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"Everyone, it's time to enter the palace for a banquet."

While speaking, without waiting for everyone to agree, Cui Mian was already pulling Cui Qianxue and leading a group of family members towards the palace.

However, in a moment, Cui Mian's family was already far away, and Cui Mian's reproach to Cui Qianxue and Cui Qianxue's slightly panicked defense could be vaguely heard.

Seeing Cui Mian so faceless, a trace of unhappiness flashed in Chen You's eyes, and he snorted coldly and said, "Lord Zhao, Governor Su, let's also enter the palace for a banquet." ”

Zhao Junchen and Su Changzhen naturally nodded in agreement.

Then, putting aside Zhao Junchen, a widow, Chen You and Su Changzhen both greeted their respective family members and nephews and walked towards the palace together.

Among them, Zhao Junchen and Chen You, Su Changyi, as well as Chen Zhirong and Su Xiuning's two daughters, are all at the forefront, and the rest of Chen You and Su Changyi's family members are following suit.

Between the moves, Su Changyi has completely put aside his face, and constantly praised Su Xiuning's various benefits with Zhao Junchen, and his attitude is very obvious, so he almost said, "As long as you want, I will marry my daughter to you immediately".

Seeing Su Changyi behaving like this, Su Xiuning's pretty face was embarrassed, and she didn't dare to look at people, Chen You on the side was disdainful, while Chen Zhirong listened with a smile, and between her beautiful eyes, she just observed the change in Zhao Junchen's expression, and occasionally glanced at Su Xiuning.

Su Changyi also knew that such a practice was embarrassing, but since he saw Chen Zhirong, he couldn't care about it.

Compared to Su Xiuning, Chen Zhirong is not only more beautiful, smarter, and more sultry, but also very proactive.

Between Su Xiuning and Chen Zhirong, most men in this world will probably choose Chen Zhirong without hesitation!

It's not that Su Xiuning is bad, but Chen Zhirong is too good.

Therefore, in order to recover the lost points, Su Changzhen had to go into battle in person and boasted about himself.

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“…… Lord Zhao, you may not know. Since the age of seven, the little girl Xiuning has been apprenticed to Shen Zizhou, a famous piano musician, to learn the piano, and now she has Shen Zizhou's first success, if Lord Zhao is free in the future, you can come to the old man's house as a guest, and the little girl will personally stroke the piano for Lord Zhao, and you will know that what the old man said is not boastful......"

Zhao Junchen nodded and smiled: "Shen Zizhou's piano skills." It is also very famous in the capital, since Miss Su has been truly transmitted, the sound of the piano must be as beautiful as heaven, and the younger generation is also yearning, if she is free in the past two days, she will naturally go to the house to disturb. I also hope that Su seniors will not forget today's words. ”

Su Changyi was suddenly overjoyed, nodded again and again, and said: "If Lord Zhao is willing to come, it will be too late for the old man to welcome him, so where is there anything to bother with, and the little girl's cooking skills are also excellent, and when the time comes, she can also make a few exquisite side dishes for Lord Zhao herself......

heard the conversation between Zhao Junchen and Su Changzhen. The relationship between the two sides seems to be gradually getting closer, Chen Zhirong smiled, came to the silent Su Xiuning's side, affectionately took Su Xiuning's slender hand, and said: "It turns out that Sister Su's piano skills are so good, so I envy my sister." My sister also likes piano skills, but she is clumsy and has never been able to learn well. In the future, if you are free, sister, you must teach me. ”

"The mere piano skills are just small skills, not enough to worry about, Miss Chen is extremely smart, if she is willing to learn, she will definitely learn quickly. In the future, if there is a chance, you and I will have a conversation. ”

Under Chen Zhirong's initiative to talk, Su Xiuning's pretty face was still red, but she finally spoke.

The voice is like a human. Delicate and soft, full of delicateness, not as charming and moving as Chen Zhirong's voice, but equally good.

And Su Xiuning's reply is basically equivalent to agreeing.

Chen Zhirong smiled like a flower, seemed to be extremely happy, then frowned and thought for a moment, shook her head, and said softly: "Then I will thank my sister, but ...... In recent days, forget it, I heard my father say that during this period of time, there have been quite a few imperial histories in the DPRK and China who have impeached Uncle Su out of nothing, saying that Uncle Su was corrupt and bribed in the local area, abused power for personal gain, and made the people complain. Although Uncle Su has a clear conscience, this is a troublesome thing after all, and I am worried about it, so Sister Su should accompany Uncle Su more these days, and when this matter passes, I will bother my sister again. ”

Hearing Chen Zhirong's words, Su Changyi's face changed slightly.

In the past few days, Zhao Junchen has made a lot of efforts to improve his reputation, obviously wanting to clear his name - for such a situation, everyone who cares sees it, and Su Changzhen is naturally one of them.

Therefore, if Su Changzhen wants to marry Zhao Junchen, his biggest disadvantage is his bad reputation among the government and the opposition!

After all, once the two parties marry and the relationship gradually becomes closer, then Su Changyi's bad reputation will inevitably drag down Zhao Junchen, so that Zhao Junchen's various plans and many efforts can only be put to naught.

And Chen Zhirong's words seem to be kind, but in fact, they imply wit and meaning.

Su Changyi glanced at Chen You, and now Chen You just let Chen Zhirong wave, and he didn't mean to stop it, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and said slowly: "Thank you Miss Chen for your concern, but it's just some impeachment in the imperial history, all kinds of crimes, all kinds of crimes, all the wind and shadows, Your Majesty's eyes are like torches, and he has already refuted all the impeachment folds, obviously trusting the old man." So this kind of thing won't affect anything, Miss Chen, you're worried too much. ”

Chen Zhirong still looked serious about the Su family's father and daughter, shook his head lightly, and said: "Uncle Su must not be careless, although I don't know about officialdom, but I also know that in this temple, people always go to tea and cool, and Uncle Su's age, seeing that he is about to become a leader, now is the time when people's hearts are fluctuating, and the officials below may not be as loyal as in the past, and those imperial histories in the court will not give up lightly, in this case, Uncle Su, you better be careful." ”

If Su Changzhen wants to marry Zhao Junchen, his biggest disadvantage is his bad reputation among the government and the opposition, then his biggest advantage is his connections and influence in the local yamen!

However, Chen Zhirong's words were extremely ingenious in a few words, either "about to give a shi", or "people go to tea and cool", which immediately discounted Su Changyi's advantages a lot.

Su Changyi's complexion changed again, his tone turned cold, and he said, "Miss Chen's kindness, the old man understands it." However, it is inevitable that some people are worried, and the old man has a clear conscience, so he naturally will not worry about the impeachment of the imperial historians. What's more, the old man has been an official in the local government for more than 30 years, and he can be regarded as having a solid foundation, and there are not many protégés and former officials, even if he returns to his hometown. It may not be that people will take tea to cool, even if people take tea to cool, there is still herbal tea to quench their thirst, which is much better than those who want to drink tea and have nowhere to go, Miss Chen, do you say that is the truth? ”

Obviously, Su Changyi's words. It is a satire that the Chen family, the Duke of Jingguo, is not powerful and has low influence, and he does not even have the qualifications to "go to tea and cool up".

It's just that this counterattack inadvertently stabbed the most sore spot in Chen You's life, making a trace of anger flash in the eyes of Chen You, who was originally silent.

Chen Zhirong is still smiling and smiling, and between her bright eyes, she has seen all the changes in everyone's expressions. He smiled lightly: "I see, I was taught...... It's a pity that in this temple, it has always been the iron-clad noble inheritance and the replacement of flowing officials, and my Jing Guogong lineage, although the power is not strong, but after all, it is a noble family that lasts for a hundred years, considering that the days are long. Everyone will always give a little face, although the tea they drink on weekdays is not very hot, but it is not cold, and the experience of the four words "people walk tea and cool" is naturally not as profound as Uncle Su. ”

Hearing Chen Zhirong's words, Su Changyi's face changed again, and he was speechless for a while. Can't find a reason to refute it!

And at this moment, Su Xiuning, who had been ignored by everyone, suddenly spoke.

The voice was soft, as soft as ever. And with a little timidity.

Miss Chen's remarks seem reasonable, but they are inevitably a bit biased...... Again, no matter how hot the tea is, it will become cold sooner or later, but as long as the tea is still there, and then find a stove, the tea can still be boiled, so whether the tea is hot or cold is not the key, the number of tea is the key, if the tea is less, I am afraid, I am afraid that there is no value of re-boiling. ”

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Hearing Su Xiuning's rebuttal, everyone was stunned.

Su Xiuning gave people the impression that she was the kind of gentle and decent lady, introverted and quiet, not good at intrigue, and now she suddenly opened her mouth to refute, and she was able to hit the nail on the head, which surprised everyone present.

Su Xiuning's hint was understood by everyone - the tea in her mouth refers to Su Changjian's connections and influence, and the furnace in her mouth refers to Zhao Junchen himself - it means that as long as Zhao Junchen and the Su family marry, and then have Su Changchen's matchmaking, even if Su Changchen returns to his hometown in the future, Su Changjian's power influence and connections can still help Zhao Junchen.

For a while, everyone looked at Su Xiuning again with unexpected eyes—even Su Changyi was no exception.

Noticing everyone's gaze, Su Xiuning's delicate body was slightly tight, her eyelids were slightly closed, and she was more and more down, and she didn't dare to look at people.

In fact, just as everyone has the impression of her, Su Xiuning is not good at intrigue with others, and she never competes with others on weekdays. Such a sharp speech is still the first time in her life.

However, not being good at intrigue does not mean that Su Xiuning is cowardly and stupid, in fact, under Su Xiuning's delicate appearance, there is a smart and beautiful heart hidden! Seeing that his father Su Changyi was forced into a corner by Chen Zhirong's words, and thinking that he had promised Su Changzhen to take the initiative to fight, after hesitating for a long time, he finally mustered up the courage to refute.

It's just that her rebuttal, although very beautiful, has a low voice, stumbles, and hangs her head and doesn't dare to look at people, but it has no matching momentum at all.

When everyone reacted from their surprise, Su Changyi laughed, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and nodded: "What Xiuning said makes sense, tea herbal tea is not the key, the key is to see how much tea there is!" The old man has been an official for more than 30 years, and he has served in four provinces and seven mansions, but he has collected a lot of famous teas from all over the world. ”

Zhao Junchen looked at Su Xiuning with interest, and after hearing Su Changyi's meaning, he finally withdrew his gaze, and nodded and smiled: "Since this is the case, the younger generation is waiting for it." ”

On the other side, when Chen You heard Su Xiuning's words, he was still hinting that the Chen family of Jingguo Gong was not powerful and influential, and he couldn't help frowning, and anger flashed in his eyes again.

However, after glancing at Chen Zhirong, Chen You did not speak, but just let Chen Zhirong continue to wave.

Chen Zhirong's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly. looked at Su Xiuning a few times, and in her bright eyes, there was a flashing of indescribable feelings, and said with a smile: "Sister Su is insightful, but unfortunately, there are some teas, such as Bird's Tongue and Pu'er." It can indeed be boiled again when it is cold, and it is still moist and delicious, and even after overnight, there are still some medical effects after drinking, but there are some teas, such as soil foam and bitter ding. It is astringent and difficult to swallow, and if it is cold and then cooked, it will not only become more unpleasant, but even make people spoil their stomachs...... Sister Su, do you say that's the truth? ”

Chen Zhirong's remarks are an allusion to Su Changyi's connections and influence, which are just the wolves of some corrupt officials and corrupt officials, for Zhao Junchen. Whether this help is good or bad is difficult to say.

For a while, not only Su Changyi, but even Su Xiuning was speechless, and he didn't know how to refute it.

After all, it's true.

Faintly, Su Xiuning could still be heard sighing.

Chen Zhirong smiled lightly and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue. Just said, "Huh? Talking and talking, it turned out to be a deviation from the topic, originally saying that the matter of the impeachment of Uncle Su by the imperial historians of the DPRK and China turned into a tea ceremony for some reason...... Father, we and Uncle Su's family are at the same banquet in the palace today, which can be regarded as fate. My daughter will ask Sister Su for piano skills in the future, and I think it will definitely be close, and now some imperial historians in the court are impeaching Uncle Su, can't you think of a way? You can't let those imperial historians do anything wrong and pour dirty water on Uncle Su, right? ”

Apparently. Chen Zhirong is creating an opportunity for Chen You to take the opportunity to show the connections of the Chen family in the imperial court.

After all, if you want to marry Zhao Junchen, you also need to show your strength in the end.

Su Changyi had repeatedly ridiculed the Chen family of Jing Guogong for being powerless and powerless, Chen You finally found a chance to refute now, a trace of happiness flashed between his expressions, and blurted out: "This is natural, I Jing Guogong is in the same lineage, although I am not powerful, but after all, it is a century-old family, and there are always some connections, such as Xiao Shanchang Xiao Yushi in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Wang Youwei Wang Yushi, and Zhang Qin Zhang Yushi, all of whom have a deep friendship, they are famous, and His Majesty also trusts them...... After returning home tonight, I will invite them to a meeting and ask them to speak for Governor Su in front of His Majesty. ”

Chen Zhirong said with a smile: "These three adults are all very important in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and their relationship with our family has become increasingly close in recent years, so they can indeed be trusted." ”

On the other side, hearing this, Zhao Junchen, who was originally just watching the excitement, was slightly stunned, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes showed a thoughtful look!

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According to Zhao Junchen's intelligence, the Chen family of Jing Guogong and the three imperial histories in Chen You's mouth have nothing to do with it!

In fact, these three imperial histories are closer to the crown prince Zhu and Yu on the surface.

However, Chen You swore it like this, but it didn't seem to be bragging.

Vaguely, Zhao Junchen felt that there seemed to be a lot of article in this!

Then I think of the relationship between the Chen family of Jing Guogong and the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, as well as Chen Zhirong's meaningful sentence "The relationship with our family has become increasingly close in recent years"......

Could it be that the three imperial histories that Chen You said were actually the people of the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian?

Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen turned his head to look at Chen You and Chen Zhirong.

At this time, Chen You also seemed to have something wrong, a trace of chagrin flashed in his expression, his face changed slightly, and then he regained his original deep appearance.

On the other side, Chen Zhirong's eyes were shining, and the corners of her bewitching mouth were flashing with a hint of a smile, and she glanced at Zhao Junchen meaningfully, and blinked her eyes playfully.

Thinking about what happened before and after, and seeing Chen Zhirong's expression at this time, Zhao Junchen was thoughtful.

Obviously, from the very beginning, Chen Zhirong controlled the direction of the topic, and Chen Youzhi blurted out this information, which seemed to be because of Chen Zhirong's secret promotion!

Originally, Chen Zhirong and Su Changyi, a feudal official, not only did not fall behind in the verbal confrontation, but also attacked more and defended less, repeatedly forcing Su Changzhen to have nothing to say, which was already a high look.

After all, just a few words, Chen Zhirong pointed out Su Changyong's shortcomings in reputation, and made Su Changyong's advantages in power and connections discounted a lot, and also showed his intelligence and shrewdness in front of Zhao Junchen, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone!

However, if Zhao Junchen's speculation is true, then these expressions are just Chen Zhirong's means to deliberately divert everyone's attention, and her real purpose is to use Su Changyi's counterattack and ridicule. provoked Chen You's anger, and made Chen You impulsively tell some secrets that should never have been said!

Such means and scheming are amazing!

However, for what purpose did Chen Zhirong do this?

Isn't she afraid that doing so will affect the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian and the Chen family of Jing Guogong?

"If that's the case. Zhu Hejian's hidden power in the court has begun to take shape and should not be underestimated, and the three imperial histories mentioned by Chen You are probably only the tip of the iceberg. Zhao Junchen secretly thought: "In addition, this Chen Zhirong is really not to be underestimated. His scheming and determination are all terrifying, but he followed the topic, and seemingly unintentionally, let Chen You personally say some of the cronies of the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian hidden in the court...... However, what is Chen Zhirong's real purpose? Why through Chen You's mouth. Reveal these to me"

Zhao Junchen always felt that Chen Zhirong was trying to hint at something to himself.

But what it was, Zhao Junchen couldn't figure it out for a while, so he could only wait and see.

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The seventh prince Zhu Hejian's covetousness for the throne is now known to only a very few people.

Therefore, after hearing Chen You's words, Su Changyi did not notice the inside story. Thinking that this was just Chen You showing off the power and influence of the Chen family of Jing Guogong, he retorted coldly: "Jing Guogong's kindness, the old man understands it, but this kind of trivial matter, there is no need to bother Jing Guogong, let alone ...... This is all over the place, from the place to the center. From the second grade to the seventh grade, there are hundreds of people in all kinds of imperial histories, and only two or three imperial histories may not change anything. ”

At this time. Chen Youzheng felt regret because of his impulsive opening, seeing that everyone didn't care, he was finally a little relieved, and when he heard Su Changyi's words, he still implied sarcasm, hesitated for a moment, and did not fight back, just nodded and said: "Since Governor Su has his own plan in his heart, then I will also be relieved." ”

Then, Chen You kept his mouth shut and never said a word again.

Seeing that Chen You did not refute, a trace of surprise flashed in Su Changyi's eyes.

He suddenly appeared, compared to Chen You, who was a father, but Chen Zhirong, the daughter, was more difficult to deal with.

Originally, Su Changyi thought that Chen Zhirong's words were all instructed by Chen You, but now it seems that they are not like them.

However, after thinking about it, Su Changyi was about to test it, and everyone had already entered the depths of the palace and came to the front of the Jianji Palace.

Today's palace banquet, in addition to Zhao Junchen, there are only Cui Mian, Su Changzhen and Chen You, the scale is not large, so the place where the banquet is held is not the main hall, but is held in the side hall of the Jianji Palace.

Now, seeing Zhao Junchen, Chen You, Su Changyi and others appearing, several eunuchs waiting outside the Jianji Hall hurriedly greeted them.

"I've seen three adults, the three adults are finally here, just now Cui Laoge's old family has already entered the palace to wait, now the hour is approaching, all preparations are in place, and soon His Majesty will come, the palace banquet will begin, and please invite the three adults to enter the palace and wait for a while."

came to the front of everyone, and said respectfully to the eunuch.

Then, between the eunuchs and the bows, they raised their hands and signaled everyone to enter the hall.

Seeing that the palace banquet was about to start, and there were eunuchs in the inner court beside them, everyone pressed their own thoughts, didn't say anything more, and just walked towards the Jianji Hall together.

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After entering the Jianji Palace, Zhao Junchen looked up, and now, as the eunuch said, the old Cui Mian's family in the front pavilion was already sitting down in the palace.

Among them, Cui Mian sat on the left, and Cui Qianxue and several of Cui Mian's children and nephews were all sitting in the back corner of Cui Mian's side.

glanced at Cui Mian, and now Cui Mian's eyes drooped slightly, as if he was seriously looking at the ornaments on the table, without any intention of greeting. But Cui Qianxue was unusual, she didn't continue to stare at Zhao Junchen with her big eyes, but carefully looked at Chen Zhirong and Su Xiuning beside Zhao Junchen with an inquiring gaze.

Because Cui Mian's attitude was not good, Chen You and Su Changyi also looked cold, and did not greet Cui Mian, but under the guidance of the eunuchs, they came to their respective seats and sat down.

However, unlike Su Changyi and Chen You, Zhao Junchen was extremely thick-skinned, although he knew that Cui Mian's cold attitude was mainly aimed at himself, he still came to Cui Mian's seat, bowed and saluted: "Senior Cui walked so fast, just now I and Governor Su and Duke Jing Guogong, although they were in a hurry, they still couldn't catch up with Senior Cui...... During today's palace banquet, I hope that Cui's predecessors will give me a lot of advice. ”

After Cui Mian snorted lightly, he didn't pay attention to Zhao Junchen, but just nodded slightly, signaling that Zhao Junchen could leave.

Seeing Cui Mian like this, Zhao Junchen was not surprised, just smiled slightly, and then walked to his seat and sat down.

However, today's palace banquet, Cui Mian, Su Changzhen and Chen You, all brought their families, but only Zhao Junchen was a widow, at this time in the hall, at a glance, only Zhao Junchen's back side was empty, which was inevitably a little weird.

However, Zhao Junchen didn't care, just followed Cui Mian's appearance, lowered his eyes slightly, and looked at the ornaments on the table in front of him with interest.

It's just that in Zhao Junchen's heart, his thoughts are turning sharply, thinking about the next response.

After some observation just now, Zhao Junchen already knows the attitudes and positions of each family.

Among them, Su Changyi is the most sincere, and Su Xiuning's conduct and appearance are also the most pleasing to Zhao Junchen, but as Chen Zhirong hinted - if he marries the Su family, Su Changyi's bad reputation will drag down Zhao Junchen, and Su Changjian's local business, although it looks red-eyed, but if Zhao Junchen swallows it in one bite, the carrion part may make Zhao Junchen have stomach trouble, and this situation naturally makes Zhao Junchen worried.

As for the Chen family of Jingguo Gong, because it is related to the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, Zhao Junchen is always a little jealous - however, Zhao Junchen is quite curious about Chen Zhirong, according to Zhao Junchen's observation, this Chen Zhirong does not seem to have the same heart as her father Chen You, as if she has other ideas, which also makes Zhao Junchen secretly make a decision, planning to take the opportunity of today's palace banquet to have a private contact with Chen Zhirong to test Chen Zhirong's true purpose.

In addition, there is also the Cui family, although Cui Mian's attitude is cold, but if he marries with the Cui family, he can not only help Zhao Junchen improve his reputation, but also enhance Zhao Junchen's prestige and qualifications, these are all things that Zhao Junchen urgently needs at the moment, so Zhao Junchen is not willing to give up lightly. As for Cui Qianxue, a little girl, Zhao Junchen doesn't have any special likes and dislikes.

"The Cui family, the Su family, and the Chen family, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, is difficult to choose. In the past, these three were all chicken ribs, and they were not the best joint venture choices, but now His Majesty's attitude is obvious, that is, let me choose among the three, but it makes me a little difficult to choose...... However, the attitude and position of these three families have now been determined, and the next thing depends on His Majesty's attitude, although His Majesty says that it is up to me to make the decision on the surface, but in his heart, I am afraid that he is also biased, and I can also use this to test his true thoughts......"

And just as Zhao Junchen was thinking, the voice of the eunuch Zhang Xiu came from the hall.

"Your Majesty has arrived~! The imperial concubine has arrived~! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Junchen's eyes narrowed slightly.

Isn't the imperial concubine in this harem the biological mother of the crown prince Zhu Heyu and the seventh prince Zhu Hejian? Emperor Deqing actually brought her to the palace banquet?

Between thoughts, Zhao Junchen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly got up with the other three families to greet him.

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