Cai's husband's mansion, inner courtyard.

In the bedroom, a group of delicate concubines were surrounding Cai Jing and changing him into purple court clothes. Some knelt at Cai Jing's feet and carefully hung all kinds of exquisite accessories on the old man's jade belt. Two more concubines took off their shoes, stood cautiously on the chair, held their breath, and put on long-winged yarn hats for Cai Jing.

Cai Jing was in good spirits, standing in front of a one-person-high bronze mirror, which was refined by famous craftsmen, and the figure inside was clearly recognizable. Although the old face was as dry as pine bark, it was faintly red at the moment, and his back was straight, looking at his figure with satisfaction in the mirror.

Power is more intoxicating than money and beauty, and it can stimulate men's hormones more, even if Cai Jing is already in his prime, half of his son is in the ground, but his desire for power has not diminished at all. If you are an ordinary person, you have long been teasing your grandson at home at this age, but for Cai Jing, being a very good minister is the greatest happiness and meaning of his life.

The gauze hat was put on upright on Cai Jing's head, and Cai Jing helped himself again. With a slight wave of their hands, these concubines immediately bowed silently and retreated.

Before the bronze mirror, there was only one person below and ten thousand people above the husband.

Cai Jing looked at the figure in the bronze mirror again, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Since last year, he has been challenged as the first person to be the first minister of the dynasty, and this challenger is Zhao Hao. A distant clan who has been out of five suits, and has not yet reached the age of the weak crown, and has only been in the office for a year, has repeatedly challenged his authority, and even repeatedly forcibly suppressed himself in front of hundreds of officials, which is simply a naked-naked-naked insult for Cai Jing, who has been crisscrossing the sea for decades.

It's just that he, Cai Jing, is not so easy to be suppressed, he is planning to lead Zhao Hao into the trap step by step, sooner or later, where will that kid come from, where will he go, and even be deposed as a concubine......

And yesterday, Yang Jian gave him a huge surprise, he finally got his wish and could become the official family's in-laws. Not only greatly; has narrowed his relationship with the official family, and even in a sense, his status with the official family is equal, which is a great gain for his career and personal prestige.

He Cai Jing is dead, and he will be the first person at the feet of the Great Song Emperor, getting rid of Zhao Hao, the thorn in his eye, is an important plan, and becoming a family member with the Merry Emperor is also an important step.

At this time, the official family walked in softly and said respectfully: "Qi Qi old official, everything is ready, just wait for the old official to enter the palace." ”

After speaking, he carefully handed over a brocade box.

Cai Jing took the brocade box with a solemn expression, opened it, took out a gift list, and looked at it carefully, with a satisfied look in his eyes.

100,000 yuan of dowry, in order to marry the official family, Cai Jing can be regarded as a big bloodletting.

He straightened his clothes again, straightened his chest, and said loudly: "Let's go!" ”

After speaking, he strode out, like a general who was in command of the battle.

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Lundshire Mansion.

Zhao Hao looked at the five words "Brother Hao, save me", frowned, and fell into deep thought.

Zhao Fujin's appearance appeared in his mind, lingering.

A year ago, when I first met Yanfu Palace, her paper kite flew up the tree, and he helped her take it off.

"Who are you?"

"Zhao Hao."

"Could it be the elder brother of the clan?"

"Exactly!"

"Then I'll call you Brother Hao?"

The little girl who was as dazzling as the butterfly of the goddess of light left a mark in his heart.

……

Later, he competed with Gao Yu in the same competition to try Keju, and in the face of the invincible Gao Taiwei on the Keju field, she bet that he would win, and even pestered Zhao Ji to give him a promotion.

……

A month ago, hundreds of officials jointly knelt down in front of Zhao Ji's dormitory, forcing Zhao Ji to punish him, and Zhao Fujin actually gathered more than 20 princes and emperors to drive away hundreds of officials by force.

……

Zhao Hao sighed slightly, subconsciously touched his waist, and took off a sachet.

Even though this sachet has been with him for more than half a year, it is still secretly fragrant, like an orchid and musk.

He unfolded the sachet in his hand.

"As bright as the sun and the moon".

"Live a long life".

Marrying Cai Yan is definitely not what she wants.

It's just that a year ago, he had tried every means to push off this marriage in front of Zhao Ji, and now that the official family's holy will has been decided, how can he save her?

The male should get married, the female should marry, he is just a clan with five suits, what reason is there to interfere with Zhao Fujin's marriage?

Besides, Cai Ying, he has also investigated, but he is also a talent, brilliant in writing, coupled with a prominent family background, he is indeed a first-class wishful man in the minds of girls, although he is a little romantic, Fengyue has not been to the place, but looking up, the son of the scholar's family is not romantic? Haven't been to the Land of the Wind and the Moon?

If Cai Yan is not good enough, then who is better than Cai Ying and more suitable for Zhao Fujin among the marriageable teenagers in the capital?

The answer is clearly no......

Zhao Hao was bored for a while, put away the sachet, stood up, and decided to go out for a walk.

He didn't ride a horse or a sedan chair, so he took a dozen house slaves and strolled through the streets of Bianliang, only to see the autumn breeze gradually rising, and the fallen leaves fluttering all over the city, which made Zhao Hao feel a lot of emotion.

On the street, the prosperity is still the same, people come and go, bustling, but Zhao Hao has no leisure to appreciate this piece of fire-like prosperity, and his brows are tightly locked.

Suddenly, there was a loud commotion ahead, followed by a crowd of people.

Zhao Hao's eyes flashed, and he said to Liang Lie: "Go and have a look." ”

Liang Lie got the order, walked forward quickly, shouted loudly and forcibly separated the crowd and squeezed in, everyone saw the ferocity, and they looked like evil slaves of big families in their clothes, so they had to avoid it.

After a while, Liang Lie walked back quickly, with a funny smile on his face.

"Interesting, interesting, someone stole someone's mother-in-law, and was learned by the owner, and chased all the way with a stick, just to catch up, and it was a good fight, haha......"

Zhao Hao frowned slightly, this kind of couldn't arouse his interest.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and an excited look appeared in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Go home!" ”

The house slaves followed Zhao Hao in confusion and hurriedly returned to the house.

As soon as Zhao Hao returned to the mansion, he went straight to the front hall, called the housekeeper, and said urgently: "Quickly prepare an invitation, tonight the official will have a banquet in Fanlou." ”

After speaking, a long list was listed, all of them were members of the third rank and above, including Jin Chongluo, Xu Churen, Wu Min, Seed Master Zhong, Seed Master Dao and other Qing school officials, and also invited Tong Guan, Wang Hao, Li Bangyan and Cai You and others, and even Cai Jing and his party invited a lot of people, enough to invite two tables of guests.

Although the housekeeper was surprised by this long list, he did not dare to ask more, and hurriedly sent someone to Fan Lou to make a reservation, and at the same time wrote an invitation.

Out of the front hall, Zhao Hao returned to the study, and people heard that Aoki Dao Chang gave him such a low command.

Aoki Michicho was still confused at first, but after hearing it, he couldn't help but show an extremely funny smile on his face, and there was a bit of sinister cunning in that smile, like a villain.

In the end, Aoki Michicho showed an extremely admiring expression: "Wonderful, Childe's plan is wonderful!" Just ......"

Zhao Hao said coldly: "Just what? ”

Michicho Aoki laughed: "It's just too vicious." ”

Zhao Hao said angrily: "Get out!" ”

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Cai Jing Mansion, back garden.

A slender young man with a face like a crown of jade, gently shaking a folding fan, strolling among the chrysanthemums in the garden, with a smug look on his face.

This person is Cai Jing's fifth son, Cai Ying, the word Ziyun.

Inherited Cai Jing's good skin and talent, he passed the imperial examination and entered the office, although he was eighteen years old, he was already an official to the Xuanhe Palace, from the five grades, among the young people in the capital, he was also a leader. And although he is romantic, he has no other bad deeds.

Cai Ying's family background is illustrious, and he is already a winner in life, and now he is about to marry the emperor and become the captain of the horse, which can be described as a spring breeze and icing on the cake.

And for Cai Ying, the most important thing is not that he is about to marry the emperor, but that he is about to marry his favorite woman. A political marriage may not be happy, but if you marry the first beauty of the Great Song Dynasty, it will be a different matter.

Zhao Fujin's immature and exquisite face appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but have a warm smile in his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, life is proud, nothing more than this!

In a trance, he suddenly remembered that day on the street, Zhao Hao and Zhao Fujin walked together, humiliated himself in public, and unconsciously surged a trace of anger, and then was covered by a wave of revenge-like pleasure.

What about the clan, what about the second grade of the official residence, in the end, he was still hugged by himself and returned to the beauty, in the future, Lao Tzu will be a dignified horse captain, in front of the official family and the princes, is it not better than you A clan pro who has five suits?

Cai Yan was thinking about it, when suddenly there was a commotion behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a few young men with oily hair and noodles and dressed in gorgeous clothes running over.

In the blink of an eye, Cai Yan was surrounded by those young men.

"Brother Ziyun, congratulations, congratulations, a match made in heaven, haha!"

"Little one, meet the Captain of the Horses!"

"The little one is here to lead the horse to the lieutenant!"

The few people who came, respectively, were the sons of Dazai's Yu Shen family and Zuo Xiangbai Shizhong's family, and Cai Yan usually had a very good personal relationship, and their family backgrounds were almost the same, so they often drank together, looked for flowers and asked willows together, and they were also iron buddies, and they naturally did not have a proper shape when they spoke.

Cai Yan laughed: "You have to laugh at your brother when you wait for Hugh, go, today my brother is the east, I will wait to drink in Panlou, and I will rest when I get drunk!" ”

The son of the Bai Shizhong family stretched out his hand to stop: "Wait, what is there to drink in Panlou's wine, if you want to drink it, go and drink the flower wine...... Brother Ziyun is about to become the captain of the horse, and if he wants to drink flower wine in the future, I'm afraid it won't be so easy! ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Exactly, exactly!" ”

The son of the Bai family is not bad, once he becomes the captain of the horse, if he wants to go to the Qinglou brothel to live happily, I am afraid it will be very difficult, unless the emperor is very generous.

Cai Yan was speechless, and it was inconvenient to disobey everyone's wishes, so he had to agree.

This group of well-known gentlemen of the Beijing division pushed Cai Yan with a smile and walked quickly towards the gate.

When they arrived at the door, there were already carriages and horses and soft sedan chairs waiting, and everyone was walking down the steps, when they suddenly saw a group of people and horses rushing in front of them, stopping at the gate of Caifu, blocking everyone.

Cai Yan was furious and was about to scold, but he saw that everyone who came was dressed in red, and he was dressed in the palace, and the leader was dressed as a eunuch, so he had to give up.

The doorman of Cai's mansion, seeing that someone was coming from the palace, hurriedly accosted him, and after a while, he turned his head and said to Cai Ying: "What a coincidence, this father-in-law is here to find the fifth son." ”

When Cai Yan heard this, a puzzled look appeared on his face, and he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand to the leading eunuch: "This father-in-law is invited." ”

The man raised his eyes and looked Cai Yan up and down, and asked, "You are the fifth prince of Cai Mansion?" ”

Cai Yan said: "Exactly. ”

The eunuch's face immediately showed a solemn look, took out a secret letter from his sleeve, handed it to Cai Ying, and said, "We are ordered to come to deliver the letter, and the prince will know the reason when he opens the letter." ”

After saying that, he waved his hand, and then led the crowd to leave in a hurry.

Cai Yan looked at the red back that slipped away very strangely, and it took a long time to react, and hurriedly opened the letterhead.

Just after reading it in a hurry, Cai Yan's face turned red, and his breathing became short.

His heart was beating wildly, and he read the letterhead three times repeatedly, and then calmed down a little, turned back to the fox friends behind him, and said loudly: "I'm sorry brothers, I'm afraid my brothers won't be able to accompany my brothers today." ”