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"The crown princess is invited."

Listening to the words of Zhu Lian's personal maid, Cai was still a little confused: "Zhu Lian wants to see me, what kind of operation is this?" ”

Zhao Ding on the side wanted to remind Cai to be careful, not to get involved in the dispute between the crown prince and ruin his future, but after all, because Zhu Lian's personal maid was too close to the two, Zhao Ding's words of reminder could not be spoken.

Cai still glanced at Zhu Lian not far away, then turned his head to Zhao Ding and said, "I'll go to see the crown princess first, and then go to Brother Yuanzhen's door to visit Brother Yuanzhen another day." ”

After speaking, Cai still said goodbye to Zhao Ding, and then followed Zhu Lian's personal maid to Zhu Lian's vicinity.

Cai still bowed and said: "Minister Cai still visits the crown princess." ”

Zhu Lian said in the tone of a corporal of Lixian: "Commander Cai, please hurry up." ”

Cai still listened to the words, straightened up, and looked at Zhu Lian.

Looking closer, Cai still found that Zhu Lian was three points more beautiful than he had seen before.

The face is delicate, the facial features are exquisite, the skin is fair, the figure is tall, and the gentle and elegant.

On the whole, it is calm, quiet, calm, and has a sense of proportion.

All in all, two words - beauty.

Cai's still aggressive gaze made Zhu Lian a little uncomfortable!

Before leaving the cabinet, let's not talk about it, Zhu Lian has almost never seen adult men other than his father and brother.

After marrying Zhao Huan and becoming the crown princess, Zhu Lian has seen many adult men.

But those adult men, one counts as one, and none of them dare to stare at her like Cai Yi - no matter what those people think in their hearts, they are all respectful to Zhu Lian on the surface.

This is also normal, after all, Zhu Lian is the crown princess, and she is likely to be the mother of the country in the future, how can anyone dare to look at her like an ordinary beauty like Cai Yi?

Zhu Lian explained to himself: "Talented people must have differences, so let him go." ”

Thinking about it like this, Zhu Lian was relieved, she said: "I just listened to the stamp duty and inheritance tax that Commander Cai said, and this palace secretly thought that it was a good policy to govern the country, and it was the loss of my Great Song Dynasty not to give it to the official family, so if Commander Cai did not object, this palace wanted to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about the two taxes, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to play the above to the official family, Commander Cai rest assured that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will never be greedy for the merits of Commander Cai, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will truthfully report to the official family that the two taxes are from the hands of Commander Cai." ”

What Zhu Lian never expected was that Cai still objected without hesitation: "Absolutely not." ”

When Zhu Lian heard this, his brows couldn't help frowning, and he said, "Why not?" ”

Cai still explained: "If the crown princess really does this, it will definitely do more harm than good to the crown prince. ”

Hearing Cai still say this, Zhu Lian was a little puzzled, she said, "Why did Commander Cai say that? ”

Cai still said in a deep voice: "Does the crown princess know how big the interests and personnel involved in these two taxes are?" The minister dared to say that if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really played these two taxes to the official family, then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was afraid that he would not be able to get on the throne. ”

"What?"

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Until he went back to see Zhao Huan, Zhu Lian did not come out of the shock of Cai Yi's last words.

Seeing this, Zhao Huan said with concern: "What's wrong with the concubine, why does she look like she can't give up?" ”

Zhu Lian retracted his thoughts and said, "Your Highness, the concubine met someone by chance today, and that person has the talent of a prime minister. ”

When Zhao Huan heard this, he was stunned at first, and then hurriedly asked, "Who has such a great talent?" ”

Zhu Lian said: "His surname is Cai ......"

As soon as he heard that this person's surname was Cai, Zhao Huan's brows were furrowed!

Zhao Huan was frugal by nature, so he was very unaccustomed to his father Zhao Ji's extravagance and waste, poverty and luxury.

But as a son, Zhao Huan can't go to his father Zhao Ji, right?

What's more important is that Zhao Ji is the emperor, and he doesn't like Zhao Huan very much, so he borrowed Zhao Huan's 10,000 guts, and Zhao Huan didn't dare to rush Zhao Ji.

Therefore, Zhao Huan could only transfer his dissatisfaction with Zhao Ji to the people around Zhao Ji.

Cai Jing is the culprit who encouraged Zhao Ji to be extravagant and wasteful, and he was extremely extravagant, so he naturally had to be counted as one.

Cai You accompanies Zhao Ji every day, and also proposes that "the so-called master of the people, when the four seas are his home, peace is entertainment, how many years can be made, how can he work in vain." It's a disaster for the country and the people, how can it not be one?

Therefore, as soon as he heard what Zhu Lian said, the surname of the person was Cai, and Zhao Huan, who had no good impression of the Cai family at all, interrupted Zhu Lian and said: "The surname is Cai? Could he be the Cai family? ”

Zhu Lian said: "He is indeed the Cai family. ”

After Zhu Lian's confirmation, Zhao Huan said very arbitrarily: "What kind of prime minister talent can the Cai family have, could it be that Cai Xing, hmph, although he has a bit of literary talent, but in his bones he is like his father, he is a sycophant, how can he be reused?" ”

Zhu Lian knew that Zhao Huan hated Cai Jing, Cai You's father and son, and then hated Wu and Wu hated all the Cai family, so she said: "He is not Cai Jing's descendant, but Cai Bian's son." ”

Hearing Zhu Lian say this, Zhao Huan's expression softened a little, and he said, "Are you talking about Cai Ying?" ”

Zhu Lian was a little surprised and said, "His Highness knows about him?" ”

Zhao Huan said: "He is the fourth in Jinke, this king wants to collect talents, how can this king not know him, and, as far as this king knows, not long ago, the third child organized a meeting in Fan Lou, and he happened to go too, but he did not hesitate to refuse the invitation of the third person." ”

Zhu Lian said: "So, he supports His Highness?" ”

Zhao Huan was a little uncertain and said, "This...... It's really hard to say, their Cai family has always been the head of their father's real estate, and they have never put this king in their eyes, so it's still hard to determine what kind of attitude this Cai is. ”

Zhu Lian said optimistically: "At least he is not on King Yun's side." ”

Zhao Huan thought about it, and said: "You said that Cai still has the talent of the prime minister, what's the matter?" ”

When Zhu Lian heard this, she told Zhao Huan about the stamp duty and inheritance tax she heard.

When Zhao Huan heard this, he was more excited than Zhao Ding and Zhu Lian, and he walked around and said, "National policy!" This is a national policy! No, this king will go and write a chapter now, and report the stamp duty and inheritance tax to his father! ”

Zhu Lian hurriedly said: "Your Highness, slow down!" ”

Zhao Huan looked at Zhu Lian with some puzzlement and asked, "What else does Concubine Ai say?" ”

Zhu Lian said: "It's not that the concubine has a word, but Cai still has a word, he said that if His Royal Highness reports these two taxes to the official family, His Royal Highness may not have a chance to be on the throne in this life." ”

"What?"

Zhao Huan was taken aback!

Zhu Lian explained: "Cai still said that the interests involved in these two taxes are huge and the number of powerful people involved is definitely far beyond what we imagined, so as long as the wind is exposed, it will inevitably encounter strong resistance from those who have passive interests, and at that time, His Royal Highness may be in the target of public criticism." ”

Zhao Huan listened, and slowly sat back in the chair.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Huan said: "Yes, with the current situation of this king, if he really offends so many people, I am afraid that he will not be able to become this prince." ”

After a while, Zhao Huan said again: "This Cai still really has some talent, and he should take a good look at it." ”

Zhu Lian said: "Moreover, behind him is the Cai family, if the Cai family can also be pulled to stand on His Highness's side, then His Highness's position as the crown prince will definitely be unshaken." ”

Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "Don't say that Cai is still only Cai Jing's nephew and not Cai Jing's son, even if Cai is still Cai Jing's son, he can't kidnap Cai Jing's old fox, even Cai You's cunning ghost will never follow Cai Ying's side, so Cai is still Cai Ying, and Cai's family is Cai's family, and the two can't be confused." ”

Zhu Lian couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard it!

Zhao Huan saw it and said: "Concubine Ai can't be too greedy, it's not easy to get a good minister, how dare you ask for more?" ”

Zhu Lian said: "But this Cai is still just a small commander after all, not even a civil official, how can he help His Highness...... His Royal Highness should have heard about it, and the official family rewarded King Yun with ten Dongzhu yesterday because King Yun made the first "Wangjiang Tower". ”

Zhao Huan, who hadn't been rewarded by Zhao Ji for a long time, was also worried when he heard this.

To be honest, if it weren't for such a bad situation, Zhao Huan would be the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, how could he personally bring Zhu Lian, the crown princess, to congratulate Liang Shicheng, the eunuch, on his birthday? It's not because Zhao Kai pressed too hard, so Zhao Huan lost a little bit.

Zhao Huan was silent for a while, and said, "Don't think about it, I'm lucky, I lost my life, and let him go." ”

Zhao Huan then changed his tone, and said: "But this Cai still does have some talent, so I have to find a way to win him over." ”

It is not difficult to see from Zhao Huan's words that he is not as calm as he said, and he is still extremely eager for the throne.

This is actually normal, throughout the ages, how many of the losers in the battle for the crown prince have a good end in the end?

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