Ding Niang and Liu Niang were so tormented by her that they were going crazy, and they couldn't breathe evenly. Liu Niang calmed down, put her hands on Huanniang's shoulders and asked very seriously: "Huanniang, let me ask again, do you want to stay?" I'm determined to marry an official anyway. ”

Huanniang's eyes rolled on the faces of Ding Niang and Liu Niang, and she made up her mind, clenched her hands, puffed up her chest, and said firmly: "Marry and marry, I'm out of the way!" ”

Ding Niang, Liu Niang and the concubines couldn't help laughing, Ding Niang laughed until her stomach hurt, she barely stood up with Zhang Shufang, and said with a smile: "You girl, I don't want you to charge into battle, what's going on with your expression?" ”

Huanniang said shyly: "I have also made up my mind, my father will definitely scold me." ”

The concubines were so amused when they saw her cute appearance that they burst into laughter.

The laughter in the back house was not mentioned. After Cheng Yue and the two ladies left, Mrs. Song went to call a carriage, Mrs. Luo went to prepare refreshments, and Cheng Yue personally went to the door to greet Chen Wenlong.

Historically, like Wen Tianxiang, Chen Wenlong was one of the most loyal and talented ministers in the late Southern Song Dynasty. When his mother heard about it, she also died of hunger strike, and no one in the family descended to the yuan, which is rumored to be a beautiful story for the ages. All dynasties and dynasties have highly respected him, and the Ming and Qing dynasties even named him the Shangshu of the Ministry of Water and the King of Zhenhai, and Wen Tianxiang was juxtaposed.

Cheng Yue rarely greeted anyone at the door, except for the nobles in the palace and several princes and Wen Tianxiang, he was always in the study. Therefore, when Shi Xiu and Ding Yi saw Cheng Yue striding forward to greet Chen Wenlong, they were extremely shocked, but fortunately, they were very respectful to Chen Wenlong just now. Don't worry about being blamed by Cheng Yue.

Chen Wenlong didn't expect this Empress Dowager's righteous son. The power of life and death is in his hands. The mighty and dictatorial governor of the government and the opposition actually came out to greet him in person, so when a handsome young man walked into the porter and smiled and saluted him, he only reacted for a long time that this was the metropolitan governor.

Cheng Yue said with a smile: "Lord Chen came from afar to help my concubine return home, I am grateful, please come in to serve tea." ”

Chen Wenlong hurriedly got up and saluted back, and said, "The governor of the capital has summoned him several times, but he has no choice but to be entangled in trivial matters. Now I came to see you, and I was ashamed. ”

Cheng Yue waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, no matter when Lord Chen is willing to condescend to the humble house, I am happy, please." With his right hand, the two walked inside side by side.

Chen Wenlong couldn't forget Huanniang, and couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask which little lady in the house did the grass people meet just now?" Oh, so it's a name. ”

Although it was night, Cheng Yue could also see that Chen Wenlong's face was faintly red. Smiled secretly, dismissively, of course a lovely girl like Huanniang is loved by everyone. smiled: "Actually, she has already told Master Chen her name." Lord Chen didn't pay attention. ”

Chen Wenlong was stunned, and couldn't think of anything. asked: "The grass people are ignorant, please advise the Metropolitan Governor." ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "Actually, she is my father-in-law's third daughter, Huanniang. ”

"What?!" Chen Wenlong was taken aback and blurted out, "Did the Metropolitan Governor even marry the third lady of the Wen Mansion?" Why is there no news outside? ”

Cheng Yue couldn't tell him clearly, and said with a smile: "Actually, this is what just happened, and I don't know about it outside." Yesterday, Dingniang's sister Liu Niang and Huanniang came to my house to see Dingniang, and I saw that they liked it very much, so I made a private agreement with them for life, and stayed in my house. Today, Huanniang secretly went back to see her younger siblings, but she couldn't come out. Fortunately, I was able to return home with the care of adults, so I am really grateful to you. ”

Chen Wenlong suddenly realized: "I see, it makes sense." What did Wen Xianggong say? ”

Cheng Yue shook his head and said, "Of course my father-in-law refused to agree, and today he sent three ladies to persuade them to go back." But as you can see, their sisters are willing to follow me, and of course I can't send them back. On my father-in-law's side, I will send a dowry gift in a few days to persuade my father-in-law to calm his anger, and at most it can only be like this. ”

Chen Wenlong looked at Cheng Yue and sighed, and said: "The Metropolitan Governor is young and romantic, but he should also know the proportions, Wen Xianggong can be said to be confident in the Metropolitan Governor, how can the Metropolitan Governor repay him?" Do you want to humiliate the princess like this? ”

Cheng Yue smiled bitterly: "I also know, but look at it, Huanniang is such a lovely woman, Liu Niang, you haven't seen it, I can honestly tell adults, it's no worse than Huanniang, they are in love with me, and they want to serve me by my side, just ask which man in the world can be ruthless and don't want them?" I asked myself if I could do it, and I couldn't do it. ”

Chen Wenlong was speechless for a moment, thinking of Huanniang's lovely smile and gentle and crisp voice, if it was him, he would rather offend Wen Tianxiang, and keep the two sisters by his side no matter what, otherwise he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life.

Chen Wenlong sighed: "Ask what is the situation in the world, alas, it is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs." ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "That's right, let's just don't worry about these things, there is always a way to solve them." ”

The two said that they had arrived at the study, Mrs. Luo was waiting at the door, and when she saw the two of them coming, she was blessed and said, "Concubine Luo, meet Lord Chen." ”

The study was brightly lit, and when Chen Wenlong saw a beautiful woman saluting him, his heart moved, knowing that this was Mrs. Luo, one of the two ladies inside and outside the legendary Cheng Mansion, who was as beautiful and generous as the legend. It is indeed not easy for the Metropolitan Governor to surround himself with so many stunning beauties and not indulge in beauty.

The two entered the study and sat down, and Mrs. Luo served refreshments to the two, and then stood beside Cheng Yue with a smile. The lighting is beautiful, the comfortable soft chairs, and the delicious refreshments, Chen Wenlong exclaimed: "The Metropolitan Governor will really enjoy it, and I would like to have a study like this." ”

Cheng Yue smiled slightly, it seems that this famous loyal minister in history is not old-fashioned at all, hehe, it is very heartfelt. Coughing lightly, he said, "Lord Chen was reinstated by the imperial court and came to Lin'an this time, but what are your specific plans?" ”

Chen Wenlong said: "Today I visited Chang Shangshu, thanks to the blessing of the governor, I heard that there are many vacant positions in the court to be filled, Chang Shangshu wants to ask me to reinstate my official position, or to serve as the governor of the political affairs." ”

Cheng Yue nodded and said, "Master Chang is always scheming and thoughtful for Lord Chen. However, I have a reluctant request, and I also ask Lord Chen to consider it. ”

Chen Wenlong leaned forward slightly and said, "Governor, please speak." ”

Cheng Yue said: "Lord Chen also knows that I will not interfere in the affairs of the DPRK and China unless necessary, what I have to do is to do my best to do a good job in my special zone." At present, there are still two divisions of affairs in the SAR, one is the Finance Department and the other is the Talent Department. These two divisions are very important, and Yang Ting and I will personally take care of them until we find a suitable candidate. Now that the affairs of Suzhou are on the right track, I am also going to Dadu soon, and I must find someone to take over as soon as possible. Master Chen, I would like to ask you to be the Director of the Talent Department and to be in charge of the selection, training and assessment of talents in the HKSAR. Meritocracy, make the best use of people, I am relieved to hand over this important matter to you. ”

Chen Wenlong's heart was very excited, and his face was still impassive. What he wanted to do most was actually the function of the ministry, but he never had this opportunity. Cheng Yue is young, why did he see through him at a glance?

Chen Wenlong said: "Who does the financial department of the metropolitan governor want?" ”

Cheng Yue smiled and said, "If nothing else, this person will soon appear in Suzhou, and Lord Chen will know about it at that time." All I can tell now is that he is very young, not a few years older than me. ”

Chen Wenlong searched in his memory for a long time, but found nothing, and said: "The majority of the Metropolitan Governor Jian has a good reputation, and he must be the same as Lord Ye Li Ye, he is a rare capable minister." ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "You too, I waited for you to come with a lot of hard work, you can't spread your hands and turn your head to do that governor's political affairs." ”

Chen Wenlong smiled and sat down precariously and said, "Metropolitan Governor, I often read Metropolitan Governor's articles at home, and there are a few questions I would like to ask Metropolitan Governor. ”

Cheng Yue also sat up straight, and said with a straight face: "Please ask Lord Chen to ask." ”

Chen Wenlong said: "Does the Metropolitan Governor know King Yue?" ”

Cheng Yue nodded and said, "Yue Wumu can be admired by all generations, how can he not know?" ”

Chen Wenlong said: "Then the governor thinks that King Yue is loyal or martial arts? ”

Cheng Yue said: "Indispensable and loyalty." ”

Chen Wenlong said: "Since the governor of the capital also admires King Yue, why do you want to use heavy troops to Chen outside the city, hijack the clan, and interfere in the government affairs?!" Where is the loyalty of the Grand Duke? Speaking of this, Huo Ran got up, his voice was fierce, he looked directly at Cheng Yue, and he was angry at the bullfight.

Seeing that he was rude, Mrs. Luo was so angry that her eyebrows rose up, her eyes widened, and she stepped forward and confronted him across the desk.

Cheng Yue was not angry at all, Chen Wenlong's bullish temper had long been expected by him. This is his questioning of himself, and if he can give him a satisfactory answer, he will die for himself from now on.

Cheng Yue slowly got up, walked up to Chen Wenlong and said, "Lord Chen, if I learn from Lord Yue, I will hand over the military power after entering Lin'an, and let the people in the court call and drink, will I still be alive now?" ”

Chen Wenlong sneered: "Could it be that what the Metropolitan Governor did was just to save his life? The two saints have always been merciful, how could they have killed the minister? It will not self-destruct the Great Wall, and the Metropolitan Governor is just a pretext. ”

Cheng Yue shook his head and said, "You are wrong, you are very wrong." I can tell you with great certainty that Mongolia is far stronger than the original Jin State, Liumengyan is more shameless than Qin Hui, Chen Yizhong is more ruthless than Wan Qi, and as for the two saints, they are not as good as Gaozong. As soon as I entered the court, I already understood that if I surrendered my military power and became a loyal minister like King Yue, I would inevitably die in less than two years. Not only will I die, but my wife, my generals, and even my subordinate troops will all die. (To be continued......)