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In this era of male superiority and inferiority, men always prefer the kind of virtuous and gentle women who are obedient. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, Emperor Deqing has never liked Chen Zhirong very much, because although Chen Zhirong is delicate and intelligent, talented and beautiful, she always gives people a feeling of being calculating, strong and proactive, and Chen Zhirong has never disdained to hide this, such a performance is naturally not in line with the values of the vast majority of men in this era.

In fact, if it weren't for Chen Zhirong's appearance, most men would have stayed away from her.

Even if Zhao Junchen's concept is very different from that of men in this era, he doesn't have much confidence that he can control Chen Zhirong, and he always deliberately keeps a distance from Chen Zhirong.

Now, after learning about Chen Zhirong and Zhao Junchen's secret tryst, Emperor Deqing dislikes Chen Zhirong even more, and even has some disgust, only that Chen Zhirong can't even abide by the most basic women's discipline, not only taking the initiative to post Zhao Junchen, but also knowing that Zhao Junchen is going to marry Cui Qianxue and having a secret tryst with Zhao Junchen, which is simply "cheap"!

However, Emperor Deqing's favor to Li Jiamin was in full swing, and Li Jiamin begged again and again at this time, so Emperor Deqing naturally would not refuse easily, but said slowly: "This matter is ...... Rong Zhen considered ......"

Emperor Deqing's performance was a little perfunctory, and Li Jiamin also knew that Emperor Deqing didn't like Chen Zhirong, so she took Emperor Deqing's arm and said in a coquettish voice: "Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven and the co-lord of the world, Zhao Junchen will never dare to go against your will, not to mention that the two of them were originally you and me, if you are willing to marry Zhao Junchen and Sister Chen, won't this matter be done?" All it takes is one of your golden words...... Your Majesty, for my sake, help Sister Chen. ”

Emperor Deqing glanced at Li Jiamin, his expression was a little helpless, and said, "Where is this matter as simple as you imagined?" With Zhao Junchen's powerful position today, even I can't arbitrarily designate a marriage for him, everything depends on his own choice, and now that he has announced that he wants to marry Cui Qianxue as his wife, I can't go against his will at will...... What's more, in my opinion, although Cui Qianxue is more immature than Chen Zhirong, she can be regarded as a good match, and I was quite moved when I heard about the fact that she sacrificed her life to block the knife for Zhao Junchen. ”

Obviously, compared with Chen Zhirong, Emperor Deqing likes Cui Qianxue more.

Of course, this is also because Cui Qianxue has now been kicked out of the Cui family, and marrying Zhao Junchen will not bring Zhao Junchen any benefits - Zhao Junchen's current power has gradually approached the bottom line of Emperor Deqing's heart.

If Zhao Junchen marries Chen Zhirong, then Zhao Junchen will get the support of a group of noble families, which is something that Emperor Deqing absolutely does not want to see.

Li Jiamin didn't particularly understand Emperor Deqing's thoughts, but Chen Zhirong had already explained everything to her.

In Chen Zhirong's plan, if Emperor Deqing is willing to directly marry Zhao Junchen and Chen Zhirong, then Chen Zhirong can directly snatch Cui Qianxue's position as his wife!

But if Emperor Deqing is unwilling to do this, then Chen Zhirong also has a way to retreat.

Now, after seeing that Emperor Deqing was also unwilling to forcibly change Zhao Junchen's choice for his wife, Li Jiamin no longer insisted on it, and said: "If Your Majesty is really unwilling to give Sister Chen a marriage, then there is another way for Sister Chen and Lord Zhao to finally become married." ”

Emperor Deqing was slightly stunned and asked, "Oh? What else can be done? ”

Li Jiamin stretched out his head and whispered a few words in Emperor Deqing's ear.

After hearing Li Jiamin's words, a trace of surprise flashed on Emperor Deqing's face, and he looked at Li Jiamin with some incredulity, and said, "Oh? Chen Zhirong is willing to do this for Zhao Junchen? ”

Li Jiamin nodded again and again, and said, "Sister Chen has always been infatuated with Lord Zhao, as long as she can stay with Lord Zhao, she doesn't care about anything...... By now, Your Majesty, you should also understand that Lord Zhao is willing to have a tryst with Sister Chen, and he must also like Sister Chen, if Your Majesty takes the opportunity to fulfill them, Lord Zhao and Sister Chen will definitely be grateful for Your Majesty's kindness for the rest of their lives. ”

Hearing Li Jiamin's statement, Emperor Deqing's impression of Chen Zhirong was slightly better.

Emperor Deqing was misled by Li Jiamin, thinking that Zhao Junchen's secret meeting with Chen Zhirong tonight was a tryst, and then thinking of Zhao Junchen's frequent meetings with Chen Zhirong during this time, he mistakenly thought that the two were indeed in love. And the reason why Zhao Junchen wants to marry Cui Qianxue now is probably just to repay Cui Qianxue for saving her life.

Thinking that he is about to build a palace imitating the style of Jiangnan gardens, this matter still needs Zhao Junchen's strong assistance, especially Zhao Junchen's need to secretly move a large amount of silver from the household department, and Zhao Junchen is obviously a little reluctant to this matter, if Chen Zhirong's matter can be used to further envelop and appease Zhao Junchen, it is also in the interests of Emperor Deqing.

The most important thing is that Chen Zhirong's requirements are indeed not high now......

Thinking of this, Emperor Deqing finally reined in his perfunctory attitude and began to think about it seriously.

After a long time, Emperor Deqing finally made up his mind and said slowly: "If this method is really Chen Zhirong's true idea, I can fulfill the two of them." ”

Seeing that Emperor Deqing finally agreed to this matter, Li Jiamin suddenly smiled and said coquettishly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

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On the second day, while the officials were participating in the early dynasty, many things happened in the harem.

At about a quarter of the hour, a little eunuch came to the Jingguo Mansion and claimed that it was Concubine Shuniang who summoned Chen Zhirong to talk.

Li Jiamin often summons Chen Zhirong into the palace to talk, after all, Li Jiamin has a shallow foundation in the capital, and Chen Zhirong is the only person she knows, so no one is surprised by this.

However, not long after Chen Zhirong entered the palace, there was sudden bad news, it turned out that when Chen Zhirong and Li Jiamin were talking, they inadvertently collided with the queen, which made the queen very angry, and even did not give face to Concubine Li Jiamin, and insisted on punishing Chen Zhirong!

What Chen Zhirong offended the queen because of something, no one knows the details, because it is related to the secret of the palace, and no one dares to get to the bottom of it, only know that this matter is related to great disrespect, maybe even the entire Jingguo Gong Chen family will be affected.

It is said that after Emperor Deqing descends to the court, the queen will personally find Emperor Deqing to complain, asking Emperor Deqing to severely punish Chen Zhirong and the Chen family of Jingguo Gong!

Seeing that Emperor Deqing is about to go down to the court, if the queen waits until the queen personally complains to Emperor Deqing, the entire Jingguo Gong Chen family will fall into the sky, and suddenly the entire Jingguo Mansion is panicked, and even Jingguo Gong Chen You is also frightened, eager to find the seventh prince Zhu Hejian for ideas, but at this time Zhu Hejian has already entered the palace to ask the imperial concubine Wan for peace, and he can't be contacted at all!

And at this time, Chen Zhirong's maidservant Red Sleeve, who stayed in the Jingguo Mansion, suddenly found Chen Fu, the housekeeper of the Jingguo Mansion, and gave Chen Fu an idea.

The idea is to let Chen You, the Duke of Jingguo, drive Chen Zhirong out of the Chen family before Emperor Deqing surrenders, and let Chen Zhirong completely break away from the Chen family of the Duke of Jingguo, so that Emperor Deqing has no reason to anger the Chen family of the Duke of Jingguo.

What kind of master there is, what kind of subordinate there is, Chen You is a narrow-minded person, and Chen Fu is naturally a person who is greedy for utilitarianism and self-interest.

After Chen Fu heard this suggestion, his eyes lit up, and he immediately stole this idea as his own, and hurriedly told Chen You, the Duke of Jingguo, without mentioning the name of Red Sleeves at all, as if this method was thought of by Chen Fu alone.

After hearing Chen Fu's suggestion, Chen You inevitably hesitated, after all, Chen Zhirong was still useful to the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian, but seeing that the time for Emperor Deqing to go down to the dynasty was getting closer and closer, the Chen family of Jingguo Gong would be implicated at any time, and at that time, even the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian could not keep the Chen family, plus Chen You himself did not like Chen Zhirong very much, and finally gritted his teeth and drove Chen Zhirong out of the house, and the two sides completely broke off the relationship!

After making such a decision, Chen You hurriedly reported the matter to the queen, hoping that the queen would not be angry with the Chen family.

And after Chen Zhirong lost the support of the Chen family of Jingguo Gong, under the anger of the queen's mother, there was naturally no reason to be spared.

So, with the queen's decree, Chen Zhirong was thrown to the Huanyi Bureau to be punished.

The Huanyi Bureau is the second of the eight bureaus serving the court, after the imperial dining room, providing laundry services for the emperor's relatives in the palace, and is the only eunuch institution in the 24 yamen of the inner court that is not in the palace.

After learning the news, Chen You, the Duke of Jingguo, felt a little complicated, relieved, but also a little regretful, after all, he had spent a lot of effort to cultivate Chen Zhirong over the years, and now Chen Zhirong was thrown into the Huanyi Bureau, I am afraid that he will be tortured and die.

Although Chen You doesn't like Chen Zhirong, and even dislikes Chen Zhirong very much, but Chen Zhirong has not yet given full play to his use value, and Chen You naturally feels that he has lost something.

It was also from this day onwards that the world never heard of Chen Zhirong's name again.

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From Chen Zhirong's entry into the palace, to Chen Zhirong's collision with the queen, to Chen Zhirong's expulsion from Chen's house by Chen You, and to the queen's throwing Chen Zhirong into the Huanyi Bureau, these things are complicated to say, but it is only more than two hours before and after.

During this period, Zhao Junchen had been participating in the early dynasty, and he was naturally unaware of these things.

First of all, Zhao Junchen presented the newly compiled agricultural book of the household department to the Deqing Emperor, asking the imperial court to publish this agricultural book to the local yamen, and let the local yamen guide the farmers to cultivate according to the content of the new agricultural book.

This matter may seem small, but it is still opposed by many officials, who believe that the people already have their own farming habits, and if they are forcibly changed, it will not only cost the people and money, but also cause a lot of chaos.

In the end, in order to persuade the officials to accept his opinion, Zhao Junchen spent a lot of effort, and finally because of Zhou Shangjing's covert support, Zhao Junchen's proposal was finally passed.

Then, Huang Yourong, a minister of the Qincha in the far south of Zhili, sent a note to the Deqing Emperor, detailing the results of his raid on Su Changyi, his friends, and a group of smuggling merchants.

When the officials learned that Huang Yourong had harvested nearly nine hundred taels of silver in a series of raiders, they were all in a state of agitation and their eyes were shining.

Then, the Ministry of War began to cry poor, the Ministry of Officials began to cry poor, the Ministry of Rites began to cry poor, the Criminal Department began to cry poor, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate began to cry poor...... Of course, Zhao Junchen's household department and the Ministry of Industry are also crying poor, obviously all the yamen are eyeing this silver and want to get more benefits.

In this way, it was naturally another large-scale controversy and attack, which was delayed for more than an hour, but how the silver should be used is still inconclusive.

In the end, seeing that noon was approaching, Emperor Deqing was a little tired and didn't want to see the officials quarrel anymore, so he announced that the matter would be postponed and go directly to the court.

After the next dynasty, Zhao Junchen was about to leave the Forbidden City, but suddenly received a summons from Emperor Deqing.

Zhao Junchen naturally didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went to the imperial study to face the saint.

Originally, Zhao Junchen thought that Emperor Deqing was also eyeing this silver, and wanted to make Zhao Junchen more inclined to the interior.

However, Zhao Junchen only guessed part of the truth.

Emperor Deqing was indeed eyeing this silver, but he didn't say it explicitly, and only hinted at Zhao Junchen a few words before ending the topic.

Emperor Deqing believed that with Zhao Junchen's understanding, he naturally knew what to do after hearing his hints, and there was no need to make it clear, in fact, Zhao Junchen had never let him down in this regard.

After talking about the silver, Emperor Deqing suddenly changed the topic and asked about Zhao Junchen's marriage.

"I heard that you are already planning to marry Cui Qianxue as your wife?"

After hearing Emperor Deqing's inquiry, Zhao Junchen replied respectfully: "That's right, the minister plans to marry Cui Qianxue on the seventh day of the next month, and he wants to report this matter to His Majesty, after all, the minister and Cui Qianxue look at each other, all because of Your Majesty's connection." ”

Emperor Deqing nodded, a look of satisfaction flashed on his face, and he said slowly: "You can choose Cui Qianxue as your wife, I am very satisfied, Cui Qianxue sacrificed her life to block the knife for you, which is enough to prove her affection for you, and it is natural for you to marry her into the family now." ”

Then, Emperor Deqing said: "Speaking of which, this Cui Qianxue was kicked out of the house by Cui Ge Lao because of you, and now she is helpless and pitiful, so don't treat her badly in the future." ”

Zhao Junchen hurriedly replied: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, after marrying Cui Qianxue, he will definitely respect her like a guest and will never treat her badly." ”

"That's good." When Emperor Deqing said this, he suddenly mentioned Chen Zhirong and asked: "At the beginning, I personally acted as a matchmaker for you and let you know Cui Qianxue, Chen Zhirong, and Su Xiuning...... Among them, Chen Zhirong is the most intelligent and has the closest relationship with you, I heard that the two of you will often meet, I originally thought that you would choose Chen Zhirong as your wife, why is there no follow-up now? ”

Hearing that Emperor Deqing suddenly mentioned Chen Zhirong, Zhao Junchen had some doubts in his heart, but on such an occasion, Zhao Junchen naturally couldn't say his true thoughts, so he used some clichés and said perfunctorily: "Miss Chen's appearance and intelligence are indeed one in a million...... It's a pity that the minister and her personality are not compatible, and they can only have no fate. ”

Zhao Junchen's words originally did not have any actual meaning, but Emperor Deqing, under Li Jiamin's misdirection, was already preconceived, thinking that there was indeed something between Zhao Junchen and Chen Zhirong, and after hearing Zhao Junchen's words, he seemed to be smiling, and said slowly: "Oh? Is there no fate? That's a pity. ”

Then, Emperor Deqing changed his words again, and said: "Speaking of which, Junchen, you are now the core minister of the temple, even if you marry Cui Qianxue, there is only one main room and one side room in the mansion, which is really a bit inappropriate, and only two women may not be able to serve you well...... In this way, I have recently recruited a group of palace maids in my palace, and I will choose one of them who is both talented and good-looking, and give her to you as a side room. In this way, I will feel more at ease with one more caring person to serve you. ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing's words, Zhao Junchen's brows subconsciously wrinkled.

Give yourself a palace maid?

What does that mean? Enveloping and buying? Or do you want to plant spies?

Zhao Junchen hesitated for a moment, but he opened his mouth and refused: "Your Majesty, the matter of giving the palace maid to the courtiers is probably not in line with the courtesy, and the ministers only need to have a wife and a concubine to serve it......"

However, before Zhao Junchen's words were finished, Emperor Deqing raised his hand undoubtedly and said, "What, my kindness, you still plan to refuse it?" ”

When Emperor Deqing's words came to this, Zhao Junchen naturally couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to put on a grateful expression and salute Emperor Deqing and thanked: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace and concern!" ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen finally agreed to his proposal, Emperor Deqing nodded with satisfaction and said, "I will arrange a sedan chair for the palace maid to wait for you outside the palace and go back to the house with you......"

Speaking of this, Emperor Deqing seemed to be smiling, faintly teasing, and said: "This palace maid's talent and appearance are all one in a million, I believe Junchen you will definitely like it." ”

Seeing that Emperor Deqing's expression was a little strange, Zhao Junchen's heart became more and more confused, but it was inconvenient to ask Emperor Deqing, so he had to suppress his doubts in his heart.

Then, after Emperor Deqing talked to Zhao Junchen a few more words, he let Zhao Junchen leave.

After Zhao Junchen left the imperial study, without any delay, he came directly outside the noon gate.

Emperor Deqing's arrangement today is really a bit strange, and Zhao Junchen is naturally eager to know the details.

When I came to the noon gate, I found that next to my sedan chair, there was a small sedan chair waiting quietly, obviously the person in the sedan chair was the palace maid given to Zhao Junchen by Emperor Deqing.

Zhao Junchen frowned and came to the small sedan chair, opened the sedan curtain and looked inside.

In the sedan chair, a familiar face was smiling like a flower at this time, a pair of bright eyes stared at Zhao Junchen's face, and said: "Lord Zhao, the little woman's name is Zhang Yuer, and she will live with Lord Zhao in the future, please give me a lot of advice!" ”

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