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As soon as Zhao Huan returned to the Prince's Mansion, Zhu Lian could see that Zhao Huan's face was very bad.

Zhu Lian hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Huan immediately broke out: "It's not Cai Ying's guy who doesn't know what to do!" ”

Zhu Lian was a little surprised and said, "Cai is still back in Beijing?" ”

Zhao Huan replied casually: "My father ordered him to return to Beijing to go to Que. ”

When Zhu Lian heard this, he was even more surprised, you must know that not everyone is qualified to let the emperor issue an order to summon him to Que.

Zhu Lian frowned slightly, and said: "It's only been more than half a year, and Cai has grown to such a point that even the official family has noticed him!" ”

Zhao Huan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Who would have thought that this Cai is really both civil and military, not only can he put forward good policies such as stamp duty and inheritance tax, but also can fight well, and he will exterminate Song Jiang and his gang with his own strength!" ”

After a pause, Zhao Huan said again: "Now, his Jinwu army is stationed in Jingdong, and it is only two thousand miles away from the Beijing Division, and he can enter Beijing in two or three days, he is so able to fight, where is the Central Forbidden Army that can only repair gardens, raise flowers and grass, and feed birds and beasts, so the Jinwu Army in his hand may be the strongest army around the Beijing Division, if he can be recruited to the command of the palace, then the road to the throne of the palace will undoubtedly have one more guarantee." ”

Zhu Lian listened and said: "Then His Highness will take him under his command no matter what, with him, His Highness will have a strong helper, and he will ascend the throne as the emperor in the future, maybe he will be the second Cai Jing." ”

Zhao Huan said: "This palace also thinks so, so when I learned that he was back in Beijing, this palace organized a large number of people to welcome him back to the court, and invited him to come to the house to live for a few days, and ask him face to face for advice on how to govern the country, but I didn't want to, he actually refused!" ”

Hearing Zhao Huan say that Cai still refused his invitation, Zhu Lian also frowned, and said, "He is so ignorant of lifting? ”

Zhao Huan said: "Isn't it, in front of so many people, the palace was rejected, so where is the face of the palace?" ”

Zhu Lian thought for a while and said, "This shouldn't be, didn't he refuse King Yun's invitation, he shouldn't go to King Yun again, right?" ”

Zhao Huan said: "He won't take refuge in the third child, and he also refused the invitation of the third child." ”

Zhu Lian said: "King Yun also went to greet him?" ”

There are some things that Zhao Huan can only say to his crown princess Zhu Lian, because he has to pretend to be generous and generous outside, and some things can't be said at all, or even shown, so Zhao Huan confided in Zhu Lian: "You don't know, where the palace has been going recently, he will go, and he wants to behave better than the palace everywhere. ”

Zhu Lian said: "Your Highness tell me what is going on?" ”

Zhao Huan said: "We invited Cai still together, I invited Cai still to come to live in the house, he invited Cai still to participate in the poetry meeting, and said that Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qing would go, as a result, Cai still refused us together on the grounds that his father was no longer there, and Cai Jing was his only elder. ”

When Zhu Lian heard this, he chuckled and said: "If this is the case, then there is no need for His Highness to make a big fuss, Cai still hasn't returned for more than half a year, and it is reasonable to go to see Cai Jing first." ”

Zhao Huan said: "Cai Jing has already become a servant, he is a useless old man, how can he be important to this palace?" ”

didn't want to, but Zhu Lian shook his head and said: "Your Highness's words are wrong, if Cai still returns to Beijing and doesn't go to see Cai Jing first, he will directly accept the invitation of His Highness or King Yun, so Cai is still not worthy of His Highness's wooing, he is still like this to the only elder who has just paid tribute, how can he be loyal to His Highness?" ”

After Zhu Lian's enlightenment, Zhao Huan suddenly figured it out, Cai Ying's approach was not wrong, but he was a little cautious.

Zhao Huan said: "In this way, there are indeed some Meng Lang in this palace." ”

This is one of Zhao Huan's few advantages, that is, he is very receptive to other people's opinions.

But in the same way, this is also Zhao Huan's biggest problem, if he didn't have such a character, the shame of Jingkang in history would not have happened.

Zhu Lian said: "Your Highness is wise. ”

Zhao Huan thought for a while, and then said: "This palace has to continue to win over Cai Yi, at least it can't make him fall to the side of the third child." ”

Zhu Lian said: "What His Royal Highness said is very true, we have to prevent King Yun from jumping off the wall in a hurry, I heard that King Yun has been very close to Zeng Juma recently, I am afraid that he is the idea of beating Zeng Juma's left guard." ”

This Zeng horse is the horse of Emperor Jiade Zhao Yupan, who commanded the envoy in front of the palace to serve as the general of the left guard, and led the first army of the army.

Zhu Lian said again: "Your Highness must not let King Yun succeed, but also be close to Zeng Juma, in addition, His Royal Highness must walk around with Cao Juma more, after all, he is His Royal Highness's brother-in-law, His Royal Highness is naturally close to him, take a step back and say, even if King Yun wins over Zeng Juma, His Royal Highness has Cao Juma in his hand, and he can also compete with him." ”

This Cao concubine is Cao Sheng, the concubine of Emperor Rongde Zhao Jinnu, who commanded the envoy in front of the palace as the general of the right guard, and also commanded the first army.

In addition, Zhao Jinnu is Zhao Huan's half-sister of the same father and mother, so in any respect, Zhao Huan and Cao Sheng are natural allies, which is why Zhu Lian asked Zhao Huan to move around with Cao Sheng more.

Zhao Huan said: "I can save it, it's just ...... Master Geng said that whether it is the left guard or the right guard, the combat effectiveness is extremely low now. ”

After a pause, Zhao Huan said again: "Actually, there is no need for Master Geng to say, and I don't look at what the left guard and the right guard do every day, either to repair the garden, or to plant flowers and plants, or to feed birds and animals, how can such an army fight?" Gao Yu deserves death, he dares to turn the powerful emperor's army into a group of craftsmen, if I ascend the throne as the emperor, he will be cut by a thousand knives! ”

Zhu Lian said: "Such a traitorous minister who has brought disaster to the country and the people, after His Highness ascends the throne, he can deal with it slowly, and now the top priority is how to curb King Yun's ambitions, and King Yun seems to have clearly competed with His Highness recently, the key is that the attitude of the official family is ambiguous, which is not a good phenomenon." ”

Zhao Huan was a little irritable and said: "I don't know what this palace is, according to Liang Shicheng, under Yang Jian's bewitchment, my father almost sealed the old three knots, but fortunately he was stopped at the last moment." ”

The process of awarding the festival and the festival is often called the "false festival", and the minister who is awarded the festival is called the "holding festival".

In the Song Dynasty, the festival envoy was actually in name only, and it was more of a symbol.

But this symbol also represents the emperor's attitude, especially when this festival is sealed on the head of a prince, the meaning is too different.

It's no wonder that Zhao Huan cares so much.

Zhu Lian couldn't help but complain: "What does the official family think? ”

Zhao Huan was also aggrieved, but after all, he couldn't complain about Zhao Ji like Zhu Lian, he could only say: "If only my mother was still alive!" ”

Zhao Huan said that, Zhao Huan and Zhu Lian were silent at the same time.

After a long while, Zhu Lian said: "Your Highness, don't miss the queen mother anymore, let's still rely on ourselves." ”

Zhao Huan sighed and said, "In addition to relying on himself, who else can this palace rely on?" ”

Seeing that Zhao Huan was depressed, Zhu Lian hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Let's go back to Cai Ying, the concubine heard that Cai is still not married yet, why don't you marry the cousin of the concubine to him, so as to envelop him?" ”

"Shen'er?" Zhao Huan's eyes showed a reluctant look when he was neutral.

Zhao Huan likes her cousin Zhu Shen, how could Zhu Lian not know?

It is said that Zhu Lian should fulfill Zhao Huan, because even if she can stop Zhu Shen, she can't stop other women - marrying into the royal family, Zhu Lian still has this awareness.

On this basis, Zhao Huan and Zhu Shen are always better than others, no matter what, Zhu Shen is also Zhu Lian's cousin and Zhu Lian's natural ally, once Zhu Shen enters Zhao Huan's harem, she will definitely be able to help Zhu Lian stabilize her status.

But now, in view of Cai Ying's importance, Zhu Lian still feels that Zhu Shen should be married to Cai Yi and tie Cai Ying to their chariot by marriage.

Based on this, Zhu Lian persuaded Zhao Huan: "Although Shen'er is beautiful, with good character and personality, she is just a woman after all, if Your Highness wins the world, what kind of woman do you want?" And why lose the big because of the small? ”

What Zhu Lian said, Zhao Huan didn't understand, but he was still a little reluctant to say: "But ...... Shen'er is so good, how can Bengong be willing to let Shen'er give up to Cai Ying, when she thinks that Shen'er wants to marry Cai Zhen, Bengong's heart hurts. ”

Zhu Lian persuaded: "A woman and a world, how much is more, how little, His Highness should be able to weigh it, right?" ”

Zhao Huan was silent for a long time when he heard this, and then sighed and said, "Let's go, this palace is not a woman, so let Shen'er and Cai still be good." ”

Zhu Lian praised: "Your Highness is wise! ”

After Zhu Lian pondered for a while, he said, "However, there is still a problem. ”

Zhao Huan asked, "What's the problem?" ”

Zhu Lian said: "We are willing to marry, Cai is still not willing to marry, the concubine guessed that Cai is still likely to be the same as other Cai family members, not to stand in line, not to offend, just wait for His Royal Highness and King Yun to quickly divide the winner, and then consider who to side with, or only stand on the side of the official family, in that case, he will not accept this family business no matter what." ”

Zhao Huan couldn't help but be furious and said: "This palace will marry the woman that this palace loves to him, he dares not to!" ”

Zhu Lian really couldn't bear to hit Zhao Huan, so she could only say euphemistically: "Your Highness doesn't know that the people of the Cai family are a group of villains who are looking around, they have always been loyal to the official family, and the official family is now at the peak ......of the Spring and Autumn Period."

Zhao Huan was immediately hit in the soft underbelly.

This is the real problem - Zhao Ji is too young, only thirty-eight years old, and the key health is still so good, so even if Zhao Huan is allowed to sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince, he may have to wait until twenty years or more before he can ascend the throne as the emperor, in this case, unless he is a gambler with no way out, who will be in a hurry to stand on the side of Zhao Huan, the prince who is not very liked by Zhao Ji?

Zhao Huan's domineering aura just now was suddenly weak!

After struggling for a long time, Zhao Huan was a little unwilling to say: "What should I do about this palace?" ”

Zhu Lian's beautiful eyes turned and said: "For today's plan, only by asking the official family for marriage can Cai still be tied to His Highness's chariot." ”

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