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"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will never let Your Majesty down!"

In the imperial study, Zhao Junchen swore and promised. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After hearing Zhao Junchen's assurance, Emperor Deqing thought that Zhao Junchen understood the deep meaning of his words, so he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Junchen is doing things, I am naturally relieved." ”

Then, the two of them smiled at the same time with a very tacit understanding.

It's just that Emperor Deqing didn't know that the meaning of what Zhao Junchen wanted to say was completely different from what he imagined.

After that, Emperor Deqing chatted with Zhao Junchen for a few more words, and then let Zhao Junchen leave.

said that after Zhao Junchen left the Forbidden City, the time was close to noon.

Outside the noon gate, after seeing Zhao Junchen appear, Xu Qingyan, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Young master, you have finally come out, are we going back to the house or going to the Yamen of the Ministry of Households?" ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said, "Well, after the end of the early dynasty, His Majesty invited me to talk in the imperial study alone, so I was delayed for some time. ”

While speaking, Zhao Junchen came to his sedan chair, and after sitting in the sedan chair under Xu Qingyan's service, he said: "Send someone back to the house to tell Ru'er, I won't go back to the house for dinner at noon today, and we won't go to the household yamen, go directly to Tianhailou!" ”

Xu Qingyan asked puzzledly: "Tianhai Tower?" Young master, do you want to go to Tianhai Tower for lunch? ”

Zhao Junchen replied indifferently: "When I go to Tianhai Tower, I naturally want to entertain guests!" You send someone to Huang Yourong's mansion again, and invite Huang Yourong to come to Tianhailou for a banquet, and say that I have something important to discuss with him. ”

Xu Qingyan was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but ask again: "Huang Yourong?" This old guy has lost his position now, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a rat crossing the street, why does the young master deliberately feast him? And Huang Yourong and the young master have a grudge in the past, and they may not agree to the young master's banquet, if this old guy finally refuses the young master's banquet, let's not talk about the delay, and the face will not look good......"

Zhao Junchen smiled lightly and said: "Huang Yourong is certainly losing power at present, but he may not be completely useless, not to mention, there is never a useless person in this world, as long as he uses it properly, even Huang Yourong, who has completely lost power, will play a key role at some point...... In addition, Huang Yourong's current situation is precarious, Shen Changmao can no longer help him, at this time he is just bent on finding a way to protect himself, and my banquet today is an opportunity for him, so he will never care about those disputes in the past...... However, just in case, I sent someone to invite Huang Yourong to make it clear to him, I will only wait for him in Tianhai Tower for an hour, if he does not appear at noon, then I will not see him, let him think clearly, once the opportunity is missed, he will no longer be able to seize it. ”

Xu Qingyan nodded and said, "I understand, I'll send someone to do it." ”

At the beginning, when Wen Guanliang was about to fall and lose power, Zhao Junchen hosted a banquet for Wen Guanliang in Tianhai Tower, persuading Wen Guanliang to give up his meaningless struggles and illusions, obediently "donate" most of his family wealth to Emperor Deqing, and then return to his hometown to care for the elderly without worry.

At that time, Zhao Junchen also hosted a banquet for Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao at the same time, when Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao saw Wen Guanliang, who was about to fall, their attitude could be described as disdainful, and their contempt was overflowing, and they were even unwilling to talk to Wen Guanliang, which made Wen Guanliang suffer great humiliation.

Ironically, now when Huang Yourong was about to fall and lose power, Zhao Junchen also feasted Huang Yourong in Tianhai Tower, and even the same private room in Tianhai Tower.

Feng Shui rotates, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, which probably refers to this situation.

In the private room, all kinds of dishes and drinks are ready, and Zhao Junchen has been sitting in the private room waiting for the guest Huang Yourong to appear.

But after noon, seeing that an hour was about to pass, Huang Yourong still didn't show up.

While waiting, Zhao Junchen's attitude was indifferent, and he didn't seem to feel anxious and impatient at all, just quietly thinking about his own affairs, but Xu Qingyan's patience was average, seeing that Zhao Junchen's time limit was about to come, but Huang Yourong still didn't have any signs of showing up, Xu Qingyan finally couldn't bear it, and confirmed to Zhao Junchen: "Young master, Huang Yourong, this old guy won't really not come, right?" ”

Zhao Junchen said indifferently: "Be patient, isn't the time yet up?" Huang Yourong has always cared about face, in the past, he always appeared at the hour in the morning, and now although he is about to fall, but the reserve in his heart is probably still difficult to abandon, I am his former political enemy in the DPRK, even if he wants to help him, but he will also take care of face, and will never rush to see me...... If I expected it to be true, Huang Yourong would still show up at the last moment this time...... He won't not come, it's just late, so we'll have to wait. ”

Xu Qingyan has always been convinced of Zhao Junchen's judgment, and after hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Xu Qingyan snorted coldly and sneered: "Huang Yourong, this old guy, is just a falling phoenix, and he can't let go of his past face!" He deserves to fall! ”

"This kind of trivial thing, you don't need to care too much, and you don't have to worry about it, since Huang Yourong wants face, let's give him face, as long as we can finally get the actual benefits, that's it......" Zhao Junchen looked with a hint of sarcasm, and said slowly: "Actually, face is won by one's own strength, how much strength a person has, how much face he will have, if he has strength, he will naturally have face, and he doesn't need to care about it too much, those who care too much about face are often those who are strong and middle-class, They are tough on the outside, but weak on the inside, so why should such poor people bother with them......"

Xu Qingyan nodded again and again, and said, "That's it!" Huang Yourong is now left with the next child......"

Zhao Junchen's guess is good, Huang Yourong did show up at the point in time.

Xu Qingyan had just said a word, and was about to ridicule Huang Yourong again, when the voice of the shopkeeper of Tianhai Building suddenly came from outside the private room.

"Lord Zhao, the old Huang Pavilion is here!"

After hearing the report, Zhao Junchen smiled and said to Xu Qingyan: "Look, isn't he here?" Huang Yourong is a former pavilion elder after all, he cares about face, then I will give him face and go! Come with me to the outside of the room to greet you! ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen got up and walked towards the door of the private room, ready to greet Huang Yourong in person.

Xu Qingyan was a little reluctant, but after seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, he didn't dare to disobey, just muttered a few words, and then followed Zhao Junchen to meet Huang Yourong.

Outside the door of the private room, Zhao Junchen looked down and saw that Huang Yourong was climbing the stairs and slowly walking towards the private room on the second floor.

At this time, Huang Yourong no longer has the smiling tiger appearance of the past, his expression is full of seriousness, and his expression is closer to Shen Changmao, as if Huang Yourong thinks that as long as he has a cold attitude, he can maintain his former dignity.

Seeing Huang Yourong's appearance, Zhao Junchen was a little sarcastic in his heart, but on the surface, he looked humble, walked quickly to Huang Yourong's side, and took the initiative to salute Huang Yourong: "The younger generation has seen Huang Yourong's predecessors, Huang Yourong is willing to come to the banquet, and the younger generations are honored." ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, Huang Yourong's expression was faintly complicated.

It seems a little lighthearted, and it also seems a little unbelievable.

Now, Huang Yourong has been completely abandoned by Emperor Deqing, not only losing his position as the elder, but also encountering a large number of impeachments and attacks.

Originally, Huang Yourong had already reached a deal with Shen Changmao, Huang Yourong handed over all his powerful connections to Shen Changmao, and Shen Changmao guaranteed that Huang Yourong could return to his hometown safely and smoothly, but unfortunately Zhao Junchen intervened sideways and directly bought the university scholar Huo Zhengyuan, and through Huo Zhengyuan, he merged nearly half of the henchmen of the "Yellow Party", so that Shen Changmao could not achieve complete success, and although Shen Changmao was already the head of the cabinet, his strength was far less powerful than he imagined, and now he was busy protecting himself, and he did not have the strength to protect Huang Yourong at all.

In this way, after Huang Yourong lost power, it was naturally difficult to get out, and he was even more panicked in his heart, worried that he might have to die well in the evening......

At this time, Zhao Junchen suddenly invited Huang Yourong to a banquet, Huang Yourong immediately guessed Zhao Junchen's thoughts, knowing that Zhao Junchen wanted to make a deal with him and needed to do something by himself, and then Zhao Junchen would help him get out of the troubled waters of the temple and return to his hometown smoothly.

Although Huang Yourong is not sure whether Zhao Junchen will cross the river and demolish the bridge, nor is he sure whether Zhao Junchen has the ability, but at this time, Zhao Junchen has become Huang Yourong's life-saving straw, and Huang Yourong will naturally not turn a blind eye.

Therefore, after receiving Zhao Junchen's invitation, Huang Yourong hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed.

However, after all, Huang Yourong has served as a cabinet elder for more than ten years, and it is inevitable that some self-esteem is difficult to abandon, he used to have a political enemy relationship with Zhao Junchen, and the two sides are on the same page, so although Huang Yourong accepted Zhao Junchen's invitation, he was a little worried that he would be deliberately humiliated by Zhao Junchen, so Huang Yourong would show up late, and put on a serious face after appearing, hoping to save some dignity.

However, what Huang Yourong never expected was that when he was still an old man in the past, Zhao Junchen's attitude towards him could be described as competitive and unyielding, but now that he has lost his position, Zhao Junchen's attitude towards him has become polite and humble.

Therefore, after seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, Huang Yourong's mood was both a little relaxed and a little incredible.

In a complicated mood, Huang Yourong was a little stunned.

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PS: Well, the first update! If nothing else, there will be three watches today!

…… (To be continued.) )