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Not surprisingly, after Zhao Junchen returned to the Zhao Mansion, he immediately heard a report from the people of the Zhao Mansion, saying that Chen Zhirong was visiting and was waiting for Zhao Junchen in the living room at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Zhao Junchen stepped into the living room, he saw Fang Ru talking with Chen Zhirong.

On the surface, these two people can be said to be very similar, both are delicate and charming, and they are both shrewd, strong and capable, and they are also good at observing words and feelings, and insight into people's hearts.

Of course, objectively speaking, whether it is vision or appearance and temperament, Chen Zhirong is better than Fang Ru.

However, the inner essence of Fang Ru and Chen Zhirong is completely different, even diametrically opposed.

Fang Ru seems to be independent, but in fact she is a very insecure woman, her shrewdness and ability exist because of Zhao Junchen, and all her efforts are all to increase her weight in Zhao Junchen's mind, if there is no Zhao Junchen, Fang Ru will be at a loss, overwhelmed, and even lose her direction in life.

And Chen Zhirong is completely different, she doesn't seem to mind that she will become Zhao Junchen's vassal at all, never compete with Zhao Junchen for the limelight, and often puts on a bird-like appearance, looking at Zhao Junchen with undisguised admiration, but her heart is completely independent, her shrewdness and ability are completely for herself, and all her efforts are all for changing her status, if there is no Zhao Junchen, Chen Zhirong will still be Chen Zhirong.

Therefore, when facing Fang Ru, Zhao Junchen was never defenseless, but when facing Chen Zhirong, Zhao Junchen was on guard.

At this time, when Fang Ru and Chen Zhirong were talking together, the two were like best friends who had known each other for many years, full of tacit understanding and harmonious atmosphere, and the laughter of the two could be heard from a distance.

One of these two people is petite but plump and moving, and they are gorgeous when looking forward to it, and the other is coquettish and tall, with a smile and a smile. When the two talked to each other, their respective appearance and figure advantages were more prominent, and they looked extremely eye-catching.

I don't know why, Zhao Yinger and Zhang Zhaodi, who are about to enter the palace, are also accompanying them, Zhao Yinger and Zhang Zhaodi were originally rare beauties, but compared with Fang Ru and Chen Zhirong, they are a little overshadowed.

When the girls saw Zhao Junchen stepping into the living room, they all got up and greeted each other with a smile.

Because Chen Zhirong often came to visit Zhao's Mansion during this time, Zhao Junchen was not too polite, and asked directly with a smile: "What are you all talking about?" How happy you are? ”

Without waiting for Fang Ru and Chen Zhirong to answer, Zhao Ying'er had already replied first: "After Sister Chen heard the news that I was about to enter the palace, she came to tell me some things in the palace, and also introduced to me that the concubines in the palace know each other, and the concubines are the most favored concubines in the palace at present. ”

As she spoke, Zhao Yinger's expression was full of yearning and expectation.

During this period of time, Zhao Junchen has been looking for someone to teach Zhao Yinger and Zhang Zhaodi some of the knowledge and skills that they will need after entering the palace, from basic court etiquette, to the means of talking and greeting, and even some small skills between the beds, all of which are dabbled in, just so that they can get the favor of Emperor Deqing as soon as possible after entering the palace.

A few days ago, these trainings had ended, and Zhao Junchen planned to send them to the palace in the next two days.

It stands to reason that Zhao Junchen should have sent them to the palace a long time ago, and even Emperor Deqing urged them several times, but Zhao Junchen deliberately postponed it, because Zhao Junchen didn't want Zhao Yinger, Zhang Zhaodi's two daughters and Li Jiamin to enter the palace at the same time, otherwise there would be competition between the two sides, and Zhao Junchen was a little worried that Zhao Yinger was not Li Jiamin's opponent.

In addition, before Li Jiamin became more and more favored, the imperial concubine Wan had always covered the sky in the harem, and the imperial concubine Wan was the biological mother of the crown prince Zhu Heyu, and Zhao Yinger and Zhang Zhaodi were Zhao Junchen's people, the positions of the two sides could be described as naturally hostile, if Zhao Yinger and Zhang Zhaodi entered the palace in advance, they would definitely become a thorn in the side of the imperial concubine Wan, and they would definitely be deliberately targeted by the imperial concubine Wan, and with Zhao Yinger's means, I am afraid they would not be able to cope with it.

By now, Li Jiamin's holy family has been consolidated, and the situation in the harem has also stabilized, and it has become a situation where the two tigers of the imperial concubine Wan and Li Jiamin are fighting, so that Zhao Yinger and Zhang Zhaodi enter the palace at this time, and the imperial concubine Wan and Li Jiamin may not dare to suppress them at will, but will deliberately envelop them, so that Zhao Yinger and Zhang Zhaodi are also easy to gain a firm foothold in the harem.

While thinking in secret, Zhao Junchen's gaze turned to Chen Zhirong and asked, "Concubine Shu...... It's Li Jiamin, right? ”

Chen Zhirong nodded with a smile and said: "It's her, since the end of the southern tour, she has been admitted to the palace by His Majesty, it can be said that she is becoming more and more favored, and now she has been named a concubine. ”

At the beginning, after Emperor Deqing "encountered" Li Jiamin, Zhao Junchen was a little suspicious of Li Jiamin's origin, so he asked Chen Zhirong to deliberately approach Li Jiamin to find out information, although Li Jiamin was quite astute, Chen Zhirong did not find too much useful information, but as an opportunity, Chen Zhirong and Li Jiamin had a friendship, and Li Jiamin often summoned Chen Zhirong to the palace to talk.

Zhao Junchen nodded thoughtfully, and then said to Zhao Ying'er: "In the past two months, I have asked people to teach you a lot of things, whether it is court etiquette or social greeting...... I rarely recruit official women into the palace, most of the concubines in the harem are from the people, no education, with your current vision, I believe that you will soon be able to stand out in the harem, if there is the help of the concubine, it will be twice the result with half the effort...... But ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen's expression became more serious, and he said slowly: "After your holy favor gradually increases, you and Concubine Shu will compete secretly, so don't trust her too much, just use it, if you can't use it, don't be used by her...... Li Jiamin, a woman, is not so simple and simple. ”

On the side, Chen Zhirong also nodded again and again, and also told Zhao Ying'er: "It is this truth, with Lord Zhao supporting you in the previous dynasty, even Your Majesty has to give you some face, no one in the harem dares to bully you at will, but you don't need to borrow too much external force, it is better to think seriously about how to cater to Your Majesty on weekdays, after all, Concubine Shu is just an outsider, and you can't rely on it blindly." ”

When admonishing, Chen Zhirong's attitude was as if she was the mistress of the Zhao Mansion, which made Fang Ru on the side couldn't help frowning.

On the other side, Zhao Ying'er didn't find anything wrong, just nodded again and again, and said, "Adults and Sister Chen can rest assured that Ying'er knows how to be proportionate." ”

Zhao Junchen knew that Zhao Ying'er was not a stupid person, as long as she was reminded, she would definitely pay attention to it, so she no longer dwelled on this topic, but turned to Fang Ru and asked, "It's not early, is lunch ready?" ”

After listening to Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Fang Ru finally found an opportunity to show her status as a hostess, and said with a smile: "It's all ready, just wait for you to come back." ”

After speaking, Fang Ru turned her head and invited Chen Zhirong: "Sister Chen doesn't have to be polite, just stay and eat together." ”

As she spoke, Fang Ru accentuated her tone with the words "Xianggong", "You're welcome", and "stay", obviously emphasizing to Chen Zhirong that she was the mistress of the Zhao Mansion, and Chen Zhirong was just a guest of the Zhao Mansion.

Chen Zhirong obviously understood Fang Ru's hint, but she smiled as usual, and there was no change, she just nodded and said: "Zhirong came to Zhao Mansion at this time to be a guest, originally planned to eat, even if Sister Fang didn't say it, Zhirong would definitely stay." ”

On the side, Zhao Junchen didn't seem to understand the secret confrontation between Chen Zhirong and Fang Ru, but just beckoned all the women to dine together.

Of course, Zhang Zhaodi is only Zhao Yinger's maid on the surface, and she is not qualified to enter the table, but just stands behind Zhao Yinger and waits.

This luncheon, on the surface, is still a harmonious atmosphere, Fang Ru doesn't want to leave an image of a jealous woman in front of Zhao Junchen, Chen Zhirong is very clear about Fang Ru's status in Zhao Junchen's heart, so after a small confrontation, the two of them returned to their previous harmony again, both of them are exquisite, naturally it is impossible to let the atmosphere be cold, and Zhao Yinger rarely eats at the same table with Zhao Junchen, and she seizes every opportunity to please everyone.

However, two equally shrewd and powerful women obviously cannot become real good sisters, and Zhao Junchen can also see that in fact, Chen Zhirong and Fang Ru don't like each other, and the harmony in front of them is just a disguise.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhao Junchen did not choose Chen Zhirong as his wife in the end, Zhao Junchen was worried that after he married Chen Zhirong, Fang Ru would be wronged a lot.

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After about half an hour, the seemingly happy luncheon was finally over.

Then, Zhao Yinger knew that Chen Zhirong might have something to talk about when she visited Zhao Junchen this time, so she left with a sense of humor.

Then, as Zhao Junchen raised his hand and waved lightly, the servants and servants of the Zhao Mansion also left the guest hall one after another, and only Zhao Junchen, Fang Ru, and Chen Zhirong were left in the guest hall.

After all the idlers left, Zhao Junchen turned to Chen Zhirong and asked, "Miss Chen came to Zhao Mansion as a guest today, I don't know what it was for?" Could it be just for Zhao Ying'er to enter the palace? ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Chen Zhirong's bright eyes stared at Zhao Junchen unabashedly, quite affectionate, and asked with a chuckle: "Could it be that Zhirong can't come to see Lord Zhao if he has nothing to do?" Every time Zhirong comes to Zhao Mansion as a guest, there is only one purpose, that is, to meet Lord Zhao. ”

Then, in just a moment, Chen Zhirong's expression had become serious and serious, not as charming as just now, but there was also another charming meaning.

I saw Chen Zhirong say slowly: "A few days ago, Daddy, he couldn't help but be angry with Zhirong again...... Alas, Zhirong is also pitiful, a narrow-minded father, who can't see that his adopted daughter's vision and mind are stronger than him, Zhirong kindly reminded him of his mistakes, he thought that Zhirong was ridiculing his incompetence, and then he couldn't help but be angry......"

Speaking of this, a trace of sarcasm flashed in Chen Zhirong's eyes, and he didn't know whether to ridicule Chen You, the Duke of Jingguo, for his narrow-mindedness, or to ridicule his helpless situation.

And Zhao Junchen was silent, just quietly waiting for Chen Zhirong to continue.

Chen Zhirong came to Zhao Junchen this time, obviously not to complain.

Chen Zhirong sighed lightly, and then continued: "However, people who are narrow-minded and have conflicting personalities also have an advantage, that is, as long as they tease them a little, they can easily get some secret information...... When Daddy was angry with me a few days ago, he leaked some things, which were some words from the Seventh Prince, but they had something to do with Lord Zhao. ”

Zhao Junchen's expression remained unchanged, and he just asked, "Oh, what did he say?" ”

Chen Zhirong said slowly: "Daddy, he said, in the eyes of the Seven Princes, Lord Zhao, you are actually very easy to deal with, if Lord Zhao dares to be hostile to the Seven Princes in the future, then as long as Lord Zhao is recommended to join the cabinet and assist the government, then the power that Lord Zhao has worked so hard to manage will be self-defeating." ”

Zhao Junchen was slightly stunned, a little unsure of the meaning of this sentence.

Why is it that after recommending himself to the cabinet and auxiliary government, his power will be self-defeating?

If Zhao Junchen can enter the cabinet and become a cabinet elder, the influence of power should increase significantly.

After Chen Zhirong saw Zhao Junchen's doubts, he was a picture of wholeheartedly thinking about Zhao Junchen, and said: "After Daddy said such a sentence, he felt speechless and did not continue to say more...... Until last night, Zhirong occasionally read "Han Feizi" and saw a sentence in it......"

As he spoke, Chen Zhirong's bright eyes stared at Zhao Junchen's face again, and said word by word: "In "Han Feizi. In the "Xianxue Chapter", there is such a sentence - 'Therefore, the officials of the Ming Lord, the prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must be sent to the army!' In addition, during the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Jiuling also mentioned a sentence to Xuanzong, saying, "If you don't plan to live in Lizhou County, you don't want to be in Taiwan Province......"

After hearing Chen Zhirong's reminder, a trace of gloom flashed between Zhao Junchen's face.

The Seventh Prince's judgment from the perspective of Zhu Hejian is indeed extremely clever, and he found Zhao Junchen's biggest shortcoming so easily!

"The prime minister must start from the state department", "Buli Prefecture does not plan Taiwan Province"...... Both of these sentences have the same meaning, that is, if an official wants to enter the core of the imperial court, he must have experience in presiding over local government affairs!

If you understand the meaning of these two sentences, you will be able to understand the thoughts of the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian!

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Well, the double shift will be resumed tomorrow.

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