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It was a quarter of the hour. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the address given by Chen Zhirong, Zhao Junchen came to a very inconspicuous small courtyard.

Outside the gate of the small courtyard, Tao'er was looking forward to it.

After seeing Zhao Junchen, Tao'er was immediately overjoyed, walked quickly to Zhao Junchen's side, and said, "Lord Zhao, my young lady is waiting for you in the courtyard." ”

Zhao Junchen nodded, didn't say anything, and walked directly into the courtyard.

In the courtyard, except for the main hall, which was lit up, the rest of the rooms were pitch black, and it was obvious that Chen Zhirong was waiting for Zhao Junchen in the main hall.

Zhao Junchen's status is now completely different from before, in addition to Xu Qingyan, he is also responsible for the safety of two family members from the West Factory.

As Zhao Junchen nodded, the two family members stayed in the courtyard, while Zhao Junchen led Xu Qingyan into the main hall.

After entering the main hall, Zhao Junchen raised his eyes to look, but found that Chen Zhirong was sitting sideways at a round table, looking at the candle flame in a daze, frowning slightly, his always bright eyes were full of sadness at this time, and his expression was vaguely sad, which would make people feel pity.

On the round table, there are two pairs of dishes and chopsticks, a few side dishes, a pot of wine, and two wine glasses.

Behind Chen Zhirong, there is also a servant maid standing, this maid is named Red Sleeves, who is often taken by Chen Zhirong's side, and Zhao Junchen has seen it a few times.

At the same time, because Chen Zhirong was sitting on her side, her right body was facing the door, and after hearing Zhao Junchen's footsteps, Chen Zhirong turned her head slightly to look at Zhao Junchen, but did not get up to greet her, but quickly turned her head, as if she didn't want Zhao Junchen to see her left cheek, she just said softly: "Lord Zhao is here, please sit down and talk." ”

Zhao Junchen still didn't say anything, just walked to sit opposite Chen Zhirong.

Then, Zhao Junchen saw Chen Zhirong's slightly red and swollen left cheek.

Under the flickering candlelight, on Chen Zhirong's white and flawless face, this redness and swelling are particularly eye-catching.

According to Tao'er, this is obviously the handiwork of Chen You, the Duke of Jingguo.

After noticing Zhao Junchen's gaze, Chen Zhirong's expression became more and more sad, but she got up and sat down on Zhao Junchen's left side, still facing Zhao Junchen with her right cheek, as if she didn't want Zhao Junchen to see the red and swollen left cheek.

But no matter what, Zhao Junchen still saw it after all.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen can't turn a blind eye and ignore it.

So, Zhao Junchen sighed softly and asked, "Listen to that maid named Tao'er say, Chen You, the Duke of Jingguo, beat you?" ”

Chen Zhirong didn't answer Zhao Junchen's question, but just said to the maid Red Sleeves behind him: "Red Sleeves, you go out, there are some things I just want to talk to Lord Zhao alone." ”

Redsleeves nodded and immediately left the room.

After seeing Chen Zhirong's statement, Zhao Junchen hesitated slightly, and also nodded to Xu Qingyan behind him, and then Xu Qingyan also left the room with red sleeves.

In this way, only Zhao Junchen and Chen Zhirong were left in the room.

It was only at this time that Chen Zhirong opened his mouth to answer Zhao Junchen's question.

Chen Zhirong said slowly: "It's not a special thing, my adoptive father doesn't like me, he just wants to use Zhirong's appearance to envelop others and fight for his own benefits, from childhood to adulthood, as long as Zhirong is a little disobedient, it will be a slap and kick, or even a leather whip, so Zhirong has long been used to it, and now that Lord Zhao wants to marry Cui Qianxue, his plan to marry Lord Zhao has also failed, so naturally he is angry in his heart, but a slap on Zhirong is already light, if it weren't for Zhirong being in a hurry to coax him, said that he still had a way to make Lord Zhao change his mind, and I was afraid that he would have to be whipped a few more times. ”

Chen Zhirong's voice was very calm, as if she had a feeling of resignation, and she didn't mean to blame Zhao Junchen at all on the surface, but her words also linked the reason for her beating to Zhao Junchen.

However, Zhao Junchen naturally didn't feel guilty because of Chen Zhirong's few words, let alone change his mind because of this, just nodded lightly and asked, "According to what you said in your letter, the matter of you secretly reporting the news to me during this period of time has been known to the Duke of Jing and the Seventh Prince?" ”

Chen Zhirong also nodded lightly and said, "Judging by the attitude of the adoptive father, they obviously already know these things. I'm afraid that the Seven Princes have always known that Zhirong is secretly reporting the news to Lord Zhao, but he has always held back, because he feels that this can paralyze Lord Zhao, and at a critical time, he can even pass some wrong news to Lord Zhao through Zhirong to mislead Lord Zhao's judgment...... In addition, Zhirong repeatedly secretly informs Lord Zhao of the news, which can also make Lord Zhao trust Zhirong and increase the chances of Lord Zhao marrying Zhirong......"

Speaking of this, Chen Zhirong sighed softly, and said: "All in all, the Seventh Prince, he can tolerate Zhirong to report the news to Lord Zhao, all because Zhirong still has use value for him, and now that Lord Zhao has decided to marry Cui Qianxue, Zhirong's use value will naturally be gone, how can the Seventh Prince tolerate Zhirong betraying him?" I'm afraid that when Lord Zhao marries Cui Qianxue, it will be the time for Zhirong to die. ”

Hearing Chen Zhirong say this, Zhao Junchen also frowned.

After all, Chen Zhirong helped Zhao Junchen a lot, so Zhao Junchen didn't want Chen Zhirong to lose his fragrance because of himself.

So, Zhao Junchen finally had some pity in his heart, and his tone was softer, and he asked, "So, what are your plans?" With your ingenuity and scheming, and now that you're asking me for help, I'm afraid you've already figured out a way to deal with it, right? If you have any requirements, just say it, as long as it is within my ability, I will definitely do my best. ”

Chen Zhirong said slowly: "Now, Zhirong has three strategies, upper, middle and lower, and he can save his life, but which method to use, Zhirong can't make up his mind, so it's all up to Lord Zhao to decide." ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said, "Say it." ”

"The best strategy is the simplest, Zhirong ran out secretly tonight, Lord Zhao took advantage of the current opportunity to directly take Zhirong to Zhao's mansion to hide, so that Zhirong disappeared unnoticed! With Lord Zhao's current status, no one will dare to search the Zhao Mansion, after Zhirong hid in Lord Zhao's mansion for a period of time, wait until the limelight has passed, and then leave the capital, and live incognito from now on, although the future life will be more difficult, but at least he can save his life! ”

After speaking, Chen Zhirong stared at Zhao Junchen's face with a pair of bright eyes, waiting for Zhao Junchen's response.

This is the method that Chen Zhirong hopes Zhao Junchen to adopt the most, as long as Zhao Junchen is willing to take her to live in the Zhao Mansion, even if it is in the name of hiding on the surface, but during the time she temporarily lives in the Zhao Mansion, it is enough to accomplish many things.

However, Zhao Junchen naturally guessed Chen Zhirong's thoughts.

Although Zhao Junchen is not a abstinent person, he is not an indulgent and amorous person, it is enough to have Cui Qianxue in the main room and Fang Ru in the side room by his side, don't look at Chen Zhirong's pitiful behavior now, as if he has accepted his fate, but if Zhao Junchen lets Chen Zhirong enter the Zhao Mansion, Chen Zhirong's restless personality will inevitably give birth to a lot of right and wrong, so Zhao Junchen will never adopt Chen Zhirong's advice unless he has to!

So, Zhao Junchen shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this strategy is not safe, with the heart of the Seventh Prince, he will definitely not let you go, even if you are incognito in the future, he will definitely continue to investigate, once he finds the traces, it will still be difficult for you to save your life, let's talk about the middle strategy and the next strategy." ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's refusal, Chen Zhirong sighed lightly and said, "As for Zhongce...... Does Lord Zhao know Yao Dongshan, the eldest grandson of the Yao family of Rongguo Gong? Zhirong once met him by chance, and since then, this Yao Dongshan has never forgotten Zhirong, and has proposed to his adoptive father many times, but his adoptive father dislikes the power and wealth of the Yao family is just average, so he has never agreed. Of course, that Yao Dongshan has always had no interest, and Zhirong has always disliked him, but now in order to save his life, he can't care so much, if Lord Zhao can persuade His Majesty to let His Majesty personally match Yao Dongshan and Zhirong, and let Zhirong marry into the Yao family of Rongguo Gong, then the adoptive father and the Seventh Prince will not attack Zhirong because of the holy order. ”

Zhao Junchen still shook his head and said, "If the Seventh Prince really wants to kill you, even if you can marry into the Rongguo Mansion, I'm afraid you won't be able to save your life." ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen refuting the middle strategy so straightforwardly, a trace of joy flashed in Chen Zhirong's eyes.

In fact, this middle policy has no impact on Zhao Junchen, but Zhao Junchen still vetoed it neatly, I am afraid that deep in Zhao Junchen's heart, he also does not want to see Chen Zhirong marry someone else - at least, Chen Zhirong got such a conclusion from Zhao Junchen's reaction.

But soon, Chen Zhirong had already recovered his previous grievance and continued: "As for the next decision, it is not difficult either, but Lord Zhao may find it difficult to accept. 'United Shipping Company' will definitely be able to monopolize the world's shipping in the future, and the Seven Princes have always been very interested...... Therefore, Lord Zhao, if you are willing to let the Seven Princes participate in the matter of the 'United Ship Trip', and designate Zhirong to be responsible for all these matters, then in the eyes of the Seven Princes, Zhirong will once again have use value, and you will once again tolerate Zhirong's betrayal of him...... It's just that Zhirong also knows that the 'United Boat Trip' is related to Lord Zhao's future plans, and I am afraid that the Seventh Prince will never be allowed to interfere, so he listed it as the next policy. ”

After hearing Chen Zhirong's story, Zhao Junchen was silent for a long time.

It is also expected that the seventh prince Zhu Hejian will be interested in the "United Boat Company", after all, the role that the behemoth of the "United Boat Company" can play is too great, and anyone will be covetous, even Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao have been secretly coveting it.

But it is precisely because of this that Zhao Junchen has always been strictly guarded, and before he completely controls the "United Ship Company", he will never allow any force to interfere in the affairs of the "United Ship Company".

Therefore, after hearing Chen Zhirong's strategy, Zhao Junchen was naturally a little embarrassed, although this method can temporarily save Chen Zhirong, but Zhao Junchen's future plan will also leave some hidden dangers, which Zhao Junchen will never allow.

In the end, Zhao Junchen still vetoed Chen Zhirong's strategy, saying: "The strategy is not good, with the means of the Seven Princes, you can completely empty you in the future, and at that time you will still lose your use value." ”

Chen Zhirong sighed lightly again and said, "In this way, can't the upper, middle and lower three strategies work?" ”

Zhao Junchen saw Chen Zhirong's disappointed appearance, but he pondered for a moment, and then opened his mouth to promise: "If you want to save your life, there may not be only these three methods, your current situation has a lot to do with me, so I won't abandon you...... Don't worry, now I have a vague plan, which will definitely ensure that you have no worries for a lifetime, at most two days, Miss Chen, you can wait with peace of mind. ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen seemed to have a way to save himself, but he didn't explain it to himself in detail, Chen Zhirong nodded lightly, but he didn't ask, just reached out and picked up the wine jug, poured two glasses of wine, and pushed one of the cups in front of Zhao Junchen, and said slowly: "Zhirong believes in Lord Zhao, but things in this world are always uncertain, and for some reason, Zhirong always has some ominous premonitions in his heart...... If the Seventh Prince suddenly loses his patience, I'm afraid that today will be the last time Zhirong will see Lord Zhao, and Zhirong won't be able to wait for Lord Zhao to come to his rescue......"

While speaking, without waiting for Zhao Junchen to be relieved, Chen Zhirong had already picked up the wine glass with a pair of slender hands, and toasted Zhao Junchen: "If there is an accident, I hope that Lord Zhao will be able to remember Zhirong in ......the future."

Seeing Chen Zhirong's appearance, Zhao Junchen hesitated, but in the end he didn't say anything, just slowly raised his wine glass and wanted to drink with Chen Zhirong.

However, when the wine reached his mouth, Zhao Junchen's movements suddenly stopped.

Because, Zhao Junchen found that Chen Zhirong did not drink, but stared at Zhao Junchen's movements with flickering eyes, and faintly looked forward to it, as if she would not drink it until Zhao Junchen drank.

At the same time, in this glass of wine, Zhao Junchen smelled another fragrance that was different from the aroma of wine.

So, Zhao Junchen put down the wine glass with a smile, and secretly sighed in his heart, a woman like Chen Zhirong really can't tolerate a moment of negligence, if Zhao Junchen really drinks this glass of wine, I'm afraid he will "lose" tonight.

It seems that Chen Zhirong's meeting with Zhao Junchen tonight is not just to ask Zhao Junchen for help.

Although Zhao Junchen will never change his mind because of some skin-to-skin kisses, he can turn his face ruthlessly after putting on his pants, but Zhao Junchen does not plan to have more entanglements with Chen Zhirong, who knows what follow-up means Chen Zhirong has.

After putting down the wine glass, Zhao Junchen said slowly: "It's best not to drink at night, drinking is easy to be promiscuous, and it doesn't hurt me, but Miss Chen will suffer." ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen had debunked his little trick so quickly, Chen Zhirong did not have any restraint and uneasiness, but sighed with a sad face: "Could it be that Zhirong's posture can't enter Lord Zhao's eyes like this?" ”

Zhao Junchen still didn't explain further, just stood up directly, and assured Chen Zhirong again: "Miss Chen, don't think about it, since I have promised Miss Chen, I will not easily break my word, and in the next two days, I will definitely save Miss Chen's life, and Miss Chen will wait for good news." ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen didn't have any delay, and turned around and left.

Chen Zhirong's beautiful eyes stared at Zhao Junchen's back, with a vague disappointment on her face, but she didn't feel too much loss.

In fact, the contents of the drink are just an insurance policy for Chen Zhirong's plan, as long as Zhao Junchen is willing to come to see Chen Zhirong tonight, for Chen Zhirong, his plan has been successful.

After Zhao Junchen left the courtyard, Chen Zhirong did not stay for too long, and soon led the two maids of Red Sleeves and Tao'er to leave.

After Zhao Junchen and Chen Zhirong left one after another, in the shadows not far from the courtyard, another person came out, this person was not very old, his face was white, and he was dressed as a palace eunuch.

After glancing at the direction in which Zhao Junchen and Chen Zhirong had left, the little eunuch hurriedly walked in the direction of the Forbidden City.

At this time, it was already the time of the curfew of the Forbidden City, but the little eunuch seemed to have been arranged by some people, and easily entered the palace through the side door, and came to a place called Yixinxuan in the harem.

This is the palace where Concubine Li Jiamin lives.

That night, Emperor Deqing still came to Yixinxuan to sleep.

After the little eunuch entered Yixinxuan, he soon met Emperor Deqing and Concubine Li Jiamin, and told everything he had seen and heard.

"So, Zhao Junchen did indeed have a secret tryst with Chen Zhirong, the daughter of Chen You, the Duke of Jingguo?" After hearing the report, Emperor Deqing asked thoughtfully.

The little eunuch nodded hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty, there will never be a fake, the slave saw Miss Chen and Master Zhao go to that courtyard one after another, and left one after another after about half an hour." ”

On the side, Li Jiamin took the opportunity to snuggle up to Emperor Deqing's side, and said in a coquettish tone: "Your Majesty, did you see it?" Lord Zhao and Sister Chen are in love, the reason why he is willing to marry Cui Qianxue as his wife is just to thank Cui Qianxue for her kindness in sacrificing her life to block the knife, not that he really likes Cui Qianxue! Your Majesty, Sister Chen and Lord Zhao took very good care of me at the beginning, and Sister Chen and I were even more like sisters, Sister Chen has come to me to cry several times because Zhao Junchen is going to marry Cui Qianxue, it looks really pitiful, you must think of a way to let them have a lover and eventually become a family! ”

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Well, the second update!

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