchen persevered and will continue on this rugged road.

Because, Zhao Junchen gradually found a reason for himself to do this.

In fact, the reason existed from the beginning, but between Zhao Junchen constantly asking himself, this reason changed from ignorance to clarity.

That is, Zhao Junchen doesn't want to be a puppet who can be manipulated at will in the eyes of others! I don't want to be a garbage that can be thrown away at will! I don't want others to control my own destiny at will! Even if that person is the emperor!

After this goal is clear, Zhao Junchen no longer feels that this kind of life is boring and boring, although this kind of life will still make Zhao Junchen tired, but Zhao Junchen is full of motivation, and even gradually enjoys it!

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At this time, after hearing Cui Qianxue's inquiry, Zhao Junchen replied, looking back on his change in concept, and couldn't help laughing at himself.

But Zhao Junchen's self-deprecating smile fell into the eyes of the three girls, but it seemed meaningful, and after hearing Zhao Junchen's answer, they only felt that the Zhao Junchen they saw in front of them and the rumored Zhao Junchen did not seem to be the same person.

For a while, they didn't know whether to believe the rumors or the present.

If the rumors represent the opinion of the vast majority of people, and the present represents one's own opinion, if the two are different, choosing to believe the present means that you are different from the majority of people's opinion - and this requires a certain amount of courage.

Therefore, whether it is Cui Qianxue or Su Xiuning, looking at Zhao Junchen in front of them, and looking back at a certain amount of information about Zhao Junchen, they are all a little complicated at this time.

At the same time, Chen Zhirong glanced at Su Xiuning and Cui Qianxue, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Although she has collected a lot of information about Zhao Junchen, and although her contact with Zhao Junchen is still smooth, Chen Zhirong is also now more and more unable to see through Zhao Junchen.

If it was normal, she could naturally try her best to test Zhao Junchen and understand Zhao Junchen, but at this time, Cui Qianxue and Su Xiuning were on the side, so that many of Chen Zhirong's methods could not be used.

In this way, Chen Zhirong only felt that Cui Qianxue and Su Xiuning's existence was very eye-catching at this time.

Thinking of the topic between the three daughters and Zhao Junchen before, Chen Zhirong suddenly smiled charmingly and said to Zhao Junchen: "As Lord Zhao said, the goals in the eyes of the world are different, and the life they choose is naturally different. In fact, the little woman is also a gluttonous person, and she has studied all kinds of delicacies in the capital on weekdays. Although this restaurant has a small reputation, the taste is very authentic. ”

Hearing Chen Zhirong say this, Zhao Junchen's heart suddenly moved, and he knew the meaning of elegance by listening to the strings.

Since meeting Chen Zhirong, Zhao Junchen felt that Chen Zhirong had many secrets that he would be interested in, and Chen Zhirong also had many hints to Zhao Junchen.

Now, because of Chen Zhirong's words, Zhao Junchen suddenly found an opportunity.

So, Zhao Junchen shook his head and said, "You Feng Pavilion? I really haven't been there, but if it's really as delicious as Miss Chen said, I'd like to taste it. ”

Chen Zhirong smiled lightly and said, "In this case, Lord Zhao might as well make an appointment with the little girl, so that the little woman can also introduce the delicacies there to Lord Zhao." ”

Zhao Junchen also nodded with a smile and said, "If you can go with Miss Chen, you naturally can't ask for it." ”

In this way, in a few words, Zhao Junchen had already agreed with Chen Zhirong to meet at Youfeng Pavilion tomorrow evening.

However, seeing the agreement between Zhao Junchen and Chen Zhirong, Cui Qianxue on the side was uncertain, out of inexplicable psychology, she didn't consider the consequences at all, she suddenly said in an angry tone: "Since this is the case, I will also go." ”

On the other side, after Su Xiuning hesitated for a moment, her cheeks flushed, and she also said: "Since Miss Chen praises You Feng Pavilion so much, it must be worthy of her reputation, and the little girl is willing to go with Lord Zhao." ”

…… (To be continued!)

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