Two days later, the fleet entered Suzhou, only Li Yanqing's three hundred guards and fifty female soldiers on the shore rode slowly, and there were not many people on the official road, this is because the Bianhe River went to the southeast, and it was a bow back to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the people went directly south to Caizhou, taking the bowstring straight line, which was relatively much closer, so there were a lot less people on the official road here, and there were not many people queuing up for the porridge shed that appeared occasionally.

Li Yanqing's boat was at the front of the fleet, and Zhao Fujin and Hu Qing'er's boat followed behind, about half a mile apart, only when he rested on the shore, Li Yanqing had the opportunity to see Zhao Fujin, but even if they met, in front of everyone, they also maintained a friendly distance, nodded, smiled, or greeted, and there was no further in-depth communication.

However, the relationship between Hu Qinger and Zhao Fujin warmed up rapidly, it has only been two days, and the two are like sisters, which is also Zhao Fujin's ability to be a man and speak, Hu Qinger told her that she was once a member of the heroes of Liangshan, but Zhao Fujin's eyes were full of envy, saying when she would have this kind of free and easy life, which suddenly moved Hu Qing'er greatly, and the initial resistance to her disappeared without a trace.

At noon, Zhao Fujin was a little sleepy, went to the cabin to take a nap, Zhao Jinnu lazily leaned in front of the small window of the main cabin, a pot of tea and a few plates of fine snacks were placed on the small table in front of her, and Hu Qing'er sat opposite her, enjoying the scenery on both sides of the strait while drinking tea.

"Qing'er, didn't you notice that Fujin cares about your eldest brother very much?"

In the past two days, Zhao Jinnu has hinted at Hu Qing'er several times, but Hu Qing'er didn't say anything, and I don't know if she understood her hints, Zhao Jinnu was a little anxious, she was worried about Cao Yun, if the eldest woman didn't agree, even if Li Yanqing had a heart, her sister might not be able to enter the door of the Li family, so Zhao Jinnu knocked on the side, wanting to learn from Hu Qing'er Cao Yun's thoughts on Li Yanqing's concubine.

A hint of gloom flashed in Hu Qing'er's eyes, she was not a fool, how could she not know? On the first day, she saw her eldest brother holding Zhao Fujin's hand, and she knew that she would have more sisters-in-law.

Although Hu Qing'er also hopes that one day she can enter the door of the Li family in a beautiful manner, but she is afraid that after entering the door, she will be like Yun Niang and Sisi, staying at home all day without leaving the door, and not stepping out of the second door, which is already accustomed to living freely and freely, but she can't accept it, so Hu Qing'er's biggest wish is to follow her eldest brother, not only to be with him, but also not to lose her freedom.

Hu Qing'er put down the tea bowl and said with a smile: "Big brother also likes Fujin, I can see it." ”

Zhao Jinnu perked up and immediately sat up straight, this girl was finally willing to answer her question head-on, she hurriedly asked again, "What did your eldest brother say?" ”

"My eldest brother said that Fujin's title is Emperor Yanqing, and he is destined for him."

"Huh! In this way, it is really fate, but ..... Your mother should be in charge of this matter! Zhao Jinnu slowly approached the topic.

"Of course she should call the shots, but I'm sure she won't object."

"Why?"

Hu Qing'er smiled faintly, "My family was originally neighbors with Brother Li's family, I played with him when I was two years old, and I know the situation of his family better than anyone else." ”

"Qing'er, can you tell me?"

Zhao Jinnu also felt that his traces were too obvious, and he was a little embarrassed and said: "After all, it is my sister, and I, as the eldest sister, can't help but care." ”

Hu Qing'er nodded, "For your sake, who cares about Sister Fujin, let me tell you the reason, Brother Li's grandfather has three brothers, but his father is a single heir, and Li Yanqing has no brothers, their family is a single family of two generations, and the biggest problem of the Li family is that the people are thin, so as long as it is a woman that Brother Li likes, Yun Niang will generally not object, but there is a premise in this." ”

"What premise?"

"Yun Niang is a typical soft on the outside and strong on the inside, you must not think about using the Cao family to suppress her, let alone use the identity of the emperor to force her, that will be counterproductive, she will never agree to Fujin to enter the door, on the contrary, Fujin behaves a little weaker, Yun Niang will agree."

Zhao Jinnu is a seven-trick exquisite heart, she immediately realized what Hu Qing'er meant, to give Cao Yun face, it should be soft rather than hard, she sighed secretly in her heart, this time she and her husband still want to go to Old Man Cao for help, isn't that just putting pressure on Cao Yun? Thanks to Hu Qing'er's reminder, otherwise this matter would be troublesome.

"Thank you, Sister Qing'er, for reminding me!" Zhao Jinnu said with sincere gratitude.

Hu Qing'er smiled slightly, "Emperor Ji is willing to marry my eldest brother, that is the blessing he has cultivated." ”

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On a large boat in front, Li Yanqing, Mo Jun and Cao Sheng also sat in front of the window while drinking tea and discussing the southward journey.

Cao Sheng took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "This matter is actually not complicated, it has something to do with the Xiang family!" ”

"Sixth brother, tell me, why did you get involved with the Xiang family?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

"That's the grievances you don't know about, the three major relatives of this dynasty Xiang family, Zheng family, and Zhu family married each other and supported each other, when the Emperor Taishang was to the family to push the throne, and Queen Zheng was assigned to the Queen Mother to the Emperor Taishang, the two daughters of the Zhu family, one became the crown princess, and the other became the princess Yun, this is the result of Queen Zheng and the Xiang family working together, Queen Zhu's eldest brother Zhu Xiaosun married the daughter of the Xiang family, and the second brother Zhu Xiaozhang married the daughter of the Zheng family, so these three families are all prosperous and one is lost, and Queen Zhu gave birth to the queen of Daning County, The three families worked together to promote the establishment of the king of Daning County as the crown prince, but it turned out that King Kang ascended the throne, which seriously violated the interests of the three relatives, how could they swallow this result? ”

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said: "But Zheng Wangzhi supports King Kang's accession to the throne, or he and I went with him to persuade Empress Dowager Zheng." ”

Cao Sheng snorted, "Zheng Wangzhi can represent the Zheng family?" Zheng Juzhong is almost the same, Zheng Wangzhi is a distant concubine of the Zheng family, and his support for King Kang's accession to the throne is not a challenge to the Zheng family's faction. ”

"Then what did Empress Dowager Zheng say, but she personally ordered King Likang to inherit the unification."

Cao Sheng sneered, "You still have to pretend in front of me, is Empress Dowager Zheng willing?" You enter the palace and ask him to be King Likang, what is the difference between this and holding a knife on her neck, does she dare to agree? ”

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said, "I didn't mean to threaten her, but I really didn't know that the three relatives joined forces to promote the emperor's heir." ”

"It's understandable that you don't know, after all, you are not a person in this circle, in fact, I didn't know it at first, and then I was often with some powerful children, and I gradually learned about these upper-level secrets."

At this time, Mo Jun, who had been silent, asked, "What is the strength of the three major relatives now?" ”

This sentence asks the key point, this time Li Yanqing's southward movement is actually a battle of strength, Li Yanqing is in the light, the three major relatives are in the dark, and they are at a disadvantage in the situation, if the three major relatives have no strength, it will not matter, I am afraid that the three major relatives are strong, and Li Yanqing will be a little troublesome when he goes south this time.

Cao Sheng sighed and said: "The strength of the three relatives is mainly manifested in the imperial power and wealth, the Emperor Taishang has always stood behind them, and the Emperor Taishang wanted to reinstate the throne before, and he also received the full support of the three relatives.......

"That's not right!"

Li Yanqing suddenly heard the question, and hurriedly said, "Didn't the three relatives support Zhao Huan?" ”

Li Yanqing blurted out, and actually called Zhao Huan's name, which is a bit disrespectful, it should generally be called Emperor Yuansheng, but Cao Sheng doesn't care, he sometimes calls Zhao Heng by his name when he talks to his wife at home.

Cao Sheng smiled slightly and explained: "This is a bit complicated, for example, you know, the Zhu family has two daughters, one is married to the crown prince and the other is married to King Yun, do you understand?" ”

Li Yanqing suddenly nodded and said, "They bet on both ends!" ”

"That's the reason, the three major relatives not only support Emperor Taishang, but also secretly support Emperor Yuansheng, but Emperor Taishang and Emperor Yuansheng were taken captive by the Jin soldiers, their imperial power disappeared, and now they only have wealth left."

"How much wealth do the three relatives have?"

Cao Sheng laughed, "No one knows how much wealth they have, the Xiang family is called the richest man in the capital, in fact, the Xiang family hates this title the most, it is best for a businessman to be the richest man, just like your father's Bao Yan Zhai, it is said that he is now known as the richest man in Hangzhou, Yanqing, it's not that I speak badly, if you compare the wealth of the three major relatives to a country, then your father's wealth may not even be a small county." ”

Li Yanqing suddenly thought of the current financial constraints of the imperial court, and he realized: "This time the official family asked me to go to Jiangnan, wouldn't he also be fighting the idea of the wealth of the three major relatives?" ”

Cao Sheng laughed and took out a secret decree from his arms, "This is a handwritten edict, the official family asked me to give it to you after I go to Jiangnan, just as you think!" ”

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